The second part of a 6mm I Ain't Been Shot Mum game played remotely in June 2020

So a week later we had a couple of replacement gamers picking up the attack on Wulkow in eastern Germany on April 18, 1945 defended by elements of the 27th Fallschirmjager Rgt. Jess is now the FJ player and Sheridan the Soviet.The defenders are down 28 out of 76 men, both Paks are gone, 1 MMG gone, and they have 3 Hetzers left. Both the 120mm mortar btty and the 150mm sfH 18 were still around but would soon have to displace.Sheridan had a new company from the 301st Rifle Div, 1050 Inf Regt of 2, 3 sect platoons. A T34/85 (8 tanks) company from 51st Bttn, 220 Seperate Tk Brig and the surviving IS2 of the 92nd Gds Hvy Tk Rgt 1 IS2 was immobilsed but could provide fire support. The MMGs were also available to give support from the industrial area. 82mm mortars were also a possibility.

Second wave of attackers closing in on Wulkow from the north

Let The Big Tank Lead

At least til it got close to the village. The 122mm gun was able to blast away at the walls.

Defenders try to take out the attacking armor

The Hetzers would fire and pull back. One of the puppchen bravely set up close to where the PaKs had been destroyed earlier.

Right flank of the defenders

A Hetzer was placed on both sides of the village. IS2 still smoking from previous game.

Mortars just missing bulk of the attackers

Both the infantry and tanks started to fan out to the sides as they advanced.

Right flank T34/85s

One takes a mobility hit and has its speed reduced for the game

Puppchen overrun

Rush from Russians causes the atg crew to abandon its gun before getting a decent shot off. Lots of automatic weapons firing from the walls.

Attackers suppressed

Just too many small arms at close range to keep the attackers moving.

Far right attackers keep heading in though

Fire from these walls not as effective and this platoon would gain the outskirts. Hetzer playing cat & mouse with the T34s.

Pinned Outside the Walls

Moving up on the left

Past a destroyed IS2 and a just-hit T34. The immobilized IS2 from the 1st game was able to bring some fire on the town from its position off pic.

Fire from the Russian tanks is forcing units to pull back

Two tanks firing 122mm and several 85mm rounds was beginning to knock the walls down around the FJ

Still pinned

The Hetzer even put a HE round on the Russian infantry. Meanwhile 82mm mortars rounds are coming down in the village.

Good overview

Burning T34 on the left. Shells impacting the walls across the town. Infantry scattered on the left advaance. Right flank attack is close to getting into the village.

Narrow advance on the left

Russian infantry using the scant cover of a hedge as they watch the tanks demolish the walls.

Russians take the walls on the right

FJ survivors retreated back to the stone and wooden house

Remaining FJ MMG forces Russian infantry back

Still too many FJ defenders with their automatic weapons

Duel between Hetzer and T34

The shoot and scoot tactic is keeping the TD alive (unlike the IS2 it is using for cover) FJ using as much hard cover as they can find.

Duel down the main street

Hetzer unable to stop the IS2

Russians over the wall

FJ has to refuse its left defense

Part of the wall down

Fire concentrated along main road now

IS2 proceeds into the burg

Infantry on the right able to help out. Hetzer firing out to left flank about to get caught in the side by a 122 shell

Still quiet

Driving past the abandoned PaKs and puppchen

And more Soviet tanks forcing their way in

FJ scrambling back from the tanks

Nice to have some little friends

Helps to keep the 'fausts away

FJ scrambling

The puppchen had to run away from its position along the hedge. 1 shot fired and missed Pzfst also missed. Where is the Russian infantry?

T34s curling around the right

1 Hetzer caught in the open and blasted to bits by the IS2. This left the battery CO and the defender on the FJ right. One of the T34s has taken 2 mobility hits and is limping along. Another was forced to bail after it was permanently immobilzed.

More cat and mouse

The TD had plenty of cover to hide behind--and was using that to its advantage against the T34 which also had to dodge faust attacks.

And a panzerfaust scores on the IS2

FJ troopers drew fire away from the faust attack and it worked. But it was getting late and the FJ troops were running out of hidey holes and men. We decided to end it here.

The Paras would attempt to ex-filtrate with the 2 Hetzers providing some cover. The FO teams had packed it in about midgame since their batteries were on the run. Both MMG teams were wiped out. The 1st company was down to 16 men (of 38) It had lost its company CO and the 2nd plt ldr to 122mm firing 2nd company had been hit hard in the 1st game and they now had only 14 survivors.

The attackers lost all of 4 IS2s(1 immobile) The T34s still had 5 runners. But infantry was scarce. 1st plt down to 5 of 16 men, no ldr left. 2 plt also had no plt CO and only 7 men of 16. the 3rd plt lost its cdr and had 8 men of 16. The company CO was still alive.

Another tough game for both sides.

Mark Luther