Urban Guerillas ETO (id:#56394)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 1 ID: J 1)
Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
Russian / PartisanGerman (SS)
56.25%

Overview:

The 2nd SS-Panzer Division, “Das Reich”, formed a rear guard position in Vienna as the Fourth Ukrainian Front closed in on the beautiful city. One area of bitter fighting was around the picturesque Prater Park with St. Stephen's Cathedral. The people of Vienna did not want their beautiful city to suffer the same fate as Warsaw and Budapest. So the local leaders made a deal with the Russians: help would be available if the artillery bombardment was called off. (see Misc Rules below)
Attacker: Russian / Partisan (Elements of the 5th Guards Mechanized Brigade and 30th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment and possible partisan forces)
Defender: German (SS) (Elements of Regiment "Der Fuhrer", SS-Panzer Division 2 "Das Reich")  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:18.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:5
T-34/85 x 3
IS-2m x 2

D:3
PzKpfw VG
PzKpfw IVJ
SPW 251/1

Guns: A:0 D:1
8.8cm FlaK 18

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All Russian sniper attack dr of "3" or "4" generate Partisan units
Map Board(s): 22 23
Overlays: X8 X15
Errata (source)
SSR5: Add “… they were German, and Captured Use Penalties (A21.12) apply; only a maximum of 3 PF may be fired by Partisans during the scenario.”MMP
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-09-08(A) John Gorkowski vs John Staddick German (SS) winLost this brawl to John Stadick. His Germans centered their defense on the 23Y7 factory just south of the canal. Most of his infantry and the Panzer IV lined up behind the factory’s perimeter wall. The Panther sat snug just north of the canal, behind the 23X1 hedgerow. The 88 Flak hid in the 23EE5 woods where the canal widens to a lake.

Most of my Russian infantry and three T-34/85s started around 22M5, the woods on my left flank. The heavy machine gun, however, watched over the battlefield from the second floor of 22F5 with a line of sight straight down 23BB5 bridge. That prevented Germans from crossing the eastern bridge and enabled me to nibble at the south side of the 23Y7 factory.
I opened by driving my tanks to the vicinity of 23U10 just south west of the German main force. Along the way some blew smoke. The 9-1 armor leader led is T-34/85 forward and stopped to fire during the movement phase killing the hull down Panzer IV at 23X8! My infantry came up behind with no losses and got the flamethrower to 23X10. My sniper took out his halftrack as it tried to cross the canal at 23X3. But the German infantry squad alongside did make it across the canal to defend the northern buildings. The Germans skulked back from the factory’s perimeter wall.

On turn two the Russians pressed to 23W7, took the surrounding wooden buildings, and threatened to enter the 23Y7 factory at X6/X7 while both sides traded small arms fire. The Russian flame thrower fizzled and broke on its first shot at the factory from 23Y10. The Germans skulked into the factory.

On turn three, a T-34/85 smashed into the factory at 23X7 and Russian infantry followed. The German 9-1 and his medium machine gun in 23Z6 clobbered Ivan, but the Russians held on. The IS 2s rolled on around 23R8. Fearing a hidden 88 Flak in the U3 woods north of the canal, they stopped around 23U7 and engaged the Panther at 23X1.

All hell broke loose over the next two turns. An IS 2 bracketed the Panther as its rounds bounced off the Russian giant. A platoon of Russian submachine gunners stormed the northwest corner of the factory at 23X6. A T-34/85 rushed over the canal at the 23X3 bridge leaving smoke in its wake. The hidden 88 Flak fired from EE5, but missed. Then came two critical mistakes. My other IS 2 followed the bridge-crossing T-34/85 and thereby revealed its flank to the German Panzerschrek in 23Y6. That tube fired and killed the IS 2! A few Russian squads took advantage of the mayhem to also cross the 23X3 bridge; in hindsight, they should have further pressed the 23Y7 factory.

I divided my force in the face of the enemy and paid for it. The 23Y7 factory held on as the Russians sputtered out trying to capture two buildings at once. My IS 2 killed the Panther and rolled forward to trade shots with the 88 Flak which by then had killed the Russian infantry north of the canal. So, the Germans won without losing a single building.
2020-06-16(A) Vilis Pavulans vs Matias Dahlbäck Russian / Partisan winA frontal defence made the initial approach hard but after missing to spot a LOS and not moving the Panther, a shot to the side made it a wreck. That made the germans tremble a bit and suddenly quick flanking maneuvres tied the german down. Then by sacrificing a T34 a few russian squads managed to get over the bridge ahead of the russians and the two buildings were captured. The boxcars on the first roll of the 88 also made the game a bit easier for the russian heroes.
2020-06-16(D) Matias Dahlbäck vs Vilis Pavulans Russian / Partisan winI can't AFV.
2020-05-19(D) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker German (SS) winAs featured on IR 20 (and VASL log attached, below).

I had the Germans with the balance and the game couldn't have been closer. This scenario is genuinely one of the best scenarios I've played - the randomness of the partisans adds just enough spice to keep the Germans on their toes, and although it's dicey as to how much of an impact the tank battles are superb, and the IS-2s are just beasts. In this game we had 2 PFs bounce off them, we had a malfunctioning DC, and the whole thing came down to a thoroughly mismatched 5:1 CC that I somehow survived.
2020-02-28(D) Stefan Fiedler vs Lars-Peter German (SS) winMy opponent made a setup mistake by setting up his (non panther) tank so that I could kill it in my first prep. Placed the HMG and a s in 22 F6 effectively hindering forces on the flank to retreat over the canal or to the other vc building. Pushed hard on my left flank and managed to close in onto the factor in T3, Nailed his tiger on a sneaky LOS from adjacent the factory. As I entered the factory partisans beamed in behind his line in the church/factory stopping routs. In T3 late the sniper broke most of teh defenses behind the canal and at T4 Lars gave up. Played in the first round of ASL Scandinavian open 2020
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gorkowskij Rated the scenario2020-10-05 18:48:28
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St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna (Bldg 23Y7)
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Estimated Play time: 6.4 hours
Recorded Games: 50
Archive recorded plays:
Russian / Partisan29
German (SS)21
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Urban Guerrillas [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 187
[D] German 147
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