Rail Yard Blues
“Totenkopf” SS panzer kampfgruppe attacks a Soviet held rail yard and village during the Kessel battles near Kirovograd in early January 1944.
Map Size: 1km x 1.2km
Total Points Combined: 7000
Fictional
- Author: George McEwan
- Version: 1.1 with some minor German OOB changes
- Date: January 1944
- Region: Russia
- Battle Type: German Attack. Fictional
- Game Length: 45 variable
- Time: Dawn
- Ground Condition: Light snow
- Temperature: cold
- Weather: Fog
- Defender: Soviets (dug in)
- Map Contours: Gentle 1.25m
- Flag type: Static – there are 3 flags each worth 300 points.
Axis/Allied Bonus: none
Play recommendations
Best played as H2H or as the Germans Vs Soviet AI; for the first attempt playing against the AI use ‘stick to scenario default', depending on your experience give AI a combat experience bonus e.g. crack players +3; veteran players +2; regular players +1; green players no bonus.
Information Sources
This is a fictional scenario and is based on accounts of actual actions covered in:
“Armour Battles of the Waffen SS, 1943 – 45” by Will Fey
“Chronicle of the 7. Panzer Kompanie 1 st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte” by Ralf Tiemann.
“From The Don to The Dnepr” by David M. Glantz
“Steel Storm: Waffen SS Panzer Battles on the Eastern Front 1943 – 1945” by Tim Ripley.