STEVEN'S GUARDS TANKOVY
| SEAN'S FINNISH INFANTRY
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The mission was fighting withdrawal.
TURN ONE AND DEPLOYMENT
The board. soviets from left to right: 5x T-34. SU-85s. Tank blob + decoy panthers. The Finns from left to right: Sturmi, jakaari, 105s in the swamp, pioneers jakaari with lorni torni. Captured T-34s in ambush. The three objectives are in the center to the left of the T-intersection and just to the right. The 3rd is just above the ford on the right.
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Sorry for the parking lot picture.
The view from the Finn lines
The Kraken
The Finn lines
The soviets make their infiltration move
On turn one, the Soviets surge forward!
On the left, the 5 T-34s move to the edge of the wheat.
The soviet right
The speartip.
105s range in, blowing one tank to smithereens!
Sturmi knock out a T-34 and bail two more!
The Sturmi watch as the Kraken knocks out a 2nd T-34! Turn one and the soviets have to make a platoon morale check! Thankfully being fearless pays off.
Pioneers move out as the Kraken reloads.
SOVIETS: General Advance FINNS: Pioneers begin redeploying to aid the left flank. Artillery knocks out a T-34 in the big company, while sturmi and the kraken knock out 2 from the small company. | |
SOVIETS Big T-34 Company: 1 tank Little T-34 Company: 2 tanks | FINNS none |
TURN TWO
The horde advances.
Charge!
On the left, two T-34s return fire on the Sturmi. 4 6s are rolled, and 2 are knocked out! The 3rd is bailed. Wow!
The assault is launched.
There is a bloody back and forth
The Finns are ground down, but exact a heavy toll.
The Sturmi quit the field!
The Finn T-34s spring form ambush as the Pioneers rush forward to counter the gains made by the soviet company!
A brutal counter attack is launched by pioneers!
The Soviets fight back to the last.
Mass carnage ensues as the Battalion Commander himself plows into the ford!
In the end, the pioneers are victorious, but at heavy cost!
SOVIETS: The main assault crashes across the ford and slams into the finn lines. Lucky shooting on the left flank annhilates the sturmi. FINNS: A brutal counter attack retakes the ford! The Kraken knocks out a 2nd T-34. 2 shots, 2 kills! | |
SOVIETS Big T-34 Company: DESTROYED Little T-34 Company: 3 tanks | FINNS Sturmi: DESTROYED Lorni's Jakaari: DESTROYED Pioneers: 5 stands |
TURN THREE
With the main thrust countered, the Soviets flounder, and feably shift left.
A flame thrower charges forward and annhilates a decoy panther!
The pioneers push forward and hunker down in a wood.
One SU-85 is knocked out by 105s.
SOVIETS: The brunt of the armor shifts left. On the left flank, the 2 remaining T-34s advance rapidly. FINNS: The Kraken is withdrawn. One SU-85 is knocked out by a 105 barrage while a decoy panther is knocked out by pioneers! | |
SOVIETS Big T-34 Company: DESTROYED Little T-34 Company: 3 tanks Decoy Tanks: 1 panther SU-85s: 1 assault gun | FINNS Sturmi: DESTROYED Lorni's Jakaari: DESTROYED Pioneers: 5 stands |
TURN FOUR
The SU-85s quickly redeploy to counter the pioneers!
The pioneers fight to the last.
But in the end, they are annihilated.
The tanks consolidate forward and contest the objective! In the background, the Finn T-34s attempt to move forward to keep the objective contested! Two of them bog in the wood, but the 3rd keeps the finns in the game!
On the Finn left, jakaari assault the 2 T-34s that wandered into their area under the cover of a smoke barrage.
The 2 T-34s withdraw after causing light casualties in defensive fire.
SOVIETS: The SU-85s assault pioneers and wipe them out. In so doing, they reclaim the right objective! FINNS: Captured T-34s attempt to move up to contest the objective. Only one tank makes it out of the woods! On the left, Jakaari assault The 2 T-34s in their deployment zone, but the T-34s withdraw. | |
SOVIETS Big T-34 Company: DESTROYED Little T-34 Company: 3 tanks Decoy Tanks: 1 panther SU-85s: 2 assault guns | FINNS Sturmi: DESTROYED Lorni's Jakaari: DESTROYED Pioneers: DESTROYED Jakaari: 2 stands |
TURN FIVE
The 2 remaining SU-85s attempt to knock out the captured T-34, but their shots are so obscured by burning tanks that they miss!
An additional captured T-34 rejoins his compatriot, but they too cannot find their targets through the burning wrecks!
The Jakaari move forward again.
As a 105 barrage knocks out another T-34! The platoon leader fights on. The Jakaari unfortunately fail to assault!
SOVIETS: The 2 T-34s in the Soviet deployment zone continue firing on the Jakaari, causing light casualties. FINNS: Captured T-34s square off against the SU-85s across the fields of burning tanks. Neither side can find their marks. | |
SOVIETS Big T-34 Company: DESTROYED Little T-34 Company: 4 tanks Decoy Tanks: 1 panther SU-85s: 2 assault guns | FINNS Sturmi: DESTROYED Lorni's Jakaari: DESTROYED Pioneers: DESTROYED Jakaari: 4 stands |
TURN SIX
The lone T-34 on the left flank.
The SU-85s knock out 2 captured T-34/85s! The 3rd passes his morale check and fights on!
The lone T-34 pours MG fire into the Jakaari. They are below half strength and fail their morale check!
At this point, Sean has lost 2 Jakaari Platoons, Pioneers, and Sturmi. He is left with only 105s and T-34/85s after withdrawing the captured ISU-152. This puts his company below half strength, and his company commander was knocked out long ago. With this, the Finns are forced to withdraw.
The Soviets are severely depleted but victorious. 5-2.
