The Frozen Waste WWPD Northern Research Station had a big Bolt Actions game for WWPD for Vets. The Soviets fielded 24 units and the Germans fielded 18. We had seven tanks on the board as the Germans and Soviets struggled for controlled of a sleepy village in the Ukraine.
Soviet infantry advance supporting their armor
A KV-1 faces off against a might Panther
A Zis-2 takes aim at the German StuG
An MMG takes up position in the village
Soviet infantry take cover behind a T-34
Soviet infantry swarm up the left flank
The KV immobilizes that Panther
German troops move into the village
Soviets begin their advance up the right side of the village
The KV takes out the Panther
German artillery falls of the soviets
Soviets mortars hit near their target
The T-34 sneaks up on the Panzer IV
Soviets advancing across the open pin down the Germans in the woods
Its hard to shoot back when your pinned
The advancing Soviets move with confidence
After dispatching the Panther the KV moves on to the StuG
The riflemen inch their way closer
Infantry come over the hill and exchange fire with the SS in the field
A Soviet squad falls back after failing a moral test
Tanks exchange point blank fire
Anti tank rifle takes a shot at a German squad
Soviet SMG's clear out the SS
The StuG faces down bad odds
A view from the German front
The SS shoot back at the Soviets
A German MG-42 riddles a Soviet Squad with bullets
A fresh Soviet SMG squad attacks
The Soviet artillery misses wildly, impacting on its own troops
The StuG knocks out the KV
Mortar fire impacts against the Germans in the woods
The Panzer IV shreds a T-34
SU-85 rounds bounce of the StuG
After being hit by their own artillery the Soviet assault on the left stalls
The last of the SS int eh field are gunned down by Soviets
The assault on the right continues
The Germans fire on the Soviet SMGs
Accurate mortar fire takes out the remaining members of a Soviet squad
Soviet and German MMGs shoot each other up
Mortar fire takes care of the rest of the Germans in the woods
The Soviets were doing really well and had the game momentum, until they rolled a one on their artillery die. The Germans moved the impact point to the middle of the Soviets main assault and ended up kill five figures and dishing out two or three pins on four other units. Then the Soviets rolled box cars and had another squad run off. Additionally, the Soviets had a T-34 that never made it on from reserve. The Soviet attack never recovered.
The Germans were beat up, but still had a fresh SS squad and Heer squad left at the end of the game, along with most their support weapons. The Soviet squads were all at or below half strength, half their tanks were burning, and a third of their support weapons where dead.
This was a hard fought won for the Germans.
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