Battlelines®: Drive on Stalingrad Ready-To-Play Set
Product Information
The Drive on Stalingrad Ready-to-Play Set contains everything needed for a two player game of Battlelines® World War II card game.
Included:
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a total of 165 unique high quality cards
Price: $29.95
History
Drive on Stalingrad
Lacking the strength to advance along the entire front in 1942, the Nazis
launched "Operation Blue" along the Southern portion of the vast Russian Front.
To man the long frontlines and furnish the numbers for the 1942 offensive, over
30 Romanian, Hungarian, and Italian divisions were included in the Axis forces
massed in the South.
Army Group B met the summer offensive aimed at Kharkov consuming the strength of Southwest Front in a series of mobile defenses and counter attacks. Sixth Army and 4th Panzer Army cleared the Don Bend west of the Chir river and jumped off toward Stalingrad making rapid progress through the weakened Soviet forces. However, every mile gained lengthened the Axis lines, especially as the attacking forces split, with one spearhead aimed at the city of Stalingrad along the Volga and the other swinging far to the south to occupy the oil-producing centers in the Caucasus region.
The advance in the Caucasus was finally halted by rough terrain, determined Soviet defenders, and the logistical nightmare of trying to supply the Axis invaders. To the north, the advance on Stalingrad went well, with Axis forces winning battle after battle. They advanced over miles of nearly empty steppes until, by August, they reached the outskirts of Stalingrad.
This set lets you recreate this historic operation using the 9th Panzer Division and 18th Tank Corps.
9th Panzer Division
Formed
in 1939 from the 4th Light Division, 9th Panzer Division was part of Army Group
South at the beginning of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. It swept
through the Ukraine in 1941 and helped encircle large numbers of Red Army
troops at Kiev. In 1942, after facing the Soviet winter and spring offensives
in its sector, the 9th Panzer Division took part in "Drive
on Stalingrad". After clearing the Don River bend the 9th Panzer
Division was committed to city fighting in the "Streets of
Stalingrad", a task that the elite panzer division was not well suited
to do. Fortunately for the men of the division, they were withdrawn for refit
before the Soviet counter-offensive "Operation Uranus"
began.
18th Tank Corps
The
18th Tank Corps was part of the 62nd Army, Southwest Front assigned to stop the
German forces in their "Drive on Stalingrad". The
corps made its stand at the Chir River in the Don River bend during the summer
of 1942. Several duels with 24th Panzer Korps attrited the 18th Tank Corps
strength. However the continuous combat hardened the survivors as they were
schooled in the harsh lessons of war. By December the 18th Tank Corps was
refitted and participated in "Operation Uranus" to
close the trap at Stalingrad. In 1943 the corps was reorganized and
participated in actions at Kursk, continuing in service throughout the
remainder of World War II.
Card List
Drive on Stalingrad Operation Deck
The Battlelines®: Drive on Stalingrad operation deck is a collection of the German 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army skirmishes that occurred during the summer 1942 offensive. As the German’s attacked, the Soviet 62nd and 57th Army fought both pitched battles and launchedlimited counterattacks in an attempt to stem the offensive operation to blunt the Axis attacks. The operation deck provides missions and locations that are fought over in each game of Battlelines®.
| Card Name | Card Type | Card Name | Card Type |
| Axis Objectives | Axis Reinforcements | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prolovo | Base | 521st Panzerjager Battalion | Troops |
| Zimistsov’s Farm | Objective | 275th Anti-Aircraft Battalion | Troops |
| Hill 619 | Base | 501st Sapper Battalion | Troops |
| Hill 107 | Base | 851st Artillery Battalion | Artillery |
| Chir River Ford | Base | 177th Assault Gun Battalion | Troops |
| Kalatch-Piattisbiansk Road | Base | Do-17 Air Raid | Aircraft |
| Hill 312 | Base | ||
| Kalatch Bridges | Base | ||
| Soviet Objectives | Soviet Reinforcements | ||
| State Farm 172 | Objective | 305th Artillery Regiment | Artillery |
| Karpovskaya | Objective | 458th Cannon Regiment | Artillery |
| Romachkin | Objective | 242nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment | Troops |
| Piattisbiansk | Objective | 20th Infantry Brigade | Troops |
| Kalatch | Objective | 1524th Sapper Battalion | Troops |
| Dukovka Road Junction | Base | 467th Cannon Regiment | Artillery |
| Bakka Cyxan | Objective | Sturmovik | Aircraft |
| Prolovo Rail Junction | Objective | 1251st Antitank Regiment | Troops |
| 149th Infantry Brigade | Troops | ||
| Locations | Missions | ||
| Kalatch Railyard | Location | Battle for Romachkin | Mission |
| Kalatch-Romachkin Road | Location | Battle for Kalatch | Mission |
| Dubrinskaya | Location | Secure the Railyards | Mission |
| State Farm 73 | Location | Struggle for Piattisbainsk | Mission |
| Petrov’s Farm | Location | Melee at Bakka Cyxan | Mission |
| Steppes | Location | Action at State Farm 172 | Mission |
| Ridge 13 | Location | Action Report 319 | Mission |
| Oskov Ridge | Location | Battle at Karpovskaya | Mission |
| Kalatch-Karpovskaya Road | Location | ||
| Don Marshes | Location | ||
| The Church | Location | ||
| Don River Valley | Location | ||
| Ridge 19 | Location | ||
| Bakka Nuuyia | Location | ||
| Bakka Ypepemyxuna | Location | ||
| Aabamba Woods | Location | ||
9th Panzer Division Unit Deck
The 9th Panzer Division is an elite German panzer division. This division has a high operational tempo and an excellent tactical diversity. The chief and only weakness of 9th Panzer is that its formations have very high victory point values. This was done because the 9th Panzer represents a significant portion of the German army mobile and armored combat power. Suffering losses could cause you to lose the Operation even if you win the Mission. If you like to play a deck that has every solution, this is the one for you.
| Card Name | Card Type | Card Name | Card Type |
| Formation Cards | Actions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th Panzer Division | Headquarters | Hasty Attack | Maneuver |
| 33rd Panzer Regiment | Headquarters | Probe | Maneuver |
| I/33rd Panzer Battalion | Troops | Overrun | Maneuver |
| II/33rd Panzer Battalion | Troops | Deliberate Attack | Maneuver |
| 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade | Headquarters | Spear Point! | Tactics |
| 10th Motorized Rifle Regiment | Headquarters | Driving the Wedge! | Tactics |
| 1/10th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Out Flanked | Tactics |
| II/10th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Envelopment | Tactics |
| 11th Motorized Rifle Regiment | Headquarters | Bypass | Tactics |
| I/11th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Hidden Approach | Tactics |
| II/11th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Tactical Smoke | Tactics |
| I/102nd Artillery Battalion | Artillery | Smoke and Cover | Tactics |
| II/102nd Artillery Battalion | Artillery | HE-111 Medium Bombers | Aircraft |
| III/102nd Artillery Battalion | Artillery | Ju-87 Dive Bombers | Aircraft |
| 86th Pioneer Battalion | Troops | Stuka Dive Bombers | Aircraft |
| 50th Panzerjager Battalion | Troops | Ju-88 Medium Bombers | Aircraft |
| 9th Reconnaissance Battalion | Troops | Do-17 Light Bombers | Aircraft |
| 9th Motorcycle Battalion | Troops | Battlefield | |
| 81th Replacement Battalion | Troops | Camouflage | Fieldworks |
| III/47th Light Flak Battalion | Troops | Defense Plan | Fieldworks |
| 9th Panzer Supply Column | Troops | Wires and Mines | Obstacles |
| Attachments | Fortune | ||
| Lieutenant General Frankewitz | Leader | Confused Orders | Confusion |
| Major von Holt | Leader | Out Maneuvered | Intelligence |
| Captain Kiel | Leader | Radio Intercepts | Intelligence |
| Cross of Iron | Leader | Interceptors | Leader |
| Knights Cross | Leader | Sniper Team | Leader |
| Panzer IIIj | Company | Liberating Supplies | Leader |
| Marder | Company | Medic! | Leader |
| Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand Maximum | Hand Minimum | Troop Quality | Service | Victory Points | Damage | Hits |
| 9 | 5 | Elite | 1939–1944 | 562 | 42 | 52 |
18th Tank Corps Unit Deck
The 18th Tank Corps deck is a trained Russian tank corps circa 1942 and is at about 70% strength. The corps is equipped with KV-1, T-34 and BT-7 tanks. The formations of the 18th Tank Corps have a very high operational tempo but have rather irregular combat power. They can achieve local tactical superiority even over the elite Panzer divisions. The 18th Tank Corps is however brittle and will lose formations in the face of the enemy. This is expected of it though, and as such, the losses suffered contribute little to the enemy victory. It can be stubborn on defense and attack effectively when an opportunity presents itself.
| Card Name | Card Type | Card Name | Card Type |
| Formation Cards | Actions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18th Tank Corps | Headquarters | Pe-2 | Aircraft |
| 110th Tank Brigade | Headquarters | P-39 Airacobra | Aircraft |
| I/110th Tank Battalion | Troops | Sturmoviks | Aircraft |
| II/110th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Probe | Maneuver |
| 180th Tank Brigade | Headquarters | Hasty Attack | Maneuver |
| I/180th Tank Battalion | Troops | Drive Them Back! | Maneuver |
| II/180th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | A Careful Plan | Maneuver |
| 181st Tank Brigade | Headquarters | For the Motherland! | Maneuver |
| I/181st Tank Battalion | Troops | Scouts | Maneuver |
| II/181st Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Infiltration | Tactics |
| 18th Motorized Rifle Brigade | Headquarters | Covered Approach | Tactics |
| I/18th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Close Combat | Tactics |
| II/18th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Hidden Approach | Tactics |
| III/18th Motorized Rifle Battalion | Troops | Enfilade | Tactics |
| IV/18th Mortar Battalion | Artillery | Hidden Ford | Tactics |
| V/18th Artillery Battalion | Artillery | ||
| 292nd Mortar Regiment | Artillery | Battlefield | |
| 736th Antitank Regiment | Troops | Bunkers | Fieldworks |
| 18th Armored Car Battalion | Troops | Entrenchments | Fieldworks |
| 246th Mortar Battalion | Artillery | Minefield | Obstacles |
| 18th Sappers Battalion | Troops | ||
| 18th Supply Column | Troops | ||
| Attachments | Fortune | ||
| Brigadier - 18th Tank Corps | Leader | Supply Shortage | Confusion |
| Colonel - 110th Tank Brigade | Leader | Partisans | Confusion |
| Colonel - 180th Tank Brigade | Leader | Ambush! | Confusion |
| Colonel - 181st Tank Brigade | Leader | Radio Intercepts | Intelligence |
| Colonel - 18th Motorized Brigade | Leader | Interceptors | Fog of War |
| Commissar | Leader | Sniper | Fog of War |
| Stragglers | Company | Captured Supplies | Fog of War |
| Rail Supplies | Fog of War | ||
| Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand Maximum | Hand Minimum | Troop Quality | Service | Victory Points | Damage | Hits |
| 5 | 4 | Trained | 1941–1945 | 294 | 53 | 45 |
