søndag den 8. februar 2015

Back to Bliztkrieg French

A local gaming club in Aalborg 9K had a small earlywar tournament (3 games). Earlywar is the ETC period this year and finally more focus on this FOW period locally.  

I have not use my Blitzkrieg French since 9. April 2011 !!! When I the tournament was announced, I hurried to sign up. The French got at small boost in 3th edition. One man turret don’t forbids shooting when moving and my MG gets 2 shoots when pinned. Great stuff. 

I played and almost identical list as 3 ½ years ago, only swapping HQ 25mm for and 81 mm platoon

Infantry Company

Platoon
Qty
Unit
Points
Headquarters

Escadron de Fusiliers Portés HQ
 p.149
2
2
Cmd Rifle team
Motorcycle & Sidecar
25
Combat Platoons

Fusiliers Portés Platoon
 p.149
1
1
1
6
3
Cmd MG team
Laffly S20TL truck
VB team
MG team
Laffly S20TL truck with two MG
165
Fusiliers Portés Platoon
 p.149
1
1
1
6
3
Cmd MG team
Laffly S20TL truck
VB team
MG team
Laffly S20TL truck with two MG
165
Weapons Platoons

Fusiliers Mortar Platoon
 p.150
1
1
1
4
Cmd Rifle team
Observer Rifle team
Laffly S20TL truck
81mm mle 27/31 mortar
95
Reconnaissance Platoon
 p.154
2
1
Hotchkiss H-35 or H-39 (short gun)
Hotchkiss H-35 or H-39 (long gun)
175
Reconnaissance Platoon
 p.154
2
1
Hotchkiss H-35 or H-39 (short gun)
Hotchkiss H-35 or H-39 (long gun)
175
Divisional Support

Medium Combat Platoon
 p.145
4
Somua S-35
415
Divisional 47mm Anti-tank Platoon
 p.168
1
1
2
2
Cmd Rifle team
Motorcycle & Sidecar
47mm SA-37 gun
Laffly W15T truck
125
All-terrain Towed 105mm Artillery Battery
 p.170
1
1
1
1
4
5
Cmd Rifle team
Staff team
Observer Rifle team
Motorcycle & Sidecar
105mm C mle 1935B howitzer
Laffly S20TL truck
165
Air Support
 p.167
3
Sporadic Fighter Intercept Moraine Saulnier MS.406
25
Company Points:
1530


It was a blue vs. blue event and it was possible to meet T-34 and KV and other heavy tanks.

It was fun to play earlywar again. I needed to get used to the short ranges, a couple of time I did overestimate the range of my AT and deployed it too deep on the board.
I played vs. 1 British armored company from Africa, 1 Japanese infantry, and 1 French Char 1 company