Panzer Grenadier Secret Weapons #24 |
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(Attacker) Germany | vs | Britain (Defender) |
Formations Involved | ||
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Britain | 3rd Infantry Division | |
Britain | Guards Armoured Division | |
Germany | 2nd "Vienna" Panzer Division | |
Germany | 522nd Heavy Panzer Battalion |
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Overall Rating, 0 votes |
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Scenario Rank: of |
Parent Game | Secret Weapons |
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Historicity | Alt-History |
Date | 1945-08-01 |
Start Time | 08:00 |
Turn Count | 30 |
Visibility | Day |
Counters | 151 |
Net Morale | 0 |
Net Initiative | 1 |
Maps | 6: 14, 15, 19, 25, 5, 8 |
Layout Dimensions | 86 x 84 cm 34 x 33 in |
Play Bounty | 251 |
AAR Bounty | 227 |
Total Plays | 0 |
Total AARs | 0 |
Battle Types |
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Inflict Enemy Casualties |
Urban Assault |
Conditions |
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Off-board Artillery |
Randomly-drawn Aircraft |
Reinforcements |
Terrain Mods |
Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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Beyond Normandy | Counters |
Eastern Front | Maps |
Elsenborn Ridge | Maps |
Road to Berlin | Maps + Counters |
Secret Weapons | Base Game |
Introduction |
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Despite enormous losses on the battlefield and a crumbling economy, Germany managed to put together a larger reserve of armored units in the winter of 1944. Once those had been thrown away in badly considered offensives, the Allies crushed the poorly organized reserve divisions flung into the front lines in the spring of 1945. Panzer divisions equipped with the new vehicles on the drawing boards might have done better. Or not. |
Conclusion |
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While the Germans failed in their plan to rationalize tank design around a series of common components, the British also pursued wasteful multiple development branches. Each came up with an excellent main battle tank, but while the British vehicle would dominate battlefields for decades the German one never had a chance to show its flaws. The Panther II would remain a blueprint fantasy. |
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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4 Errata Items | |
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The "Optional Values" for the 17-Pdr given in an Avalanche Press Daily Content piece on the 17-Pdr Anti-Tank gun (and printed on a replacement counter sheet Download) are now the Official Ratings, published in games like Cassino '44, Grossdeutschland 1946, and Indian Unity, as shown in one of the two counter images. These are: 5-5 / 8-8 MA 0 (Towed). (caryn
on 2012 May 03)
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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All SPW 251s have an armor value of 0. (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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