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Forgotten Success V: Scouting the River
Burning Tigers #34
(Attacker) Germany vs Soviet Union (Defender)
Formations Involved
Germany 3rd Panzer Division
Soviet Union 1666th Antitank Regiment
Soviet Union 295th Mortar Regiment
Soviet Union 314th Guards Mortar Regiment
Soviet Union 493rd Antitank Regiment
Soviet Union 71st Guards Rifle Division
Soviet Union 868th Antitank Regiment
Display
Balance:


Overall balance chart for KRBT034
Total
Side 1 0
Draw 0
Side 2 2
Overall Rating, 2 votes
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4
3
2
1
4.5
Scenario Rank: --- of 913
Parent Game Burning Tigers
Historicity Historical
Date 1943-07-06
Start Time 10:30
Turn Count 16
Visibility Day
Counters 119
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 2
Maps 2: 40, 41
Layout Dimensions 56 x 43 cm
22 x 17 in
Play Bounty 161
AAR Bounty 171
Total Plays 2
Total AARs 1
Battle Types
Delaying Action
Exit the Battle Area
Hill Control
Urban Assault
Conditions
Entrenchments
Minefields
Off-board Artillery
Smoke
Terrain Mods
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Burning Tigers Base Game
Introduction

XLVIII Panzer Corps ordered 3rd Panzer Division to find a crossing over the Pena River near Rakovo. The plan called for an early morning assault, but it depended on the defeat of the remaining defenders around Cherkasskoye. Shortly after 1000 they received the "go" order.
Conclusion

The panzers brushed aside the Guards defenders and pushed on to the river. There the recon battalion vainly searched for a crossing suitable for armor over the steeply banked though shallow river, all the while taking heavy fire from the north bank. Between counterattacks and a lack of suitable crossing sites the XLVIII Corps soon turned their attention to the northeast.
Display Relevant AFV Rules
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle
  • Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
  • AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
  • AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
  • Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
  • Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
  • Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
  • Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
  • Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
  • AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
  • AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
  • Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
  • Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
  • Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
  • Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
  • Self-Propelled Artillery: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
  • Anti-Aircraft Weapon Carrier: apply a -1 modifier to an air attack if within three hexes of the targeted hex (15.14).
  • APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
  • Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
  • Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
  • Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)
  • Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)
Display Order of Battle
Germany Order of Battle
Heer
Soviet Union Order of Battle
Army (RKKA)
  • Towed
Guards
  • Motorized
Display Errata (4)
4 Errata Items
Overall balance chart for 20

The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France.

(plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
Overall balance chart for 63

The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8".

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
Overall balance chart for 47

All SPW 251s have an armor value of 0.

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
Overall balance chart for 912

Kommissars never get morale or combat modifiers. Ignore misprints.

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
Display AARs (1)
A fruitless endeavor
Author Retiredgrunt17
Method Solo
Victor Soviet Union
Play Date 2017-11-06
Language English
Scenario KRBT034

The Germans faced a thinner front than in other recent battles, but they were also a bit thin. The Soviet strongpoints held up well and their AT fire, when confronted with German attack groups, did damage to the German armor as the infantry held up their end as well. The Germans took Rokovo after a good fight, but could not get the village on map 41. They did exit 16 steps at the last minute, but it was still a Soviet m8 or victory.
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