Author	Dan Storm (Germany)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Germany
Participants	cjsiam (AAR)
Play Date	2019-12-23
Language	English
Scenario	PGUM005

So this one is definitely an enigma and what we thought would happen - never did happen. We both thought for sure the Tiger would perch on the hill and rain shells down on the T-34's while the T-34's would suffer the (-1) for shooting uphill. in Reality - The tiger never moved - only fired - and fired well. Now - Initiative played a large role on this one and the Germans had a slight +. Turn 1- Russians win Initiative and charge across the bridge - 3 Platoons in 0610 and 3 Platoons in 0710. The Tiger set up in 0813 so only had view to the 3 platoons in 0610. Which was enough. Roll 1 was an adjusted 13 - 2 steps lost - 1 counter gone - Initiative down to 1. Roll 2 took out a 1/2 platoon. They somehow passed the M2. German Infantry charged into hex 0711 hoping to tie up 3 tanks for turn 2 in assault. Turn 2 - Germans win Init. 1 Activation. Tiger Must Shoot at the full platoon of T-34's in hex 0610. Roll 1 is a hit and another 1/2 platoon is destroyed in hex 0610. M2 Roll = 9 = Demoralized. Russian Init now = 0. Roll 2 is a hit on the good order 1/2 platoon of T-34;s in hex 0610. Hex 0610 now only has 1/2 platoon of demoralized T-34's. Hex 0710 has 3 full good order platoons of T-34's. Russian's Action Phase: 1 platoon moves to hex 0913. 1 platoon moves to hex 0714. 1 platoon charges the hill and moves to hex 0812. The Crossfire Is On! The German infantry move to hex 0713 without incident. Turn 3 - Germans win Init - get 1 activation. Tiger Activates a fire mission: Roll 1 - Shoots at T-34 Platoon adjacent in hex 0714 - Adjusted roll of 13 - entire platoon gone. Roll 2 - Shoots at T-34 platoon adjacent in hex 0913 - Adjusted roll of 14 - entire platoon gone. T-34 shoots at Tiger from atop the hill - Miss. Demoralized T-34 fails rally and retreats across the river. German Infantry assault the last T-34 platoon in hex 0812. Turn 4 - Germans get 2 activations. Activation 1: Tiger shoots at T-34 Platoon in assault: Shot 1 is a miss. Shot 2 is a hit - The 1/2 platoon of T-34's misses its M2 by more than 3 and is demoralized. Activation 2:The German infantry assaults and does zero damage. Germans achieve their victory conditions.