Parry and Strike ETO (id:#60918)
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See Also: Parry and Strike by Lone Canuck Publishing
Designer: George Kelln
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
51.648351648352%

Overview:

The first Battle of Courland began just before first light on 27 October 1944 with a massive Soviet artillery barrage. Under protection of this mighty barrage, Soviet tanks and infantry brigades went to the attack. The main blow was directed against the 30th infantry Division, but soon the 4th and 14th Panzer Divisions were also under attack. By 29 October, the Russians had advanced across the Priezukrogs-Czezgaleskrogs road and were storming northwards. They were met by Oberfeldwebel Hermann Bix and his platoon of Panthers.
Attacker: German (Grenadier -Regiment 108 and Panzer-Regiment 35)
Defender: Russian (65th Army)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.5 D:7.0
AFVs: A:4
PzKpfw VG x 4

AFVs: D:10
IS-2 x 3
T-34 M43 x 7

Guns: A:0 D:1
76.2mm P obr. 39

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Stream is Deep. Gullies contain Mud, Bog
Map Board(s): 5 47
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-01-29(D) Martí Cabré vs Joe Arthur German winThe Russian ART destroyed the first Panther wiht a same hex shot, but from there it all went down for the Russians, with the Germans deploying a Panther on the bridge behind the Russian lines after overruning several infantry. All Russian infantry was broken on Turn 2 allowing for the German infantry to reach the hill without danger. The Russian reinforcement tanks tried to move to destroy the Panther blocking the bridge but they were either bogged or destroyed by the Panther, so I conceded in Turn 2, with nothing else to do.
2021-10-24(A) Vic Lauterbach vs JM German winUnusual armored clash in very unfavorable terrain. (Rereading B10.52 surprised both of us!) The 76L got off two shot before its crew died in CC. I kept two Panthers on the front slope and sent two up and over to help clear off the Russian infantry. A tank traffic jam behind the hill slowed down Jim's counterattack and lack of ROF cost him in the ensuing tank battle. Russian infantry got a Panther in CCV and another was immobilized then killed by tank fire, but the other two were enough (combined with T-34 bogs and PF kills in the C4/D4 woods. In his post-game analysis, Jim said he should have gone with his first plan: send some T-34s through the A4 woods and risk the bogs to turn the German flank. Good 'heavy metal' fun!
2020-11-22(A) Dave Mareske vs Dennis Dowd German winLots of tanks in tight quarters. With most of the Russians set up on the hill the Germans were able to break most of them with MG fire. The Russian ART deliberately immobilized one of the Panthers, but then was eliminated. With the Germans keeping the press on the hill, they sent one Panther behind and through a line of Russian tanks only to get eliminated by a 122L hit on its turret. The Germans had a rough time finding PF. It came down to one Russian T-34 defending the level 2 hill. The last mobile Panther charged, the T-34 missed its immobilization to hit by one, Panther stopped, hit in bounding fire only to dud the TK roll! The Panther intensive fired and broke its MA. It still started again and moved into the T-34's hex. Infantry moved up, got into CC and won the hex and the game by getting an ATMM.
Great game Dennis!
2016-05-21(A) Andy Beaton vs Dan Plachta Russian winCASLO 2016
2016-03-20(D) rene cote vs Adrian German win
2016-03-20(D) Will Willow vs C, Doary German winVASL
2015-05-01(D) Kermit Mullins vs Christopher Brackney German winTough fight in the early turns with 3 Panthers destroyed, but from Turn 4 to the end, the German infantry ruled the battle.
2015-05-01(A) Chris Brackney vs Kermit Mullins German win
2014-05-30(A) Don Lazov vs Nate Lazov German win
2013-05-07(D) Simon Staniforth vs Russian win
2013-04-10(D) Brad Hampson vs Chandler Braswell Russian win
2013-03-04(D) Simon Staniforth vs German win
2013-03-02(A) Simon Staniforth vs German win
2011-04-19(A) Paul Jones vs Ian Daglish Russian winClose game but Germans ran out of infantry to take the hill.
2010-12-31(D) Ian Willey vs Martin Mayers German winThe double crest killed me. Lots of fun but very very cluttered
2010-12-16(D) Fred Schwarz vs Eli Schwarz Russian win
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.32Votes: 19
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To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 5.4 hours
Recorded Games: 15
Archive recorded plays:
German10
Russian5
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Parry and Strike [Confirmed]
[A] German 37
[D] Russian 39
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