Elephants Unleashed ETO (id:#60022)
North of Ponyri, Russia
1943-07-05 (39 others)
D07: With Flame and Shell (DASL 1 - Streets of Fire)
AP02: Storm of Steel (ASL Action Pack # 1)
CH 8: The Predators (Critical Hit # 1)
CH164: Cry of the Valkyries (Critical Hit # 7.1)
PBP 23: Panzerkeil (Aussie '98 Pack)
TOT 37: Breaching Maloarkhangelsk (Time on Target # 3)
LSSAH25: Getting the Job Done! (Leibstandarte Pack 4 - Turning of the Tide!)
O89.2: Tiger Hunt (On All Fronts # 89)
O102.2: Tactical Exercises: Tank Busters (On All Fronts #102)
O115.3: Tank Buster: Kursk (On All Fronts #115)
O116.3: Tank Buster: Kursk revised (On All Fronts #116)
PJ7.3: Scream of the Panther (OAF Playtester's Journal # 7)
SP98: Pesky Pachyderms (Schwerpunkt # 9)
GD 4: Fight and Die Forward (Gun Duel 2001)
J118: Elephants Unleashed (ASL Journal # 8)
Ponyri #18: Funk Lenken (Kursk - Devil's Domain)
AP66: Cat's Cradle (ASL Action Pack # 7)
BFP-75: Schreiber's Success (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-76: Trial of the Infantry (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-77: Burning Down the House (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-78: Operation Wheatfield (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-79: A Hard Push (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-80: Ratushniak's Sacrifice (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-81: Iron Coffins (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
GDx19: Pioneers Forward! (Generic Playtesting Log)
DL 24.3: Cry of the Valkyries (Coastal Fortress)
GJ056: Lucky 313 (Grumble Jones)
Ponyri #18: Funk Lenken (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
CH 8 (ver. 1.1): The Predators (Critical Hit Retro Magazine 1)
KV04: And So It Begins... (Klementi Voroshilov Scenarios)
D07: With Flame and Shell (Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader)
SA4: With Burning Liquid (Stavka Archives - Scenario File #1)
Sim2: La Notte Porta Consiglio (Simulazioni Issue 3)
CH 8: The Predators (Critical Hit #1 2022 Reprint)
GD19: Pioniers Forward! (Großdeutschland Pack 3: High Tide at Kursk)
GD20: The Nut That Is Cherkasskoye (Großdeutschland Pack 3: High Tide at Kursk)
BG9: Testing Minenknackers (Covered)
DB177: Ozerki (Dispatches from the Bunker #55)
TP3: Counterattack At Kursk (Tournament Pack A)
AP02: Storm of Steel (ASL Action Pack # 1)
CH 8: The Predators (Critical Hit # 1)
CH164: Cry of the Valkyries (Critical Hit # 7.1)
PBP 23: Panzerkeil (Aussie '98 Pack)
TOT 37: Breaching Maloarkhangelsk (Time on Target # 3)
LSSAH25: Getting the Job Done! (Leibstandarte Pack 4 - Turning of the Tide!)
O89.2: Tiger Hunt (On All Fronts # 89)
O102.2: Tactical Exercises: Tank Busters (On All Fronts #102)
O115.3: Tank Buster: Kursk (On All Fronts #115)
O116.3: Tank Buster: Kursk revised (On All Fronts #116)
PJ7.3: Scream of the Panther (OAF Playtester's Journal # 7)
SP98: Pesky Pachyderms (Schwerpunkt # 9)
GD 4: Fight and Die Forward (Gun Duel 2001)
J118: Elephants Unleashed (ASL Journal # 8)
Ponyri #18: Funk Lenken (Kursk - Devil's Domain)
AP66: Cat's Cradle (ASL Action Pack # 7)
BFP-75: Schreiber's Success (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-76: Trial of the Infantry (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-77: Burning Down the House (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-78: Operation Wheatfield (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-79: A Hard Push (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-80: Ratushniak's Sacrifice (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
BFP-81: Iron Coffins (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
GDx19: Pioneers Forward! (Generic Playtesting Log)
DL 24.3: Cry of the Valkyries (Coastal Fortress)
GJ056: Lucky 313 (Grumble Jones)
Ponyri #18: Funk Lenken (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
CH 8 (ver. 1.1): The Predators (Critical Hit Retro Magazine 1)
KV04: And So It Begins... (Klementi Voroshilov Scenarios)
D07: With Flame and Shell (Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader)
SA4: With Burning Liquid (Stavka Archives - Scenario File #1)
Sim2: La Notte Porta Consiglio (Simulazioni Issue 3)
CH 8: The Predators (Critical Hit #1 2022 Reprint)
GD19: Pioniers Forward! (Großdeutschland Pack 3: High Tide at Kursk)
GD20: The Nut That Is Cherkasskoye (Großdeutschland Pack 3: High Tide at Kursk)
BG9: Testing Minenknackers (Covered)
DB177: Ozerki (Dispatches from the Bunker #55)
TP3: Counterattack At Kursk (Tournament Pack A)
Designer: Martin Svärd
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
GermanRussian
Overview:
The battle for Kursk had begun. After breaching the first line of defense, the 86. Infanterie-Division supported by the gigantic Ferdinand tank destroyers of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 654 continued toward the Russians' second defensive belt. But the Russian 27th Guards Tank Regiment supported by engineers was about to mount a counter-attack. The Germans would pay in blood for every inch gained of Russian soil.- - - - In the mid-sized 5.5-turn "Elephants Unleashed", a German combined arms force fight their way through minefields, wire, Russian infantry and counterattacking T-34s. Find out for yourself if the lack of a bow machine gun was really the Ferdinand's Archilles' Heel.Attacker: German (Panzer-Division 18, Infanterie-Division 86 and schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654)
Defender: Russian (81st Rifle Division and 275th Separate Engineer Battalion and 27th Guards and 1442nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:9.0 D:8.0 |
| AFVs: A:6 PzJg Tiger x 3 PzKpfw IVH PzKpfw IIIN x 2 |
| AFVs: D:7 SU-152 x 2 T-34 M43 x 5 |
| Guns: A:0 D:0 PTRD-41 ATR |
| Misc Rules: | A: Shellhole placement could eliminate Russian fortifications that were placed |
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| Overlays: | X9 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2026-05-30 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | Chip Wertenberger | German win (VASL Log) | |||
| 2026-05-29 | (D) Douglas Leslie | vs | Paul Legg | Russian win (VASL Log) | FNF game that was my second playing of this scenario within six months. First time I was the Germans but this time I was allotted the Russians. Paul sent two AFVs with riders into the orchard to the west of the main buildings with the intention of attacking them from both sides. One squad failed its bailing out MC and the attack never really got going. I managed to run a T 34 into the walled enclosure behind the buildings from where it took out two German tanks before turning its turret to protect the buildings. By Turn 4 the Germans only had one AFV with functioning MA and Paul decided to call it a day at this point. I definitely had the better of the dice in this one. | ||
| 2026-05-29 | (A) Paul Legg | vs | Douglas Leslie | Russian win (VASL Log) | Friday Night Fight - My second playing of this one, the first time being 17 years earlier where I was the Russians. I did my usual mistake and formed a too ambitious plan as the attacker. The dice however weren't a party to the plan and acted against the initial attack and the following attempts to reset. | ||
| 2026-02-06 | (A) Will Fleming | vs | Jackson Kwan | German win | |||
| 2025-01-11 | (A) Yuhang Lei | vs | Siyuan He | Russian win | 3.5 hrs | Great scenario. However I ignore the left flank at a certain dgree. It caused Soviet's tanks can successfully Interspersed and surrounded my Ferdinands. Four of my vehicles destroyed makes decide to throw in the towel so that Soviet Red Army won this game. |
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| Action | Date |
|---|---|
| Paul Legg Added a playing | 2026-05-30 21:53:03 |
| Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2026-05-30 06:06:44 |
| Dougban Added a playing | 2026-05-29 22:50:23 |
| Will Fleming Added a playing | 2026-02-11 21:01:27 |
| Dougban Added a playing | 2025-12-01 22:02:56 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| frf23_map (frf23.png) | Image | Aquilasol | 2000 |
| (!germ-soviet.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1713 |
| PzJg Tiger "Ferdinand" (PzJg Tiger Ferdinand.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1813 |
| VASL Log file (Game Log.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Dougban | 8 |
| VASL Log file (FRF23 Log1.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Bongiovanni | 11 |
| VASL Log file (FrF023 Play.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Paul Legg | 7 |
| (frf23.png) | Map Image | Houlie | 1977 |
| (J118 Elephants Unleashed.gif) | Map Image | Fre20741 | 1999 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.96 | Votes: 47 | Views: | 7979 |
| To-Play list count: | 5 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 5 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 40 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| German | 21 | |
| Russian | 19 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Elephants Unleashed [Confirmed] |
| [A] German | 71 |
| [D] Russian | 73 |