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Grab and Go ETO (id:#62915)
(ASL Journal #12 ID: J188)
See Also: Grab and Go by Multi-Man Publishing
Kalupnovka, Ukraine 1943-08-20 (2 others)
#6: Infiltration! (Critical Hit Annual #5)
J188: Grab and Go (ASL European Union Championship 2022)
Designer: Pete Shelling
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Balance:
RussianGerman
52.727272727273%

Overview:

In the aftermath of Operation CITADEL, Soviet attacks in the Ukraine followed the usual pattern: masses of med and machines thrown at the lines of Panzerkorps III, only to be thrown back by German counterattacks. However each time the new front line would be further west. In an effort to flank the SS divisions defending west of Kharkov, Major General Ivan Galanin’s 4th Guards Army threw more fresh troops at Hoernlein’s “Grossdeutshland” Division.
Attacker: Russian (5th Guards Airborne Division)
Defender: German (Bataillon II, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 'Grossdeutschland')  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:21.5 D:12.5
AFVs: A:0 D:2
SPW 251/2
SPW 251/sMG

Guns: A:0
50mm RM obr. 40
PTRD-41 ATR
D:1
8cm GrW 34

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All buildings are ground level only. D: SPW 251/2 enters with all armaments removed
Map Board(s): 17 q
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-06-12(D) Martí Cabré vs Federico Mazzucchelli Russian winRound 5 of Roma 2022. I was the Germans and had a defense in depth, as I did not know which would be the direction of attack. The Russians attacked from the east, with only a few stacks in the center position to pin my units, but I stalled them using dummies. Each turn I managed to fight the withdrawal a little, losing some units but killing lots of Russians. The Russians never stopped running and did not manage to take any building, but managed to keep broken my MTR crew, while the AA MG crew managed to escape with its halftrack. On the last turn many units from both sides managed to exit, for a close score.
2022-01-25(A) Rob MacGinley vs James Short Russian winThe Russians can set up a very nasty Human Wave that busts thru the line and leaves teh Germans responding t o it
I went thru the centre and he was unable to block the move off board
2021-02-21(D) Richard Jenulis vs Greg Rodgers Russian winNWASL Championship 2021. The Russian went all out on their right flank. They took 6 VP of buildings for the turn four contition. The Germans did not have enough EVP on turn 7 to equal or better the Russians. IMO the Russians can win without the ability to deploy.
2021-01-18(D) Vilis Pavulans vs Erik Grande German winProbably a very nice scenario and as a german I thought that this would be damn near impossible with all those 8 ML russians with the right to deploy but with unreasonable luck on nearly all shots, I broke most russians and on turn 3 I killed the 9-1 and 9-2 with lucky shots and there wasn´t much sense in playing on. In our game much of the joy was taken from us by the dice.
2020-12-28(A) X von Marwitz vs Alex Koestler Russian winI selected this scenario because I thought it would be just a big all-infantry slugfest with not much to think about and with mistakes made being able to compensated due to the number of units involved on both sides. With hindsight I have to admit that I underestimated this scenario. Both the Russians and the Germans need to make careful considerations when to sit tight, when to fall back, and how audacious to be on the attack. The SSR providing a lot of extra value to the two half-tracks - provided they evacuate the onboard 81mm MTR and the HMG and the possibility to gain extra EVP in case the capture multi-hex buildings by the end of Turn 4 add a lot to ponder about. Furthermore, the Germans move last. In short, this scenario has many tactical challenges and it was a whole lot of fun to play. Among the best I played in 2020. Both my opponent gave it an 8 out of 9 on ROAR, the current ROAR Excitement Rating after 36 reports is 7.22 and on the ASL Scenario Archive even 7.58 after 12 votes. On top of that, ROAR currently (as of 28. December 2020) balanced at 19 Russian wins vs. 19 German wins. So we might have a little gem here...

In the end after a tough and hairraising battle, my Russians prevailed.

A full AAR is provided on GameSquad forum here:

http://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/j188-grab-and-go-aar.159692/
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esparver73 Added a playing2022-06-16 17:44:33
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von Marwitz Added a playing2020-12-29 02:56:17
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.18Votes: 17
Views: 2253
To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 6.2 hours
Recorded Games: 14
Archive recorded plays:
Russian9
German5
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of January 2022)
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[A] Russian 20
[D] German 21
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