The Nutcracker ETO (id:#61157)
(ASL Action Pack # 7 ID: AP63)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Chris Mazzei And Peter Struijf
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Balance:
RussianGerman
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Overview:

During the final phase of Operation TYPHOON, German Panzer-Armee 4 broke through Russian defenses northeast of Moscow. General Reinhardt's Panzer-Korps LVI was able to cross the Moskva-Volga Canal at Yakhroma on 27 November but could not hold its bridgehead. Reinhardt decided to shift to the defense, but was severely limited in both forces and supplies. Unknown to German intelligence, the Russians had accumulated three new armies in this sector. The exposed left flank of the Klin bulge was held by a mere screening force of two depleted motorized infantry divisions. At 0600 on December 6, in freezing conditions, the 1st Shock and 30th Armies crashed into these thinly-held lines, signaling the start of Stalin's winter offensive.
Attacker: Russian (21st Tank Brigade and 371st Infantry Division, 30th Army)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 36 (mot.), Panzer-Division 7)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:12.0
AFVs: A:7
BT-7A x 2
T-26S M37 x 2
BT-5 M34 x 3

AFVs: D:2
PzKpfw 38(t) E x 2

Guns: A:0
PTRD-41 ATR
D:3
3.7cm PaK 35/36
15cm sFH 18 x 2
5cm leGrW 36 x 2
PzB 39 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS, Extreme Winter. All roads are Plowed. A: Troops are Ski-equipped
Overlays: OG1 O4
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2017-01-07(D) Rich Weiley vs Neil MacPherson German winPlayed with the unofficial balance (all German reinforcements enter on turn 3). Neil made initial progress with his secondary attack down the German left flank. On the German right he made steady if unspectacular progress. He hit trouble in the centre where he tried to duel his BT tanks against the artillery guns which where setup either side of the factory. He did manage to break both crews at different times but it cost him four tanks and a couple of squads.

The Germa counter attack wiped out the gains Neil made against my left flank meaning that he needed to make a late game rush on board 32. The Germans retained sufficient firepower to repel this last gasp assault.
2015-10-04(D) Seumas Hoskins vs Michael Rodgers Russian winRussians had the balance. The Russians used the hill on 61 to rush into the board 32 village. A last turn, last roll kill shot sealed the Russian victory on the retaken hex in the board 32 factory.
2015-10-04(A) Michael Rodgers vs Seamus Hoskins Russian winI chose to have my Russians obtain the VC of all building hexes on one map; the one on the Russian right. I had fun skiing down the slopes towards the Germans. Each squad went closer and closer until one of the German stacks finally shot. I was able to claim my first building on the first turn, with only one broken squad. I sent the on-board tanks to the Russian right towing an MMG to discourage the Germans from entering there. The reinforcing tanks went up the middle. The BT-7A tanks positioned to shoot at a central German MMG in the factory. The German 37mm ATG was able to shoot at the lead tank of my BT-5 platoon and killed it. My troops amoeba moved into the town. The German reinforcements came in far away from the Russians and Seamus forgot about the Russian MMG on the level 2 mountain. I got lucky on the two flat shot and a stack of three German squads and a leader broke. My infantry found a 150 ART piece that I later smoked so the infantry could take it out. From there they also attacked the 37, but only after it had shot up some infantry. The central German MMG fell to a BT-7A so my Russians got into that building and obtained the MMG. I lost a second BT-5 tank to the other HIP 150 ART gun when the tank tried to get behind the Germans for some DM work. Soon after, the Russians had all the required buildings. The German reinforcement tanks came in far away and moved to shoot at the Russians from a safe distance. Seamus realized he was running out of time, so started trying to move his infantry closer to the Russians, but they were getting shot up. Finally, his tanks move adjacent and into the factory building where my Russians were. We had a big struggle there that consumed all of our attention. Control switched twice. The game came down to needing to kill the German tank in the factory. It took three tries from three tanks to finally do it. Extreme winter played almost no part, only taking out a German light mortar.
2014-04-06(A) Andy Beaton vs Richard Hooks German winSuccessful first rush by the Russians, but they weren't strong enough to stand up to the German counterattack. Lost in the last CC phase.
2014-01-14(D) Steffen Knippel vs Mark Moore Russian win
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Estimated Play time: 5.1 hours
Recorded Games: 11
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