Mies Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Hi Guys, A mate and me are discussing the setup for a QB that we want to start tonight. We usually do this by throwing some game parameters at each other and decide on a battle from there. The outcome of today’s QB is a German attack from AG South in the autumn of 1943. You grogs will feel the problem rising here. As far as our common knowledge reaches (as some quick investigations on the net, because we are both at work), there was no German, local, counterattack at that time. Does one of you know of such an “Angriff” around the mentioned time and location? Thanks, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Zero Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 There was a lot of German counterattacks against the post-Kursk Soviet offensives. From the top of my head : 4th Panzer Army around Kharkov and later Kiev, 6th Army on the Donetz river. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 QBs are simulating tactical battles. On the tactical level, the Germans counter-attacked almost right up to the end of the war. In Autumn 43 there were also operational level counter-attacks around Zhitomir, involving Heer and SS Panzerdivisionen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 At CM scale a lot of the 'attacks' could just as easily be aggresive defense. Local spoiling attacks to break up an upcoming offensive. One can imagine a commander saying "We're getting report of a buildup at village X. I'm attaching a tank platoon to your company. Probe their defenses and see what damage you can do to them before they reach our lines." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mies Posted January 30, 2003 Author Share Posted January 30, 2003 Thanks guys. We just find it fun to try and place our little QB in a bigger scale of things. We first planned to try and do something with the Crimea Peninsula. We both decided that there were no German counter attacks after the summer of ’43 in that area. Undoubtedly there were local counter attacks, whether to probe the Russian strength or to protect / cover a “tactical withdraw”. We have now gone with a Kharkov like QB placed in a spring/autumn like setting to try and get a sad feeling over the whole map. Fighting in a city who knows… Mies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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