WG207"PETER RABBIT"

Scenario Design by Pete Pollard with further development by Bill Thomson, Phil Grasha, and Bill Sosnicki; Updated 061015

East Front in Russia, August 12, 1941: Adolph Hitler issues Directive No. 34 on the conduct of operations. The Army Group South is to prevent the enemy from re-occupying the eastern bank of the Dnieper, and to occupy the Crimea, the industrial district of Kharkov and the coalfields of the Donetz Basin. Russian forces from surrounding areas have desperately begun to dig in and setup a defensive position long the eastern areas of the Dnieper in the hopes of stopping or delaying the advancing force of Army Group South into the basin.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: The Germans must exit 8 squads, (AFV's do not count), off the North edge and eliminate 7 squads or their equivalent (AFV's count as 2). Russian Player wins by avoiding the German Victory Conditions.

BOARD LAYOUT:

NORTH	19
	16

SCENARIO SEQUENCE:

Russians Setup First	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	END
Germans Move First

RUSSIAN FORCES:

AT START: Set up north of hex row M (inclusive)
1x9-1, 1x8-0, 1x7-0, 10x447, 3x237, 2xLMG, 1xMMG, 1xRadio, 2xENT, 1xInf37*, 1xMtr82, 1xBA-32(37L)
TURN 2: Reinforcements must enter on either road hex on the north edge:
2xBA-32(45L)
TURN 5: Reinforcements must enter on either road hex on the north edge:
1xBT-7A

GERMAN FORCES:

AT START: Set up south of hex row Z (inclusive):
1x9-2, 2x8-1, 7x467, 3xLMG, 1xMMG, 1xMTR50, 1xSPW251/2, 1xSTGIIIB
TURN 2: Armor reinforcements; enter on either the east or west board edge south of hexrow Y inclusive:
1xPzKwIIIE
TURN 3: Reinforcements enter on south edge
1x10-2, 1x8-0, 3x548, 2x838, 1x247, 2xLMG, 1xDC, 1xATR, 3xSmoke, 2xSPW251/1, 3xSPW251/2, 1xAT37L, 1xSPW250/3.

SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

WG207.1: Russian may not request for AR until turn 2.
WG207.2:: Orchards as per COD rules.
WG207 3: The German's may place a total of 3 smoke counters during the game via either an 838 or 548. Only the 838s may use DCs.
WG207.4: SIDE SELECTION PROCEDURE: Each player takes one marker of each nationality and simultaneously reveals their choice of side. If opposing sides are selected, those sides are assigned. If the same side is chosen, the players bid for side with the lower rated (seed) player bidding first. Bids may start at '0' and progress in whole numbers only. The bid is the number of dominate AT START squads to be added to the opposing side. The bid continues until one player accepts the opposing side whose force is augmented with that bid. Please report the bid, winning side and comments (i.e. uneven die rolls at key moments) as this data will be used for balance modification the scenario prior to its published form.

PLAYTEST STATUS: This scenario is currently in playtest (Beta Release), please contact Squad Leader Academy to join this effort. The 'final' version will be published as a SQLA/Wargame Academy (WGA) scenario pack.