We had another run through of the Arras Counter Attack game for Salute in 2020.
AA from 7th Panzer Division on the Ficheux ridge.
Had to substitute quad 20mm for the single 20mm. We'll have the single 20mm for the game at Salute.
CS9 Armoured Cars from 11th Hussars and Matilda Mk I from D Coy 7RTR. The village of Wailley in the back is held by elements of SS Tottenkopf division.
A poor picture of a PaK 36 of SS Tottenkopf.
Elements of 8DLI and B Coy 7RTR advance towards Wailley.
View from behind the Tottenkopf AT Battery. Only one gun has been spotted so far.
D Coy 7RTR pushing on under heavy fire.
B Coy 7RTR Matilda II's and 8DLI cautiously advance towards Wailley.
D Coy advance , ranging shot by 105mm artillery at the front.
Carrier section dashes towards Wailley. Tottenkopf transport hints at what’s waiting.
Long view from the British side.
A ridge with a view.
B Coy 7RTR swing around the flank of Wailley while D Coy push on towards the AT Battery.
Carrier section dashes towards Wailley. Tottenkopf transport hints at what’s waiting.
D Coy advance , ranging shot by 105mm artillery at the front.
Tottenkopf AT Battery feeling the heat of hot lead from the machine guns of D Coy 7RTR.
8DLI Carrier section supported by 7RTR Vickers Light Tanks burst into Wailley. The infantry couldn't stop them and was crushed under the tracks of a Vickers Light Tank.
Michael Curtis