One of the last german operation on the Hungarian Soil in 1945 to liberate Budapest. On the 7th of january the 7th russian elite (guard) tank company occupied the village named Zámoly, equipped with T-34, Is-2, Su-85 and land-lease Sherman tanks and halftrucks. The parts of the 3rd armoured division's panzergrenadiers, and panzers (PzVI.B, Panther, Jagdpanther, PzIV) with the hungarian SS Kampfgruppe-Ney made a suprise attack against the resting, digged in soviet forces.
Soviet | German | |
Division 1 |
5 Squad Bases 6 Sherman Tank |
3 Squad Bases 2 Panzer IV Tank 1x AntiTank |
Division 2 |
5 Squad Bases 2 Sherman Tank |
5 Squad Bases 2 Panzer IV Tank 1x Flamethrower |
Strategy Decks | American Air Support 1 American Reinforcements 1 |
Ground Support 1 Morale 1 Supply 1 |
Starting Strategy Cards | 1 | 2 |
Operations Cards | 013 Desperate Defenders 002 Heavy Fog (shared) |
009 Tank Ace 011 Elite Tank Crew 010 Inspiring Leadership 002 Heavy Fog (shared) |
Deployment Zone | Zámoly, 3A-11A-1A boards | On the marked hexes of the 9B-10A-7B boards |
Starting Initiative | ||
Objective | The soviets have to stop the germanhungarian attack. | The germans must occupy the village, Zámoly. |
Rounds | 8 | |
Actions per turn | 5 | 5 |
Reinforcements | Russians can call reinforcements two times after the 4. round. (Two GMC trucks with 1-1 regular squads) | - |
Special Rules | The Sherman tanks should be substituted by russian T-34, Is-2, Su-76, Su-85 tank models. | The Tigers of the Division Two's (3rd Armoured division) are Königtigers and Jagdpanthers and Panthers |
Terrain Features | Te weather is bad: The snow is falling, the temperaure is about 1 to -1 celsius. |