Shielding Moscow ETO (id:#56235)
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Khimki, USSR 1941-12-03 ()
Designer: R.J. Jenulis
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
42.857142857143%

Overview:

The men of the 35th Infantry Division were exhausted after their long trek across Russia. First mud, the severe winter weather, then stiffening defenses had blunted the spearhead of Operation Typhoon’s drive to Moscow. Now, with the spires of the Kremlin in sight of the invader, the Russian defenders were pulling out all the stops. Red Army officers organized local factory workers, supported by ad hoc armor elements, to drive the Germans back from the outskirts of the capital. General Winter once again took control, gripping the aggressors tightly. This would be as far as the Wehrmacht would get.
Attacker: German (Pioniere Bataillon)
Defender: Russian (Red Army Officers and Khimki Factory workers/Ad Hoc Armor Support)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.5 D:14.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:2
T-35 x 2

Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: FS (E3.71), GS (E3.72), EW (E3.73), Bldgs: Single story (exc: AA7 Steeple), HtH (J2.31)
Overlays: X16 X17
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-07-31(D) Dan Best vs Dave Mareske German win3 hrs
2025-07-31(A) Dave Mareske vs Dan Best German winThe Russians did a human wave on turn 1 which got cut down and a lot of infantry remained broken and disrupted for much of the game. The tanks were effective getting into the factory and disrupting the Germans, but they needed some infantry support. Germans failed all their PTCs and barely hung on to control of one of the factories.
2025-07-10(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs German win
2023-04-03(D) David Garvin vs Andrew Luden Russian winFun day with lots of Berserkers
2021-03-04(A) Shane Pask vs German winI had considered an attack on one of the factories before the game started but quickly changed my mind. The game ebbed and flowed with the Russians considering conceding around turn 4 - both of their tanks MA malfed on turn 2 with one immediately disabled. The only MOL the Russians tried was available but unsuccessful landing back on the thrower. Turn 5 the second T35 fixed its main gun and immediately killed my 9-1, hero and broke my fanatic MMG squad. This let the Russians grab the required number of buildings - just. On the last turn I only needed to recover one building which I did for a close win!
The snipers did not like the cold. Despite many SAN rolls, the Russian stayed indoors with a bottle of vodka and mine fired 2 shots - one pinned a broken squad (ie no effect) and the other shot the only Russian leader in the head. With only the Commissar to rally troops (and shooting many of them as cowards) I soon collected a lot of prisoners.
I think the Russians are actually the attacker in this scenario.
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dmareske Added a playing2025-08-01 16:25:08
Danno Added a playing2025-07-31 21:11:01
Bongiovanni Added a playing2025-07-10 18:54:58
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-09-29 13:07:43
aokigaryou Modified the misc. rules2024-02-23 12:14:06
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Avg Rating: 6.12Votes: 25
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Estimated Play time: 3.3 hours
Recorded Games: 21
Archive recorded plays:
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Drawn:0

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Shielding Moscow
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[A] German 31
[D] Russian 73
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