BATTLEGROUP PzGRENADIER OP. BAGRATION GAME COLOURS 2008
OPERATION BAGRATION 1944 – BATTLEGROUP PANZERGRENADIER AAR COLOURS 2008 The Battlegroup PanzerGrenadier game at Colours was based on the German defence of Minsk taken up by the 5th Panzer Division during the Russian 1944 summer offensive Operation Bagration.
The game started off well for the Germans on the right flank with their one Pak 43 slicing into the Russian heavy IS2’s that lead their tank advance. However the opening barrage for the Russians katyushas battery soon put paid to the gallant efforts of the 88mm gun crew!!
The middle ground was manned by PanzerGrenadiers holding out in the ruins that lined the main road to Minsk; however they were remorselessly pressed back as Russian infantry backed by heavy SP guns used impressive (for Russians!) fire and manoeuvre tactics to take building after building. The German armour in this section was effectively neutralised by the Soviet heavy SP’s guns and good use of 120mm mortars, (not helped by the fact that digging in a Marder right on a main crossroad makes it the most obvious artillery target!). The next few game turns saw the motley German armoured collection of two PzIV’s, a lone StuG and a Marder competently smashed, the only operational German tank at the end of the game was a lone PzIV that had collected the complete set of Battlegroup PanzerGrenadier Damaged, Low on Ammo and Suppressed markers!!
The Germans had better luck over on their left flank where elements of the Heavy Tank Battalion 505 with its Tiger 1’s shot up virtually every advancing T/34 at long range and effective range as the Russians struggled to get with close range to have some impact upon the German heavy tanks. The presence of the Tigers effectively stalled any Russian advance in this sector.
Nonetheless with Russian infantry penetrating the main German defences and with the Russian IS2’s irresistibly grinding forwards and smashing each make shift German defence in turn with their 122mms; the Germans soon called it a day!
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OPERATION BAGRATION 1944 – BATTLEGROUP PANZERGRENADIER AAR COLOURS 2008 The Battlegroup PanzerGrenadier game at Colours was based on the German defence of Minsk taken up by the 5th Panzer Division during the Russian 1944 summer offensive Operation Bagration.
The game started off well for the Germans on the right flank with their one Pak 43 slicing into the Russian heavy IS2’s that lead their tank advance. However the opening barrage for the Russians katyushas battery soon put paid to the gallant efforts of the 88mm gun crew!!
The middle ground was manned by PanzerGrenadiers holding out in the ruins that lined the main road to Minsk; however they were remorselessly pressed back as Russian infantry backed by heavy SP guns used impressive (for Russians!) fire and manoeuvre tactics to take building after building. The German armour in this section was effectively neutralised by the Soviet heavy SP’s guns and good use of 120mm mortars, (not helped by the fact that digging in a Marder right on a main crossroad makes it the most obvious artillery target!). The next few game turns saw the motley German armoured collection of two PzIV’s, a lone StuG and a Marder competently smashed, the only operational German tank at the end of the game was a lone PzIV that had collected the complete set of Battlegroup PanzerGrenadier Damaged, Low on Ammo and Suppressed markers!!
The Germans had better luck over on their left flank where elements of the Heavy Tank Battalion 505 with its Tiger 1’s shot up virtually every advancing T/34 at long range and effective range as the Russians struggled to get with close range to have some impact upon the German heavy tanks. The presence of the Tigers effectively stalled any Russian advance in this sector.
Nonetheless with Russian infantry penetrating the main German defences and with the Russian IS2’s irresistibly grinding forwards and smashing each make shift German defence in turn with their 122mms; the Germans soon called it a day!
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