Battle at Arm's Length ETO (id:#57285)
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Krasny Oktabyr-Kliuchi, USSR 1943-07-11 ()
55: Retribution (ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition))
AP06: Savannah Rain (ASL Action Pack # 1)
J20: The Guns of Naro (ASL Journal # 2)
J53: Setting the Stage (ASL Journal # 3)
HoW 1: The Guns of Naro (Hell on Wheels Battle Pack)
ASL News 2: An Aborted Counterattack (Critical Hit # 4.2)
HB 3: Just Over the Highway... (Hell's Bridgehead)
HB 4: Graveyard of Steel (Hell's Bridgehead)
FE 44: Those Malign Gray Slopes (Fanatic Pack 3)
FF5: The Sound of Guns (Firefights!)
O78.2: Ambush (On All Fronts # 78)
O88.1: Stonewall Gavin (On All Fronts # 88)
TACCG1: Stalnie Prostori (Tactiques # 5)
SL 41: Swatting At Tigers (ASL Digest # 7.03)
SL 41: Swatting at Tigers (Hit the Beach # 5.1)
MMMM 2: Eve of Destruction (March Madness 2000)
#3: First Trial-By-Fire (To Battle By Air 1)
TAP #19: Sayre's Stand (Total Axis Pack II: A World Aflame)
U30: Swatting at Tigers (Turning the Tide)
ESG #58: The Vindicators (Dezign Pak 5)
RPT41: Sicilian Debut (Rally Point # 5)
AK 95: The Gauntlet (Afrikakorps - AK012 El Guettar Stakes)
BC18: Ghosts in the Machines (Aussie Battler Pack)
S48: Converging Assaults (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1 1st Edition)
BFP-98: Place of Honor (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-99: Ivanovskii (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-100: Tiger Vanguard (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
HB3 #2: Battle At Arm's Length (Hell's Bridgehead 3)
HB3 #3: Just Over The Highway (Hell's Bridgehead 3)
HB3 #4: Graveyard Of Steel (Hell's Bridgehead 3)
ASLSK/VV01: Contre Attaque À Gela (Vae Victis # 91)
MM16: Eve of Destruction (March Madness 2012 Double-Blind Pack)
ESG125: Bulldozed (Dezign Pak 10)
MM16: Eve of Destruction (March Madness 2015 - The Very Best of.. .(Vol. 1))
FT244: Venturi Effect (Franc-Tireur #14)
T-TERROR #5: Action at Hill 226.6 (Teutonic Terror 1)
BR4: Hill 41 (Biazza Ridge)
BR6: Farello (Biazza Ridge)
BR5: Overrun of the 26th (Biazza Ridge)
BR7: Gavin Counterattack (Biazza Ridge)
BR8: Tigers Attack (Biazza Ridge)
S48: Converging Assaults (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1 2nd Edition)
55: Retribution (ASL 7a - Hollow Legions (3rd Edition))
PRK2: Prokhorovka Axis, 11 July (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK3: Vasil'evka, 11 July (PROKHOROVKA!)
PRK4: A Night in a Sovkhoz (PROKHOROVKA!)
55: Retribution (ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (1st Edition))
ASLN27: An Aborted Counter-Attack (Critical Hit #8.1)
RPT199: Gruppo Tattico Ronco (Rally Point #20)
Designer: Dave Lamb
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Balance:
RussianGerman (SS)
66.666666666667%

Overview:

After a long night of struggling to secure little more than a tentative hold on the north bank of the Psel, the Totenkopf's Panzer Regiment received ordered to expand the bridgehead and explore the Russian defensive positions in the region. Unbeknownst to them, the reinforced 95th Guards Rifle Division was moving into positions overlooking the village of Krasny Oktabyr. As the Germans moved up from the river's edge, the two forces collided under a summer squall, mutual surprise giving way to ferocious fighting.
Attacker: Russian (95th Guards Rifle Division; 178th Tank Brigade)
Defender: German (SS) (3rd SS Totenkopf Division)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.0 D:5.5
AFVs: A:9
T-34 M41 x 5
T-34 M43 x 2
SU-152 x 2
GAZ-MM x 2

AFVs: D:7
PzKpfw VIE x 2
PzKpfw IVH x 3
PzKpfw IIIN
SPW 251/1
Opel Blitz x 2

Guns: A:1
76.2mm P obr. 39
D:1
7.5cm PaK 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: HB SSR, LV w A: Tr2 w D: Tr2
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-08-17(D) Jeff B vs John Fedoriw Russian win5.75 hrsAnother broken scenario from the HB pack. Russians enter Level 3 hill hexes having spent half their MPs, without any allowance for offboard terrain being an extension of the play area. Yeah...not gonna happen. So we played as if they entered from mirrored Level 3 locations. Getting some firsthand experience why people say playing CH scenarios is like playtesting. And don't let the Russians moving first fool you; this is a complete German attack again since the Russians enter so near 3/5 of the VC areas. With a skulkable sloped woods able to see down onto the Level 2 hill the German approach will be extremely difficult. It also didn't help I misread the setup instructions about having to be mounted and in motion. I got the jump start on making it around the west and managed to blast an SU-152. But my Panther which did so was ganged up on by almost all remaining Russians tanks and eliminted next turn, followed shortly by a Tiger. I then took out two T-34s, but lost my last Tiger in the process. The next turn saw a 2:1 trade in my favor, and we were both getting low on vehicles. I then consolidated my units for a last turn push for the westernmost VC hex, but he was able to almost entirely ring it with units. My last two tanks were popped during the assault, and most of my infantry repulsed, but I was able to have one hero survive with a chance to take out the sole tank guarding the hex. Of course this low-odds attack didn't work and it was game. We were planning to play through this whole pack, but we both felt enough was enough and relegated this one to the scrap heap.
2011-10-02(A) nathan wegener vs Albert W Russian winReally enjoyed this one. A great taste of Kursk in a small package. My T-34's got good rolls and took out the PzIVs as his Tigers slowly picked them off. The SU's stayed on the hill out of site to defend the rush. The Tigers had to rush the hill to win and the SU's came thru and picked them off.
2010-07-29(D) Fred Schwarz vs Eli Schwarz German (SS) win
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Estimated Play time: 5.9 hours
Recorded Games: 3
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Battle At Arm's Length
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[A] Russian 10
[D] German 8
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