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GeMiGaBoK Spearhead  Prokhorovka - Belenkhino 2000

In January 2000 we organized a Spearhead multiplayer game depicting the Southern portion of Prokhorovka on July 12 1943. This battle saw the Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Corps clash into the SS DR Division.

The battle. The Germans were able to capture Belenkhino in the center
from the Red Army. The concentrated Soviet push managed to cross the
North-South rail line embankment and capture Hills 701 and 702.
The Soviet losses were considerable: 25th GTB wiped out, 4th GTB left only with
a handful of comissars. This unit deserves the Order of Red Star, as it still
managed to reach it's objective despite losing it's HQ and two replacement HQs!
On the German side the 4SS suffered particularly heavy loses on hills 701 and 702.

On these pages you can find maps, initial orders and detailed transcripts of the communication between the off-table commanding officers and the regimental and brigade commanders conducting the battle on the table. The off-table commanders added greatly to the gaming experience. The commanders could only send short notes to their on-table commanders, who could only respond with notes on matters they could actually "see" on the table.

The command mechanism differed slightly  for the opposing armies. The German CIC drew Spearhead-style orders for his regimental commanders, who could then draw normal SH orders for their battalions. The regimental HQs had 24" command zones for their subordinate units. The Soviet CIC had to take a more direct role, giving specific orders to his subordinates, who had very little say in their battalions' order arrows.

All the participants enjoyed the game immensely, and we can heartily recommend multi-player Spearhead battles to all gamers.

Players (L to R): 2SS Otso, German CIC SSDR Janne, 4SS Jussi, 3SS Tumba, Photographic Comissar Aksu, Umpire Petri
Soviet CIC 2d GTC Timo, 4th GTC Ville, 25th GTB Sarkku, 26th GTB Pertti, 183th RDiv Zamir, 4th GMRB Niko

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