The Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front applied steady pressure through the first two weeks of November trying to achieve a breakthrough. Finally the defensive positions held by the 16th Panzergrenadier Division collapsed. The Grossdeutschland Division sent its Tiger Company and supporting infantry to foil the penetration by holding the Soviets at Ljubimowka.
Attacker: Russian (Elements of the 4th Guards Army)
Defender: German (Elements of Panzer-Grenadier-Division 16 & Tiger Kompanie (supported), Panzer-Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland)
7.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:24.0 D:20.0
AFVs: A:11
T-34 M43 x 6 OT-34 x 3 SU-122 SU-152
AFVs: D:5
PzKpfw VIE x 3 StuG IIIG x 2
Guns: A:1
82mm BM obr. 37
D:2
7.5cm PaK 40 5cm PaK 38
Misc Rules:
Grain is in season. A: Elite Russian MMCs have MOL Capability (A22.6).
Tom called this game early. I had fortuitous luck and managed to swamp the city and break most of his reinforcements.
2020-09-01
(D) Mike Grogan
vs
Carl Roberts
Russian win
Very enjoyable topsy-turvey game won by the Russians on the last turn.
2017-07-11
(A) Lawrence Spangler
vs
Diane Spangler
German win
2017-04-18
(A) Lawrence Spangler
vs
Diane Spangler
Russian win
2017-04-16
(D) Richard Jenulis
vs
Greg Barsness
German win
2017-03-30
(D) Dan Best
vs
Doug Kirk
Russian win
Chicago Open ASL Tournament 2017.
2016-11-21
(D) Tom Kearney
vs
Al Saltzman
German win
2016-10-01
(D) Michael Rodgers
vs
Andrea Pagni
Russian win
Three OT-34 that never run out of fuel are tough to stop.
2016-09-23
(D) patrick palma
vs
Kevin Killeen
Russian win
2016-09-21
(A) Jeff B
vs
Elmo Menon
Russian win
Scenarios where, due to reinforcements/VCs, the defender at some point becomes the attacker are a real treat. When done right, these are some of the best scenarios there are. This is one such scenario. Each side gets a decent amount of toys, and they will both need to use all of them to maximum advantage to prevail. Don't let the large size hold you back from this gem!
2016-08-19
(A) Jason Wert
vs
Miguel Molina
Russian win
Outstanding scenario. Really enjoyed the pace and choices for Russian Attack. The OT-34's were fierce in our match and did huge damage.
2016-06-04
(A) Paolo Cariolato
vs
Mario Aceto
Russian win
This is a great scenario that begs to be played. A very interesting situation awaits the defender, which shoult delay the attacking Russians enough for the cavalry to come in his rescue. The best way for the Russian infantry to make it quickly to the village is human waving as much as possible, the defender unfortunately cannot avoid it, some stragglers have been left behind and they are prime targets for the HW. What the defender can do is putting them on the extreme north and south of the map in order for the HW to direct away from the village or the idea being abandoned.
The defender can also use his ? counters in order to hide the true location of each group (basicly creating 2 5/8 ? stack in each group of stragglers leaving his opponent guessing.
In my game my opponent left a single squad in the middle of the map and that was prime HW target, with 12 squads surging toward the village with 8MF and +1MRL, he also defended strongly the northen wooden area, the net result was that my tanks isolated the woods in the north cutting of many squads and another HW was lunched in the second turns against the few squads in the village proper, the T34 circled around the 2 stugs and killed both with no loss, his GUNS claimed other 3 tanks (1FT) and 1 immobilized (1FT) before the FT tanks made short work of them.
At the end of third turn the Russians had basically occupied all village and just some HS and SMC clinged to some builing.
Then the cavalry came in, my opponent choose to enter the infantry on foot with no riders and devoting the Tigers to Tank Hunting. It was a good hunt with 4 AFV destroyed and 1 tiger immobilized in a good position, but it wasn’t enough, when the tigers assaulted the village proper with the GD troopers the infantry broke under the fire of the numerous Russian MMC and it was game over.
Play it. You will love it.
We played it right to the end and it took 9 hours to complete.
2016-04-03
(A) Gordon Jupp
vs
Nick Holmshaw
Russian win
Great toys to play with, unfortunately I managed to X out all three FT tanks after only 1 or 2 shots! Never the less they were effective and the infantry were able to take the 12 buildings in spite of the GD intervention! Good game 😊