The Professionals MTO (id:#60781)
Prior Publication: AH:ASL Annual `91
See Also: The Professionals by Avalon Hill The Professionals by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Rex Martin
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Balance:
GermanYugoslav
58.620689655172%

Overview:

On April 6th, the Wehrmacht erupted across the Yugoslavian borders. The Yugoslavs repeatedly performed individual acts of heroism -- attacking the panzers with grenades and Molotov cocktails -- but collectively the Yugoslavian army was outclassed and scattered. However, along the Nišava River, the wooden bridges were invariably in flames that first day when German troops reached them. Desperate for bridges to link his divided command, von Kleist formed an advance armored detachment and sent this ad hoc group ahead to seize bridges along the river. Early the next morning, after driving through the darkness, an element under the command of Major Teege reached Pirot to find the bridge there still standing. With infantry dismounted from their vehicles, he swept forward to capture it.
Attacker: German (Panzer-Regiment 15 and Infanterie-Regiment 23)
Defender: Yugoslav (Cadets and Staff of the Vardar Tactical Training College)  
9 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:6
PzKpfw IVE x 4
SPW 251/1 x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:2
Bohler M35 47mm x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Bldgs: Wooden except 6N6. D: MOL (A22.6), May set up HIP.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-04-24(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Andreas Reimer German win
2023-11-08(D) Craig Renier vs Jeff Talor Yugoslav winThe Germans carefully maneuvered around the Yugoslav left flank, but still gave the hidden Yugoslavs a few high odds opportunities. However, the defenders generally rolled high while the attackers rolled low. The German plan was to work behind the woods along the river not realizing the terrain was marsh rather than brush. This slowed the advance. As time passed by, the Yugoslavs were able to generate some successful shots, eliminating one AFV with a gun and one AFV with a Molotov. It came down to the last turn, but the Germans could not get past the 2nd Yugoslav gun and infantry.
2023-02-07(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval Yugoslav winGermans got one AFV across the bridge only to lose it later to a lucky shot from an AT Gun that moved up to turn it into a burning Wreck. MOLs did great job on other vehicles.
2022-01-24(D) Pascal Boileau vs Stéphane Renaudin German winA funny scenario. The Germans easily crossed the bridge using armored assault and the Yugoslavian shots were particularly ineffective... Well played Stéphane !
2021-11-25(D) Jason Wert vs Cliff Welsh Yugoslav win
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Bongiovanni Added a playing2025-04-24 05:40:27
Hutch Modified the unit counts2025-04-07 11:40:07
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2025-04-07 11:40:07
Hutch Modified the gps location2025-04-07 11:37:16
Hutch Modified the overview2025-04-07 11:35:44
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.28Votes: 18
Views: 6719
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 6.3 hours
Recorded Games: 13
Archive recorded plays:
German6
Yugoslav6
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Professionals [Confirmed]
[A] German 11
[D] Yugoslav 6
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