The good news is I keep spreading the PG word... this game was against my sister's husband. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of WWII, especially the East Front, and has claimed to own almost every East Front wargame that has ever been published. I can certainly confirm it's not an idle boast. Anyway, he bought the original PG East Front module when it was first published, but he didn't like it. He was willing to try 4th edition with me and he liked it!

It was a tough day for my Germans. I advanced the infantry and StuGs on the town over open terrain. The abundant U.S. OBA targeted my captain and demoralized him immediately. As I gradually worked on recovering him, the Yanks whacked one of my lieutenants. Consequently the German advance on the town was seriously hampered. I felt I needed to take some chances and advanced two StuGs into the town without German infantry support. The Yanks assaulted the StuGs. I reinforced, creating two big assaults, and the Yanks got the better of the results. Before long it looked like the Germans would not be able to capture the town and I conceded.