Polish Home Army vs Panzer Pioneers

1575 LW game. Scenario is Dust up. Chris is playing Panzer Pioneers, I am playing the Polish Home Army list. The Polish are mostly fearless conscript, with some trainer squads. Panzer Pioneers are confident vets.

Scott's Polish Home Army HQ & 2iC boots w/ Panzerfausts (FC) AK Squad with 21 boots, 5 pioneers, a piat, and a flamer (FC) Kedyw Squad with 9 boots, all fausts, one flamer (FT) Kedyw Squad with 9 boots, all fausts, one flamer (FT) 2x Panthers (FT) 2x Armored cars (FT) 6x Mortars (FC) 6x 105's with observer (FC) 2x Pak40 (FC)

Chris's Panzer Pioneers HQs with fausts and shreck Full squad of pioneer boots w/ supply truck Full squad of pioneer boots w/ supply truck Armored pioneer boots in haltracks with stuka de fuss 2x Tigers 4x 105s 2x Pak 40s

SETUP AND DEPLOYMENT

My arty on a hill, guarded by some Pak40s

His boots scattered around objectives

UNITS IN RESERVE
Scott's Polish Home Army 1x Kedyw boots squad 2x panthers 2x armored cars mortar squad	Chris's Panzer Pioneers armored boots squad 2x tigers 105s

DEPLOYMENT SUMMARY

Scott's Polish Home Army: AK boots, one Kedyw boots, arty, and pak 40s on board. Chris's Panzer Pioneers: 2x boots squads and pak40s on board.

TURN 1

Polish boots moved at the double through the woods with their special rule!

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Scott's Polish Home Army	Chris's Panzer Pioneers

TURN 1 SUMMARY

Scott's Polish Home Army: Boots move through the woods at the double, arty fails to range in anywhere Chris's Panzer Pioneers: Stuff digs in.

TURN 2

AK boots move towards the building

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Scott's Polish Home Army 1x AK boots	Chris's Panzer Pioneers

TURN 2 SUMMARY

Scott's Polish Home Army: boots continue to move at the double for the building, Kedyw squad digs in inside the woods, probably should have rearranged the flamer for a better shot next turn. Chris's Panzer Pioneers: Pak 40s kill one AK boot that moved at the double

TURN 3

Tigers lurking in the woods

How many bodies can we get through the door!

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Scott's Polish Home Army 2x AK boots	Chris's Panzer Pioneers

TURN 3 SUMMARY

Scott's Polish Home Army: AK boots starts to move inside the building. Kedyw move out for an assault but did not get the expect smoke support, so they stay put. Chris's Panzer Pioneers: Pak40s kill another boots that moved at the double. Tigers come on the board.

TURN 4

Pioneers open up on Kedyw, killing 2 and pinning them.

Tigers kill one Pak40 and run away into the trees. Cowards.

AK boots moving into the building. It takes forever for these huge squads to get in.

Panthers on the prowl

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Scott's Polish Home Army 2x AK boots 2x Kedyw boots	Chris's Panzer Pioneers

TURN 4 SUMMARY

Scott's Polish Home Army: Panthers arrive and start booking it towards my home area to defend against the Tigers. AK boots move into building some more. (Fearless) Kedyw do not unpin, so they sit out in the open to die. Chris's Panzer Pioneers: Armored pioneers come on the board.

TURN 5

So Kedyw flamers are homebuilt, meaning if I roll a one on the to hit, they count as destroyed when they are removed. This guy setting himself on fire means the squad now has to test morale after he shoots, but before they can assault!

...which they make! (Only to die horribly in defensive fire)

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Scott's Polish Home Army 2x AK boots 5x Kedyw boots, including the flamer who ignited himself	Chris's Panzer Pioneers 1x pioneer boots

TURN 5 SUMMARY

Scott's Polish Home Army: Kedyw flamer ignites himself. Push on the assault with 4 stands, lose three in defensive fire. Survivor fails to do anything and is smashed in return. Chris's Panzer Pioneers: 105s come on. 2 more Kedyw die while sitting in the open.

TURN 6

Here come the conscripts! I hope I get smoke, cause assaulting with conscript blobs and no Quality of Quanity might suck.

Good thing conscript arty smokes just as good as veteran arty!

AK flamer sets himself on fire as well. 2/3 flamers commit seppuku.

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Scott's Polish Home Army 2x AK boots Kedyw platoon Pak40 platoon 1x 105	Chris's Panzer Pioneers 3x pioneer boots

TURN 6 SUMMARY

Scott's Polish Home Army: Kedyw platoon moves on the board and up the far flank. AK platoon charges out of the building under smoke cover for an assault. Flamer kills one + himself), assault kill off 2 stands before consolidating into smoke. Chris's Panzer Pioneers: Assaults kill off the Pak40s. His (veteran) 105s bomb my (conscript) 105s and kill one.

TURN 7

Last Kedyw flamer blows his load all over himself. 3/3 suicidal flamers today.

Conscripts stand victoriously on the objective that they earned!

But alas, tigers sit on the objective that they earned LAST turn!

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Scott's Polish Home Army 4x AK boots Kedyw platoon Pak40 platoon 3x 105 1x Panther armored cars platoon 1x flamer that killed himself from the 2nd Kedyw platoon	Chris's Panzer Pioneers Pioneer platoon Pak40 platoon

TURN 7 SUMMARY

Scott's Polish Home Army: SMG fire kills one Pak40. Flamer kills another Pak40 (and himself). Kedyw attempt to assault and are pinned. Armored cars attempt to assault in behind them and are destroyed. AKs assault, lose one in defensive fire, and kill two pioneers. Pioneers run away (even after CiC encouragement). Chris's Panzer Pioneers: Tigers move onto objective. Halftrack MG fire kills off 2x 105s from the side, as the guns had to turn at a bad angle for smoke support last turn. Tigers kill one panther and bail the other. Pioneers kill one AK stand through the smoke.

A 4-3 win for Chris and the Panzer Pioneers. I was honestly suprised that the AK conscripts made it onto the objective at the end! I expected the heavy hitting to be done by the trained Kedyw. So good work, conscripts! I'll be playing the same list tomorrow at a tournament at Huzzah Hobbies (huzzahhobbies.com). While it might not be super effective, it should be super fun!

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