The Liberators ETO (id:#56609)
Avalon Hill (AH:The General # 31.1 ID: G34)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Mike Daniel
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Balance:
RussianGerman (SS)
32.692307692308%

Overview:

Following the collapse of Hitler's Awakening of Spring, on March 16th, Marshall Tolbuhkin's 3rd Ukrainian Front went over to the attack. The 6th Guards Tank Army was placed at his disposal to deal with the stiff resistance. On April 2nd, having captured the large industrial center of Weiner Neustadt, he sent a column toward Vienna spearheaded by the 9th Guards Mechanized Corps.
Attacker: Russian (IX Corps/49th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment and 389th Guards Suka Regiment/384th Guards Suka Regiment)
Defender: German (SS) (SS-Panzer Korps I/Schwere SS-Panzer Jagd Abteilung 560 or Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 504/SS-Pioneer Kompanie)  
8.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Russian     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:17
M4/76(a) x 6
IS-2m x 4
ISU-152 x 2
ISU-122 x 4
SU-100 x 3
SU-57 (a)
M3A1 SC(a)

AFVs: D:15
SPW 251/22
JgdPz IV/70 x 2
JgdPz 38(t) x 4
PzKpfw VG x 3
FlakPz IV/37
PzKpfw VIE (L) x 4
FlaKPz IV/20
SPW 251/1
Goliath x 2

Guns: A:0
50mm RM obr. 40
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Variable OB, Streams: Unfordable River hexes. Both sides Elite
Overlays: X13 X16 X17 St3
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-04-28(D) Camille Garek vs Bruno VASQUEZ German (SS) win
2020-06-02(D) Jeff B vs Joe ArthurA German (SS) win8.5 hrsDue to play imbalance, we decided to give the Germans Ammo Shortage. This precluded me from using one of my favorite tactics - the FL. But, once we started play, the unexplained SSR about the extra 1MP per non-road hex for vehicles proved to us why the Russians have such a hard time in this. His Rockets managed only to Shock one of my Panthers, but it recovered. Meanwhile I blazed up one of his IS-2ms (despite being HD) with a PF, while one of his M5s immobilized due to failed ESB. Turn 3 saw my first casualties, losing a Panther and my Meat Chopper to SU/ISU bullies. Otherwise there were very few casualties as he methodically ground forward. His second round of Rockets accomplished very little again, breaking a squad and blazing a non-VC building. the bottom of Turn 4 saw things start to go very bad for the Russians. It started with a Panther staring down a IS-2m and going on a rate tear. Then during the start of Turn 5 this same Panther continued guns ablaze, knocking out two M4s and a SU-100. When he finally got another SU safely parked in front of me it proceeded to MALF. Seeing an uphill battle after this, the Russians called it a day.
2010-10-14(A) nathan wegener vs Peter W Russian winBest of old time smash mouth ASL. I got a couple lucky shots (improbable hits) to whack the ostwind early and a tiger later. Was able to surround some of the German infantry to keep them from routing. Kills on the 2nd Tiger and a JagdPanther sealed the win.
2009-12-28(D) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker German (SS) winFantastic scenario - Germans won thanks to some sneaky LOSs from the10-2 with his HMG. ASL Brain-burning at its best :)
2002-06-22(A) John Garlic vs Matthew Shostak Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
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GOUREAU Added a playing2025-04-30 03:56:31
aokigaryou Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-12-29 06:32:27
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-10-31 18:56:23
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-10-31 18:55:38
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-10-31 18:55:38
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To-Play list count: 8
Estimated Play time: 17.3 hours
Recorded Games: 7
Archive recorded plays:
Russian2
German (SS)5
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Liberators [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 15
[D] German 30
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