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Blunt Their Drive
Red & White #30
(Attacker) Soviet Union vs Poland (Defender)
Formations Involved
Soviet Union 11th Guards "Prikarpatsko-Berlinskaya" Tank Corps
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Side 2 0
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Scenario Rank: of
Parent Game Red & White
Historicity Alt-History
Date 1951-11-05
Start Time 09:00
Turn Count 16
Visibility Day
Counters 130
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 1
Maps 3: 15, 19, 22
Layout Dimensions 84 x 43 cm
33 x 17 in
Play Bounty 245
AAR Bounty 227
Total Plays 0
Total AARs 0
Battle Types
Exit the Battle Area
Road Control
Urban Assault
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Cassino '44 Counters
Elsenborn Ridge Maps
Hammer & Sickle Counters
Red & White Base Game
Iron Wolves Counters
Road to Berlin Maps + Counters
Introduction

With the fall of Wroclaw the Soviets sent the 20th Red Banner Guard Rifle Division racing northward to assist the advance of the 11th Red Banner Guards Tank Division on Poznan. The advance generally follows Highway 5 north. Marshal Anders sent some reinforcements to support the Silesian Military District in blunting the Soviet thrust. Anders hoped American and French forces might also contribute to stopping the Red Army.
Conclusion

The hammer and anvil defense: stop the advance with firepower and disrupt it with airpower, then hit the enemy in the flank hard. That's the Polish defense cooked up by General Sulik’s subordinates. What can the Soviets do about it? Disperse and close with the Poles until the airstrike is over, then ride right over them while trying to ignore casualties. Either way it's a good slugfest with plenty of maneuvering and not too much terrain to get in the way.

Additional Notes

Can use STRZ units from Iron Wolves for militia instead of reduced PARA units (strongly suggested).

Special rules for American carpet bombing.
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.
  • Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)
Display Order of Battle
Poland Order of Battle
Home Army
  • Foot
Wojska Lądowe
  • Misc
Soviet Union Order of Battle
Army (RKKA)
  • Motorized
Guards
  • Mechanized
  • Motorized
Display Errata (3)
3 Errata Items
Overall balance chart for 951

The reduced direct fire value in Kursk: Burning Tigers is 4-4.

(plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
Overall balance chart for 912

Kommissars never get morale or combat modifiers. Ignore misprints.

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
Overall balance chart for 884

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

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
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