Close Quarters ETO (id:#57895)
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See Also: Close Quarters Carnage by Critical Hit Close Quarters by Bounding Fire Productions Close Quarters by New England Volunteers (NEV)
Designer: Chas Smith
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Balance:
RussianGerman
42.857142857143%

Overview:

The 3rd Army was the 1st Belorussian Front's "shock group", and was to lead the way in surrounding the German Bobruisk Grouping on the north flank. The 3rd Army launched its main effort on the morning of 24 June following a massive artillery bombardment. A morning fog prevented air support. but the infantry was able to capture the first trench line by 0800. Soviet losses were severe due to the tenacious German defense, and they were forced to regroup before resuming the offensive.
Attacker: Russian (Reinforced elements of 35th Rifle Corps, 3rd Army)
Defender: German (Elements of Battalion II, Infanterie Regiment 466, Infanterie Division 134)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.5 D:10.0
AFVs: A:7
Valentine VIII(b) x 5
Sherman III(a) x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
50mm RM obr. 40 x 2
D:1
5cm PaK 38

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Simultaneous setup. Bog Check DR get -1 DRM
Overlays: M1 M2
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-12-10(D) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerD German win
2022-11-04(A) John Garlic vs Victor Rosso German win[Imported from ROAR]
2022-06-08(A) Scott Fischbein vs Will Allred Russian winAnother great game with Will. As usual, he had a solidly conceived defense. Units spread out to cover the three likely exit pathways. I chose the southern routes and had only one MTR unit in the north to maybe slow down repositioning defenders (at which it completely failed). After meeting some stiff resistance in the stream crossing area in the middle of the board, I shifted my focus to the south - things were going well but I knew there was some wire and AT gun still lurking - I figured Will had them setup to block my exit, and indeed he did - I managed to rush two Valentines off, revealing the Gun and wire in the southwest corner covering the fork in the road. I got lucky with a sM shot and that really helped - I got two tanks off while he was still shrouded with smoke, and then we though it was game over when he malfed his gun shooting at my long line of exiting tanks. However, he repaired it in his next phase, the smoke went away, and it was game on! Fortunately for me I had enough tanks lined up to get two more off, while he missed all his AT gun shots (though he did get two nice sniper shots on two different CE tanks- but luckily those were in the middle of the map and not the ones waiting to exit.) A fun scenario and as always Will is a gracious, formidable, and enjoyable opponent.
2020-01-21(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs German win
2019-01-09(D) Tom Kearney vs Alan Saltzman German winThe Soviets pushed the center but were stalled in the streams. The Germans converged on both sides and prevented the Soviets from exiting anything.
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Dispang12 Added a playing2024-05-31 00:51:42
Dispang12 Rated the scenario2024-05-31 00:50:49
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-04-30 16:39:36
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-04-30 16:39:36
Bongiovanni Added a playing2022-09-21 10:48:40
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Avg Rating: 6.25Votes: 8
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Estimated Play time: 5 hours
Recorded Games: 7
Archive recorded plays:
Russian3
German4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Close Quarters [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 12
[D] German 16
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