"Solo 6mm Eastern Front Battle at the "Little Volga"" Topic

In its opening advance on the Ostfront the 7th Panzergrenadiers were ordered to take the twin villages of Krilna-Kinsk that set astride the Little Volga in the Ukraine. The 7th was promised that the Luftwaffe had gained full air superiority in the area and that there would be no trouble from the Soviet Air Force. Indeed this held true. Aerial reconnaissance showed no military activity in the area at all but intelligence pointed out that a Soviet brigade sized force was probably heading that way to plug the gap at the two bridges that crossed the Little Volga at Krilna-Kinsk.

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The 7th Panzergrenadiers Brigade vs The October Guard Brigade

What rules did you use for this battle? Thanks for sharing your AAR.

My own Brigadier General solo-wargame.

I just discovered I own these. A sign that I have too many rules! Gave them a read through again and thought I'd post my thoughts. The rules, for the most part, are DBA meets WWII. If you lose a fight you get a fatigue point. Get doubled, you get 2 and tripled you get destroyed. You can rally off fatigue.

I have not played them yet (obviously!) but they look like they are well thought out. Very simple in all mechanics which is a big old plus in my book.

The AI matrix tells you what the enemy will do based on amounts of fatigue and mission they have. They will attack if relatively fresh and hunker down if not. It's based on unit type and common sense so the description is an oversimplification but that is the gist.

It can be had from wargame vault.
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No I am not a sock puppet nor have I ever even met the author.

Some thoughts on unit organizations. It seems to me that you could use Rapid Fire army lists as they provide the high level organizations that are detailed down to the company/platoon. Vehicles are platoons so obviously they would need to be grouped into companies. Infantry are grouped into companies of 8-10 men so wherever it says "company" that would be 1 stand for Brigadier General. I reckon even the Rapid Fire scenario books would be of great use. Sweeping WW2 battles on a small budget. What's not to love?

John

Thanks John. More info at the links below. I've almost completed an American RCT just on GHQ sample packs. Almost but not quite.

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