The Battle Of Voronezh -- June 1942

 The Battle Of Voronezh - June 1942

 

One of the opening moves of the German 1942 summer offensive on the Russian Front was against the city of Voronezh, on the Don river.  

 

Taking and holding this river crossing was intended to secure the northern flank of the Wehrmacht's great thrust south-east along the the Don to the Volga and Stalingrad, and beyond, into the Caucasus oil fields.

 

This battle would pit General Hermann Hoth's 4th Panzer Army against General Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin's Southwestern Front.

 

SIDE BALANCE

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Axis: 50%

Allies: 50%

 

 

AIRCRAFT

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Axis

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Bf-110C-4 (min 10 max 30)

Bf-109E-4 (min 10 max 30)

M.C. 202 (min 10 max 30)

Bf-109F-4 (min 20 NO max)

 

JU-88A-4 (min 10 max 20) see note #1

HE-111H (min 10 max 20) see note #1

JU-87D "Stuka" (min 20 max 40) 

 

Allied

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I-16 (min 10 max 30)

P-40E (min 10 max 30)

P-39D (min 10   max 30)

Hurricane Mk.II (min 10 max 30)

Yak-7B (min 20 NO max)

 

Tupolev TU-2 (min 10 max 20) see note #1

Boston Mk.III (min 10 max 20) see note #1

IL-2 "Shturmovik" (min 20 max 40) 

 

NOTE #1: 

Minimums and maximums for the JU-88, HE-111, TU-2, and Boston are for pilots, not planes, and so do not include drones.

 

 

SPECIAL RULES

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  1.) This is a one-life event.

  2.) Minimums and maximums for aircraft must be observed in orders from each C-in-C.

  3.) For the JU-88, HE-111, TU-2, and Boston, formations are allowed but not required.

  4.) Bombs and rockets are enabled for ALL aircraft that can carry ordnance.

  5.) The Hawker Hurricane Mk.II four-cannon option is disabled (see design notes).

  6.) The Bell P-39D 37mm cannon option is disabled (see design notes).

  7.) Level bombsight calibration is AUTOMATIC (MA standard).

  8.) Planes are only enabled for launch at airbases that are designated as "active" (see frame objectives).

  9.) Planes may re-arm (or "hot pad") at any friendly airbase.

 10.) Each side will have four targets to hit and four assets to defend.

 11.) All planes still in flight at T+120 will be scored as "killed" by the enemy.

 12.) All bomber aircraft (JU-87, JU-88, HE-111, TU-2, Boston, IL-2) are limited to a maximum altitude of 15,000 feet.

 

 

SCORING

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Aircraft Points

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JU-88, HE-111, TU-2, Boston 15 points

JU-87, IL-2 5 points

all other aircraft 2 points

 

Ground Target Points

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Vehicle Hangar 25 points

Fighter Hangar 25 points

Bomber Hangar 25 points

Ammo Bunker 3 points

Fuel Dump 3 points

Barracks 3 points

Radar 3 points

Gun 1 point

 

NO POINTS are awarded for:

  1.) civilian buildings in towns and cities

  2.) structures at bases which are not assigned as targets

 

Landing Bonus for returning to base

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  A good landing back at the original home base earns 5 points per pilot.

 

Friendly Fire Penalty

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  Shooting down a fellow countryman incurs a penalty equal to two times the normal aircraft value (see Aircraft Points, above.)

 

 

ARENA SETTINGS

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Terrain Map: "Black Sea" (Real Life to Aces High scale is 2:1)

Fuel Burn Rate Multiple: 1.0  (PLEASE NOTE)

 

Icon Ranges:  9,000 feet (3.0K yards)

Auto-Ack Strenth: 0.4

Fighter and Bomber Warning Range: 79,200 feet (15 miles)

Tower Range: set to 79,200 feet (15 miles)

Haze/Fog Visability: 15 miles

Radar: OFF

Enemy Collisions: ON

Friendly Collisions: OFF

Killshooter: OFF

Formations: ON

Stall Limiter: ON

Level Bombsight Calibration: AUTOMATIC

 

Game Clock

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Frame 1: 09:00 ( 9:00 AM, Morning)

Frame 2: 12:00 ( 12:00 PM, Noon)

Frame 3: 15:00 ( 3:00 PM, Afternoon)

 

Wind

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00 - 02K NO WIND speed zero

02 - 10K NW -> SE speed 10

10 - 18K NW -> SE speed 20

18 - 26K NW -> SE speed 30

26k+ DOWNDRAFT speed 199 (altitude limit)

 

 

SCHEDULE

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Frame 1 Friday May 09, 2014

Frame 2 Friday May 16, 2014

Frame 3 Friday May 23, 2014

 

All frames begin at 11:00 PM EDT (04:00 AM GMT, Saturday). Please log in to the arena at least fifteen minutes early.

 

 

NOTES

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Hawker Hurricane: represents the Mk.IIa and Mk.IIb versions operated by the VVS during 1942

Bell P-39D: stand-in for the P-400 export version (shipped first to Britain, then passed along to Russia)

Messerschmitt Bf-110C-4: substitute for the later D, E, and F versions

Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4: represents "Jabo" versions of the E-4 and E-7

Macchi M.C.202 "Folgore":  stand-in for the earlier M.C.200 "Saetta"

 

Version 1.2  (FuelBurnRateMult adjusted to 1.0, Stall Limiter set to ON)

21-May-2014

 

Design by Bino.