Best Think Again ETO (id:#62326)
Saudininkai, Lithuania 1941-06-24 ()
Designer: Pete Shelling
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Balance:
RussianGerman
54.166666666667%

Overview:

The first encounter with Soviet heavy tanks proved to be a shock for German panzer crews, whose rounds simply bounced off the Soviet behemoths. Even the Germans’ high-density AP rounds were of little use against the KV tanks. To break out of their encirclement, the KVs of the 2nd Tank Division simply rolled right through German tanks and anti-tank guns and into the lines of Generalleutnant Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher’s Infanterie-Division 36. Without FlaK or artillery, the Landsers could only hope to stop the iron beasts with high explosives – but to do that, they would have to get in close.
Attacker: Russian (48th Rifle Division, 2nd Tank Division)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 36 (mot.), Panzer Regiment 1)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:15.0 D:11.5
AFVs: A:4
KV-2
KV-1E
KV-1 M39/40 x 2

D:3
PzKpfw IVE
PzKpfw IIIH x 2

Guns: A:0 D:1
3.7cm PaK 35/36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All roads dirt. A: infantry moves only after any desired AFV movement is done w D: AFVs Elite
Map Board(s): 69 s
Overlays: O2 B2
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-04-29(A) O Ramaille vs Eric Ricou Russian winDespite the early loss of a KV1 tank in CCRF during VBM, the Russians managed to take position in the woods during their assault. A hidden AT gun shocked another KV tank who promptly recovered. The AT gun was then quickly overwhelmed in CC. The German defense tried to restructure without much success due to heavy fire exposure. A Russian human wave forced its way onto the German defense giving the opportunity to the other Russian troops to move forward. The German armored counter-attack was unable to cause damage to the Russian heavy armor and on the contrary lost one tank and another in UK status. With too much broken troops and outnumbered armor, the German conceded the game.
2020-01-16(D) O Ramaille vs Eric Ricou German winA high German defense with a few half-squads disturbed somehow the Russian advance. The KV's were not threatening enough with evasive Germans. The arrival of Panzers took one of the KV1 by surprise using APCR. Several Panzer overruns on the Russian infantry created masses of brookies. The Panzers and the AT shot several rounds on the KV armor without success. The German infantry decided that it was time to withdraw north of the road. With 23 German EVP and only 8 EVP for the Russians, the battle ended in a German victory.
2019-12-26(A) nathan wegener vs James Treu Russian winSolid defense for the Germans up front and falling back. I struggled to get the infantry across the open ground but slowly picked apart the German infantry w my Monsters. A lucky shot to immobilize a Panzer III w a MG and an immobilized KV1 took out another. My 3 remaining tanks cruised across the road behind the German Inf. KV2 ruled the map taking out a couple of squads and a leader with various MG's and the main gun in separate attacks.
2018-06-12(D) Jeff B vs Pierce Mason German winRussians had a lousy Turn 3 when one tank broke down, another was immobilized by the AT gun, and another malf'd its MA. They did manage to knock out one of the German tanks in the process, but the Russian infantry really had no answer against the remaining two. The Germans had also set both DCs in the big stone building, so it was unlikely to be a safe haven for easy Russian VPs. With all these factors working against them the Russians decided to throw up the white flag.
2017-03-09(D) X von Marwitz vs Chris Mazzei German winI played the German in this one. The scenario situation is interesting. The terrain is somewhat unusual and German armored reinforcements will enter in the rear of the Russians which entered from the same side. On top, the Russians have 4 "monster" tanks in 1941... With regard to the German setup, I believe there aren't too many viable variations at hand given that the German needs to fall back (without saying too much). The most important question for the Russians is how to play and move their "monster" tanks. I had fun playing this, though I believe that the Russians could need a little help, which impression seems to be mirrored by ROAR currently (March 2017) listing this at 39 German / 29 Russian.
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lt_steiner Added a playing2020-04-29 16:05:58
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Estimated Play time: 5.5 hours
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ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
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[A] German 45
[D] Russian 34
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