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 CONTENTS
The 21st Panzer Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Strike to the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
D-Day German Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
21st Panzer
Hotchkiss Assault Gun Company . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.5cm (Sf ) Hotchkiss Assault Gun Company HQ . . . . 10
7.5cm (Sf ) Hotchkiss Assault Gun Platoon . . . . . . . . . 11
10.5cm (Sf ) Hotchkiss Assault Gun Platoon . . . . . . . . 11
Sd Kfz 10/4 Light AA Platoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
21st Panzer Panzergrenadier Company . . . . . 12
Panzergrenadier Company HQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Panzergrenadier Platoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ROMMEL RETURNS
When Hitler sent armoured forces to aid the collapsing
Italian forces in Africa at the start of 1941, no one antic-
ipated that the Deutsches Afrikakorps would become a
legend. 5. Leichte Division (5th Light Division) became 21.
Panzerdivision (21st Armoured Division) in September 1941,
and with 15. Panzerdivision fought in the desert battles that
raged back and forth across North Africa. Despite always
being outnumbered, they very nearly won. The soldiers of
21. Panzerdivision had confidence in their comrades, their
equipment and their commander Generalfeldmarschall Erwin
Rommel—the ‘Desert Fox’. On 6 May 1943, after more than
two years in Africa, the Deutsches Afrikakorps surrendered to
the combined British and American armies at Tunis.
21. Panzerdivision Re-forms
As the final battle of Tunis was being fought, Schnelle Brigade
West (Mobile Brigade West), the mobile reserve for France,
was combined with 100. Panzer-Regiment to form Schnelle
Division West (Mobile Division West). A month later on
27 June 1943, Schnelle Division West was renamed 21. Panzer­
division in honour of those who fought and died in North
Africa. Two thousand Afrikakorps veterans were assigned to
this new division being assembled at Rennes, a city in the
Brittany region of northwest France.
With the priority of men and material being given to the
Eastern Front and the upcoming offensive at Kursk, limited
resources were available for Army Group West to equip the
new division. Fortunately, an answer was found in Baustab
Becker (Construction Staff Becker), named after its com-
mander Oberst Alfred Becker.
Becker was an enterprising soldier with a knack for creative
use of captured equipment. He first served with the artillery
regiment of 227. Infanteriedivision (227th Infantry Division)
during the invasion of Holland in 1940. After the fighting
ended, Becker seized captured British Mark VI light tanks
and, with the aid of an arc welder, single-handedly converted
his battery to self-propelled artillery. With six months of hard
work, the first armoured artillery battery of the Wehrmacht
was ready in time for the invasion of the Soviet Union.
U304(f ) half-track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Reconnaissance Platoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Sd Kfz 250 Half-track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
sMG34 Machine-gun Platoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Reihenwerfer Multiple Mortar Section . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
15cm (Sf ) Lorraine Schlepper Gun Platoon . . . . . . . . 15
S307(f ) Tank-hunter Platoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
21st Panzer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10.5cm (Sf ) Lorraine Schlepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
15cm (Sf ) Lorraine Schlepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
12.2cm Artillery Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Panzer III OP Observation Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
21st Panzer Division Catalogue . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seeing his endeavours, Becker’s commander transferred him
to the Alkett Armour Works in Paris to create more self-pro-
pelled guns based on captured French chassis. Necessity is
the mother of invention, and Becker earnestly began the
task of salvaging all usable vehicles in France. A total of over
1800 tanks and vehicles were put back into service, many
CONTENTS
destined for Schnelle Brigade West.
Two months after its formation, 21. Panzerdivision listed its
strength at just 8,768 men, nine 7.5cm PaK40 guns, twen-
ty-four 10.5cm leFH18 guns, twelve 15cm sFH13 guns,
eight S307(f ) Reihenwerfer self-propelled multiple mortars,
and accompanying transports. Further units were slowly
added to the division as they became available.
Nearly a year later, the shortages of men and equipment
had finally been overcome and the 16,300 soldiers of
21. Panzerdivision were stationed around the strategically
important city of Caen. The Allies considered this one of their
most important D-Day objectives. With its communication
routes, and the Orne and Divers Rivers securing the eastern
flank of the invasion beaches, control of Caen bypassed the
Bocage country and opened the shortest way to Paris.
The eve of D-Day found the division’s 22. Panzer-Regiment
composed of eight tank companies. Fortunately, the first
battalion of four companies was fully equipped with modern
Panzer IV tanks, while the second battalion retained 23 obso-
lete ex-French SOMUA S-35 tanks that never saw a battle.
The divisional assault gun battalion was fully equipped with
Becker’s creations, as was two-thirds of the artillery regiment.
Even the infantry regiments had plenty of Becker specials,
making them one of the best equipped (if oddest looking)
divisions in existence.
Rommel, now in charge of the defence of France, had eleven
Panzer Divisions under his command. Of these, only three
were available for an immediate counterattack against land-
ings on the Normandy coast, and only 21. Panzerdivision was
close enough to strike the beachheads early on D-Day. Thus
it became the only German division to strike out to the sea.
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 22. Panzerregiment
(5x Panzer IV, 4x Panzer III tanks)
I/22 Battalion
(5x Panzer IV, 2x Panzer III,
12x Flakpanzer 38(t) tanks)
1. Kompanie (17x Panzer IV tanks)
2. Kompanie (17x Panzer IV tanks)
3. Kompanie (17x Panzer IV tanks)
4. Kompanie (17x Panzer IV tanks)
II/22 Battalion
(5x Panzer IV, 2x SOMUA tanks)
5. Kompanie (5x Panzer IV,
9x SOMUA tanks)
6. Kompanie (5x Panzer IV,
13x SOMUA, 2x Hotchkiss tanks)
7. Kompanie (5x Panzer IV,
13x SOMUA tanks)
8. Kompanie (6x Panzer IV (short) tanks)
All except the Panzer IV tanks were
disbanded before combat. The battalion
21ST PANZER DIVISION
125. Panzergrenadier-
regiment
(3x 5cm PaK38 guns)
9. Kompanie (6x 15cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper
self-propelled guns, 5x U304(f) half-tracks)
10. Kompanie (4x S307(f) Reihenwerfer,
1x U304(f) half-track)
I/125 (Gepanzerte)  Battalion
Battalion
(8x U304(f) half-tracks)
1. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG,
28x U304(f) half-tracks)
2. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG,
28x U304(f) half-tracks)
3. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG,
28x U304(f) half-tracks)
4. Kompanie (4x U304(f), 4x S307(f) (PaK),
3x U304(f) (2cm) half-tracks)
II/125 Battalion
5. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG)
192. Panzergrenadier-
regiment
9. Kompanie (6x 15cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper
self-propelled guns, 5x U304(f) half-tracks)
10. Kompanie (4x S307(f) Reihenwerfer,
1x U304(f) half-track)
I/192 (Gepanzerte)
(6x U304(f) half-tracks)
1. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG,
28x U304(f) half-tracks)
2. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG,
28x U304(f) half-tracks)
3. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG,
28x U304(f) half-tracks)
4. Kompanie (4x U304(f), 4x S307(f) (PaK),
3x U304(f) (2cm) half-tracks)
II/192 Battalion
5. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG)

6. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG)

fielded 20x Panzer IV tanks as 5. Kompanie.
6. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG)
7. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG)
8. Kompanie (4x U304(f), 3x S307(f) (PaK),
3x U304(f) (2cm) half-tracks)
7. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG)
8. Kompanie (4x U304(f), 3x S307(f) (PaK),
3x U304(f) (2cm) half-tracks)

21. PANZER
When the Allied storm broke at midnight
on 6 June 1944, 21. Panzerdivision was
one of the first units to go into action.
Major von Luck’s 125. Panzergrenadier-
Regiment (125th Armoured Infantry
Regiment) was conducting anti-
airborne night exercises east of
the Orne River when the British
6th Airborne Division landed around
them. They promptly counterattacked.
Meanwhile, Oberstleutnant Rauch’s
1 9 2 .   Pa n z e r g r e n a d i e r - R e g i m e n t ,
stationed to the north and west of Caen,
dispatched their 8th Company to support
elements of 716. Infanteriedivision (716th Infantry Division)
in a counterattack against Pegasus Bridge at Bénouville.
Driving back from Paris at breakneck speed, Generalleutnant
Feuchtinger warned Oberst von Oppeln-Bronikowski to have
his 22. Panzer-Regiment (22nd Armoured Regiment) ready to
counterattack as soon as Army Group B gave permission. It
wasn’t until 0700 hrs that the division was given orders to
crush the airborne landings east of the Orne! However, by
then the naval bombardment of the coast had begun.
As the British and Canadian divisions stormed ashore, ele-
ments of 21. Panzerdivision assigned to stiffen the defences
of 716. Infanteriedivision were drawn into the fighting along
with Rauch’s II Battalion. The heavy
anti-tank guns of 200. Panzerjäger-
Abteilung (200th Anti-tank Battalion)
were committed on Périers Ridge,
and half of the divisional artillery was
committed to the defensive battle by
mid morning.
While this contribution slowed the
advancing Allied troops, the folly of
deploying von Luck and Rauch amongst
the coastal defence divisions was now
becoming apparent. Fully one-third of
the division was caught up in the confu-
sion of the Allied assault and was pinned
down, unable to take coordinated offensive action against
the landings.
At 1000 hrs the Panzers of Kampfgruppe Oppeln (Battlegroup
Oppeln), having suffered remarkably little attention from the
RAF during their march north from Falaise, were finally in a
position to launch an assault against the British 6th Airborne
Division at Ranville. But the situation had changed.
716th Division was already breaking under the strain of the
seaborne assault and General der Artillerie Marcks, com-
manding LXXXIV Armeekorps (84th Army Corps), wanted
21. Panzerdivision to attack into the gap between the allied
beachheads at the Juno and Sword landings.

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 200. Stugabteilung
(1x 7.5cm (Sf) 39H,
6x U304(f) (2cm) self-propelled guns)
1. Batterie (4x 7.5cm (Sf) 39H,
6x 10.5cm (Sf) 39H self-propelled guns)
2. Batterie (4x 7.5cm (Sf) 39H,
6x 10.5cm (Sf) 39H self-propelled guns)
3. Batterie (4x 7.5cm (Sf) 39H,
6x 10.5cm (Sf) 39H self-propelled guns)
4. Batterie (4x 7.5cm (Sf) 39H,
6x 10.5cm (Sf) 39H self-propelled guns)
5. Batterie (4x 7.5cm (Sf) 39H,
6x 10.5cm (Sf) 39H self-propelled guns)
21. Panzeraufklärungs-
abteilung
(6x 233 armoured cars)
1. Kompanie (9x 250, 16x 250/9 half-tracks)
2. Kompanie (3x 221, 7x 222, 6x 233,
8x 231 armoured cars)
200. Panzerjägerabteilung 155. Panzerartillerie-
(24x 8.8cm Pak43/41 guns)
regiment
10. Batterie (2x S307(f) R-Vielfachwerfer)
I/155. Battalion
(8x 12.2cm FH396(r), 4x 10cm K18 guns)
220. Panzerpionierabteilung
(4x U304(f), 42x S307(f) half-tracks)
II/155. Battalion
(6x 10.5cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper,
12x 15cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper
self-propelled guns)
305. Flakabteilung
(8x 8.8cm FlaK36 guns, 15x Sd Kfz 10/5, III/155. Battalion
2x Sd Kfz 7/2 self-propelled guns) (6x 10.5cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper,
12x 15cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper
self-propelled guns)
Divisional Strength: 16,925 soldiers, 1 tank battalion, 1 assault-gun battalion, 6 infantry
battalions, 104 tanks, 57 assault guns, 366 half-tracks, 12 mortar half-tracks 14 anti-tank
half-tracks, 2 flame-thrower half-tracks, 46 armoured cars, 48 self-propelled guns, 14 artillery
pieces, 2 self-propelled rocket launchers, 8 heavy anti-aircraft guns, 35 self-propelled anti-

21ST PANZER DIVISION

3. Kompanie (18x MG, 2x HMG, 17x 250,
6x 250 (2cm), 2x 250/8, 3x 250/10 half-tracks)
4. Kompanie (18x MG, 4x HMG, 23x 250,
2x 250/8, 3x 250/10 half-tracks)
5. Kompanie (3x 7.5cm, 2x 7.5cm leIG guns,
27x 251, 6x 251/9, 2x 251/16 half-tracks)
aircraft guns, 30 anti-tank guns, 54 heavy machine-guns.
Panzerregiment - Armoured Regiment, Stugabteilung - Assault Gun Battalion
Panzergrenadierregiment - Armoured Infantry Regiment, Gepanzerte - in armoured vehicles
Panzerartillerieregiment - Armoured Artillery Regiment
Panzerpionierabteilung - Armoured Pioneer Battalion
Panzeraufklärungsabteilung - Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion

DIVISION
Delayed by air raids and traffic jams, it took another eight
hours for Oppeln’s tanks to cross the Orne River. There they
joined Kampfgruppe Rauch in a delayed assault. By this time
the British were just three miles from Caen, having eliminat-
ed 716. Infanteriedivision from the German order of battle.
Driving northward, Kampfgruppe Oppeln ran head on into
the British 3rd Division, and bounced. Kampfgruppe Rauch
was more fortunate, reaching the sea at Luc-sur-Mer, before
pulling back when yet more airborne troops landed behind
them. For the next month the division would fight a grind-
ing battle of attrition as part of I. SS-Panzerkorps (1st SS
Armoured Corps).
East of the Orne, von Luck launched repeated counter-at-
tacks, all the time losing ground, tanks and men. North of
Caen, Oppeln and Rauch just managed to hang on to the
ground they held. When the division was finally relieved by
16. Felddivision (LW) (16th Air Force Field Division), combat
units had less than half of their men left.
However, there was to be no time for rest. On 7 July the divi-
sion was rushed back to Caen to defend against Operation
Charnwood. Caen was finally evacuated on 9 July and the
division went into defensive positions east of the city, support-
ed by the Tiger heavy tanks of 503. Schwere Panzerabteilung.
Just over a week later, on 18 July, Operation Goodwood
smashed into 21. Panzerdivision after a massive preliminary
bombardment and bombing raid across their positions.
While the division held its ground in the face of three British
armoured divisions, success came at a bitter price—Oppeln
was now down to his last twenty tanks. Nevertheless, the
division was soon sent west against British forces driving
southwards as part of Operation Bluecoat. Too weak to stop
the attack, they fell back into the Falaise Pocket.
During the terrible days of August parts of 21. Panzerdivision
succeeded in escaping encirclement, though it was now a
division in name only. Fielding just ten tanks, the division
had lost over 8000 men in the killing fields of Normandy.
The division’s story did not end there. It fought on while
being rebuilt during the autumn. Then it became part of
the reserve for Operation Nordwind, which erupted on
31 December 1944. After nearly a month of bitter fight-
ing in Alsace the division was withdrawn from the front
once again.
The division ended the war facing the Red Army in Silesia.
In late April 1945, the division fought its last battle in the
Halbe Pocket, where it was finally destroyed. Only a few
elements managed to break out and surrender to US forces
at Magdeburg.

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 STRIKE TO THE SEA
When informed of the landings, the commander of
84. Armeekorps (84th Army Corps), General Erich Marcks,
wanted 21. Panzerdivision to attack east of the Orne against
the British airborne landings. But as the strategic picture
became clearer, stopping the amphibious assault that was
quickly gaining a beachhead became the priority.
Only part of the division was thus sent to attack east of the
Orne, a Kampfgruppe (Battlegroup) under Major von Luck
containing most of his 125.  Panzer­grenadier­regiment, one of
the division’s five Panzer companies, assault guns, the recon-
naissance battalion, and supporting elements. However von
Luck was driven back by the defending British paras calling
on support from the Royal Navy.
The task of breaking through to the sea fell to the remainder
of the division. Kampfgruppe Oppeln, comprising his own
22. Panzerregiment, part of I/125. Panzergrenadierregiment,
the self-propelled guns of III/155. Panzerartillerieregiment,
and a company of pioneers, would attack on the right.
21ST PANZER DIVISION
Kampfgruppe Rauch with 192. Panzergrenadierregiment (less
the battalion still detached to 716. Infanteriedivision), the
self-propelled guns of II/155. Panzerartillerieregiment, and
most of the divisional pioneers would attack to Oppeln’s
left, aiming for Lion-sur-Mer and the radar station at
Douvres-la-Délivrande.
As the invaders poured inland, further time was lost in reor-
ganising the men who now had to re-trace their steps through
Caen, now choked with rubble following naval and air bom-
bardment, which also created hordes of refugees.
Oppeln’s tanks did not begin to deploy near the village of
Lebisey until 1600hrs. Frustrated with what he saw as
Generalleutnant Feuchtinger’s delay, General Marcks arrived
to take charge of the deployment of the Kampfgruppen. He
remarked to Oppeln ‘If you don’t succeed in throwing the
British into the sea, we will have lost the war.’
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Just how hard this was to be was quickly demonstrated.
Oppeln’s first objective was the high ground of the Périers
Ridge, thought to be German held. It was not. His spear-
head ran headlong into troops of 185 Brigade Group, British
3rd Division, who were pressing inland from the beaches.
The 2nd Battalion, The King’s Own Shropshire Light Infantry
were in the process of attacking Lebisey themselves with
the support of the tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry.
Hearing tanks they prepared for the onslaught, siting their
anti-tank guns carefully. They held their fire until the first
wave of 40 Panzer IV tanks came into view and then opened
a devastating fire, quickly destroying sixteen of the attacking
tanks. The Panzers tried to move around the British flank, but
running into more British troops, ground to a halt.
Further to the left however, Kampfgruppe Rauch found the
gap between the Canadian and British beachheads. The
battlegroup forced their way through to the coast, linking up
with troops from 736. Grenadierregiment still holding coastal
positions to the west of Lion-sur-Mer. This breakthrough
caused considerable alarm among the Allied command who
rushed troops to deal with the breakthrough. Rauch’s men
had no sooner reached the coast than they heard and saw
masses of gliders flying overhead. Fearing he was about to
be cut off, Rauch ordered a withdrawal, giving the initiative
back to the Allies.
Overnight, Rauch’s men, along with the remnants of
Oppeln’s group, dug in north of Caen. They had denied
the city to the initial thrusts to take it, but their own
strike to the sea had amounted to little. With Panzer Lehr
and 12. SS-Panzerdivision failing to arrive on D-Day, the
planned hammer blow against the landings had fizzled.
21. Panzerdivision was down to 70 of the 104 tanks with
which it had begun the day—losses that it could ill afford
with the Allies landing another 300 tanks the next day. The
Allies were ashore to stay.
 JUNO BEACH Langrune-sur-Mer
N
1
0 Miles 1 2
3RD CANADIAN
DIVISION Luc-sur-Mer 0 Kilometres 2 3
2

La Délivrande 8
Reviers 3 17
Lion-sur-Mer
Douvres- 9
SWORD BEACH
Beny-sur-Mer la-Délivrande
Cresserons 10
11
4
19
12
Basley
5 Plumetot
WN 16
Morris
Colomby-
sur-Thaon 3RD BRITISH
DIVISION
Anguerny
13
WN 17
Hillman
Thaon 6
Périers-sur-le-Dan 14
Cazelle
7

15

Cairon 16
Villons-les-Buissons
Beuville

Les Buissons Bieville

Cambes en
Ca
l de
na
Ca
18
Buron
ne
. Or
Epron R
TO CAEN
St. Contest
La Folie 20 Lebisey

1 48 Royal 6
Sherbrooke
11
East
16 1st Battalion
Marine Commando Fusiliers Riding Yeomanry Royal Norfolk Rgt

2 North 7 North Nova Scotia 12 2nd Battalion 17 II/736 Grenadier

Shore Regiment Highlanders Royal Ulster Rifles Regiment

3 Queen’s Own 8 41 Royal Marine 13 Staffordshore 18 736 Grenadier

Rifles of Canada Commando Yeomanry Regiment

4 Fort Garry 9 2nd Battalion 14 1st Battalion 19 Kampfgruppe

Horse Lincolnshire Rgt Suffolk Rgt Rauch

5 Régiment de 10 1st Battalion 15 2nd Battalion Kampfgruppe

20
la Chaudière South King’s Shropshire Oppeln
Lancashire Rgt Light Infantry
3rd Canadian Division 3 British Division
rd
German D-Day
D-Day Attacks D-Day Attacks Counter-attacks

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D-DAY: GERMAN FORCE

This supplement adds:

• 21st Panzer Hotchkiss Assault Gun Company, and
• 21st Panzer Panzergrenadier Company
to Late War German forces.
You may field these companies in any Late War
German Force, and you may field compulsory Combat
Units (with a black box in the Formation Diagram)
from these companies as Support Units for any Late
War German Force.
It also adds two new options for artillery that can
be used in place of Wespe and Hummel Artillery
Batteries in your Late War German Force.

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 D-DAY: GERMAN FORCE
Your Force must contain at least one Formation from this Force Diagram, and may contain as many Formations as you like.
You may also include Formations from any German or Waffen-SS book.

21ST PANZER
FORMATIONS

21ST PANZER 21ST PANZER

HOTCHKISS ASSAULT GUN PANZERGRENADIER
COMPANY COMPANY
LG901 LG904

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D-DAY: GERMAN FORCE

GERMAN SPECIAL RULES
The following special rules are characteristic of D-Day:
German forces, reflecting their own style of equipment, INFANTRY
tactics, and approach to battle.
MOUNTED ASSAULT
STORMTROOPERS This Team has Assault 4+ and Counterattack 4+ with a
A Unit may attempt a second Movement Order after suc- Passenger. This is shown on the Transport Unit card as an
ceeding in its first Movement Order. The second Movement additional motivation and skill column.
Order must be different from the first.
German armoured half-track tactics called for bold assaults using
Stormtrooper tactics learned during the First World War empha- their vehicles to push aside the enemy where possible.
sised the importance of initiative and decisive action. This focus
carried over to training and combat in the Second World War.
U304(F)TRANSPORT
HALF-TRACK
WEAPONS MOTIVATION
MOUNTED
• TRANSPORT ATTACHMENT • IS HIT ON
• PASSENGERS 1 • UNIT TRANSPORT •
CONFIDENT 4+ ASSAULT CAREFUL 4
HEAT 6
• MOUNTED ASSAULT •
• STORMTROOPERS •
4+
Transport
Counterattack ARMOUR
A Team’s Armour rating is not increased by +1 if it is more 5+ 1
Transport
Remount FRONT
than 16”/40cm away when hit by HEAT weapons.
The German army was the first to experiment with High VETERAN
SKILL

3+
MOUNTED
ASSAULT
SIDE &
REAR 0
Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warheads in combat. When a Transport
Assault 5+ 4+ TOP 0
HEAT warhead explodes, it forms a jet of metal that can punch TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
through a tank’s armour. Since it doesn’t rely on velocity, it is 8”/20CM 10”/25CM 14”/35CM 24”/60CM 3+
equally effective at any range. ROF ANTI- FIRE-
WEAPON RANGE HALTED MOVING TANK POWER NOTES
PANZERFAUST — LIMITED 1
U304(f) (MGs) 16”/40CM 4 4 2 6 Self-defence AA
SALVO EachU304(f)
time (3.7cm)
this Unit shoots, one of 2its Teams may shoot as a
24”/60CM 1 6 4+ Forward Firing
Weapons with a ROF of ‘salvo’ are Artillery weapons and Panzerfaust rather than its usual weapons.
fire Artillery Bombardments, but use a 10”/25cm square Each time this Unit rolls To Hit in an assault, one of its Teams
Salvo Template rather than the normal 6”/15cm square may attack with a Panzerfaust rather than its usual weapons.
Artillery Template.
The Panzerfaust was a one-shot weapon. Infantry used them
A Salvo Template may not be placed within 6”/15cm of a sparingly, keeping some in reserve for the next tank attack.
friendly Team.
A battery of 15cm Nebelwerfer rocket launchers fires dozens of UNIT TRANSPORT
rockets in a matter of seconds, saturating a large target area with
The Unit Leader of the Transport Attachment must end the
explosions.
Movement Step within 6”/15cm of the Unit Leader of its
Passenger Unit while on table. If it cannot do this, then the
Transport Attachment must be Sent to the Rear.
Half-tracks are a part of the platoon in every way. The troops
live out of their transports and guard them against enemy attack.

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HOTCHKISS ASSAULT GUN COMPANY TANK FORMATION

You must field the Formation HQ and one Combat Unit from each black box.
You may also field one Combat Unit from each grey box.

HEADQUARTERS
HOTCHKISS ASSAULT GUN COMPANY

21ST PANZER
7.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
ASSAULT GUN COMPANY HQ
LG901

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ARMOUR ARMOUR ARMOUR

21ST PANZER 21ST PANZER 21ST PANZER

7.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS 10.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS 7.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
ASSAULT GUN PLATOON ASSAULT GUN PLATOON ASSAULT GUN PLATOON
LG902 LG903 LG902
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21ST PANZER
10.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
ASSAULT GUN PLATOON
LG903

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ARTILLERY ANTI-AIRCRAFT

21ST PANZER SD KFZ 10/4

REIHENWERFER MULTIPLE LIGHT AA PLATOON
MORTAR SECTION LG142
11

LG908
11

You may field a Combat Unit from a black box as a Support Unit for another Formation.

21ST PANZER
7.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
7.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
ASSAULT GUN COMPANY HQ 21ST PANZER ASSAULT GUN COMPANY HQ
MOTIVATION • TANK FORMATION • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
SP Gun
Counterattack 6 ARMOUR

3+ 2
Third Reich
Last Stand FRONT
1x Hotchkiss (7.5cm) 4 POINTS
VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE
& REAR 2
Major Becker equipped his Stugabteilung
SP Gun
Assault 5+ TOP 0
(Assault Gun Battalion) with the best equip- TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS

ment he could build. Every battery had ten light 10”/25CM 12”/30CM 16”/40CM 20”/50CM 4+
tank-hunters built on old French Hotchkiss WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
light tank chassis.
Hotchkiss (7.5cm) 32”/80CM 2 1 12 3+ Forward Firing

Hotchkiss (MG) 16”/40CM 3 2 2 6

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 21ST PANZER
7.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
ASSAULT GUN 7.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
PLATOON 21ST PANZER ASSAULT GUN PLATOON
MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
SP Gun
Counterattack 6 ARMOUR

3+ 2
Third Reich
Last Stand FRONT
3x Hotchkiss (7.5cm) 13 POINTS
2x Hotchkiss (7.5cm) 9 POINTS VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE
& REAR 2
SP Gun
Assault 5+ TOP 0
Your assault guns are well-armed, but light- TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS

ly armoured. You must mass your firepower 10”/25CM 12”/30CM 16”/40CM 20”/50CM 4+

HOTCHKISS ASSAULT GUN COMPANY

to overcome the opposition before they can WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
exploit your weaknesses. Manoeuvre a strong Hotchkiss (7.5cm) 32”/80CM 2 1 12 3+ Forward Firing
battlegroup into a covered firing position before 3 2 2 6
Hotchkiss (MG) 16”/40CM
opening fire, taking the enemy by surprise. If
the enemy brings strong forces to bear, break off
and seek a new approach rather than standing
and fighting.

21ST PANZER
10.5CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
ASSAULT GUN10.5 CM (SF) HOTCHKISS
PLATOON 21ST PANZER ASSAULT GUN PLATOON
MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
SP Gun
Counterattack 6 ARMOUR

3+ 2
Third Reich
Last Stand FRONT
3x Hotchkiss (10.5cm) 12 POINTS
2x Hotchkiss (10.5cm) 8 POINTS VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE
& REAR 2
SP Gun
Assault 5+ TOP 0
The 10.5cm Hotchkiss assault howitzers provide TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
excellent covering fire, both indirectly with 10”/25CM 12”/30CM 16”/40CM 20”/50CM 4+
hard-hitting bombardments, but also directly. WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
No infantry or gun platoon will be able to hold
Hotchkiss (10.5cm) 72”/180CM ARTILLERY 3 3+ Forward Firing
up against a barrage of 10.5cm shells! Brutal, Forward Firing, HEAT,
Or Direct Fire 24”/60CM 1 1 10 2+ Slow Firing, Smoke
Keep the assault howitzers back and hit the Hotchkiss (MG) 16”/40CM 3 2 2 6
enemy with bombardments to soften them up.
Then send them forward to knock out enemy
heavy machine-gun teams.

21ST PANZER
REIHENWERFER
MULTIPLE MORTARREIHENWERFER
SECTION 21ST PANZER MULTIPLE MORTAR PLATOON
MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
SP Gun
Counterattack 6 ARMOUR

3+ 1
Third Reich
Last Stand FRONT
4x Reihenwerfer (8cm) 12 POINTS
2x Reihenwerfer (8cm) 6 POINTS VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE &
REAR 1
SP Gun
Assault 5+ TOP 0
The Reihenwerfer mounts 16 French mortars in a TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
single battery. They can all fire at once, saturat- 8”/20CM 8”/20CM 10”/25CM 18”/45CM 3+
ing a large area with deadly mortar rounds.
WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER

Reihenwerfer (8cm) 40”/100CM SALVO 1 4+ Salvo, Smoke Bombardment

Reihenwerfer (MG) 16”/40CM 3 2 2 6

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 21ST PANZER
PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY INFANTRY FORMATION

You must field the Formation HQ and one Combat Unit from each black box.
You may also field one Combat Unit from each grey box.

HEADQUARTERS

21ST PANZER
PANZERGRENADIER
COMPANY HQ
LG904

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PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY

INFANTRY INFANTRY INFANTRY

21ST PANZER 21ST PANZER 21ST PANZER

PANZERGRENADIER PANZERGRENADIER PANZERGRENADIER
PLATOON PLATOON PLATOON
LG905 LG905 LG905
13

13

13
RECONNAISSANCE
PLATOON
LG174
14

WEAPONS ARTILLERY ARTILLERY

21ST PANZER 21ST PANZER 21ST PANZER

SMG34 MACHINE-GUN REIHENWERFER MULTIPLE LORRAINE SCHLEPPER
PLATOON MORTAR SECTION 15CM GUN PLATOON
LG907 LG908 LG910
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15

ANTI-TANK ANTI-AIRCRAFT

21ST PANZER SD KFZ 10/4

S307(F) LIGHT AA PLATOON
TANK-HUNTER PLATOON LG142
15

LG909
14

2CM
LIGHT AA PLATOON
LG187
15

You may field a Combat Unit from a black box as a Support Unit for another Formation.

21ST PANZER
PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY
21 PANZER
HQ HQ
ST

PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY
MOTIVATION • INFANTRY FORMATION • HQ TRANSPORT • IS HIT ON
• STORMTROOPERS •
CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
Third Reich
Last Stand 3+ SAVE

2x MP40 SMG team

VETERAN
SKILL

3+ Infantry
3+
2x U304(f ) (MG)
Half-track (LG906) 4 POINTS
2x MP40 SMG team 2 POINTS
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS

OPTIONS 8”/20CM 8”/20CM 12”/30CM 12”/30CM AUTO

• Equip MP40 SMG teams with WEAPON RANGE ROF
HALTED MOVING
ANTI- FIRE-
TANK POWER NOTES
Panzerfaust anti-tank for +2 points. MP40 SMG team 4”/10CM 3 3 1 6 Pinned ROF 1
OPTIONAL
Panzerfaust anti-tank 4”/10CM 1 1 12 5+ Limited 1, Slow Firing

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 21ST PANZER
PANZERGRENADIER PLATOON
21 PANZER ST

PANZERGRENADIER PLATOON
MOTIVATION • INFANTRY UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
Third Reich
Last Stand 3+ SAVE

7x MG42 team
VETERAN
SKILL

3+ Infantry
3+
7x U304(f ) (MG)
Half-track (LG906) 13 POINTS
5x MG42 team
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
5x U304(f ) (MG)
8”/20CM 8”/20CM 12”/30CM 12”/30CM AUTO
Half-track (LG906) 10 POINTS
WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
7x MG42 team 9 POINTS HALTED MOVING TANK POWER

MG42 team 16”/40CM 3 2 2 6

5x MG42 team 7 POINTS OPTIONAL
4”/10CM 1 1 12 5+ Limited 1, Slow Firing
Panzerfaust anti-tank

OPTIONS
Although their equipment is all built from French half-tracks, the

• Equip MG42 teams with Panzerfaust
anti-tank for +2 points.
• Replace one U304(f) (MG) half‑track
with U304(f) (3.7cm) half-track at no
cost.
The Unit Leader is one of the MG42 teams, and is
mounted on a small base.
PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY
21. Panzerdivision are some of the best equipped in the German Army.
Almost all of their supporting weapons are armoured self-propelled anti-
tank guns, multiple-mortars, and heavy infantry guns.
As a Panzergrenadierkompanie commander, you must exploit the mobility
of your half-tracks. If you allow the enemy to dictate the pace and course
of the battle, they will overwhelm you with numbers. Do not allow this to
happen. Instead, start the battle with a clear plan. Use your half-tracks to get
your infantry into position to assault the enemy before they can react. If the
opposition is weak, your panzergrenadiers can remain in their half-tracks
for the assault. Against stronger opposition, dismount and assault on foot.

21ST PANZER
U304(F) HALF-TRACK
U304(F) HALF-TRACK TRANSPORT
MOTIVATION • TRANSPORT ATTACHMENT • IS HIT ON
MOUNTED • PASSENGERS 1 • UNIT TRANSPORT •
CONFIDENT 4+ ASSAULT • MOUNTED ASSAULT • CAREFUL 4+
• STORMTROOPERS •
Transport
Counterattack 6 4+ ARMOUR

5+ 1
Transport
Remount FRONT
Transport Attachment to:
21st Panzer Panzergrenadier VETERAN
SKILL

3+
MOUNTED
ASSAULT
SIDE &
REAR 0
Company HQ (LG904), Transport
Assault 5+ 4+ TOP 0
or 21st Panzer Panzergrenadier Platoon (LG905),
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
or 21st Panzer sMG34
    Machine-gun Platoon (LG907) 8”/20CM 10”/25CM 14”/35CM 24”/60CM 3+

WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES

HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
The 21st Panzer Division used French half-tracks U304(f) (MGs) 16”/40CM 4 4 2 6 Self-defence AA
fitted with armoured bodies in place of the usual U304(f) (3.7cm) 24”/60CM 2 1 6 4+ Forward Firing
Sd Kfz 251 half-tracks.

21ST PANZER
SMG34 MACHINE-GUN PLATOON 21ST PANZER
SMG34 MACHINE-GUN PLATOON
MOTIVATION • INFANTRY UNIT • HEAVY WEAPON • IS HIT ON
• STORMTROOPERS •
CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
Third Reich
Last Stand 3+ SAVE

4x sMG34 HMG
VETERAN
SKILL

3+ Infantry
3+
4x U304(f ) (MG)
4+
Heavy Weapon
Half-track (LG906) 8 POINTS Assault

2x sMG34 HMG TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
2x U304(f ) (MG) 8”/20CM 8”/20CM 12”/30CM 12”/30CM AUTO
Half-track (LG906) 5 POINTS
WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
4x sMG34 HMG 6 POINTS sMG34 HMG 24”/60CM 6 2 2 6
2x sMG34 HMG 3 POINTS

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 RECONNAISSANCE PLATOON
RECONNAISSANCE PLATOON
MOTIVATION • INFANTRY UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
Third Reich
Last Stand 3+ SAVE

7x MG42 team
VETERAN
SKILL

3+ Infantry
3+
7x Sd Kfz 250 (MG)
half-track (LG175) 14 POINTS
5x MG42 team
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
5x Sd Kfz 250 (MG)
8”/20CM 8”/20CM 12”/30CM 12”/30CM AUTO
half-track (LG175) 11 POINTS
WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
7x MG42 team 9 POINTS MG42 team 16”/40CM 3 2 2 6
5x MG42 team 7 POINTS OPTIONAL
Panzerfaust anti-tank 4”/10CM 1 1 12 5+ Limited 1, Slow Firing

OPTIONS The reconnaissance platoon has the same infantry component as a pan-
• Equip MG42 teams with Panzerfaust
PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY

zergrenadier platoon, but each squad is mounted in two Sd Kfz 250 half-
anti-tank for +2 points. tracks rather than a single Sd Kfz 251.
• Replace one Sd Kfz 250 (MG)
half‑track with Sd Kfz 250 (3.7cm)
half-track at no cost.
The Unit Leader is one of the MG42 teams, and is
mounted on a small base (see page 71).

SD KFZ 250 HALF-TRACK

SD KFZ 250 HALF-TRACK TRANSPORT
MOTIVATION • TRANSPORT ATTACHMENT • IS HIT ON
MOUNTED • PASSENGERS 1 • UNIT TRANSPORT •
CONFIDENT 4+ ASSAULT • MOUNTED ASSAULT • SCOUT • CAREFUL 4+
• STORMTROOPERS •
Transport
Counterattack 6 4+ ARMOUR

5+ 1
Transport
Remount FRONT
Transport Attachment to:
Reconnaissance Platoon (LG174) VETERAN
SKILL

3+
MOUNTED
ASSAULT
SIDE &
REAR 1
Transport
Assault 5+ 4+ TOP 0
The small Sd Kfz 250 half-track is fast and well-
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
suited to sneaky reconnaissance work, although 10”/25CM 12”/30CM 18”/45CM 32”/80CM 4+
its short wheelbase limits its ability to operate in ROF ANTI- FIRE-
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
really difficult terrain. HALTED MOVING TANK POWER

Sd Kfz 250 (MG) 16”/40CM 4 4 2 6 Self-defence AA

Sd Kfz 250 (3.7cm) 24”/60CM 2 1 6 4+ Forward Firing

21ST PANZER
S307(F)
S307(F) TANK-HUNTER PLATOON 21ST PANZER TANK-HUNTER PLATOON
MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
SP Gun
Counterattack 6 ARMOUR

3+ 1
Third Reich
Last Stand FRONT
4x S307(f ) (7.5cm) 15 POINTS
3x S307(f ) (7.5cm) 11 POINTS VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE &
REAR 1
2x S307(f ) (7.5cm) 7 POINTS SP Gun
Assault 5+ TOP 0
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
Unlike most Panzergrenadier units, your PaK40 8”/20CM 8”/20CM 10”/25CM 18”/45CM 3+
anti-tank guns are in self-propelled mountings. ROF ANTI- FIRE-
WEAPON RANGE HALTED MOVING TANK POWER NOTES
This gives you far more flexibility in responding
S307(f) (7.5cm) 32”/80CM 2 1 12 3+ Forward Firing
to enemy armoured thrusts.
S307(f) MG) 16”/40CM 3 2 2 6
Your S307(f ) (PaK40) half-tracks are very lightly
armoured, so you must fire from concealed posi-
tions to keep them alive.

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 21ST PANZER
15CM (SF) LORRAINE SCHLEPPER GUNSCHLEPPER
15CM (SF) LORRAINE PLATOON

PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY
21ST PANZER GUN PLATOON
MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
SP Gun
Counterattack 6 ARMOUR

3+ 1
Third Reich
Last Stand FRONT
2x Lorraine
Schlepper (15cm) 8 POINTS SKILL SIDE &
1
VETERAN 3+ REAR

If you need some precision shooting with heavier

SP Gun
Assault 5+ TOP 0
guns, the regimental infantry guns give you what TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS

8”/20CM 10”/25CM 14”/35CM 16”/40CM 3+

you need. Mounted in Becker’s special self-pro-
pelled mounts, they can either fire as a small WEAPON RANGE ROF
HALTED MOVING
ANTI- FIRE-
TANK POWER NOTES

artillery battery or drive forward and smash Lorraine Schlepper (15cm) 64”/160CM ARTILLERY 3 2+ Forward Firing
targets over open sights. Either way, they destroy Or Direct Fire 16”/40CM 1 - 9 AUTO Brutal, Forward Firing
everything they hit with their 96lb/44kg shells.

SD KFZ 10/4 LIGHT AASDPLATOON

KFZ 10/4 LIGHT AA PLATOON
MOTIVATION • UNARMOURED TANK UNIT • IS HIT ON
• STORMTROOPERS •
CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
Third Reich
Last Stand 3+ SAVE

4x Sd Kfz 10/4 (2cm) 6 POINTS VETERAN

SKILL

3+ Unarmoured Tank
4+
2x Sd Kfz 10/4 (2cm) 3 POINTS

The Sd Kfz 10/4 half-track's 20mm gun is one TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
of the most common anti-aircraft guns in the 10”/25CM 12”/30CM 18”/45CM 32”/80CM 4+
German army, and is equally useful against both ROF ANTI- FIRE-
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
Allied air strikes and ground attacks. HALTED MOVING TANK POWER

Sd Kfz 10/4 (2cm) 20”/50CM 3 2 5 5+ Dedicated AA

2cm LIGHT AA2CM

PLATOON
LIGHT AA PLATOON
MOTIVATION • GUN UNIT • GUN SHIELD • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
Third Reich
Last Stand 3+ SAVE

4x 2cm AA gun 6 POINTS VETERAN

SKILL

3+ Gun
3+
2x 2cm AA gun 3 POINTS Gun
Assault 4+

When defending, the panzergrenadiers often TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
dismount their guns and dug them in for better 4”/10CM 4”/10CM 6”/15CM 8”/20CM 3+
protection. ROF ANTI- FIRE-
WEAPON RANGE HALTED MOVING TANK POWER NOTES

2cm AA gun 20”/50CM 3 2 5 5+ Dedicated AA

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 21ST PANZER SUPPORT
21ST PANZER
10.5cm (SF) LORRAINE SCHLEPPER
10.5 (
ARTILLERY BATTERY
CM SF) LORRAINE SCHLEPPER 21ST PANZER ARTILLERY BATTERY
MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
SP Gun
Counterattack 6 ARMOUR

3+ 1
Third Reich
6x Lorraine Last Stand FRONT
Schlepper (10.5cm) 16 POINTS
VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE &
REAR 1
3x Lorraine
Schlepper (10.5cm) 8 POINTS
SP Gun
Assault 5+ TOP 0
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS

You may field a: 8”/20CM 10”/25CM 14”/35CM 16”/40CM 3+

• 21st Panzer 10.5cm (Sf) Lorraine WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
Schlepper Artillery Battery Lorraine Schlepper (10.5cm) 72”/180CM ARTILLERY 3 3+ Forward Firing,
Smoke Bombardment
Instead of a: Or Direct Fire 24”/60CM 1 - 9 2+ Brutal, Forward Firing, Smoke

• Wespe Artillery Battery (LG134)

21ST PANZER SUPPORT

In a D-Day: German Force 155. Panzerartillerie­regiment are equipped with self-propelled guns mount-
ed on French Lorraine Schlepper tracked carrier chassis.

21ST PANZER
15cm (SF) LORRAINE SCHLEPPER
15CM (SF)
ARTILLERY BATTERY LORRAINE SCHLEPPER 21ST PANZER ARTILLERY BATTERY
MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
SP Gun
Counterattack 6 ARMOUR

3+ 1
Third Reich
6x Lorraine Last Stand FRONT
Schlepper (15cm) 22 POINTS
VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE &
REAR 1
3x Lorraine
Schlepper (15cm) 11 POINTS
SP Gun
Assault 5+ TOP 0
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
You may field a: 8”/20CM 10”/25CM 14”/35CM 16”/40CM 3+
• 21st Panzer 15cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
Artillery Battery Lorraine Schlepper (15cm) 64”/160CM ARTILLERY 3 2+ Forward Firing
Instead of a: Or Direct Fire 16”/40CM 1 - 9 AUTO Brutal, Forward Firing

• Hummel Artillery Battery (LG135)

In a D-Day: German Force. The third battery in each self-propelled artillery battalion has the heavy
15cm (sf ) Lorraine Schlepper self-propelled guns.

PANZER III OP OBSERVATION POST

PANZER III OP 21ST PANZER OBSERVATION POST
MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • INDEPENDENT • OBSERVER • IS HIT ON
• STORMTROOPERS •     • SCOUT •
CONFIDENT 4+ CAREFUL 4+
Scout
Last Stand 5+ ARMOUR

6 5
Observer
Counterattack FRONT
1x Panzer III OP (MG) 1 POINT
VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE &
REAR 3
You must field a:
• 21st Panzer 15cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper (LG911) or
TOP 1
• 21st Panzer 10.5cm (Sf) Lorraine Schlepper (LG912) TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
before you can field a Panzer III OP. 10”/25CM 12”/30CM 18”/45CM 20”/50CM 3+

WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES

HALTED MOVING TANK POWER

Panzer III OP (MG) 16”/40CM 3 3 2 6 Forward Firing

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 MAJOR
HANS-ULRICH VON LUCK
Major Hans-Ulrich von Luck und Witten was
born into a family with a long military histo-
ry, including service with Frederick the Great
in the Eighteenth Century. Von Luck joined
the German Army in 1929 and was quickly
appointed to the newly-created Panzerwaffe, or
Armoured Force.
When war broke out, von Luck commanded
armoured reconnaissance battalions through Poland and
France, and later fought on the Eastern Front in 1941.
His reputation as a commander was sealed in the deserts of
North Africa where he led the reconnaissance battalion of 21.
Panzerdivision. In the comradely atmosphere of the desert,
even his opponents knew and respected his abilities.
Von Luck was seriously wounded in May 1942, but returned
to North Africa for the fighting in Tunisia. Just before the sur-
render in Tunisia, von Luck was transferred back to Germany.
After teaching at the reconnaissance school in Paris, he took
MAJOR HANS-ULRICH VON LUCK
command of 125. Panzergrenadier-Regiment
of 21. Panzerdivision under his old com-
rade Rommel.
Von Luck’s regiment was conducting anti-in-
vasion exercises when the British 6th Airborne
Division began landing in the early morning
hours of D-Day and he was one of the few
German commanders to organise local counter-
attacks. His regiment continued to fight the British airborne
position for the rest of the month of June.
On the day Operation Goodwood commenced, von Luck
was on leave. He quickly returned and set about reorganising
the German defence. Touring the German line in a borrowed
Panzer IV tank, von Luck pulled his pistol and forced a
Luftwaffe anti-aircraft battery to turn their 8.8cm FlaK18
anti-aircraft guns on the advancing Allied armour. His quick
action delayed the advance of the British Guards Armoured
Division, buying time for German counterattacks.
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 21ST PANZER CATALOGUE

GE904 GE905 GSO905

German Dice German Tokens 21st Panzer Tokens
CONTAINS: 20x Dice CONTAINS: 20x Tokens and 2x Objectives CONTAINS: 20x Tokens and 2x Objectives

GE127 Contains options for to build GE245

as either the 7.5cm armed
version (Left) or the 10.5cm
armed version (Below).
21ST PANZER CATALOGUE

Contains:
1x Hotchkiss (7.5cm), or Contains:
Hotchkiss (10.5cm) 1x U304(f) half-track

HOTCHKISS (7.5CM) OR HOTCHKISS (10.5CM) U304(F) HALF-TRACK

GE149 Contains optional barrel to buils GE214

as a 15cm sf Lorraine Schlepper
(Left) or a 10.5cm sf Lorraine
Schlepper (Below).
GE784

Contains:
1x Lorraine Schlepper (10.5cm), or Contains:
Lorraine Schlepper (15cm) 1x S307(f) (7.5cm) Tank-hunter

LORRAINE SCHLEPPER S307(F) (7.5CM)

GE212 GE784

x4

Contains:
Contains: 4x sMG34 HMG Teams
1x Reihenwerfer (8cm) Mortar 3x Unit Cards

REIHENWERFER (8CM) SMG34 MACHINE-GUN PLATOON

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Contains:
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4x Unit Cards

PANZERGRENADIER PLATOON

21ST PANZER CATALOGUE

GBX129

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Contains:
5x Sd Kfz 250 Half-tracks cm)
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5x Half-track Crew Sprues f z 25
1x Decal Sheet Sd K
3x Unit Cards

GBX147

The contents of this box can be used

to build either Sd Kfz 10/4 (2cm)
Half-tracks or the ground mounted
2cm AA Gun Teams.

Contains:
4x Sd Kfz 10/4 (2cm) Half-tracks
or 2cm AA Gun Teams
2x Unit Cards

SD KFZ 10/4 LIGHT AA PLATOON

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This book contains options to add a
21st Panzer Hotchkiss Assault Gun Company, or
21st Panzer Panzergrenadier Company, to your
D-Day: German Force.
The 21st Panzerdivision is a unique force that is
largely equipped with modified French half-
tracks and home-made self-propelled guns based
on old French tanks.
The British and Canadians land at dawn, pouring
ashore across Juno and Sword Beaches, push-
ing inland as they overran the German defences.
Impatiently the veterans of the 21. Panzerdivision
await the order to counterattack.
General Marcks, frustrated by the delay, arrives to
take charge. Ordering the tanks of Kampfgruppe
Oppeln to counterattack, he confides to Oberst
Oppeln, ‘If you don’t succeed in throwing the British
into the sea, we will have lost the war.’
The Panzergrenadiers of Kampfgruppe Rauch attack
to Oppeln’s left, finding the gap beTween the British
and Canadian forces. Racing forwards under intense
fire, they reach the sea. The ships of the Allied
armada dwarf anything they have seen before. With
the sight still fresh in their minds they slowly fall
back before the British juggernaut. Clearly the fight
has just begun.
The counterattacks deny the city of Caen to the
British and Canadian forces for now. From here on
things will get bloody as both sides throw forces into
the meatgrinder, struggling to control the corner-
stone to the German defence—Caen.

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PRINTED IN EUROPE
Product Code FW268
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BRUMMBÄR 8.8cm TANK-HUNTER 8.8cm ASSAULT FLAK

The 217th Assault Tank Battalion supported The 1039th Anti-tank Artillery Battalion The 3rd Flak Corps had a dual role,
both infantry and panzer divisions against had a dual mission, operating as fighting as both heavy anti-aircraft
the British offensives in August 1944. They long-range artillery when it wasn't guns and as heavy anti-tank guns.
were useful in counterattacks against villages needed for anti-tank defence.
lost in the battle for the Falaise Pocket. All 8.8cm Heavy AA Platoons in this Force
This 8.8cm Tank-hunter Platoon may have the following ratings for -1 point per
You may field a Brummbär Assault Tank fire an Artillery Bombardment with the Gun team:
Platoon (LG133) (at the cost shown on the following characteristics:
card) in place of a Jagdpanzer IV Tank ROF ANTI- FIRE-
WEAPON RANGE HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
MOTIVATION IS HIT ON
Hunter Platoon.
8.8cm gun 88”/220CM
CONFIDENT 4+ AGGRESSIVE 3+
ARTILLERY 2 4+ Family Men
Last Stand 5+
SKILL

TRAINED 4+
6
Heavy Weapon
Assault

German, Build, Unit 0 German, Build, Unit

(8.8cm Tank-hunter Platoon)
1 German, Build, Force 0
POINTS POINTS POINTS
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MEEMIES LOOTED TANK

The vast majority of additional artillery
support available to German divisions
in Normandy came from the three
Nebelwerfer rocket launcher brigades.
As a result, Allies soldiers came to
hate the 'Screaming Meemies'.
You may field a 15cm Nebelwerfer
Battery (LG137) in place of a 10.5cm Artillery
Battery (LG136). This allows you to field two
15cm Nebelwerfer Batteries.
The Allied Air Forces experimented with The 21st Panzer Division captured
carpet bombing. In theory the heavy bombers two British tanks during Operation
would flatten everything. In practice, Goodwood, and put them into service
it wasn't as effective as expected — and against their previous owners.
the bombs tended to land on the assault
troops as well, delaying their advance. You may field one Sherman (LB102) for
4 points, or one Firefly (LB103) for 5 points,
Discard this card after your opponent rolls as a Looted Tank.
for Reserves. Your opponent must re-roll The Looted Tank is an Independent Team
their Reserves rolls. with the following ratings:
MOTIVATION IS HIT ON

CONFIDENT 4+ AGGRESSIVE 3+
SKILL

TRAINED 4+

German, Force, Limited 0 German, Force, Limited 2 German, Build,

Unit, Limited.
0
POINTS POINTS POINTS
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In Normandy, the location of minefields was
poorly recorded or lost, creating a hazard for
troops moving through No-Man's Land.
Before Objectives are placed, place five Old
Minefield markers. The players alternate
placing markers, starting with this player.
Markers must be placed in No-Man's Land
or this Force’s Deployment Area, and at least
4"/10cm apart.
When a Team moves within 2"/5cm of an
Old Minefield marker, roll a die. On a score
of 4+, remove the Old Minefield marker.
Otherwise, replace the Old Minefield
marker with a Minefield Marker and tests
for entering a Minefield as normal.
PLATOON
When its attempts to push the British
back into the sea failed, Rommel’s
21st Panzer Division dug in a line of
Panzer IV tanks as anti-tank guns to
back up the defending infantry.
Panzer IV tanks in this Unit are Concealed
and cannot Move, but can rotate its turret
to face the target when Shooting.
Treat all Hits on these tanks as being on
their turret when determining whether to
use Front or Side armour.
If placed from Ambush, they must be more
than 16”/40cm from all enemy Teams
within Line of Sight.
The German defences featured carefully
camouflaged anti-tank gun nests. The
guns would wait until the enemy tanks
were in the killing zone, then open fire.
Gun teams in this Unit cannot Move, but
can rotate to face the target when Shooting,
and are Nests.
Each Gun team is a separate Independent
Team.
Nest: The Nests are always Concealed and
in Bulletproof Cover.
Teams attacking a Nest must re-roll
successful Firepower tests to Destroy it.
Nests cannot Charge into Contact.

German, Force, Limited 2 German, Build, Unit

(Panzer IV Tank Platoon), 0 German, Build, Unit (Gun) 6
POINTS Limited POINTS POINTS
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NESTS
German infantry dug camouflaged nests
for their heavy machine-guns, covering
them with soil mounted over doors and
beams stolen from wrecked French houses.
sMG34 or sMG42 HMG teams in this Unit
cannot Move, but can rotate to face the
target when Shooting, and are Nests.
Each HMG team is a separate Independent
ARMOURED LUCKY
FLAK HALF-TRACKS
By 1944 many of the self-propelled anti- Some men have all the luck.
aircraft units were armoured to protect
them from small arms fire and shrapnel. Discard this card to re-roll any one die. The
second result must be used.
All Sd Kfz 10/4 (2cm) or Sd Kfz 7/1 (Quad 2cm)
tanks in this Unit have the following Armour
rating instead of their normal Unarmoured Tank
Save:
ARMOUR

Team. FRONT 0
Nest: The Nests are always Concealed and
in Bulletproof Cover.
SIDE
&REAR 0
Teams attacking a Nest must re-roll TOP 0
successful Firepower tests to Destroy it.
Nests cannot Charge into Contact.

German, Build, Unit (Infantry) 2 German, Unit

(Sd Kfz 10/4 Light AA Platoon, 1 German, Force, Limited 1
POINTS Sd Kfz 7/1 Quad AA Platoon) POINTS POINTS
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VON LUCK VON LUCK

Oberleutnant Heinz Meyer commanding
the staff group of the tiny second battalion
of 21st Panzer Division’s 22nd Panzer
Regiment held the line at La Londe,
throwing back the British and allowing the
panzergrenadiers to recover their positions.
Field a 21st Panzer Panzergrenadier
Platoon with 5x MG42 teams (21st Panzer
Panzergrenadier Platoon ( LG905)) as a
Support Unit.
This Unit and other Units from this
Formation whose Unit Leader is within
6”/15cm of this Unit Leader may re-roll any
failed Motivation Tests.
If any Units are held in Reserve, this Unit
must be held in Reserve.
German, Formation, Warrior
(21st Panzer 8 German, Formation, Warrior
Panzergrenadier Company) POINTS
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Major Hans-Ulrich von Luck commanded
the reconnaissance battalion of the
21st Panzer Division in the desert before
leading the 125th Panzergrenadier
Regiment in Normandy. There he was
always at the right place to turn the tide,
Von Luck is an Independent SMG team
(from 21st Panzer Panzergrenadier Company
HQ ( LG904)) that functions as a Formation
Commander and has the Scout rule.
This Team and other Units whose Unit
Leader is within 6”/15cm pass all Tactics
rolls on 2+.
The player may re-roll one die each turn
when rolling for Reserves. If any Units are
held in Reserve, von Luck must be.
(21st Panzer 5 German, Formation, Warrior
Panzergrenadier Company) POINTS
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Major Hans-Ulrich von Luck commanded
the reconnaissance battalion of the
21st Panzer Division in the desert before
leading the 125th Panzergrenadier
Regiment in Normandy. There he was
always at the right place to turn the tide,
Von Luck is an Independent Panzer IV team
(from Panzer IV Panzer Platoon ( LG166))
that functions as a Formation Commander
and has the Scout rule.
This Team and other Units whose Unit
Leader is within 6”/15cm pass all Tactics
rolls on 2+.
The player may re-roll one die each turn
when rolling for Reserves. If any Units are
held in Reserve, von Luck must be.
(21st Panzer 10
Panzergrenadier Company) POINTS
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 SOFTSKIN • UnarmoUred Tank aTTachmenT •
• Passengers 2 • sofTskin • TracTor •

TRANSPORT MOTIVATION

CONFIDENT 4+
IS HIT ON

CAREFUL 4+
The divisions training in France had a low SKILL SAVE

priority for trucks and other transport, while VETERAN 3+ TANK 5+

the coastal defence divisions had almost
none! Despite this, some units managed to TACTICAL TERRAIN
DASH
CROSS
COUNTRY
ROAD
DASH CROSS
scrape together enough vehicles to motorise
- 10”/25CM 18”/45CM 40”/100CM 4+
at least part of their guns and infantry.
This Infantry or Gun Unit may add a SPECIAL RULES
Softskin Transport Attachment. The Passengers 2, Tractor: Team can carry
number of vehicles in the Unit is as follows: two Infantry Teams or one Gun Team as
• Add one Softskin Transport for every two Passengers.
Infantry Teams in the Unit. Softskin: If a Transport is Destroyed,
• Add one Softskin Transport for each Gun any Passengers it is carrying are also
Team in the Unit. Destroyed, and all Transports must
The characteristics of a Softskin Transport be Sent to the Rear immediately. All
are shown on the back of this card. Passengers must Dismount from this Unit
at the same time. Empty Transport Teams
must be Sent to the Rear.
German, Build, Unit
(Infantry or Gun)
1 Unarmoured: Team cannot Charge into
Contact and must Break Off if Assaulted.
POINTS
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SD KFZ 250 OP
The small Sd Kfz 250 half-track was used as
an artillery observation post. It’s small size
SD KFZ 250 OP
allowed it to avoid unwanted attention. MOTIVATION • Tank UniT • IS HIT ON
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• independenT • Observer •
CONFIDENT 4+ • scOUT • sTOrmTrOOpers • CAREFUL 4+
Replace the Panzer III OP with an
Sd Kfz 250 OP (see back of card).
Scout
Last Stand 5+ ARMOUR

Observer
Counterattack 6 FRONT 1
VETERAN
SKILL

3+
SIDE &
REAR 1
TOP 0
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY ROAD DASH CROSS
10”/25CM 12”/30CM 18”/45CM 32”/80CM 4+

WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI- FIRE- NOTES

HALTED MOVING TANK POWER

Sd Kfz 250 (MG) 16”/40CM 3 3 2 6 Forward Firing

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German, Build, Unit

(Panzer III OP)
0
POINTS
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