On 26 January the breakout attempt of the now-encircled 4. Armee began. The main blow fell on Russian 53rd Rifle Corps of the 48th Army. Two Russian rifle divisions were enveloped and two more driven to the rear. The 131. Infanterie-Division supported by Jagdpanzer IVs and Jadgpanthers of Panzerjager-Abteilung 563 seized the village of Scharnigk after heavy fighting. During the next day the division would attack Liebstadt, heavily defended by Russian infantry and armor.
Attacker: German (131.Infanterie-Division and Panzerjager-Abteilung 563)
Ryan set two of my Su 85s on fire, but I got a JagdPanther in CC, so it's all good.
2023-02-11
(A) Ryan Dukeman
vs
David Garvin
Russian win
Shooting SU-85s with an 88LL is a lot of fun.
2022-12-13
(A) Ian Morris
vs
Martin Mayers
Russian win
Heavy snow rendered German fire attacks useless, and I couldn’t win a CC to save my life. Not very enjoyable.
2022-06-17
(D) Sam Tyson
vs
Tracey Love
Russian win
A couple of Germans squads were lost in the early turns, and the Russians generated an 8-1 leader in CC. The JgdVs were left in motion after turn 2, then got chased down by the SU-85s, and were both killed. Without the TD support and down a few squads, this one was over pretty quickly.
2021-12-04
(D) Rich Weiley
vs
Peter Dunn
Russian win
Paddington Bearz - December 2021 meeting
2021-02-21
(D) Paul Works
vs
Nathan Wegener
Russian win
Due to the ROAR/Sceanrio Archive record, we gave the Germans the balance. I set up heavy around the hill-area VC location and just a couple squads in the other building location. I should have place at least one unit to cover the open ground on the south-west. Because I did not, Nathan ran his troops quickly over that terrain to pressure the west VC building and interdict my reinforcements. the latter's only impact was to divert some of his forces; I never got them in the western VC building... As usual, Nathan played his AFVs well. His two nasty JgPz Vs pushed forward and took out one of my SUs on Turn 2. He did run out of HE quickly which did help. My two remaining SUs also ran out of HE (crazy with the SSR giving us both HE9). His near-invulnerable armor moved up adjacent to one of my SUs and I took a desperate APCR shot. I hit, then rolled a "2" TK, resulting in a burning JgPz. On my turn 4, my two remaining SUs bracketed his remaining JgPz; the SU with my AL rolled a "2" on the bounding fire shot and that burned the other JgPz. He pressed forward with a large infantry force into the western VC building, but I KIA'd one leader and a squad and broke two other squads on the assault; I then I rolled a "2" in CC to kill a squad and HS. At that point, I would have been able to get two more squads and a leader into the building in preparation for the last turn. We called it at that point as a Russian victory. The record is certainly pro-Russian, but as the Russian player, it really seemed like I was barely able to hold on. A series of '2" DRs decided the victory. The combination of PFs and the JgPz Vs are just tough. Nathan had a great attack. Always fun and a challenging game with him!
2021-01-12
(A) Andy Bagley
vs
Simon Staniforth
Russian win
Great scenario, very close, went down to the last player-turn, plenty of good and bad DRs for both sides. I came in from the East and South, focusing on the hilltop village and ignoring the other VC building (correctly guessing that the Russian AT Gun would be on that side). The falling snow quickly turned heavy, which made firing very difficult, particularly for the Germans as the Russians can just sit there concealed. This meant I had to try some risky advances and CCs to dig him out. I made slow but steady progress, and by the last turn had cleared all the buildings surrounding 64T8. But the Russians have the last player-turn, and my DF failed to stop him sneaking back into one adjacent hex to claim victory.