On the Borderline ETO (id:#56089)
Prior Publication: AH: ASL Annual `89 SL A1, AH: ASL Annual `90 A16
Artahuhta, Finland
1939-11-30 (4 others)
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
RussianFinnish
Overview:
The Soviet 139th Rifle Division – 20,000 troops supported by 147 artillery pieces and 45 tanks – crossed the border on all available roads leading to Tolvajarvi, a key road junction defended by 4,200 scattered Finnish reservists. Cavalry Reserve Lt. Toivianen was celebrating his forty-fifth birthday that grim morning in Artahuhta, near the border post of Myllyjarvi. His men had gathered to congratulate him and present him with a new fountain pen. He had just made his acceptance speech when the sound of heavy artillery echoed from the direction of the border. Mounting immediately, Toivianen and his squadron galloped to join the fifteen border guards defending the post.Attacker: Russian (364th Rifle Regiment)
Defender: Finnish (Myllyjarvi Detachment, Border Guards/4th Reserve Cavalry Squadron)
12 turns
Players: 2 OBA: Russian Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:26.0 D:12.0 |
| AFVs: A:2 BA-6 x 2 |
| AFVs: D:0 Horse x 10 |
| Guns: A:0 50mm RM obr. 40 x 2 D:0 |
| Misc Rules: | GS, 4 hills are Woods instead w D: Bd 4, Row N = border. Finns can not go east of it. |
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| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2024-02-12 | (A) Stephen Stewart | vs | Steve SLunt | Finnish win (VASL Log) | Sent the Commissar and Mortars up top...everyone else to destroy the Border guards. Border guards either rolled 12's for MC or for Rally, so they were easily dispatched with minimal casualties (Sans HMG) OBA Had 2 contact DR's .... Red draw, then Black. Of course not accurate, and 6 hex dispersion. AC's are molasses but that's ok...you need them to AA with the kill stacks as the 5PP weapons can't move alone. Try to take nothing by 8fp shots to avoid a shooting gallery with the Finn SAN 5. Smoke is VERY useful to get across board 4 and then the mortars can open up on the Finns in the Woods (board 3 hills) 2fp -1 is good... Never really got that far. HMG firelane (my HW was off by one hex) rolls 4 rolls of 5 and less to shred the attack...not a big deal really. Loss of HMG due to future attacks on position... The real back breaker was when my Comm. with 2 squads were subjected to 2fp+1 to get a 1MC result.. All broke in the building next to the bad guy FINN... At that point...I didn't really want to continue. Getting shredded all game. Avg MC was 8 (with an ELR of 2 that's not cutting the mustard) and enemy AVG IFT of 6 (most shots had -2 FFMO/FFNAM) so really 4's ....spells for a long game. I could gather the units together to rally, but one AC malfed B11 and X'ed on first repair roll...(yes, I didn't need to roll but WTF, nothing was going well anyway) Don't really see the game ever going to the village as either the FINNS get waxed or the Russians do. ONLY if the Finns run to the village after some breaking of Russians....Will it matter. If this were a modern scenario...Russians would start on board 3 with about 1/2 the squads and the Finns would setup like 6 hexes from the E edge... Was fun while it lasted. VASSAL .3.6.14 VASL 6.6.4 | ||
| 2023-09-28 | (A) Shane Pask | vs | Russian win | Despite several opportunities, the Finnish Sniper refused to shoot at all. The Russian sniper, on the other hand, killed the Finnish 9-1 at the right time to hand the Russians the victory on turn 11. Bad luck and bad management meant that the forward roadblock did little except give the Russians another HMG. | |||
| 2023-03-11 | (A) Shaun Andrews | vs | Jeff Taylor | Russian win | The battle was initiated via Russian mortar fire laying smoke for the Russian troops to quickly advance. The Finnish guard post and roadblock were overwhelmed and the Russians plowed forward. As par for the course the Russian OBA was horrendous, never managing to land a spotting round in an acceptable location. A key moment occurred when a berserk Russian squad managed to enter into CC and then Melee a Finnish key leader and HMG stack allowing for the horde of Russian units to freely rush past. The pair of armored cars were integral to the offensive creating failure to route situations. Intense urban fighting ensued, but alas, the stalwart Finnish defenders fell to concentrated Russian firepower with a key position failing their MC by rolling boxcars. | ||
| 2021-05-09 | (A) Rob MacGinley | vs | Ian Willey | Finnish win | The Russians were cut to bits each attack they launched I was slowly whittled down to an ineffective force Fins were supermen | ||
| 2021-04-24 | (D) Dwayne Duval | vs | Kevin Duval | Russian win | The Finns tried to stop the Russians on board 4 by rushing all units forward to aid in the defense. Ended up providing the Russians with the horses required to get into the village and easily occupy the VC buildings. |
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| Action | Date |
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| Hutch Modified the misc. rules | 2024-07-24 14:17:10 |
| Hutch Modified the unit counts | 2024-07-24 14:16:18 |
| Hutch Modified the Defender's AFVs | 2024-07-24 14:16:18 |
| Turuk Uploaded a VASL file | 2024-06-20 18:07:11 |
| Turuk Modified the gps location | 2024-06-05 15:11:33 |
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| VASL Scenario Setup (ASL 124 On The Borderline v667.vsav) | VASL Setup | Turuk | 86 |
| (russ-fin.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1009 |
| To the rescue. . . (finn cv.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1128 |
| VASL Log file (A124 On the Borderline 3614 664.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Stewart | 235 |
| (asl0124.gif) | Map Image | Twirling | 1358 |
| (a016.gif) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 909 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.38 | Votes: 24 | Views: | 8771 |
| To-Play list count: | 2 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 12 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 12 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Russian | 5 | |
| Finnish | 6 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |