Rail Yard Blues

Totenkopf SS panzer kampfgruppe attacks a Soviet held rail yard and village during the Kessel battles near Kirovograd in early January 1944.

Map Size: 1km x 1.2km

Total Points Combined: 7000

Fictional

Author: George McEwan
Version: 1.1 with some minor German OOB changes
Date: January 1944
Region: Russia
Battle Type: German Attack. Fictional
Game Length: 45 variable
Time: Dawn
Ground Condition: Light snow
Temperature: cold
Weather: Fog
Defender: Soviets (dug in)
Map Contours: Gentle 1.25m
Flag type: Static there are 3 flags each worth 300 points.

Axis/Allied Bonus: none

Play recommendations

Best played as H2H or as the Germans Vs Soviet AI; for the first attempt playing against the AI use stick to scenario default', depending on your experience give AI a combat experience bonus e.g. crack players +3; veteran players +2; regular players +1; green players no bonus.

Information Sources

This is a fictional scenario and is based on accounts of actual actions covered in:

Armour Battles of the Waffen SS, 1943 45 by Will Fey

Chronicle of the 7. Panzer Kompanie 1 st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte by Ralf Tiemann.

From The Don to The Dnepr by David M. Glantz

Steel Storm: Waffen SS Panzer Battles on the Eastern Front 1943 1945 by Tim Ripley.

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