Der Letzte Geburtstag ETO (id:#60595)
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Designer: Evan E. Sherry
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Balance:
RussianGerman
60%

Overview:

"The Last Birthday" -- The Soviet 2nd Guards Army was pushing relentlessly westward while in Berlin, the Führer celebrated his last birthday. Unable to enjoy the occasion, elements of the 20th Panzergrenadier Division were withdrawing west along the roads to Berlin with Colonel A.T. Shevchenko’s 12th Tank Corps following close behind. In an effort to disrupt the Soviet pursuit, an ad-hoc detachment of supply and signal troops was formed to act as a rear guard for the division. This rear guard made a brief stand, then quickly disintegrated under heavy Soviet pressure. Luckily for the remaining Germans, a Panzer Division Müncheberg kampfgruppe of two Panthers, a halftrack, and a handful of panzergrenadiers arrived just in time to blunt the Soviet spearhead.
Attacker: Russian (79th Guards Heavy Tank Regt)
Defender: German (Panzergrenadier Regiment 25 and Battalion 1, Panzer Regt 25)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:5.0
AFVs: A:3
IS-2 x 3

AFVs: D:3
PzKpfw VG x 2
SPW 251/10

Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: EC Wet. AFV crews my not Voluntarily abandon
Overlays: OG1
Errata (source)
The JS-2s in the Russian OB should be IS-2s.SP website
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-06-26(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins German win1.5 hrs
2025-06-26(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best German win1.5 hrsRussians managed to knock out a Panther and the Half-track. Second Panther attempted an ESB and immobilized with no LOS. One IS-2 was knocked out. The remaining IS-2's exited, but Germans still had two good order MMC's adjacent to the road. Dan and I could not come to an agreement on the Victory conditions. The Germans win with the good order squads adjacent, but only if <3 IS-2's exit. I exited 2 through Q1 and believed that I had secured the win. Dan read the VC's requiring me to exit all 3 IS-2's. We determined to call this one a DRAW and see what the community says regarding the VC's, which seems a bit confusing to us.
2023-04-24(A) Michael Rodgers vs Magnus Rimvall German winI tried to use the infantry and tanks to force a way to exit the IS-2 tanks. After one was recalled by a sniper and a second destroyed by a PF, I conceded.
2019-12-28(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Russian win
2016-12-30(D) Dave Mareske vs Ryan Ellett German winIS-2 received a CH and Panther broke several squads of infantry.
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Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-06-27 11:18:41
grumblejones Added a playing2025-06-26 23:49:46
Danno Added a playing2025-06-26 23:47:05
mtrodgers99 Added a playing2023-04-24 15:28:07
Bongiovanni Added a playing2023-02-28 11:16:01
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VASL Map (SP173-VASLMap.png)Map Imagebkemp011183
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Estimated Play time: 2.8 hours
Recorded Games: 12
Archive recorded plays:
Russian5
German7
Drawn:0

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Der letzte Geburtstag
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[A] German 28
[D] Russian 15
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