July 19, 1943: As the fighting for Kursk rages to the north, the reconstituted German 6th Army struggles to contain a serious Soviet assault along the Mius River. General Hollidt has ordered the 23rd Panzer Division, along with its newly acquired sIG 33b assault guns, to capture Hill 213.9. Unfortunately, the supporting attacks of the 16th Panzergrenadier and 306th Infantry Divisions have failed, leaving the panzers to struggle across the ridge alone.
| Soviet | German | |
| Division 1 |
5 Squad Bases 2 ZiS 76.2 Anti-Tank Guns |
9 Squad Bases 4 SdKfz 251 Half-Tracks 1x |
| Division 2 |
8 Squad Bases |
3 Panzer III Tanks 1 Panzer IV Tank 2 sIG 33b Assault Guns 2 StuG III E Assault Gun |
| Strategy Decks | Ground Support 1 Soviet Artillery 1 Combined Air Support 1 (Shared, with “Night Witches” card removed) |
Command 1 SD German Artillery 1 Combined Air Support 1 (Shared, with “Night Witches” card removed) |
| Starting Strategy Cards | 3 | 3 |
| Operations Cards | 040 Lack of Tank Radios 052 Lay Mines 002 Heavy Fog (Applies to Soviet squads and equipment units only. See Special Rules.) |
049A SiG 33B (statistics) (see Special Rules) 049B SiG 33B (abilities) (see Special Rules) 011 Elite Tank Crew 005 Clear Mines |
| Deployment Zone | Division 1: Any of the hexes on maps 6A and 9B. Division 2: Any of the hexes on maps 1B, 8B and 7B. |
Division 1: Any of the hexes on map 10A. Division 2: Any non-hill hex of map 5B. |
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| Objective | Any other result is a Soviet victory (see German objective). | The Germans must control the victory objective at the end of game round 8. |
| Rounds | 8 | |
| Actions per turn | 3 | 3 |
| Reinforcements |
Status Phase 2: Status Phase 5: |
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| Special Rules |
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| Terrain Features | The stream is Shallow. | |
AntiTank
Concealed
Engineer
