On the Lakeshore Fire and Sword #21 |
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(Defender)
Germany
(Defender) Hungary |
vs | Soviet Union (Attacker) |
Formations Involved | ||
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Germany | ![]() |
1st Panzer Division |
Germany | ![]() |
23rd Panzer Division |
Germany | ![]() |
31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division |
Soviet Union | ![]() |
7th Guards Airborne Division |
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Overall Rating, 0 votes |
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Scenario Rank: --- of 957 |
Parent Game | Fire and Sword |
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Historicity | Historical |
Date | 1944-12-03 |
Start Time | 10:00 |
Turn Count | 26 |
Visibility | Day & Night |
Counters | 132 |
Net Morale | 1 |
Net Initiative | 2 |
Maps | 2: 52, 53 |
Layout Dimensions | 56 x 43 cm 22 x 17 in |
Play Bounty | 242 |
AAR Bounty | 222 |
Total Plays | 0 |
Total AARs | 0 |
Battle Types |
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Inflict Enemy Casualties |
Rural Assault |
Urban Assault |
Conditions |
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Anti-infantry Wire |
Entrenchments |
Minefields |
Off-board Artillery |
Joint Forces Battle |
Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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Fire and Sword | Base Game |
Introduction |
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For the past several days, 3rd Ukrainian Front forces had steadily pushed the Axis troops facing them northward. The Axis front began to crumble as shattered units became overextended and could not hold their sectors.Soviet units poured through the gaps in the defenses, hard on the heels of the withdrawing Axis as they sought to reach Lake Balaton and Székesfehérvár to prevent the Germans and Hungarians from making a stand on the Margit Line. The Axis side formed Group Kirchner from the remnants of the LVII Panzer Corps and the Hungarian II Corps. The defenders fell back into the Eugen Blocking Position, a thin line of scanty field fortifications, behind the Sió Canal between Siófok and Simontornya. By 3 December, German ant-aircraft gunners began a series of heavy battles with the troops of the 7th Guards Airborne Division supported by self-propelled artillery, near Balaton-Kiliti, on the southern bank of the canal. |
Conclusion |
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The Soviets launched a daring attack from the south, on the highway to Siófok. Alerted by the Soviet approach, the Germans had flung a ramshackle group of defenders into the breach, including elements of two panzer divisions (1st and 23rd), a machine-gun battalion, Tatar and Hungarian ethnic German “volunteers” of the Armed SS party militia and a handful of Air Force anti-aircraft guns. The defenders manned a bridgehead on the south bank of the Sió Canal, and the Soviets flung desperately-fighting penal companies at it, backed by assault guns. They eventually collapsed the German bridgehead, and at noon, once the Soviet assault guns reached the canal, German pioneers blew up the bridge. Both sides then engaged in a furious firefight at point-blank range across the canal. Heavy fighting raged along the Eugen Position and only ceased when darkness fell. The Soviets captured Siófok on the following day after bloody street fights. |
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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4 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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All SPW 251s have an armor value of 0. (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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Kommissars never get morale or combat modifiers. Ignore misprints. (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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