The Vienna Bypass ETO (id:#66953)
(Schwerpunkt #24 ID: SP287)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Evan E. Sherry
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Balance:
RussianGerman (SS)
25%

Overview:

Colonel General Andrei Kravchenko's 6th Guards Tank Army was attacking towards Vienna with the intent that the 5th Guards Tank Corps and the 9th Guards Mechanized Corps would bypass pockets of German resistance and close their western and northwestern escape routes to the Danube. SS-Brigadeführer Hellmuth Becker (commanding the rapidly disintegrating 3rd SS-Panzer Division) tasked his division's remaining two Tiger I tanks to protect the northern routes out of Judenau which lead to the vital Danube River bridge at Tullin. Obererscharführer's Georg Wimmer and Alois Tassler positioned their Tigers in anticipation of the Russian attack. The morning as sunny and 57 degrees when the Russian attack began.
Attacker: Russian (912th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment and 21st Guards Tank Brigade, 5th Guards Tank Corps)
Defender: German (SS) (Kompanie 9, Abteilung II, SS-Panzer-Regiment 3, SS-Panzer Division 3 "Totenkopf")  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:9.5
AFVs: A:9
T-34/85 x 4
SU-100 x 3
M3A1 SC(a) x 2

AFVs: D:2
PzKpfw VIE (L) x 2

Guns: A:0 D:1
8.8cm FlaK 18

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Q20 and GG1: Marsh, Bldg: W8 and Y10, not Rowhouses. Late War SS (A25.111)
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-02-18(A) neal ekengren vs German German (SS) winFun scenario. My Russians could not get past the SS Ordnance setup all in the town center. Most of the Russian Infantry and Armor advanced around the town center to the left and made great progress. Russian Human Wave turn 2 to clear out the whole left. Turn 3 and 4 coordinated assaults on the center failed in all attempts. A few Russians managed to get into the backfield but not enough manpower left to take the building objectives. This seems fairly balanced but an inexperienced Russian will certainly fail.
2025-01-31(D) nathan wegener vs Doug Kirk German (SS) win4 hrsWhacked the 9-2 and 1.5 sq on turn 1. Russians ran out of troops.
2025-01-22(A) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker German (SS) win4 hrsI got the AFVs off but was too slow to get 3 of the buildings. Great to have schwerpunkt back.
2024-11-25(A) Jon Jaramillo vs Anthony Levins Russian win5 hrsAnthony is a new player but he has a firm grasp of the rules and tactics, much better than I was at his level of experience. We've played several infantry only scenarios but I wanted to introduce him to something with a little flavor and introduce him to some new units and tactics. I like Schwerpunkt because they play fast and there's action from the start.

I chose the attacking Russians because I know you've got to get moving in this six turn game. The Russians have a lot of ground to cover and the Germans can really pack in their defenses. I set up with a few units working up the gully and a few AFVs as well. The rest of my forces I dedicated to moving on the first turn and using the big guns on the AFVs to try and get some lucky concealment strips, which I stripped both of his forward units. From their, I was able to execute a human wave to get adjacent to the two forward level 1 buildings. I took some losses but I was able to get those positions neutralized pretty quickly. I unloaded both HTs with the passenger and .50 cal on the first turn along with a leader and get them into position to form a couple big FGs that would work on the farther back level 1 locations. Being new to AFVs, Anthony set up his Tigers unconcealed and without a lot of support. He was able to take out a few of my tanks before I got them out of the game and his hidden 88L AA Gun caused a bit of havoc killing a T34/85 and continually breaking units trying to assault the victory buildings.

In the end, the Russian forces were able to put too much FP on his locations and eventually surrounded him to where by the German turn 5, he conceded a hard fought battle. This guy, watch out for him in a few years, he's going to be a real good player with a little experience. No need for him to only be grinding out The Guard's Counterattack only.

Great scenario. After the game we went over the ins and outs and where maybe his setup could have been improved, but all in all I just got some decent dice and his dice could have been a little better and the game would have gone down to the end.
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nekengren Added a playing2025-02-18 20:43:10
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Hutch Modified the overview2025-01-20 20:01:59
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Avg Rating: 8.17Votes: 6
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Estimated Play time: 5.4 hours
Recorded Games: 4
Archive recorded plays:
Russian1
German (SS)3
Drawn:0

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The Vienna Bypass [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 1
[D] German 3
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