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Fighting Slovaks Slovakia’s War #15
(Defender) Slovak Republic	vs	Germany (Attacker)

Formations Involved

	Total
Side 1	0
Draw	1
Side 2	0

Overall Rating, 2 votes
5 4 3 2 1 2.5
Scenario Rank: --- of 1094

Parent Game	Slovakia’s War
Historicity	Historical
Date	1944-09-02
Start Time	07:00
Turn Count	28
Visibility	Day
Counters	80
Net Morale	0
Net Initiative	0
Maps	4: 1, 102, 103, 4
Layout Dimensions	86 x 56 cm 34 x 22 in
Play Bounty	179
AAR Bounty	168
Total Plays	1
Total AARs	1
Duplicates	FiAx022, FSUr006

Battle Types
Exit the Battle Area
Inflict Enemy Casualties

Conditions
Off-board Artillery
Randomly-drawn Aircraft

Scenario Requirements & Playability
Broken Axis	Maps + Counters
Fire in the Steppe	Maps + Counters
Slovakia’s War	Base Game

Introduction
As with other former members of the Axis, Slovak troops fought against the Germans with far greater enthusiasm than they had ever displayed when fighting alongside them. Falling back from the Var valley, the Slovaks received more troops, tanks and most importantly, large-caliber anti-tank guns. The Germans would come to regret having given these to their allies – weapons the Slovaks had never fired at the Soviets – but they had made good their tank losses and picked up a few more.

Introduction

As with other former members of the Axis, Slovak troops fought against the Germans with far greater enthusiasm than they had ever displayed when fighting alongside them. Falling back from the Var valley, the Slovaks received more troops, tanks and most importantly, large-caliber anti-tank guns. The Germans would come to regret having given these to their allies – weapons the Slovaks had never fired at the Soviets – but they had made good their tank losses and picked up a few more.

Conclusion
The Slovaks held their ground this time, but not without serious losses. German Stuka dive-bombers destroyed several artillery batteries, and all of the Slovak tanks fell victim to German tanks and anti-tank guns. Repelled, the Germans pulled back and re-grouped for another try while reinforcements flowed in from Germany, Poland and elsewhere.

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 Tank Destroyer: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB) Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)

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
Tank Destroyer: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)

Display Order of Battle

Germany Order of Battle

Heer
Foot Leader Mechanized Motorized

Heer

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Motorized

Luftwaffe
Mechanized

Slovak Republic Order of Battle

Slovenská Armáda
Foot Leader Mechanized Towed

Slovenská Armáda

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Towed

Display Errata (3)

3 Errata Items
	The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
	All SS PzIVH tanks should have a movement of 8. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)

Display AARs (1)

A Hard Fought, In-Person, Surprising Draw

Author	treadasaurusrex (Slovak Republic)
Method	Face to Face
Victor	Draw
Participants	Dougal1951
Play Date	2025-02-27
Language	English
Scenario	SlvW015

Wow, the Slovaks can fight, with an abundance of luck on their side and clever strategy!

This was a face-to-face, 3-session, slugfest with armor on both sides, that featured considerably more maneuver than we anticipated. It resulted in a bitter struggle with a great many casualties, that ended in a draw - that the Slovaks earned in blood.

This one was obviously not playtested, but it proved to be relatively balanced. Catastrophic morale recovery & combat die rolling on the German side in 2 of our 3 sessions helped the defending Slovaks to keep this one close, as did the loss of the Wehrmacht's senior leader in the 16th game turn. Intense, close-range fighting resulted in casualties so high, that both sides were seriously short of manpower and AFVs by the end of the 19th game turn.

I give this one a 2, as it could use a thorough rewrite and a shorter length, but it is worth a try in SOLO play. It was a decent introductory scenario for SHARED play.

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