Elephants Unleashed ETO (id:#60022)
See Also: Elephants Unleashed by Multi-Man Publishing
North of Ponyri, Russia 1943-07-05 ()
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Designer: Martin Svärd
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
50.331125827815%

Overview:

The battle for Kursk had begun. After breaching the first line of defense, the 86. Infanterie-Division supported by the gigantic Ferdinand tank destroyers of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 654 continued toward the Russians' second defensive belt. But the Russian 27th Guards Tank Regiment supported by engineers was about to mount a counter-attack. The Germans would pay in blood for every inch gained of Russian soil.- - - - In the mid-sized 5.5-turn "Elephants Unleashed", a German combined arms force fight their way through minefields, wire, Russian infantry and counterattacking T-34s. Find out for yourself if the lack of a bow machine gun was really the Ferdinand's Archilles' Heel.
Attacker: German (Panzer-Division 18, Infanterie-Division 86 and schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654)
Defender: Russian (81st Rifle Division and 275th Separate Engineer Battalion and 27th Guards and 1442nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:6
PzKpfw IVH
PzKpfw IIIN x 2
PzJg Tiger x 3

D:7
T-34 M43 x 5
SU-152 x 2

Guns: A:0 D:0
PTRD-41 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: Shellhole placement could eliminate Russian fortifications that were placed
Map Board(s): 33 44
Overlays: X9
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-01-23(D) Asad Rustum vs John Garlic German win
2021-05-01(D) Chuck Dye vs DD Russian win
2020-12-05(D) Scott Fischbein vs Leo Hill Russian winLeo wanted a rematch after our earlier play of this when he malfed one of his Elephant's guns, and then immobilized another one... This time he tried a different strategy and tried to exit as many AFVs and squads as possible, and ignore the VC buildings completely. He got a bit bogged down in the middle of the board, and after a 9-1 Russian leader earned MVP for the game by taking out a PZIII with a thrown DC, the Germans had to exit all three of their remaining tanks to get exactly the exit VC needed. I was able to drive a T-34 up close for a rear shot on the final turn of the game... missed the first shot due to double smoke placement, but got the IF shot and kill for the win. A fun, close game.
2020-10-31(D) Scott Fischbein vs Leo Hill Russian winThe Elephants were pretty leashed in this playing, by a pair of boxcars leading to a malfed MA and an immobilization. With 2/3 of the behemoths out of the action, as well as one PZIVH, and my SU-152s and T-34s fairly free to run amok, Leo decided to call it a day and return to fight another time. Looking forward to a rematch!
2020-10-22(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Arthur, Joe German win
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atomic Added a playing2022-01-23 18:55:13
atomic Rated the scenario2022-01-23 18:54:52
ChuckD Added a playing2021-05-04 12:15:51
scottf2 Added a playing2020-12-05 06:45:11
scottf2 Added a playing2020-11-01 00:01:39
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.94Votes: 35
Views: 2663
To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 5 hours
Recorded Games: 27
Archive recorded plays:
German14
Russian13
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of January 2022)
Elephants Unleashed [Confirmed]
[A] German 62
[D] Russian 62
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