Tiger by the Tail WTO (id:#61863)
See Also: Tiger by the Tail by On All Fronts
Designer: George Kelln
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
AmericanGerman
66.666666666667%

Overview:

The German First Army High Command needed to establish a new front line running from Gorssachsen-Schreisheim-Ladenberg-Neckar Cannal to Seckenheim-Altrip-Rhein. For this operation the First Army would receive the 559th Volksgrenadier Division and attached to it the 653rd Schewere Panzerjager Abteilung with eight operational Jagdtigers. The morning of 30 March, three Jagdtigers of the Kompanie 1 under command of Leutnant Hans Knippenberg were ordered into combat at Heidelberg / Schwetzingen, to delay the American advance from Mannheim. The heavy tank destroyers arrived in Schwetzingen just before noon. The American spearhead reached the city earlier than anticipated and immediately engaged the huge tank destroyers in combat.
Attacker: American (Combat Command R)
Defender: German (Volksgrenadier Division 559 and 1/sPzJg Abteilung 653)  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:17
M3 ht x 8
M3A1 ht x 2
M3(HMG)
M4A3(75)W
M4A3E2(L)
M4A3(76)W x 3
M4A3(105)

AFVs: D:3
JgdPz VI x 3

Guns: A:1
M2 60mm Mortar
D:1
2cm FlaKvierling 38

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Soft ground, treat Grain as MUD
Overlays: NONE
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-04-01(D) Mark McG vs Dave Wilson American winOn the whole the scenario comes down to the Americans simply passing through the streched German line. They can do so easily, and the CVP cap is the only possibility for German win. The Tigers are relatively toothless in the close terrain, so it comes down to how lucky the Germans are with the high ROF weapons and Panzerfausts.

In our match, the Americans won by Turn 4, passing though the German lines on the German right. HMG did a good job, killing two halftracks, and a J/Tiger killed 1 Sherman. I The Quad flak failed miserably. In return the US killed 2 JadgTigers and the Gun crew. Tigers could really compete in this terrain against speedy US tanks with Gyro stabilisers and tank leader. Most of the German infantry weren't engaged (simply too slow to cross the map).
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Minedog Added a playing2023-04-01 22:24:45
hoxson1 Modified the Theatre2021-03-31 18:32:21
hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2020-12-14 19:09:25
hoxson1 Uploaded the Board image2020-12-14 19:08:37
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2020-12-14 18:56:01
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US Unit (view)JRKrejsa2013-07-10 01:10:52
Combat Command R existed in all late war US Armored Divisions. My best educated guess is that these troops are from the 11th Armored Division, or the 44th Infantry Division, which was also in the area at the time.

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Jagdtiger number 131 of the PzJgAbt 653, Schwetzingen
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 3.00Votes: 1
Views: 4758
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 9.8 hours
Recorded Games: 1
Archive recorded plays:
American1
German0
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Tiger by the Tail [Confirmed]
[A] American 1
[D] German 1
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