PzB Kursk 0705_01 SS Attack

[ComradeP]

The premise of the game we played was an assertion in this forum by ComradeP that in a recent game with Gregor, he was unable to take the 100 VP location in Bykovka. 

That's not entirely correct, my assertation, and my comments on bunkers in general, was that it can be impossible to clear them in a timely manner relative to the forces you commit and the size of defending units due to having to disrupt (or kill) all defenders before you can take the bunker. My fear was running out of time. In the end I still won the game against Gregor.

I'd say German losses in this game were needlessly high. A nearly equal loss ratio isn't a good performance for A quality vs. C quality units. If Soviet gun units would start the scenario unfixed, the likely result would've been a German loss in this case as the high loss VP cost could only be made good by gun points.

For comparison, this was the end result in the game against Gregor:

Soviet gun losses are significantly lower because I didn't move towards some of the Soviet artillery concentrations. My gun losses came from a sFH18 unit being caught by counterbattery fire and then carpetbombed in T-mode, and some mortar and AT gun losses throughout the game. Vehicle losses were higher than necessary as I lost about 10 or so to carpet bombing, but overall losses were acceptable.

I was adjacent to a 100 VP location, but couldn't move in as it was a Rubble hex and I had forgotten that I should've assaulted instead of fired upon the HQ in the hex. It didn't matter for the final result.

The Soviets face numerous challenges in this scenario, most of which have to do with their units being Fixed until late in the scenario and the Soviet defensive line sometimes being more of a handicap for the Soviets than for the Germans.

I'll post a detailed overview of my strategy and unit placement as the Soviets later.