This was my initial Fronte Russo scenario and I wanted to us the flamethrowers. It is a basic infantry scenario with some heavy weapons and mortars. The Soviets need to hold off the Italian attack on the towns.

In my play the Soviets tried close to the road to hit the Italians right at there jump off point. Digging in and positioning leaders for bombardment. The Italians setup in cover as much as possible this may cost time to move up but it will be harder for the Soviet mortars to lock in on the infantry. I don't have many notes on the play but the GAUS units were quite impressive in assaults by negating the first fire on the Soviet defenders. Couple this with assault fire as well as an INF and leader to make an impressive assault team. In the end it made a difference as the Soviets were assaulted right into the towns and cleared 3 town hexes to win a minor victory.

I would recommend the scenario as it feels balanced although the Italian assault teams had not problem defeating the Soviets. Soviet Op fire was very bad, so some good rolls might make this more interesting.