34BP001 
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| Parent Game | Bron Pancerna |
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| Historicity | Alt-History |
| Date | 1940-09-02 |
| Start Time | 06:00 |
| Turn Count | 30 |
| Visibility | Day |
| Counters | 182 |
| Net Morale | 0 |
| Net Initiative | 1 |
| Maps | 2: 3, 6 |
| Layout Dimensions | 56 x 43 cm 22 x 17 in |
| Play Bounty | 211 |
| AAR Bounty | 171 |
| Total Plays | 1 |
| Total AARs | 1 |
| Battle Types |
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| Bridge Control |
| Inflict Enemy Casualties |
| Rural Assault |
| Conditions |
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| Off-board Artillery |
| Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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| Bron Pancerna | Base Game |
| Deluge | Counters |
| Fall of France 1 | Counters |
| Fire in the Steppe | Maps + Counters |
| Introduction |
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Polish defensive doctrine called for immediate counter-attacks against enemy penetrations, something infantry divisions could not accomplish against the panzers in 1939. The mechanized cavalry brigades were to provide that capability, but only one had been established before the September Campaign and it had very few tanks. There would have been more of them, with more tanks, a year later. |
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In 1939, Polish military intelligence gave the front-line divisions a good idea of where the Germans would attack and with what sort of force. Only in some instances could the Poles make use of that information. With a strong armored force to conduct counter-attacks, the defenders of Poland could have made much more use of that information. |
| Additional Notes |
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Full strength Polish INF units have a direct fire value of 6-3. Piechoty (infantry) counters have been created for those players who are willing to make their own counters to reflect this counter variant. Counters from White Eagles and Eastern Front Deluxe may be used in place of those from The Deluge and Fire in the Steppe. |
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| AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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| Heer |
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| Wojska Lądowe |
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| 3 Errata Items | |
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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The StuG IIb appearing in the original Panzer Grenadier game had an Anti tank value of 4-7. As of Eastern Front Deluxe (2005), continuing onward through the 3rd and 4th edition games, the anti-tank value has been 4-4. (plloyd1010
on 2022 Jul 21)
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| Counter Attack |
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Scenario #2 has an infantry regiment of the German 20th Motorized Division, supported by a company of assault guns, attacking across a minor river against a smaller Polish Infantry force dug-in on the east side and covering the single bridge, there is a rumor that Polish reinforcements from the Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade are heading to the area, will see if they can arrive in time. The German infantry, led by the assault guns, attacked south of the village with the goal of getting across the river and into the woods out flanking the Polish defenders covering the bridge. A Polish ATG opened fire on the lead StuG platoon but missed, the Germans quickly brought down concentrated OBA fire and with a lucky hit (snake eyes) eliminated the ATG, thus removing the AT threat on this section of the Polish defense. Under intense Polish OBA and mortar fire the German infantry crossed the river, eliminated the dug-in defenders and began advancing on the woods in order to clear them of Polish infantry. It was at this time that the Polish armor reinforcements arrived, two reinforced companies, one of S35’s the other 9TP’s, they immediately started moving southeast to attack the German infantry in the open disrupted & demoralized by the Polish artillery when they come under fire from the German regimental AT company that had deployed in the village and in the woods just north of the village. The combination of the PaK 36’s on the flank and StuG’s to their front caused the Polish armor to retreat to a more favorable position, minus several steps. The Polish artillery assets shifted their fire from the German infantry to the ATG’s to try and silence the guns. The shift in fire allowed the German infantry that was disrupted to recover and advance once again to help the platoons clearing the woods of Polish infantry. Have to say the StuG’s with their short 75L24 guns (4-4) & armor of 4 held their own against the new Polish tank forces and only lost 1 step during the engagement. The combination of German leaders, artillery assets & the StuG’s tipped the battle to the Germans in this scenario, who achieved two out of the three victory conditions for a minor win. |
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