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ag ational characteristics you need World War II bats. WHY COLLECT A FORCE FROM DESPERATE MEASURES? of early 1945 ofthe Red Army’ cank and ey close in on che German heartland from freshly the hardened survivors of ps ‘on their comrade k horde HOW THIS BATTLE BOOK WORKS platoon has an and the addition: your opponent HOW TO BUILD A FORCE several platoons. Each company includes Company Headquarters isrequired—without it you have no command! When The company headquarters platoo you choose your force the first thing you should purchase points is your company headquarters yons are usually joons make up ‘Weapons Platoons - We batsalic guns, mortars and an Support Platoons sent to. your company by the division or corps. The Support placoons platoons give you ‘extra support in many forms, ranging from tanks to arilery PLATOONS ach platoon diagram indicates the required teams that you need ¢ make that unit a combat-orthy For thac are black The troops in each diagram must be included. Those troops ops thar add additional men, special and equipment to the platoon. SPECIAL RULES xe many special rules on. The nt the soldiers of each, Wrivten by: Michael Haughe Assistant Writer: Michacl MeSwiney Editors: Peter Simunovich, John-Paul Brisigorti Proofreaders: Robert Bothwell, Russell Brian, Bick Geatheart, Paul Kitchin, Michael MeSwine Azthiar Mehler, Luke Parsonage, Brad Ssinsbuy SGozg Sir, Stephen Smich, Neal Smith, Luca Sol Graphic Designs Victor Pesch Miniatures Design: Evan Allen, Will Jayne Cover Are Vincent Wai Internal Art: Warren Mahy, Vincent Wai Painting: James Brown, Blake Coster, Casey Davies London, Matt Parkes, Chris Townley, Wayne Turner Michael Haugh, Terrain, Modelling and Photography: Battlefront Studio Playtest Groups: Dad's Army (Andrew Duncan), Einherjar (Gisl Jokull Gislason), La Brigada de Madrid Jorge Sancho), The Iron Brigade (Joe Abrise), Northern Bartle Gamers (Nigel Slater), The Rat Patrol (Ed Leland) CONTENTS Eastern Front, 1945... Red Winter... Tankovy Batalon Motostrelkovy Batalon ........+.. Sredniy Samokhodno-artllyeriyskiy Polke Corps Support... Big Lit c1..voesseean esses Growing Old in the Red Army . Heroes of the Soviet Union Special Rules... Hero Tankovy Brigada. wands ‘The Vienna Offensive. Hero Motostrelkovy Batalon........ Hero Sredniy Samokhodno-artllyeriyskiy Polk. Hero Corps Support... Soviet Arsenal Soviet Painting Guide Operation Solstice German Special Rules Panzer Kampfgruppe. Panzergrenadier Kampfgruppe ‘The Last Panzers . Panzer Ausbildungs Special Rules. Panzer Ausbildungs Verband. Panzer Ausbildungs Abtcilung 500. Support Platoons. 3 “ Warrior: Oberst Hans Ulrich-Rudel. German Arsenal... German Painting Guide This is a supplement for Flames Of War, the World War Il miniatures game, A copy of the rulebook for Flames Of War is necessary to fully use the contents of this book. All rights sscrve. No part ofthis publication may be ‘means without the prior writen petinission ofthe publish or be ochre aay form of binding or cover other than tha 978-0-9922555-6.5, ) ALLIED ADVANCE the dlosing weeks of 1944, Germany was under siege on fionts. The mid-summer battles in Byelorussia and France id collapsed the once mighty Third Reich back co its prewar fers, and Hitlers grand offensive in the Ardennes had failed Allies co the negotiating table. However, 1¢ German high command still had some hope atthe begin- of 1945, The Allies in the west were on the back foot, the SSSR was busy rebuilding after its summer offensives, and for nents and purposes, Getmany ise had nor been invaded, rae and faith in victory were stil high, SOVIET OFFENSIVES ir big gains in Operation Bagration in June 1944 ftssetled on smaller local operations to sh successes, Offensives were launched in Roma the Baltic Sea vo br la River, Fierce German opposition met nd the move west was slow and frustrating, ar, the Soviets secured five across the Viseula and Narew rivers and hem against German counterattacks, PREPARING FOR THE STORM setn front raged on, the German «front had co make do as best they Guderian, chief of staff of the 0 the front in a time wher ie had 160 units of divi nised Noite SS SS CaN TERRITORY . eS - every 15 yards of frontline it was responsible for! Guderian knew that the Soviets planned ro attack, and he knew that assault would come soon. He needed more me, Repores were flowing into Guderian’s headquarters inform- ing him of massive Soviet build-ups in the Five bridgehead Aerial reconnaissance had confirmed that the Soviers were rebuilding Poland's railroads and moving additional artillery into the bridgeheads. ‘The imminent attack would certainly be brutal. Guderian pleaded with Hieler to call of the of fensives in the west and send reinforcements to the eas, bt the Fdhrer refuse, claiming that the Soviee build up was the {greatest bluff since Genghis Khan THE GREATEST BLUFF The Soviets were indeed building up their assault forces Stalin's so-called ‘blu’ consisted of no less than 414 divisions fon the front line and another 480 in reserve. The bridgeheads swelled wich heavy artillery, tanks, and fresh troops. ‘These Four of these Fronts were tasked with executing the upcoming winter forces were divided into about a half-dozen fronts, offensive aimed at nothing short of ending the wat The plan for the simply named Winter Offensive was clear get Marshal Georgy Zhukow’s battle-hardened 1" Byelorus sian Front and Marshal Ivan S Konev's 1" Ukeainian Frone into Berlin. Along the northern flank, Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovsky's 2" Bye Baltic rad storm East Prussia, To the south the 4 Ukeainian From russian Front, the 3" Byelorussian Frone, and the 1 Front sere to assault Kinigsherg would conduct operations to support the advance. The op- ration was set to begin on 12 January 1945. Sa ah asd Das EASTEAM FASUT, 15U5 ors rote ARMY GROUP 6°? A WARSAW Wore) {|__ FACING ARMY GROUP A | {|__ FACING ARMY GROUP A | GROUP A Ree Sa eeu» Danae 4 eee ay Te ae BO ces ae hts Berra "Ni HUNGARY -— Ea Kd On the icycold morning of 12 January 48° Panzer Corps was hit by a barrags ind to Byelorussian ‘guns, howitzers, mortars, Ukrainian and tacked first and took the Gi fenders assumed chat such cold weather. and by noon 1 Oder River command as the Soviets borders of the Reich. On command of the situation, ready on the eastern front 10 meet he refused to release unis from the neede to send the Sixth SS-Panzet Group South restore the deteriorating Hitler believed that if he could keep arian ol fields, he could still hold the Alli EAST PRUSSIA A and Centr sly climax, the bloody battle for East Prussia ninst Army Groups ind down German and Soviet forces alike ress city of Kenigsberg and the surrounding fortified «i Bakic Fronts. Rokosiovsky’ 2° Byelorussian Front attacked alongside akors font. Initially Army Group Centre held chem up, dh help from bad weather. Bus when che fog lifted, the Red ase ge AS ac e ped turn the tide of bartle. Rokossovsky an attempt co reach the Baltic Sea and 5 Guards Tank Army stood within 30 he Soviet army paused for a few days final dash, but Hitler refused ro use the ‘ourth Army from che closing colled all of the ero road at Elin rom the 5! Guards Tank adlights ely unaware of the Sovit After switched off secaight into the city before turning on defenders cr lights and opening fire on the unsuspecti The battle was fer, bu the Germans man: ode fe the gy Meanwhile, nother deacimen Boe the 5* Guards reached che coastline, Army Group Centre was now completely isolated, THE THAW As the offensive entered is final stage, the Soviec tank ar 4km) a day toward the 1c advance began to slow down. The were pacing at about 30 miles Oder River, however weather was warming up, and the thick fee of the frozen making it slow oops alike streams, lakes, and rivers was thawing out, going through the mud for German and Soviet « Asthe Red Atmy neared the Oder the resolve oftheir German opponents st sh enclaves of Ger cities such as Schneidemiihl (modern day Pia), ad Kiistrin (Kostrayn). Rather chan assault tained and then bypassed them, These would draw off lots of spare troops the Red Army no longer had, Simply put, the Red army and ies gthened, Tou man (oops held for Poza (Pornat ached the Oder Byelorussian Front on the 1 lowed by the 1 jing the major phase of the Winter Novertheles Ukrainian Front fon 22 Januar 31 January, compl Offensive eT TN aT eT Tay hiro ei CNN Geel Te NORTH, Ossie eon ead ite BYELORUSSIAN: Cor ANERS aXe) Nhy Daren r Bae rn ry a , PEE ah) Sear kel UST NI Sa ey ar © or cf (Forsa) cod ay I ee enor oO; a ae CLs :)4AKey RMY GROUP io ee Ps UST] = ; TX ES TE s i ° Reet pe ae , ry PORE) TINS \ Radomsko Kicks FRONT. ® ARMY GROUP CENTRE Foc Bey fi 6 4m fad eae UKRAINIAN ARMY GROUP FRONT / ware KONEViS ATTACK a \ Da eas ey Ole Rives T\UKRAINIAN |) SFRONT FEBRUARY GAINS As Januar hulk nc Od 1 Ukrainian Fron he Oder at Steinau, The nzet Corps G ARMY GROUP. » Pinks. Ke ten lr nh CENTRE ; — : t0 prepare for the final ee CT : 8 8 RT pret TANK COMPANY jielé one company from each box shaded black and may field one company or sm each box shaded gre. HO must be from a Guards division (marked ) or a Red Army division i platoons with ether of these symbols must be from the Ee ATION AND SKILL Tacteer Basan fr Trained. Bei etalon from a Red Army division i Reheat Trsined Guards division ix nated HEADQUARTERS 134 obr 1942 ® Mounr a SMG Tank Fscort on HQ tank for +10 points A Tankovy Ba ast one Tankovy Company equipped with the same type of tank as the Tenliowy Batalon HQ 0 have a Cupola for lon must contain at & cunzos division He RED Akw Dv TTT PODPOLKOVNIK EI - iis \ OATES} TET TT COMPANY errr) peereatye Paermator) Peer neatre) oer et pera) 390 points | 350 points eos ere) Bens Pee ee cere points ] 245 points 245 points eres try eeroneatr) Peer omeatr) ees or peed poe ces 4185 obr 1944 | 450 points Ee Options * Replace up to five T-34 obr 1942 with T-34/85 obr 19444 tanks for +30 points per tank. + Upgrade all 1-34 obr 1942 to have Cupolas for ORES + Mount SMG Tank Escorts om all tanks for +10 points per tank, done. Ith ne form EAE 3) 1111 aN TAS ga ye | OPTions es aan aan a + Add up to 1wo Maksim HMG teams for +25 points team SMG im SMS tea rs) hs ) aan 2m ne a ne PLATOON. BS und poe Cy PSS TC TF PCr perend Lh Ceeeaaaal er eal INFANTRY Aa reenruantoy MECHANISED COMPANY ‘You must field one company from each box shaded black and may field one company oF platoon from each box shaded grey. Your Motos Baalon HO must be rom a Guards isin (marked & ) or a Red Army {Guision (marked % ) All other companies and platoons with ether ofthese symbols must be division as your HO fi ae ory Secon a ed Spotanaz Paton CoG Merona Pom ® Peake rr a. aad Seeetiaa eer g WAC ey ee MOTIVATION AND SKILL B cuaxos Division RED ARMY DIVISION P Morosrrethovy Batalon from a Guards division is rate Fac eine eH ied ot Conident HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS ee tenis OPTION + Add a Battalion Komissar team for +15 points The soldiers of the motatreltony (motorised riflemen) are the fanks' own infancry support. AFter the normal shack infantry pourinto the gap. We are Break open the enemy lines, the tankovy and motostrelhory and this One will surely open up the gates inco Gerth PETE TTY SA N (oN COMPANY HQ Section with: rye OPTIONS AdAA aah + Add up co two Maksim HMG teams for +25 points Ses: AANA ANAK || AANA = Replace up t one SMG team per Motor Rifle a eae eae Platoon with a Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points Se ARRAN OAARK |) ARKR pam SMG team ue 2 aoe an MANE ||| AIBA Serene SMGteam SMG toam SMGteam SMG team the tanks’ breakchroug counterattack However, one ny brigade has co < F SNAA RANA ADDR : aA aM Na aan to infantry St COPS € Ww up SI —_——' nd take over the vettivory won. [a COMPANY HQ Section with: oes EY ron aa fers AA, AA, Maksim HU Makgim HM is to hold ground, and few better than the motorised waa aA. Maksim HAAG Maksim HAS Brera BNC What is more they are highly 0 difficule places, mak a =o AAA AAA aA Maksim HIG Maksim HMG Maksim Hl ised troops are moving forwand, use you their long range to A KAPITAN COMPANY OPTIONS * Add an Observer Rifle eam for +15 points TCI PT * Add trucks for +5 points for the company, RAL AL arama wens he 82-BM-41 morsar is a fine piece of Soviet engineering. || “otst one «an put several vol eee rear ition || BAA BAN oops |] sane anenat with the enemy and deal with whatever lee, || ‘mora ‘morta im machine-gun, these mortars are light and || ARAL ar EN ISOSPIN TNE COMPANY HQ Section with: £ A AAA AAA OPTIONS Antzank gun ‘amen gun * Add trucks or Lend-lease M2 or M3 half-tracks for +5 points for the company: + Arm any or all M2 or M3 half-tracks with a .50 eal waa. SARAN AA MG for +5 points per halE-track, Satine ‘nietank gun The 76mm ZIS-3 anti-tank guns of a Mose Company cannot fre Artillery Bombards UREA (Xe (a LEYTENANT rw] 175 poimss | 175 points ees 160 points | 160 points crest 135 points | 135 points res 110 points} 110 points Blea! 80 points | 80 points Em SERZHANT OPTION + Replace the AA MG on up to two armoured cars with a hull-mounted PTRD anti-tank rifle at no cost Command BA-64 PEE Tow Meee TSEC Conmalised Control and Hen ana Chicks special rales gad’ reconnaissance company, you will tot be disappointed by these hard-working troops. The light BAG4 armou cat is fast and small o thac it can quickly find and report A Light Armoured Car Platoon is rated Fearless Trained. enemys positions to your moteur = b=) — a = = ie] si dl =) = — a i= = Lc | i=] — =a] = PLATOON HQ Section with: SET OPTIONS Replace all Rill MG teams with SMG scams ato || ARANAG AMX bier fieiMG team Ri Arm any or all M3AI armoured transporters with an additional AA MG for +5 points pee vehicle 2 soured tan Replace one AA MG on any or all M3AI armoured transporters with a.50 cal AA MG for +5 points per vehicle. Replace all M3A1 armoured wansporer widhswre- || SANAY “VAGR sant AAA less BA-10M or caprured Sd Kfz 251 armouredtrans- || 2 icon isattG eon wom iMG team enema Replace upto onc Rifk/MG or SMG team pet Ril ee. Squad with a Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 poines per team, od Beatless Trained, The nasredhi (reconnaissance) support the kovy wih mobile armoured infantry. These croops are highly motivaced PLATOON HQ Section with: aN Fearless Trained. (ORCS NZENI OPTION + Replace up to ANA ANAK | SAN AANA COMPANY HQ Section with: & ree 155 points Sed 110 points | 95 points ‘OPTIONS + Add an Observer Rifle team for +15 points, + Add trucks for +5 points for che company AE ae s a i RW "ATO VW 5 eso Porat Kolberg Bott rt Cis rang > PRUSSIA [ee she) LUST NI 3: PANZER corona epee ALS oy ; o as bate) ie ARMY coe acm ASCs) LUNST NS] ‘POLAND ee VISTULA g Gee Hee owes sea een as parted GERMANY) N WEST PRUSSIA lowing Sonnenw than whi the war d politic and crue Joseph Sta ring the desperate carly years of purges, devastating losse Te was a terrible war of attrition, and is Soviet Union was prepared co bear the cost manpower. Despite this cold reality the oldie Army persevered and pushed the invadets off Dperation Bagration in June 1944 ost of this success was steep. Massive casualties were sustained by the Soviets, As che Red Aemy approached the borders of Germany, its ranks were thinned. Gone were the days of mass human wave tactics and expendable mat Soviet formations could not expect to be readily reinforced the same way the oops of the Western armies wete. ‘Th: forght on until che end of a campaign, bearing the casualties as best they could, Only once the campaign was over, if they weren't immediately thtown into another offensive, did they receive replacements and new equipment THE RED ARMY IN 1945 By January 1945, many mechanfsed infantry formations had about 60) for nearly six mot more depleted ar about 50% or les. The comin 150? Rifle Division, whose fighting within the walls of che Reichstag, commented that his rifle batalions consisted of 30-40 men each, the size of a Full srengeh rife plarom only a few months before Tank units were hie p ticularly hard. A typical full-strength nk corps had 189 canks on record, By January 1945, ‘any of the froncline units had about 40% oftheir streng left. Three months later these than two doz ame units would have less leading exploitations To compensate for this lack of manpower, the Soviets torely more and more on firepower. 'They took great pains make sue that a division’ heavy weapons remained operat. ing a full capacity: The nu Soviet Union remained of guns in che armies of the ar full-serength and even at times increased. They accomplished this simply by reducing th crew of each gun. In some cases, coward the end of the wat many companies and batteries wer ng thei In spite ofall of these hardships, the Soviet soldier was on he brink of vievory. For many, Berlin was only aday’s march way: They might be the last of their once mighty platoon, finish what their fallen comrades started, THE CHANGING BATTLEFIELD The next steps that Sovict soldiers were take them into the Getman heartland, liberators, rather invaders. Political komissars took 10 make would here they would no sr be the opportunity to change their indoctrinati liberating oppressed people ro one of bloody vengeance lewas time foreach soldier in the Red Army to settle a score This be omitted rertible deeds on the ( for th n the astern Front was one of the darkest d some serious consequences as some Soviet t man population in the THE VICTORS The Soviet winterand spring offensives broke open the Eastern Front, and Berlin was next. The men that would make this final assault for the glory of the Soviet Union were survivors. They n World War L, under some of the most difficult citcumstances. In spite of had gone through some of the toughest Aght German shells, relentless battles, kkomissars, the men of the Red Army had coms ‘of Germany 2 hardened and determined fo the borders a 18™ TANK CORPS ee ee =e ee ee a A al cet Sve al an einer wi Pee era kee ey d-di-d-e mL a gi Fl 3 Fa ral 9° ad i) The 3” Ukrainian Front was situated in Hungary against che German Army Group South. Commanded Sera oS ee German attempts to telieve the encircled garts SU eee The figures above are for the 3 Ere een he tireless advances from Oper de Replacement soldiers ive is often pani men that remain have become pi ero companies and pla page 38), Sredniy Samo Hero Corps Sup pecial rules on pag LUCKIER ago. ‘They | res Sia ene ea aro ee) Pe >a} nna on 13 April rainian Front from January 1945 « Set eee a Hero Tankovy Brigada eo acres eer ee a ee er Me ae 61SU-120 ry a pos i Coe nee er aco eee Peay See ene Cee ene and leading crews or pl Those SMARTER Many years of war have made the combat, they kno it, The ncomperent an influx ly crained or ill-prepared SHARPER er TE Bl Be Tie eae Pte Ly E im Ls OCS ED HERO TANK BRIGADE Lace zh You mut el one consany fom ech box sad BK and may eld oe company o pion rom ees sade oer ato sna Om om Gat sin at @ ore ry sien mated) lather cpans optus wi eta ns syoboe eae RY rom Some dina your PoE Eicon ROT cents | HESS OF THE SOVIET UMIOM = anyone: man or woman, te), ice medical attention, paid holidays, and even instane could one win Those Heroes ¢ MOTIVATION AND SKILL A Hero Tankouy Brigada from a Guards di Fearless Trained. cvanos division ARMY DIVISION A Hero Tankory Brigade fram a Red Army division rated Confident Trained. HEADQUARTERS OPTIONS eae * Upgrade 1:34 obr 1942 co have a Cupola for ECACC) 45 points * Mount 2 SMG Tank Escort on HQ tank for +10 points COMBAT COMPAMIES aN COMPANY aE Poe rerssr yrs eee Somer OPTIONS * Upgrade all 34 obr 1942 to have Cupolas for +5 points for the company: ‘+ Replace any or all T-34 ob 1942 with T-34/85 obe 1944 tanks for +30 points per tank. Mount SMG Tank Escorts on all tanks for +10 points per tank, COMPANY HQ Section with: 3 Tankrider Platoo points ae ee OPTIONS * Add up to eyo Maksim HMG teams for +25 points per team. * Replace up to one SMG team per Tank-rider Platoon with a Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points per team We are about to plunge into the final battles ofthe war. W us, armed w tot anti-tank rocket launchers, au. matic weapons, and countless obstacles and traps. Our numbers are noc whar Final push, We will oes EAU aaa AAs we erush the Nazi army into a smaller and smaller pocket what is lef of the Zaz will ery « they can, We are prepated and have had ple TNA TA TET] Hider’s greatese concen on the Eastern Front was holding the Hungarian oilfields near Komaeno. As those near him would confes, the trouble was that Hitler often foughr the war ftom a map, rather than take in intelligence and siw ation reports, Had he paid atten: tion 1 these sources, he would have known thatthe oil fields were already flattened by the Red Ara The fields air force and aril were uttetly cfforc, but sill Hitler insisted chat they be held a all costs AWAKENING SPRING In February, the Fuh an fan Awakening Spring buffer berween the ordered offensive tiled to pura larger il field Sroup South, and the frontline, Aro tinder the command of Geren de lafinicrie Ours Wockler, received the 6" SS-Panze take the a Army Army to under ig with the 2 The 6! SS. Panace zet had bee Aclennes offensive and severe acked inl usted b any other and so chey ng problem, cy support, but Hite livisions more thas on 5 March, the op: an with the capture of ads on the Dratva River. Mud, wet snow, and exter sive Soviet minefields slowed the advance and portions ofthe 6! SS Panzer didn’ get into action wnt the next day Neverthe! cutting theo 1° 5-F ike adh the German at rh Sovier di ze {in the snow and grabbed a rochold over the Sarviz Canal, Fought gains of the German army would soc gainst a renewed Soviet offensiv PARRY AND THRUST On 16 March, as the 6 2 2% and 3% Ukrainian Froncs counterattacked ground their way through the thin Germa defenders fell back and tried to sec up a def front of Vienna, bur serious cracks were sil exposed when a second major Soviet punch smashed inco th PAN Bn GERMANY sre CZECHOSLOVAKIA eee AUSTRIA a oii’ Bt PICS) FRONT muna Pomona mit] ey acts phe ch y ERNE FRONT HUNGARY ear ones Nr Eeviss ss tae Rote ee YUGOSLAVIA 20 miles, minded and left its fi 2. U of the od Vie Hitler demanded ‘ld rain and stances this p n be dashed muster the forces or supplies to coun rious, Hisler broughe the 25% Panzer and der Divisions out rattack. Once acked the lobes of rescrvoand: ante gain Woehler general and replace Lothar Rei Hitler’ sh enforcer of Spring, the The So an lines smose im ensive line in D Vienna fell wo the Soviets on nfusion to hold Vienna, the em al away, The Soviet of all focus had been directed itn Ua TT aa ANA | ap 2p aero, HEAS MOTOSTAELKSVY BATALSM HERO MOTOR RIFLE BATTALION MECHANISED COMPANY You must field one company from each box shaded black and may field one company or platoon from each box shaded grey Your Horo Motostrekowy Bation HO must be from 2 Guards dvsion (marked ) ora Red Army division (marked % ). All other companies or platoons with either of these symbols must, be from the same division as your Ha Peery OT CU MOTIVATION AND SKILL eee oe Saga HEADQUARTERS oy OPTION * Add a Batalion Komissae team for +15 points. COMPANY HQ Section wit: 3 Motor Rif 2 Motor Rifle Pl OPTIONS + Add up to two Maksim HMG teas per team, 25 points + Replace Motor Rifle Tasoon witha Panafurt SMG team for #10 pois per team, GUARDS DIVISION RED ARMY Division TI >= —\§| all Command SMG to —— esi — ath AARK anh . Ls atth VAN) i —_____ 2 aa aatth FARE AW aA cn yee COMPANY HQ Section with: ake up for our loss in manpower sare weak and cannot atack in force, but in case chine-guns will meet and defeat them. In the batles before us, the Maksim will be essential for sup COMPANY HQ Section with: & OPTIONS * Add an Observer Rifle eam for +15 points. + Add trucks for +5 points for the company. Despite winter campaigns have taken, we still We have achieved this by redud w members rather than number We can continue sup- porting 0% the final objective Maks AA, aA Maksim HG Maksim HG AAA esha || oak cud aksin Hs | |W Maksim HIG (oe it Commend Rife eon CoN OREN HERO MORTAR COMPANY COMPANY HQ Section with eee OPTIONS ‘Ant-tank gun + Add crucks or Lend-lease M2 or M3 half-tracks for +5 points for the company. © Arm any or all M2 or M3 half-tracks with a 50 eal AA MG for +5 points pr halfrack iP sacicad | ae Sa a PLATOON s ® ® OPTION MCE + ReplicetheAAMG on up co voamourdars with EROEEE STE ATIC ahull-mounted PTRD anti-tank rifle at no cost. A Hero Light Armoured Car Platoon isa Recannaiteance A Hen Lig Platoon i Fearless Trained. (Sa PLATOON Ho Seni att ie Es noe eee OPTIONS EeRTaIeM + Replace all Rifle/MG teams with SMG teams at no 7 * Replace one AA MG on any or all M3A1 armoured transporters with a .50 cal AA MG for +5 points per vehicle ‘+ Arm any or all M3A1 armoured transporters with an additional AA MG for +5 points per vehicle ‘© Replace all M3A1 armoured transporters with euret: less BA-10M or captured Sd Kf 251 armoured trans porters at no cost * Replace up co one Rifle/MG or SMG team per Rifle Squad with a Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points per team. aN ued Fearless Trained. Leading the explo 1d breakthrough columns has of the war more an most and cheit S Ol — = — = La sl — io = —_ sa) i= ee aad mo ma =i b= mo = *) = PLATOON HQ Section with: Ss COMPANY HQ with: Te Rehan Peron AE AAAY AAA AANA + Replace up to one SMG ream per SMG Platoon with 4 Panverfanst SMG tea foe +10 points pe team. ANAK AAR d'with che deadly PPSh submachine-guns, pe " EONS NUNC COMPANY OPTIONS + Add an Observer Rifle ream for +15 points. + Add trucks for +5 points for the company There is nowhere the Germans can go now, and the mortar troops have their coordinates. Few will scape our revenge COMPANY HQ Section and 330 points | 290 points peer ieee recombi} 155 points | 140 poine ‘OPTIONS Add an Observer Rifle eam for +15 points ‘Add lend lease Dodge %-ton trucks, M2 or M3 half: ‘racks, or M3A1 armoured tractors for +5 points per Gun Baccery Arm any or all M2 or M3 half-tracks or M3AI ar- ‘moured tractors with «50 cal AA MG for +5 points per vehicle, sd down. Volleys German positions. man Tine and mm 2183 fel gn ev 28-5 ld gin A rm 218-3 gun Tn 218-36 gun TEER eM E AM CL LR} reel poo) DR Ch aU PARLEY (eared eLe pete tee Cunt a cena TANK COMPANY You must field one company from each box shaded black and may field one company or platoon from each box shaded grey. Your Horo Sredniy Samokhodno-artillyeriyskly Polk HO must be from a Guards division (marked G) ora Red Army division (marked 4 ) All other companies or platoons with ether of these symbols must be from the same division as your H Pen Ete iy j 3 PLT MN A ae A) ee ee SY MOTIVATION AND SKILL 4 Hero Sredniy Samokhodno-artilyriyhiy Polk from rated Fearless Trained. A Hero Sredniy Sar Fed Army division is rated Confide Guards division Trained. 4} cuarps Division HEADQUARTERS a a OPTION * Mount an SMG Tank Escort on HQ tank for +10 points OPTION * Mount SMG Tank Escorts on all assault guns for +10 points per assault gun, CAT KILLERS ¢ medium self propelled tank weapons te support tanks and infanery against NOI falls co us ro make sure that we all make ic out alive, Closer eo jon beeween our ass the tanks ofthe sano We may be lucky and our ene cartened, bu fight hard MOTIVATION AND SKILL Hero suppor. md companies from Fearless Trained. Hero sup 2 companies from a Red Army Confident Trained. COMPANY 315-2 obr 1943 Tented au ga Ercernacr] perenne) ed OPTIONS + Equip any or all tanks with a .50 cal AA MG for +5 points per tank ‘+ Mount SMG Tank Escorts onal tanks for +10 points per tank, A Guards H Trained, » Heavy Tank Company is rated Fearless COMPANY. 3 ISU-122 rae oar 21SU-1 OPTIONS + Equip any or all ISU-122 or ISU-152 heavy assault guns with 50 cal AA MG for +5 points per gun. Mount SMG Tank Escorts on all assault guns for 4410 points per assault gun. red Fearless GUARDS DIVISION RED ARMY DIVISION KAPITAN As the bath to offer our tan and infantry comrades the help of th wel. These tanks will be essential inthe rou Heavy Aseaut Gur CUE ns will be an COMPANY. TET at points a 90 points | 80 points OPTION * Mount SMG Tank Escorts on all assault guns for 410 points per assault gun, When the Red Aem German posit s, the SU-76M will be there doing its part. alongside th yy across Poland and now into Germany PLATOON HQ Section with: 170 points pal 100 points | 100 po OPTION + Replace Command SMG team with « Command Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points ( eu ou ant command MS an HO SECTION EET LEVTENANT ASNNA ANB || NAA YANK SMGtaam SMG tam Captured haltreck oo COMPANY. HQ Section with at eal a = ETT aint Pioneer Rilo tam OPTION ‘= Add a Pioneer Supply horse-drawn wagon for 4:20 points or a Pioncer Supply truck for +25 points. In this grand offensive, there will be no shortage of things Prone Piongo blow up, bridges to build, or German a : Rileveem Rifle team fhe sappers have borne the brunt of the war on their backs, hue now they: like your other troops, have an opportunity to a mt et COMPANY HQ Section with: oe are ce) 305 points pe = ee points OPTION Add trucks for +5 points for the company. Pee Eo a The 76mm ZIS-3, Company cannot fire Ar CNA Pea ANTTANK PLATOON KESMAE COMPANY HQ Section with: ErVarnry 5 es 4 BM-13-16 Katyusha | 135 roy eee 8 BM-31-12 Katyusha err ee cee 5 points 2BM-31-12 Katyusha } 120 points | 120 points OPTIONS * Model all BM-13-16 Katyusha or BM-31-12 Karyusha rocket launchers with five or more crew and count each rocket launcher as wo weapons when. etlaunchar Rocket launcher firing 2 bombardment for +10 points per Rocket Mortar Platoon, Add Anti-aircraft Platoon for +50 points ae Raa Rackatlnuncho Replace all DShK AA trucks with 37mm obr 1939 guns towed by trucks for +15 points for the platoon, A Guards Hero Rocket Mortar Batalion is nated Featless SUPER HEAVY ROCKETS A Guards Hero Rocket Morcar Bactalion equipped BM.31-12 Karyusha rocket launcher ne Super He sckers special rule SEI DOE Ae the start of the game, place a Full Salvo marter Guard: Hero Rocket Mortar Battalion equipped wich Bl MOBILE ROCKET LAUNCHERS 31-12 Katyusha rocket launchers. Remove th Guards rocket mortar battalions used “shoot a! 4 Guards He Bombardment. On Anvillery Bombardment, bua none did so. OPTIONS + Add an Observer Rifle eam for +15 points. ‘+ Add a truck and Stalinets tractors for +5 points per Gun Battery You may not field a Hero Reserve Artillery Battalion unless you are also fielding a Here Motorised Artillery Battalion with at least as many guns in total, COMPANY HQ Section with: Bees C 110 points + Add trucks for +5 points for the company The Lufinafés aircraft grow ever rarer as the onclusion. In these fn the infani tong jun oleae a gunners will quickly dispatch them befo ‘Tobe 198 gu Tm ob 182 gun Name Mobitry Front Weapon Range ROF MEDIUM TANKS HEAVY TANKS 15-2 or 194 Dod MEDIUM ASSAULT GUNS s-s5M Slow Tank Bom D-55 22786 Show Ti ASSAULT GUNS RECONNAISSANCE BAG Motorgle MG cam, MG “ROCKET LAUNCHERS ANTI-AIRCRAFT VEHICLES DSK AA tuck Wheels Side Top Auttank Firepower Equipment and Notes het Launcher SUM TEAMS Weapon Mobility Bangs RO Anctank Fiepomcr (Noes MACHINE-GUNS Maksim HMG Mn-pcks INFANTRY ANTI-TANK PTRD anciank if Man packed MORTARS S2-BMAl mortar Man picked tng bombardones 120-7M1.38 mortar igh ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS DShK AA MG: a 5 Anes SOVIET QUSEWOL 37mm obr 1939 gun ; 47160 An since, Tara ANTI-TANK GUNS 5mm ob 1942 gu Spa Z1S-2 an Omen BS ARTILLERY 6mm 218-3 fel gun Sidi bebe. 1 A abr 1931137 gus Fring bombarda 152mm abr 1945 na ML-20 obe 19 TEENY Range ROFAnthtank Firepower Weapons and Notes 6 OF 2when Pind Down ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT. “= D Litislat Dt ij Ant-tank ——Riepower TRUCKS ARMOURED TRANSPORTERS SOVIET PAINTING SUIDE TATE oe to ie : CEE TY In the winter months, many nations opted to whicewash Winter armies look fantastic Om the game table and they are cit vchicles and equipment to help them blend into their not too diffi to achieve ‘quick guide to help you Surroundings better, This was achieved with a simple white- whitewash your vehicles ning Winter offensive. ‘wash paint, which was usually soluble with gasoline for easy ‘The example below is gun, but the tech- removal in the Spring, niques can he usd k of ttar. STEP 1: BASECOAT IN WHITE Stare by basecoating your tank of gun in white, rather th the normal colour you would use. Follow this up with ali wash or two of black to pick out all of the model’ details Afier the wash has dried, deybrush the main surfaces with white co even out any unwanted black specks or lines. STEP 2: PAINT YOUR DETAILS Next, go and do all of the dewals of the model, including tracks, tools, exhaust pipes, stowage, spare track links, ec Doni forget © paint any rubber roadwhees Ifyou are looking for a quick and easy whitewash fee fee Stop here. The vehicle will look like is just received ies winter ‘camouflage and is ready for activ STEP 3: STRESS THE WHITEWASH Grab a long-bristled detail brush and mix up the colour of you have chosen for your tank. In this case I chose Reflective Green (890) for my Soviet tank 2s ie contrasts well with the white There are two phases to this step, the frst is easy. Apply paine fe the brush, remove any’ exces, and then pull che bristles all of the edges of the tank and let the darker pain sake a thin line along the edges. Paintall of the major ang and don't forgst co go around ta manters; etc. [Fit has an edge, highlight it yok Esher od ae Nou can’ then expand a bit, Remove the majority of the in areas that would frequently get damaged or rubbed lke paint from your brush and paint “backwards. That isto around hatches and the recoil lengeh of che barrel, ‘Think Apply the brush to the model and push up and about how the crew of tank escorts mount and dismount a ju, essentially the reverse of normal painting strokes. nk, and heavily apply your green colour there. Similarly, Seuss the bristles to fan our in random direction: kes don't damage the whitewash where the cte Seratches’ in the whitewas wouldn't touch the tank like crevasses or acute TT Towards the end of winter, crews removed their whitewash your whitewash to the areas where it wouldn't have been oline or water, ‘This removed the bulk of wh bed off, such as around rivets, between armour plates sd, but it would stil eave some in the cracks of the and in the cracks. Whitewash was a paste and sometimes simulate this, you can apply the essential steps de- streaked when dissolved, so you can add this i ove, but instead youl stare with a regular coloured Je or gun and use a watered-down white paint. Lim By early 1945. nd Thind Reich was in mW Wache am Rhein (Of hon the Rhine), failed co splic he Americ sh armies despite some early success. Instead, the western Allies were now quickly recap. that many key divisions and much needed equipment were sitipped fiom the Eastern Front to conduct the operations in sweakened defences were no match for the Red auinched its Winter Vistula-Oder Offensive on 1945. Even though the Sov 12 Januar 5 reached the Oder River in a matter of weeks, many ele f the German High Command, including Himmler and Hi thar chey were still destined to achieve victor Despite falling short of its objectives, the Ardennes offensive did yield one unexpected intelligence coup. The German: Secured a copy of the plans for Operation Eclipse, which described the Allied p: jes occupation, Subsequent German. strat by this kno cut hope that che grand alliance somehow be shattered an svar vierorious. The hold ou Allies to a French were less likely to brutal icans, British, and 1, believing that the SPOILING ATTACK With che Red Anmy on C Heinz Guderian appealed to Hitler co approve a large-scale manyis doorstep, Generaloberit offensive which would hopefully destroy any Soviet plans for frtack on eastern Germany. In addition to the formations already in place on the Eastern Front, Guderian sought to draw on units which were stationed in far-flung commands like Fast Prussia, dhe Ball 2 the operation with som c of success. F 1 provide ler declined ith his typical attitude of not surrendering one inch of major Walther han Hiclers ound, However, after a pi reed v0 allow Guderian’s dep Wenck to command the offens personal favourite, the tactically neo Reichominister S$ Heintich Himmler PLANNING SONNENWENDE A wort 4 Wenck reluctantly accepted the assignment (0 the upcoming offensive, called neler Sounenwende, ot Operation Solstice. Guderian initially proposed a two-pronged offensive from both Stargard ané Kiistrin, but Hider’ refusal to commit the neces cased the plan to be altered and scaled back si n flank of the salient Vistula-Oder offensive in jacuary 85. Gu (an attack from this : 4 seach Kistrin and destroy With 2 litte buck this would bale wvard Berlin the lead Sovi ~ Guderian and Wenck had few resourees to draw upon. From the shattered remains of Arty Group Vistula, commanded by Himmler, they cobbled together an assault fo xr Armee (11 SS-Panet eral Felix Steiner. ngalmost entirely of the 11. SSP Army) under the command of SS As with many of C war, Sto swith roughly the strengeh of a comps rath many’s formacions ac this point in che command was essentially a paper formation Annee suffered Allo the divisions comprising 17. SS equipment and personnel shortages, but they were nonethe- Panzer Division 28" Ss. Jess high-quality fighting units includ rin, 10 SS-Panzer Division “Frundsberg a 4 i division. Finally, f Arngwalde and its THE EASTERN ATTACK “The eastern assaule succeeded in advan ht Soviet resistance and e TTT Sng ly with the timely arrival of SS-No» renee ad tale BYELORUSSIAN finally secured on 16 FRONT J the Fiber Begleit Division were fighting ivy tanks was the town able co be Division to the east oF Amswalde. The dier Division advance vas speatheaded by their armored detachment which was wel wulrguns underthecommand Toran, Because of this Division, and Firer Be and capable comm: his assignment and THE WESTERN ATTACK amounted to only ‘. (On the western lank, 39° Panzer Corps a the other arm of the pi OPERATION SOLSTICE and Panzer Division “Holz well equip time with over 100 tanks and available (incu. ing over 50 Panther tanks), but they ran neo trouble almost itmimediavely. While the corps was initially able to push the enemy out of a few small villages, che Sovier 2° Guards Slated ob 1 and operation and gasoline reserves were a alarm aa a Tank Ammty resisted the advance fiercely. Muddy conditions some accounts there was only 0 also hampered their progress. Ultimately, the advance of supplies available ro the units comprising the assault free the panaer comps was salled roughly 45 miles (70km) from CENTRAL ATTACK Some of the most vicious fi! F Unterne ffensi sion and the S5-Polizei ck, supplies Germans Sennenwende took place in he Wallonien $S-Di Division. As with the other ne centre prong of conducted by cats of the and ¢ vere forced to dispense with any preliminary bombardment of gasoline and ammunition were shor of the enemy positions The tanks were noi ready to move out at the designated star time of 0500 hours, and were only able to commence their advance in late morning. Their fist target, Brallentin, was therefore not was being secured, the Wallonians secured a ridge west of Brallentin. While the Wallonien SS Division held the ridge the SS-Polizei Division continued its advance, capturing apcured until 1400 hours. While the cown tore villages south of Brallentin. Iewas then ordered co link up with the Holstein and Frundsberg divisions to the east ro encircle the Soviet forces before the enemy could escape The Soviets, however, had realized that the German offensive was severely under-strength, and instead of tying to pull units out of the forming cauldron, continued to push more tinis into it in order to first blune and then obliterate the attack Directly in the path of this Soviet advance were the nicky Wallonians. THE SOVIET COUNTERATTACK From their position on the ridge, the Wallonicn SS-Division ‘coild see the build up of Soviee armour and infantry forces fe moraing of 17 February, the division was completely 4 with che Sovies occupying the muddy plain to their he Soviets attacked the ridge with IS-2 heavy tanks, say’ at the Wallonians with cheir 122mm guns. ort available ta the division was a pair of Je were too far from the battlefield soon forced them ro retire. Despice held the ridge ar dusk. vas still trying to link up wid February, the 2p was only a few miles wide, but the speasheads were tinable to complete the encirclement. Even if they had been able ro accomp! the impossible, i is unlikely they would been able to contain the Soviet forces within The follow The Wallonien SS-Division held their positions on the ridge day would prove disastrous for the offensive until late that afternoon when the division was literally ground underneath the tracks of the Soviet heavy tanks. (Only two men made it hack to German lines alive Av the other end of the line in Liebenow, che Stermgerciitz of Fithrer Grenadier Division had been stopped cold, but for the time being were holdin armoured attacks, Genetal Wenck was recalled by Guderian 3 line against continuous Soviet to the Fithrerbwriker (Hitler's personal command headquar crs) for a status update, On the way he fell asleep at the wheel of his taf car (his driver having already succumbed to jane) and crashed. With Wenck out of action, Himmler took command of the overall operation and promptly shut it down, THE OFFENSIVE’S IMPACT Ina serategic sense Unternehmien Sonnentcende was a complete flue because Hitler steadfastly refused to believe the heart of the The attack was carried out with insufficient Forces Reich was truly in danger. Inseead his areention was focused on Hungary and other far flung regions of his crambling emp However even though Marshal Zhukov was able to recap: ture most of his lost territory i 2 upon him and Stalin. Future a few days, che operation: clearly made an imps Soviet westward offensives were cancelled in order to sceure the norther flank, Only then would the final advance into Germany begin. In this light, Sovmena Soviet push to Berlin may have been delayed by-as much a two months. This was time that Berlin needed to prepare fOr the final battle nde had a major impact as the final page 68), and a Pan 2) use all of the normal German of the rulebook (except fo Special rules on pa Bampfgruppe). In addition they also use the Tailor-made Baclegroup and Enjoy the War special rules TAILOR-MADE BATTLEGROUP The panzer and infantry units of the Schnelloruppen (fast have been corally reorganised in eatly 1945 to ac feommodate new, inexperienced company officers and non: commissioned officers, Wherever possible the organisation le tactics have been simplified co take the load off All of the components are still there, such as mortars and propelled. guns, bue now everyching is more or less ssimental and battalion officers rather than ‘company commanders, This affords company commanders ater choice of weapons without the complexity of havin coordinate small batlegroups. page 68) ENJOY THE WAR. In early 1945, the Allies Germany, exacting revenge where they © al and unconditional s the German soldiers fought on with grim hum joy the war, because che peace will be cerribl sroyed and is removed anoe re-roll Pat a GERMAN SPECIAL RULES aa et TT 3 Dread TANK COMPANY Petry ‘You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each box shaded grey. Your force must be from a Veteran division (marked © ) or a Fresh division (marked ® ). All other platoons with either ofthese symbols must be from the same division as your HO. PoE Cre Oy PNT aL Pu coce sy 15 bd Pee re ae ee ea eee PANZERTRUPPEN - 1945 After the winter offensives of late 1944 and early 1945, the German Punzertruppen (armoured troops) were faced with a shortage of experienced personnel to command their units. New panzer divisions continued to be formed up to the end of the war, but no longer was it guaranteed that replacement officers and non-commis. sioned officers had any combat experience. The solution was to simplify the panzer division's organisation into a eae eee ea ‘command. Furthermore, it infused an incredible amount ee et ee ee ce erent eee ea oe ee eee ee panzer regiment (from eo), and tank plawons of four tanks, rather than five. However, they were given heir ee re eee er ae een ee (scort) infantry. The divisions were also equipped with some of the best tanks, assault guns, and ank-hunters. Se eee eee ers was.a‘smaller unit supported by excellent equipment, heavy firepower, and close cooperation to sccure victory MOTIVATION AND SKILL YETERAN PANZER A Veteran Panzer Kampferuppe is rated as Confident TARE Veteran. GED A Fresh Pancer Kampfiruppe & rated as Confident Trained. eng ener) eens (OES) PPE Rea) OPTION + Mount Assault Rifle Tank Escorts on Company and 2iC Command tanks for +15 points per tank: You must field atleast one Panzer Platoon equipped with 7 the same model of tank as the Company HQ. adn} 2 Panzer 1V/70 (A) nae The panzer company has been, and will remain, the eu UG G (late) edge of Germany's offensives and counterattacks. ‘They ate Perret) uipped with the bravest crews and the best tanks with the thickest armour and the most powerful 190 points ae any erg 95 points pyre 170 poines Pee Ps The modern panzer di IEE ia 0 yoi will beable co cons ers ar gels PLATOON. rer eae Paes cartes ese 2 Jagdpanther a Seay eae) TN) aT) ea Panzer 1V/70 (V) 3 Panzer 1V/70 (V) 2 Panzer 1V/70 (V) cers east Dad Ba aNd Gites Tres ered sn ens are en 175 p pen ce ae Cp Pe Eee pre 170 points crane eee 135 points crore cee rey 50 poines oe 5 points Ps ce ee cree rer roe points Poa fo UNTEROFFZIE Na wae OPTION + Mount Assault Rifle Tank Fscorts on each tank for +15 poines per tank. equipped with the i che past, panzer companies w same type of tank. However, che battles on the Eastern Front require adapracion to deal with Soviet attacks. You may find that your command consists of combat platoons from other companies, battalions, or even regiments. Use whatever you You also me new types of tanks available chat have traditionall en issued co panzer companies. Fo exan rveginent (29 Tank Regiment), tank-huntets instead of Pancher tanks and 0 tanks in place of their Panzer IV ¢ PLATOON eras eee reaver eran ents ep ayererroraam [essen 2734 0be1942 | 150 poins OPTION + Replace up to one'T-34 obr 1942 with a T-34/85 obr 1944 for +30 points When necessary, we use the enemy's tanks, Ie is difficult co find spare parts, and those that we have are rather old. Stil in times such as these, it would be foolish to not use them, ment) of the 20, Panzendivis Armoured Division) uses five 1-3 tanks in its ranks, Urs PLATOON Eyer repiene ee ri 7] Niet) rs ee OPTION + Replace any of all Wirbelwind tanks with Ostovind tanks for +5 points per ank. EN UW ETT Antiaeraftank eae ee ae rs ‘ARMOURED INFANTRY BATTLEGROUP MECHANISED COMPANY Potrtcury box shaded groy. PCy Carey Cor aa IED PLATOONS: rar Ce o~ os es ee Pry aa PANZERGRENADIER - 1945 Se See eee eee panzer division structure in 1945 removed the company’s avy weapons and replaced chem with integrated flak RCo e ae ern] eon er eo hte entre of firepower down in addition to covering the grenadices eee Some new battalions received enough SeG44 assault rifles, to fcout a platoon with them, but many older battalions retained their machine-gun-armed squads instead. Every eee ete renee launchers to guard against enemy tanks The atmoured grenadiers could also rely on che division’ Coe ee ae eran the tanks. As panzergrenadiers, they also had access to Ce Re econ Deen ee armed with 17.5em PaK40 anti-tank gun, This was avail ee eee) Ponzerjiger Abseilung(cank-hunter batalion), eS eee ee See ee eee ‘You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each Your force must be from a Veteran division (marked @ ) or a Fresh vision (marked © ), All ther platoons with either of these symbols must be from the same division as your HQ, toed aye a ma MOTIVATION AND SKILL VETERAN Panzex Fase Panzes ts : k GRENADIER” KAMPFGRUPPE Gresik RamercnuPeE A Vetentn Pancergrenadier Kan Confident Veteran. nudier Kampferuppe Heaoouanrsss an AYR Qof Bee et a PLATOON. HQ Section with: OPTION. + Replace the Sd Kf 251/1 half-track in the HQ Section with an Sd Kfe 251/17 (2m) half-track or an Sd Kf 251/21 (15mm) hal-track for +5 points. a at st sue the Mounted Assault special The armoured pa support to the ps for the close combat that che pansergrenadiers have been he need to support an keep the enemy's PLATOON. AY Command Panzeraust MG team SAKE 25/1 hatrack OPTION ‘Replace the Sd Kf 251/1 half-track in the HQ Section with an Sd Kfz ck Sd Kfe 251/21 (15mm) half track for +5 points. platoons of conventional infaner MG42 light machine-gu bes 390 points | 300 points 260 points | 200 points pis aoc) 130 points | 100 points 1 The Soviet successes on the Eastern Front and the renewed western Allied offensives were taking theirroll on the German ‘war machine. Reinforcements were badly needed to make Panzer and Panzergrenadicr divisions strong enough to ress the Allied advances in the east and west. Tank factories, such as Alkert in Beslin, were sending their tanks straight from the factory floor to the front as replacement vehicles, Sui these were not enough to stem the tide. An emergency plan went into effet in late Match to mobilise every last panzer, self-propelled gun, and vehicle in Germany’ tank eraining schools into combat unis, Panzer schools, such as Paderborn and Bergen, had long been suring out exceptional replacement tank crews for the Webrmacht. In these last were few andl fuel and ammuniion for practice runni ys, experienced officers and cadets Nevertheless, each school organised its assets into Ausbildungs Verbinude (Replacement Tank Forces) Each of these units were unique, based on the eypes of tanks they had available. For example, the school at Paderborn formed Tiger tank crews, and as such had a large number of old Tiger 1 E and Porsche-model Konig: Some schools specialised in tank-hunting and were equipped with StuG assaule guns or Hetze schools had ro make do with some cruly obsolete and un reliable tanks, stich a5 Panzer Il or IIL lacked the abiliy to form a full tank bat aks. Most schools alion, and instead ier for mations. These were reinforced by schools of panzergren: diers, Aufelirungs personnel, n missioned officers, snipers, and a7S ar Soot © Paderdorn ones arin Pa (Bohemi) arn ease ee coneeit a combat history of these units was as diverse as theit composition. Some fought the enemy on their very own school grounds, while others were transported to the front to join existing panzer and panzergrenadier divisions in battle. One, Panzer the battle of Berlin, fighting its final act on the streets of lsbildungs Bobrmen, was swept up into Germany's capital While forced units fought hardin those final battles a to fight with old equipment, the Awbildang overwhelming re up until they odds. Yet, hese last panzer u ell, or lo had fired thei la of the Reich. ET Ty TAILOR MADE BATTLEGROUP & ENJOY THE WAR A Panzer Ausbildungs Verband and Panzer Ausbildungs Abteilung 500 use all ofthe normal German special rules on pages 249 to 252 of the rulebook (with che exceptions men- tioned below). In addition, they also use the Tailor Made Battlegroup and Enjoy che War special rules on page 67 as well asthe Panzer Ausbildungs special rules below. REPLACEMENT AND TRAINING TANKS The tanks of an Panzer Ausbildungs Abteiing are old, worn: out tanks. Irs up to the crews to see ifthey have ight left in them! Combat, and Weapons Vebicles from Headauarte Platoons of @ Pancer Ausbild and Paneer Ausbil ‘page 61 of the rulebook) and do mor benefit fro Abeilung 500 are all rated Unreliable (se Tiger Ace abilities or Wide-m For yourreference, Ausbildugs anks have their own entries in the Arsenal (on page 96) highlighting their characteris PANZER STUDENT The tanks ofthe replacement batcalions were typically crewed by scucents, They had litle or no training in tank tactics and only a few had any combat experience at all Combas and Weapons platoons from band and Pa) the Starmereoper or Mision Panzer Ansbil 1 Ausbildungs Abteilung 500 do not especial ra PANZER LEHRER When the replacement battalions were called into battle training school teachers led their classes into bare Ualike he ves of th and Verband Paneer Ausbild le 00 wpe wh 7 24C Command tank yon may se the Starmtroope eee da hy asm MT eT Peer ed TANK COMPANY Perce You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each box shaded grey. All of your Support Platoons must be from the same source either a Veteran division (marked © ) ‘ora Fresh division (marked © ). In addition you may also take unmarked Support Platoons, prey Ete ally Lise Daa Ee Seu roves Troops filling oh 1 Panzer Panzer Ausbildungs es ed Add 2iC Command tank errs acer ed Prers en MOTIVATION AND SKILL HEADQUARTERS ened VG orl BAGS Baus Ce meer cr EET cocci a Pry Pent) ee eee mm Tio rats ps sat AW te pat ay ee 4 75. points points 65 points ry EERE EL) OpTions + Mount Assault Rifle Tank Escorts on all tanks for +15 points per tank ‘+ Add Schiizen sdeskiets co any or all Panzer Ill, Panzer IV StuG G, oF Jagdpanzer IV tanks for +5 points per Pe eee 24 March 1945, using the command staff of Panzer ide 104. Formed from units near the Baltic Sea, of included an armoured clement known as ment ‘Coburg’ (actually Panzer Ansbi an for its whole complement of men. Therefore the ane the tanks and the remain- ee ee re cee The force was assigned co Army Group Vistula and from eens the west Prussia and Germany and was lost co history in the cr cee crt aS MTL ee Ly 1 ete Lanne —b— crm PLATOON. arr aera peace ren ee eps ered rons ores ea 200 points ead fee rg ered eed 240 points en ee Options + Moune Assault Rifle Tank Escorts on all tanks for +15 poines per tank. Add Schiiren sideskirts oany orall PanzerlV, SeuG G or Jagdpanzer TV tanks for +5 poines per tank. PLATOON. Frere) roe eee 265 points OPTION * Mount Assault Rifle Tank Escorts on all tanks for +15 points per tank, The panzer plat " Z ample, school for medium tanks have some older Panzer I Panther tanks, whil PANZER AUSBILDUNGS VERBANDE ‘FRANKEN’ Bass ep Poa a ed Poss BAhGS pete pr) ee en ee ee ee) 23 March 1945, and sent to Eisenach to face the Americ: ee et tanks, but was reinforced ment consisted of only six a er a ree ee Rea parece ee emer nT Sa se eee eee eee ee and fought the US 89* Infantry Division, E eee or lose to the Panzer Ausbildung eee ee eee ee eet Verbiinde Franken’ retrcated into th coe ae PANZER AUSBILDUNGS VERBANDE ‘THURINGEN’ ‘ Kn —_ et = Fa FRYE GG HP li cca RT SO Lr poe rr DT ee ee the unit coded up fighting as two separate forces. The bulk of the force's SeuG assault guns, 20 in otal belonging to psy raya ga EY SN a the 26* Volksgrenadier Division and Panzer Ausbildungs Verbinde Franken: The rest fought and frally surrendered pate eee a ent as PLATOON. OPTION © Add Schiirzen sideskirts to all Bummbie | —— UN — d hala —enmarom— emu — ecdeeg ttn eine CS Nea PANZER AUSBILDUNGS VERBANDE ‘BOHMEN’ ee nee regiments. However, unlike other Ausbildungs panzer regi- a ae ee es er ee ed Pca ee erage pec arr mitnoseg ties is pap Rider mi ilorlan inter Pee ee eee The unit was attached to the Fuhrer Grenadier Panzer rats ahr. Division (recently upgraded from a brigade), and fought ren pen Pore ae ere erent eon Far or Yer an ad as Sere ee et (mies pro encirclement of Berlin and fought in the pocker until the ene a ers ai Pa eM ee TY eda UN SUS Poem Namco cad TANK COMPANY pers box shaded grey. poe Cee You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each, Eo ALLIED PLATOONS Luftwaffe Platoons in your en oe ae nee Bes PANZER AUSBILDUNGS VERBANDE ‘WESTFALEN’ Bais eed ard AYR Cee ard ey ee PEs eee ca a oe Oe Dei sUiabwcete cee eet ee ic Babs ata Pere ee yey Ce ‘Abteilung 16. e! Officially formed on 28 March 1945, P Dan er cet ee eae re a (ete nn eet any es en eee ere ‘hich had a motley collection of old training tanks r yes Pee oa ee ee ee Panzer Ersatz Abteilung 500 was the training school for Tiger tank crews. It was this unie that provided the tanks and crows t© Kampfgruppe Hummel in September 1944 to counter the Allied invasion of Holland, codenamed Operation Market Garden. “Those tanks soldiered on Oe ee eee ee Pen ee ee 7 heavy tanks formed the core of Pinzer rae cen Preece Ausbildungs Abteilung 500. The heavy tanks of Westfalen saw action south of Paderborn, Portions of the school were fighting dismounted as infantry. See eee eer ee eee Eo ee anks were rendered lost on 12 April 1945, at which point the erews took up small arms and fought on. ore ets eT aie MOTIVATION AND SKILL PANZER AUSBILDUNGS ABTEILUNG 500 Passer Aumbildungs Abelung 500 i the cove of he Tier tuning shoo at Paderbor ‘machines A Pancer Aubildens Abeng 500 i rated ai Confident Trained. ies Ea EN Add 2iC Command tank: 1 Kénigstiger (Porsche) re . rere ee cveral Panther medium POTTS PLATOON. 4 Tiger LE es uw ea) = | — = aay [==] ce wa pes Zz a! J Tl = iam) fw = = 5 Land ray | = = a cerns een 2 Tiger IE 280 points Te he school has 17 old model Kanigstiger training replacemen bs Now th Verband and face the Al PLATOON Eas | 180 points | OPTIONS ‘© Replace any orall Panzer IIL Lor M-with Panzer III N tanks at no cost ‘Add Schiizen sideskirts to any or all Panzer II tanks for +5 points per tank PLATOON. HQ Section and Three Grenadier Squads with: Gee CHOOSE ONE SCHOOL PER PLATOON: + NCO School Create this platoon from an NCO School with no additional equipment or abilities. Mechanised School: Create this platoon from 2 Mechanised School and add an Sd Kfz 251/1 or Sd Kfz 250 half tracks to the HQ Section and all Panzergrenadier Squads for +10 points per half-track. This platoon must be equipped with MG teams. Thrce Grenadier Squads with: ener Serer ents Gens Pioneer School: Create this platoon from a Pioneer School and replace all teams with Pioncer teams ‘equipped with their normal weapons for +5 points per team. You may add a Pioneer Supply truck for points. Sniper School: Create this platoon from a Sniper School for +10 points and use the Sniper School special rule below. Most Ausbildungs forces have several associated panzergre diet or Aufklar pioneer schools also, increasing their assault and defensive potential. Finally sniper schools have assembled battalion. and sent them forward to join the Verb, students bring their own skills and abilities for you to MECHANISED SCHOOL Panzergrenadier Ausbildungs Platoon equipped SII or Sd Kfe 250 bualfrracke may we the ted Asus special rule on page 243 of the ri PLATOON Percent) PLease Verbande includes Flak s adds 18 Se Kf 251/21 (Triple 15mm) ill both ce. ‘Their great firepower enemy aireraft and screen enemy ESET mn athe. ATR UNTEROFFIZIER ARR. AT. EEE ‘GRENADIER SQUAD ae Senne eNO DE OPTIONS (FOR ALL SCHOOLS) + Equip all teams with Panzerfausts in addition co their ‘normal weapons for +10 points per + Add a Panzerschrock team for +20 points PIONEER SCHOOL Yow may replace up 10 one Rifle, Pioncer Rifle MG SNIPER SCHOOL Rifle teams in a Pancergrenadier Ausbildw 4 Down, Rifle team 5 filed To Hit When nor Pinn ls wih cheir Rifles in Defensive F LEUTNANT. eu command Fe hafrack CEA ar «ir «air Fokhatltack _FaKhath Flak hattrack CESS MOTIVATION AND SKILL Vereran Fresh Veteran |Support Platoon: are nated as Confident CAMPSIE AN REGRUEER: Veteran IRD Gm == Fresh Support Platoons are rated as Confident Trained. arm Gna aaeD LEUTNANT i Ean PLATOON. eerrea ee ra 3 Knigstiger (Henschel) een Be renege Cre 1 Kénigstiger (Henschel) cee erg 860 points EER CA Cons cos 215 points Te 275 points BRS HEAVY TANK SE foe i UG A Schwere Panzer Platoon If your Schwere Panzer Plat ed with Herz PaO saith, where Tiger Ace oil refs to Tier tanks or 8.8% gi, dita ating Het Hes The heavy tanks ofthe Schovere Panzer battalions areas el ies providing excellent support to the Panzertruppen mands for the superb Konigsiger are so high that some Meiners Cepia Gtk VEE battalions have co use the older Tiger E or be issued Hetzer tank destroyers as temporary replacement vehicles PLATOON. TT) eae Brel eoy ; eco) Paka) . ra 4 igdpanther poorer eres ‘Replace up to one T-34 obs 1942 with an Seotica ee =p demands made on the panzers are high, so the Panzeridger Le = tanks Gill in wherever they can, ‘They are usually found sup: 245 points porting the panergrenadiers, helping co brace for enemy fee is and offering their guns a8 assault cannons. bil ccoash The Sd Kfz 251/22 (PaK40) is a new addition to our arsenal a up the tried and true half-track chassis with the deadly 75cm P:k40 antitank gun. Furthermore, the OPTION powerful Jagdpanter and Pander IV/70 tank-hunters have © Mount Assault Rifle Tank Etcorts on all tanks for replaced the ols Hornise and Marder “+15 points pet tank Interestingly, the 18% Panceriéger Abteilung (189° Tank: hrunter Battalion), part of the 23. Punzerdivivo Armoured Division), uses captured Soviet vehicl including 1-34 obr 1942 tanks and SU-85 assaule guns. The 4. Panzerdivsion has a single Soviet assaule gun in is service, formidable SU-100. Pe PLATOON 3 Panzerspih Patrols eed 1 Panzerspih Patrol Cen Pr rer siKh0 ead The Panseripab patrols will keep you informed about incoming attacks as well as lead your toops away from enemy ambushes The Penzerspth plaroon has received a boost in. firepower with the addition of an Sd Kf 251/21 (triple 15mm) ro each sat bay while your re n with their job. Alternative a1. This will kep the ene palf-eracks get fire will pin down enemy infantsy while the panzergrenadiers close in and finish the PLATOON ee swith: Panzer ILL Luchs 1 Panzerspih Patrol Sree emery re pore ta reel) ee tora Sit ree) Pe 110 points | 85 points annot go. The PLATOON een Perce An Armoured Ca PLATOON HQ Section with OPTIONS Sd K6251/21 (15 per half-tack. + Add Pioneer Si +30 points Pancerpionier Platon ARMOURED GAR PI Picea 95 half-track for +5 points apply Maultier half-rrack + Replice the Sd Kf 251/1 half-track in the HQ Seetion with an Sd Kfs 251/17 (2em) half-track or an + Add one additional Sd Kf: 251/7 (Pioneer) half-track tw each Pioneer Squad for +10 points p + Replace any or all Sd Kf with Sd Kfz 251/1 (Stuka) halF-tracks for +35 points half-track, 1/7 (Pioneer) half-tracks for OIA AR While sildung os a part of reconnaissance patrols eo Comnans Sd ke 51/1 Panworaust MG team —“haltrack USER WATER ATA. Pxcoiacst Dapasiut PrneertiG Prone MG SKK 25/7 Ponce satin atts UNNI Kea TE a oir AAT. WNC panzer division, che Panzer hinde have limited access to the divisional Ath. sor MG PIONEER SQUA PLATOON. = ata HQS. Comman Panzetaust MG eer err 60 points 2 Pansergrenadier Squads points OPTIONS mem + Replace the Sd Kf 251/1 half-rack in the HQ AAD. WAAR. ||| WAR, Section with an Sd Kfs 251/17 (2em) half-track or an Sic Ul race cine Sd Kfz 251/21 (15mm) half rrack for +5 points. MG MGteam | MGteam + Replace all Panzecfaust MG teams with Panzerfaust Assault Rifle teams for +5 points per team. MG PANZERGRENADIER Eon) SS-Pancergrenadier Platoons ma} uw $5: Parga reatewtainet. || WA A Oe PLATOON AN Add: mE Ua 2 Panzerschreck teams | +50 point At WAY ||| WAR WA. ie —__—_— Sua z om Ne ry Panzeraust Panzeraust +20 points flee Riles fee rrr 3 Weapons teams +80 points | +65 points Seen! od +50 points | +40 points The Weapons Sy ns Sa 1 Weaponsteam —_Weaponstoam nce tcn cal Wop tea rsa thc be c “The brave grenadier forces have been facing the Sovies on slaught forthe past ew months. Many are trapped in isolated pockets, reduced from battalions to mere platoons, yee sill ot the Fatherland. Ie is our duty as Panzerernppen : GW34 mortar to not only rescue our heroic comrades from destruction, ey bin shar but to honour their sacrifices and drive the Soviets from our pe Paton is rasa ¢ Eee ion of your Grenadier "These stall grenadier hampfer game : a small riflestrengeh, but they and heavy weapons to help PLATOON HQ Section wit peer errant etd OPTION EEA Tan 2 oe team for +20 points for the a a wath wAYA wat a rnadier Platoons are raved Reluctant Trained. 4 “The Volksgrenadier (people’s grenadiers), are reformed or newly formed infantry divisions. They are well equipped and $M pesiecly capable of holding ground while your tanks and Pm sxmoured infancry atack Po RT PLATOON tt +t HQ Section Command SMB team =e deal me Ciena OPTIONS Ste + Model all 8.8cm HlaK36 guns with eight or more Toone pe Tempe crew and increase their ROF to 3 for +10 points per gun. ‘Add Kiibelwagen and Sd Kf 7 halftracks for 45 points forthe platoon, EERE arene er ad 435 points | 335 points Phar 315 points | 245 points One Gun Se eo en ee Poe ore) od pod eres 430 points Serer rte) ee) Se 405 points Co eona 3 Hummel cerry eel een 210 points | 165 points OPTIONS + Replace any or all Observer Rifle teams and their Sd Kf 250 with Observer Panzer TI OP tanks for +10 points per tank, + Add an Sd Kf? 9 recovery halFtrack for +5 points PLATOON HQ Section and cs Comer 6 10.5em leFH18/40 Pee eens een) Peete gies) Py ey er Pr recney oer) fern Pr Ero Saree ener! eet Prenat cen enn Peron) Peembsitts Ey cen eer en 160 eee 120 points OPTIONS + Add horse-drawn wagon and limbers for +5 points for the battery ‘= Replace all horse-drawn limbers and wagon with 3-on trucks oF RSO tractors at no cost Aatillery is sil an essential weapon. In the past we used 10 have three batteries of four weapons, but now we have spit i wo howitzers othe others. This itt atrat Command Stetteam SMG tan Kibeluagen Ki2 680 abserver Ai oa FOCI Ns I RA att ommand SMG team Staten A nserver team Ri “patina Mowe “Ree PLATOON. HQs: revenrrnsrs eta One Gun Section with: rans ction and Two Gun Sections with ier 435 points | 335 points 225 points | 175 points OPTIONS + Add horse-drawn wagon and limbers for +5 points for the battery + Replace all horse-drawn limbers and wagons with 3-ton trucks, RSO tractors, or Sd Ke 7 hal-tracks at Puaroon A ge Command SMG teem —_Kabelway HQ Section and EREZaIEI Two Launcher Sections with: PT aX op rE a ae 8 Panzerwerfer 42 | 365 points | 275 points 6Panzerwerfer 42 | 305 points | 230 points é Section wih mt OPTION © Model all Panzerwerfer 42 rocket launchers with 5 ‘of more crew and count each rocket launcher as wo aN Panzerworfor #2 ‘weapons when firing a bombardment for +5 points per rocket launcher Armoured Rocker Launch Armour Rocker Launcher speci 1 rulebook The Paneerwerfer 42 is a mobile rocker launcher, which fires ight 15m rockets in each salvo, A battery of cighe will Id, Even a halé-battery of four launchers will do serious am: 1¢ fact that they are mounted on an armoured half-track than other artillery. ‘This is parcicularly helpful for ading counterbattery fire. eT ar PLATOON. HQ Section and eres Sections with: ec Pe eee red Peertery server Kibelwager ec File team ea Whar fon points carrer te area Caen Peo ced ere Section with: Perec Pe eNae oe SUPPORT Pes on | witha Pharr oy points eee) es re eee ince Perec) oer Section with: cron re pes 160 points ee) 105 points ro od OPTION ‘© Add a Kibelwagen and Sd Kee 11 half-tracks to the battery for +5 points. The Nebelwerfe hi troops for several yeas. SUPER-HEAVY ROCKETS ube that it is an excellenc and The massive 30em rockets used by the NW42 rocket la ate slow 10 load and therefore the full batery is not ficient weapon, demotalising and destroying the enemy at ailable to fire on command. A R ancher B sername se jnning with the excellent 15em NW41 launches, this heavy Rockets special ru screens, The 7 heavier 21em NWA42 rockets are more powerful and will help J 30cm NW42 Supe out enemy’ troops in frone of your tanks and armoured ck fi infantry, The deadly 30cm NW42 is even more powerful than Bomba the 2em rocket. Though more cumbersome to load than the other two launchers, the effect of a barrage from this weapon ill leave the ground shat SPORADIC AIR SUPPORT es : PLATOON HQ Section with: preter ened OPTION + Model all 88m FlaK36 guns with eight or move crew and increase their ROF to 3 for +10 points per gun, PLATOON HQ Section with: The Lufawsffé is responsible for defending our tenemy aircraft. To do this, they have stationed ai batteries al along the front line and created flak stro covering the mos vital area, Restassured that protecting your armour fom airborne threats will be the utmost priority of bar anti-aircraft platoons, as our hopes of deiving the Allied Peo ttt Command SMG team Pee Ca UE ten em Flake gun SSI Antverattgun aT TION. TTL AR ey ae es Hans-Ulrich Rudel was born on 2 July 1916. In late 1936, he joined the Luftwaffe as a cadet. During basic taining, he had difficulty learning fighter piloting techniques and vas eventually listed as unsuitable for aerial combat missions. In 1939, he was transferred to a reconnaissance unit and began his wartime career observing and taking pictures of enemy positions during che invasion of Poland. In 1940, his numerous applications to be transferred co the dive bombers were finally approved and he was then stationed in Caen, France during the Battle of Bricain. A fruscated Radel spent the entire battle assigned to a non-combat roe He then moved to the Mediterranean theatre where he once again sit on the sidelines during the bartle of Crete Finally on 23 June 1941, Rudel flew his first combat missions in the opening days of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, It took him less chan a month co win the Iron Cross, First Clas, in recognition of his abilities on the batelefield, (On 23 September 1941, Rudel and a fellow dive-bomber pilor scored hits that resulred in che sinking of the Sovie battleship

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