Atlantic Wall Campaign

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By Manny Granillo



ATLANTIC WALL

JUNE 6TH, 1944

Scenario: France D-Day June 6th, 1944 You are Com-manding the 29th Infantry Division as part of OperationOverlord driving East toward the heart of Fortress Europa.You have been ordered to smash through to the importantroad net junction of St. Lo as soon as possible.

Your objectives are Omaha Beach (starting point), Grand-champs, Isigny, Longueville, East of the Vire, La Luzerne,Martinville Ridge, Hill 108, and St. Lo.

Intelligence: This is it! D-Day is here! The Navy and fly-boys have been pounding the landing zones! We are notexpecting to much in the realm of defense, but its not go-ing to be a walk in the park! The krauts are waiting for usso lets not disappoint them

Time to complete the mission: Each Battle represents2 days (3 battles is a week) Results:

3 Weeks Complete Victory with the capture of St. Lo!With such a rapid advance, 3 complete German divisionshave been captured!

4 Weeks Victory!

5 Weeks Draw. The Germans managed to withdraw ingood order and have inflicted their desired delay for their reinforcements to arrive.

6 Weeks+ Resign Command. The drive has failed and Germanshave had the time to reinforce their lines and make taking St. Loimpossible for the time being.

Supply Conditions: Fully Supplied

Initiative Clock: +2

Weather Conditions: Overcast. Start at the 6am Day Segment.Each Day segment throw d6. On a 6, roll a d10 on the weather table for change.

Weather Table: 1d101-4 Overcast/No Air Support5-7 Rain/No Air Support7-8 Thunderstorm/No Air Support9-0 Clear/Mud if after Thunderstorm or Rain

American Morale: All Division formations are Reservists exceptthat Recce, Tank & Engineer formations are Regulars unlessnoted.

General Cota (B) arrives on the Beach!: General Cota arriveswith the 4th wave and with a formation of the players choosing.He is attached and will automatically make the formation fanatic.While he is on the Beach, the Division’s Decision Die Color goesfrom Blue to Red as he was a dynamo for getting things done.He must be attached to a formation on the map. If he is killed,the Decision Die drops back down to the normal Blue Die. Therules are followed normally otherwise for Command Color.

German Deployment: Place all of the Germanforces that are in the front line on the battlefield.Those behind the front line, mark their positions ona strategic map or use markers. If using markers,

the German player has 8 Dummy markers to placeas well. Repeat this procedure with each subse-quent battle but use the Force Availability tableafter the first battle for deployment and arrivals.

Pre-Dawn Bombardment: The Allied player willhave 6 Salvoes of 150mm Naval Gunfire at anyposition or feature of choice .

Naval Gunfire Support After Landing: The Al-lied player will have 2 Salvos of 150mm NavalGunfire available every turn of a Day Segment.This can only be called in by an OP once on thebeach. There are 6 OP’s and must be assigned toa formation before battle. Treat them as an at-tached company and can be eliminated. Once all6 OP’s are removed, there will no longer be NavalSupport fire.

Beachmaster: At the 8am Day Segment, theBeachmaster has arrived and setup his team’sposition on one of the beach zones known only tothe American player. Once deployed, the Beach-master can redirect any Landing craft to anyBeach zone by successfully rolling on his commu-nication roll. 1d6 with a 6 failing to make the call.



THE 29TH AT OMAHA BEACH

JUNE 6TH, 1944

Background: On D-Day, the untested 29th Infantry Division, joined by nine companies of U.S. Army Rangers redirected from Pointe du Hoc, were to assault the western half of thebeach. The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the eastern half. The initial as-sault waves, consisting of tanks, infantry, and combat engineer forces, were carefullyplanned to reduce the coastal defenses and allow the larger ships of the follow-up wavesto land.

American Briefing: Listen up! This is it! H-Hour has arrived and we are on! Let’s get onand off that beach before the day is done!

German Briefing: Achtung! The invasion has started and it is not a drill! Get everyone to their positions and we musthold them to the beaches! OKW has promised us reinforcements, but some of them back at HQ believe this is only adiversion of the real attack coming at Pas Du Calais. Whether it is or it isn’t your task is to hold until relieved!

Weather Conditions: Overcast. Check for weather change each Day segment with a –1

Decorated Leaders: Must be assigned before play.

Allied Air Support: Morale: Veteran6 Decorated Pilots2 P-47 Squadrons1 P-51 Squadron1 A-20 Havoc Squadron

German Air Support—AXIS player rolls a d10 Each Day Segment that the weather is clear with a 1 making theSquadron available/can be held in reserve once made available) Morale: Veteran3 Decorated Pilots1 Me-109f Squadron

Beach Names: Easy Green (EG), Dog Red (DR), Dog White (DW), Dog Green (DG), Charlie (C)

Transport Type: LCT=Landing Craft Transport, LCM=Landing Craft Mechanized, LCA=Landing Craft Assault,LCVP=Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel To represent each transport type, 1 LCT or LCM represents one formation and3 LCVP or 3 LCA’s represents one formation.

Landing Waves: The landings will be conducted in waves with the following schedule 6am Day Segment 4 turns/Allieshave the initiative for the first Day Segment with 4 turns:743rd Tank Battalion EG LCT, 2/116th Battalion DW LCA Wave 1 (turn 1)146th Engineer Battalion DR LCM, 1/116th Battalion DG LCVP Wave 2 (turn 2)3/116th Battalion EG LCVP, 467th AAA Battalion DW LCT, 2nd Ranger Battalion C LCA Wave 3 (turn 3) 112th Engineer Battalion EG LCM, 149th Engineer Beach Battalion DG LCM, 110th Field Artillery Battalion DR LCTWave 4 (turn 4) 5th Ranger Battalion DG LCA, 121st Engineer Battalion DW LCM Wave 5 (8 am Day segment, turn 1)

Refer to the Army List for arrival details with a maximum of 3 formations per turn. 175th Regiment is releasedon at 4pm Day Segment or later.

Tides & Current: [1st and 2nd wave only] Once the landing formation in its appropriate landing craft is placed at itsentry point as designated by the Landing Wave table, the owning player will throw 1d10+2 showing the number of inch-es for drift. Landing Craft headed for Dog Green or Charlie will drift right and those going to Dog White, Dog Red andEasy Green will drift left.

Scenario can be played as a stand alone game, but to play it as a campaign, you will need the PAN-ZER KORPS CAMPAIGNS supplement.



The Battle Zone Apart from the woods, towns and villages shown on the map, the terrain is hilly andsandy.• Vierville, St. Laurent—Heavy Cover Stone Structures and each Town zone is 6in.x

6in.• Woods —Medium Cover • Road does give a road bonus for formations starting on it and in Transit Column.•

The scenario can last up to 2 complete battle days and begins at 6am• Rain/Fog/Mist will reduce visibility in the open to 20 inches and in the Woods to 2

inches• Cliff face is impassable for any vehicle—For ease of play, consider the Mountain are-

as as one level higher than the flat lands. Since visibility will plague the game, it willnot be an issue. Follow normal rules for vehicles when entering woods or mountainswhen not on the road in Transit column.

• Beach—Non-tracked vehicles must always roll for breakdown on in the mud.• Sea Wall—It must be breached with a dozer equipped formation or destroyed by en-

gineers. It provides Heavy cover and any troops prone or kneeling cannot be fired atdirectly or seen.

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Mines—The German player has 4 mine fields to place along with 2 false ones.• Sea mines—A tracked formation or a formation with a dozer can clear a path at the

same width at the formation itself. Every Landing craft after the 1 wave, will need tothrow 1d6. With a 1 showing the formation hit a mine and take an appropriateamount of DM’s. Treat as if hit by 60mm mortar Regulars.



20mm/15mm Scale—Battle Zones is represented by a 12 feet x 7 feet

6mm/10mm Scale—Battlefield is simply an 8 x 4 tableBATTLE ZONE

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St. Laurent

Vierville

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D O G

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D O G WHI T E

D O G GRE E N

C HARL I E

Road HedDragon’s Teeth Obstacles Sea Wall Bunker Wire Hill

Cliff/Earthen Face Entrenchments Town WoodRadar German

Deployment

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352nd Infantry DivisionDecision Dice: Blue GL Dietrich Kraiss Rating F Morale: ReservistsDecorated Leaders: 9 All infantry formations have Panzerfaust/PanzershreckDivisional Command Car Supply Column

914th Regiment (Available After 10am Day Segment)1st Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co.2nd Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co.

3rd Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co. Assign to any Formation: 1x 150mm sIG 33 Co.1x 75mm IG Co., 1x 75mm AT Co.

915th Regiment (Available After 2pm Day Segment)1st Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co.2nd Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co.3rd Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co.

Assign to any Formation: 1x 150mm sIG 33 Co.1x 75mm IG Co., 1x 75mm AT Co.

916th Regiment1st Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co.

2nd Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co.3rd Battalion w/attached MMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co. (Not Available in first scenario)

Assign to any Formation: 1x 150mm sIG 33 Co.1x 75mm IG Co., 1x 75mm AT Co.

352 Artillery Regiment (Off Board Only)1st Battalion 105mm horse drawn2nd Battalion 105mm horse drawn3rd Battalion 105mm horse drawn4th Battalion 150 mm guns towed

352 Anti-Tank Battalion 2x Marder III Co. & 1x StuG III G Co. with 1x FlakPanzer 38 AA Co.352 Engineer Battalion w/attached HMG Co. & 81mm Mortar Co., 2x Flamethrower Co. Morale: Veteran352 Fusilier Battalion 1x 81mm Mortar Co.,Ost Battalion 621 Morale: Militia

Divisional Support: Can be attached to any formation2 X Medical Co’s 2 X Military Police Co’s 1 X PaK 38 50mm AT Co. 1 X HMG Co.1 X PaK 75mm AT Co. 1X 150mm Nebelwerfer 1 X 81mm Mortar Co.’s 2 X FO

Force Commands: Players are allowed to create force commands before play or play the entire ForceGroup (the Division) as one Command for Decision Dice purposes.

Combat Notes: The 352nddivision was deployed themorning of June 6th as it hadbeen for several weeks withthe standard rotation of itscomponents in various posi-tions of readiness. For theOmaha Invasion scenario on-ly, adhere to the requirementsfor releasing the other compo-nents of the division at their appropriate time. Remember that the campaign ends if thedivision surrenders or is de-stroyed on the beaches.



29th Infantry DivisionDecision Die: Blue Force Group Leader Gerhardt E Morale: ReservistsDecorated Leaders: 12 All Have BazookasDivisional Command Car Supply Column

115th Infantry Regiment1st Battalion with attached 2 X MMG Co., 81mm Co.2nd Battalion with attached 2 X MMG Co., 81mm Co.3rd Battalion with attached 2 X MMG Co., 81mm Co.

Attached to any battalion in regiment:105mm M3 Howitzer company 1 ½ ton truck57mm AT company 1 ½ ton truck





743rd Tank Battalion M4A2 Sherman w/ attached M-5 Stuart Co., and 1 Dozer Co. Morale: Regulars635th Tank Destroyer Battalion M-10 Wolverines w/M-8 Co. & Jeep Recce Co. Morale: Regulars121st Engineer Battalion with MMG Co., HMG Co., Satchel Charges, 81mm Mortar Co. Morale: Veterans112th Engineer Battalion with MMG Co., HMG Co., Satchel Charges, 81mm Mortar Co. Morale: Veterans149th Engineer Beach Battalion with HMG Co., Satchel Charges, 81mm Mortar Co., 1 Dozer Co. Morale: Veterans

467th AAA Battalion 2x M 16T, 1x M 15T AAA Co. Morale: Reservists110th Field Artillery 105mm M2A1 Howitzers 2 ½ ton truck Morale: Reservists111th Field Artillery 105mm M2A1 Howitzers 2 ½ ton truck Morale: Reservists224th Field Artillery 105mm M2A1 Howitzers 2 ½ truck Morale: Reservists227th Field Artillery 155mm M1 Howitzers M-5 tractor Morale: Reservists

Divisional Companies which can be attachedto any eligible formation:1 X 40mm AA Co.’s 1 X M8 Co.2 X 81mm Mortar Co. 2 X 4.2mm Mortar Co.’s2 X HMG Co.’s 3 X Medical Companies2 X MP Co.’s 2 X Engineer Co.’s2 X Flamethrower Co. 1 X Jeep Recce Co.



Special Rules:1. Supply—All allied divisions are assumed to start with one supply column unless destroyed in the game. After

Each battle, roll a d6 with a 1 means the division is out of supply for the coming battle unless Air Supplied.2. Air Support—Normal rules apply for air support. Roll a d6 with a 1 having a German controlled airfield on the up-

coming battlefield per Campaign Rules3. Air Supply—The Allies and the Germans follow the same rules for Air Supply. Any Division or Force Command

which is either beleaguered or out of supply may be re-supplied by Air. At least one transport Squadron mustsurvive any air combat and any AA morale rolls for it to deliver a complete re-supply. All formations of a re-supplied division which are not isolated (having a gap of at least 3 inches toward re-supply point) have been fully

re-supplied.4. Beleaguered—Any Division or Force Command that finds itself cut off (no gap of 3 inches or more from the clos-est friendly Division or Force Command) is considered Beleaguered. Beleaguered Divisions or Force Commandcannot be re-supplied by land, any formation cannot attempt to engage in Close Combat unless passing a Com-mand Roll d10 on the leader rating before the normal close assault morale test. Beleaguered Formations will alsoreceive a +1 to the Leader Close Combat roll for desperation bonus.

5. St. Lo—This is classified as a Minor City. The St. Lo battlefield, if defended, will be created following the normalrules after the St. Lo City sections have been placed. St. Lo is created by the defender placing 5 city sections inany order or arrangement beginning from the center of the battlefield. Place one airfield after the city sections areplaced, but before the rest the terrain. There is a main road that runs east to west and another that runs north tosouth as well as a rail yard made up of 2 city sections with a rail link connecting east to west. All city sections,except the rail yard, are considered heavy cover. The first city section placed is the Cathedral and is Super Heavy Cover.

6. 2 DC-3 Transport squadrons are assigned to the Normandy Area for the allies and cannot be replaced once lost.

They can be used for re-supply flights.

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