Roster : German
| Unit | Composition |
| Leaders | Status |
| Start | End |
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Rifle Company n° 1 (17/10) | 3 x 4-6-8 7 x 4-6-7 1 x 4-4-7 [A to K] | 3 x 4-6-8 2 x 4-6-7 1 x 2-4-7 [A to D] | 9-1; 8-1 | On-Board |
Sturm Company n° 1 (17/10) | 6 x 5-4-8 1 x 4-4-7 1 x 4-3-6 [A to H] | 3 x 5-4-8 1 x 4-3-6 [A to D] | 10-2 [Wnd] | On-Board |
Sturm Company n° 2 (17/10) | 9 x 5-4-8 [I to S] | 6 x 5-4-8 [E to K] | 9-2 | On-Board |
Sturm Company n° 3 (18/10) | 12 x 5-4-8 [T to EE] | 11 x 5-4-8 [M to W] | 9-2; 9-1; 8-0 [9-1] | Off-Board |
| Crews |
| 2 x 2-2-8 | - | - |
| StuG B Platoon | 3 x StuG B | 2 x StuG | - | Off-Board |
| PzIIIH Platoon | 3 x Marder II | 3 x Marder II | - | Off-Board |
| Battalion Mortar | Plentiful | Retained | n/a | n/a |
| Battalion Mortar | Plentiful | Used | n/a | n/a |
| Off'd Observer |
| Used | n/a | n/a |
Roster : Russian
| Unit | Composition |
| Leaders | Status |
| Start | End |
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Rifle Company n° 1 (17/10) | 5 x 4-4-7 1 x 4-2-6 [A to F] | 1 x 4-5-8 1 x 4-4-7 1 x 2-3-7 [A to B, Z] | 7-0 [8-0] | On-Board |
Rifle Company n° 2 (17/10) | 1 x 4-5-8 1 x 2-3-7 2 x 4-2-6 1 x 2-2-6 [G to K, W] | 1 x 4-5-8 2 x 4-2-6 [B, E] | 8-1; 7-0
| On-Board |
SMG Company n° 1 (17/10) | 5 x 5-2-7 [A to E] | 2 x 5-2-7 1 x 2-2-7 [A to B, F] | 10-0 | On-Board |
SMG Company n° 2 (17/10) | 9 x 5-2-7 [F to N] | 3 x 5-2-7 [C to E] | 9-2 [10-2]; 9-1 | On-Board |
Militia Company n°1 (18/10) | 12 x 4-2-6 [O to Z] | 7 x 4-2-6 [AA to II] | 9-1 | On-Board |
Militia Company n° 2 (18/10) | 9 x 4-2-6 [AA to GG] | 4 x 4-2-6 [F to I] | 7-0 | On-Board |
Rifle Company n°3 (18/10) | 12 x 4-4-7 [F to Q] | 12 x 4-4-7 [F to Q] | 9-0; 7-0 | Reserve |
| AT Battery | 1 x 45LL 1 x 2-2-8 | 1 x 45LL 1 x 2-2-8 | n/a | On-Board |
| Battalion Mortar | Normal | Used | n/a | n/a |
| Fortifications | 80FPP | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| SAN Increase | SAN 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
AAR Highlights
Turn 1 :
Whilst the Wehrmacht advanced cautiously elsewhere, waiting for the arrival of the StuG, and were blocked in the west by the blaze sweeping through the suburbs, contained only by the wet ground, fierce fighting quickly broke out in Manufacturing Hall 6a, where the Russians also counterattacked relentlessly and won most of the vicious hand to hand fighting.
Turn 2 :
The Russians in Manufacturing Hall 6a had kept to the eastern side to avoid any German MG fire. To counter that, a StuG churned its way through the debris in order to get into range, only to be hit and directly destroyed by a Russian 45LL AT gun.
In the eastern suburbs, intense exchanges of small arms fire between the Russians in the fortified building in Z1-Z2, and their adversaries across Prospekt Lenina street, were relatively ineffective. Russian mortar fire dropped amongst the Germans in a harassing pattern, causing surprising amounts of damage, to the extent that the Russians mounted a counter-attack in the sector, hand to hand combat breaking out in Z5.
The two 50mm mortars and the HMG up on the roof of the Gun Tube Thermal Processing and Deburring Hall 3 were proving very troublesome, the latter managing to wipe out an entire section [as to the former, I briefly forgot that Area Fire from on-board ordnance was at half FP, so it was more troubling than it should have been; I decided to give the Germans two free re-rolls to compensate]. A StuG was detailed to blast them off the rooftop, but with dismally poor aim it did nothing of any use, and it would take the battalion mortar battery to do the work a little later.
Turn 3 :
Very unfortunately for them, the Russian OBA ran out of ammunition and fell silent. In the centre, the Wehrmacht, who had been able to sneak through the rubble once MGs swept Russian observers off the nearby rooftops, were finally gaining momentum, although the defensive strongpoint in building I12 was a thorn in their side. The defenders of Stockyard Building F11-F12 were dismally ineffective, and obviously jittery, since German advancing fire broke the entire section despite their fortifications. This opened up the west flank of the factory somewhat, and allowed the Germans to get around the blaze, which could threaten the buildings on the other side of Tramvanaya. Russian reserves had previously begun redeploying from the factory buildings to counter the menace to the western flank, but would they arrive in time ? A platoon of German infantry was also closing in on Foundry Hall 5 and threatening its K10-K11 outbuilding.
As for Manufacturing Hall 6a it was by now firmly in German hands, apart from a knot of resistance in the south-east corner that they planned to blast out with demo charges.
In the eastern suburbs, the Germans had managed to consolidate their forces and throw back the Russian counterattack, now isolating building Z1-Z2 and its defending platoon. With support from a StuG they began to hope that they might reach the piles of still smoking rubble that had been the Chemist's Shop.
Turn 4 :
The demo charge wreaked havoc and wiped out the last Russian resistance in Hall 6a. It also placed the Germans behind the roadblock, with a possibility to fire onto the eastern flank of Foundry Hall 5. The Wehrmacht also managed to set foot in Z1-Z2, although they would crack under withering fire from the defenders, retreating broken into the cellar.
A Commissar emerged from the sewers with reinforcements to prop up the western flank, which would basically remain at a standstill once the Germans took F13-F14. At this point, a StuG scored a direct hit - the first and only, as its main gun would thereafter malfunction - on the fortified building in I12, sending the defenders scurrying and opening up some strong possibilities for the Germans along the western flank of Hall 5.
Turn 5 :
The Wehrmacht seized this opportunity, and fully invested K10-K11 and I12. The situation for the Russian defenders in Foundry Hall 5 was now delicate, thanks to the potential for incoming fire on both sides of the factory (an MG stack in F12 adding to their woes), and the winding nature of the internal walls.
In the eastern suburbs, a brutal battle for building Z1-Z2 developed, as the Germans also sought to save their men trapped in the cellar there. Defensive fire was horribly effective, and only a single half-squad managed to get a toe-hold; they would be swept away by a berserk first line Russian squad a few minutes later.
Not far away, German battalion mortar OBA began plastering the ruins of the Chemist's Shop, isolating the defenders there.
Turn 6 :
With the Russian rooftop HMG finally taken out by a German MMG on the rooftop of Hall 6a, the Wehrmacht were freer to manoeuvre in the eastern suburbs. They were finally able to swamp Z1-Z2, its last handful of defenders pushed down into a cellar, where they would resist until nightfall.
A mild breeze had stirred, and on the other side of the battlefield, the cover from the roiling smoke drifting southwards, coupled with the MG stack in F12, gave the Germans hope of seizing the large stone building a little south of Skulpturnaya (B12-B13-C13). Twenty men were assigned to this task, and although they managed to work their way into the building, they were pushed back by light fire from the Russian forward positions in F16. Apparently the Commissar was inspiring his men with dread !
A daring raid, cunning use of the internal wars, and then exploiting losses incurred by the Soviet defenders in Foundry Hall 5, allowed the Germans to gain a solid position in the north of it, taking four hexes out of its total twelve.
Turn 7 :
Mortar OBA fire had continued raining down on the rubbled remnants of the Chemist's Shop, enough to finally break its defenders, whilst a StuG, although generally ineffective, at least discouraged the handful of available reinforcements from feeding in. German Sturm troops finally made it into the rubble.
The action drew to an end. The Germans had taken 46 new Stone Locations during a very hard fought battle, losing a StuG (4 CVP), 2 leaders (5 CVP), and 13,5 squads, of which one half-squad prisoner. The Russians counted three leaders out of action (6 CVP) and 23 squads, of which 3 prisoners.
