Early Battles ETO (id:#59886)
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Designer: Brian Youse
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Balance:
GermanRussian
45.744680851064%

Overview:

The Germans, after a week of relatively easy victories, approached a small Lithuanian village amidst the forest. Army Group North was among the first Germans to encounter heavier Russian tanks. These monsters dwarfed the German AFVs, and it was quickly discovered that they were not easily beaten with firepower. Turning to their tactical advantages of numbers, speed, and manueverability, the German forces would often byass these strong points and then reduce them at their leisure. That was not an option in this case. . . . .In a fairly large battle from the opening days of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, 10 Russian squads must defend a village from an attack by 12 German squads. The Germans are supported by six tanks of various types, while the Russians have an infantry gun and two tanks, one of which is a nearly invincible KV-2.
Attacker: German (6th Panzer Division)
Defender: Russian (2nd Tank Division)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:6
PzKpfw IVD x 2
PzKpfw 35t x 2
PzKpfw IIF x 2

AFVs: D:2
KV-2
BT-7 M37

Guns: A:0 D:1
76.2mm PP obr. 27
50mm RM obr. 40
PTRD-41 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: BT-7 M37 must make DR 8 or less each MPh to move outside of its current hex
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-01-23(D) Enrico Croce vs Enrico Croce Russian win
2024-11-10(A) Nicolas Leste-Lasserre vs German win
2024-06-20(D) Justin DiSabatino vs Russian winThe Germans started out strong, one PzIV moving to lay smoke to cover the advancing infantry while the other AFVs break into two flanking movements. The Russian turn was hugely impactful as INF gun went on a rate tear with HEAT, taking out both PzIVs and impacting the German’s ability to handle the KV. Bad luck went both ways, as the INF gun malf’d on turn 2 and the crew would not be able to repair it before being driven off. The German infantry managed to take out the squads with the ATRs as well, moving towards the top of board u by the start of turn 4 to be able to head to the objectives. At this point, their attack staggered – the KV moved forward to threaten the two remaining German AFVs, sending them retreating out of sight, but the German infantry immobilized the KV and prospects were looking up… Except a Pz35t stopped next to a Russian squad that then routed to a building with a dropped ATR, rallied, recovered the ATR, and rolled snake eyes to destroy the AFV in Prep Fire.
2023-09-20(A) Todd Cox vs Russian winGermans had just one AFV left. The 76mm inf gun was deadly to the tanks the first few rounds til the crew was broken.
2023-07-07(A) JP Laurio vs German win
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Amerigus Crux Added a playing2025-01-23 21:59:13
NicolasLL Added a playing2024-11-12 09:45:57
hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-08-16 17:09:31
Turuk Modified the gps location2024-06-20 15:37:47
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Solo play. (view)esparver732013-01-08 21:18:05
Solo play. I put the KV on the Russian left side to force the German armor side to take the German right, more narrow, covered with an ATR, the gun and the other tank. The Germans smashed that position killing some Russians and the Russian gun malfunctioned and was eliminated. But then the KV moved to the central position and started blowing up German tanks, using the PFPh and the DFPh. More, the German infantry started failing all of its MC and the attack stalled. The German tanks attacked seven or eight times the KV to no avail and it destroyed all German tanks but three. The Germans conceded with only one building hex taken, three surviving tanks and almost all infantry broken, with two turns to go.

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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.04Votes: 52
Views: 11770
To-Play list count: 7
Estimated Play time: 6.1 hours
Recorded Games: 45
Archive recorded plays:
German19
Russian24
Drawn:2

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Early Battles [Confirmed]
[A] German 24
[D] Russian 27
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