Rage Against the Machine ETO (id:#61661)
(ASL Journal #10 ID: J157)
Courland Pocket, Latvia 1944-12-21 ()
KGP 2: Festung St. Edouard (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP 3: Panthers in the Mist (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP 4: Chapelle Ste. Anne (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP 7: The Bridge at Cheneux (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
T11: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (AH:The General # 28.2)
NEWS20: Trojan Horses (ASL News # 12)
NEWS39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (ASL News # 22)
SC9: Sudden Full Contact (Devils in the Woods)
SC13: At the Crossroads (Devils in the Woods)
SC14: Repulsed (Devils in the Woods)
SC15: Mize Tries Again (Devils in the Woods)
EP20: Trojan Horses (Euro-Pack # 2 - The Bulge)
OAF3: Peiper's Sledgehammer (OAF Pack 1)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Paddington Bears '96 Pack)
RP3-8: Another Damn Bridge (Rout Pak III)
ASL News 39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (Scroungin' ASL News)
SC1: Probing for the Bridge (Sudden Full Contact)
SC2: Grabbing Some Houses (Sudden Full Contact)
RetroPak#3: Vandervoort's Stand (Retro Pak I)
BdF 2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture)
BdF 3: The Volksgrenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture)
O65.1: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (On All Fronts # 65)
O100.1: A Bridge for Panthers (On All Fronts #100)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Aussie `95 Pack)
SP2: Holding the Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt # 1)
SP53: Thorne In Your Side (Schwerpunkt # 5: Medal of Honor)
VB2: Probing for Hotton Bridge (Volfoni Brothers Pack)
BdF#2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
BdF#3: The Volksgenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
RetroPak#16: East of Trois-Ponts (Retro Pak II)
J142: Penny Packets (ASL Journal # 9)
DD # 1: Sudden Full Contact (Darkest December)
DD # 2: Probing For The Bridge (Darkest December)
DD # 3: At The Crossroads (Darkest December)
DD # 4: Grabbing Some Houses (Darkest December)
DD # 5: Repulsed (Darkest December)
DD # 6: Mize Tries Again (Darkest December)
BP1 #3: Skorzeny's Crossroads (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #9: Hansen's Push (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #11: Warche Tomfoolery (Battle of the Bulge I)
#6: Hitler's Right Hand Man (Major Upham Scenario Pack)
S16-6: Dom Butgenbach (Sweet 16 4-Pack 2)
ASL WO17: Poteau Party (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2015)
194: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition))
: Christmas Presents (SAGA 1992)
S16-11: Fog Shrouded Crossroads (Sweet 16 4-Pack 3)
T-TERROR #31: East Of Trois Ponts (Teutonic Terror 4)
T-TERROR #30: Faux Panthers (Teutonic Terror 4)
NY#3: East of Trois-Ponts (Purple Heart)
NY#4: Foggy Notions (Purple Heart)
Designer: Chris Mazzei and Peter Struijf
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
RussianGerman
51.111111111111%

Overview:

The 3rd grand battle (also known as "the other Christmas Battle") started on 21 December with a Soviet attack on Germans near Saldus. The Soviet 2nd Baltic (northern sector) and 1st Baltic Fronts (southern sector) commenced a blockade, precipitating the German defence of the Courland perimeter during Soviet attempts to reduce it. In this battle, serving with the 2nd Baltic Front's 22nd Army, the Latvian 130th Rifle Corps faced their opposites in the Latvian 19th SS Division. The battle ended on 31 December and the front was stabilized. The Soviets had gained a few more square kilometers of territory at the expense of tremendous losses in men, tanks, aircraft, etc.
Attacker: Russian (Elements of 1st Baltic Front and 19th Tank Corps)
Defender: German (Kampfgruppe Zoll, Infanterie-Division 132 and Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912, Panzer-Division12)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:8
ISU-122 x 3
ISU-152 x 3
T-34/85 x 2

D:3
StuG IIIG (L)
JgdPz IV(L) x 2

Guns: A:0 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: Treat Grain as Brush
Map Board(s): 3a 40 42
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-07-06(A) Pascal Boileau vs Bruno Bonhomme German winPlayed by email this time. With the Russians, I enjoyed the space in the first turns but the Germans were pleased with the PF, AFV reinforcements and their PaK in the last turns ! And at the endgame, it was a decisive defeat for me...
2020-06-27(A) Pascal Boileau vs Anthony Gibson German winA very interesting scenario. In the last turn, as the Russian, I was too far from the objectives to hope for a victory. Tony showed me how I should have played instead my last two turns and it was really instructive for me. Many thanks to him for the lesson !
2020-05-30(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best German win
2020-05-30(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins German win
2020-01-19(A) Eben Johnson vs German winFor the Russians, this one really takes some thinking. Russians have to be modestly aggressive to command terrain before the German AFVs appear. The German HIPs are tough as the terrain is close quarters. Works well if the dice cooperate. Not so much this time for me.

Regardless of the dice, always a good time.

And, I banked another lesson learned: I hope I never advance another acquired MMC into a melee again! I lost a 4:1 CC, and he now had my whole stack acquired.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.67Votes: 49
Views: 817
To-Play list count: 9
Estimated Play time: 7.5 hours
Recorded Games: 37
Archive recorded plays:
Russian11
German25
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Rage Against the Machine [Confirmed]
[A] German 81
[D] Russian 63
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