It's April now in Oklahoma and that means the scary season for tornadoes and other Okie weather mischief. But as we weather those inevitable storms, we continue to put together the monthly Grumble Jones scenario. Each year, I try to put out an Arnhem scenario for long-time reader Mark Drake. Each September, Mark plays a battery of Arnhem scenarios on the anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Mark has been kind enough to play a few of mine over the years, so it's always a highlight of the year, when I put together the annual Arnhem scenario.
As in years past, I turned to my worn copy of Osprey's combat volume covering the British Airborne vs. Waffen SS. I was a bit worried that I had combed out all the potential scenarios, but I managed to dig out one more from this excellent tome.
In one of the many engagements on the northern sector of the Oosterbeek Pocket, there is account of German Grenadiers trying to break through the line with FLWG B-2 (f) tanks. The defending British had a 57L AT Gun in position, but it was out of special ammo. So the cry went out to bring up the other gun that was with the HQ company.
The gun was successfully manhandled into the action and helped stall the German armor long enough for British artillery, scarce though it was, to convince the Germans to fall back.
So, we'll see if this scenario does the narrative justice.
As always, these monthly "Basement Quality" Scenarios are offered for fun only and as a thank you to the readers of this blog.
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