The Penetration of Rostov ETO (id:#56258)
Avalon Hill (AH:ASL Annual `90 ID: A 17)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: SL 104(Revision: MMP: Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) #131)
See Also: The Penetration of Rostov by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Unknown
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Balance:
GermanRussian
100%

Overview:

With the German summer offensive of 1942, “Operation Blue”, Hitler hoped to force a decision on the southern front. In an attempt to complete a large-scale encirclement of the Lower Don, the city of Rostov became the natural center of operations. The initial breach of the outer city defenses had been made by panzers of the III and LVII corps, but the city’s center was the battlefield for assault parties and not armored formations. To make matters worse, the NKVD garrison, familiar with street-fighting techniques, was determined to defend Rostov to the last bullet.
Attacker: German (Bataillon I, Infanterie Regiment 421/Panzer Division 13)
Defender: Russian (Rostov NKVD Garrison)  
11 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:1
PzKpfw IVF1
SdKfz 11 x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:2
15cm sIG 33
7.5cm leIG 18
D:0
PTRD-41 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: IVF1 may only enter on dr of “1” in German RPh w D: Level B Booby Trap & MOL.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2020-09-12(D) Jason Wert vs Jean-Pierre Pouget German win
2014-02-13(A) Lee Bray vs German winThis scenario felt a little like old-school SL; a mostly infantry action on Board 1. It's 11 turns long, but the victory conditions are quite tough, meaning the whole board must be traversed so I felt under pressure from the start. This made me quite aggressive and by turn 3 I had attempted to work my way around the Russian flanks on both sides of the board, helped by a berserk hs and one of the infantry howitzers on one of them. I thought I'd been stopped, although the move did prompt a mass Russian withdrawal, but then my MMG and its accompanying stack broke a key unit and I had sufficient force to break into a building behind his front line. From there it all unravelled for my opponent, helped by the timely arrival of my PzIV which punched straight the centre of what was left of his line and set up in the backfield. Some pretty hot German dice followed and he conceded on Turn 5. I don't think this is unbalanced; I was pretty lucky in that most things I tried went right - even my berzerk hs survived! I'd play it again as it seems there are other options to the ways we played it.
1998-02-07(A) Rich Weiley vs Simon Tout German winPaddington Bearz - February 1998. Played with the Soviet balance.
(D) Jim Thompson vs Chad Mekash German win[Imported from ROAR]
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von Garvin Modified the gps location2023-07-24 16:03:56
hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's AFVs2022-04-18 18:54:10
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2022-04-18 18:54:10
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2021-07-04 04:34:13
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German soldier with zany hair style battles in the environs of Rostov.
 
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Estimated Play time: 7.5 hours
Recorded Games: 3
Archive recorded plays:
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Russian0
Drawn:0

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