Bat Rep: StuG Batterie vs. Peredovoye Otryad

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We're back with another bat rep! This time around I need to apologize first. Rotny and I both are trying out new lists with some new models so the bulk of what you'll see is unpainted.

Have no fear though, the battle is fast a furious and those models, especially the stugs for me and the infantry for Rotny are next up on the painting queue.

Well hello readers. We decided to try something different in terms of lists. I, throck, really have been wanting to try out a StuG battery, and Rotny is going for something a little more mech and speedy in with Pere Otry. We're fighting it out at 1750 points in a fighting withdrawal scenario.

Rotny's Peredovoye Otryad HQ: 1x Cmd Rifle, 2x Jeep, 1x T-34/85, 1x Komissar Combat Co 1: 7x T-34/85 Combat Co 2: 12x SMG Team, 1x Maxsim HMG, 1x Cmd SMG Weap Co 1: 3x SU-122 Corps Support 1: 1x ISU-122 Corps Support 2: 8x Rifle/MG, 1x Cmd Rifle/Mg, 5x Capture Half Tracks Corps Support 3: Spetznaz 2x SMG, 1x CMD SMG, 3x Capture Tracks 1750, 6 Platoons

Throck's Stug Batterie (StuG LIFE!) HQ: StuG G Combat Plt 1: 3x Stug G w/Tank Escorts Combat Plt 2: 3x StuG G w/Tank Escorts Combat Plt 3: 3x Stug G Div Support 1: 1x Konigstiger Div Support 2: Short Sturm Platoon Div Support 3: Short Sturm Platoon Div Support 4: 3x Neb 41's 1750 Pts, 7 Platoons

SETUP AND DEPLOYMENT

The Board

Moar Board

German Forces

Close up

Russian Forces

Sneaky Russians taking my half tracks!

King Tiger gets "For The Fatherland!"

Germans Set up on the Right in the small town to protect the hill objective

In the center the station objective is lightly defended by a single platoon of StuG's

Dug in Sturm's and StuG's hang out on the Farm Objective on the left.

The T-34's post up with the bulk of the infantry in the center (Riders on Tanks)

The Big Guns set up to push the Stug's and Sturms on the German Left at the Farm.

Still grumpy about them stealing my half tracks...

Sneaky gits! They sneak up the center before the start of the game.

But three of the T-34's bogs

UNITS IN RESERVE
Rotny's Peredovoye Otryad	Throck's Stug Batterie (StuG LIFE!) Koenigstiger in Immediate Ambush

TURN 1

Hevies move up the German Left

Those T-34's can't unbog

Tracks and tanks race up the middle, moving to threaten the German Right

StuG's move to shore up the Right

Joined by their buddies in the Center

StuG's move over to face the threat from the big boomers

They open up, taking out one and bailing one SU-122, during the moral phase they flee!

Right and Center Stug's open up on the Half Tracks and Spetznaz, forcing the tracks and Spetz to retreat!

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Rotny's Peredovoye Otryad SU-122 -- Destroyed Spetznaz - Destroyed Razvedki - 4x Rifle/MG Team 3x Tracks	Throck's Stug Batterie (StuG LIFE!)

TURN 1 SUMMARY

Rotny's Peredovoye Otryad: Throck's Stug Batterie (StuG LIFE!): Not shown in the pics: Kingtiger Deployes near the farm.

TURN 2

T-34's still can't unbog!

ISU-122's spread out to deal with the Kingtiger and StuG's

One of the 122's takes aim at the KT and misses the side armor shot!

T-34's peak out of the woods to take on the StuG's in the Center but fail to damage

Razvedki hop the hedges and march off towards the hill objective on the german Right

Stug's Open up on the ISU's and bail one.

Stug's Return the Favor on the T-34's bailing 3 and killing 2 forcing the riders to dismount

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Rotny's Peredovoye Otryad SU-122 -- Destroyed Spetznaz - Destroyed Razvedki - 4x Rifle/MG Team 3x Tracks 3x T-34's	Throck's Stug Batterie (StuG LIFE!)

TURN 3

The T-34's Race Around the Kingtiger for the side shots and....

Take it out!

ISU's Press Forward

Throck removes the Sturm's from the Farm Objective on the Left

As the Center and Right stugs open up on T-34's, Scoring 4 more kills

And the left StuG's nail and ISU

Sturm's on the Right open up on the Razvedki and kill one

As they press forward to the Objective

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Rotny's Peredovoye Otryad SU-122 -- Destroyed Spetznaz - Destroyed Razvedki - 5x Rifle/MG Team 3x Tracks T-34's - DESTROYED 1x ISU-122	Throck's Stug Batterie (StuG LIFE!) 1x Kingtiger

TURN 4

Razvedki continue their push forward

And the ISU's score a couple of StuG's on the Left

StuG's on the Right Displace to meet the Razvedki Threat

While the Center StuG's open up on the Tankriders scoring 3 kills

StuG's Assault the Razvedki and Take out the Platoon, moving to begin work on the Tank Riders

At the top of 5, without a 1ic or 2ic the Russians are forced to retreat

End of Game

Also, End of Game

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Rotny's Peredovoye Otryad SU-122 -- Destroyed Spetznaz - Destroyed Razvedki - 5x Rifle/MG Team 3x Tracks T-34's - DESTROYED 1x ISU-122 3x Tankrider SMG Teams	Throck's Stug Batterie (StuG LIFE!) 1x Kingtiger 2x StuG

Well, that was shorter and bloodier than I orginially expected. I think there were two places where Rotny slipped up, first was putting his tanks in the trees, it meant that three of them were pretty much out of the whole game and second, allowing me to have a clear line of fire on the half tracks meant that I was able to put a ton of hurt of the Razvedki before they got in striking range. On my side of the table, I wasn't really sure what to do with the Kingtiger, which is odd I know... I probably should have just let him face off against the ISU-122's as he pretty much did nothing but die the whole game. All in all though, for a first run through with the StuG list, I had a blast! I know that Rotny is committed to some version of the Peredovoye list, but I think he's moving over to universal carriers rather than the tracks, which I think is a solid call.

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