The Weigh In ETO (id:#56423)
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Piotrków, Poland 1939-09-05 ()
Designer: Curt Schilling
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Balance:
GermanPolish
29.411764705882%

Overview:

With Armies Modlin and Pomorze in full retreat, September 5th found the Polish High Command focused on the tactical situation in the Piotrków sector, roughly 150km southwest of Warsaw. Officials in Warsaw feared the German 1st and 4th Panzer Divisions would overrun Piotrków unless someone, or something, could slow down the German Blitzkrieg, so ordered a local counterattack for late on the 5th. As these forces were taking preliminary actions to mount an attack, the Germans appeared. The 1st Panzer Division, believing both the road and city to be wide open, expected little resistance. Two Battalions of the Polish 19th Infantry Division were tasked with defending the approaches to the city and were the first to engage the German assault force.
Attacker: German (Panzer Regiment 2, Panzer Division 1)
Defender: Polish (19th Infantry Division, Army Prusy/2nd Light Tank Battalion)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:20.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:16
PzKpfw IVC x 2
PzKpfw IIA x 4
PzKpfw IB x 4
PSW 231(6 rad) x 2
PSW 221 x 2
SPW 251/1 x 2

AFVs: D:2
7TPjw x 2

Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36 x 2
PzB 39 ATR x 2
D:5
75mm wz. 97 ART x 2
Bofors 37mm AT x 2
Brandt Medium MTR
Ur wz. 35 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: AE (H1.22), D: Elite and 1st Line have Assault Fire, Interrogation (E2), but not CI.
Overlays: X14 X18 X11 X15
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-10-22(A) Don Berg vs Don Berg Polish winThe Poles set fire to the grain, and set-up wire to block all but the Y10 approach to the final buildings. Twin AT guns on the left flank killed multiple tanks as they moved primarily on that flank. The infantry held the center with the aid of the MG in the two story building. The game ended as the Artillery piece in the X10 woods took out two tanks with the help of Intensive fire, and a third German tank fell through the cellar while trying to overrun a berserk squad in a wooden house.
2024-03-09(D) Louis Langdeau vs Lee M DrawI set up with the majority of my guns and fortifications all guarding the last two wooden buildings in the southeast corner. I had wire cutting off most of the way in, and then planned to stir up some fire in the wooden building near the grain field in the southeast. My thinking was that if I could hold Lee's troops back with the bare minimum for at least 4-5 turns, then the fire would make it to hard for him to come in. I biffed my first Kindling roll with my 9-1 with boxcars, but on Turn 2 I started the fires going, and it spread quickly. Unfortunately, the wind changed, which resulted in one of my guns being completely cut out of usefulness by smoke billowing over it. Meanwhile, Lee made a huge swing through the central mass of buildings, with me leaving the far Northwest stone buildings mostly unoccupied and giving him a jumping off point. By turn 5, Lee had cleared most of the other buildings, and the fire wasn't entirely spread through the field. However, his CVPs were already at 44, and he needed to make a push through some fire zones to sneak into my backfield. We talked it out, and both of us felt confident we could still win, so we called it a draw as we had run out of time.

A great scenario. If I were doing it again, I would have put another leader into the field itself in a fox hole to try and get another fire going earlier. I got pretty lucky on the dice to keep things spreading after my first missed Kindling TC, but it could easily have gone the other way. There was also a lot of fun occurrences, with Polish half squads CCing a recon vehicle, and Panzers driving into woods to overrun AT guns. Would definitely play again.
2022-12-11(A) Shane Pask vs Polish winThe previous game (an Uncommon Occurrence) the Poles could not hit the side of a barn. This time they could not miss. One ATR had killed 4 tanks by the end of turn 2. Germans passed the CVP cap on Polish turn 4 prep fire.
2016-09-17(D) Vic Lauterbach vs MA German winThis was a primer on how to use early-war Panzers when you have 14! The Panzer mass hooked around the Polish left, and one 37L and an ATR on that flank couldn't stop them. I counted on the guns killing 5 tanks then getting 5 more with CCV, ATRs and the 7TPs, but the Panzers kept moving forcing CA changes and low % shots. My MGs killed 2 squads early but only 2 HS after the Germans got into woods and buildings. My plan to fall back from perimeter positions to the overlay buildings was foiled by German MGs covering all the open ground. MMC that broke were quickly surrounded and surrendered. The only thing that didn't work for the Germans was the PzIVs never got SMOKE. My last ditch position 44BB8/CC10 held out until GT7, but a German victory was sealed by GT6. Next time, I'd put the whole defense in a hedgehog around 44oU5-U6-W7. Seeing PzIs/IIs used effectively was fun though.
2003-04-23(D) Paul Works vs Matt Zajac Polish win
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Avg Rating: 6.67Votes: 9
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Estimated Play time: 12.9 hours
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