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The Backhand Blow ETO (id:#58978)
The Bunker (Dispatches from the Bunker #20 ID: DB045)
Kharkov, USSR 1943-03-11 (10 others)
LSSAH-22: Usual Nerve (Leibstandarte Pack 3 - Clash at Kharkov!)
LSSAH-23: "His Men" (Leibstandarte Pack 3 - Clash at Kharkov!)
O91.1: Kharkov #1: Battle for the Square (On All Fronts # 91)
O92.2: Kharkov #3: Fight for the Anti-Tank Ditch (On All Fronts # 92)
O120.4: Apartment Hunting (On All Fronts #120)
KBFS4: A Walk in the Garden (Kharkov: Battle for the Square)
KBFS6: The Hammer of Pravda Street (Kharkov: Battle for the Square)
SP 269: Retaking Kharkov (Schwerpunkt #23)
DB155: Fury On The Logging Trail (Dispatches from the Bunker #50)
YASL 18: Recon On The Logging Trail (Nor'easter Scenario Pack II)
Designer: Vic Provost
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
German (SS)Russian
17.647058823529%

Overview:

The Russians captured Kharkov in mid-February, and Hitler himself immediately ordered a counter-offensive to regain the city. Von Manstein put together the plan that would use the 2nd SS Panzer Korps as the spearhead in the assault. Circling around the perimeter of the city for more than a week, the SS troops fought skirmishes in many villages in the suburbs around the city. Then in the second week of March, Lieutenant General Paul Hausser, commander of the 2nd SS Panzer Korps, went with his gut instincts and delivered the ‘Backhand Blow’, crashing into the city from the north.
Attacker: German (SS) (Elements of SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 and Kampfgruppe Meyer)
Defender: Russian (Elements of the 69th Army and 3rd Tank Army)  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:18.0
AFVs: A:7
PzKpfw VIE x 3
PzKpfw IVH x 2
PzKpfw IIIN
Marder III(t)H

D:4
T-34 M41 x 2
T-34 M43 x 2

Guns: A:0 D:2
45mm PTP obr. 42
57mm PTP obr. 43
50mm RM obr. 40 x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS, Sappers, No Quarter, Fortified Building, Molotov capability, Fanatic
Map Board(s): 23 49
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-04-07(D) Chuck Dye vs kevin killeen Russian winTough nut for the Germans to crack
2020-04-01(D) Chuck Dye vs DD Russian win
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.00Votes: 2
Views: 1993
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 9 hours
Recorded Games: 2
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)0
Russian2
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
The Backhand Blow [Confirmed]
[A] German 3
[D] Russian 12
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