After two humbling defeats in a row against my opponent, I feel like I redeemed myself as the Soviet player in this short scenario.

The Soviets didn't do anything interesting or unorthodox. The minefields were placed in the field near the town so that the Germans couldn't set up those murderous multi-hex fire groups. The infantry & HMG were positioned in front of the town to give them a bit extra reach and to allow them a hasty retreat. What was important is that I KEPT MY FORCES TOGETHER, with the exception of the two T-34 platoons. These guys presented enough of a threat to keep them mobile.

The key to victory was simply this: The Germans came at the town piecemeal: the motorcycles along the north flank, the infantry behind the field, the various thin-skinned vehicles hid in the woods, and the Tiger charged straight at the town. Defensive fire took out a motorcycle platoon, and disrupted the other two; An SMG was able to rush into an assault against the Tiger on Turn 4. Long range AT fire took out at least one of the SPWs. Although that brave little SMG was going to be destroyed (due to two other vehicles coming to the rescue), the Germans lost heart on turn 5. There simply wasn't enough time to recover the troops and then set up an effective assault.