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Designer: Chas Smith
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Balance:
GermanRussian
50.746268656716%

Overview:

Kampfgruppe Von Oppeln, Panzer Division 6, was ordered to cross the Donets River near Belgorod, but the Russians had destroyed the bridge. The moved to a new crossing point but were hammered by area artillery and air attacks. The Germans were forced to turn south and cross near Solomino. They came into the attack between the 7th and 19th Panzer Divisions. They smashed through this area like a steamroller. However, the Russians had excellent defenses in depth with dug-in infantry supported by antitank nests and tanks. A Tiger and two panzer companies, one containing all the flamethrower tanks, were sent to attack the Ssolojew State Farm.
Attacker: German (Kampfgruppe Von Oppein, Panzer Division 6)
Defender: Russian (209th Guards Rifle Regiment, 73rd Guards Rifle Division)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:9.5
AFVs: A:11
PzKpfw VIE x 2
PzKpfw IIIL x 2
PzKpfw III(Fl) x 2
Pz KV-1/M42(r) x 2
SPW 251/1 x 3

AFVs: D:3
KV-1S x 2
Churchill III(b)

Guns: A:0 D:2
76.2mm P obr. 39
37mm ZP obr. 39

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Both: Var OB choices (armor and guns). D: Fortification purchase. Churchill is dug-in.
Map Board(s): 16 44
Overlays: X9 X13 X28 X29 G3 O4
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2022-12-11(D) Asad Rustum vs Jacob Elmqvist Russian winA great scenario with lots of opportunities for the defence and offence and with variable OB and a variable Russian fortification buy. Germans took too many infantry casualties to be able to push through.
2022-10-30(D) Asad Rustum vs Michal Sedlacko Russian win
2022-02-20(D) Louis Langdeau vs Lee M German winSolid scenario. I took the 152s, which I feel like are a bit of a trap choice. I didn't help that when I put one of them into a Pillbox, and outpositioned myself for Lee's thrust down my left flank. The German tanks flooded the building area, and my coverage of anti-tank weaponry was too weak on that side. I made a play of it, but some bad fire discipline on my side put me even further behind. There was a few turns where it looked like Lee may not make it to the furthest wooden building, but in the end he managed to make it there on Turn 6. Would play again!
2020-12-13(D) Jeff B vs Tom Mueller German win100 tanks vs. 100 guns; not my favorite type of scenario. Unfortunately you get a lot of those in BFP products, especially in Kursk. The first half of the game saw the Germans on the short end of the stick. The highlights for me were braining an officer with an ATR and, with the same unit, braining a FT-toting 8-3-8. Otherwise it was pretty boring, just sitting back waiting to spring my gun traps. Once these were all sprung it was just a matter of the Germans tightening the noose and squeezing me to death. My last-ditch effort of taking back a building with my HIP AT crews proved fruitless as I literally had two good order units left to support them. It went to the end, that's the only good thing I have to say. Bleh.
2020-09-29(A) Andy Bagley vs Neil Brunger German winNever give up! At the start of Turn 6 (of 7), I thought I'd lost it as the Germans, having just run into minefields and the last of the HIP Russian guns, and having had my FT tank roll boxcars on its first shot. But I pressed on with my tactic of blasting from long-ish range with my tanks and going in with the infantry, and persistence eventually paid off after a couple of good dice-rolls. Lack of leaders is a significant weakness for the Russians in this scenario, and by the last turn all of his infantry and broken, and I was able to dodge a few tank shots to occupy the last of the buildings. A great game, won by the narrowest of margins.
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atomic Added a playing2022-12-11 22:03:26
atomic Rated the scenario2022-12-11 22:00:19
atomic Added a playing2022-10-30 19:55:11
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2022-03-17 17:30:42
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2022-03-17 17:29:07
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Avg Rating: 7.07Votes: 15
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To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 7.7 hours
Recorded Games: 11
Archive recorded plays:
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Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Steamroller [Confirmed]
[A] German 28
[D] Russian 28
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