Show of Force ETO (id:#62327)
See Also: Show Of Force by Critical Hit
Designer: Michael Koch
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
40%

Overview:

Following the disastrous loss of Stalingrad, German High Command faced another threat in northern Russia. After Russian breakthroughs at several points on the Don River, the Germans were in danger of losing three Heeresgruppes – in total, more men then they had lost at Stalingrad. In response, on March 6, Manstein’s Panzer Armee 4, including crack formations such as SS-Panzerkorps 3 and Infanterie-Division “Grossdeutschland” launched a counteroffensive, which would later be known as the Third Battle for Kharkov.
Attacker: German (Panzer-Regiment / Tiger-Kompanie / Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Grossdeutschland")
Defender: Russian (305th Rifle Division, 3rd Tank Corps)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.0 D:6.5
AFVs: A:11
PzKpfw VIE
PzKpfw IVF2 x 2
PzKpfw IIIN x 2
SPW 251/1 x 3
SPW 250/1 x 2
SPW 250/1 x 2
PzKpfw III(Fl)

D:4
T-34 M43 x 3
T-70

Guns: A:0 D:1
76.2mm P obr. 39
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: GS. A: Elite. German sniper not placed onboard til Turn 2.
Map Board(s): 69 70
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2019-12-14(A) Oliver Ahrendt vs Russian Russian winExcellent scenario! Really thight one with the Russians beeing on the lucky side. Highly Recommended.
2019-06-29(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins Russian win
2019-06-29(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best Russian winFun scenario. My Germans suffered terribly on the first two turns as Dan’s AT Gun took down all 3 of my MK III’s and 2 of my half tracks beforehand he MALF’d it. My Tiger was killed by Street Fighting and a T-34 took down a MK IV . At that point I thought it was time to concede, but by game end, my Grenadiers had taken 10. Victory locations and eliminated every Russian tank. Turned out to be a really fun game despite my terrible early choices. Dan would get the win in the end.
2019-03-16(A) Vic Lauterbach vs ML German winTense scenario - used the 250/1's to find the 76L in D6 and lost one, also found T-34 in F3. Main attack went around the Russian right. T-34s proved very hard to kill but eventually HEAT and the Tiger got them. T-70 got an SPW but fell to a PzIVF2. PzIIIN's never ran out of HEAT and PzIII Flamm didn't run out of fuel until GT5. LV hindrance reduced hits for both sides, but Panzers got two CH's on occupied buildings and broke the Russian defense. Lots of sniper activity but only one pin and a kill on the German 9-1. If a few more shots had hit, this one could have easily tipped the Russians way.
2017-04-18(A) Simon Staniforth vs German win
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Hutch Modified the unit counts2020-10-18 12:32:53
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Simonstan Added a playing2020-06-06 08:46:54
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Attila Rated the scenario2020-04-25 11:02:43
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Avg Rating: 7.27Votes: 22
Views: 1473
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 5 hours
Recorded Games: 16
Archive recorded plays:
German8
Russian6
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of April 2021)
Show of Force [Confirmed]
[A] German 30
[D] Russian 51
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