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
38.461538461538%

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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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
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.
2015-06-04(A) Dave Mareske vs Mark Fischer German win
2015-04-18(D) Stephen Stewart vs Will Fleming Russian win
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asloser Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-11-08 20:58:06
asloser Added a playing2024-11-08 20:57:35
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-08-08 03:35:51
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-07-25 13:45:22
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-07-25 13:45:22
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Avg Rating: 7.36Votes: 11
Views: 5099
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 3.8 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
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Russian5
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Cavalry Brigade Model [Confirmed]
[A] German 11
[D] Russian 19
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