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Title: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: slimreidy1 on 25 September 2015, 06:51:27 AM
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Hello peeps, we ran a WW2 Desert game using blitzkrieg commander last weekend which i have wrote up on my blog with photos on the following link. The game was based around a Armoured British force launching a counter attack against a Armoured German Force which had started to encircle the town the British were occupying. Check out the full action report at:

http://slimreidy1.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/operation-break-out-ww2-desert-action.html

Thanks  :)

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Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: Steve J on 25 September 2015, 08:21:00 AM
Excellent stuff :).
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: petercooman on 25 September 2015, 08:38:28 AM
Great game!
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 25 September 2015, 09:50:25 AM
Fab game!  8) :-bd
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: FierceKitty on 25 September 2015, 10:20:28 AM
That Hurricane's prop appears to have stalled!
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: Techno on 25 September 2015, 10:50:27 AM
Very nice, Slim !  8)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: Subedai on 25 September 2015, 05:08:46 PM
Good looking game and decent write up.
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: jambo1 on 25 September 2015, 05:19:09 PM
Looks a cracking game and a mighty fine write up too!! :-bd
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: bigjackmac on 26 September 2015, 03:37:37 AM
Slim,

Fantastic game, looked like a lot of fun.  I don't envy your Old Man having to take on that Tiger, especially with my kind of luck in terms of air support and command rolls.  I love the look of your minis and table, so clean.

V/R,
Jack
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: JeffNNN on 28 September 2015, 07:39:59 PM
I didn't think Tigers appeared in N Africa until the Libya phase so it's no wonder your Dad struggled.
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 29 September 2015, 07:13:51 AM
Quote from: JeffNNN on 28 September 2015, 07:39:59 PM
I didn't think Tigers appeared in N Africa until the Libya phase so it's no wonder your Dad struggled.

They didn't, and I was told that the first to be knocked out was killed by a 2pdr. I suspect it was a 6pdr meself....

IanS
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: Ithoriel on 29 September 2015, 08:54:56 AM
Wikipedia says:

"The first loss to an Allied gun was on 20 January 1943 near Robaa[44] when a battery of the British 72nd Anti-tank Regiment knocked out two Tigers with their 6-pounder (57 mm) anti-tank guns"

A previous Tiger I had been lost in Russia when it got stuck in a swamp and was abandoned.
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: toxicpixie on 29 September 2015, 09:39:12 AM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 25 September 2015, 10:20:28 AM
That Hurricane's prop appears to have stalled!

So does the Tiger it's shooting up :D

Good stuff, and taking on Tigers with early-mid war gear is never fun!
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: Norm on 29 September 2015, 02:44:37 PM
enjoyed ... thank you.
Title: Re: WW2 Desert Armoured action
Post by: JeffNNN on 30 September 2015, 08:55:08 PM
Quote from: JeffNNN on 28 September 2015, 07:39:59 PM
I didn't think Tigers appeared in N Africa until the Libya phase so it's no wonder your Dad struggled.
for Libya read Tunisia, that's what happens when you multitask by posting while watching University Challenge! They had a North Africa question.