Aachen-West Wall 1944

[Dan Caviness]

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The files are on the G4/Supply/Scenario Database as follows:

Scenario Database / CS: The Matrix Games version of Weft Front Scenarios / **Aachen-West Wall 1944

The scenario plays well as it is, the only changes it really needs are mostly of the minor sort. Some fixes need "fixing" (sorry), some commander names need to be standardized, two hexsides I want to delete stone wall, trim down the number of Weasels (those are about USELESS units guys...what is the point?....but more about them later...lol...).

The biggest tweak it requires is setting the release times for the static German divisions on the Scharnhorst and Schill Lines/inside Aachen. I'm not sure that effects the scenario all that much, as no matter how aggresively the German player wishes to defend the map, they will quickly realize there is little hope to the west of those lines.

The read me file goes into some detail on the scenario.

The first thing to consider....especially for the German players....is you need to look at the map....especially within the cities....and decide what bridges you need to blow and when. You won't get much chance if you delay, and if you want the Allied player to have to build bridges and make river crossings under fire (which of course you do) you need to start your engineers to work early and often. I missed one during hot seat beta testing and I really took a beating from myself....odd as that may sound...
Your going to have to strand some German forces when you blow some of those bridges, which is exactly what happened historically.

One other quick note for the German players. Railguns are NOT direct fire weapons. While it is conceivable...it's not very practical...and with the visibility of this scenario you won't be able to shoot anything close enough to spot. Play them like what they were designed to be....highly mobile (for something that big) heavy artillery.

The FLAK TRAINS are something else. They throw immense attack values on soft targets and CAN be used in a direct fire mode should the German player be so inclined. Anyone attempting an airstrike on a FLAK train will see why that hurts and is a bad idea.

For the Yank players. The Weasel tracked carrier can be used to move towed equipment only. I didn't realize that when I designed it, and was thinking of deleting them. I'm glad I didn't though, it turns out they serve a purpose, and besides, they were historical. They can cross the blue rivers almost without penalty, and this makes them worth keeping intact. A pint sized LST as it were. You can use them to move all the Yank artillery quickly and without resorting to bridge building.

Of course...I'm not sure I'd want to be FIRST over the Rhine or the Würm for that matter armed with nothing more than a 4 pack of 155 mm Long Toms and a hard on.
The point being you'd lose that erection pretty darn quick eh?
(:O)
Not my close assault weapon of choice!

I will get the changes finished today and overwrite the scenario files.

Regards, and thanks for your interest,

Dan