Grab and Go ETO (id:#62915)
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Designer: Pete Shelling
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Balance:
RussianGerman
48.314606741573%

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
AFVs: 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
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-05-09(A) Andy Bagley vs Matt Ellis Russian winMy first playing of this classic scenario started badly for the Russians with well-placed German fire-lanes disrupting my initial assault. Still, I pressed forward steadily despite some losses, and by turn 4 had managed to take three multi-hex buildings. The German forces were still largely intact, although I had broken his 81mm mortar crew, making it very difficult for him to evacuate this gun.
Things started to turn as the Germans attempted to withdraw however: a critical fine lane failed when the firing unit cowered, and another 'rearguard' broke, meaning my units could run through the centre unopposed. The decisive moment was when his SPW251/sMG, complete with HMG and crew trying to exit, was knocked out by a fortunate ATR shot, at which point my opponent conceded. Great scenario though (rare example of a rearguard action) with lots to do for both sides.
2025-05-04(A) Louis Langdeau vs Derek R Russian win3.5 hrsInteresting scenario. Derek hadn't played in a while, and the deployment in this scenario for the Germans is extremely odd. Lots of considerations that need to go into how you can set up to block the Russians from swarming, while also giving yourself a way to pull back. I took full advantage of my deploy capability and jammed half squads as aggressively as I could to try and break up my opponent's flanks, and around turn 3 I got a couple good results to unseat a lot of Derek's strong points. Derek couldn't make a rally to safe his life, and I started FTRing a bunch of his troops. At end of T4 I got 3 multi-hex buildings, and by the time we were going into German Turn 5, I had enough points about to exit that it wasn't mathematically possible for him to catch up.

Like I said, interesting scenario. German deployment asks a lot of questions, and it feels like there's a good layout there if you can find it. Finding it is the tricky part though! Going to give it another try in the future as the Germans to test that out.
2024-10-06(D) John Garlic vs Walter McWilliams German win
2024-01-31(D) Jeff Wright vs Tom Repetti German win
2024-01-14(D) Larry Rohlfing vs Dave O'Dell German win
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Andy_Bagley Added a playing2025-05-12 12:22:42
Allister01 Linked the scenario to ROAR2025-05-05 02:14:09
Allister01 Added a playing2025-05-05 02:13:15
jgarlic79@gmail.com Added a playing2024-10-26 20:31:00
Dispang12 Added a playing2024-06-03 21:22:50
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.32Votes: 34
Views: 6156
To-Play list count: 7
Estimated Play time: 6.2 hours
Recorded Games: 32
Archive recorded plays:
Russian17
German15
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Grab and Go [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 26
[D] German 31
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