Breakthrough at Perekop Oct 24, 1941 Replay

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Tactical Replay ASL Tactical Game System Beyond Valor/Map Board 44 Map Board 46
North Hex row R North Hex row P
Hex Rows R-GG Hex Row A-P Played
Situation: The German 54 Corps Objective to break thru Soviet Fortified Region 51st Army Defenses on the Perekop Isthmus leading into the Crimea, referred to as the Crimean Aircraft Carrier ,Airbases with Soviet Bombers capable of Striking Rumanian Oilfields.

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ASL Infantry Fire Table/To Hit Table/Terrain Chart

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ASL scenario Title: Branch Conclusion
Date: 24 OCT 1941
Location: Perekop Isthmus Road into Crimea
Situation: German Forces battling down the Narrow Isthmus Road were approaching the point where the Isthmus Road Branched Out into The Two Routes leading into the Crimea, and the Strategic Points of Sevastopol and the Kerch Peninsula .
To prevent this the Soviet 51 st Army threw in counterattacks using Armor and Rifle Elements to push the Germans back up the Road.

Mapboards 44 46

Balance; Germans Add one StuGIII B to Turn Two O B
Russian Are Fanatic
Victory Condition: The side that Controls the Cross Road Hexes B 46 Hexes H2-I 2 - I 3 at Game End WIns
Russian Setup First
German Move First
Turns 1 2 3 4 5

Elements of Russian Army Fortified Region ELR 3 SAN 4 Setup On South Hex Row X B 44 / Hex Row J Board 46
447 X 3 527 x 2 Leader 8-1 Crew x 3 /? Concealment Counters x 6/MMG x 2/ 81 mm Mortar/76 MM ART/
Fortifications : 1-3-5 Pillbox/Trench/Wire x 3
Rein Enter On After Turn One from South Board 44 or 46
T 35 x 3/426 x 6/MMG/9-0 Leader Commissar/GAZ 4 Truck x 2
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Elements of German Army ELR 4 SAN 3 Enter From North Turn One
467/ 248 Half Squad/9-1 Leader/HMG/50mm Mortar/PSW 222 x 3/SPW 251 Halftrack/Opel Blitz
Enter Turn 2 From Norlth
467 x 8/Leaders 9-1/8-1/8-0/Support Weapons HMG/MMG/LMG x 2/ Support Elements/StuG III B/ Opel BLitz x 3/ 105 ART/20 L Flak(6) IFE
Crew x 3

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SSR: 1 EC are Moderate with No Wind at Start
2. Russian Player receives Air Support Automatically :Turn One in the Form of 1939 FB w/110 Bombs/6 MG/ROF 1/ML 8/AA DRM +11
3. Grain Hexes Are Brush
4. Hedge Hexsides are Wire any Unit crossing such a Hex side must make a dr to determine MF or MP Expenditure to Enter Hex/Color dr of 1 per Track AFV Place Breach Counter across such Hex side Crossed
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Aftermath: The Soviet 51st Army Command and Control Relayed thru Stalin proved fatal for timely tactical actions resulting in Soviet Elements having to conduct fighting withdraw down the Road.

Overview of Battle Area

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End Turn One German Player: Light Motorized elements enter From North Taking up Firing Positions.Opel Blitz with 467/9-1 Leader HMG take Cover B 44 Wood Structure to Prevent Soviet Units at State Farm From Moving

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Russian Setup: 81 Mortar/ ART setup Level 2 to Cover approach Thru Wire toward CrossRoads

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Russian O B T 37 x 3 /GAZ 4 Truck x 2

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Turn One German Player Moves First/PSW 222 into Firing Position vs Russian Guns on Hill/Russian Player Defensive Fire Picks the 81 Mortar to Target German PSW 222/The German PSW 222 Next To Stone Building is a Blind Hex/Per Rule that States per every 5 Hexes/ a Blind Hex Shadow behind Buildings exists/in the depiction a One Hex Shadow for the German PSW 222 to avoid Fire From Level 2 Hill Postion/The German PSW 222 are withing the Russian 82 Mortar Covered Arc/The Russian 76 ART p obr 02 Covered ARC is toward the Cross Road

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To use Mortar refer to To Hit Table/Area Target Type/Range to find Mortar To Hit # for Range is this case is 7/Range is from Mortar Hex at 0 to Target/ The Russian Player targets the PSW 222 Next to Pond Hex/ and Declares Defensive Fire To Hit in Current Hex/PSW must Wait for until the Russian Fire is resolved/The PSW Target is Small Target+1/Moving Target +2/The Russian Player checks the To Hit # on Chart and Range to find the To Hit # required per Area Target Type # is 7 at current Range. The PSW +1 Small Target and + 2 Moving Modifiers are added to Russian Player To Hit DR/ if the DR and Modifiers exceed the To Hit # Listed on Chart it is a Miss/ if a Hit is Scored /there is a -1 Open Top and -1 Armor Factor Modifier that is applied to IFT result for Indirect Fire

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Mortar Fire /Indirect Fire resolved on Infantry Fire Table/The Russian 81 Mortar Full FP per Table is 16 Column FP/is Halved per Area Fire Rules to 8 FP if a To Hit iDR results in a Hit vs Target/AFV//In previous situation a DR of 5 on IFT vs PSW 222 Would Result in K3 Result w/-1 Open Top/ -1 Armor Factor/result by Rule Automatic Shock for Turret Hit or Immobilization vs Hull Hit /Hit Location is determined by DR /color dr = or Greater than White dr results in Hull Hit /color dr less than White dr result Turret Hit

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Turn One: German Move : To avoid the Hedge Hex Sides that are Wire , PSW 222 Enter via Road Hex to Open Ground /Grain is Brush Hexes, Check Terrain Chart For Movement Points Cost Per Hex Entered/Vehicles must Expend all Movement Points each Move. PSW 222 have 33 MP. MP must be carefully calculated prior to moving to reach a New Hex to Stop , in the situation shown all MP have been Expended to Stop in Hexes Shown. Russian :Guns on Hill May Change Guns Covered Arc to Fire in any Direction, vs German Vehicles per MP Expended in Each Hex, ex: Armor Cars expend 3 MP Per Open Ground Cost/Russian 76 ART p obr 02 Could Change Covered Arc to bring moving Vehicle within Covered Arc if Vehicle is outside Covered Arc/Cover Arc Change 1 Hex vertex per MP/or conduct To Hit Defensive Fire/ per MP Expended if Gun Maintains ROF/ CE/Open Top Vehicles on Road expend 1/2 Move Point per Road Hex. there fore can move Two Road Hexes = 1 MP before any action such as Change Covered Arc, or declaring Defensive Fire To Hit

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Turn One ; German SPW 251 Halftrack with Half Squad 50 mm Mortar may fire From Halftrack/ for example during German Turn One Move; The SPW Enters via Road Hex /after spending 1MP the German Player May Declare Bounding First Fire Using Mortar w/+2 move To Hit DRM/or the SPW CE may fire using AAMG 3 FP Halved 1 1/2 FP to 8 :Hexes

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