On Monday I was able to head to my buddy's house again and play some Bolt Action. His son was up and he wanted to take his Russian Army for a test drive. My buddy had been working on Hungarians and he wanted to take them out for a spin too.
We did the same as last. Rolled for control of the board and then picked terrain pieces. The farm was already established. Major pieces were a large farm field, a hill, a pond and woods. One side of the table was a bit terrain heavy, but there was some scatter terrain around. A railroad track, orchard and random fields were added, but these were small and provided no real tactical advantage.
Point values were huge for this game. Over 3,400 for the Russians which my buddy and I split up between our Hungarian and German Units. I fielded two Fallshirmjager squads which was supported by Luftwaffe Field Division, a light mortar, Panzershrek team and a sniper team. They were upported by a StuG assault gun. They were being supported by a half-track as well. Platoon 2 consisted of 2 Waffen SS Unit squads, a mortar team,a sniper team, a panzershrek team, a Tiger tank, a light howitzer, a medium mortar with spotter and a half-track.
Took a long time before any real infantry combat occurred. Tanks pushed forward and began firing at one another. The Tiger proved to be useful halting the advance of Russian armor on the right flank. Infantry units were slowed down by the constant rocket artillery attacks. One attack wiped out a panzershrek team as it was moving up to support Hungarian armor. The Hungarian armored car came under fire by Russian armor and anti-tank rifles, but held on and was able to retreat back to safety.
Hungarian cavalry assisted but they were stopped and proved to be combat ineffective as the continually were pinned down by fire and failed orders. Units moved up to assist but began taking causalities.
Infantry was able to move up and take position behind a rock wall. Fighting was intense and both sides fought hard but in the end one unit was killed, but the victors retreated. A T-34 was pinned down o the roadway by the Hungarian armor and the Tiger. The Tiger missed knocking out the tank on it first shot (bad luck on the roll), but was able to stun the crew and damage the turret.
A KV-2 pushed ahead and was in the sights of the Pak 40. The PaK fired but missed. The KV 2 approached the farm and the Luftwaffe Field Division opened up with 2 panzerfausts. Both missed.
In the end the Russian had a tactical victory but did take causalities.
Fallshirmjager PaK40
Mortar teams
A Waffen SS Unit moves in toward the orchard.
Overhead view of the battle field.
Fallshirmjager sniper team in the woods. 3d Printed Hungarian armored car in front.
Puma taking a shot at a T-34.
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