Maczek Fire Brigade ETO (id:#60782)
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See Also: Maczek Fire Brigade by Friendly Fire
Designer: Martin Svärd
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Balance:
GermanPolish
50.769230769231%

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

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

Guns: A:0
ATR 7.92 PzB 39
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
Map Board(s): 17 50
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.ResultComments
2023-09-04(D) David Garvin vs Nick Faryna Polish win
2023-04-05(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane SpanglerD German win
2023-02-19(A) Dave Mareske vs Ryan Ellet German winA tight short game that proved to come down to the last turn and CC phase. The Poles were able to wreck two tanks at the start with HMG. This slowed down the German attack, but the GER infantry proved strong and the Poles broke and ran. A final rally by the Poles made the game much closer as the Poles moved into buildings the Germans needed to take. Exciting game.
2023-02-18(A) Craig Renier vs Peter Dunn Polish winThe German attack focused on the Polish left flank rushing forward on the motorcycles. The Poles placed their HMG on the top of the hill covering the approaches while still able to skulk. The Germans were able to lay smoke aiding in covering their movement. The Germans struggled in their attempts to suppress the HMG, but eventually cleared the hills. The Poles wrecked a German armored car and shocked a Pz II early on, slowing the German advance. With the hill cleared, the Germans pushed up the center and Polish left, finally breaking the Polish 9-1 and MMC with MMG. The defense buckled under the pressure, but successive German hits on the Polish armor routinely failed to obtain a kill while the Poles were able to pick off a German AFV or two. A German half squad attempted to skirt past the defenders on the west side in order to cross the bridge and gain easy control of two buildings. However, a broken Polish MMC self rallied and moved back to the top of the hill to regain possession of the HMG. At the same time a Polish Vickers Edw moved to protect those buildings while also covering the approaches to a far north building. The Germans returned to the hill pulling valuable resources away from the objectives. A lone Polish SMC maneuvered skillfully, avoiding CC while denying the Germans control of the multihex building in the center. And the last Polish squad held out in a stone building. No amount of attacks could shake the Poles. The Germans entered CC on Turn 5, losing one MMC while not causing any losses. On Turn 6, the Germans finally gained control of the multi hex wooden building. Control of the 12th building hinged on the result of a CC 3:2 -1 roll. On the last roll of the last phase of the last turn, the Germans rolled a 9 handing the Poles a win.
2022-11-27(A) Shane Pask vs Polish winA combination of poor tactics and poor dice rolls sunk the Germans. Their sniper was killed turn 1 while the Polish sniper went on a spree, both AC guns were disabled (1 on turn 1), one truck was burned with the 9-1, MMG and ATR in it. Conceded turn 5 with only 1 building under control and no hope of even reaching another 11 (maybe 5 were possible).
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von Garvin Added a playing2023-09-05 00:28:15
Lorenzoknight Added a playing2023-04-06 02:42:12
Lorenzoknight Rated the scenario2023-04-06 02:41:41
Jude Added a playing2023-02-21 00:58:27
Jude Rated the scenario2023-02-21 00:57:38
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Avg Rating: 7.36Votes: 39
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To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 5.2 hours
Recorded Games: 30
Archive recorded plays:
German14
Polish16
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Maczek Fire Brigade [Confirmed]
[A] German 52
[D] Polish 48
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