Knife in the Flank ETO (id:#61353)
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Vypolzovka, Russia 1943-07-12 ()
A 51: Clash Along the Psel (AH:ASL Annual `93a)
J 51: Canicatti (ASL Journal # 3)
J 54: Showtime (ASL Journal # 3)
OA 8: A Parting Blow (Out of the Attic)
HoW 2: Canicatti (Hell on Wheels Battle Pack)
CH160: Knifing the Bodyguard (Critical Hit # 6.4)
HB 8: The Woodsmen (Critical Hit # 6.4)
CH 58: Death Ride (Critical Hit # 3.1)
HB 6: Clash of the Titans (Hell's Bridgehead)
IC 9: A Parting Blow (In Contact)
LSSAH27: Thrust to the North (Leibstandarte Pack 4 - Turning of the Tide!)
O69.2: Bees' Nest (On All Fronts # 69)
O70.1: Armor Leader: Kursk (On All Fronts # 70)
PJ2.3: Shoot-Out on Hill 41 (OAF Playtester's Journal # 2)
1002: The Big One (Monster Pack # 1.1)
1002.1: The Big One: The Men Who Would Be Kings of the Hill (Monster Pack # 1.1)
1002.2: The Big One: The Aunt of All Tank Battles (Monster Pack # 1.1)
1002.3: The Big One: A Peaceful Little Village (Monster Pack # 1.1)
1002.4: The Big One: Into the Woods (Monster Pack # 1.1)
FrF29: Sting of the Italian Hornet (Friendly Fire Pack 4)
AP47: Insult to Injury (ASL Action Pack # 5 East Front)
B32-2: Prokhorovka Melee (Breakout! # 32)
BFP-101: Panzer Spirit (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-102: Tolstoy Woods (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-104: Flying Turrets (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
HB3 #6: Clash of Titans (Hell's Bridgehead 3)
OG 1.1: Knifing the Bodyguard (Coastal Fortress)
BoF08: Sting of the Italian Hornet (Best of Friends)
RR #36: Michael's Miracle (Russian Rarities 4)
BR9: Drillo HG Reconquest (Biazza Ridge)
BR10: Road Junction "Y" (Biazza Ridge)
Mission 7: Breaking Citadel (White Mammoths)
PRK5: Will We Avoid the Big Battle? (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK6: Taking Oktyabrsky (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK7: Yamki to Sovkhoz Stalinsk (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK8: Attack from the Psel (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK9: Thrust Beyond Storozhevoje (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK10: Breakthrough in Komsomolets (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK11: Andreevka-Vasilyevka Sector (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK12: A Soviet Reckless Charge (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRKSK1: Attacking 241.6 Hill (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRKSK2: Totenkopf Boundary Defense (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK CG: Tank Fields of Prokhorovka (PROKHOROVKA!)
Designer: Chas Smith
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
RussianGerman
35%

Overview:

The German capture of Rzhavets concerned General Vatutin, the Voronezh Front Commander, as he understood its significance. The orders were passed, and Rotminstrov’s deputy, General Trufanov, formed two armored groups and led the counterattack. The 12th Guards Mechanized Brigade, reinforce with the 1447th SP Artillery Regiment, attacked the Germans in the vicinity of Vypolzovka late in the day. The Russian attack knifed into their flank and the Germans were forced to commit additional forces.
Attacker: Russian (12th Guards Mechanized Brigade, Group Trufanov)
Defender: German (Panzer Division 6)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:12.0
AFVs: A:8
T-34 M43 x 2
T-70 x 2
SU-76M x 2
Carrier A(b)
Carrier B(b)

AFVs: D:4
PzKpfw IIIJ x 2
PzKpfw IVH
SPW 251/9

Guns: A:0 D:2
2.8cm sPzB 41
2cm FlaK 30

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Wooden buildings
Map Board(s): 56
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
BFP-103 MISSION: Add “(even if rubbled)” after “buildings”.BFP errata
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-04-06(A) patrick palma vs Fabio Mazzucchelli German win
2019-10-08(A) Michael Rodgers vs Tommy Cvetinovich German win
2019-08-30(D) Gordon Jupp vs Neil Brunger German winGreat scenario, really ebbed and flowed with all sorts happening, but the Russian AFV were blown away and a berserk German squad caused mayhem, resulting in the Russians not making it. ...
2019-08-23(A) patrick palma vs John Garlic German win
2019-06-14(D) Stephen dedier vs Reenstra, Dave Russian winWell this was a new one for me.
My Germans were being soundly defeated when they found some backbone, knocked off all but 1 T34, held in CC and the Russian dice went cold.
I was falling back into a 2-hex wooden building. I shot a Bren in bypass and flamed it giving smoke cover to the building (hurting my shots but it was getting late. I drove the PzIII into the other building hex and collapsed the building into another hex. Then the fire jumped to the building and the rubble hex, no worries I have time. I had one FS and 2 HS, LMG and a leader defending to just hold out the building.
Russians closed in but shots were ineffective. The T34 drove into the hex with my PxIII and then the flame in the building turned into a blaze, another blaze put a flame in the rubble hex and then that went to a blaze in the last turn.
I wound up forced into the 2nd floor of the remaining building hex.
At game end I had an unbroken HS and leader on L1 but a blaze in L0. Near as we can read from the rules, this constituted Russian control as they surrounded the hex. Still not sure about this but sometimes the bear gets you.
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hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's AFVs2022-03-17 19:24:22
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2022-03-17 19:24:22
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2022-03-17 19:24:11
hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's AFVs2022-03-17 19:24:11
ppalma Added a playing2021-04-07 19:19:55
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Avg Rating: 6.31Votes: 13
Views: 1951
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 7.8 hours
Recorded Games: 11
Archive recorded plays:
Russian2
German9
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Knife in the Flank [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 19
[D] German 30
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