Finalizing a CMRT campaign - PM me pls if you can playtest.
11.-13. August 1943 - This campaign covers 42 hours of fighting against a Soviet assault.
5 Battles - 3 night actions, 2 day actions.
11.8.43 Recon in Force, 2.5 hours, daylight, 3.5x4.4 km
12.8.43 Counterstroke, 4 hours, night, 3.5x4.4 km
12.8.43 Counter-Attack, 3 hours, daytime, 3.5x4.4 km
13.8.43 Counterstroke, 2.5 hours, night, 3.0x3.5 km
13.8.43 Hasty Defense, 2 hours, dawn, 3.0x3.5 km
You're in command of gepanzerte Kampfgruppe Bauer of the 9. Panzerdivision. This Kampfgruppe consists of the remnants of the Panzer-Regiment 33 and of the I./Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment (gepanzert) 10. You have fought in the battle of Kursk roughly one month ago. In between you retreated some 250 kms in face of the Soviet counter-offensive in the Orjol-Salient through Brjansk to the area Rosslavl in firefighting mode. Yesterday you received orders to move another 100 kms to the East in the area of Kirow in the Kaluga Oblast to join LVI Panzer Armeekorps.
You're the mobile reserve of the 9. Panzerdivision or of the LVI. Panzer AK
The enemy has broken through the front. You are on the left (Western) flank of a small salient. You have been ordered to Annovka which is held by an Alarm-Einheit (alarm unit). The next village some 2.5 km to the North-East, Singovo is held by the rear elements of an unknown friendly unit. The crossroads at point 272 are held by another alarm unit. The situation to the North-East at Lipovka is unclear. A large enemy infantry force with tank support has been reported to move in from the North-West, probably to cut through your sector to the South-East.
Your mission is to hold Annovka at all cost and to deny the enemy the path across Singovo to the South-East. Detailed orders will follow.
Own Forces
During the whole campaign you will have most of the remaining armor of the Panzer-Regiment 33 - a mix of Panzer III and Panzer IV - available, although it may be required to do some firefighting in other areas of the 9. PD. Your infantry is all what remains of the I. (armored) battalion of the Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 10 with some 140 men. There are some alarm units around made up mostly from rear area troops of questionable value for support. There might be some stragglers arriving from the North and the East over time - you can integrate them into your defense.
There can be some artillery support. Even the Luftwaffe has been active with Stukas over the last days.
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Hauptmann (captain) Friedrich Bauer was the commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 33 and was awarded the Knights Cross for his actions during operation Zitadelle a few days before he got KIA on 10.9.43
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The original information for this campaign was provided by then Colonel Dr. Johann Tretter (later Major-General of the post-war Austrian Army) in an article of the ASMZ - the Swiss General Military Journal in volume 4 of 1964. The OOB has been checked with the Kriegstagebuch of 9.Panzerdivision.
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Kind Regards
Andreas
11.-13. August 1943 - This campaign covers 42 hours of fighting against a Soviet assault.
5 Battles - 3 night actions, 2 day actions.
11.8.43 Recon in Force, 2.5 hours, daylight, 3.5x4.4 km
12.8.43 Counterstroke, 4 hours, night, 3.5x4.4 km
12.8.43 Counter-Attack, 3 hours, daytime, 3.5x4.4 km
13.8.43 Counterstroke, 2.5 hours, night, 3.0x3.5 km
13.8.43 Hasty Defense, 2 hours, dawn, 3.0x3.5 km
You're in command of gepanzerte Kampfgruppe Bauer of the 9. Panzerdivision. This Kampfgruppe consists of the remnants of the Panzer-Regiment 33 and of the I./Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment (gepanzert) 10. You have fought in the battle of Kursk roughly one month ago. In between you retreated some 250 kms in face of the Soviet counter-offensive in the Orjol-Salient through Brjansk to the area Rosslavl in firefighting mode. Yesterday you received orders to move another 100 kms to the East in the area of Kirow in the Kaluga Oblast to join LVI Panzer Armeekorps.
You're the mobile reserve of the 9. Panzerdivision or of the LVI. Panzer AK
The enemy has broken through the front. You are on the left (Western) flank of a small salient. You have been ordered to Annovka which is held by an Alarm-Einheit (alarm unit). The next village some 2.5 km to the North-East, Singovo is held by the rear elements of an unknown friendly unit. The crossroads at point 272 are held by another alarm unit. The situation to the North-East at Lipovka is unclear. A large enemy infantry force with tank support has been reported to move in from the North-West, probably to cut through your sector to the South-East.
Your mission is to hold Annovka at all cost and to deny the enemy the path across Singovo to the South-East. Detailed orders will follow.
Own Forces
During the whole campaign you will have most of the remaining armor of the Panzer-Regiment 33 - a mix of Panzer III and Panzer IV - available, although it may be required to do some firefighting in other areas of the 9. PD. Your infantry is all what remains of the I. (armored) battalion of the Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 10 with some 140 men. There are some alarm units around made up mostly from rear area troops of questionable value for support. There might be some stragglers arriving from the North and the East over time - you can integrate them into your defense.
There can be some artillery support. Even the Luftwaffe has been active with Stukas over the last days.
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Hauptmann (captain) Friedrich Bauer was the commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 33 and was awarded the Knights Cross for his actions during operation Zitadelle a few days before he got KIA on 10.9.43
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The original information for this campaign was provided by then Colonel Dr. Johann Tretter (later Major-General of the post-war Austrian Army) in an article of the ASMZ - the Swiss General Military Journal in volume 4 of 1964. The OOB has been checked with the Kriegstagebuch of 9.Panzerdivision.
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Kind Regards
Andreas