En bref. Un nouveau DLC s’est mis en marche en fin de semaine dernière pour ce wargame tactique. Extension qui continue d’explorer les nombreuses batailles ayant eu lieu en URSS, ici en septembre 1942 via deux opérations se déroulant lors de l’offensive du front de Voronezh.
Cet add-on comporte aussi un livre digital de 120 pages regroupant des documents allemands et soviétiques utilisés pour recréer les événements lors de cette opération.
Pour plus d’informations sur Graviteam Tactics – Bird Grove, voyez cette page sur Steam, où vous trouverez quelques captures d’écrans montrant surtout l’étendue du terrain.
Concernant Graviteam Tactics – Mius Front voyez notre test puis cette page sur Facebook ainsi que cette page sur le site officiel. Ou bien sûr cette fiche sur Steam. A lire également si vous ne connaissez pas les précédents volets de cette série notre article Operation Star, étoile au firmament des wargames ?
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New expansion Graviteam Tactics: Bird Grove
In September of 1942 38A was assigned the following mission: To draw enemy reserves away from the city of Voronezh with the goal of assisting the offensive of the Voronezh Front (the objective of the front’s offensive was to capture the city of Voronezh). The mission was to be carried out by the forces of 38A’s left flank with the main effort directed towards Olkhovatka. Opposing 38A’s planned offensive was the sector of 377ID, where the enemy held carefully prepared defensive positions. 240RD, 104RBde, 253RBde, 86TBde and 150TBde were the units initially assigned to the mission by 38A command.
A successful breakthrough at Olkhovatka would have enabled the Red Army to advance on the west side of the Don, along the German Don frontline, towards Voronezh. To prevent this, the 377ID’s main effort in September was to establish and strengthen defensive positions in the Olkhovatka area, which was on the division’s right wing and in the sector of 769IR.– Two operations – 16 turns for each side (Olkhovatka-Gnezdilovo, September 15-17, 1942), dedicated the Soviet offensive northern of Voronezh.
– Precisely recreated area of over 80 sq. km: river Don, plains with harsh terrain and settlements.
– Historical organizational structure of units at the time of the offensive.
– Includes a digital book with over 120 pages of translated original Soviet and German Army documents that were used in recreating the events of the operations. The book provides a window into « primary sources » (war diaries, orders, combat reports, etc. from various national archives) and presents readers with an unprecedented level of detail.
