Finnish Blitzkrieg ETO (id:#58158)
See Also: Finnish Blitzkrieg by Le Franc TireurAlakurtti, Finland
1941-08-24 (3 others)
Designer: Philippe Naud
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
FinnishRussian
Overview:
Part of the Barbarossa plan, the overly-ambitious operation “Siberfuchs” (Silver Fox) aimed at no less than taking Murmansk and some localities south of it on the strategic railroad leading from the Arctic port to the heart of the USSR. It was just one hundred kilometers on the map, but it led through damp and wooded areas, across many streams and very few trails. The central attack groups, with two German divisions, including one Waffen-SS, and the 6th Finnish Division, soon encountered strong resistance. Trying to outflank the defenders, Axis troops finally met with success and arrived, in August, near Alakurtti, one of the largest towns before the railroad. When the Russian defense of the Enianjoki river checked the advance to Alakurtti, Finnish sappers built a bridge five kilometers down the river and fifteen panzers crossed with some infantry. No less than twelve tanks then bogged but the last three gave decisive support to the Finns.Attacker: Finnish (Jalkaväkirymantti 54 and Panzer Abteilung 211)
Defender: Russian (88th Rifle Division)
6.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:17.0 D:14.5 |
| AFVs: A:3 38H 735(f) x 2 35-S 739(f) |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 50mm RM obr. 40 D:2 76.2mm PP obr. 27 82mm BM obr. 37 50mm RM obr. 40 |
| Misc Rules: | Bldgs: Wooden, Streams: Dry. CI (E2.4). D: MOL (A22.6) vs AFVs |
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| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2020-05-05 | (A) manzoli andrea | vs | Andrea Noia | Finnish win | Really interesting scenario Finnish won at the last turn ..with some freezing and a lucky sniper .. | ||
| 2020-04-30 | (D) Andrea Noia | vs | Andrea Manzoli | Finnish win | Lost at the very last Finnish last turn. Very difficult for the Russian to resist for 7 turns to the Finnish tide (all self rallying units, 2 tanks, better leaders). The bridge is just a few hexes away from the set up line. I put a trench just in the open, and it resisted for a while. But when the Finnish broke the line, it was just impossible to resist so many squads. After 5 turns, I tought I could win with no doubts. But the game is long, and finnish are damn powerful. Probably I would rather put my gun and heavy mortar well behind and push the Finnish to conquer it in the open. | ||
| 2009-03-30 | (D) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | Michel Bongiovanni | Finnish win |
| Action | Date |
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| Hutch Modified the gps location | 2025-02-26 15:08:22 |
| Hutch Modified the Unit Elements | 2025-02-26 15:03:31 |
| Hutch Modified the misc. rules | 2025-02-26 14:59:45 |
| hoxson1 Uploaded an Image | 2025-02-04 20:03:40 |
| Bongiovanni Uploaded a VASL file | 2025-01-19 17:14:39 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| FT55 Setup File with Russian Balance / FTC13 version (FT55 Setup File.vsav) | VASL Setup | Bongiovanni | 32 |
| (german french tank Finland.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 819 |
| (finngerm-sov.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 19 |
| (finnish blitz map.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 907 |
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| Avg Rating: 7.75 | Votes: 4 |
| Views: | 4964 |
| To-Play list count: | 1 |
| Estimated Play time: | 5.8 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 3 |
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| Finnish | 3 | |
| Russian | 0 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Finnish Blitzkrieg [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] Finnish | 13 |
| [D] Russian | 6 |