OAF 47.3 "BLOOD AND STEEL"

VICTORY CONDITIONS:The Russian player wins by earning 6 or more Victory Points. The Russian player earns 1 victory point for each AFV exited off the north edge of board 4 via hex A5/A6 and 1 Victory Point for each German squad eliminated. The German player wins by preventing a Russian victory.

BOARD LAYOUT:

SCENARIO SEQUENCE:

GERMAN FORCES:

• Elements of the GROSS DEUTSCHLAND PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION -: Set up north of hexrow AA using HIP (42).
  • 1x9-2; 1x9-1; 1x7-0; 3x468; 8xPF; 3xBazooka

RUSSIAN FORCES:

• Advancing Russian armor column - enter via GG5/GG6 along the south edge on Turn 1:
  • 4xT34; 3xSU122

SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

• OAF 47.3.1: TERRAIN: Wheatfields do not exist, treat as open ground. Hexes E8 & U8 are marsh hexes;. no units may setup or enter these hexes. They are considered Open Ground for LOS purposes only. U8 is not a woods hex in this scenario, treat as open ground. The roads do not exist.

• OAF 47.3.2: If available, use COI 468 counters, otherwise use 467 counters and consider only the squads as being Fanatic.
  

• OAF 47.3.3: For the purpose of this scenario only, Rules 25. & 25.42 are altered to read as:
  

  • 25. Ignore the word "moves" between the words "fires," and "makes".
    

  • 25.42 Concealed infantry units (not hidden, 42) may move and still maintain their concealed status provided that no hex moved into or from lies within the LOS of an unbroken enemy unit. The opponent may check LOS possibilities to a moving concealment counter without having to fire (19.3), and if a LOS does exist, the concealed status is immediately lost whether the opponent fires or not.
    

  • 25.421 Concealed infantry in a building/woods hex may move during the Advance Phase within the LOS of an enemy unit without losing their concealed status providing the hexside crossed intersects a building/woods symbol and the hex moved into does not contain an enemy unit.
    

  • 25.422 Hidden units may forfeit their hidden status to become concealed units in order to move as per 25.42.
    

  • 25.423 Concealment counters may exist in an open ground hex until they are in the LOS of an enemy unit.

• OAF 47.3.4: If available, use the Panzerschreck counters from COI, if not, then use the American Bazooka counters to represent the German Panzerschreck. Regardless of which counters are used to represent the German Panzerschreck, Bazooka rules (37.4) are in effect. The Bazooka TO HIT tables are used to determine any TO HIT probabilities and the Panzerfaust column on the TO KILL Table are used to determine the outcome of any hit.

CREDITS: This scenario published in ON ALL FRONT, Issue 47 and was used at ORIGINS 1986 ON ALL FRONTS Squad Leader Tournament. It was adapted for Squad Leader play by John Letts from the Cross of Iron TAHGC Scenario D "Delaying Action". Further clarifications for tournament play were made by Bill Thomson.