A narrow victory of tactics over strength... |
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This was a very fast and dirty armour fight which was decided in just half a dozen of its 22 turns. Both sides armour clashed in the open ground of the southern half of the map, with the German panzergrenadier company wisely staying out of harms way to the north. The Germans consistently held the initiative and were able to use this advantage to work into crossfire positions and take down some of the T-34s. Most of the Soviet casualties fell amongst the lightly protected BT-7s, and it was this that allowed the Germans to score thier six kills before the Russians got their four. The Soviet medium and heavy tanks definitely outclassed anything the Germans had, and if I were to play this again, I would probably let them do the fighting and keep the less useful BTs out of harms way to deny the Germans the chance to score some kills. It was an absolutely knife-edge battle and could easily have been a Soviet victory. Definitely one worth replaying. |
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In our ftf play of this, I found the infantry useful to worry the Soviet stronger tanks. The BT's were then destroyed by the German armour. Like you, the German initiative was the important factor !