Author	cjsiam (Germany)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Soviet Union
Participants	Les Staurt (AAR)
Play Date	2019-12-28
Language	English
Scenario	PGUM005

So, have played this scenario as the Russians, and getting my Arse handed to me ...I figure this was pretty much a German victory for sure....

So I set up 5 away from bridge with my tanks...infantry in front of tanks closer to bridge within 3. The Russians ran to get over the bridge and spread out....they did so....I took my fire after moving an infantry to provide an interluding activation....and took one step, he passed the M2 !!! and I missed on the 2nd shot!... on second turn the soviets got the initiative and moved down to set up cross fires. I took my shots and took out a unit....but still there were 3 units on one side and 1.t units on the other ...I moved infantry up to assualt the tanks to keep them from shooting if I got the chance...

But I didn't get the chance....the Russian got two activations---and he fired the 1 reduced unit on one side....and with the 2nd activations fired the 3 units on the other side---with cross fire......and he rolled two 11s....taking two steps off the tiger....

Took him out....Wow.... So---It can be done as the Russians.... We played again cause it was quick, and the result was the opposite, more like the first game where the Tiger was just knocking off steps and picking up units....they tried the same thing, but they were unable to pass the M2s...thus their number of units was reduced and the Tiger was able to destroy the adjacent tanks before they could shoot and get cross-fires....

So---with a little bit of luck and planning it's POSSIBLE to win as the russians..... Good fun!