Pushing Back

 Pushing Back

Artist Credit - Bearkats/Husky01

Operation Citadel was aimed at eliminating the Red Army at Kursk. The town itself was of minor significance; it was chosen because it was situated in a bulge between the fronts of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein's Army Group South and Field Marshal Hans Gunther von Kluge's Army Group Center.
The German attack began on July 5 and moved steadily for four days before stiff resistance stopped it. The Russians counterattacked and began to reverse the German gains. Suddenly, Hitler called off Citadel to divert troops to meet the Allied forces that had just landed in Sicily.
What made the defeat particularly damaging to the German war effort was the loss of equipment. The fight for Kursk involved the largest tank battle in history, a total of 6,000 tanks, and the German loss of approximately 3,000 was devastating because new ones were not manufactured quickly enough to replace them. The air battle was equally fierce, with 4,000 aircraft in combat. The Germans bore the brunt, losing nearly 1,400.
The Russians were not about to give the Germans a break. On August 3, 1943, the Red Army attacked Kursk and overwhelmed the troops that had been on the attack a month earlier. The Germans were on the run. Ignoring pleas for reinforcements, Hitler instead ordered the creation of a fortified line, the East Wall  not to give his troops a place to fall back to and hold, but rather to prevent a retreat. German forces never again threatened Moscow and, from that point on, the Russians seized the initiative and did not let up until reaching Berlin.

Write up taken from  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/ww2/Citadel.html

In this event we will re-create what might have been one of several sorties of the Russian counter offensives attacking the withdrawing Germans at the end of Operation Citadel.

Arena
SEA

Country Percentages:
Allied - 55%
Axis - 45%

Allies:
Units:
La-5 - 35%
Yak-9T - 35%
Il-2 Type 3 - 30%

Orders:
Field - Roll from A5
Objective - Attack and destroy all valid targets at V46.

Restrictions:
1. Yak-9ts must stay within visual range of the Il-2s.
2. V46 Must be hit within T-60 minutes.
3. Valid targets include all strat objects and the Vehicle Hangers. The shore batteries are not valid targets.
4. La-5 Pilots may take ordnance if they choose so.
5. Il-2 Type 3 Pilots must take bombs. Rockets are optional.
6. Fuel and Ammo load out is the pilots choice.

Axis:
Units:
Bf 109-G2  50%
Fw-190A5  50%

Orders:
Field - Roll A48
Objective - Defend V46 from Allied attack.

Restrictions:
1. Fuel and Ammo load out is the pilots choice.

 

Victory Conditions:
Ground Targets:
Field Acks - 3 Points
Fuel Pads - 5 Points
Ammo Bunkers - 5 Points
Barracks - 5 Points
Radar - 5 Points
Vehicle Hanger - 25 Points

Aerial Targets:
Il-2 Type 3 - 15 Points
All single engine fighters - 10 Points

Arena Settings:
1. Terrain - Finrus
2. Icon Range - 9000
3. Wind - 5kts North tp South- 10k and up
4. Time -12:00 x2
5. Fighter & Bomber Warning Range - 36,960 (about 7 Miles)
6. Enemy Collisions - On
7. External view for bombers (F3) - on
8. Visibility - 9 miles
9. Friendly Collisions - off
10. Fuel - 1.0
11. Ack - 0.3
12. Kill shooter - off
13. Tower Range - 36,960 (for display to aid players, set to match above setting)
14. Radar - off

Designer Note:
Since we don't actually have a map for the Kursk area, I went ahead and just used two bases from the Karelia map as substitutes.

CM Note:
None

Designed by:
Ethan -Bearkats/Husky01 - Heigel

updated 04/14 - 68Raptor