I couldn’t decide which ‘B word’ screenshot to lead with today so have provided three. The first is a nod to the Comment Commanders’ tardy taxi. The ponderous Churchill VIII finally delivered its passengers – Sergeant Forester’s squad – this turn!
The second shows Sergeant Venison’s ravaged unit heaving a demolition charge at some Sicherung troops south of the Schloss. The resulting blast finished several foes and persuaded the rest to scamper in the direction of the village.
The focus of screenshot #3 is the Jagdpanzer IV. Possibly spooked by the aggressive advance of Sergeant Pyle’s Sherman, the German TD decides to reverse fairly early in the turn.
The manoeuvre might have worked out fine if the reverser’s final waypoints had been somewhere east of the Schloss. However, because the Jagdpanzer attempts an ambitious three-point turn under the eyes of Bowman’s advancing Archer, it ends up bowing out of Bounce the Bogen without firing a shot.
Other Turn 22 incidents of note? Sergeant Sherwood’s lads rush a Panzerschreck team close to the rail bridge. The resulting scrap is quick, brutal, and, for the Brits, completely painless.
Many of Costner’s Yanks swap one stand of conifers for another. During the dash past the KOed Panther, none of the sprinting GIs take fire, the enemies in the field to the NE being too focused on retreat, first aid, and bleeding out to engage.
Once again, a panting Corporal Whitehand arrives at a second-storey window too late to make use of his AT drainpipe.
Hawthorn comes close to running out of ammo. The three-inch mortar will start Turn 23 with 1h and 2s remaining, Tuck with 32 25-pounder rounds available.
Incredibly, despite taking fire from numerous directions, the German flamethrower team is still alive and kickingxxx cowering at the end of the sixty.
The Panzer IV was conspicuous by its absence during Turn 22.
All of the following shots were taken at the end of the turn:
