A Hungarian River Fleet River Battleships #2 |
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(Attacker)
Germany
(Attacker) Hungary |
vs | Yugoslavia (Attacker) |
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Overall Rating, 4 votes |
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4
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Scenario Rank: --- of 940 |
Parent Game | River Battleships |
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Historicity | Alt-History |
Date | 1941-04-01 |
Start Time | 12:00 |
Turn Count | 16 |
Visibility | Day |
Counters | 12 |
Net Morale | 0 |
Net Initiative | 0 |
Maps | 1: 109 |
Layout Dimensions | 43 x 28 cm 17 x 11 in |
Play Bounty | 153 |
AAR Bounty | 165 |
Total Plays | 4 |
Total AARs | 2 |
Battle Types |
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Inflict Enemy Casualties |
Meeting Engagement |
River Control |
Prisoner Capture |
Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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River Battleships | Base Game |
Introduction |
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Hungary did have a river monitor of her own, but did not have the cash to repair and overhaul her, and Szamos was sold into commercial service, converted into a dredge. Hungary couldn’t even maintain all of her armored gunboats. With a modernized monitor and her full flotilla of gunboats, and some German aid, the Hungarians might have been more willing to try conclusions with the Yugoslavs. |
Conclusion |
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Even with an almost-50-year-old monitor headlining their fleet, the Hungarians would have been hard-pressed to overcome the Yugoslavs. Poor Yugoslav shooting would help their cause somewhat, and the bigger monitors could still be holed by the 80mm guns wielded by the Hungarian armored gunboats. But it’s usually best to bet on the side with more firepower and armor. |
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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#2 A Hungarian River Fleet | ||||||||||||
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Short intense fight with the Yugoslavian forces outnumbered 2-1 but they have the superior ships, but the Hungarians made good use of their numbers to concentrate their fire on one Yugoslavian ship at a time. It did not help that the Yugoslavians had some poor dice rolls or this scenario would have gone the other way. In the end the Hungarians sank all four Yugo ships for the loss of four gunboats with three heavily damaged. |
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Davy Jones meets Blue Danube | ||||||||||||
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Fun little game, both sides maneuver along the river to get broadsides shots as close as possible. Yugoslavian monitors anchor and ledge to get their broadside shots while Hungarians had to close the range for a bit while taking fire and a couple of losses. In the end, Hungary lost one monitor and three gunboats to Yugoslavia losing three of four monitors sunk, the last one reduced and captured.Major Hungarian victory. Still working out a few things. Like what to do when a demoralized crew fails another morale check. I interpreted that to the survivors striking the colors, hence the one captured ship. All the same, an enjoyable game. |
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