THE MAIN EVENT! Walkure vs. Herroberst

[Der Kuenstler]

Would like to have seen this play out with a infantry heavy Russian force.

Well Herroberst had his chance for that as the parameters were totally unrestricted.

OK minute three - in this first shot commander Walkure senses danger - he orders his halftracks to back off the road, partly to get them out of sight and partly to make way for is two trailing Jpz IVs which are coming.



But it goes terribly wrong - his two rear 251/1s get tangled up with each other and end up crosswise in the roadway. Meanwhile, his approaching Jpz IV hits a small patch of woods and begins backing into the rear Jpz IV - they both pivot at crazy angles trying to get straightened up again. At just this moment one of Herroberst's T34s appears in the street at the far end of town and targets the lead Jpz IV. There will be blood!



Meanwhile on the South side of town Herroberst is backing his vet T34/85s out of Walkure's artillery barrage. Unfortunately his crack sniper doesn't make it - he is killed where he lay in the shellhole by the rain of fire.



In this Russian recon photo we see that at the end of the third minute Herroberst's tanks to the south are out of the artillery barrage and his men are on their way through the woods towards the central houses. But he's late - I've drawn lines to show where Walkure's men are even though they aren't visible in the FOW in this shot. Walkure's men will get there first!



Coming next: the tanks in the north duel