Show of Force ETO (id:#62327)
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See Also: Show Of Force by Critical Hit
Designer: Michael Koch
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
42.608695652174%

Overview:

Following the disastrous loss of Stalingrad, German High Command faced another threat in northern Russia. After Russian breakthroughs at several points on the Don River, the Germans were in danger of losing three Heeresgruppes – in total, more men then they had lost at Stalingrad. In response, on March 6, Manstein’s Panzer Armee 4, including crack formations such as SS-Panzerkorps 3 and Infanterie-Division “Grossdeutschland” launched a counteroffensive, which would later be known as the Third Battle for Kharkov.
Attacker: German (Panzer-Regiment / Tiger-Kompanie / Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Grossdeutschland")
Defender: Russian (305th Rifle Division, 3rd Tank Corps)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.0 D:6.5
AFVs: A:11
PzKpfw VIE
PzKpfw IVF2 x 2
PzKpfw IIIN x 2
SPW 251/1 x 3
SPW 250/1 x 2
SPW 250/1 x 2
PzKpfw III(Fl)

AFVs: D:4
T-34 M43 x 3
T-70

Guns: A:0 D:1
76.2mm P obr. 39
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: GS. A: Elite. German sniper not placed onboard til Turn 2.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-05-31(A) Mark Thompson vs Erik Grande (Russian)A German winThe German tanks moved aggressively to the Russian right flank in Turn 1, peppering likely hide-outs for Russian Gun with AFPH MG and MA shots. The Ht-borne infantry followed suit on Turn 2 after the German tanks VBM'd the Russians main positions (including the stumbled-upon Gun in 70L6 which improbably missed a same hex shot) and things unraveled very quickly for the Russians thereafter, who conceded in Turn 3. Everything went right for the Germans, and the Russians - who had a good set-up - were dogged by poor DRs (including failed PAATCs), but this one seems hard on the Russians absent a strong intervention of fate. The Russian 76Ls are not a very compelling weapon against the German tank force without more side-shot opportunities. Allowing some Russian set-up on Board 69 and/or adding the T-34 as HIP might make this more interesting.
2024-03-26(A) Rob MacGinley vs Stefan Fiedler Russian winI did mainly a left flank atatck and up the middle - my unit that reached out were cut to pieces and I reached the CVP cap quick and lost teh game halfway
2023-12-29(D) Richard Jenulis vs Tycho Granville Russian winClose game. Russians won on last German player turn by pushing the Germans over the CVP.
2023-12-11(A) joe moro vs Brian Yee German win
2022-01-15(D) Vilis Pavulans vs Matias Dahlbäck Russian winA slight delay in the german offensive when the AFVs waited for infantry running to the village may have swayed the balance to the russians. the hideous rolling on the russian side swayed it back. Malfed the Gun on the second shot, malfed a tank MA, hit with a 76L into a building and then dudded the shot and so on. It came down to the last turn where a close combat against a pinned russian squad didn´t succeed and the russians won this time. Taxing on morale and several personal moralechecks resulted in pin for the german player who was ready to throw in the towel at least five times during the game but stood as the victor in the end.
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macrobosanta Added a playing2024-08-31 11:01:10
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Thompsonmg(MGT) Added a playing2024-06-03 11:41:16
Ireneusz Rated the scenario2024-06-01 20:55:11
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.10Votes: 30
Views: 5223
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 5 hours
Recorded Games: 25
Archive recorded plays:
German14
Russian10
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Show of Force [Confirmed]
[A] German 35
[D] Russian 56
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