Desert Campaign 1941-42

The friendly people in Odder hosted Desert Campaign 1941-42 an early tournament. 

I took my free French legionnaires and got a 4 good fun games. A small event. Only 10 people
participated proving size does not matter. Looking forward to the next desert event.

Next time I will bring a proper desert army.

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