Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 29th:
Spearhead Division #16 - Final Accounting
A Bloody Nose and a Sharp Reminder
Author vulcan558
Method Solo
Victor Soviet Union
Play Date 2013-05-28
Language English
Scenario EFDx078

Well, you wouldn't expect this to be a Soviet victory, with the German possesing qualitatively superior troops and plenty of support weapons. However, the few advantages granted the Estonians by e hill position and the darkness were enogh to leave them occupying two hill hexes, just enough for the win. The German superiority in support weapons was largely negated by darkness, and the mortar battery seemed to have a terrible night, failing to inflict so much as a morale check in seven turns. Likewise, German assaukt bonuses for superior morale were matched by Soviet bonuses for the hill position. In the end, the Germans lost two of ier three rifle platoons and were out of the game by turn six. A very enjoyable re-introduction to a system I've been away from for a while, and definitely deserves more attention than it probably gets amongst the 112 scenarios in EFD.

2 Comments
2013-05-28 17:02

This scenario is a funny one. When I played my ftf opponent and won with the Germans, he came away as the Soviet believing it very slanted towards the Germans. And yet, a glance at the results show only 2 x German wins in 10 plays with 4 x draws.

So many of these scenarios provide different experiences for each player !

2013-05-29 00:55

The Germans need to be very lucky, and in this case they weren't. The setup looks slanted, but the IG and HMG are actually not much use at night at a target on top of a hill, and my mortarmen seemed to be asleep on the job.And the Soviet SMG and full strength HMG can be decisive if deployed properly

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