Forgotten Battles Küstrin Before Berlin 1945

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Soviet Shock Group Old Fort setup

Soviet Shock Group Old Fort setup

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21 PZ DIV Enter from West

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Overview 21 Panzer Div enter From West/ Soviet Tank Corp Enter South Board 1

Overview 21 Panzer Div enter From West/ Soviet Tank Corp Enter South Board 1

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National Socialist Motorised Corp Enters From North Board 1/Soviet Assault Group Enter From East Board 1

National Socialist Motorised Corp Enters From North Board 1/Soviet Assault Group Enter From East Board 1

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German Kustrin Garrison Board 1 Setup

[Sheldrake]

This leaves me a little cold. C20th warfare is more about the ground. The micro-terrain matters and cannot be reduced to a hexagon.

The first few minutes of this slide show show Kustrin a couple of years ago.


Ignore the clutch of military historians. Smartie pants brownie points if you can identify the military historians. Hint one of them is Manstein;s biographer. The man that isn't there is Christopher Duffy around whose books the itinerary was designed. he was ill and couldn't come along.

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Turn One German Fortress Unit 548 Elite Squad 2nd Level with HMG and MMG/9-2 Leader Prep Fire on the Fort Level 1 Concealed Russian Unit/Color dr indicate ROF HMG and MMG/Blue for HMG/Red for MMG/12 FP on IFT/HMG maintains ROF/Halved vs Concealed Unit/6 FP on IFT DR Result PTC/HMG Prep Fires again NO Effect/Flak Gun Prep Fire 8 FP Infantry Fire Power Equivalent /ROF reduced by 1/No Effect/German Fortress Troops 436 x 3 also Prep Fire/12 FP on IFT No effect

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Turn One German Moves 21 Panzer Div Panther Enters From West Board 5

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Soviet 45 L Gun at the Bridge Declares Deliberate Immobilization vs Panther, Deliberate Immobilization must be in withing 0-6 Hex Range/The Firing Ordnance To Kill Table # must be Greater than Lowest Armor Factor of AFV Target/To Hit Dice Roll DR must Score a Hull Hit/ 45 L To Hit Dice Roll of 2 + 2 results in Hull Hit/Dice Roll Modifiers include + 5 for Deliberate Immobilization Attempt/+2 Moving Target/- 1 Target Size for Final To Hit Result of 10/ Panther is Immobilized

Soviet 45 L Gun at the Bridge Declares Deliberate Immobilization vs Panther, Deliberate Immobilization must be in withing 0-6 Hex Range/The Firing Ordnance To Kill Table # must be Greater than Lowest Armor Factor of AFV Target/To Hit Dice Roll DR must Score a Hull Hit/ 45 L To Hit Dice Roll of 2 + 2 results in Hull Hit/Dice Roll Modifiers include + 5 for Deliberate Immobilization Attempt/+2 Moving Target/- 1 Target Size for Final To Hit Result of 10/ Panther is Immobilized

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Overview of German Turn One Move 21 Pz Div Panther Approach from West Toward the Fort

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Turn One: German Moves 21 Panzer Division Panther Enters B 5 From West towards Russian Occupied Fort Board 1. Panther Immobilized by 45L Gun Near Bridge. German Infantry Support in Halftracks then enter B 5 From West using different Entry Hex. German Player surmises that the Panther was fired on by more that one Gun, Russian Guns Setup in Concealment Terrain are shown to indicate Play, during actual play these Guns would setup Hidden Initial Placement. German Player decides to use Button Up Halftracks to use Vehicle Bypass Freeze vs Likely Russian Gun Positions in Woods Hexes , according to the Russian Player To Hit #
and Hit Location Defensive Fire actions. to approximate a Hidden Gun Position. By Rule a Vehicle/AFV using Bypass Freeze prevents an Opposing Unit from Firing outside of that Hex. A Hidden Gun in such a Hex, can Defensive Fire vs Vehicle/AFV using Bypass IF the BYPASS Hex side is Withing the GUN Covered ARC, this means that in the depictions the Guns would have to Change CA to Fire on the Halftrack. Such a Hit would be considered a Side Hit vs Vehicle /AFV, . A Front or Rear Hit would have to be Traced to a Front or Rear Vertex Hex Point, or if the Bypass Vehicle Crosses the Guns CA During Bypass.

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Turn One German Moves: NKKK/National Socialist Motorized Corp Enters From North Board 1/Russian Unit at Level 2 Defensive First Fire vs NSSK using Panther Armored Assault. NSSK Platoon breaks ends Turn One in Position Shown. Russian Units at Level One in the Fort LOS must be checked to see that no intervening Level One Buildings that would obstruct such LOS By Rule that state Level One Location cannot see OVER a Level one Building. Level Two Location can See Over a Level One Building. Line of Sight that crosses a Level One Building cannot see or Fire into the Hex directly next to such a Building/providing a blind Hex. The North Side of the Fort appears to be Unguarded at this time however

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Turn Two: Russian Air Support Arrives 1944 FB with 150 Bombs/from the North/ Air Support Counter is Placed 4 Hexes from Target: NSSK Panther . The Aircraft must Pass a Sighting Task Check of 8 or Less, the STC DR Shown is Passed/ The 1944 Fighter Bomber will make a To Hit vs Panther using on Board MGs/ The 1944 FB qualifies for 1944 FB Column on To Hit and To Kill Table # of 6 vs Rear/Aerial Armor Factor of Panther Aerial AF of 3 with a - 1 Rear Target Facing. The To Hit Range is 0-8 Hexes/ After Making Strafing Run/ The Air Support moves one Hex Closer to 0-6 Hex Range to Drop Ordnance by making another To Hit Dr Range 0-6 Hexes/ vs Panther Target size Large DRM Modifier

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Soviet Turn Two Reinforcements arrive South Edge Board 1 along East Edge, T34 with Rider /9-2/458 Elite Squad /uses Bypass to Enter Road Hex Behind German Hetzer that Changes Covered Arc to Defensive Fire vs T34/The To Kill DR of 12 by Hetzer result is a DUD, any DR of 12 voids all To Kill DR as DUD s even Panzerfaust

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Turn Two: Russian 1944 FB moves to 3 Hex Range Drops Bombs on Panther Scoring a Hit/Range 0-6 Hexes/Vehicle Target Type/ such Attack are resolved on INFANTRY FIRE TABLE under the 150mm Column and must score a KIA or K/# below the KIA of That Column to h ave effect with a +1 DR Armor Modifier/ in this case the Panther survives the attack DR of 8 plus 1 Modifier = 9 on 150 mm IFT Column