Backstabbing Paratroopers ETO (id:#65662)
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Svidovok, Russia 1943-11-13 ()
Designer: Lionel Colin
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
44%

Overview:

After their disastrous drop during the Kanev Bridgehead battle, the remaining Soviet parachutists took refuge in the woods. They were supplied partly by PO-2 planes and the local partisans. Colonel Sidorchuk, chief of the 5th Parachutists Brigade, managed to gather a force of 1200 men during October 1943. At the beginning of November, they were assigned the task to help the Russian crossing of the Dnepr near the village of Svidorok, north of Cherkassy. They had to take by surprise several villages to allow the 254th Rifle Division an easy crossing. During the night of the 13rd they took Svidorok but the neighboring Germans were quick to react and a column of infantry supported by assault guns soon came from Dakhnovka village. They were attacked by the covering force left by Sidorchuk, a small force armed with automatic rifles and anti-tank rifles.
Attacker: German (No more details)
Defender: Russian (Elements of 6th Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Parachutists Brigade)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:4.5
AFVs: A:1
StuG IIIG

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Variable OoB choices for both sides, NQ in effect both sides. A: Assault engineers
Map Board(s): q
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-09-01(D) Mark Thompson vs Mark Finney (Germans) Russian winThinking that the additional squad/HIP unit and MOL capability would prove beneficial in this blocking action, the Russian's chose the two 3-3-7s over the 6-2-8/DC option at set-up. The Russians placed the bulk of their forces in the center/rear save for a 3-2-8 covering the Southern and Dummies covering the Northern board edges. In the early turns, the Russians were successful in holding the Germans at bay and bottling up their AFVs on the central road. Highlights in the early turns included a MOL kill on the StuG at the forest exit of the central road and Immobilization of the AA Ht with a MG shot on its unarmored side/rear facing. By mid-game, the Russian's were well positioned to cover the central and southern approaches to the buildings across open ground, but had to take a PMC when the Germans amazingly walked through -1/-2 and even -3 shots/residual in fairly decent numbers and got within range of several buildings by the last turn. Highlights of later turns included the German 2-4-7 improbably whacking a 6-2-8 in CC with snakes and withdrawing (forward) to boot, and several HoB Battle-Hardenings/Hero creations. Ultimately, however, the Germans did not have enough men or time to take any buildings. The Russians made it too close by forgetting to move to Level One in the victory Buildings in their last APh (duh). Fun, quick scenario.
2023-07-29(D) Paul Works vs Maurizio GrassiAD Russian win
2023-06-17(A) Dan Best vs Nathan Wegener Russian win
2023-06-17(D) nathan wegener vs Dan Best Russian winInitial defenders slowed the attack enough for reinforcements to cover the village. One partisan hit the Stug as it rolled into the village. Last turn rush was stymied when a thrown DC broke the attacker.
2023-06-08(A) Andy Bagley vs Mike Grogan German winExcellent little scenario, great fun, plenty of options for both sides as well as the choices in OOBs. As the Germans, I advanced quickly with the aim of hindering the Russian reinforcements coming on close to hexrow Q. This was largely successful as the HIP squad didn't slow me down as much as it might have done. Although the Russians came on close enough to the northernmost building to contest in by Turn 4, those reinforcements could not get further south where I had by then - helped by so friendly DRs - captured three victory buildings. So my opponent conceded at the end of German Turn 4.
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Avg Rating: 7.50Votes: 10
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Estimated Play time: 1.8 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
German2
Russian4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Backstabbing Paratroopers
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[A] German 9
[D] Partisan/Russian 10
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