Tempete Sur Mariupol (Storm Over Mariupol) ETO (id:#59002)
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Mariupol, Russia 1941-10-08 ()
Designer: Philippe Naud / Jean Devaux
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Balance:
RussianGerman (SS)
100%

Overview:

In the beginning of October 1941, Operation Barbarossa seemed about to defeat the USSR. German troops were besieging Leningrad and coming close to Moscow. At the same time, Axis forces were progressing along the Azov Sea towards Rostov. The plan was to prevent a good order retreat of the Red Army. On October 7th, two Russian armies were encircled and annihilated near Melitopol. After contributing to this success, SS mechanized brigade Adolf Hitler moved on to the East following its reconnaissance group under the command of a bold officer, Kurt Meyer. Progression was blazingly fast and on the morning of October 8, the advanced guard motorcyclists reached the suburbs of Mariupol, filled with retreating Russian columns. In spite of numerical inferiority Meyer decided to charge and take advantage of surprise. Around 10 o'clock, the column, following assault guns, entered a vehicle-crowded square. StuG and machine guns opened fire at point blank range.
Attacker: Russian (9th Army)
Defender: German (SS) (Leibstandarte-SS Adolf-Hitler Aufklärung-Abteilung und LSSAH Panzerjäger Abteilung)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:2
T-37
T-26 M33
GAZ-MM
Wagon

AFVs: D:3
StuG IIIB
PSW 222
PzJg I
Motorcycle w/Sidecar x 3

Guns: A:1
76.2mm P obr. 02/30
PTRD-41 ATR
D:0
5cm leGrW 36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Russian sets up first, moves first. D: Elite (C8.2)
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-04-16(A) Andrea Fantozzi vs Russian winVery nice scenario with a lot of maneuver by both sides. In my (solo, with PBS rules) playing the German concede on Turn 5 as they are still a bit far from the objectives. My feeling is the German Balance might be indeed needed. However, I have to say that the Russian was very hot here, with the 76 Gun keeping ROF three times with HEAT ammo (and dispatching the German StuG early in the game), as well as a lucky 8FP +3 against a German stack of three squads with 9-2 Leader that broke everyone (yes, I know, stacking is not a good thing to do!). The T26 was hot too, with multiple ROF and a CH against infantry (Wounding the German 9-2). German was not so lucky, with the StuG exhausting Smoke on its first attempt... and the only one Assault Engineer Squad rolling a 6 on its first Smoke Grenade placement attempt... I also think I was a bit slow with the German, loosing to much time in dealing with Russian squads... This surely needs more playing before understanding it it is really pro Russian. Great fun anyway!
2015-01-01(D) BenJ Roth vs Russian winRush to the city center .....
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German SS troops near Mariupol, Ukraine in October 1941 (StuG.III Ausf.B stormgun, left – 105mm leFH18 howitzer, far right – Panzerjäger I).
 
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Avg Rating: 7.00Votes: 3
Views: 5731
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 4.2 hours
Recorded Games: 2
Archive recorded plays:
Russian2
German (SS)0
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Storm Over Mariupol [Confirmed]
[A] German 2
[D] Russian 0
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