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12/05, ForumOne:  Assault on Entrenched MMG, Germans on Russians
01/06, ForumTwo:  Assault on Entrenched MMG, Russians on Germans
02/06, ForumThree:  Assault on Entrenched MMG, Americans on Germans

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NEXT!  ForumFour on March 18, 2006:

Creating (and attacking) mutually supporting MG positions.
FORUM NUMBER FOUR
 
Creating mutually supporting positions.
 
The initial set up challenge, take the provided forces
(American 9-2/9-1/5x666/HMG/MMG) and set up anywhere 
west of hexrow AA (inclusive) on board provided.
 
BOARD 2 with NO hills (# in southwest corner).
 
German set up:  East of American forces, beyond normal
range of all American squads OR not in LOS of American
forces (enter from off-board, if necessary).
 
Germans move first.
 
Turn length:  Number of hexes from western-most American
MG and western-most German unit divided by three (round
to nearest whole number).
 
Victory Condition:  To win the Germans, with an all-infantry 
force equal to 800 points (page 28), must have half of all
remaining good order infantry west of the western-most US
MG set up hex (mark this hex with a "V" counter prior to play.

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Future Topics Under consideration:

A)  What really ARE the characteristics of effective Russian tactics? 
(and how can the Germans benefit from them?).
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B)  Lead from the front, or the rear:  How  different armies should best
use their leaders.
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C)  No SW and that AFV is bearing down on you, what do you do to deal 
with this threat?
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D)  Berserk squads: How to use them to best advantage when they are 
yours and how to reduce their impact when they are his.
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E)  Voluntary breaks?  If and when this is a viable tactic.
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F)  Basic Vehicle use; movement, CA, firing, defense against
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>Perhaps some situations from scenarios:
>  --  Taking the Tractor Works.
>  --  The human wave, and defending against it
>  --  Fighting retreats
>  --  about the Beta scenario, massive assault from one direction or
> use a pincer movement?