Cavalry Brigade Model ETO (id:#61774)
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Prior Publication: FrF21 Friendly Fire Pack 3
See Also: Cavalry Brigade Model by Friendly Fire
Designer: Mattias Rönnblom
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Balance:
GermanRussian
44.827586206897%

Overview:

The Russian 39th Army was firmly entrenched in the inaccessible primeval forests between Belyi and Rzhev. Recently pocketed by a German attack cutting their last supply route, this army was scheduled for destruction. Attacking along the Wjasma road towards the south-west was Kavallerie-Brigade zBV beim AOK 9, a brainchild of Generaloberst Walter Model and created specifically for this operation. Made up of reconnaissance battalions from Model's infantry divisions, the brigade was a crack outfit designed to handle the swampy forest terrain. - - - - In "Cavalry Brigade Model", German cavalry must prevent elements of a Russian rifle division from withdrawing in good order to their secret rallying point. To ensure success, the Germans may need to rely more on maneuver than fire.
Attacker: German (Kavallerie-Brigade AOK 9 and Panzer-Regiment 31, Panzer-Division 5)
Defender: Russian (256th Rifle Division, 39th Army)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:2
PzKpfw IIF
PzKpfw IIIH

AFVs: D:1
T-60 M40

Guns: A:0
ATR 7.92 PzB 39
D:1
76.2mm PP obr. 27
PTRD-41 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A; Cavalry11
Map Board(s): 32 37
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2022-12-03(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler Russian win
2021-11-27(D) Rich Weiley vs Dave Wallace Russian winHad the defending Soviets in this one. Rally point was in 32W7. German turn 1 assault came down the Soviet right flank, which was defended by the artillery gun, MMG and one ATR. My opponent kept three squads,8-1 leader and DC back for entry on turn 3. My sniper was active early killing the German 8-0 leader and wounding the 9-2 in the first two turns. The gun when on a rate tear but was only able to shock the Pz3, which subsequently recovered. The gun crew was then broken by infantry fire, rallied immediately but then killed in a torrent of fire when trying to reman the gun. Its sacrifice did allow me to reposition the 9-1 and MMG to a less exposed position. The real hero on this flank was the ATR squad in a foxhole in 37O4. These heroes gunned down a couple of half squads and then immobilised the Pz2, but the icing on the cake came in turn 3 when the Pz 3 tried to bypass them and the ATR got a hull hit in the side at 3 hex range and I rolled a snakes on the kill.

The effective demise of the armour and the leader casualties effectively dislocated the German attack from the north and I was able to reposition most of the surviving defenders to meet the attack from the south. This attack was repelled when the DC wielding squad ate a KIA on a 16 -1 from the leader directed MMG. At that point my opponent conceded.
2015-06-04(A) Dave Mareske vs Mark Fischer German win
2015-01-22(D) mark watson vs Ken Young German winRussians suffered heavy losses in the first couple turns before ultimately being wiped out in the fifth turn. Very interesting scenario.
2013-07-02(A) Andy Beaton vs Richard Hooks German winLucky infiltration got key units behind the Russians and blocked the best exit routes to board 32. After that, the Russians were encircled and hard pressed.
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Lorenzoknight Added a playing2022-12-04 22:35:08
Lorenzoknight Rated the scenario2022-12-04 22:34:46
Rich Weiley Added a playing2021-11-27 01:19:05
hoxson1 Modified the overlays2019-08-02 12:32:42
hoxson1 Modified the overview2019-08-02 12:30:31
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Avg Rating: 7.50Votes: 8
Views: 2822
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 3.8 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
German3
Russian3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Cavalry Brigade Model [Confirmed]
[A] German 10
[D] Russian 13
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