The Competition & Teaser Thread

[ComradeP]

Well, Panzer Campaigns is company/battalion, so Panzer Battles might be platoon/company. Note that the units have "+++" behind their name, generally indicating they have several smaller units (platoons in this case) that can be split from them. Companies wouldn't be "+++" in PzC.

If it's really a Kursk game, I'm not all that excited. As good as it might be, everybody has done it and I've played the battle over God knows how often.

I was really hoping for Zhitomir, but if the strengths are just authorized strength than the unit being full strength is not a hint.

I also thought the map screenshots were for a different game, but considering the summer landscape, the hill names and the bunkers, Kursk seems by far the most likely candidate. The Soviets had barely captured Zhitomir when the Germans kicked them out again (meaning: no bunkers) , and it was autumn already.

It might be Panzer Battles: Prokhorovka. (Panzer Battles: Kursk would be a less catchy title, and if it's primarily focussed on the fighting on the southern part of the Kursk salient it would also be somewhat misleading).

Just to give myself some false hope, my official guess is Panzer Battles: Zhitomir.

Panzer Battles: Mortain is off the menu because: as Apollo pointed out in the what's next thread, the commander depicted died in 1943, only elements of PzG regiment 2 and not 1 were sent and I can't find a mention of the presence of the Pionier battalion or Tiger company.

Dragoon could be interesting too, but I'm not sure if it would be well suited to a full PzC size game. Not all that many units involved. About 8 divisions per side in the invasion area.

One odd thing that I saw but didn't really "notice" the first time I checked is that there's no battalion indication in Roman numerals, or it's in front of the company indication. Normally, it's company (Arabic number)/battalion (Roman number) /regiment (regiment name and Arabic number), but in this case it isn't.