PITAMAN vs M60A3TTS - A German Perspective

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[center]OKM Turn 6 Intel Status[/center]

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[center]Finland Turn 7 Start Intel Status[/center]



The Soviets remain trapped inside the Vyborg pocket. They also continue to defend north of Lake Ladoga.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGN Turn 7 Start Intel Status[/center]



Again, the Soviets counterattack the lead panzer division and force it to retreat. +1 combat bonus to the rescue is becoming a staple for M60. The Soviets continue to improve their Leningrad defenses but give up on pushing our Panzers back over their Luga River defenses.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGC Turn 7 Start[/center]



The Soviet division remains trapped west of Vitebsk. They were able to re establish lines of communication with Vitebsk. They also to continue their land bridge defenses in front of Smolensk. They fall back east of the Dneiper River and try to reestablish a new defense line.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGS Turn 7 Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Soviets remain in Kiev but they have already evacuated the factories east. They make no attempt to block the progress of 17th Corps to link up with AGC.

[Pitaman]

[center]Romanian Front Turn 7 Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Soviets continue their determined defense of the Dneiper River north and west of the DZ cities. However, it appears they have not defended the River south of these cities. They may be counting on the marshes to hold up our progress.

[Pitaman]

[center]Finland Turn 7 End Intel Status[/center]



The Finnish Army force the surrender of the Soviet units inside Vyborg. They also continue their progress towards Leningrad and continue their offensive to break through the Soviet defenses north of Lake Ladoga.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGN Turn 7 End Intel Status[/center]



AGN continues its slow progress towards Leningrad and manages to isolate 3 Soviet units west of the city. Stalin must have ordered the city held at all costs as they continue to commit their best units to the defense of the city.

28th Corps reaches the Baltic Sea and isolates Tallin from the rest of the country as well as closing the trap on some soviet units.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGC Turn 7 End Intel Status[/center]



2nd Army reforms the pocket around Vitebsk and traps 5 soviet units. 9th Army pushes against the land bridge defenses but makes little progress. 4th Army and the panzer units probes southeast of Smolensk but fuel shortages hamper their progress.

LII Corps, 4th Army reaches Gomel.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGC/ AGS Borders- Pripyet Marsh Turn 7 End Intel Status[/center]



Security units continue to swept the Pripyet Marshes as 17th Corps occupies Chernigov.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGS Turn 7 End Intel Status[/center]



17th Corps is about to envelope Kiev. 17 th Army reaches the Dnieper River.

[Pitaman]

[center]Romanian Front Turn 7 End Intel Status[/center]



The Soviets did not defend the River south of the DZ cities and 1st panzer group moved through the open terrain to envelope the DZ cities defense from the southeast.

[Pitaman]

[center]Finland Turn 8 Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Russians continue to hold their defensive positions on the northern edge of Lake Ladoga. They do fall back towards Leningrad on the Karelian Pennisula.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGN Turn 8 Start Intel Summary[/center]



Again, the Soviets counterattack the lead panzer units in an attempt to delay their progress so they can continue to build up the defenses around Leningrad.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGC Turn 8 Start Intel Summary[/center]



Once again, the Russians break the pocket to help relief Vitebsk. They continue to hold their land bridge defenses but fall back southeast of Smolensk.

[Pitaman]

[center]Pripyet Marshes Turn 8 Start Intel Summary[/center]



17th Corps, 6th Army is about to surround Kiev so the Soviets fall back but leave a unit behind to make us contest for the city.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGS Turn 8 Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Soviets abandon its defenses along the Dneiper River and fall back towards Kharkov and Stalino.

[Pitaman]

[center]Finland Turn 8 End Intel Status[/center]



The Finnish Army continues its push to get around to the east side of Lake Ladoga

[Pitaman]

[center]AGN Turn 8 End Intel Status[/center]



AGN continues to move southeast of Leningrad in an attempt to isolate the city.

[Pitaman]

[center]AGC Turn 8 End Intel Status[/center]



AGC pushes southeast of Smoelnsk. 2nd Army isolates 5 Russian units northeast of Vitibsk.