This is a nice meeting engagement between the Germans and the Soviets at Parpach on the Crimean peninsula. Both side are close to being equally matched with men and equipment. The Soviets have T-34s, BT-7's and T-26's and the Germans have Pz38t's and PzJrI's. Morale, OBA and setup are similar as well. Victory conditions slightly favor the Russians with them needing to knock off less steps than the Germans. In our play it came down to leaders. The Soviets had average to poor leaders while the Germans had exceptional leaders. Both morale and fire power bonuses of 1 and 2 were in the Germans leaders camp.

The game started with the Soviets and Germans entering the opposite sides of board 5. The Germans making for the hill at 0911 and the Soviets moving to control the fields and the woods on board 5. The Germans quickly tried to dislodge the Soviets from there artillery spotting location in the fields to take some early causalities. But this gave some cover to they to try to get there Pz38t's to fire on the BT-7's. After 22 shots without a hit, the Germans were able to score two hits on the BT-7's at extreme range to take the lead. The Soviets were able to respond by hitting a Pz38t that strayed to far, to even up the score.

Soon after the Germans, staying out of the T-34 range maneuver to attack the Soviet AT gun that had been demoralized. After some recover and demoralization from OBA the 45mm crew broke and ran followed by the mortar crew after the green LT fled the battle. At this point the Soviets regrouped to try to stop the attack. The Germans did the same after the infantry took some disrupting/demoralizing fire from the Soviets in the fields.

The Germans recovered first and mounted another attack on the field with some success. Although the Soviets tried to stop them, M's and M1's had little affect with the German leader bonuses. Meanwhile the German OBA and direct fire was disrupting and demoralizing the Soviets. The Soviets tried one final assault on the German position to even up the score but the T-34's could not maneuver for shots on the Pz38t's and the infantry fire was ineffective on the Germans. Several desperate assaults were attempted but they failed leaving the Russian to pull back and have the Germans hold the field. In the end German victory.

In all a good scenario, well balanced plenty of tank and infantry action and one to play again. This highlighted the leadership aspect of PG. Better leaders will hold the units together and subsequently hold the field given that everything else is the same.