Clash At Ponyri ETO (id:#60122)
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Ponyri, Russia 1943-07-07 ()
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Ponyri #3: Cemetery Hill (Kursk - Devil's Domain)
Ponyri #7: Earth House (Kursk - Devil's Domain)
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Ponyri #14: Cornfield Boys (Kursk - Devil's Domain)
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Ponyru #1: The Gully (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
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Ponyri #3: Cemetery Hill (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
Ponyri #4: Heavyweights (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
Ponyri #7: Earth House (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
Ponyri #13: Hill 253.1 (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
Ponyri #14: Cornfield Boys (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
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NEV 4: Hedgehog (New England Volunteers Play Pack 1)
GD22: Panzerkeil (Großdeutschland Pack 3: High Tide at Kursk)
GD23: Red Riposte (Großdeutschland Pack 3: High Tide at Kursk)
EF2.2: The Pear Forest (Internet: Don Petros)
EF2.3: The Cornfields (Internet: Don Petros)
Designer: Chas Smith
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Balance:
GermanRussian
33.333333333333%

Overview:

VASL setup file is below under User Files. . . . During Operation Citadel, Ponyri Station became key terrain to both sides since the Orel-Kursk railway went right through it. It took the Germans two days to break through the first echelon defenses, but they were eventually attacking the 2nd echelon. The 307th Rifle Division was reinforced with numerous units including the 1442nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment with SU-152s and the 129th Tank Brigade, which itself was reinforced by the 51st Tank Brigade and included some American made Stuart tanks. The Germans were able to capture the embankment in the north and establish a foothold in the village. The Germans launched a ferocious attack on the morning of the 7th with two battalions of infantry and 50 AFVs.
Attacker: German (Reinforced elements of 1019th Regiment, 307th Rifle Regiment)
Defender: Russian (Reinforced elements of Infantry Division 292)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Both     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:23.0 D:22.5
AFVs: A:11
PzKpfw IIIJ
PzKpfw IIIN x 3
PzKpfw IVF1
PzKpfw IVF2 x 3
StuG IIIG x 3

AFVs: D:7
SU-152 x 2
SU-76M x 2
T-34 M43
Stuart III(a) x 2

Guns: A:0 D:4
76.2mm P obr. 39
76.2mm PP obr. 27
57mm PTP obr. 43
45mm PTP obr. 32
50mm RM obr. 40
PTRD-41 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Wooden bldgs, single story only, unpaved roads. D: FB4
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
The ISU 152s should be be SU152sBounding Fire Publications
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2021-12-30(D) Ken Rutkowski vs George H Russian win
2021-06-26(D) walter mcwilliams vs Al Salzman Russian winBig Al and I had a very good time with this meaty scenario. It has been on my "To Play" list for quite sometime. The Russians were able to hold on for the win in the T7 and EE8 buildings. Al's first Smoke DR of the game would cause a Sniper 1 which broke a FT toting squad to break, the sniper would 1/2 squad him a turn or two later and that FT would never get in the fight. Al was perfect in CC, never lost a single one killing more Russians in CC than with firepower I think but in the end the Russian's were simply able to delay the Germans long enough to eek out a win.

I recommend a playing if you enjoy set-piece urban mayhem!

2019-09-03(D) Martí Cabré vs Fermín Retamero German winEither my setup was a disaster or the German plan was outstanding or the dice were abysmal, I don't know, but at the end of Turn 1 the German player had taken half my VP buildings and broken two thirds of my units on the map. With reinforcements due on Russian turn 3, the German by then would have taken the whole map, so I conceded on Turn 1. How it went? First he put smoke where he wanted and then the rest of his tanks advanced without problems, my guns failed all the shots and then were KIA'd by CH on AFPh. He stepped on ALL my mines and even exit those hexes with only a couple of units broken. Then all these advanced units made my broken units fail my routs and I had nothing else to defend with. Ugh.
2018-08-15(A) jon smith vs Neil Brunger German winRussians foritified the centre building and packed it with MMC, mines covered the north Russian buildings.

Germans pushed the 50mm pzrIII through the track in the woods, creating a trail break for minefields and the inf piled in behind it spreading out through the woods, smoke and firepower contained the Russians in the buildings and the 80mm OBA was called in on the main building on the south edge pummelling defenders in there all game.

Russians called in arty into the western push but failed to maintain radio contact and so were unable to move it about.

After a devastating ROF tear from Hipped HMG and 9-2 leader at adjacent units in central bulidings the germans pushed armour into the hex and the inf encircled the Russians in there capturing them all.

With beserk units, both 152mm breaking their guns and Russian snipers running amoke there was still nothing the Russians could do to prevent the germans taking 5 buildings and the tower with 2 turns to go, and with only 5-6 MMC left with germans having lost 5mmc all game the Russians surrendered.
2017-03-18(D) Jason Wert vs Michael Daschbach Russian winUnbelievably great game with tense action all the way around. Last couple turns were back and forth and ultimately it all came down to the tower. Russians win on lucky PTC to prevent capture of the tower.
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ActionDate
Bongiovanni Added a playing2023-02-06 12:06:33
SRenaudin Modified the Defender's AFVs2022-08-10 06:56:38
SRenaudin Modified the unit counts2022-08-10 06:56:38
Hutch Modified the unit counts2022-03-18 14:41:53
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2022-03-18 14:41:53
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Clash At Ponyri VASL Setup File (ITR-4)VASL SetupPanzer1746
Setup in VASL ready for the dice to roll (VASL ITR4 Setup.jpg)ImagePanzer1929
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Kursk, The Northern ShoulderTomkrny
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Battle Setting (view)Panzer2009-01-22 22:12:06
This Scenario takes place in Russia during German operation Citadel. The Russians found themselves committing forces that they had planned to use for a counter-offensive once the German spearheads ran out of punch. The fighting in Ponyri was especially vicious, and has been compared to Stalingrad by historians on both sides. Both the Germans and the Russians continued to throw forces into the battle for this tractor station over the course of several days. Due to combat losses and the defensive strength of the new German Panther and Tiger tanks, the Russians found themselves using their large caliber assault guns as anti-tank artillery.

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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.17Votes: 12
Views: 5690
To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 14 hours
Recorded Games: 13
Archive recorded plays:
German4
Russian8
Drawn:1

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Clash at Ponyri
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[A] Russian 25
[D] German 18
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