Maczek Fire Brigade ETO (id:#57786)
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Designer: Martin Svärd
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Balance:
GermanPolish
48.854961832061%

Overview:

The German invasion of Poland 'Fall Weiss' had begun. From the south the XXII Corps, including the 2nd Panzer Division, 4th Light Division and 3rd Mountain Division, had orders to break the defense in the Beskid Mountains south of Cracow. The Polish defense included the 10th (Motorized) Cavalry Brigade. In charge of the brigade was Colonel St. Maczek, who immediately assigned the brigade's 121st Light Tank Company to the job of "fire brigade", to be thrown in at threatened parts of the front in order to secure any breach.
Attacker: German (4. leichte Division)
Defender: Polish (24th Uhlan (Lancer) Regiment and 121st Light Tank Company with 101st Recce Tank Company)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:7
PzKpfw IIA x 3
PzKpfw IB x 2
PSW 222 x 2
Opel Blitz x 3
Motorcycle x 5

AFVs: D:6
Vickers Ejw(b)
Vickers Edw(b) x 2
TKS(L) tankette x 2
TKS

Guns: A:0
PzB 39 ATR
D:0
Ur wz. 35 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Elite and 1st Line squads Assault Fire capable.
Overlays: X9 X13
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-05-09(A) Paul Legg vs David Garvin German winFriday Night Fight Club
2024-03-20(A) Øyvind Jacobsen Bjørkås vs G German win
2023-09-26(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Holland, Donald German win
2023-06-25(D) Douglas Leslie vs Jeff Howell Polish winTerrific game against Jeff Howell in round 3 of the VASL League competition. The German assault got off to a bad start when one AFV was immobilised in a position from which it could play little further part in the game and a truck perished with all of its passengers. Flushed with success, I stupidly left my HMG position at level one so that it could try to take out another of the thinly armoured German AFVs. It gacked the shot and then broke under fire with the result that the entire Polish defence came unstuck in the village. Desperate AFV combat followed which included an incredible sequence when Jeff parked two AFVs adjacent to one of my Polish tanks and broke both MAs. Things were looking good until the very next RPh when they both managed to repair them and destroy their target. After lots of craziness, the game came down to the Germans needing to capture two out of three buildings. One was manned by three MMC and the Germans had to cross open ground to reach it. They ran through the hail of fire to nail all three defenders with an unlikely 4+2 shot. The other two buildings looked like easier propositions when the two remaining mobile German AFVs froze their defending squads. Unfortunately for Jeff, his attackers couldn't emulate the debacle at the first building in advancing fire and then they came up short in the close combat that followed.
Great game, regardless of the final result.
2023-04-05(D) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerD German win
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Hutch Modified the overview2025-09-04 09:54:34
Hutch Modified the Defender's AFVs2025-09-04 09:49:34
Hutch Modified the unit counts2025-09-04 09:49:34
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-09-04 09:47:58
von Garvin Added a playing2025-05-09 23:34:20
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.53Votes: 34
Views: 8297
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 5.2 hours
Recorded Games: 28
Archive recorded plays:
German11
Polish16
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Maczek Fire Brigade [Confirmed]
[A] German 53
[D] Polish 51
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