Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front News

On August 22, 1943, at 17:00, German forces began withdrawing of the "Kempf" task force from Kharkov, preserving it from possible encirclement and destruction. In turn, the Soviet command at 20:00 began the assault on Kharkov, with the task to cut off escape routes from the city for the German forces. But in most parts of the city there were no German forces by this time, they were entrenched on the southern outskirts of Kharkov, in the Krasnobavarsky district located near r.Uda and near the Osnova railway station. In the evening of the same day, units of 53A and 5 gds TA, completed the crossing over r.Uda west of Kharkov, in the Shpakovka, Gavrilovka and Sinolitsevka sector, and began an operation to expand the bridgehead in the general direction to vlg.Korotich. A forward detachment was sent out, which was supposed to cut the Kharkov-Merefa highway in the area of vlg.Pokotilovka, which, according to the plan, should prevent the German forces from escaping Kharkov. In the morning of August 23, units of 69A and 7 gds A entered Kharkov from the north. Attempts by some units of 53A and recon detachments of 69A to immediately attack the German positions beyond r.Uda in the area of Pesochin, vlg.Minutka and Novaya Bavaria were unsuccessful.

• Two operations south-west of Kharkov of 10 turns for each of the parties (vlg.Korotich, August 23-24, 1943).
  
• Area of over 64 sq.km: villages, gardens and railways.
  
• Historical organizational structure of units at the time of the offensive.
  
• One of the first combat employments of the Pz V Panther tank ausf.D.
  

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1) Displaying of non-capturable squares is synchronized on the operational and tactical maps (a more strict capturing mode was chosen - as on the operational map).
2) Removed changing of the vertical angle of the main weapon when firing smoke.
3) Added taking into account of snow cover and boggy grounds for location of soldiers.
4) Changed the algorithm for calculating the operational score for losses.
5) Fixed a bug with loading a wrong bullet type when picking up weapons.
6) Added destructible chassis on the Tiger tank.
7) Added camouflage on the Tiger tank.
8) Added camouflage on the Stug III F/8 SPG.
9) Added camouflage on the Pz III M/N tanks.
10) Added camouflage for the Pz IV G tank.
11) Added camouflage on the Sdkfz 250 and 251 APCs.
12) Added destructible chassis on Sdkfz 251.
13) Added the Pz V Panther tank in 5 versions.
14) Added Nebelwerfer 41 and Nebelwerfer 42 MLRS.
15) Added radio station and parking lights on the Ratel-81 IFV.
16) Added the SS-77 machine gun for soldiers of SA army.

1) Added indication of terrain passability for vehicles.
2) After changing the profile, the game automatically reloads the settings.
3) Fixed a bug with incorrect definition of the window size when running on a non-main monitor in a multi-monitor configuration.
4) Added winter camouflage on the Tiger tank.
5) Fixed a bug with imposition of a wrong texture on the Land Rover wreck.
6) For inactive enemy units, no information is displayed in the statistics.
7) Limited displaying of information about the enemy BG/platoon in the operational phase.
8) Reduced the speed and changed the algorithm of the command level growth.
9) Fixed a bug with the T-26 mod 40 tank, leading to a CTD.

On the morning of February 20, the 11 CD 6 gds CC received the order to attack Ordivka and Bulakhi farmsteads, but did not accomplish the task, and by evening withdrew to fst.Klyuchevodsk where it was on the defensive until February 20-21. And 83 CD conducted battle for vlg.Borki for two days, positioned on the heights north of the village. But by the evening of February 20 was dislodged from the heights to the north, and entrenched in the forest. The next day, the cavalrymen attacked Borki again, but were able to capture it only by the morning of February 22. The same day, 11 CD reached fst.Podkopay and fst.Homenki again, and attacked in the direction of fst.Ordivka and fst.Bulakhi. Units of the SS LSAH division took defense here.

• Two operations of 10 turns for each of the parties (fst.Bulakhi, February 23-24, 1943).
  
• Area of over 48 sq.km: farms, windmills and extensive gullies.
  
• Historical organizational structure of units at the time of the offensive.
  

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1) Added various options for the number of tracer shells in the MG belts and boxes.
2) Increased dispersion for tracer bullets.
3) Added explosive and incendiary bullets.
4) Changed the algorithm for damage taken to open parts of vehicles.
5) Changed the vehicles interaction algorithm with snow and marshy soils.
6) Changed the algorithm for damaged vehicles retreating.
7) Maneuvering modifier does not block the defense in the trenches and houses.
8) The maneuver modifier during the movement of soldiers in the column determines the position of heavy weapon crews and commanders at the beginning or end of the column.
9) Added winter camouflage for German Pz III and Pz IV tanks.
10) Added windmill (to be used on some battlefields).
11) The choice of ammunition layout (AT or normal) does not depend on whether the BG/platoon attacks or in defense, but only on the expectations of enemy armored vehicles.