Sherman Marches West ETO (id:#59885)
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Krupki, Byerlorussia 1944-06-28 ()
J98: Lend-Lease Attack (ASL Journal # 6)
T02: The Puma Prowls (Classic ASL)
T02: The Puma Prowls (AH:The General # 24.2)
CH105: Wide Diamond (Critical Hit # 6.1)
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RP 1: Morning in Mouen (Rout Pak I)
StB 1: Honey Trap (Scotland the Brave I)
StB 2: Cameronian Crossing (Scotland the Brave I)
StB 3: Seaforth Objective (Scotland the Brave I)
TTF10: Rear Guard (Tigers To The Front!)
X 5: Morning in Mouen (Rout Report # 2)
KH 10: Calvary Hill (King of the Hill)
OB7: Where's The Beef? (Onslaught to Orsha)
OB8: Bloody Bobruisk (Onslaught to Orsha)
OB9: Oriola Force (Onslaught to Orsha)
ON03: Lend-Lease Attack (On Top Scenarios)
BtB 12: Going Against the Grain (Beyond the Beachhead 2)
SV14: Day at Night (Swedish Volunteers)
SP174: Krupki Station (Schwerpunkt #15)
StB #1: Honey Trap (Orders For The Major)
StB #2: Cameronian Crossing (Orders For The Major)
StB #3: Seaforth Objective (Orders For The Major)
StB # 21: Wide Diamond (Shout For PIATS)
StB # 22: The Breakthrough (Shout For PIATS)
OST 7: Race for the Berezina (Ost Front Pack 2: Liberation of Minsk)
LSSAH 41: Objective: Mouen (Leibstandarte Pack 6 - Normandie)
OtO 19: Where's The Beef? (Onslaught To Orsha 2)
OtO 20: Bloody Bobruisk (Onslaught To Orsha 2)
OtO 21: Oriola Force (Onslaught To Orsha 2)
OtO 22: Inferno at Krupki (Onslaught To Orsha 2)
#13: Retreat To Ihantala (Fire And Ice)
#18: Beyond Vyborg (Fire And Ice)
AP159: Day at Night (ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers)
AP170: Never On Time (ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under)
MM 69: Marsch Ruckkampfer (March Madness 2021 Three-Player Pack)
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S98: The Hatefulness of War (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #3)
Q33: Exploiting The Gap (Quick 6 Scenario Pack VI)
BFP-185: Taninmylly Motti (BFP 6: Mannerheim Cross)
BFP-186: Tali Whacker (BFP 6: Mannerheim Cross)
JA 01: Gavis (Internet: Jeffery T. Allen)
JA 13: First of Many (Internet: Jeffery T. Allen)
Designer: Ken Dunn
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Balance:
RussianGerman
31.531531531532%

Overview:

Operation Bagration, launched by the Soviets on June 23, was turning out to be highly successful. German reports noted that the Russians no longer attacked as in the early days with masses of infantry across a broad front but instead employed concentrated groups of infantry supported by well controlled fire from heavy weapons with follow up forces available once favorable forward positions were established. In addition, the German high command did not believe that this was the major portion of the Russian summer offensive and refused to send strategic reserves immediately. Finally, however, the situation on the ground proved threatening enough that the 5th Panzer Division with Tiger tanks of the attached 505th Heavy Tank Battalion was sent to assist.
Attacker: Russian (3rd Guards Tank Corps)
Defender: German (Army Group Center Security Forces/Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 and 5th Panzer Division/Pionier Bataillon, 5th Panzer Division)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:12.5
AFVs: A:6
Sherman III(a) x 6

AFVs: D:2
PzKpfw VIE (L)
PzKpfw IIIN

Guns: A:0 D:1
5cm PaK 38

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: Russian 6-2-8/3-2-8 underlined morale w D: 8-3-8/5-4-8 Smoke exponent +2
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-10-26(A) Nicolas Leste-Lasserre vs Russian win
2024-08-16(D) Dan Best vs Mitch Kelloff German winKC HistoriCon 2024.
2024-05-10(A) Justin DiSabatino vs Russian winThe first turn was general maneuvering; Germans laying down a bit of fire to slow the Russians, and three Russian tanks aim for the tM10-vU10 gap to flank around the Germans. On turn 2, the German luck took a turn for the worst. The Russian tanks move forward to engage the Tiger, the HIP 50L manages one shot before malf'ing, and one of the Shermans manages an incredibly lucky shot to take out the Tiger. On Turn 3, the Russians rush forward to hold ground before the German reinforcements arrive - this sets up the next two turns where the Germans struggle to take ground towards the objective buildings. The Germans manage to hold one briefly before being repulsed and then the remainder of the Germans were decimated.
2023-06-05(D) Andreas R vs JennyA German win
2022-06-27(A) Jack Wilson vs Ken Walsh German winSecond go-round with this scenario. This time it was my turn to try the Russians. Turned out I didn't learn a whole lot from Ken's attempt. My idea was to overpower his infantry blocking force with my Shermans, then get a foothold on the VC buildings before his crazy assault platoons arrive. I'll never know if it could have worked as I began to lose tanks starting at turn one when his HIP 50L took one out, followed shortly by two more having their MA MALF. I eventually managed to kill his PzIV, and his 50L took itself out by MALF (but not before it immobilized one more Sherman.) The last two succumbed to the Tiger which just drove up and destroyed them at PBR. A little discouraging to score multiple turret hits that have no chance for a kill.
In the end, I got control of one VC building, and almost another. But those six squads and two LMG posted up in one of the VC buildings forming one 24FP stack and another 20FP w-1 DR,M stack. By then, I had nothing to left to root them out. I conceded by turn six, but honestly, the game was over by turn four.

Nevertheless, it is a good scenario to work on combined arms maneuvers.

In our post-game analysis, we both agreed that probably the best way for the Russian to win is go all out for the Tiger as soon as it enters the board. If that AFV can be killed early, even at the cost of 3 or 4 Shermans, the Russians might just have enough FP left to help the plodding Russian infantry assault those buildings in the last couple of turns.
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Dave Modified the Defender's AFVs2025-05-30 23:22:32
Dave Modified the unit counts2025-05-30 23:22:32
Bugbear501 Uploaded a VASL file2025-05-03 09:14:58
NicolasLL Added a playing2024-10-28 14:46:51
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Destroyed Russian Shermans of the 3rd Tank Corps - July 1944
 
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Estimated Play time: 6.7 hours
Recorded Games: 56
Archive recorded plays:
Russian15
German39
Drawn:2

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Sherman Marches West [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 20
[D] German 37
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