Playing against my friend who is new to the system. He elected to play the Russians for this one.

The Soviet force deployed imfantry mostly in the town, with the artillery and rockets forward and tanks in reserve to the rear. My Germans began with mortars on the hill with the combined arms force ahead to its rear, with a steong line of tanks on line with the hill.

The battle began with an artillery duel between the OBA, mortars, and the Russian rocket detachment. The bombardment was inconclusive, so the Germans decided to move their panzers forward. In a short amount of time, the soviet artillery was destroyed by the advancing panzers. The Soviets followed up with a counterattack on the eastern side. There was a good exchange of casualties amongst the panzers and Soviet Grants, but this only allowed the combined arms force of infantry, motorcycles, and panzergrenadiers to advance on the town.

By the time the Soviet tank attack had fully committed, the casualties had already gone in favor of the Germans. This allowed the Panzers to,divide their forces betweem holding off the remaining tanks, and isolating the town. From there it was a slog through the streets of Malye Maiachki. The firepower of the German troops was decisive, and combined with successful isolation of the town, all resistance was eliminated or driven back by 0800.

The report made to the 242nd Tank Brigade was clear: Utilize tanks as a cohesive force at a decisive point, and do not deploy your artillery in the front line.