Battle Group Barbarossa

We played the Hard Road East Scenario with 800 point battle groups.
The Russians had more Scouts and got the first turn

Livi's T-35

This is action in the centre of the table Livi's T-35 was our sole Vanguard unit and held out for a three turns, My Bt-7s with tank riders stormed up the road in the face of David's Panzer 3s and German infantry

David's Panzer 4s Burning

Sparky got these Panzers 4s into a blocking position but a sole BT-7 knocked these 2 out, with two Panzer 2 rolling a Beyond the call of Duty twice in the battle.  A hero of the Soviet Unit, the crew of that BT-7 was forced to bail and was cut down by a German mg crew. This is the very tank below lurking in a wood with one of his burning victims. note he had fired 8 shots at this point

Hero of the Soviet Union!

Livis Guard rocket battery

The rocket battery only fired once in the game, Livi normally only does a barrage but I asked he deploy on the field.  Dont do this it is a serious tactical MISTAKE

David's Panzer 3s

David's Panzer 2s

 The German's nearly took all of the objectives and came forward , the Russians had to mass the BT-7s for the counter attack and the Stal, Stal rule got us back in the game

David's infantry

David's trucks

David brought his trucks right in the forward zone of the battle to stay in the fight.

Livis T-34s

The T-34s delivered consistent fire power and held off the Germans to give us time to build reserves, Livi sent this T-34 forward on reserve move right into the Panzer 3s.  Again a great set of rules which  delivered a see saw battle