Sunday, August 12, 2012

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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        1 comment:

        1. Most excellent write up! Working on a StuG Batterie myself.

          Cheers!

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