ASL SCENARIO 57 THE BATTLE FOR ROME HOLLOW LEGIONS
 

General View: German player must exit with 30 VP, against a mixed italian group with tanks, guns, HMGs and MMGs, ATR, MTR  and a little infantry. Italians must adopt a fall-back defense, leave space to gain time, but is easy for the German to overhelm the weak italian forces.

 

German advantages: AFV quality, numerical and qualitative superiority of infantry

 

Italian advantages: Bore sight, HIP, reinforcements.

 

German Tactics: Concentrate forces on one side and use part of troops in the middle to block a easy movement of italian troops from the non attacked side to the other side.

Use Stug IIIG and dismount ATG 40LL (mounted are a too easy target) versus italian AFV, with the cover of German paratroopers.

Use some HS as a cover for the sniper: italian SAN is high (5).

Take attention to the trailers; they can't go over wall and hedge and can't do bypass; it's possible to use DC to open breach in walls and go ahead.

Use smoke to cover advance; sD from STUGs, and smoke grenades from AFV and squads.

Use search and mopping up to eliminate dummies and HIP

 

Italian Tactics: Apply a slow retreat, and use all that is possible; ATR is good if can take a STUG on rear, AB41 can go, fire and return out of German Stugs LOS because on roads with 30 MP is possible to do this. Armed civilians can do a good job against broken squads in the rear. Attention, a squad with the ATR can't use assault in a house. But use weapons when it's a good target, because often there is B11 and also Ammunition Shortage (A19.131)

Setup: HMG with 447 and a 9-1 in 22O10 (HIP) bore sight in 23H4 (6 FP with a -5! Nice, isn't true?) and can see from 23W3 to U4 and H7, G7, F6. Moved in N8 has a LOS in 22I10.

MMG with 447 in 22DD8 (HIP) bore sight in 23E6.

MMG with 447 in 22K7 (HIP) bore sight in 23Z9 (but also 22B9 with BS in 23CC3).

Semovente 105/25 CE in 22AA8, CA Z9, bore sight in 23P7, can see also 23L7, Y2, X2, W3 and V3. CA BB9 can see 23F7 e 23C8

Semovente 75/18 CE in 22A4, CA B5, bore sight in 23AA9

MTR with a 247 in 22GG4, BS in 23C10

Semovente L40 CE in 22O2, BS in 23Y10

Gun 75 ART with a 227 in 21J10 CA I2, BS in 22G10

AB41 CE in 22B1 CA C3 BS in 23DD8

AB41 CE in 22GG5 CA FF6 BS in 23E8

AA Gun 20L with a 227 in 21Q2 CA O2, BS in 21Q1

ATG 47 with a 227 in 22P1 CA N1 BS in 22G1

ATG 47 with a 227 in 22T1 CA S3 BS in 22S6

 

 

 

last update: 19-08-04