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#2 Vienna Panzers
Author Juiceman
Method Solo
Victor Czechoslovakia
Play Date 2022-09-01
Language English
Scenario PiOT002

This scenario was a meeting engagement between two motorized forces, the Czechs have the better armored force while the Germans have the advantage in infantry, HMGs and artillery. Everything else was pretty much even (morale, initiative), the key to the battle early on was who would win the initiative and how best to maneuver their forces into the best terrain for the coming fight. The fighting took place around the three town hexes on map 22 and in the fields just town of the towns, with the Czechs getting to the towns first with their infantry supported by two companies of tanks.

The German Pz-IIs and Pak 36s traded shots with the Czech armor trying to set up the cross fire bonus but this only knocked out one platoon of Czech tanks, while taking a heavy toll of the German panzers. It was during this time that it looked like the Germans would prevail as they cleared out the fields but just could not dig out the Czechs in the towns, especially after the Czech armor was freed up to support their remaining infantry. The battle ebbed & flowed and went down to the last turn but the Czechs sealed their victory by winning two out of the three objectives. The Germans were able to get six steps of Pz Is off the north map edge.

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