Heart of Wilderness ETO (id:#62073)
Kruglaya Grove, Russia
1942-08-28 (1 other)
GJ046: The Steeple (Grumble Jones)
Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
RussianGerman
Overview:
Leningrad had been under siege for a year, and several smaller attempts to break the siege had already failed when the Volkhov Front offensive started on the morning of 27 August. On the eastern side of the city, Overst Wengler's Grenadier-Regiment 366 had been fortifying its front lines and held fast as General-major Starikov's 8th Army bypassed their positions. The Soviet offensive soon lost momentum, however, and Starikov had trouble getting his reserves into the wooded swamps and bringing to bear his 4-to-1 superiority in men and artillery. Wengler's position at the foot of the Siniavino heights would prove crucial.Attacker: Russian (Elements of 19th Guards Rifle Division and 124th Tank Brigade)
Defender: German (Elements of Grenadier-Regiment 366, Infanterie-Division 227)
6.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:30.0 D:16.0 |
| AFVs: A:4 BT-7 M37 x 4 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 50mm RM obr. 40 x 2 D:2 3.7cm PaK 35/36 7.5cm leIG 18 5cm leGrW 36 x 2 PzB 39 ATR |
| Misc Rules: | All buildings are Wooden |
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| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-04-17 | (A) Louis Langdeau | vs | Lee M | Russian win | A rare game as Russians against Lee, who made it two turns before he told me I wasn't being aggressive enough with his favorite troops! I did make a relatively deliberate push into the city with infantry while Lee's guns made mincemeat of my tanks. I managed to make it in to town with very few casualties on my infantry, and claimed the needed buildings on my last turn. Lee made a last dash to try to take one back, but he couldn't make it stick. Not bad! Feels like it coudl indeed be a bit German biased, but not enough that I thought it was an obvious blowout. | ||
| 2024-02-01 | (A) George Tashji | vs | German win | Came down to the last CC on last turn. Germans barely held on. Great scenario. | |||
| 2023-09-08 | (A) Daniel Soukup | vs | Patrick | Russian win | |||
| 2023-08-26 | (D) Dan Best | vs | Kermit Mullins | Russian win | |||
| 2023-08-26 | (A) Kermit Mullins | vs | Dan Best | Russian win | My Russians were able to attack from three sides and take the win after Turn 6. |
| Action | Date |
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| Allister01 Added a playing | 2025-05-05 02:55:41 |
| A_Lost_Canadian Added a playing | 2025-02-08 23:44:44 |
| dsoukup Added a playing | 2024-06-14 19:02:05 |
| George T Added a playing | 2024-02-09 23:14:52 |
| von Garvin Modified the gps location | 2023-08-28 11:05:03 |
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| (Map ASL WO12 Heart of wilderness.jpg) | Map Image | esparver73 | 1330 |
| (WO12 Heart Of Wilderness Scenario Archive.png) | Map Image | von Marwitz | 1231 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.95 | Votes: 20 |
| Views: | 4909 |
| To-Play list count: | 5 |
| Estimated Play time: | 8.2 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 15 |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Russian | 12 | |
| German | 3 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Heart of the Wilderness [Confirmed] |
| [A] Russian | 31 |
| [D] German | 16 |