Kalinovka sector · southern face of the Kursk salient · 11 July 1943

Eastern Front

A German battle group has orders to take Kalinovka and Hill 211 before dusk. Soviet rifle squads hold the village and the copse on the hill, with a T-34 reserve north of the village. Twenty turns of one minute each. Choose the side you command; the computer plays the other.

German battle group · attacks2 Pz.Kpfw. IV H, 1 StuG III G, 3 Grenadier squads with Panzerfausts, 1 MG 42 team, 1 Pioneer squad with demolition charges, 1 flamethrower team, 1 mortar team, a 20 mm Flakvierling half-track, two troop half-tracks and a truck. Support: one 105 mm howitzer barrage, one Nebelwerfer salvo, one JU-87 Stuka

Soviet defenders · holdRifle squads, a Maxim gun, a dug-in 45 mm anti-tank gun, a log bunker, trenches in front of the village, a mortar, a ZiS-5 truck, a sniper team and T-34s in reserve. Support: one 122 mm howitzer barrage, one Katyusha salvo, one IL-2 Sturmovik strafing run

DeployYour set-up area is the red rectangle. Select a unit, then click inside it to place the unit. The flags mark the two objectives, Kalinovka and Hill 211.
OrdersSelect a unit, pick Move, Fast or Hunt, then click the ground to add waypoints. Target picks an enemy, or any spot you can see for area fire. Arc sets a fire arc. Rotate sets a final heading.
ExecuteEnd the turn and both sides act at once for 60 seconds. Watch it play out, then replay the minute before you give new orders.
SupportGermans: one 105 mm howitzer barrage, one Nebelwerfer salvo and one JU-87 Stuka. Soviets: one 122 mm howitzer barrage, one Katyusha salvo and one IL-2 Sturmovik strafing run. Pick one during orders and click the map, or a spotted enemy for the JU-87 Stuka or IL-2 Sturmovik.
CameraDrag to rotate, right-drag or two fingers to pan, wheel or pinch to zoom. WASD pans too. Double-click or double-tap the ground to glide the camera there. With a mouse, Shift-drag draws a box to select several units and Shift-click adds or removes one; Move, Target, Face and Clear then apply to the whole group. On a tablet or phone, the camera pad on the right slides, turns and zooms the view. Press M for the situation map.

Default rules

How the minute is decided

Every number above comes from the CONFIG and TYPES blocks at the top of the game script. Change them to make the rules your own.

After action report

Eastern Front

How the minute is decided

Draw