Author	triangular_cube
Method	Solo
Victor	Soviet Union
Play Date	2023-01-06
Language	English
Scenario	TaBa015

German VC of limiting to 20 step losses seems fairly unlikely to be achieved, and hence the lack of balance here. Otherwise the VCs are fairly unique and allow for a fluid game, as the Soviets must target 3 objectives, and both sides have unique advantages. Soviets have numbers and heavy rocket artillery. Germans have mobility via skis (i played as if they could move the full allowance on the snow, although this probably isnt strictly correct), defensible terrain, and lots of OBA. They also have a 40 level hill that can spot the BM13s wherever they fire and drop a finger of death on them if the Soviets dont take this hex first.

Germans deploy with their tanks in firing positions in the woods along the road on board 6 (roads being critical due to heavy snow. Really only the T-34s can do anything off the road). The tanks are supported by the ski troops and the 50. The 50 will be sacrificed, but the skis plan on falling back once the Soviet blob closes.

Soviets set their KV1s on the road, ready to drive up the middle, supported by their massed blob of infantry. The T-34s, rode by SMGs will push around the flanks and close a vice around the sides. Given the time limit it might actually work. The T-60s will flood through the woods with infantry support and figure out something useful to do onece some AT guns get knocked out.

The German plan falls apart almost immediately. They lose the early tank duel of PZIVs vs KV1s, and the blob shakes the OBA (lots of 7s), enveloping the skiiers before they can get away. The T60s join in and mop up pretty much the entire wrecked force in the woods, while the T-34s wipe out the artillery spotter on the hill and sweep around the town securing the western road. Left with their HMGs, ENG, and oddities, the Germans put up a stiff fight in the town, but Soviet rocket artillery, and massed armor adn infantry push through and get a major victory.

Germans rolled poorly and Soviets rolled well at the start, otherwise this would have been much closer. I think a few tweaks to the German VCs (dropping the step loss from the minor win maybe) could produce a "5" here.