Flames of War: Soviet Starter Force: Heavy Assault Group (Late-War)

They had broken through the flattened frontline village in good time and were heading to their next objective when a shell screeched off sideways from the heavy front plate of Vladimir’s glorious new Iosif Stalin II breakthrough tank. From his seat in the turret he quickly scanned to the left, where he thought it was fired from, and saw a likely copse of trees. He found he was grinning like a wolf as he knew the gunners would be scared after fumbling their first shot. The enemy unit they were punching through were freshly constructed from remnants of battalions falling back from the fury of the Soviet summer offensive, while his regiment knew their rough business. As their tank continued to advance he ordered immediate action, “Gregory Gregorovich, shake up that stand of trees to the left with high explosive.” Then he lightly nudged the driver on the left shoulder to start angling across the burnt field to help guide the massive 122mm cannon onto the likely enemy positions. Vladimir ch