Panzer Grenadier Battles on October 24th:
Afrika 1944 #22 - PAKfront Leyte '44 #12 - Flying Wedge
Fronte Russo #9 - Potemkin Village Leyte '44 #13 - Failure at Buri Airfield
Red & White #28 - Bastion
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Panzer Grenadier #45
(Attacker) Germany vs Soviet Union (Attacker)
Formations Involved
Germany 17th Panzer Division
Germany Panzergruppe 3
Soviet Union 14th Tank Division
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Balance:
Overall balance chart for PaGr045
Total
Side 1 2
Draw 0
Side 2 3
Overall Rating, 6 votes
5
4
3
2
1
3.5
Scenario Rank: 463 of 1094
Parent Game Panzer Grenadier
Historicity Historical
Date 1941-07-06
Start Time 17:00
Turn Count 16
Visibility Day
Counters 116
Net Morale 1
Net Initiative 1
Maps 4: 1, 2, 3, 8
Layout Dimensions 86 x 56 cm
34 x 22 in
Play Bounty 147
AAR Bounty 168
Total Plays 5
Total AARs 1
Duplicates EFDx030
Battle Types
Meeting Engagement
Urban Assault
Conditions
Off-board Artillery
Terrain Mods
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Panzer Grenadier Base Game
Introduction

ARMY GROUP CENTER: From the 6th to the 8th of July the Soviet 14th Tank Division and the spearhead of Panzergruppe 3 fought a large tank battle.
Conclusion

The battle raged until nightfall. No winner was crowned and fighting halted with the setting of the sun. On the morning of the 7th the battle resumed.
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
  • 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
Germany Order of Battle
Heer
  • Motorized
Soviet Union Order of Battle
Army (RKKA)
  • Motorized
Display Errata (5)
5 Errata Items
Overall balance chart for 20

The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France.

(plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
Overall balance chart for 486

The Pz IVe appearing in the original Panzer Grenadier game had an Anti tank value of 4-7. As of Afrika Korps (2002), continuing onward through the 3rd and 4th edition games, the anti tank value has been 4-4.

(plloyd1010 on 2016 Jul 25)
Overall balance chart for 47

All SPW 251s have an armor value of 0.

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
Overall balance chart for 532

The StuG IIb appearing in the original Panzer Grenadier game had an Anti tank value of 4-7. As of Eastern Front Deluxe (2005), continuing onward through the 3rd and 4th edition games, the anti-tank value has been 4-4.

(plloyd1010 on 2022 Jul 21)
Overall balance chart for 951

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

(plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
Display AARs (1)
A Gung Ho Tanks and All Shoot 'Em Up
Author Sonora (Germany)
Method VASSAL
Victor Soviet Union
Participants treadasaurusrex
Play Date 2023-10-18
Language English
Scenario PaGr045

This was a big fun, tank-heavy with some infantry, shoot 'em up with the Treadasaurus leading the lower-morale, but highly maneuverable Soviets in a meeting engagement without the miserable FOW rule getting in the way of gaming fun. We played over 4 online sessions starting in September in this 16 turn, set of bashing-good fun. It was a close match until around the 12th turn, when the Russian advance finally stalled after losing their last BT-7 and T-26 platoons that were mostly scouting for the menacing KV-1 and T-34 tank-killing machines. The German armor was just no match and I am not as skilled in maneuvering armored units as my opponent, who was able to setup a number of crossfire shots, by sacrificing his light armor units as bait. Both sides suffered from poor morale recovery die rolls and we lost count of the number of combat 7-die rolls, but there were plenty, which seemed to hurt the rapidly scattering and recoiling Germans more than the concentrated Soviets.

It was a near-run thing until turn 13, when suddenly the Bosheviks received an extended set of lucky combat die rolls from the PG fates. I give this one a 4, and recommend it for shared play as it is relatively balanced and our play could easily have ended in a draw.
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