Tag: Winter

Hakkaa Päälle! provides the ASL player with the complete order of battle for the Finns, including every major vehicle, gun, and squad type that saw combat during World War II.

Hakkaa Päälle! adds quite a facelift to the Finnish, by providing new squad types, new SWs, and of course guns and AFVs. There are also a number of early war and rare Russian AFVs, Aerosans, and some new rules for such things as Light Woods, Prepared Fire Zones, Russian Early War Doctrine, as well as updates to the Finnish to bring them more in line with historical accuracy.

AAR by: John KnowlesAdvanced Squad Leader AAR: Red Don (AP21) Here's the historical situation: Date: January 1, 1943 Location: Babka, Russia Attacker: Russian (15th Army Corps) Defender: Italian (55th Battalion, 6th Alpini Regiment, Tridentina Division) Day after day in mid-January, the Soviets launched repeated attacks against the Italians of the Cuneense, Julia, and Tridentina divisions. Often the attacks never even made it across the...

AAR by: Stephen “Stew” Stewart Stew's Replays: Setup Analysis of Released from the East (S6) Here's the historical situation: Date: December 11, 1941 Location: Istra, Russia Attacker: Russian (9th Guards Infantry Division) Defender: German (SS) (2nd SS Division "Das Reich") As the drive on Moscow slowed due to supply problems and general winter, STAVKA was given time to deploy fresh troops from other fronts. The...

AAR by: Stephen Stewart Stew's Replays: Fighting Withdrawal (1) Here's the historical situation: Date: September 2, 1941 Location: Sestroretsk Road, Terijoki, Finland Attacker: Finnish (Elements of 1st Parachute Regiment) Defender: Russian (Remnants of 131st Border Battalion) The Finns, seeking restitution for the Winter War of 1939, had erupted across the borders and breached the Soviet Karelian front even as the crisis to the south of Leningrad...

AAR by: Michael Rodgers Advanced Squad Leader AAR - Between the Anvil and the Hammer II (TAC14). Here's the historical situation: Attacker: German (196th Infantry Regiment, 68th Infantry Division) Defender: Russian (351st Siberian Rifles Division, LVII Army) Benefitting from the winter, Marshal Timoschenko decided to launch a significant offensive against the German Army Group South. The Russians managed to create significant openings aimed...

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott RowlandAdvanced Squad Leader AAR: Hammer to the Teeth (S15) Here’s the historical situation: Attacker: Germans - 293rd Volksgrenadier Regiment, 18th Volksgrenadier Division Defender: Americans - 423rd Infantry Regiment/Company B, 81st Engineer Battalion The opening hours of the Ardennes offensive found forward U.S. infantry outposts probed and infiltrated by their German counterparts. River crossings and key road networks...