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Panzer Grenadier Scenario 14
Author triangular_cube
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2017-01-07
Language English
Scenario PaGr014

This scenario shows a large Russian cavalry and tank attack at night, against an infantry force of Germans fortified in 2 towns. The Russians must capture all of the town hexes to win, which is never easy. However, due to night visibility, careful maneuvering of their T-35s can provide them with a heavy base of fire power to lay down, without getting eaten up at range by AT Guns.

The Germans put all of their MGs and AT/ART in the town on board 3 in order to intercept the Russian tanks as they try to link up with their Cavalry. They place a large infantry force in the woods north of the board 3 town, with their mortars to block the terrain, leaving the advancing tanks only the option of the town or woods to travel through, either way going through German defenses. The rest of the German INF and CAV set up in the town on board 2 as a reserve force.

The Russians moved their armored cars and tanks across the bridge and into the open terrain between the woods/town/river. Here they could lay down fire support for a CAV attack against the town, but that was the extent of what they could do until the CAV arrived. They hoped that the CAV would assault the town before they would be pinned down by assualting German infantry from the woods, and fired upon by then moved AT guns from the town. It was risky, but sitting on the other side of the river would ensure the CAV would fail anyway.

The Russian CAV moved up the south end of board 3 towards the town, on the west side of the river (there was no room to pull up the east bank of the river and cross the bridge due to the tanks). The Germans moved out thier reserve force from the town on board two and engaged the CAV left in the open terrain. This ended up in a series of 3 assaults that the Germans came out on top on due to their morale advantage. In the north, the Germans assaulted the tanks, but the T35s made them pay dearly for it.

The Germans moved their MGs south from the town of board 3 to engage the CAV tied into asssault which became the deathblow. Russian concedes at this point, German victory.

Fun scenario with a lot of options for the Russians with how to coordinate their CAV and tanks, unfortunately none of them seem that great : /

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