Chernichevo Fire Brigade Meyer - Steel Panthers: World War 2

This scenario is an Steel Panthers adaptation of a Squad Battles scenario and certain changes have had to be made to to map to allow for the different scales of the relative games.
Also swamp has been added to a lot of the heavily wooded area's in an attempt to stop vehicles using them.
No attempt has been made to check the accuracy of the Squad Battles scenario but hopefully I have created a good Steel Panthers game.
If playing against the AI I would suggest it is best played as the Russians as it will certainly be a challenge. So I hope you have some fun playing this scenario.

Gordon

1 FEBRUARY 1943, CHERNICHEVO, KRASNY BOR - MISHKINO ROAD:

After their success in defeating the German bridgehead at Schlüsselburg, south of Leningrad, STAVKA planned a bolder operation at the junction of Mga. The Russians aimed to isolate a large part of the German 18th Army. The main axis of the Russian penetration was the town of Krasny Bor which was defended by the Spanish "Azul" Division. On 10 February a heavy Russian attack shattered the German Front at Krasny Bor. Pushing aside the defenders and bypassing pockets of resistance, the Russian armor poured westwards in the direction of Mga. Outflanked with the fall of Krasny Bor, the neighboring 4th SS Polizei Division was facing a dangerous envelopment. German command sent their only mobile reserve, one company from the 502nd Heavy Panzer Detachment which was ordered to stop the Russian advance on Krasny Bor - Mishkino axis.

At the dawn of 11 February a Tiger platoon under the command of Leutnant Meyer arrived at the battlefield. From his position Meyer could see that Russian tanks had already occupied the village of Chernichevo. At 07:00, the Russian column consisting of KV1 heavy tanks resumed their advance towards Mishkino. Meyer quickly deployed his panzers to ambush the Russian armored spearhead at a road junction near Chernichevo.