A tanker's life can be short and brutal!

The Grants try but fail to silence the 88s with machine guns

Meanwhile the Stuarts and Bren carriers hit the left flank

The furious British charge breaks through and reaches the objective!

Overdue panzer reinforcements finally arrive...

...and make their presence felt, decisively!

Objective in flames!

The last of the British Armoured squadron dies on the objective.

Armored Forces Clash in the Desert

A panzerkompanie of the 7th Panzer Regiment is sent forward to retrieve a missing tank recovery vehicle. They are looking in the right place but what they don't realize is that a British tank company has already found it. Both sides are surprised by the sudden apperance of a strong force to their fronts. A meeting engagement in the open desert between armored forces! This is going to be fast and furious! The orders "Button up, Action Front" are passed down the line on both sides. The German Mark IIIs open fire at long range while the British commander sends his light tanks barreling toward the advancing German infantry in an atempt to cut them down before they have a chance to go to ground.

Panzer IIIs at the jumpoff point. These are pretty solid little tanks, with the L50 5.0cm gun. Rate of fire is high enough to make up for the lack of power.  

Grants lined up on the right flank preparing to move forward. And die.  

Grants lined up to protect the lost German recovery vehicle. 

Turn one, the Grants and 'Honey' Stuarts prepare to do their thing. The 'Honeys' will move forward like lightening, while the Grants hold the objective.  

Second blood to the Brits. A Panzer III burns. 

On turn one, the British Bren Carriers speed forward to shoot at the unprotected infantry. Along with the three 'Honey' Stuarts', they killed all but two stands and the commander of the Panzergrenadiers. On turn two a combination of the StuG IIIs and the SdKfz 221/222 recon squadron hosed down the Honeys and the Bren Carriers. The Brens all died, one Honey died, and the command Honey bailed.  

One Grant remains on the right flank. He aggressively moves forward only to be pummeled. 

The last British tank on the right flank burns after his brave, but foolish charge forward. 

A StuG III advances past a burning Honey Stuart. The command tank is bailed, so the center tank didn't move for about 4 turns. It ended up getting bailed, then finally near the end of the game remounted and ran to the rear to cover the objective. It died there. 

The Commander and 2IC prepare to meet the Recon forces as Panzer IIIs move in from the other flank. The two Honeys that are not burning are bailed. They were bailed on turn 3 and stayed that way until only one remained. 

The last StuG III burns beside the decimated Panzergrenadiers. To the left, the three Bren Carriers that hammered the Grenadiers on turn one burn. 

The 2IC tank burns as the last 'Honey' Stuart prepares to die fighting.