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Baruth, Germany 1945-04-26 ()
Designer: Brian Youse
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Balance:
German (SS)Russian
45.454545454545%

Overview:

The Ninth Army was trapped and encircled between the two Soviet Fronts which were competing to take the ultimate prize – Berlin. Having convinced Hitler that he could link up with the Twelfth Army and drive to the defense of Berlin, the Ninth’s commander, General Theodor Busse ordered a break out to the west with the goal of reaching the Western Allies. He directed Kampfgruppe von Luck from the 21st Panzer Division and Kampfgruppe Pipkorn from the 35th SS Police Grenadier Division with armored support from the remains of the 10th SS Panzer Division “Frundsberg” to hold the town of Halbe for the exit point of the encirclement. To reach Halbe, the battlegroups had to take the valley town of Baruth and use its road, since the remainder of the valley was useless for tanks. Anticipating that move, the Russians had placed the 50th Guards Rifle Division and dug in Stalin tanks to hold this vital town.
Attacker: German (SS) (35th SS Police Grenadier Division and 10th SS Division and 21st Panzer Division)
Defender: Russian (50th Guards Rifle Division)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:18.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:7
PzKpfw VG x 4
JgdPz 38(t) x 3

AFVs: D:3
IS-2 x 3

Guns: A:0 D:1
122mm P obr. 31
PTRD-41 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules:
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2020-07-01(A) Dmitry Klyuykov vs Fedor Grachev German (SS) win
2020-04-25(A) Javier Rodrigo Ballesteros vs Carles Russian win
2020-01-25(D) Tripp Killin vs Sebastian Killin Russian winSome broken guns for the panthers and failed rallies for the german infantry made this a tough one. Russians fell back well in center. Germans were pushing on their right and center. But the assault on the right faltered with and the center was too stymied by the russian armor. Russian win.
2018-01-11(D) Doba Serge vs Russian win
2017-09-19(A) O Ramaille vs German (SS) winThis second play of the scenario was much more interesting. This time I didn't forgot the Panzerfaust even if I did not use them that much. The Panzer travelled by road to avoid immobilization rolls. All the German force was assaulting the Russian defense. The Panzer infiltrated the defense and created some mayhem. The Dug-in IS-2s dealt with a few Panzer but 3 of them escaped and exit the town. The chaos provided by the Panzer allowed the German infantry to advance in position south of the town. The battle was still balanced until the last turn, when the remaining infantry charged towards the exit. A third of the German force did not made it but the remaining Russian firpower was not enough to prevent most of the enemy to escape and gain victory.
A German victory with 36 VP : 2 Panthers, 1 Hetzer, 5 squads, 1 half-squad and one leader 9-1.
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MoriQuessir Added a playing2020-07-01 19:57:20
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JavierRB Added a playing2020-05-05 20:20:48
ubertripp Added a playing2020-02-03 11:41:26
hoxson1 Modified the overview2019-03-28 19:38:31
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.93Votes: 14
Views: 2591
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 7.1 hours
Recorded Games: 12
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)4
Russian7
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Out of Luck [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 6
[D] German 5
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