Cavalry Brigade Model ETO (id:#61774)
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Prior Publication: FrF21 Friendly Fire Pack 3
See Also: Cavalry Brigade Model by Friendly Fire
Designer: Mattias Rönnblom
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Balance:
GermanRussian
38.095238095238%

Overview:

The Russian 39th Army was firmly entrenched in the inaccessible primeval forests between Belyi and Rzhev. Recently pocketed by a German attack cutting their last supply route, this army was scheduled for destruction. Attacking along the Wjasma road towards the south-west was Kavallerie-Brigade zBV beim AOK 9, a brainchild of Generaloberst Walter Model and created specifically for this operation. Made up of reconnaissance battalions from Model's infantry divisions, the brigade was a crack outfit designed to handle the swampy forest terrain. - - - - In "Cavalry Brigade Model", German cavalry must prevent elements of a Russian rifle division from withdrawing in good order to their secret rallying point. To ensure success, the Germans may need to rely more on maneuver than fire.
Attacker: German (Kavallerie-Brigade AOK 9 and Panzer-Regiment 31, Panzer-Division 5)
Defender: Russian (256th Rifle Division, 39th Army)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:2
PzKpfw IIF
PzKpfw IIIH
Horse x 11

AFVs: D:1
T-60 M40

Guns: A:0
PzB 39 ATR
D:1
76.2mm PP obr. 27
PTRD-41 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: .
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-07-05(A) Vic Lauterbach vs JM German winI drew the Germans in this East front scrap. The soft ground (see B16.43) severely restricts tank movement, so the key to my attack was "and/or on/after Turn 3 on any edge" in the German setup. I held out a platoon (3 x 548s) and waited to see where Jim's retreating 447s headed then entered them on the east edge of board 32. I hit Jim's screen of 447s hard and took losses early, but once the 548s dismount and close in, the 447s must fall back or risk being flanked, destroyed or cut off from the rallying point. I guessed that the rallying point was south of the stream and played it that way which worked. Jim: I put the rallying point in 32R2 thinking I could get two 447s there faster than Vic's 548s, but Vic's "wild card" platoon entering behind my line made it impossible to reach. I suggest a hex near 32U9 and a hedgehog defense around it to avoid a foot race! This one seems ripe for a Defensive sleeze tactic: retreatin immediately and spread pairs of 447s out in the woods. Not knowing which pair at the rallying point, the German player would have to chase them all and break one of each pair in 5.5 turns to win!
2023-12-02(A) Pascal Boileau vs Emmanuel Batisse Russian winA very interesting scenario. With half of my OB, I attacked in the center. A lucky activated SAN killed the best Russian leader in the first turn. Thereafter, I was pretty unlucky notably with my MC. Approximately, less than 3 or 4 were passed during the whole game... On turn 3 and 4, I managed to block the fleeing Russian troops on map 32 with my second part of OB. However, they were stopped just on their rally hex... Well played Manu !
2022-12-03(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler Russian win
2021-11-27(D) Rich Weiley vs Dave Wallace Russian winHad the defending Soviets in this one. Rally point was in 32W7. German turn 1 assault came down the Soviet right flank, which was defended by the artillery gun, MMG and one ATR. My opponent kept three squads,8-1 leader and DC back for entry on turn 3. My sniper was active early killing the German 8-0 leader and wounding the 9-2 in the first two turns. The gun when on a rate tear but was only able to shock the Pz3, which subsequently recovered. The gun crew was then broken by infantry fire, rallied immediately but then killed in a torrent of fire when trying to reman the gun. Its sacrifice did allow me to reposition the 9-1 and MMG to a less exposed position. The real hero on this flank was the ATR squad in a foxhole in 37O4. These heroes gunned down a couple of half squads and then immobilised the Pz2, but the icing on the cake came in turn 3 when the Pz 3 tried to bypass them and the ATR got a hull hit in the side at 3 hex range and I rolled a snakes on the kill.

The effective demise of the armour and the leader casualties effectively dislocated the German attack from the north and I was able to reposition most of the surviving defenders to meet the attack from the south. This attack was repelled when the DC wielding squad ate a KIA on a 16 -1 from the leader directed MMG. At that point my opponent conceded.
2015-07-26(A) Will Fleming vs Stephen Stewart Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.17Votes: 12
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To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 3.8 hours
Recorded Games: 11
Archive recorded plays:
German5
Russian6
Drawn:0

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Cavalry Brigade Model [Confirmed]
[A] German 11
[D] Russian 20
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