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Operation Katja Scenario 5: North of Vulturi Broken Axis #37 |
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| (Attacker) Romania | vs | Soviet Union (Defender) |
| Formations Involved | ||
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3rd Infantry Division |
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| Side 1 | 1 |
| Draw | 0 |
| Side 2 | 0 |
| Overall Rating, 1 vote |
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| Scenario Rank: --- of 913 |
| Parent Game | Broken Axis |
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| Historicity | Historical |
| Date | 1944-06-03 |
| Start Time | 07:30 |
| Turn Count | 24 |
| Visibility | Day |
| Counters | 104 |
| Net Morale | 0 |
| Net Initiative | 2 |
| Maps | 3: 102, 103, 104 |
| Layout Dimensions | 84 x 43 cm 33 x 17 in |
| Play Bounty | 175 |
| AAR Bounty | 171 |
| Total Plays | 1 |
| Total AARs | 1 |
| Battle Types |
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| Hill Control |
| Inflict Enemy Casualties |
| Road Control |
| Urban Assault |
| Conditions |
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| Off-board Artillery |
| Smoke |
| Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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| Broken Axis | Base Game |
| Introduction |
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Three years after the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, German officers had developed a healthy disdain for their Romanian allies' fighting abilities. For their part, the Romanians pointed to a steady string of German defeats over the previous 18 months and a series of broken promises. Given the mutual dislike and distrust, German planners made every effort to keep German forces spearheading any attack, and Romanian units as far away from any heavy fighting as possible. Even so, the lack of German troops meant that Romanian units had to deploy in newly-won German positions to keep the spearhead moving. And sometimes, the German Eighth Army ordered the Romanians to attack. |
| Conclusion |
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The attacking Romanians failed in their effort to seize Hill 164, but pushed the defenders back from the town of Vulturi. The 24th Panzer Division attacking on their flank achieved similar results with armor support, calling German claims of Romanian inferiority into question. |
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| 1 Errata Item | |
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The reduced direct fire value in Kursk: Burning Tigers is 4-4. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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| North of Vulturi |
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This is an infantry battle with the Romanians on the attack, they have the larger force with plenty of supporting arms: HMGs, OBA, mortars and a couple of field gun batteries. The Soviets have the weaker force, not only in numbers but DF value. Morale for both sides is at 7/6, which plays into the Soviets favor since they are on the defensive. With morale that low Leadership would be the key, both sides drew and flipped good leaders for the most part, with the Romanians benefiting the most throughout the battle. The Soviet first line of defense held and disrupted or demoralized about 25% of the Romanian Vanatori but the Romanians kept coming, slowly they eliminated one strong point after another and were onto the Soviet second line of defense which crumbled, with the Soviets falling back to the 60m hill for one last stand. |
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