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Comrades,

last, but not least, Tutorial '45! A rather small tutorial to demonstrate how to use artillery to blast your way through entrenched/fortified enemies (or at least to help the grunts with its support!) and how to delegate formation(s) to the PO. The follow up slides will be posted tomorrow...

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

Looking forward to this, Herr Oberst!

OK, the plan. Have a look at the situation and proceed (I will attach the scenario file(s) later on, after the 'lesson').

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

OK, some more specific instructions in order for everybody to follow how to assign a formation to the PO and how to let it execute its moves.

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

So far Marshall Elmerovski's independent command executed its moves in a logical manner...

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

A good example (unfortunately!) what a 'Failed Proficiency Check' means... The plan to bombard the enemy's position for four consecutive rounds... didn't materialise! After two rounds, that's just it.

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

Al look at the other side and some extracts from the toawlog...
Oberst Klink will execute his turn and is going to explain some other interesting aspects - counter-battery fire...

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

OK, there are strong indications we're more or less are against a substantial
Soviet attack force; According to the reports by I/VG.Rgt.1061, its position was
shelled by at last a reinforced mixed artillery regiment.

Klink, Oberst

Range circles and other little interesting things worth knowing...

Klink, Oberst

Know we know WHY it is important to KNOW the equipment at your disposal. Unfortunately, comrade Polkovnik Evgeni Ivanovich Kirov (in charge of coordinating the artillery) didn't... and was escorted back to the rear by the NKVD troops of comrade commissar Anatoli Kuragin... What went wrong? Well, some of the artillery equipment had a shorter range than the other artillery component of the unit. And, if there are not within range... they don't fire, simple... The replacement of Evgeni Ivanovich certainly won't make the same mistake again...

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

OK! Welcome the new artillery officer - Leytenant Polkovnik Maxim 'Vitalevich' Polkov!
He seems to understand how to move up artillery units towards the front, set them on
tactical reserve (they had to move quite some distances...), save potential combat round
'burns' and of course, maximize the firepower of all other units, incl. proper range
settings!

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

No more time to waste - attack!

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

We predicted our losses would be heavy, but... The attack somehow lacked of
momentum and for whatever reason... see for yourselves.

Extracts:
Combat : Weighted direct combat losses: 7%
Combat : Check morale: Soviet Union 5th Gds.Tank.Spt, 3rd Ind.Ski.Btl, ouch=66,ouch threshold=50.
Assault Ratio:No attackers, modifier = 100.
Combat : Morale check failed (demoralized).

Combat : Weighted direct combat losses: 5%
Combat : Check morale: Soviet Union 5th Gds.Tank.Spt, 1st Ind.Ski.Btl, ouch=50,ouch threshold=50.
Combat : Morale check failed (loss tolerance exceeded).
Assault Ratio:No attackers, modifier = 100.

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

Orders from Berlin: Hold at all costs, fight until the last bullet!

Klink, Oberst

OK, yet another try. We could tell our troops to attack in wave after wave(s), ignoring their losses, but neither our supply situation allows it, nor do we have men to replace the potential casualties!

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

It worked, comrades! But, the defenders fought tenaciously, especially their squads equipped with automatic weapons and Panzerfausts!

Combat : Axis weapons firing on Soviet Union BA-64 Armored Car.
ATCombat : Rfl Sqd + le.MG42(2) PzF 60 current terrain/lighting/weather dependent accuracy: 50%.
ATCombat : BA-64 Armored Car target cross section bias: 57%.
ATCombat : Rfl Sqd + le.MG42(2) PzF 60 current effective accuracy vs. BA-64 Armored Car: 28%.
ATCombat : Chance of penetration on BA-64 Armored Car [1 @ 72 degrees -> 1] by Rfl Sqd + le.MG42(2) PzF 60 [8] is 100%.
ATCombat : Effective hit on Soviet Union BA-64 Armored Car by Axis Rfl Sqd + le.MG42(2) PzF 60.
Combat : BA-64 Armored Car destroyed. (specificAttrit=4)

Combat : Axis weapons firing on Soviet Union BA-64 Armored Car.
ATCombat : MPi 38/40 Sqd PzF 60 current terrain/lighting/weather dependent accuracy: 50%.
ATCombat : BA-64 Armored Car target cross section bias: 57%.
ATCombat : MPi 38/40 Sqd PzF 60 current effective accuracy vs. BA-64 Armored Car: 28%.
ATCombat : Chance of penetration on BA-64 Armored Car [1 @ 90 degrees -> 1] by MPi 38/40 Sqd PzF 60 [8] is 100%.
ATCombat : Effective hit on Soviet Union BA-64 Armored Car by Axis MPi 38/40 Sqd PzF 60.
Combat : BA-64 Armored Car destroyed. (specificAttrit=6)

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

OK, time to get some nosh, a ciggie (Yes, I should have quit!)...

Time for a Q&A session of some sort, eh?

Drop us your 1st impressions/feedback/suggestions... we'll continue with the slides later, OK?

Klink, Oberst
Klinkovski, Polkovnik

OK, we got them on the run, for the moment at least. The tanks were committed on the
attack against the already de-entrenched and possible demoralised defender. It worked.
Now we have to wait how the other side might react.

Klinkovski, Polkovnik

Could be better, but also could be worse. Losses have been not too serious... so far.
Time to cover our retreat across the river and delay the Soviets as good as we can.

Klink, Oberst

OK, let's keep'm pushing hard... but let's give our artillery some rest.

Klinkovski, Polkovnik