Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Lingevres 14th June 1944 - a Rapid Fire scenario set up

Have set up Lingevres scenario from Rapid Fire 2 rule book for a solo outing with Rapid Fire Reloaded (and possibly other sets).

Scenario depicts action of 50th Tyne Tees Division on 14th June to capture Lingevres from Panzer Lehr.

The RF scenario has elements of 151st Infantry Brigade attacking elements of 902nd PzGr Regiment.

Specifically the British are a Battalion of the 9th Durham Light Infantry supported by elements from 2nd Cheshires (an MG Company), A Squadron of 4th/7th Dragoon Guards (Shermans), an Achilles Troop from 102nd AT Regt with fire support from 341st Battery of 86th Field Artillery (25pdrs).

The Germans are the reduced 1st Battalion of 902nd with support from Panzer Regt 130 in form of a troop of Panzers (Panthers).

Reserves for Germans (due turn 8) are another troops of Panzers (Panthers) and a PzGr Coy from 2nd Battalion of 902nd.

Germans set up dug in on 2/3rds off table will British advancing across cornfields.

Have set up the initial defenders in and around Lingevres ready for the off.






Overview of Lingevres from German right







Grenadiers ensconced around church 






Another overview from German left






Panthers await






British force (note Sherman to right is an OP Tank for Field Artillery)








German reserves








The awful 2020 is proving to be a good year for WW2 rule sets with the release of Rapid Fire Reloaded and with 'O' Group and World In Conflict both in pipeline (both planned for release before year end)









4 comments:

  1. I will be interested to see how you get on with RF Reload. I bought the set after your last mention. Also very interested in the World in Conflict rules as I had not heard of these and if this is the same Simon Hall who did the Red Feathers & Delaware Blues rules (AWI), then that is a good start.

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    1. RF Reloaded is basically a re-do of the Inf and Armour aspects of RF, but there are many aspects of WW2 warfare not dealt with which means standard RF sort of needed. This Simon Hall is the author of Mortem Et Gloriam Ancients rules (check out The Wargames Zone for look at his stuff)

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    2. Thanks Gary, I have just watched his two into videos at WZ, very interesting.

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    3. Yes the ‘full fat’ version certainly appeals. The O Group rules look good as well (check Utube vids from Too Fat Lardies) and same author as my fav set Panzer Grenadier Deluxe (new set seems a bit of a mash up of PzGr and Chain of Cmd systems)

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