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Old June 19th, 2020, 10:57 PM
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Only just started & will be a while 2 other games in progress.
Have to say happy with choice of STG's as I have found in my campaign MkIVs are hard to use in defence due to the weak turret. Pain in general to be honest because they need to avoid the high ground also.
STG,s are set up with ranged capability as they should survive a few hits & MkIVs are not so sensible setup in my book.
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...and tossing in panthers and 94 APC's would mean having to give the Russians more to maintain the balance and they are only 90 units from the max and then you have a monster NOBODY wants to play.
I for one like to play monsters.

The games I set up for myself are usually max size maps, maxed out numbers of units...hehe...


But, I suspect the bulk of Nordland's APCs belonged to its armoured recce bn - which was detached from the division at the time set for the scenario (it was not even in Estonia when the Russian attack at the Blue Mountains kicked off).

The Swedish version of Willhelm Tieke's Tragödie um die Treue (Tragedy of the Faithful) claims that StG 44 began arriving for use by the III. SS Pz-Korps by late summer 1944 - and that it was in use in the field between July 44 and May 45 - (that could I guess mean a general sort of use not necessarily by Nordland units but it doesn't seem to be much of a stretch including them in the scenario IMHO).

Some use of SS Infanterie units certainly seems motivated given the concentration of infantry from the 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS that was present in the fighting...
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Okay, gave this a run. WOW! Do the Russians EVER run out of armor??? The indirect fire by the Russians is very heavy and had me looking for spotters at times.

One oddity, the bottom edge of the map where the German line just stops, the AI tried to send some troops through the woods in that area, caught it but it was okay the AI actually tries things vs rushing across the board.

Overall a good scenario. And I learned to use the shelter bunkers pretty well.
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The Swedish version of Willhelm Tieke's Tragödie um die Treue (Tragedy of the Faithful) claims that StG 44 began arriving for use by the III. SS Pz-Korps by late summer 1944 - and that it was in use in the field between July 44 and May 45 - (that could I guess mean a general sort of use not necessarily by Nordland units but it doesn't seem to be much of a stretch including them in the scenario IMHO).
That is true, but one thing I gleaned from looking at original strength reports is that SS divisions (or generally Panzer Divisions) did not have that many StG44s in general, compared to infantry divisions. As I posted earlier, the Nordland division certainly reported none in June 1944. The last report from them that I have is from March 1945, where they still only report 135 StG44, compared to 578 normal smgs. Also, according to the report, they were not supposed to have any StGs at all, the "Soll" (target number) column is empty.
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Finnished the scenario. The weight of the Soviet attack is hard to beat off, most of my losses were to air and artillery. The second tank wave looks menacing when it approaches even though I did expect plenty of tanks, incl. IS heavies.

I was not able to regain the Kinderheimhöhe (Orphanage Hill) after losing it, also lost all AFVs but one damaged Pz IV, game played the full 56 turns. Ran out of ammo for some units, including some infantry sections that were not wiped out in the center...

The map is very good - compare it to the one in Campaign 007 Langemarck at Narva which deals with the same area. Hex 74,129 and 75,129 reads like wooden bridge(s) on my machine - which does not matter to the scenario of course...
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...from looking at original strength reports is...
Do the strength reports mention anything about rocket half-tracks?

Herbert Poller's unit history of SS-PzAA11 claims there were 4 SdKfz Wurfrahmen in it's 5. Kompanie - which would not have been present at the Blue Hills - but Tieke claims there was one battery of 8cm Vielfachwerfer, a Corps asset I guess.

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Die „Tannenberg-Stellung“ im Kampfraum Narwa bezog die Batterie am 27.7.1944 und verließ sie am 17.9.1944.
Brennpunkt dieses Einsatzes war die „Grenadierhöhe“ bei Narwa...
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Finnished the scenario. The weight of the Soviet attack is hard to beat off, most of my losses were to air and artillery. The second tank wave looks menacing when it approaches even though I did expect plenty of tanks, incl. IS heavies.

I was not able to regain the Kinderheimhöhe (Orphanage Hill) after losing it, also lost all AFVs but one damaged Pz IV, game played the full 56 turns. Ran out of ammo for some units, including some infantry sections that were not wiped out in the center...

The map is very good - compare it to the one in Campaign 007 Langemarck at Narva which deals with the same area. Hex 74,129 and 75,129 reads like wooden bridge(s) on my machine - which does not matter to the scenario of course...

Results sound reasonably historical given the time frame of the scenario compared to the actual span of days the battle lasted

https://travelblogeurope.com/1944-ba...rphanage-hill/
https://www.hobbyhistorica.com/the-w...nimaed-estonia

What was the final score?

Yeah, I was pleased with the map. I originally had not included the Baltic coast but it puts the location in perspective and the area below the RR was more or less impassible and I could have left that out but without the area above and below the main operation area it's just a flat map with some hills
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Do the strength reports mention anything about rocket half-tracks?

Herbert Poller's unit history of SS-PzAA11 claims there were 4 SdKfz Wurfrahmen in it's 5. Kompanie - which would not have been present at the Blue Hills - but Tieke claims there was one battery of 8cm Vielfachwerfer, a Corps asset I guess.
Not sure if I read the diagram right, but it shows 10,5cn and 15cm artillery as usual. That being said, there is another units with "attached to SS A11" with symbols I don't know. These are crossed out though.
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What was the final score?
Marginal victory, 13 600 vs 2200 pts.

500 German losses, 2200 Soviet. The majority of AFVs on both sides knocked out or damaged (immobilized). Orphange Hill in Soviet hands, Grenadier Hill contested at game's end.
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That result is about where I expected it to be with an experienced human player. In one AI vs AI playout the result was 10572 vs 2669 with losses 716 vs 1306

I am thinking of setting the German armour to be reinforcements. That will give the player a bit more variability

As an aside, I played that out three times AI vs AI and each time the German A0 moved to the front and always around this area and he was given a 98 " do not react"



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A quote from a book about the battle................"On the hills all vegetation was gone. The hills that only a few days ago had been covered in lush green forest looked more like two mounds of gravel, covered in shell holes"
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