Gunner Scott
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Hi all-
Bob Miller and I decided to play RB CGIII again! This time Bob took the Russians and I of course took the doomed 6th Army. Day one saw my Germans secure the corner of the RB map but took a few losses in the attempt. I ended up losing two Pz IIIG's and one Stug IIIB. The Stug IIIB loss was the most heartbreaking because I fire into his adjacent squad, got two MC, he survived, and fired again and got a one MC and that squad still survived, passed its paatc and destroyed my stug in CC. On the first day, the Russian OBA rained down on my guys on a constant basis, never pulling a red or breaking its radio. My one Stuka I did receive on day 1 was ineffectual. Total casualties for the Germans on day 1 was 22 Inf CVP's and 12 AFV CVP's (34), Russian losses were 38 CVP's total in Infantry. Not a great start for the Germans but not a horrible one either.
On the 2nd day which we started playing on sunday, we play until Russian turn 4 and will resume some time next week, but for day two, the German bad luck of day was more then made up for on day two as the Russians pulled two red cards, so no OBA for them, I got two Stukas this time and completely crushed one of the buildings the Russians were in, Bob forgot he had a broken guy in the hex and I was able to spot on the broken guy, and drop my bomb (need a 5 or less), the bomb rolls a three with a subsequent roll resulting in the whole hex being rubbled. Lots of whinning could be heard from the Russian side of the lines.
And this is where we are at, on Russian turn 4 with probably more surprises to come for the Germans. The pics are the first pic is at the end of turn. the 2nd pic is of the start of day 2..
Bob Miller and I decided to play RB CGIII again! This time Bob took the Russians and I of course took the doomed 6th Army. Day one saw my Germans secure the corner of the RB map but took a few losses in the attempt. I ended up losing two Pz IIIG's and one Stug IIIB. The Stug IIIB loss was the most heartbreaking because I fire into his adjacent squad, got two MC, he survived, and fired again and got a one MC and that squad still survived, passed its paatc and destroyed my stug in CC. On the first day, the Russian OBA rained down on my guys on a constant basis, never pulling a red or breaking its radio. My one Stuka I did receive on day 1 was ineffectual. Total casualties for the Germans on day 1 was 22 Inf CVP's and 12 AFV CVP's (34), Russian losses were 38 CVP's total in Infantry. Not a great start for the Germans but not a horrible one either.
On the 2nd day which we started playing on sunday, we play until Russian turn 4 and will resume some time next week, but for day two, the German bad luck of day was more then made up for on day two as the Russians pulled two red cards, so no OBA for them, I got two Stukas this time and completely crushed one of the buildings the Russians were in, Bob forgot he had a broken guy in the hex and I was able to spot on the broken guy, and drop my bomb (need a 5 or less), the bomb rolls a three with a subsequent roll resulting in the whole hex being rubbled. Lots of whinning could be heard from the Russian side of the lines.
And this is where we are at, on Russian turn 4 with probably more surprises to come for the Germans. The pics are the first pic is at the end of turn. the 2nd pic is of the start of day 2..