Gates of Moscow (Typhoon) — Memoir ’44 Scenario
Historical background
7 VP’s
Card Balance:
Allies – 5
Axis – 5
Complexity:
4
Conditions:
Urban
Location:
Russia
Year:
1941
Theater:
Eastern Front
Campaign:
Barbarossa
Codename:
Operation Typoon
Summary:
The Gates of Moscow is a complex scenario which results in a brutal battle with many digital ‘casualties’ on both sides.
Objectives:
7 VP’s, including two Objective Medals for Axis
Terrain:
Frozen field with Kaluga river cutting vertically and a ridge of hills cutting across horizontally.
Troops:
Allies – 10 Infantry, 2 Armo, 2 Artillery
Axis – 10 Infantry, 8 Armor, 1 Artillery
🔥 Winning as Allies
1. Big picture strategy for the Allies. This is a defensive scenario, so stay behind your sandbags and defend the two medal objectives. Move your Artillery and Armor forward into the battle.
2. Although there is a large Axis force massed against the Allies, the Axis side starts back against the game border. Allies can use this to their advantage, by turning retreat flags into deadly kills. Target the Axis forces which have no retreat available to them. This will increase your odds of a kill by another 17%. This increases the likelihood of an armor hit from 33% to 50%, and an infantry hit from 50% to 67%.
3. Attack Vector Left Flank: The enemy forces are congested. If you have a good set of cards, you can move in, and clear out many of the forces, including the armor.
🔥 Winning as Axis
1. Big picture strategy for Axis is to disperse your bunched-up troops and concentrate your forces on the front-line enemy to eliminate them as quickly as possible before they score too many hits against your forces.
2. Keep pushing forward as you attack with the goal to eventually be to capture the bridge hex medal (often as a final decisive move to end the game).
3. This is a long scenario of 7 medals, so you will have to take out the centrally located enemy Artillery. It is sand-bagged on a hill, but it needs to be attacked quickly.
4. Beware of your armor trapped behind the row of trees on your right flank. Do not try to take out the enemy infantry in the woods, because they will inflict heavy penalties on such an attempt. Best option is to get them into the tree line and then out into the open for more fruitful attacks.
Battle Reports (percentage of Allied victories):
34%
(These are historical records. The poll on the right is new results.)
Author:
Days of Wonder
Link:
General Howitzer Battle Reports
Gates of Moscow (Typhoon)
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Scenario details
- Theater
- Eastern Front
- Battle date
- 1941 (year recorded)
- Sides / forces
- and concentrate your forces on the front-line enemy to eliminate them as quickly as possible before they score too many hits against your forces. 2. Keep pushing forward as you attack with the goal to eventually be to capture the bridge hex medal (often as a final decisive move to end the game). 3. This is a long scenario of 7 medals, so you will have to take out the centrally located enemy Artillery. It is sand-bagged on a hill, but it needs to be attacked quickly. 4. Beware of your armor trapped behind the row of trees on your right flank. Do not try to take out the enemy infantry in the woods, because they will inflict heavy penalties on such an attempt. Best option is to get them into the tree line and then out into the open for more fruitful attacks.
- Victory conditions
- 7 VP's, including two Objective Medals for Axis
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