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Insufficient Resolve ETO (id:#65476)
(ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #2 ID: S84)
Krapivinskii Vtoroi, Russia 1941-08-02 (4 others)
RBF12: Sverdlikova Melee (Recon by Fire! #2)
ESG #64: Hack and Mangle (Dezign Pak 5)
#2: East Wing (Small Unit Actions: The Capture of Balta)
#4: Balta Bastion (Small Unit Actions: The Capture of Balta)
Designer: Chas Argent
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
50%

Overview:

In an effort to replicate the spectacular successes at Belostok and Minsk during the first weeks of BARBAROSSA and to prevent Soviet forces from escaping towards Moscow, Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock’s Army Group Center initiated an encirclement of Smolensk. By the second week of July, however, it was evident that Soviet resistance in the Smolensk pocket was greater than anticipated and would take longer than hoped to reduce. Hitler, fuming at the delay, issued Directive 34 on 30 July which temporarily halted Bock’s drive on Moscow in favor of armored thrusts towards Leningrad and Kiev. Generaloberst Heinz Guderian’s Panzergruppe 2 moved southeast of Smolensk where it encountered Group Kachalov, an ad hoc Soviet formation under LT. General Vladimir Iakovlevich Kachalov assembled to relieve units trapped in the pocket. Kachalov launched a series of costly frontal attacks that the Germans easily repulsed. Guderian than slipped south along the Roslavl-Smolensk road, where Soviet forces attempted to regroup in villages around Roslavl in an effort to slow Guderian’s advance.
Attacker: German (Infanterie-Division 23 and Panzer-Division 4)
Defender: Russian (149th Rifle Division and 104th Tank Division)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw IIIH
PzKpfw IIIF x 2
PzKpfw IIF x 2

D:2
KV-1 M41
BT-7 M37

Guns: A:0 D:1
45mm PTP obr. 32
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: HIP (6.4), Commissars,
Map Board(s): i
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-05-22(D) Craig Renier vs Steve Boro German winThe Germans advanced methodically on both Russian flanks. On Turn 2, the German armor was surprised as they encountered both Russian ATRs. However, the Russians failed to gain hits or kills, despite 1 hex range shots. The Russians eventually gained one kill with an ATR, but both MMCs were broken, one CRed, and the Commissar was pinned leaving stuck behind in the RtPh. The Germans continued the advance, passing a poorly placed Russian AT gun. Once revealed, the AT gun often kept rate, but could not garner much effect beyond an eventual kill on another AFV until it was finally overwhelmed by the German attackers. The Russian BT, also poorly positioned, was shocked, and then recovered, only to be destroyed by two German AFVs which had maneuvered cutting off the Russian withdrawal path across the road into the village. The Russians were able to withdraw a few of their remaining Good Order squads across the road and positioned themselves to cover the open ground facing the Germans. The Russian KV set up to cover the side road and in LOS and CA of the Pz IIIH, but was nevery able to get a hit. Getting increasingly desperate, the Russian KV malfed the MA using IF and then suffered recall while trying to repair the MA. In the end, the Russians lost almost their entire force while the Germans suffered no infantry casualties. Using two AFVs, the Germans made a final push freezing a MMC with MMG in one building and another MMC in a second building which allowed the bulk of the German infantry to safely cross the road into the center of the village. With only one Good Order MMC remaining, the Russians conceded at the end of Turn 5.
2022-05-18(A) Jonathan Plott vs Mark Thompson Russian win

(VASL Log)
Playing S84 this month with Mark as the Russians and Jon as the Germans. In a classic barn-burner of a match that saw the fortunes of war wax and wane for both sides (including taking out a KV-1 with a DC!) the Russians prevented the invaders from completing the victory conditions. Easily one of the better SK scenarios I've played! Great win, Mark!
2022-05-18(D) Mark Thompson vs Jon94(Germans) Russian win
2022-01-20(D) Dmitry Klyuykov vs Fedor Melnikov Russian winWe changed the sides with Fedor. This time Russians prepared the ambush in the woods on both flanks, meeting incoming Germans in the open. Ambush bogged down German advance for the couple of turns, but the panzers took solid positions near the village, breaking the defenders out of reach of immobilized tank (AT Gun malfunctioned instantly and never repaired). But on the last turn of the game German infantry barely reached outskirts of the village.
2022-01-13(A) Dmitry Klyuykov vs Fedor Melnikov German winGreat combined arms SK scenario!
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Heloanjin Added a playing2022-05-22 17:51:06
Thompsonmg(MGT) Added a playing2022-05-19 17:09:32
Jplott94 Added a playing2022-05-19 14:38:53
MoriQuessir Added a playing2022-01-20 19:34:36
Dave Linked the scenario to ROAR2022-01-18 09:41:11
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Estimated Play time: 4.6 hours
Recorded Games: 5
Archive recorded plays:
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Russian3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of January 2022)
Insufficient Resolve [Confirmed]
[A] German 2
[D] Russian 1
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