PG RTB Scenario 55: "Seelow: Tank Battle" depicting a T-3585 Bn with two SMG Infantry companies trying to exploit a breakthrough from Seelow; Trying to stop them are just two Panther and two Tiger platoons. The Germans set up in the middle of the board spread out in the fields for cover. The Russians decided to go across the north portion of the board to attack the panther platoons and getting their SMG platoons. They got hammered by the expert German tank fire and lost a good many T-34/885s getting to the woods. The Tigers in the South moved north onto board 19 to box in the Russians into a kill sack. But the Russians got their infantry dismounted and started to close on the Panthers who withdrew wot the south under cover of the Tigers. By this time the Germans had reached the 16 "steps" needed to win and the Russians had killed nothing.

But the Russians got in behind he Germans with tanks and cut off their path to the close terrain. And they started killing the Panthers. The Germans had to head east to circle around the Russians who cut off the road and closed with a Tiger platoon and killing it. Soon the Germans were in a bad positions and cut off. The Russians closed with the remaining forces and started killing them one by one until a half step German Panther Platoon was left in the north surrounded on the last turn. But the Russians could not kill it with three AT shots and an assault. Germans win by a hair!

Losses: German: 3 Steps of Panthers; 4 steps of Tigers Russians: 17 Steps of T38/85; 5 SMG.

This one looked to be a blow out early on, but keeping the Russians in the game for at least a draw made it a very exciting game that went down to the very final combat die roll.

I was going to rate this a 3 or 4 as it was looking like a German cake walk. But as long as the Russians can cause damage, keep them in the fight, they were so close to spoiling a German victory and that was exciting. I won't go with a 5 though as I think it is very tough for the Russians to win.

Two pictures here:

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or here

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