![]() Each unit in the 1x1 Km squares is of a strenght of roughly a platoon, but sometimes they are reinforced with other support weapons. This map is divided in 1x1 km squares on which units hop in a "IGOUGO" turn based mechanism, with each turn representing 4 hours. The player is presented first with a turn based interface featuring a 2-D topographic map of approximately 10x10 km. "Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943" (APK43 from now on), is a single player, tactical war game that focuses on a relatively narrow sector (Taranovka-Sokolove) of the fight between the Soviets and Germans over a southern access corridor towards Kharkov. A map detailing the units involved in the Third Battle for Kharkov and the sector you will be playing. But the full credit goes to the way the story is presented in this game. After playing "Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943" I can say I am still right. ![]() I always thought that I would be able to find something interesting in any combat story of any unit, of any country, at any front and at any time during WWII. That's why a while ago I was mildly surprised to read about this tactical game "Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943", that puts you in command of small units (company and below) in the less sexy, kind of distant southern flank of the city during March of 1943. To my defense, let me point out that even boutique war games developers who cater the most hard core and knowledgeable grognards out there are thinking it twice before meandering onto less popular WWII battles. Well, I hope you see my point that big stories about big battles are difficult to not love if you suck at military history as much as I do. A collosal struggle of men and heavy metal as any other battle in the Eastern Front, The Third Battle of Kharkov ended with the Germans capturing the city from the north and getting some morale back after the horrendous defeat and surrender of the German Sixth Army at. ![]() The Third Battle of Kharkov has been more or less in the realms of hardcore WWII history discussion and war gaming. The Eastern Front has its own share of very popular battles and operations (Stalingrad, Operation Barbarossa, Moscow and Kursk, just to mention a few). Popular imagination has a long standing love affair with blockbuster WWII battles and operations (El Alamein, Normandy, the Bulge, Montecassino, Operation Market Garden,, etc.). ![]()
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