Maczek Fire Brigade ETO (id:#60782)
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See Also: Maczek Fire Brigade by Friendly Fire Maczek Fire Brigade by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Martin Svärd
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Balance:
GermanPolish
42.068965517241%

Overview:

At the initial stage of the German invasion of Poland, the XXII Corps had orders to break the defense south of Cracow, defended by the Polish 10th (Motorized) Cavalry Brigade. In charge of the brigade was Colonel St. Maczek, who immediately started to use the brigade's 121st Light Tank Company as a kind of "fire brigade", thrown in at threatened parts of the front in order to secure any breach. - - - - Maczek Fire Brigade is a tourney-sized 5.5 turn scenario. German light tanks and elite infantry from the 4th Light Division have orders to secure 12 buildings defended by Polish infantry. The "fire brigade" in the form of Vickers tanks enter as Polish reinforcements.
Attacker: German (4. leichte Division)
Defender: Polish (24th Uhlan Regiment / 121st Light Tank Company / 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
TKS(L) tankette x 2

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
Errata (source)
The TKS(L) in the Polish OB does not have a BMG; the counters and Chapter H are correct.J12
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-09-12(D) John Garlic vs Matthew Romey Polish win
2024-07-26(D) David Yllanes vs Luis Ríos German win
2023-09-10(D) Vic Lauterbach vs JM German winJim drew the Germans in this early war fight and took the balance. We both read the journal analysis, so I went with a modified "hold the final 5" defense but put both MGs on the hill (50M5 and 50Q8) hoping they'd break 468s moving in OG (they didn't). Jim sent two tanks after the HMG and lost one but the other broke the MMC and killed my 9-1 in an OVR. My weak armor held its own against Jim's even weaker armor but couldn't help my infantry except for a PB shot by one Vickers dual turret tankette. The key was Jim driving three MMCs out of building 17oU7 in GT4. After that I didn't have enough GO MMC to retake buildings even if I'd had the chance. I should have parked all my tankettes next to buildings. Jim: It looks tough for the Germans to cross a board and take 10+ buildings in just six turns, but my 468s passed the MCs and did it (ended with 14 buildings). The armor fight was mainly a sideshow, but my Panzers killed two Polish tankettes going for OVRs. We agreed this one deserves its classic status.
2023-09-04(D) David Garvin vs Nick Faryna Polish win
2023-04-05(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane SpanglerD German win
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aokigaryou Linked the scenario to ROAR2025-05-27 10:48:25
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-08-05 16:12:34
Yllanes Added a playing2024-07-29 22:05:54
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-07-16 17:01:59
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-07-16 17:01:25
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Polish Vickers rolling (polish vickers E.jpg)Imagehoxson11198
(germ-pole new.png)Imagehoxson11186
End of German CCPh GT6 (J113 end of German CCPh GT6.JPG)Imagedieneuner25500
J133 Map-VASL (J133 Map.jpg)Map Imagemtrodgers991383
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End of German CCPh GT6
Polish Vickers rolling
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.33Votes: 42
Views: 7278
To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 5.2 hours
Recorded Games: 38
Archive recorded plays:
German16
Polish22
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Maczek Fire Brigade [Confirmed]
[A] German 45
[D] Polish 62
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