Gross Deutschland Kursk LCG

[Jason Petho]

Back in the saddle and after going some new Order of Battle listings in Cold War, showing off some of the new Warsaw Pact countries, we dove back into the East Front Linked Campaign that deals with Gross Deutschland at Kursk. The first scenario was filled with far too many losses, but we did manage to be successful in our attack and exit off the board. The second scenario looks like more of that beating ourselves against Russian defenders that seem to know how to shoot. It's a bloody affair, but a lot of fun!

https://youtu.be/EvJDj9DBvLI

[Jason Petho]

We dove back in to the Linked Campaign where my core unit is a kampfgruppe of the Gross Deutschland during the Battle of Kursk. It's a doozy of a fight and we're suffering far too man casualties. We burned through two scenarios during this session, successfully, but the last one was a nail biter as there was a massive counter attack by T-34's and KV tanks. Talk about a nightmare and a half! But good fun, setting up ambushes - well, attempting too anyway!

https://youtu.be/pC3RFBWMDw8

[Peter Fisla]

Hi Jason, I like this campaign. I'm playing for the first time, first scenario...it looks interesting

[Jason Petho]

It's a doozy indeed!

Watch your losses in the beginning, you don't get a lot of replacements nor do you get a lot of reinforcements!

[Peter Fisla]

It's a doozy indeed!

Watch your losses in the beginning, you don't get a lot of replacements nor do you get a lot of reinforcements!

Yes, I'm finding that out the hard way

[Jason Petho]

Campaign Series East Front: After a brief update we dove back into the Gross Deutschland Linked Campaign that details the fighting around Kursk. We finished off the fourth scenario today with a minor victory. It was a rough go as there was some T-34's and KV tanks in my rear, but I managed to overcome and secure the towns we needed to hold the day. Next we are being sent over to the west to help 3rd Panzer Division, as they appear to be stalled. Next session will be extra exciting as we are expecting a large tank counter attack in our sector and we've been giving a couple handfuls of Panzer IVF2's to help! Exciting times!

https://youtu.be/AhlzeceR6nI

[Jason Petho]

We dove into the fifth scenario of the Linked Campaign Game and we were doing exceptionally well. We were expecting tanks in the south to make their appearance from a forested area. We waited and waited in a devious ambush with our Tigers and Panzer IVF2s ready to wipe out the hordes of Russian tanks, based on the description the scenario designer noted. Of course, being a completely evil scenario designer myself, I should have known better. When the tanks game, it turned into a cluster firetruck. What a fight, a nasty fight, but a fun fight!

https://youtu.be/OaB3XpFN4io

[Jason Petho]

Ah it's good to be back! We dove back into the Gross Deutschland Linked Campaign as we are fighting in the Kursk battle. We finished the 5th scenario after some intense scraps and losses of StuG-III's. It had been awhile since we had played and I had completely forgotten about the entire right flank. HA! After the successful fight we dove into the next where we held a flank waiting for a counterattack while we skirted the Russian defences to continue our advance north. There was a battalion of T34's supported by KV's, but we survived that scrap to move to the 7th battle. It looks like a twin valley advance towards defended objectives, much the same as the previous fighting, but for this battle, we've been given a company of Tigers. TIGERS! Woohoo!

https://youtu.be/kaguJ0kOX5M