This is my first complete game after re-discovering Panzer Grenadier after quite a few years.

As the Soviet forces set up first and the German forces can enter either from the northern or southern map edge, the soviet forces must deploy expecting an attack from either direction. This somewhat diluted the soviet defense. The Soviet main anti-armor weapon is the single 76.2mm ATG battery and a platoon of lend-leased M-3 Grant tanks.

The Germans attacked from the south with essentially two reinforced infantry battalions and a company of StuGIIIG's. The Soviets deployed in the town of Berezov, and then dug in on both flanks along the west-east road, and then again with minefields and dug-in infantry platoons covering the fields to the towns southeast.

First Hour: The Germans advanced with armor and an infantry battalion on the left and a reinforced battalion battalion on the right (headed into the unplowed fields). Muddy ground increases the movement cost of the German tanks/motorized units.

The German left makes good headway and quickly and efficient engages the M-3 Grants, destroying that unit. The Soviets stuggle to re-orient the 76.2mm ATG to the main threat axis. The German units in the fields stumble into into mines and dug in soviet units.

Second Hour: west soviet infantry/57mm continually pester the leftmost German unit as they exhange fire with the 76.2mm ATG and its accompanying leaders and SMG/rifle units. German artillery support does yeoman's work keeping many enemy forces disrupted. The Germans in the fields conduct a number of assaults, taking both enemy dug-in positions.

Third Hour: the german left makes its move assaulting into the western side of Berezov, while the right side force engages and assaults enemy positions east of Berezov. In the end a Soviet mortar unit holds out against assaulting Landsers long enough to force a draw 10-6.

After-action: As my first full game back I was probably not aggressive enough with the germans as the soviets were not overwehlmingly equipped or deployed, and after quickly destroying the soviet tanks. The dice-gods were often smiling on the russians during many of the german assaults.