General Heinz Guderian's XIX Panzer Corps had broken through the Polish defensive lines at Wizna and Mlawa. Next on the agenda was the fortress of Brzesc-Litewski. The fortress' garrison was a mixed bag consisting of march battalions and a number of old FT-17 tanks used for training. On 14 September, 10. Panzer-Division hit Brzesc-Litewski Blitzkrieg-style directly from the march.
Attacker: German (Abteilung II, Panzer-Regiment 7, Panzer-Division 10)
Defender: Polish (82nd Infantry Regiment and 113th Light Tank Company)
Question: The Polish FT-17C counter (and the Chapter H depiction of the same) shows a 4 FP CMG, while the vehicle listing table suggests that this vehicle has no CMG. For the purpose of this scenario, should the FT-17Cs have a CMG? Answer: Yes.
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FrF26 A Polish Requiem The FT-17Cs no longer have CMGs (as per MMP errata), and to compensate the Poles receive two extra 4-5-7 squads (one in each infantry group).
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Germans malfed 4 tanks and fixed none (including both PzIVs on the same turn). On the last turn Poles got a lucky shot to destroy one functional AFV with their MMG, and shocked the last fully functional tank with a FT-17C shot in the rear as it started to move. Managed (just) the 3 squads in the victory area but no tanks left with MA working.
2023-05-03
(A) Lawrence Spangler
vs
Diane Spangler
D
Polish win
2022-10-07
(A) Will Willow
vs
Jack Daniels
German win
ASLOK 2022
2021-05-11
(A) Andy Bagley
vs
Tron Lyodal
Polish win
Tron defended this one really well. He fooled me onto thinking that his main force was around the central building on Board 4, whereas it was in fact further back around the stone building on Board t. As a result my attack on the western flank ran straight into this, and I got bogged down while he was able to bring his reinforcements up. I got a couple of tanks round the back into the victory area, but they were not able to achieve anything and had to retreat. I just wonder if a wider swing round that west flank might have enabled me to avoid his defences altogether.
2019-05-18
(A) rene cote
vs
Rkruger
Polish win
I had won this one prior using a west flanking on board t. For tournament decided for a direct drive armoured assault up board 4.
That didn’t work so well, as the Poles reinforcement could appear both in front, behind and direct in contact with my forces trying to make it to VC zone. Managed to loose panzers to shots from FT17..... not a happy moment.
2019-03-13
(A) rene cote
vs
mrosberg
German win
German armor outmatched the Poles armor and could still neutralize enough Polish infantry to get into the winning circle. Both got great lessons learned on tin cans and would play again with different set-ups
2018-03-18
(D) Jeff B
vs
Mike Augustine
German win
Not quite as hopeless for the defender as Elephants Unleashed, but with platoon-moving 1MT tanks that move slower than infantry and are unable to IF (and half of which only have MG armament) there is really not much the Poles can do to stop the Germans. Just like the aforementioned EU, the end result was easily predictable from the moment I looked over the setup. Good opponent, but these types of scenarios are just no fun.
2018-03-18
(A) Michael Augustine
vs
Jeff B
German win
Just like Jeff B said, I felt confident after my first turn. Used smoke and armor assault w/ the Germans on turn 1, along with flanking tactics. Although the Polish tank armor were tough against weak German AFV guns, it was ez just to ignore them and run past them. By turn 3 it was pretty much over. The Poles had a couple of chances to make it more difficult w/ exceptionally good MG or AFV shots, but needed high luck rolls to even hope to put a dent - and that luck didn't happen.
2017-04-09
(D) Martí Cabré
vs
Ivan Kent
Polish win
The Polish force stopped the Germans and had some luck wrecking and immob some enemy tanks. The German infantrty, without armor support, tried to advance through open ground and was broken and eliminated forcing the Germans to concede. It's a good scenario with lots of tin cans and killer ATR, the Polish armor is not quite mobile, though, and has limited AP ammo, so they must act as defensive towers.
2016-10-12
(A) Paolo Cariolato
vs
Federico Corso
German win
Tight game, it's hard for the Germans.
2016-10-05
(D) patrick palma
vs
Rich Jenulis
Polish win
2016-04-10
(D) Simon Staniforth
vs
Polish win
2015-10-08
(D) Kevin Killeen
vs
Ed Beekman
Polish win
ASLOK. Very Tight
2013-09-26
(A) John Van Natta
vs
Jeff T.
Polish win
As Thripshaw said, some sloppy play marred this otherwise good scenario. We will definitely be trying it again.
2013-09-26
(D) Jeff T
vs
JVan
Polish win
We were really excited to play this, but unfortunately it wasn't a great session. We didn't prepare enough and that resulted in some sloppy play and not as much tension as there should have been, no fault to the scenario as it is an interesting situation.
My Poles were deadly with their machine guns and the FT tanks held up and really chewed up the German infantry. John's Panzers were accurate but couldn't buy a kill roll. Once the Polish reinforcements got in unopposed, it was over for the Germans. John didn't have enough infantry close enough to meet the victory requirements. He conceded on Turn 4. We'll definitely try this one again in the future as we both love early war battles.
2013-05-18
(D) Steffen Knippel
vs
Mike Suderman
Polish win
2013-05-18
(D) Andy Beaton
vs
Gary Trezza
German win
Ftf CASLO 2013
2013-05-18
(D) mark watson
vs
Blair Bellamy
Polish win
Caslo: really awesome scenario. Polish tanks are great fun: slow, poorly armored, strangely deadly. Germans have to push hard to get anywhere.
2013-03-23
(D) Andy Beaton
vs
Richard Hooks
Polish win
Hot dice turned CMG-armed FT17's into awesome death-dealing machines. Damn, all those little tin cans can be a lot of fun, even if the 37mm models never survived long enough to take a shot. I like this scenario a lot.