An incident from the Battle of Suomassalmi
‘… In one such skirmish, two Red tanks attacked a Finnish
squad caught in lightly wooded terrain near the village. A lieutenant named
Huovinen taped five stick grenades together and crawled toward the tanks; his
friend, First Lieutenant Virkki, intended to provide covering fire, despite the
fact that he was carrying only his sidearm. At a range of 40 meters Virkki
stood up and emptied his 9mm Lahti automatic at the vehicles' observation
slits. The T-28 replied with a spray of machinegun fire, and Virkki went down.
Those watching felt sure he had been killed. But he had only dropped down to
slap another magazine into the butt of his weapon. That done, he jumped up and
once more emptied his pistol at the tanks. Altogether this deadly dance step
was repeated three times, at which point the Russian tankers seemed to become
unnerved. They turned around and clanked back to the village. Meanwhile,
Lieutenant Huovinen had been crawling closer to them from the rear and now had
his arm cocked to throw the grenade bundle. Just at that moment the tank
nearest him put on speed and retreated. He lowered his grenades in
astonishment. Surely there were not many instances in modern warfare of tanks
being repulsed by pistol fire."
Frozen Hell, by William Trotter, pg. 157
Now, how do I replicate this in my favorite skrimish rules!
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