TAHGC 14"The Paw of the Tiger"

Updated 051205; rev 0


SOUTH OF LENINGRAD, January 12, 1943:
Throughout the winter of 1942-43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks ot relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hardpresssed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing, their lines became progressively thinner. Finally, the Gemrans had to develop a trip wire defence fo light local forces, back by a 'fire brigade' mobiel force, which was quickly dispatched to the inevitable breakthrough sector. Such a fire brigade was 1st Company, Tiger Battalion 502, with ace tanker Captian Hans Bolter, who was called upon to halt a major Russian armore incrusion by a full battalion of the 122 Tank Brigade.

RULE LIMITATIONS: All rules through 82.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: The Russians win by exiting four tanks with functioning main armament off the west edge of board 2, providing there are no mobile German tanks left on board 2 during the player turn in which the fourth Russian tank exits. The German wins by preventing teh Russian victory conditions.

BOARD LAYOUT:
NORTH
5
4
2
SCENARIO SEQUENCE:
Germna sets up first
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
END
Russian moves first
AXIS FORCES:
RUSSIAN FORCES:
SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:
AFTERMATH: The Tigers and their MkIV escort arrived just in time to bolster the feeble infantry positions. Though heavily outnumbered, the combination of Tiger superiority and Bolter's superb gunnary carried the day, and the backbone of the Russian 122nd Tank Brigade was smashed.