28mm Omaha Beach - Glasgow Show

Well yesterday was a great day of gaming.  We took Omaha to the first Glasgow Games Gathering show by G3 in Bellahouston Sports centre.

More pics at Omaha

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JMLdwyFDZ7REDU858

Build for Omaha

https://photos.app.goo.gl/PpTiYPDjNfvfHMFw6

At the start of the day we set up the game and prepared for battle...

GAME REPORT

The Germans confidently stand on top of the trench to view the on coming LC's ...

The troops are loaded into the landing craft...

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The beach is already lively

Guys pour out of the Landing Craft ...the MG42's open fire...

A lucky German  mortar hit on a landing craft..it  takes out  some of the troops others wade to the shoreline.

Sherman DD'S are half scratch built.. the blue foam chassis with a Warlord Sherman turrent. The canvas sides are plasticard with tissue paper and plastic tube supports.(once on shore I exchange for a Sherman chasis with wheels!).

Trrops wade ashore,,,

The next shot Shermans  swim in...

I got a DD tank (with the cape collapsed). All landing craft are scratch built except one).  

A DD Sherman (middle bottom) is hit off shore  and collapses.

This is is a good shot of the entire beach...

Along shoreline picture.

Germans man their positions

Germans are throwing grenades at the shoreline 

The MG42 open fire again

The ramp goes down.

Its all go at the ramp end.

Bangalores are attached to the Belgium Gate by engineers...

Obstacles are all scratch built.

Some guys make it to  the sea wall and stop.

You can see groups gathered behind the Belgium gate.

Some more troops arrive and they are quickly heading for the cliff face

More Sherman tanks arrive... but look at the shore bunkers - 2 off board artillery shots and tank fire take there toll. Some lucky dice rolls also take out the forward trenches. But they are quickly re enforced.

I got a Sherman with a mortar at the 

base of the picture.

The Shermans punch gaps into the sea wall....the troops storm through.

Half tracks speed forward from a massive LCV5... 

Everything in the picture above is scratch built from plasticard and spare mdf. Identification numbers on the ships are taken from actual records and photos.
The Germans are about to be overwhelmed, the loss of the bunkers so early in the game is making it difficult for them.

Forward German reenforcements are wiped out. This is an unlucky position! This position was hit and later enforced 3 times during the game.

Two Shermans make a run up the road - the Germans get one with panzerfaust ....but one makes it to the end.

Medic waves his helmet to attract a stretcher team.

The GI!'s are now in that unlucky trench. ..

Break out. Troops are getting through...weight of numbers prevail.

These pictures are classic ...Saving Private Ryan specials...

In this picture you can see the engineers with bagalores, and medic treating a casalty on board. 

Medic treats wounded on the Higgins boat.

A good action picture. Just look a the poor guy on the left...

Beach is lively

Guys at thre front take a hit..

Troops (3rd Rangers lead the way!) climb the cliff on both sides now with half tracks for covering fire. I just don't have the German troops left to hold a line!

Those 3rd and 5th Rangers are real handy.

It was a great day of gaming but a few lucky rolls at the start for the American side hit and limited my options hard. 

And thanks to Joe for the video...

https://youtu.be/aVAnv05lRO8

So thanks to G3 Glasgow gaming group for a great first show. Well done. The Glasgow  wargame show is back.

Lastly just a special note of thanks to Dougie for donating 40 off 28mm Russians for our Stalingrad game....cheers much appreciated.