[Gekkan Senshadou Battle Report] Pravda vs. Viking Fishery [Pravda]

Battle Overview

Line up   

Pravada: 4 x T-34/85, 4 x T-34/76, 1 x KV-2, 1 x IS-2   

Viking Fishery: 2 x Souma S-35, 2 x Hotchkiss H-35, 1 x Panzer I B, 2 x Panzer II B, 3 x Panzer III N, 1 x NbFz

Overview

Viking Fishery beat Koala Forest through careful planning and surprise attacks, but this time their biggest adversary was the stage: a small town surrounded by snowy swampland. While neither VIking Fishery nor Pravda was stranger to this type of terrain, most of Viking Fishery’s tanks: Panzer Is & IIs, S-35s and H-35s, were ill-suited for this type of terrain. Pravda tanks on the other hand all had wide tracks and would have no problem negotiate the soft swampy landscape.

Knowing that they would be outmaneuvered in the open, Viking Fishery decided to hold the town part of the stage instead, using carefully placed ambushes and elastic defence to grind Pravda down in street fighting.

Alas, Viking Fishery’s plan survived as well as the first building that was hit by a 152mm shell fired from Pravda’s KV-2. While the KV-2 was picking off outer layer of buildings, Pravda’s T-34s split off into two groups, pushing through two different breaches into the town. Viking Fishery tanks was fighting for their survival: Panzer III Ns dashed around buildings trading shots with T-34s, while lighter tanks flanked around to get a better shot from side or rear. However Pravda had brought out their trump card: the IS-2. Its 122mm cannon was powerful enough that the tank was taking out Viking’s Panzer IIIs throug the buildings they were hiding behind. By this time Pravda’s T-34s had reached the center of the town and was picking off the last few remaining Viking Fishery tanks.

Pravda had won this battle through better strategy and bigger guns. If they could keep up the performance, they would surely make it to the final round of this championship just like last year.

Comments

1. I understand that Senshadou Council compensate losses, blowing up half a village sounds a little bit ridiculous. Maybe it’s one of those ghost towns in super remote areas?
2. If the IS-2 was indeed “Pravda’s strongest tank”, that means Pravda doesn't have IS-3s in their inventory.