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Land Cruiser Attack
Lithuanian Campaign #9
(Defender) Russian Empire vs Imperial Germany (Attacker)
Formations Involved
Imperial Germany 1st Infantry Division
Imperial Germany 1st Mechanized Support Brigade
Russian Empire 29th Rifle Division
Russian Empire 15th Heavy Tank Brigade
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Side 2 0
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Scenario Rank: --- of 940
Parent Game Lithuanian Campaign
Historicity Alt-History
Date 1940-10-01
Start Time 06:00
Turn Count 32
Visibility Day
Counters 131
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 2
Maps 2: 3, 5, 6, 7
Layout Dimensions 86 x 56 cm
34 x 22 in
Play Bounty 264
AAR Bounty 227
Total Plays 0
Total AARs 0
Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Road Control
Conditions
Off-board Artillery
Reinforcements
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Fire in the Steppe Maps
Land Cruisers Counters
Lithuanian Campaign Base Game
Lithuania's Iron Wolves Counters
Introduction

The failure of the first Land Cruiser attack to gain much ground showed the need to attach mobile reserves that could exploit any breakthrough, and provide plenty of infantry to keep the rocket-firing Russians at bay. Frahm, offered a full battalion of the big machines, added a regiment from 1st Cavalry Division to his next attack.

Conclusion

This time the Land Cruisers made significant gains, only to be stymied by a tank-led Russian counterattack. The Russian tanks, only modestly faster than the Land Cruisers, suffered significant losses of their own and could not maintain this sort of trade for long.


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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

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Imperial Germany Order of Battle
Deutsches Heer
  • Motorized
  • Towed
Russian Empire Order of Battle
Imperial Army
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