Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 29th:
Spearhead Division #16 - Final Accounting
Engineers may not be able to do anything, but this, they can do...
Author Matt W
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2011-08-08
Language English
Scenario RoSo004

A German engineer batallion with high morale and a very good set of leaders must attack and gain a lodgement in a town. The defending Soviets have a substantially larger force.

The Soviets, knowing that the Germans are coming set up a slight defensive post in the separate hamlet then string outposts south of the large town with AT rifles ready to shoot up the halftracks. With only 12 turns it is pretty obvious where the Germans will be coming so their real strength is located in the town, along with all the artillery.

The Germans have good OBA but their numbers are anemic. They do, however, have one advantage, they are engineers, with ample leadership assaulting a lower morale force in an urban area. As a result, each assault, even in the towns will typically go off with at least a +1 column shift on the assault table. The Soviets set up in a perfect way to heighten that shift by concentrating their strongest units in the towns.

The town assaults led to substantial losses on both sides (the Germans would eventually lose 4 engineer steps and one halftrack but they were able to take 3 hexes of the large town and contest two more while causing losses of roughly 3 to 1). The Soviets, however, with less, although pretty good, leaders have trouble recovering their morale while the Germans with a Captain with a "2" morale modifier, are recovering quickly (a "-3" modifier while in a town hex will do that for you.

The Germans are just too well suited for this one. Bad rolls may slow them down but the Soviets seem unlikely to do enough damage to the Germans to make up for the damage they themselves will experience and holding the town is very difficult for the reason discussed above.

This is a very quick and direct scenario. Without time or space for esoteric maneuvers the engineers just slam straight in. I give it a "3".

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