Maczek Fire Brigade ETO (id:#57786)
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Designer: Martin Svärd
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Balance:
GermanPolish
48.387096774194%

Overview:

At the initial stage of the German invasion of Poland, the XXII Corps had orders to break the defense south of Cracow, defended by the Polish 10th (Motorized) Cavalry Brigade. In charge of the brigade was Colonel St. Maczek, who immediately started to use the brigade's 121st Light Tank Company as a kind of "fire brigade", thrown in at threatened parts of the front in order to secure any breach. - - - - Maczek Fire Brigade is a tourney-sized 5.5 turn scenario. German light tanks and elite infantry from the 4th Light Division have orders to secure 12 buildings defended by Polish infantry. The "fire brigade" in the form of Vickers tanks enter as Polish reinforcements.
Attacker: German (Elements of 4. leichte Division)
Defender: Polish (Elements of 24th Uhlan (Lancer) Regiment and 121st Light Tank Company with 101st Recce Tank Company)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:7
PzKpfw IIA x 3
PzKpfw IB x 2
PSW 222 x 2
Opel Blitz x 3
Motorcycle x 5

AFVs: D:6
TKS
Vickers Ejw(b)
Vickers Edw(b) x 2
TKS(L) tankette x 2

Guns: A:0
PzB 39 ATR
D:0
Ur wz. 35 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Elite and 1st Line squads Assault Fire capable.
Overlays: X9 X13
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-03-20(A) Øyvind Jacobsen Bjørkås vs G German win
2023-09-26(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Holland, Donald German win
2023-06-25(D) Douglas Leslie vs Jeff Howell Polish winTerrific game against Jeff Howell in round 3 of the VASL League competition. The German assault got off to a bad start when one AFV was immobilised in a position from which it could play little further part in the game and a truck perished with all of its passengers. Flushed with success, I stupidly left my HMG position at level one so that it could try to take out another of the thinly armoured German AFVs. It gacked the shot and then broke under fire with the result that the entire Polish defence came unstuck in the village. Desperate AFV combat followed which included an incredible sequence when Jeff parked two AFVs adjacent to one of my Polish tanks and broke both MAs. Things were looking good until the very next RPh when they both managed to repair them and destroy their target. After lots of craziness, the game came down to the Germans needing to capture two out of three buildings. One was manned by three MMC and the Germans had to cross open ground to reach it. They ran through the hail of fire to nail all three defenders with an unlikely 4+2 shot. The other two buildings looked like easier propositions when the two remaining mobile German AFVs froze their defending squads. Unfortunately for Jeff, his attackers couldn't emulate the debacle at the first building in advancing fire and then they came up short in the close combat that followed.
Great game, regardless of the final result.
2023-04-05(D) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerD German win
2023-02-15(D) Simon Staniforth vs Mick Allen Polish winMy second recent playing of this scenario this time using the Bret Hildebran defence from Journal 8. This I would describe as more conventional in how us average players might set up with the heavy weapons concentrated to defend the village. HMG up front which I lost early to a 6+2 bounding fire shot but the depth of the defence allows for the slowing of the German attack. Plenty of broken MAs, B11s all round, and a MG Stun on those Panzer Is will see a recall. It went to the final turn but helped by a couple of CHs along the way the Poles were just able to hold on to enough buildings for the win.
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ActionDate
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2024-08-09 20:03:40
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-08-09 20:03:40
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-08-05 16:13:12
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-07-16 17:00:56
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-07-16 17:00:23
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Avg Rating: 7.53Votes: 32
Views: 7316
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 5.2 hours
Recorded Games: 23
Archive recorded plays:
German8
Polish14
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Maczek Fire Brigade [Confirmed]
[A] German 52
[D] Polish 50
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