Panzer Grenadier Battles on May 7th:
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Broken Axis #24 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 13: A Fire-Spewing Fortress Panzer Lion #9 - Reclaiming the Perimeter
Broken Axis #25 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 14: Lines Restored Panzer Lion #10 - Hill 192
Broken Axis #26 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 15: Redemption Road to Berlin #75 - Final Panzer Battle
Panzer Lion #7 - Back to Kalmu
Combined Arms attack vs. a desperate defense
Author petermc
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2015-08-04
Language English
Scenario AAAD006

Great Scenario. The Germans have only two main tanks, one Tiger and one IIIN, while the Allies have Lees and a ton of Stuarts as reinforcements. The Germans need to use caution and keep the tanks and infantry working together, or the attack will stall. The allies should probably use the limiting terrain of the Wadis to launch surprise tank moves, and the infantry should block the road and/or occupy the rocky ground on the victory hills.

In my game I played with FOW which had a huge impact on the outcome. The Tiger advanced over a ridge and immediately rolled a 16. Germans moved first the next turn and with two dice rolls the Tiger killed two Lee units outright. Without FOW, the Lee units could have retired to hexes out of LOS or out of spotting range.

From there the Germans marched on pretty methodically, a minor victory was never in doubt, but they got the major win by clearing the hills on the last activation of the last turn.

The "roll a 5-6" every turn reinforement mechanism makes this a tough one to balance but I think its pretty fairly even...the Germans have to keep combined arms in mind and move methodically, while the Allies have to understand terrain and think of aggressive ambushes. Unique, interesting, challening, fun to play either side, a ranked it a full on, enthusiastic 5.

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