Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Germany and Hungary and Warlord Games 00:43
Yesterday evening, on Thurdsay 23 we played last battle in our Budapest campaign – we used scenario supply drop where Germany tried to supply they and they ally soldiers with equipment and food by air.
We played in Wrocław, Poland in Bolter.
Summary:
– it was much better than last time, unfortunately our side losed, so Budapest stand free for some more time.
– thanks for everyone for this event.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Germany and Warlord Games 01:38
Yesterday we played another game representing siege of Budapest – after initial fail with getting into the city in previous scenario, Red Army finally reached outskirts of the city and prepared assault on the city itself.
Summary:
– one more game and we will learn more, thank you guys Rafał from Bolter.pl, our enemies from Germans&Hungarians side: Daniel, Karol, Kuba, Maciej and our side: Franek, Krzysiu and Łukasz. Thank you all for game!
– it was German and Hungarians victory(*).
– at least we destroyed Panther and Puma from vehicles.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Germany and Warlord Games 23:48
Today we started Budapest campaign where Red Army attempted to take capital of Hungary from march. On they way stood German panzers from feline family, famous Tigers I, Konigtigers and the best of them – Panthers. We played in Bolter in company of good comrades – thank you Ostrów for coming to us.
Summary:
– thank you guys for great game!
– especially people responsible for Order Dices – I always forget at some moment about them 😉 .
– as better is always enemy of good, I will think what we can improve during such epic games.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Finlandia 05:14
Today we played last game of our campaing during Winter War. We played in Bolter.pl, under sponsorship of IPN. Official post about this event is on IPN profile here.
Summary:
– forces weren’t balanced, one KV-1 did most work on flanking Finns near village,
– the most powerful gun used by Finns was great 37 mm Bofors, unhapilly doesn’t destroyed anything,
– game was good, still we should find balance – for me most of Soviets should be inexperienced and Finns should be regular or veterans,
– IPN was again sponsor, so I’m glad, that they are there and hope to see them again.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Bolter.pl and Finlandia and IPN and Warlord Games 23:14
Today we played second game in our Winter War campaing of 1939′ – Soviet troops were advancing into Finnland, but brave Finns were preparing ambush – Soviet troops were separated in several pockets called in Finish „motti”. Yes, you can see there one big beast – KV-1 tank – along prototypes single tank was used for tests.
Main target for Red Army was to free they units from pockets and go from one side of the table to the other along heavily forested road. Soviet tanks in pockets have fuel issues, the trucks are objectives to be destroyed by Finns.
Our sponsor is Institute of National Remembrance called shortly IPN (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej).
We played in Bolter, Wrocław, Poland – we are open to play with ppl who speak English – Germans, Russians, Czechs and everyone generally 😉 . I invited my Russian friend, but he was invited by his colleagues to a bowl.
Summary:
– after all it was great to find common sense in playing again Bolt Action, as it’s really great game from Warlord Games, especially playing such events.
– for me we should remember soldiers of both sides, all the time I think that most of them could be a friends in normal times, of course we should remember who was invader and why.
– link to KV-1 I will add tomorrow.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Finlandia and Warlord Games 23:35
Today in Bolter, Wrocław, PL we played first scenario covering Winter War, when Soviet Union invaded small but brave land of Finns. IPN (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej in eng. Institute of National Remembrance) took patronage over this event – here is they Wrocław page.
After taking before half of Poland IInd Republic along with Nazi Germany and Slovakia, Soviet Union turn they eyes onto Finland – sparsely populated and heavily forested country which border was 30 kilometers from Leningrad (all the time Sankt Petersburg), too close for Soviet officials – more about it here: Winter War 1939-1940.
Summary:
– it was interesting battle and as part of campaing will be continued.
– Finns held Soviet advance destroying most of the vehicles.
– first game in Bolt Action for a long time of absence.
– Hope that next time will remember all names of co-players.
Some great links about Finns:
– http://www.andreaslarka.net/
– https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/MAIN.html
Some photos:
– https://www.businessinsider.com/ussr-russia-finald-wwii-winter-war-photos-2017-3
– https://www.rferl.org/a/finlands-winter-war-with-the-soviet-union/30280490.html
Something about use experimental tanks by Red Army:
– http://armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2//battles/winterwar/KV_finn.htm
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Germany and Warlord Games 14:50
🇵🇱 W ostatnią sobotę zagraliśmy w Planszóweczce w Astrze bitwę na 1250 punktów na stronę. Do starcia doszło w niewielkiej wiosce pod koniec II wojny światowej.
Początek starcia – celem obu stron było zdobycie przewagi w liczbie kości rozkazu.
🇬🇧 Last Saturday, we played a 1250-point-per-side battle at Planszóweczka in Astra. The clash took place in a small village near the end of the Second World War.
The beginning of the battle – both sides aimed to gain the advantage in order dice.
🇵🇱 Podsumowanie:
– Po raz pierwszy trafiłem z moździerza już przy pierwszym strzale.
– Ani razu nie udało mi się trafić z działa ZiS-3, a ze snajperem nie było wcale lepiej.
– BA-6 i odwaga skończyły się utratą tego samochodu pancernego.
– Na szczęście radziecka technologia w końcu zaczęła działać i T-34-85 wyeliminował Panterę.
– Dynamiczna gra w doborowym towarzystwie.
– Moja rozpiska.
🇬🇧 Summary:
– For the first time, I scored a hit with my mortar on its very first shot.
– I did not manage to hit anything with the ZiS-3 even once, and things did not go any better with the sniper.
– The BA-6 and a bit too much bravery ended with the loss of that armoured car.
– Fortunately, Soviet technology finally started working, and the T-34-85 took out the Panther.
– A dynamic game in excellent company.
– My army list.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Warlord Games 14:01
🇵🇱 W końcu skończyłem model czołgu KW (od ministra Klimenta Woroszyłowa): warianty KW-1 z armatą 76,2 mm oraz KW-2 z haubicą 152 mm. O ile wariant KW-2 był gotowy od dawna, to wariant KW-1 czekał na dowódcę oraz na numerację (chciałem nadać mu numery historyczne). Historycznie: na początku wojny radziecko-niemieckiej w 1941′ roku Związek Radziecki dysponował liczbą ponad 500 wozów bojowych tego typu (na 22k czołgów w ogóle) – moim zdaniem był to najnowocześniejszy czołg ciężki tego okresu (bez wątpienia lepszy od francuskiego Char B1-Bis, inne nacje nie posiadały odpowiednika – niemiecki najcięższy czołg produkowany wtedy seryjnie to udany czołg średni PzKpfv.IV). KW dowolnej wersji były właściwie niezniszczalne dla niemieckiej broni pancernej czy przeciwpancernej tamtego okresu. Na ogół do ich niszczenia używano słynnych dział przeciwlotniczych acht coma acht czy ciężkiej artylerii. I tak pod Rosieni pojedynczy KW-2 zatrzymał na cały dzień niemiecką dywizję, walcząc aż do wyczerpania amunicji. Pod Krasnogvardeysk zgrupowanie pięciu KW-1 pod dowódctwem Zinoviy Kolobanova zatrzymało awangardę niemieckiej 6 Dywizji Pancernej. Armia Czerwona bez strat własnych zniszczyła 43 niemieckie czołgi oraz dwa holowane działa. A zapewne o niejednej bitwie nie wiemy, w końcu wielu świadków tych bojów poległa w bezsensownej wojnie na wyniszczenie.
🇬🇧 Finally I finished model of tank KV (from minister Kliment Voroshilov): variants of KV-1 with 76,2 mm gun and also KV-2 with 152 mm howitzer. KV-2 was finished in past, jet KV-1 was waiting for a leader and numbers (I wanted to give it some historical numbers). Historically: at the start of Soviet-German war Soviet Union had something more than 500 combat vehicles of this type (on total number of tanks counting 22 thousands) – in my opinion it was the best heavy tank of this period of war (better than French Char B1-Bis, other nation did not had such tank, German heaviest tank used that time was great PzKpfv.IV). KV of any version were almost indestructible for German tanks or antitank guns of this period. In many cases to destroy them Germans used famous acht coma acht antiaircraft guns and heavy artillery. And so on Rosieni single KV-2 hold on entire German division for whole day, fighting till the end of ammo. On Krasnogvardeysk group of five KV-1 under leadership of Zinoviy Kolobanov hold spearhead of German 6th Panzer Div. Red Army without losing a single tank destroyed 43 German tanks and two towed guns. Probably we don’t know about many other battles, as many witness perished during this pointless total war.
Obrazek z wikipedii gdzie znalazłem inspirację do oznaczenia KW-1. Picture from wikipedia where I found inspiration for numbers on KV-1.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Red Army and Warlord Games 14:17
🇵🇱 W końcu, po chyba około roku, ukończyłem ten bardzo ładny żywiczny model od Warlord Games. Na samym początku zgubiłem – albo być może nigdy w ogóle nie miałem – karabinów maszynowych, więc ostatecznie dodałem DShK z innego modelu.
🇬🇧 Finally, after what must have been about a year, I finished this very nice resin model from Warlord Games. At the very beginning, I either lost the machine guns – or perhaps never had them in the first place – so in the end I added a DShK taken from another model.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Germany and Red Army and Warlord Games 21:16
🇵🇱 22 czerwca 1941 roku rozpoczęła się jedna z największych kampanii wojskowych w dziejach świata. Nazistowskie Niemcy zaatakowały Związek Radziecki. Razem z Marianem rozegraliśmy niewielkie starcie graniczne — po 600 punktów na stronę, korzystając z list armii z początkowego okresu operacji Barbarossa.
🇬🇧 22 June 1941 marked the beginning of one of the largest military campaigns in world history. Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Together with Marian, I played a small border clash — 600 points per side, using army lists from the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa.
🇵🇱 Podsumowanie:
– To była zupełnie inna gra niż te, które rozgrywałem dotąd w późniejszym okresie wojny.
– Rozgrywka miała w sobie coś z filmu akcji, ale nie brakowało też zwrotów wydarzeń jak z książek poświęconych temu okresowi.
– Niemieccy pionierzy z pewnością zasłużyli tego dnia na wysokie odznaczenia za odwagę na polu bitwy.
🇬🇧 Summary:
– It was a completely different game from the ones I had played so far in the later stages of the war.
– The battle felt like something out of an action film, but with twists worthy of books written about that period.
– The German pioneers certainly earned high decorations for bravery on the battlefield that day.
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