The Ties That Bind
Arctic Front Deluxe #38
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Finland
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Germany
(Attacker)
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Scenario Rank:
of |
| Parent Game |
Arctic Front Deluxe |
| Historicity |
Historical |
| Date |
1944-10-03 |
| Start Time |
08:00 |
| Turn Count |
36 |
| Visibility |
Day |
| Counters |
53 |
| Net Morale |
0 |
| Net Initiative |
0 |
| Maps |
4: 10, 2, 3, 7 |
| Layout Dimensions |
86 x 56 cm
34 x 22 in |
| Play Bounty |
202 |
| AAR Bounty |
227 |
| Total Plays |
0 |
| Total AARs |
0 |
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Introduction
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The Germans had always intended to evacuate Tornio, but once their high command learned that the city boasted a large steel railway bridge linking Finland with Sweden, new orders arrived to take it back. While the idiocy of such a directive bears the hallmarks of Adolf Hitler himself, the idea appears to have originated within the Army command. Reinforced with some second-line infantry, a company of overaged French-built tanks and a small group of angry, armed Finnish prostitutes who had been chased out of Tornio as collaborators, the Germans struck back at the Finnish beachhead. The Finns had been unable to unload their heavy equipment, but at least now had naval support.
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Conclusion
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The Germans could not eject the Finns from Tornio or take the bridge, but the did place an 88mm anti-aircraft battery on a small hill that dominated Tornio's nearby port. Its shells could not reach the Finnish ships, but kept them away from the wharves and further hampered Finnish reinforcement efforts. The gunboat Uusimaa eventually knocked out the battery. At least one Finnish soldier was shot and killed by a prostitute who attached herself to the German attack. Fighting continued around Tornio and Kemi until the 10th, when the Germans finally withdrew.
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Display Relevant AFV Rules
| AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
- Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
- AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8).
They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank
leader in order to carry out combat movement.
- AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
- Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn
(either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more
(11.2).
- Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its
printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
- Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire
(7.44, 7.64).
Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire,
but not both (7.22, 13.0).
Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
- Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
- Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
- AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
- AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
- Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
- Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
- Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
- Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)
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| 2 Errata Items |
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The Anti-Tank Fire value is 2-4. It was misprinted in Edelweiss.
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France.
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