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Desert Rats #18 - A Pibroch's Skirl South Africa's War #5 - Irish Eyes
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Through a Goose
Hammer & Sickle #15
(Attacker) Soviet Union vs United States (Defender)
Formations Involved
Soviet Union 50th Guards Armor Regiment
United States 1st "Big Red One" Infantry Division
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Side 2 0
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Scenario Rank: of
Parent Game Hammer & Sickle
Historicity Alt-History
Date 1951-10-29
Start Time 11:30
Turn Count 24
Visibility Day
Counters 171
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 1
Maps 3: 17, 19, 22
Layout Dimensions 84 x 43 cm
33 x 17 in
Play Bounty 250
AAR Bounty 227
Total Plays 0
Total AARs 0
Battle Types
Delaying Action
Exit the Battle Area
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Conditions
Entrenchments
Minefields
Off-board Artillery
Randomly-drawn Aircraft
Severe Weather
Smoke
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Elsenborn Ridge Maps + Counters
Hammer & Sickle Base Game
Road to Berlin Maps + Counters
Introduction

The Soviet 11th Tank Corps was driving hard toward Kaiserslautern and less than 60 kilometers from Saabrücken. The 50th Guards Armor Regiment led the pack, supported by various other units. Losses had been high but progress was steady and a trail of wrecked American units lay in the 8th Guards Mechanized Army's wake. Now, with the French border almost within artillery range, command thought one final push might bring them through. However, Lieutenant General Legrand, Commander of V Corps, had other ideas. The weather on this day was sullen, befitting the clash at hand.

Conclusion

The Soviet player has options in this scenario. Blow through the American line and run for the board edge, securing a minor victory. Or, conduct a deliberate attack to go for the major victory. Either way, the American player will have his hands full stopping this storm of iron and men. The terrain does not favor him unless he jumps forward and grabs the middle board, and the Soviet need not kill all his forces, just run through them, killing a few along the way. The American must eliminate Soviet units wherever possible and fall back to defensible positions to come out on top this scenario.

Additional Notes

G2 note: Book says 11th Tank Corps/Division in Oct 1945.


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).
  • Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
  • 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
  • Assault Gun: if closed-top, provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
  • Tank Destroyer: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
  • Self-Propelled Artillery: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
  • APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
  • Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
  • Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.

Display Order of Battle

Soviet Union Order of Battle
Army (RKKA)
  • Mechanized
  • Motorized
Guards
United States Order of Battle
Army
  • Motorized

Display Errata (2)

2 Errata Items
Overall balance chart for 884

All Guards T-34/85 tanks should have AT fire values of 7-7.

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
Overall balance chart for 25

The M18 has a special rule in Battle of the Bulge but it applies globally: "A two-step M18 unit can fire one anti-tank shot and move half its movement allowance (retain fractions) in a single impulse. The order in which it does these two actions is the player's choice."

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
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