Battle of Tali - Ihantala

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Setup order

1 x34

Ihantala 2 x16

Vakkila 3 x7

4 x22

5 x4

Portinhoikka
6 x4
Leitimonjarvi

7 x9
Karstilanjarvi Repolanjarvi

Tali
8 x1

9 x2

10 x1

Historical Background 11 x2
THE ABOVE WARNING IS INCORRECT DUE TO A BUG IN THE M44 SCENARIO EDITOR!!! THIS SCENARIO CAN BE EASILY SET UP USING THE
SELECTED COMPONENTS, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SFTF PAGE DOESN'T SHOW OR COUNT THE EXTRA BASE GAME WHICH IS ALSO
INCLUDED IN THIS SETUP. 12 x6
At the beginnig of the summer 1944, the Finns were faced with the possibility that the Soviets could invade the interior sections of
Finland. Northeast of Viipuri, the small village of Tali became the key area for the Soviets as the region was suited for tanks and
transport. The battle that followed was extremely bloody and intense. It was regulated to an area of only 10 square kilometers, but 13 x3
this area was swarming with troops, tanks, artillery and airplanes. Both sides fought fiercely, and great Soviet numerical and
armored supremacy were all the time negated by Finnish artillery, infantry armed with anti-tank weapons and Luftwaffe support. As
a result of mainly poor Soviet planning on one side, and superb Finnish innovative artillery methods and desperate resistance on the
other, Soviets after suffering considerable losses decided to put an end to their efforts in Finland. 14 x1

Briefing ROUGH TERRAIN/FOXHOLES: Any ordered Axis infantry unit

elligible to battle, if on empty countryside or hill hex, may 15 x1
Axis player (Finland, Germany): 6 cards instead of battling place a sandbag in its hex.
Allied player (Soviet union): 4 cards SMALL BATTLE AREA: All Soviet artillery units have the same
You play first. battle range as Big guns. 16 x1
NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY: After the end of each of his turns,
Conditions of Victory Soviet player is allowed to place one new standard infantry or
armor unit anywhere on his baseline, provided there is at least
Axis player (Finland, Germany): 15 medals one free hex there. 17 x1
Allied player (Soviet union): 15 medals INTENSE AERIAL BATTLE: Air rules apply, both Air sortie cards
The Portinhoikka crossroads and Ihantala are Temporary are shuffled in and both sides may use Recon-1 cards as
objectives for Soviet forces.
The Exit hex is an exit for Soviet forces.
section-related Air Sortie cards.
Axis Anti-tank infantry uses the late war SWAs rules.
18 x10

Special Rules All lakes and rivers are impassable.

19 x1
ARTILLERY EXCELLENCE: All Axis artillery units are Big guns.
Furthermore, any turn the Axis player orders at least one
artillery unit he is allowed to order one extra artillery unit
anywhere on the battlefield at no order cost. That extra unit 20 x2
receives the kind of order as if it was from the same command
card as the other regularly ordered artillery.
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