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 from their Succ~ses in 1943, the Red Anny continued on offen'live into the winter
early 1944. They broke the Siege of Lening-ran. ami then pushed the Germans Ilack into
I r~:;o~~~ In the Ukraine, two Gennan armie!'J were encircled, one after the other, in the Korm.m
;4 Kamenets-podol!!ky Pockets. }'inland waq finally ejected from the war in June ami the fol-
lowing month the Red Anny sma.qhed Germany's Army Group Centre in Operation Bagratioll.
With Gennany anri her a1lies reeling, the Soviets }ltlshed on, forcing Romania to change sirles in
'-It=~'
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~Th;eY~th~e;n~~P\~,"~h!ed~t~h~e~Gerrruu~~~l"J
and
back into Poland to the very rloorstep of the Third Reich
the 1945.
 ALLIED FORCES ON THE EASTERN FRONT. JANUARY 1944 - FEBRUARY 1945

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&d Btar was compiled from the following books: Fortrtss Etlium: Peter Simunovich, John-Paul Brisigotti
Europr, Stalini O/ulaughr. Hammrr and Sickk, Rivtr of H(roN Gmphic Design: Sean Goodison
and Stalin's Europr. These books wert originally produced by Ttrrnin. Motklling and Photography: Battlefront Studio
the Battlefront tcam and friends. Painting: James Brown. Blake Coster, Casey Davies, Mike
Haught, Jeremy Painter, and Matt Parkes
Compi/rd and (diud by: Wayne: Turner
COllU Art: Vincent Wai
Nrw maurin/ writt(1l by: lllurnaf Art: Warren Mahy, Vincent Wai, and Ben Wooten
: Camel, Alessandro Fasolo. Andrew Haught, Mike Haught, Miniatures Drsipl: Evan Allen
Van Nonon, Phil Yales. Many thanks to aU ofthr plnyusun and proofoadm who !Javt
matk this compilation possibk.

CONTENTS
Introduction .", •.•• " • . , ............ 2 8y Gvudry, kiy Su",lkovy Korp"'" .••..• 72 Soviet Sp«ial R"les .••..••.••..•••.•• 160
Warrior: Uytt n:lnl A V Pyl'cyn •..•...•.73 ThcPolu h HomcArmy • . ....••••••.•• 164
8ya Ordydnaya Sh tl'llfnoy &,raIon ..•.... 74 Poli sh B.lalion Arm ii Kl'lljowcj Sp«ial Rules .
Soviet Foras on the E•.'ltem Fro n! •••••.• 10 Udarny Su dkovy &" a1on . .. ...........78 ....•..••. .... . ......•.••. 167
Polish Fo«a! on the Eastern Fronl . • • . . . • 13 The Hammer and the Sickle •.••.••.••.. 88 &lalion Armii Kra;owq .....•......•. 168
Romanian Forason the Eastern Fro nt ••.• 13 Warrior. Kapitan V I Nc-vsky.•..•.......92 &,a1ion Armii Kra;owei Anocnal. . .... 174
Rdieving Leningrad .••.••.•..•••.••.• 16 Warrior: BriKaCle Kom;M:lr M A DetIov ....93 RomaniaatWar ..................... 176
Gn rdeyskiy"Tankovy &taIon . . .........94 Warrior: &rg.: nl Aure! Sandu .•........ I 79
The Narva Winter Baula! . . . . ...••.• 17 Motosudko,,), &Ialon . . ...98 COmpanie T.neu'; ..... . ... . .. ...... 180
The Auack On Finland •..•..••..••.••.• 18 Peredovoyc Ol ryad .. ... ... ... .. . .. . . J04 Com.pnic·limeur; Medii .. . . .... 182
Tankovy &ualon. . . • . . . . . . .•..•...•20 Ro f2 Ra~vedkL ... . ... .. ... . ........ 106 Comp:ln it: Van'llori MOfOriula. . .... 186
Strdkovy .. . •..•..••..• 24 4"' Guan:ls CavairyCo rps .••.•... •.... 110 Companit: de Caval(1'ic. . ..•..•. 190
...30 Warrior. Podpolkovni k ra,"'! Kam nev .... 113 Ba,a1ion Pusasi ... .. .. 1%
ill &lIalon .•....34 G vardeyskiy Kauehiy Polk . . .. . . . .. . . 11 5 Di"isionaJ Suppan • . .. . . .....•.... 202
...........38 Paniun$kiy Bripla . ........•• 124 German Suppon .. • . .. . . .....205
................... 46
................ 50
.•.. . 52
Soviet Invulon of Romani ....... ....... 132
". Romanian Sp«ial Rul., .
Roman ian At$t'nal.. . .. .
SoV;<l:1 l'aln ting Guide . •. .
. ..•.•.208
. .•.209

Balde for liun gary•.••.••.••.••.••.•• 120

Brigada! . • .. • • .. ... 56
V S R:II ..•. . .•..•... 58
Warrior: Ivan Zabolomy •..•..•59
Tynbelyy
SamokJ,odno-aniUyeriyskiy Polk••.....60
Sminiy Szmokhodno-anillycriyskiy Polk .. 6-4
lNiY SamoltOOdno-anillymyskiy Polk ...66
Inrl.en.::mo-Sapcrniy B.:ualon . ....•..•..68
Wartior: Polish Paintin g Guide ... .
Gvudeysk iy Kapilan Dmirriy Lou .. . 137 Romanian PaimingGuid e ..••.••.. ••.• 22 1
Inomarochnikiy Tankovy &lalon . . . .. .138
Shlrumo.,... B. lalon ..... . .142
COrpsSuppon ..••...... . ....•.••.•• 147
Soviet Anc:nal •.••.••.•••• • •.••••••• 156

REVISED EDITION
This is a supplement for FLrm fJ Of War, the World War 11 miniaturu game.
A copy of the rulebook for FLrmeJ Of war is necessary to fully use the contenu of this book. :\-

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,4:1 Copytight Battlefront Ntinialures "«,., ''" ".
 the fleeing Germans back into Poland with your mobile tank
and caval ry forces .
Flames Of ~r you take on the role of a company
commander manoeuvring your troops across the battlefields Follow up . your success by liberating the Ukraine from
of World War II. This classic period of warfare is brought Germany and its lapdogs Hungary and Romania. By quickly
to life in your own game room . Rtd Bear provides the core crushing Romania forcing them to change sides, the Soviet
armies in the form oflnrelligence Briefings. These Intelligence and Romanian combined forces can move on Hungary.
~~::;:;';~ allow yo u to field the Soviet, Polish and Romanian Push the Germans and Hungarians out orfransylvania before
('; that clashed with the Germans and their allies'across
fighting the epic tank barrles around Debreeen. Storm the
Eastern Front in 1944.
Tisza River with your brave Soviet and Romanian infantry
To play Fldmrs Of War you'll also need the Flames Of War before encireling Budapest with your Guards tank forces.
rulebook. The rulebook contains all the rules that you need
Finally assault Budapest, fighting through the streets against
to fight miniature World War II battles.
stiff resista nce in a barrIe that will last IOO-days. While your
brave infantry fight for control of the Hungarian capital,
WHY COLLECT A FORCE FROM RED BEAR? your mighty armoured forces will hold back the desperate
Red Bear provides Flames Of War players the forces needed attempt's by German armoured forces to break through your
torecreate the heroic Allied forces from the bloody baules cordon. Bm eventually victory will be yo urs!
Leningr,ad and Narva in the north, through Operation
They are all here in Rrd Scar, looking fo r the right general
to the final subjugation of Rqmania and
Hungary. ,
to rake command and bring the roar of bartle to your 0"' '"0.><
room.
witi,l the liberation of Leningrad after an epic 900-day
p~sh back the besieging German fo rces to the Narva How THIS BOOK WORKS
: Then enci rcle and reduce over confident German
This book is divided into sections for each major offensive
at the Korsun and Kamene ts-Podolsky Pockets, before
on rhe Eastern Front in 1944. Each army has Intelligence
: knodciog'F;,I,,,,d out of rhe war after a massive assault..
• Briefings for tank, mechanised, and infantry companies .
Next launch Operation Bagration to secure Byelorussia from
Each company has easy-to-use charts, highlighting available
the Fasci~t. Smash/ through German Army Group Centre,
platoons which are the fighting units of your company. Each
retaking Hitler's 'Festerplan' one by one. Mercilessly pursue
platoon diagram visually displays what troOps are included
in rhe plaroon ~
.. ) ,.r"" -""" ~ ....A ...,.... ...,-....- 1 ..... A detailed arsenal at the end of each section describes the
• REOAmr STRElKOVY BATAlON speeific ratings for your units and the weapons they use.
From tanks to infantry, this book contains everything you
~I Suelk"vy8ataio n HQ (Compulsory HCadqua'tero~O po;;",' '.1 need to get started on your army!
Battalion HQ
Strelkovy Company (Compulsory Combat Platoon)6 . [n add iTion to the technical information you'll need to build
' m 35pollltS your force, each book contains plenty of inspiring pictures to
with 3 Rifle Platoons an dK omlssar tea _
help you capture d,e flavour of your new Flames OfWar force!
Cit Strdkovy Company (Compulso:Combat Platoo~65 oints
with 3 Rifle Platoons and KOIIU6sar team P All of lhe forces in [his book are based on historical examples
. Co . any (Conlbat Platoon) that fought on the Eastern Front between I January 1944
'i' Strelkovy MachlDe-gun mp 45 .
'-II 1 pOllltS and mid-February 1945.
with 2 Machine-gun platoons
Strclkovy Anti-tank Company (We:o.pon Platoon) . To find Out more, visit your local game store, or visit our
75 pOHlts
with 4 45mm obr 1942 guns informative website at IlIww,FlnmesOfWiJr.com,
4) Guards Heavy Assault Gun Company
r- Platoon)
(s.p,.o,t 345 pomts
.
with 31SU-I22
ta Limited Air Support (Support PlatOOn) 5'
\11 'k 22 pOInts
. h II-2M Tip 3M Shturmov! .
WIt Toral-1550 pomts
 uses a point system when setting up and In most Flamrs Of war games you will command a
PH'Y"', games. Typical games are around 1500 points, but company with several plalOons. However, in Soviet and
are certainly not limited lO any value! Play any poine value some Romanian forces these will be a battalion with several
and your opponent decide. You can play small 600 point companies, but these behave JUSt like other forces' plalOons.
in an hour, or you can play mammoth games using For these forces whenever the rules talk about a Platoon read
,J m,i~ that are 3000 or 5000 points or more! that as a Company. Where the rules talk about a Company,
read that as a BanaHon.
,
COMPANY HQ
In Ffllml'S Of \U7r, you are the
Company Commander. As such
you'll needacompany headquarters
platoon. When you choose your
force the first thing you must
purchase with your points is your
company headquarters platoon.

COMBAT PLATOONS
Usually, at least TWO combat
plawons are required. Whatever
your battle plan requires, the
Combat PI:Hoons are the ones yOll
rely upon lO get the job done!

WEAPONS PLATOONS
Weapons platoons come rtom
your own battalion. They arc
not required, but can offer your
company excellem suppOrt, such
as heavy machine-guns. mortars,
reece, and ami-tank weapons.

SUPPORT PLATOONS
Supporr platoons are loaned to
your company by the regiment,
brigade, division, or corps. These
platoons give you extra suppOrt in
many forms ranging from t:lnks
to artillery.
 Each force begins with the Company Diagram, which demo nstrateS the company organisation graphically in an easy-to-read
i'."",,,.This simple diagram will help you create yo ur Flames a/War company and gec you playing in no time ar all!
YOUR COM PANY OR BATTALIO N
This firstcsrep is entirely up to you. There is a wide variety of companies or banalions, including infantry, reconnaissance,
mechanised, and tank forces. Have a read through the history texl. Fi nd a force that you find interesting and you're off!

INSTRUCTIONS
.~""'C, you have decided which company or banalion
build, have a look at the small box that 00"";""
:,"d"",",,,;,,", you will need to build your force.

I I will also talk about any divisional variants that rhe

"iI company or banalion might have. The example to lhe
right tells you that there are tWO variants: Red Army
and Guards. When building a force with variants,
choose one variant and follow the instructions for
variant forces below.

VARIANT FORCES
companies or banalions are based on a single

Heavy Tank Regiment). However,

,'~"""f'''''rlp,in; '' have several variants based on their
army, such. as the Sue1kovy Balalon
can be made up of regular Red Army HOOpS or
:""p,,;,,,,,dGu';rds.
\
" When building a force that has several variants, you
. must choose one o ~ th e ~ar iants and stick to it. Your
1 .Compant or Battalion HQ and all of your Combat.
"" Weapons, and a few Sup pOrt platoons or companies
,'I;.. must match the division you have chosen. To help,
. included symbols to distinguish the variants.
:~f~~;~!~u;":~~ili:;':;'::',~m.e
I'~
variant symbol when calculating
platoon options.

~1D.~~C;"'(Ol)R COMPANY
the. Company or Battalion

~t~~~:~:,~;;~~:!~~~:~:~:~! black andguns,

of soldiers, grey or
boxes, each
vehicles.
boxes are platoons or companies available to
f SPECl)lL PLATOON OPTIONS
Sometimes a platoon box in the company or battalion
, , ,
. black DOXes are the core of yo ur force. When building
diagram will have special platoon options available to a
specific variant. These are always marked with the variant's
company, you must field one platoon from each box symbol [0 the left of {he platoon name. Only forces based
rov',1",d,~ blade :me grey boxes a(C optional platoons. You may on the same variant as the special option may take that
one platoon from each box shaded grey. platoon.
The example below (from
" PAGE REFERENCE the Roman ian Companie
Each platoon or company box i have a page number. Use Vanatori MOlOrizata on page
I this [0 find the pla,toon and its poims value. 184) demonstrates that while
any of the Companie Vanarori
ALLIED PlATOONS Motorizara variants may field a
..some plaroom; or companies available to your company or Cavalcrie Co~lpany or Vanatori
battalion are from a completely different nation. These can Blindata Platoon, only [he
Ire easily idenri§e,d bx;:special national symbols found to the Al lied variant can field a Soviet
right of the platoon titl~ in {he company diagram. Al,licd Srrelkovy Company from [he Red Army (,S,).
platoons follow AIl!ed rules fou rtd i.n the Flam~s OJ. war
, '. ~
 using the Red Army '*)
have chosen 10 field a Strclkovy Balalon (found on page
variam. I chose the Red Army
because ir allows yo u to field a truly massive Soviel horde.
• '(ead;"grhe instructions, I need to field al least a Battalion
twO Sm:lkovy Companies from the black boxes.
Prom there: I'll add some of the optional platoons in grey
boxes.
~ chose the Red Army
~mba (
(*'
as my variant, so all of my
and weapons platoon or companies should match
-.fhat symbol. tJ! The Air Sflpport has no divisional rymbo4 but the company
diagram SIl]S! (an include it.
of (he optional plaroons I would like ro rake is a
~,!;' ndk'''y Machine-gun Company (page 26). This means I
to use the poillls listed in the column marked
malch my variant. "nlcre arc twO available variants: Red
(*' Finally, I want (0 add some armour. A Guards Heavy Assault
Gun Company (page61) with some ISU·122 assault
guns should do the trick. The Guards Heavy Assault Gun
Army and Guards. Since I have chosen the Red Army as my
variam, I must use the column marked with my symbol (see Company is marked :IS Guards in its platoon Comryand i[S
divisional symbol does nOl match mine. However, since the
example below).
company diagram has no variant symbol attached to the
platoon option (see below eumple), I am allowed 10 rako it
in my company.
ARMOUR

---------
Gu allls Heavy Assault
Gurt Comparty
Assault GUrt Comparty
'XIlth inc ....... in~ prod",,;"n .• he.e i. no ,""onOS'" of ami-rank
CUM in rht RI;d A.my.li1t !onB·b.a.",lltd ~5mm obr 1?42 is
Tank Destructiort
Comparty

IT

When buijJing my Red Army foru ! uS( the points in the

-
A Red Arm] Strtlkovy Bmllion is Illio~d to take a Guards
collimn.

" ..
Htavy Assault Gun Compan].
-.-~.~.~----~. .. -
Once I have selected all of my plawons and totalled up my
points, I just have to find an opponent with equal points, SCI
up a batllefield and start playing!

:tlly Warriors throughout this book. Thc:se arc: hcroic soldiers who can join your force and help it win vicwry.

Flames War
;
~::!~~::~:~:I~~I~( from the Of website www.Flamc:sOfWar.comandindependentretailersasspecialorder
~O###,),
blister packs (SU### or ROtNN), or in boxes (SBX##). Use the table below to find the relevam
code for each Warrior.
is the Warriqr Kapitan Dmiuiy Lou' in his M4 76mm Sherman rank.

Warrior name Product code

Lc:ytanant V S Rat (Page 58) SBX12
Leytenanr Ivan Zabolomy (Page 59) SSOl93
Lc:ytenant A V Pyl'cyn (Page 73) SU733
Kapitan V I Nevsky (Page 92) SU884
Brigada Koniissar M A Dedov (Page 93) SUBS3
Podpolkovnik Pavel Kam nc:v (Page 113) SSD 143
Gvardeyskiy Kapitan Dmitriy Loza (Page 137) SU88S
Sergent Aurd Sandu (Page 179) RSO 104.
 &mlefrom Miniatures packages Fla11lN O/War produclS to give you everything you nud 10 assemble your force as quickly
accuralelyas possible. Our blistcrs and box sets are packaged to give you all of the options available 10 build your army.

How TO BASE DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNITS

Every army organ ises its platoons differemly. and the organisation diagrams reflect this. For example, a Rifle platoon in a
Srrelkovy Company is comprised of 31 men split into seven tcams. five of four soldiers and four of five, yet a Tank-rider
pi,,,,,,," in a Tank-rider Company has 27 men split into six teams, three offour soldiers and thru offive soldiers. Of course,
in combat rarely mainrain their theoretical strength. We reflect this by allowing you to take fewer squads or platoons.

INFANTRY TEAMS
The fundamenral building blocks of an infantry platoon or company are the various types of infantry teams. The most
common ones are shown below with a brief description of their function and organisation.

COMMAND TEAMS A Command lcam is made up of an officer, an NCO and a rifleman on

a small base. There are ofren options to upgrade your Command team
with a different weapon. To do so, simply replace the rifleman with the
chosen upgrade. You can see an example of this on the following page.

RIFLE TEAMS
--- Rifle teams are the basic form of infam ry. All the miniatures in a rifle
learn will normally be armed with rifles. Some squads may have a single
machine-gun , but its efreCi is diluted by thc number of rifles in the
squad. Base your rifle {cams on a medium base.
..-R-I-' -LE- (-M
- G- T-E-AM
- S- - - - - - - - - - - -R";-A-, '-M
- G- ., ,c, -m-,-,-,,- or;liscd like rifle teams, except that every squad oi"
M)l~ ~l~' twO tcams has a machine-gun. Base Rifle/MG teams on a medium base
""_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _w_;_
,h_,h_,_,_~_o_n_d_b_,_~_n_o_'_m.'.IIY modelled with a crew-fed m~-gun. r
MG TE,AMS MG teams are bener armed than Rifle/MG teams. Every MG learn has
a machine-gun. Base MG teams with a crew-fed machine-gun and tWO
to three riflemen on a medium base.

SMG TEAMS Some nations equipped entire platoons with submachine-guns. SMG
teams are made up of miniatures armed exclusively with submachine-
guns. Base SMG teams on a medium base.

~;;':;:;;-;;:;::;-----------~A~P;;i,oneer::;:;::s th: n:r~al cha:cte~istics and b:i~g of irs rype,

e.g. a Rifle team on a medium base, and gains combat engineering char-
acteristics and abilities such as an increased anti-rank r:lting in assault

LIGHT MORTAR
- and the abiliry 10 clear mines and demolish fortificadons.

Light Mortar tcams a: mad:"up of a -~i:ature armed :it~ ·a· ;;~h~

TEAMS mortar and a loader on a small base. t
KOMISSAR TEAMS The Red Army relied on political officers to keep their soldiers motl\l"Jred
for battle. A Komissar [earn is modelled with a komissar and a riAeman on
a small base.
GUN TEAMS
Artillery barreries and machine-gun, anti-tank gun, infantry gun platoons combine command infamry teams with gun
Information on basing gun teams can be fo und in Basing Your Miniatures in [he rulebook. Essemially, Man-packed
teams aTe mounred like infantry learns on a medium base, anri-tank and infantry guns are mounted on a medium base faGJ I~
the narrow end, and artillery is mounted on a large bre facing the narrow end.

PLATOON, DIAGRAMS • .' ",

Eacb platooJl (or company) diagram indicates me requi red squads (or platoons) and teams you must. have ro make that unit
com bar-worthy. Troo.ps and vehitles in black a(e the core of the unit. Troops and vehicles in grey are options lhat you,C:1I1
add to' give them more ptlnch or mobility. Mao.y platoons also include options allowing you to improve rhe equipmem or
capabilities of some of the reams. The platoon entry wiU also Iisf"che special rules that the: platoon follows.
,
 company crnry in a FlRm~ O/War book reflects the historical make-up of the unit, and rells you how to base
the i or box set rnat rcpresents thai panicular unit. The following aample shows a Razvedki Platoon of Rota Razvedki and
how 10 assemble it using the contents of SU732 Strtlkovy Pwtoon and five US300 Annord Car (annourrd rransporur) blisters.

THE PLATOON ENTRY FROM THE BOOK

LEYTENANT

Mf
Command M3Al armoured
Rifte/MG team trallsponer
HQ SECTION

M)'M
.....
'"l~.) ,,~)~. '"l~f~
Rillo/MG team Rifle/MGtOBm

M3A 1 armoured transponer

Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team

M3A t armoured trallsponer

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ODe
M3A I armoured uansponen with turTet-
~ lltM., captured Sd Kfz 251 armoured ttans-

all M3Al armoured transportcn with

UaMnaI Carrier armoured uansponer per
RlftclMG ttam for +~ points per Rifle Squad.
..... .....
M)~. ~~f~
RilleJMG team Rifle/MG team

M3At armoured trallsporter

,,~)~. '"l~f~
Rille{MG team RilleJMG team

M3Al armoured trallsponer

RAZVEDKI PLATOON
• Aniloll U~ Camen with ""'" mti-wd< ril!.s
I...S......

BUILDING THE PLATOON

'i~t~1;~~:~;~Z below to base your plalOon. As an eum plc of the other options available yo u can replace the riflemen from
~ SMG gun ners from SU733 SMG Platoon.
LEYTENANT

Commalld M3A 1 armoured transponer

Rifle/MG learn

SERZHANT SERZHANT SERZHANT

Rifle/MG team Rifte/MG team

~t- t jt, -->d- ,

Rifle/M Glearn

M3Al arf!1oured Iransponer M3Al armoured Irallsponer

RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD
 Through a monumental national effort the huge losses suffered
rile Red Army in the first years of the Grear Patriotic War
had been recovered by 1944. Newweapons were rolling off the
production lines in ever-increasing numbers, supplemented
by the lend-lease vehicles shipped in from the Western Allies.
Men and women from all parts of the vasl Soviet Union had
been drafted in to swell the numbers of rhe Red Army.
t~~;~,,,;:'~h:~;'~ overwhelming force, and an increasingly
J i strategy, the mighty Red Army was driving
the Nazi invaders back, reclaiming the losl territory of rhe
Motherland city by city. By the close of 1943, Soviet forces
had already advanced to the Onepr River and were poised to
continue their advance through rhe winter.
THE RELIEF OF LEN INGRAD
On 14 January 1944, the long awaired attacks, ro relieve the
besieged ciey of Leningrad, by the Leningrad and Volkov
began, Combined widl a major offensive against
h,o',,,,,od: the Red Army imended to destroy Army Group
Army forces complered the encirclement of
18 January and a day later the 42...J Army
Leningrad linking, up with 2...J Shock Army
the dry:
27 January, l.:eningrad had been liberated after a 900-day
: " j"go The Germans colla~sed and pulled back past the "rj,ver
an.d eventually stopped at the Narva River in Estonia.
'I I Red Army began an offensive aimed at knocking Finland
KORSUN-CHERKASSY POCKET
First and Second Ukrainian Fronts launched a major
9n the left wing of the German First Panzer ,Army's
near Korsun on 24 January. The goal was ro nap the
ir their se.emingly meaningless desire to hold a line
. . Initially the Germans held firm and the
raged until eventually 56,000 Germans
on. 28 January.
~
t~~~~g:~~;~~:; Ukrainian Front battled to reduce the
reOlperarures. 111e Germans began attacks
i fo rces trapped at Korsu n on 11 February. They
i ten miles of the pocket on the first day. The
resisted ,in the following days, while they
. pur pr~sure on the encircled Germans.
'!i~;," me German's armoured fo rce failed to break illIO [he
, rho~e trapped inside tried to breakout on 16 February.
17 February, in a blinding snowstorm, the Germans
_',managed to find a seam in the Soviet defences. At dawn, the
weather cleared and Soviet cavalry and aircraft pounced on
the columns ofReeing Germans. The breakout turned into a
rout and ten German divisions disintegrated.
THE BATTLE FOR ESTONIA
AfteF the b~g of the Si~ge of Leningrad, the Red Army
continued to art-tck againsr Army Group North. They forced
~ .I..... ..... ' d
the Ge r m~ t lghteenrh Arll"!y to abandon positions qel
I
,
since the Autumn of 1941, which was followed a week later
by a harried withdrawal 65 miles farther west to the Baltic Sea
port of Narva on the Estonian coast. German Army Group
Norm had 'setup defensive positions on the Narva River to
hah the Soviet advance and reorganise for a counter offensive.
Through February the Red Army continued to att;l.ck the
German Eighteenth Army.
Heavy fighdng continued on the Narva Line through ro mid
summer with the German defenders hard hit by constant Red
Army infantry and artillery anacks. The Germans r~alised
thar a major Soviet breakthrough was eminent and withdrew
to the Tannenberg line. The Germans held EstOnia until the
Soviets launched the Riga Offensive on 14 September 1944,
which finally smashed German resistance.
ADVANCE IN THE SOUTH
In the south, Red Army momentum was maintained as the
Third Ukrainian Front swept across the southern Ukraine
and reached rhe borders of Romania on 12 May. The Soviet
advance had cur off the German and Romanian ITOOpS
General Janecke in the Crimean peninsula. On 8 April So,;;d~':
trOOps attacked and q uickly overwhelmed dIe Axis defences.
On 9 May, [he German garrison in Sevastopol surrendered.
THE ATTACK ON FINLAND
Afrer the failure of peace negotiations earlier in the year, the
OUI of the war on 9 June 1944. The Leningrad and Karelian
Fronts attacked the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus
and East Karelia. Soviet forces captured East Karelia and
Vyborg. However, after that Finnish resistance stiffened and
the fighting reached a stalemate by mid-July. Despite nOt
achieving all of its objectives the offensive forced Finland to
the peace table, and eventually took them our of the war.
O PERATION BAG RATION
By May the Red Army had recaptured large areas of the
motherland from the invaders-Crimea and the Ukraine
were back in Soviet hands and the Germans had been d riven
back from [he approaches to Moscow and Leningrad. Yet
large swathes of Byelorussia still remained under German
COntrol.
On 22 June ,the Soviets launched Operation Bagration and the
FiTS[ Baldc, Second and Third Byelorussian F',co~n~'~:',:~:~:';::~~
in ro me German defences between the cities 0 i
Bobruisk, centred on O rsha. The Germans rook a h"",)""o
on the attacking Soviet forces, but the Red ~;:J';::':,~';~
more to give. By 25 June, German forces were
back to the fortified d ries, before Soviet assaul ts drove
Germans first our of Virebsk [hen Orsha, while ' i
.
Mogilov and Bobruisk. Soviet breakthrough armour<;d,
.
cavalry forc~ rushed through the Ger.,!!lan lines and, despite
desperate fighting by German blodcins. det;l.(;hmeots, M,insk
fell on 3 July.
 THE INVASION OF HUNGARY
initial Soviet spearheads of Operation Bagration had After the Fall of Romania three massive Soviet armies
reached, their objectives by mid July. They had retaken turned on Hungary desperately defended by si.x German

t
:!~~i:~:~(fortified)
aud now found themselves engulfing the
cities in eastern Poland. Red Army forces
and Hungarian armies. The Red Army rampaged through
eastern Hungary with three fronts until a massive clash of
bridgeheads over me Vismla River and locked armoured forces at Debrecen slowed theif advance, but only
with the Germans holding the river and the doorway to temporarily, as the great red sledgehammer was soon ready to
Germany and Berlin. The batties raged from Sandomierz in swing again~ The Red Army drove on towards Budapest, the
the south [0 the villages north of Warsaw. However, vigorous Hungarian capital.
I by German armoured forces finally halted the
Budapest was encircled on 24 December and a series of
t- Red Army and Operation Bagration ended.
assaults by Soviet and Romanian forces soon pushed me

ON ROMANIA ". defenders out of the east of the ciry. This savage and bitter
struggle lasted for 100 gruelling days, btl[ the ciry was finally
1944, the Red Army pushed the Romanians and taken on 13 February 1945. •
Germans back across the Bug River and emered Bessarabia.
Meanwhile, the fight for Hungary cominued as three
The Red Army was ou the very doorstep of Romania. The
German counter-offensives failed to break the siege. The Red
and Romanians established a defensive line along
Army pushed on and, by early 1945, were in Slovakia and
the Bessarabian fronder. This held until the Soviets launched a
approaching Austria.
massive offensive on 20 August 1944. Two Red Army thrusts
were directed at the cities of lasi and Chisinau. Powerful
Soviet armoured forces smashed through the Axis lines and
Romanilm and German armoured reserves couldn't stem

i'.S;h~,"y afte~wards, to save Romania from [OtaJ destruction,

agreement was reached with the Soviet Union for Romania
" and join the Allies. Romanian troops were
swap sides
in action defending the Transylvanian border from the
. l',nll,,',n,:
 ARMOURED FORCES
TANKOVY BATALON
TANK BATTALION PG.20
For sheer brute force, nothing beats a Tankovy Haralon, or
1'i1,,,,,~ battalion. This is really a heavy-metal force with Iwcmy
even thirry good ra nks. Of course, when fieldiflg such
large force coordination is difficult, so you have to keep
your [aeties simple. Keep rhe enemy in sight and blow them
away with massed firepower or overwhelm them in close-
range combat! A Tankovy Batalon is supported by heavy
tanks, ami-tank, reconnaissance, assault guns, infantry, and
artillery.
GVARDEYSKIY TVAZHElYY TANKOVY POLK
GUARDS HEAVY TANK REGIMENT Pc.52
Sledgehammer is the Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy
r~lk or Guards Heavy Tank Regiment. 1111s
regiment is, armed with new 15-2 heavy tanks or older KV
and lead-Ie'ase Churchill heavy tanks. These monsters will
:;",<,,111 'po' the enemy's defences with their large-calibre guns
~ ,lwhHe rema!";i ng reasonably safe behind their heavy armour!
.... WIth Panther and Tiger ~ornpanies running rampant, who
~errer W I?U I a ~top to their marauding than a pile of Soviet
heavy tanks? llH!se mas~ivc tanks will wipe them :I'lXay
without much thought 3! all!
. TV AZHEl YY SAMOKHODNO-
·llll(ERIYSK.lY POlK
:f H~~;;; SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY REGIMENT PG.60
Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy Samokhodno-artillyeriyskiy
a heavy self-propelled gun regiment capabl~ of
. 'direct suppOrt [Q advancing Soviet mechanised
with either ISU-I22 or ISU-152 heavy
guns and com manded by an 15-2 heavy tank.
provide the heavy hitting capability needed
as~ulr g;oups of Soviet spearheads.
SREDNI¥ SAMOKHODNO-ARTlllYERIYSKIY
POlK
MEDJUM SELF-PROPELLED
ARTILLERY REGIMENT PG.64
111c medium assault gun regiments are expert lank-killers.
Armed with powerful weapons such as lhe SU-B5, SU-85M,
and SU-\OO, lhese troops can engage the enemy's ra"nks at
long range with deadly accuracy.
LEGKIY SAMOKHODNO-ARTIllYERIYSKIY
POLK
LIGHT SELF- PROPELLED ARTillERY REGIMENT PG.66
Though lightly armoured and vulnerableagainsl mosrGerman
anti-tank assets, the sheer volume of fire from an SU-7~M
regiment provided the needed mobile arrillery for rhe ever
advancing Red Army. Be prepared ro accept considerable
losses in the assault gun companies, but rest assured you
will have adequate forces to overrun the meagre
defences. Once you have them on the run , relentlessly attack
to prevent lhem from preparing their positions against your
victoriolls advance.
GVARDEYSKIY TANKOVY BATALON
GUARDS TANK BAITALION PG.94
The batralions of the 3«1 Guards Tank Corps and 29'h Tank
Corps are fully equipped with the new T-341B5 obr 1943
medium tank. They are supported by a selection of heavy
tanks, anti-lanR, reconnaissance, assault guns, infantry, and
artillery suppOrt.
INOMAROCHNIKIY TANKOVY BATAlON
LEND~ LEASE TANK BATTALION PG.13S
The battalions of the 3.-.1 and 9'" Guards Mechanised Corps
used lhe American lend-lease M4 Sherman. The 3..t Guards
Mechanised Corps also used the British Lend-lease Valenrine
tank. In November [he 9Th Guards Mechanised Corps wefe
fe-equipped with new 7Gmm gun armed M4 Shermans for
the operations ro take Budapest. Support was provided by
heavy tanks, ami-rank, reconnaissance, assault guns, infantry,
and artillery.
 RiflE BATTALION PG.98
and tank corps have a large complement
moto r riRe battalions. After fe-equipping before
Operntion Bagration, Lhey are armed with PP$h
submachine-guns. For those who like a little more subdery.
the Morosrrelkovy Baralon may be your pick. With a core
bf well-equipped infantry backed up with every imaginable
form of suppOrt weaponry and plenty of room for lots of
;":rn"k.. tOO, [his is rhe ultimate combined-arms force. They can
. ~' .~"'"'' or Red Army.
OTRYAD
PG.104
·./I. o",b,I',sroup Peredovoye OrTyad or Forward Detachment
\Vas usually 'depJoyed in advance of their main force du ri ng
an
'lheexploiratio n phase of offensive operation. A combined
•
fo rce of ra nks and motorised infantry fight ahead of their
,
rank or mechanised,brigade, probing the enemy fo r weakness
.
and gaps whIch they can push through. They are supported
'reinforcements from their main force.
RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY PC.106
The reconnaissance troops of each corps motorcycle
bat[alion provide the lead elements in the exploitation. Their
well-equipped Razvedki Platoon has plenty of firepower and
is tactically more flexible than most Soviet units. l11ey have
plenry of SUppOfl, including their own company of ranks.
GVARDEYSKIY KAZACHIY POLK
GUARDS COSSACK REGIMENT PG.114
While cavalry may appear an anachronism in IIne,d,,, .,}
warfare, the Gvardeyskiy Ka7.achiy Polk is an essential p,,:e,;,-'
of the Red Army. The Soviet Union is vast and much
lacks a proper road system, making it difficulr for tcucks
to keep up with the advance of tanks. Most breakthroughs
are exploited by cavalry-mechanised groups to counter this
problem. They are well supported by their own divisio nal
assets including tanks, artillery, ami-tank, and ami-aircraft
weapons.

PG.24
lhe basic building block of the Red Arm y is still the Suelkovy
the rifle battalion. The essence of this force is a
mass of infantry, far morc infiuury than any other army can
field. Your infuntry is well supported by a complete range
of weapons: machine-guns, mortars, anti-tank guns, tanks,
artillery. anti-airc raft guns, and sappers (pioneers),
OPORNYMIPUNKT
- STRONG POINT PG.30
Once they have taken the objecti ve, thesurvivo rsofa Strelkovy
.\ Batalon dig in to p repare fo r the inevita ble counterattack.
Each company creates a self-contained strongpoint with
machine-g uns, ami-tank g uns, and mortars dug in behind a
helt of mines. With suppo rt from the anti-tank guns of the
lank desTruction companies, they can sec off any an ack.
PULYEMYETNO-ARTILLYERIYSKIY BATALON
,MACIH""-"UN ARTILLERY BATIALION PG.34
Pulyem ye mo~Af[illyer iys kiy Baralon or ¥achine~gun
Artillery Barralion is heavy in weapons, but light in men .
man the defences faci ng the German lines and act as
\d ,d"ck"o~.of'h' Red Army riRe divisions when they go on
'lhe offence. i plenry 9r firepower and fi eld fortification s
~ they can stOp any German counterartack in its tracks. 111ey
. ,gain further suPPOrt from\nearby riRe divisions.
• support options.
'. MORSKAYA PEKHOTA BATALON
NAVAL INFANTR,.Y BATIALION PG.38
• PA RTISAN BRIGADE
.-. "Throughout the war naval infumry earned a reputation fo r
morale and a sheer willingness to accept casualties.
abiliry to just keep coming unnerved the Germans
'who n icknamed them ' Black Death'. Like the Strelkovy they
thcir own selection of weapons companies ranging from
I mortars to anti-ta nk and scours. They can be
tanks, assault gu ns, a nti ~rank , infantry,
~Z~IENERC)-S~,PEltNIY BATALON
PG.68
teams etjuippcd with heavy machine guns, sub-
gunt1 rt;lac.hine gUllS, anri-rank riRes, mortars and
~erm'an Pnnuifimst ant i-tank launchers. SuppOrt
from pr·34, fl ame-ranks andPT·34 mine· roUer tanks.
8" OTDYELNAYA SHTRAFNOY BATALON
8 TH INDEPENDENT PENAL BATIALION PG.74
A 8)'1 O td yelnaya Shtrafnoy Batalon or 8'h Independent Penal
Battalion is a punishment battalion made up of officers who
,
fi ght to redeem themselves in com bat. One of the company
com manders of the 8'" IndependelH Penal Bau alion was
Ley te nant A V PyJ' cyn, whose heroic actions deserved
special anemion. The baltalio n's mission is to ascertain Ihe
enemy's strength, and as such it has been given very limited
support. But with whal little they do have, the smrdy Sh rraf
Batalon is near unstoppable as they press forward to redeem
themselves! •
UDARNY STRELKOVY BATALON
SHOCK RIFLE BATTALION PG.78
O nce a breakth rough has been achieved by the initial assa ult
il is rhe job of the Udarny Strel kovy Baralon or Shock RiRe
Banalion to punch through rhe gap. Years ofbrural fi ghting
on the EaSlern Front have lefl the troops of the 8'" G uards
RiRe Corps with plenry of close hand-w- hand combat
experience and they are ready 10 wipe the Germans fro m
Mother Russia! The war on the Easlern Front has "k,n.¥
its toll o n Ihe 5trelkovy ranks. However, to deal with
challenge. special assault groups have been assigned to
forward division . 111is addcd support gives your Udarn y
Strdkovy bartalions large numbcrs of heavy tanks, assault
guns, sappers, as well as mine-roller and Rame tanks as
PARTIZANSKIY BRIGADA
PG.124
Partisan brigades fought a guerrilla war against the Germans
thro ughout the. war. Polish fi glucrs rose up against their
German oppressors and Byelorussian Partisans fou ght to
disrupl communications and supply to aid the advance of
the Red Army.
SHTURMOVYE BATALON
STORM BATI ALION PG.142
l b e Shturmovye Batalon (storm or assault battalion) is a
uniq ue infantry form ation that was fo rmed when an urban
assault was nceded. This provides the player wirh mixed
Combat Companies of Shturmovye G roups or Strelkovy
Companies. The customisable Combat Companies can
be further supported by Aame-rhrowers, reconnaissance,
mortars, tanks, assault guns, anti-tank, inf.1ntry, artillery and
aircraft.
 ARMII KRAJOWEJ
ARMY BAITAliON PG.168
The Annia Krajowll, or Home Army, had been planning for (he Warsaw 1!fprising since 1941. However, its leaders wisely
realised [hat they would have [0 wait until Germany was at its weakest point before launching the insurrection. They trained
in secrct, ho rded guns and opened up secret workshops 10 build weapons. 'When the uprising began, thousands of AK trOOps

I
:~:~:~:r:':. and went into action. The battalions fought with intense bravery and refused to surrender, despite increasingly
circumstances.
<fl.'

ROMANIAN FORCES
COMPANIE TANCURI COMPANIE VANATORI MOTORIZATA
TANK COMPANY PG.180 MOTORISED INFANTRY COMPANY PG.186
The arm o ured troops of the Romanian army, while not The Vflnfllori of the 1" Armoured Division and the mO[Qr-
,.,,~ ..•,. equipped with rhe best, were always well morivarcd iscd cavalry regiments are the best and most experienced
trained. The tankers are ably supported by armoured troops in the Romanian Army. They were often used as fire
to fincl .gaps in rhe defences, motorised infantry ro hold brigades, racing from crisis to crisis whenever the ;ol',o"y 1:
gaps' c~~ted and [Q rapidly move to support the rankers, cannot handle the situation alone. Highly motivated,
·'mo"";,,d an.ti-rank gunners and TACAM tank-hunters to will attack on the move, almost before their tr ucks have even
~ g" ',"kkly<owhere they. are needed [Q support the attack. stopped.
served in Crimea and R-2, R-35 and R-35
COMPANIE DE CAVALERIE
~' .v,n"muhl d, Cire ranks served in Romania's northeast with
CAVALRY COMPANY PG.190
'Canremir' Mixed Arrrloured Gro up. ,.
The Romanian Cavalry had many of the best recruits, often

ti~;~~~~~!~
volunteers would join with theif own horse or motorcycle.
TNNCURJ MEDII Modern cavalry are not the shock arm they were in days
~ TANK COMPANY PG.l82
gone by, though they are still more than capable of the odd
1943, deliveries of German equipment started [Q arrive
dashing charge. Now they are like old-fashion dragoons and
' fi;;~~~;;'::;' T-3 (Panzer ([I), T-4 (Panzer IV) tanks, and TA fight as mo.unred infantry bei ng just as comfortable fighting
~ assault guns saw service from early 1944, fir;r with
dismounted.
~~~;',C"~~'.~~; ' Mixed Armoured Group and from March
Rapid Armoured Detachmenr and finall y, by
BATALION PUSCASI
the full I" Armoured DiVIsion. '
RIFLE BAITAlION PG.l96
,·0""", ~d"dl" provided the Roma nians with armour The riflemen of the Batalion Puscasi (rifle banalion) remain

~
~f2~u~~,r.~~~~bG~ii,,~ffCCtiVe
or R-2against enemy the
tank-hunters tanks. Backed
Romanian
the backbone of the Romanian Army, despite new enemies
and allies. The Batalion Puscasi is an infantry-heavy fo rce
their own against the red steel. provided with Romanian and allied Soviet support. Their
Puscasi Companies comain their own mortars and machine-
guns with more I platoons. W'''P?n.
·- r -:~
- ,
... ,(
',
)
 ,:1.,,·,"f< the end of 1943 the Soviets began to plan their
actions for the next year. The High Command's plan was
into four major offensives. The First Strategic
would stan in January and take place in the
<lfca with trOOps from the Leningrad Front and
Front. The Second Strategic Offensive would
rake place in the western Ukrai ne with the FiTS! and the
Second Ukrainian Fronts. In the Third Strategic Offensive
the Third and the Fourth Ukrainian Fronts would attack in
the southern Ukraine. The targer for the Fourth Strategic
OffensivC' would be Finland.

RELIEVING LENINGRAD

N9rth
~
;!r~:~~t:~G;;:'~OUPJanuary ofhad1944,
beenthe
besieging Leningrad
Red Army under
Lale on the evening of 13 January long-range bombers from
Ihe Babic Fleet atracked the main German command pointS
launched' an offensive that threatened (0 on their d~fensiv~ line. The next day uoops from both the
encircle the b~iegingarmy. Oranienbaum bridgehead and Volkhov Front anacked. The
• next day trOOpS of the 42 001 Army a({ack~d towards Leningrad
oIt"[',"9pctarion Barbarossa, German troops had encircled
from the Pulkovo Heights. Artillery barrages on th~ German
laid siege to Leningrad. S~v~ral operations by th~ Red
positions suPPOrted rhe Red Army anacks. For rhe first few
~ .","", in 1242 aog 1943 , had fai led to liberate th~ city.
days the offensive's progress was inhibited by fog, although
'liT"""",,, t1~e end of 1943, preparations had begun in earnest the 2nd Shock Army and 42nd Army advanced on a 7 mile
another attempt to relieve the city. The offensive was
front pushing back the German 9'~ and 10'" Luftwaffi Fi'c1d
;,··ph"'''''d as a~ assault from three directions. One arrack
Divisions. The Volkhov Front pushed Ihe Germans
would drive from Oranienbaum, which had been caprured
about mree miles.
earli~r, a second from me Pulkovo Heights overlooking Ih~
ciry from (he south and (he (hi~d from Volkhov From. Th~ On 16 January a maw occurred that allowed the-2-~;:;~~q
offensiv~ was planned to start in th~ wimer, when HOOpSand Army to advanc~ 23 kilometres. By 26 January, (
artillery could be moved across the ic~ of Lake Lodo!?f' troops had been pushed up to 100 kilometres away
the city, and the Moscow-Leningrad Railroad line
In a final meeting of (he commanders on II January, General
Govorov, who -torhmanded the offensive, outlined the pri- been reopened. StaJin declared that the Siege oof~I~:~~:~I~~
was lifted. 1\c end of the 900-day siege was Ct
orities. Their 'first objective would be Gatchina and then
Leningrad \Vith a 324 gun salute.
Mga, the mino)' rail terminal on the outskirtS of Leningrad
whose pp\ure.ln,1941 had closed lhe lasl rail toad route into
Leningrad. Thes~ were impoi(an~ as they would allow the
two rriaifl railroad Iin~ in amj OUt of Leningrad to. reopen.
r , ,
 Wifh the breaking of the Siege of Leni ngrad the Germans
to the natural defensive position of rhe Narva
River near rhe dry of Narva.
The terrain offered the Germans a choke point with Lake
Peipus in the south and the Gulf of Finland to the north
connected by the south to north running Narva River. The
was icy and the bridges were the key to rhe success of
i(it,ho SO,;;" anacks. If the Red Army could drive the Germans
the Narva River line, they would remove the invaders
.... 'from the whole region. This would score a strategic and
political victory for Stalin's armies.
Red Army did not wait for the Germans to settle.
On 2 February the 2nd Shock Army led by Major General
Fediuninsky immediately attacked the German bridgehead
on the east side of the Narva River. This bridgehead was a
seven mile long line stretching from the village of Lilienback
the north to the village of Dolgaja Niva in the sourh. The
Army faced a number of non-German SS divisions.
: On 3 Febru.ary the Soviet attack began with a thrust through
defences on the east side of the river. Soviet tanks broke
a~d threatened to establ ish their own bridgehead
Ij'un ,the west SIde of the rive r. With supporr from medium
"and heavy tanks the foreign SS troOps were able to [Urn the
Red Army ass:.n;lt and retake the ground on the eastern side
of the riyer. . ..
defences. These attacks also met intense fire from the defend-
ers' positions. Each attack was quickly followed by a German
counterattack, which eventually recaptured the territory and
re[Urned. th! lines co their February locations.
Govorov continued attacking up and down the Narva Line
seeking a weakness in the defences. One attack against the
Dutch SS broke through mwards the river. Govorov commit-
ted his tank reserves with orders to seize the bridges across
the river into the city. lbe defenders councerattacked and
the panzers stopped [he advancing Red Army ranks, b~.H [he
Germans were prevented from exploiting their advantage by
heavy anti-tank fire from the eaSt side of the river.
The Germans launched. a series of counterattacks beginning
on March 26 to eliminate the Soviet bridgehead gained by
the 30,h Guard Rifle Corps in February. They successfully
drove the Red forces back to the river, but nOt across it. These
attacks could nOt be sustained, but the threat was sufficient
that General Govorov ordered the construction of extensive
defensive works on the east side of the
possible breakthrough.
By the end of M:uch, the Red Army was not able to defeat the
defences along the Narva River. The thaw and the rflsputitsa
(muddy season) in April forced a halt on all major Soviet
operations in the region until late May.

Red ,Army's 41M Ri'Ae Corps attacked north of the

on II February, bur met stiff resistance from German
1},S"w,d;,,, and Dutch 5S. In the 50urh, attacks by the 109 th
122 nd RiAe Corps were somewhat more successful ad-
I~j;",",ing 7.5 miles before being stopped.
ArIJ1y assaults conti nued up and down the Narva
.l@lk1em';,'1 line. In the north the Soviets established a
the west side of the river near the village of
fighting the Soviets were
V"" .'" ."" east side of the river.

south of Narva by the 30,h G uard

,wl),'b;';ii; ;I;'~~;h
the defensive line and esrab-
~",od;t b,;?gd,~d. By 24 February the assault forces had

~
~~:~~:i:~l~,~·and
around Narva, reaching the rail line
th~a~ened. ro 'enCircle the defend-
counreranack by the Germans halted
encircling
Mter a week " of relative quiet, March saw a renewed offen-
1'< sive by the Red Army. At dawn on 1 March, the Red Army
began a 20 minute artillery bar,rage against the' German
posicions. This was followed by an assault by the 2nd tuffe
Corps, 109'" Rifle CorR~, _and 43M Rifle Corps. HO ......fver,
the dug-in defenders were well,protected from the Jrtil-
lery an4 t}te Red Afmy's ~dvance ,,:,as halted due to heavy
casualdes. ' ..
!
General C;:;.Qvoroy attempted to rq'ive. tqe assault 00 ,
2 Marsh, bringin-g .fresh forc~ to I?e;lr "a~ainst the· Nar:; ,
-, ~

~ . ..
 THE FOURTH STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE
plan for the Fourth Strategic Offensive on Finland
called fo r a two-pronged assault, one from Leningrad through
Vyborg [0 the Kymijoki River and the second across the Sv;r
River th rough Petrozavodsk and Sorravala to pass the 1940
border and advance deep into Finland.
.,FI NNISH DEFE NCES
The Binns began building fortified lines in 1941 on the
.Karelian Isth mus. These were the Main Line, which was
constructed along the fro m line of J 94 1, and the VT Line
(Vammelsuu- Taipale) running 20km behind the Main
Line. These two were reinfo rced with nu merous concrete
fortifications, but the work was still on-going. The third line,
the VKT Line (Viipuri-Kuparsaari-Taipale), was still at a
design stage and its construction began in late May 1944. On
the northern shore of the Svir River the Finns had prepared
deep area that was fortified with stro ngpoims made up
p illboxes, barbed wire, obstacles, ahd uenehes.
the' 194Q border there: was also the Salp3. Line with
.and
In total th.ere: were 268,000 Finns with 2,350 guns, 110 mnks
\
assault guns 3.nd 250 planes, 40% of dle men and twns
and all ~h e tanks were on. the Ka relian Isthm us.
The Red i\nny had'in the isthmus to overcome me defenders
rifle divisions, twO fo rtified regions, 14 lank and assauh-
regiments, and over 220 artillery and rocket launcher
';;,,,,,,v~,'ro'm' (almost 3,000 guns and launchers). In Eastern
Red Army had [6 rifl e di visions, twO fortified
Engi neer-Sapper brigades, twO rank brig3.des,
regiments, and three tank battalions.
forces, me Soviets had a 12: 1 advantage in men
;if.~;;;,c4J advantage il} guns, planes, and tanks against
, Germans continued to give aid in the way of weapom and
• Brigade froll1 Estonia to fight on the Karelian Isthmus, as well
•
LCriingr3.d From offensive started on (he morning of
194.4 ~il h a heavy artillery bombardment, followed
probing attacks. The date was chosen to coordinate with
Western AJljes' ,landings in Normandy.
O n the firs t day the assa ulting Soviet un its were able to
~ lake some Finnish strongpoints in the Main Line near lhe
G ulf ofRnland. The main offeruive Started next morning,
on 10 Ju ne, wilh .an artillery b~rrage and led lO immedi.ate
success. The frontline was breached at Valkeasaari and lhe
defending Finnish trOOps abandoned their positior¥. lhe
artillery barrage of over 3,000 guns and mon 3.fS had lasted
for over two. h9u ~. At the focal point, where lhe 30th G uards
<;:erps led the attack, the Soviets h,ad mo re than 120 artillery
pieces per kilometre. ..-
Four days latcr, on 14 June, the second Finnish defensive
line, the vr Line (Vammelsuu- Taipale) was penetrated at
Kumersclka. The Finnish JiiiiRiiri Brigade supported by assault
guns a:cem~ted (Q recover the VT Line; bur was haired by
lhe Red Army's 72 0d RiAe Division, I 85 th Tank Regiment,
35 1" Assault G un Regiment, 46 th Anti-tank Brigade, and
I 19th Independent Anti-tank Battalion. The attack went well
at firs t, but withered under murderous Soviet fire. Casualties
were: high on both sides.
Between 13 and 17 June the Finns held position ~n the
VT Line, until the events at Kuuterselka fo rced them to leave
lhe VT Li ne and withdraw to the third defensive VKT Line.
Soon after the offensive had started, rhe Finns began to move
trOOpS from Eastern Karelia to the Karelian isthmus. Four
d ivisions and the 20'" Tank Brigade were transferred from
Aunus and the 3'" Brigade from the north, raising [he amount
of trOOps on the Karelian Isthmus from 90,000 lO 155,000·by
the end of June. When the VT Line broke, the Finns decided
to give up Eastern Karclia.
The battles along the third defensive line began badly for
Finns. Viipuri was captured on 20 June almost without a
battle. Some of (he HOOpS of the 20 th Brigade, which had
just arrived from East Karelia, panicked and fled from their
positions.
After the loss of Vi ipuri the Finnish government lried ro
app roach the Soviel Union to inquire about conditions for
peace. At this point the Soviet offensive was proceeding well
and the reply was that Moscow would be ready to receive
Fi nland's delegation for unconditional surrender.
Stalin probably felt the Finns would soon be crushed by his
troops. The Finns, on the other hand, knew what surrenderi ng
to me Soviets would mean. lbey could not accept the brutal
occupar.ion (h;l.( would inevitably follow. The Finns decided
to conrinue fighting and instead asked Germany for help. The
also brought 122. Infimuri«iivisioll and 303. SturmgachUrz
as additional air support.
The StavRa (Soviet high command) thought that after the faJ[
ofViipuri the Finnish Army would retreat to the Salpa Line
and therefore sct their next offensive objective there. Soviet
troops reached the Virojoki-Lappcenranta-Imatra Line
by 26 June, bUl the strong resis tance after Viipuri surprised
lhem . Between 20 and 24 June all Soviet attacks . I
at Tienhaara and in the area north-cast ofVlipuri. A ~:'~~ ~i
wave of attacks started on 25 June. and (he Leningrad
rroops achieved a breakthrough in Tali, but the Fi'nnistC~
Army Corps caused them heavy casualties wh iie retreating
towa rds lhamala. The Finns made nu merous cou niera[ta~
and the battles raged contin uo usly. It was the biggest hatlle t<}
occur d uring (he entire offensive. , . 1,. •

Early on the morning on 25June 1944, a heavy arrillery and
bombardment was conducted by the Soviers and a major
th ree-pronged offensive against Tali began ar 0730 hours.
Jf.e,,,,'," prong near Lake Leitimojarvi was Stopped by the
"""""- Division. However, with the aid of tanks from the
2711> Tank Regiment, rhe western prong was able to breach
the defences established by the 4811> Jiiiikiiri Regiment ar the
l?ortinhoikka crossroads. The third prong, an attack across the
I Strait by the Soviet 17811> Rifle Division, was defeated
lile Finnish \ " Battalion of the 611> Jiiiikiiri Regiment.
':"!R"~;';"g that this small Soviet victory could cut them off,
Finns organized a massive counteranack with reserve
units and pushed the Soviets weSl of Lake Leitimojarvi back
to their starting point, destroying the 27 rh Tank Regiment in
"' "h,p"',"" and eapturing several tanks. By 27 June both sides
received reinforcements and the first to move were the Finns.
They set up a large combined counter-offensive usi ng tanks
and German aircraft, but stubborn Soviet defence stopped
it. The next day Axis troops were forced to retreat to the
Vakkila-lhanralaFirvi- Kokkosellci-Noskuansclka Line and
Red Artny, illlercepting the manoeuvre, attacked them
,<,d"d"" the transition, inflicting heavy casualti~ and nearly
,'o,om'g the Finns.
t,he Soviet 63.1 Rifle Division and rhe 3011> Tank
to take !hamala. The radio message was
rhe Finns, allowing them to Stop the new of-
it-starred. Finnish and German bombers and a
artillery barl"<!ge smashed the assembling S~>viet
~~.""H'" They were so weake.ned that they wefe not able to brtak
through the Finnish positions a few hours later. After the
last failed offensive, Soviet troops constantly tested Finnish
defences, but each time they were thrown back by concen-
trated and effective Finnish artillery bombardment.
On 4 July, [he Soviet 23.1 Army attempted to cross the Vuoksi
River ar Vuosalmi, but was promptly confined to irs small
beachhead by the much smaller Finnish 2M Division.
•
BAntE FOR VIIPURI BAY
By rhe time the front reached lhantala the Soviets were ex-
hausted and unable to staft a new major offensive, although
intense fighting continued. The Soviets decided to try attack-
ing the Aanks.
•
A beach landing was set fo r Viipuri Bay. The attack started on
the morning of9 July: 124,h and 224'" RiAe Divisions, part
of59'~ Army, made several attempts to establish a beachhead ,
but were pushed back by combined Finnish and German
defenders.
THE END OF THE OFFENSIVE
On 12 July, Moscow ordered all offensives to cease in the
area and began to probe Finland for possible peace terms.
The Soviets had suffered about 5,000 killed and
wounded, while the Finns suffered about 1,100 killed
6,300 wounded. The Soviets also lost several hundred ,,"h"'"
and aircraft during the fighting. The Soviet defeat at Tali-
Ihantala was the key event that convinced Moscow to hold on
the Finnish front and concentrate on defeating the Germans
instead.
 ANTI-TANK
-".!~.uU.
Motonsed )'0)'
Anti-tank Company

INFANTRY

,...~)1.
Tank-Rider Company .9...

ARTILLERY

~~~
Motonsed Mortar 1b
ComJUlny
 Alltr a S1fccm fol year Soviet tank crews arr much morr skilled, although more
cautious thall befort. A 7tmlwvJ Baudon is mud tl5 Confident Trained.

--- -
PODPOLKOVNIK

I-H nor I'Hl

I HIHS uhr l')tj ~

Company
Command tank
OPTION
• Upgrade T-34 obr 1942 tank to have a cupola for
TANKOVY BATALON HQ
.. 5 poinb.
Mark II (M,IUld.lll)

J\tark II 76mm (:vI.mld.111 CS)

Mh(M~Icd

Mount a SMG Tank Escort on HQ tank for

+10 points.
Um~ &t4lon must contain lit klllt onr Tankovy
. the wnw type ofumk III the

Oh valiant front-line tankovy commanders! Great is the Now you must continue to press the enemy hard, you
glory you have won fo r the Red Army. You have won great give them no rest, for there is still much fighring
victoties over the invading Fascists, using their own tactics of Mother Russia is free!
breakthrough and encirclement agai ns t them.
 TANKOVY PLATOON
LEYTENANT

TANKOVY COMPANY

While the T-34 medium tank remains the mainstay of the

rank forces and older lend· lease ranks still play an important
role, new £anks are s£arting to make their mark.
The newT·34/85 that entered production at the .. ,' " '''',•• -.
is joining existing battalions. It is a major improvement over
the earlier T·34/76, having a new rurret with thicker annour
mouming a long 85mm gun. This new tank is more than
a match for the fascist Mark IV and the
 Command tank

....
TANKOVY PLATOON

• Arm any or all M31tanks with AA MG for +5 poinu

tank.
While light tanks are no longer issued to new combat units,
many older units Slill field [hem. The older rypes arc no
longer useful against enemy tanks, but are juSt as good as ever
as infantry suppOrt ranks. The newest Mark V11I Valentine
tanks mounting a 57mm gun, however, are excellem
tanks and are likely to continue to serve in supporting
for some time.

LEYTENANT

l [)ShK 1\1\ tnlLk

\ ZSl' ~1l- ~l(;~H

Command Self·propelled AA gun

Each tank brigade had a company of up to nine 12.7mm
DShK anri-aircraft machine-guns. lllcse were usually
mounred on ZIS-5 trucks and allocated our to the tank bat-
talions in platoons of three. Vnirs somet'imes received ZSU
M I7 MCMe lend-lease half-tracks fiucd wim quad .50 cal
machine-gullS. These light ami-aircraft weapons were often
Self·propelled AA gun
enough to deter the few remaining German tank-busting
aircraft that roamed the skies over the front.
l~::;~S'~lf~.P~'~OP~'~lf~'d~AA
:~9"~"~:
ANTI AIRCRAFT PLATOON
 RECONNAISSANCE

.,..,-n~
Strelkovy Scout ?:>
Platoon

ARTILLERY

~~
Strelkovy Regimental ~
Gun Company

ANTI-TANK

~" ~~
Tank Destruction
Company

INFANTRY

","",l'M
Independant Shirai %
Company

INFANTRY

~l-M
,
Flame-tl1rower Platoon '.
:9
 Years ofhllld fighting have lift rI" Red Anny milch wiser
and In s willing to throw IlIlJay the lillff oftheir increas-
ingly sfllrce soldiers. A Strelkovy Blltakm is Confident
Trained.
'!he hardestfight j IIg ba ualiOlls haue eflrned Gllards sta fUS.
A GUflrtis Strtlkory Bl1/a{oll is Fearless Trained.

STRELKOVY,BATALON HQ PODPOLKOVNIK

HEADQUARTERS PODPOLKOVNIK

itlllallOn IIQ

Add
lit
Company Command
tn
ZiC Command
tf
Banalion
Rifle leam Rifle team Komissarteam
Antl·Llnk RlfI~> [,1-t1oon
BATIALION HQ

.. ...
Anti LInk [,lawo n

OPTIONS
• Equip Sapper Platoon with a Pioneer Supply wagon
for +20 poinu,
• Add up to three Sniper teams fo r +50 points per
.~ .

The StrelkollJ form the bulk of the RKKA, the Red Army.

-@it_
ANTI·TANK
Their role is ro break through enemy defences for the RIFlf PLATOON
mechanised trOOps to exploit and ro follow them to hold I'TANK PLATOON
their gains.
The battalion's headquarters not only provides leadership but
also specially-trained platOons. Use these assets to defeat any
Fascists attempt to Stop our irresistible advance.
....'U ""_i_
The heroic workers and superior industrial might of the
Soviet Union have guaranreed a steady supply of automatic
weapons to the fron t line soldier. Your brave soldiers are well
equipped for the operation!
Your platoons may not be as large as they were earlier in
the war, but this is more than made up for with rhe bitter
combat experience and deadly tenacity of the men .
The Strelkovy Bata/on will do well if you support them with
the Red Army's new heavy eqJlpmem such as assault guns
 ~t
Command
Rille/MG team

Komissar team for + 15 points.

M)~ M)~
Add Makslm HMG team for +25 points. Rifle/MG team RiflefMG le~m
R'I'I"" all RiRe/MG teams with SMG teams in one ~~.) ~~.)
Platoon at no oost.
Ritle/M G team Ritle/M G team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team

[he lives of millions of ~)~.~~n ~)~. ~~.)

a,~i,,,,,dsocialist soldiers. While the Soviet Union is vast, Rille/MG team Rille/MG team Rifle/MG team RiflefMG team
with the full suppOrt of its people it cannOt replace
on this scale.
~~., ~~.,~
Rifle/MG team Rille{MG learn Ritle/MG team
valiant Soviet jrolltovik is too valuable to waste wi t h
tactics and is nor to be thrown away meaninglessly LEYTENANT
early years. You must use your soldiers wisely. Pound
e nemy with your artillery, hammer the Fascists time and ~~.) M)~. ~~.)
then attack where the cracks appear. Do not stop until Rifle/MG team Rille/MG learn RillefMG team
<1>" ~~o " h,d,"d has been liberated of those fascist dogs!
~)~. ~~.) M)~. ~~.)
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
RIFLE PLATOON
STRELKOVY COMPANY
- -

tft
Command Rifle team

reliable Mnksim heavy machine-gun is an old fr iend ~u. ~~~

Maksim HMG Maksim HMG
Jrontovik. Deploy them to support your companies,
have them concentrate their fire keep the enemy pin ned
 HQ Section with:
1 MOrlar Plawons Command Rille team Observer Rifle lfI"l
HQ SECTION
OPTION
Add Observer RiDe team for +15 poittrs.

industrious monar company provides your assault

~ u. ~~~
82·BM·41 mortar 82·BM·41 mortar
troops with instant artjIJery suppon without having [Q rely
on divisional or corps artillery. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~ ~~
82·BM·41 82·BM·41 82·BM·41 82·BM·41
Monars offer a steady rain of explosives over the heads of the mortar mortar mortar mortar
enemy, allowing your brave assault troops to advance while
the enemy stays pinned down in their pathetic foxholes.

LEYTENANT

HQ. Section with: ",,~t

1 Scout Squads Command SMG team

I S"ollt S(IIl,l(j

The razvedki SCOutS are outstanding individuals chosen from

throughout lhe regiment. Equipped with submachine-guns,
SMG team
1~=SM~G~"~':m:~S~M:G~':'~om;;~
SMG team
camouflage smocks, and even skis in winter, they are used to
gather 'rongues' before attacks, then either infiltrate behind
enemy lines or reconnoitre routes along which they lead STRELKOVY SCOUT PLATOON
HOOpS forward to launch a surprise attack.
A Strtikovy SeOUl Platoon is rated as Fearless Veteran.
Srreikovy Scour P!iitoons art IlII exception ro the Centriliiud
Control special ruu. 7Juy operate as (J norma! p!iiroon.

\ 'S/I.tlkovy Scour Platoom are Reconnaissance P!iiroons.

A Srrtlkovy Scout P!iitoon is a Injiltration P!iitoon. 7Juy may
Inji/lm tt n Streikovy Company or Submachine-gun Company,
see the Injilrra(ion rules on page 250 ofthe rulebook.
 "",~f
Command Rifle team

A Smlkovy Ami-ltmk Rifle Company may make Combal

Altluhmellfi to Strdkovy Componiei.

Hiderite panrers sometimes make the mistake of

t~~!ci;~n~t;hat because we have no tanks, we are defenceless .
.-; get to make that mistake r;.vice.
' F~I<I,d en masse, the PT RD-41 anti tank riAe can Stop any
the heaviest of tanks, waiting until they reach point- ~ --n ~ --n ~ --n ~
range, then shooting them in their vulnerable sides --n ~ --n ~ --n ~ --n ~
rear. The infantry then mop up the survivors. PTRD PTRO PTRD PTRO
anti-lank rifle anti·tank rifle anti-lank rif le anti-tank rif le
ANTI TANK RIFLE PLATOON

,..,~;
Command Rille team

horse--drawn limbers for +5 points for the 4W_~ 41\~_~

45mm obr 1942 gun 45mm obr 1942 gun

increasing production, there is no shortage of anti-tank

in the Red Army. The long-barrelled 45mm obr J 942 is
&~;J,bl'in large numbers. 4W_~ 41\~~
45mm obr 1942 gun 45mm obr 1942 gun
crick is using them well. The guns are small and light,
easily concealed. Keep them concealed amongst your
e~~~~~~~h~o:t'ding fire until the enemy come dose enough to
ANTI TANK PLATOON ANTI TANK PLATOON

!:i,~f"'''ii"'''Y' wheel your guns into range of enemy trenches

use them as small infantry guns. Line them up on 41\~_~ 41\A.\'~
45mm obr 1942 gun 45mm obr 1942 gun
enemy platoon and pin them to the bottom of their

ANTI-TANK PLATOON

$TRELKOVY
-
ANTI·TANK
-
COMPANY
.

~I
 HQ Section with:
4 ~6mrll uhr 1"2~

OPTIONS
• Add Observer Rifle team for ... 15 poinr.s.
• Add horse-drawn limbers for ...5 poinC:II fot the
-.u.u ,
76mm obr 1927 gun
~A.
76mm obr 1927 gun
company.

The regimental guns arc easy to manoeuvre on the banlefield ,..,""~.

due to their brilliant Soviet design. Your regiment's guns
will help suppOrt your Strefkovy with direcr fire and rapid -.u.u .
76mm obr 1927 gun
~A.
76mm obr 1927 gun
bombardments.
Use me 76mm obr 1927 gun firing over open sights to
silence enemy machine-guns with an intense volley of high-
explosive shells. This versatile little gun will also keep enemy
lighr vehicles at bay.

UBMACHINE-GUN OMPANY

.,...~t
Command
SMG team

.,...~-u, .,...U~
SMG team SMG team

.,...~"'A~ ~"'A~i .,...~"'A~ ~"'A~i

Add Komlssar team for ... 15 pomu. SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

At the forefront of most charges are the avtomatchiki, the

submachine-gunners. Having a large number of infantry SMG team SMG team
with high rate of fire weapons is a great help keeping those
Hiclerires' heads down for the final assault. The submachine-
gun company should always be in the thick of the fighring!

.,...~"'A~ ~"'A~i .,...U~

SMG team SMG team SMG team

.,...~U ~"'A~i .,...~U ~"'A~i

PPSH41 submachine-gun SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
SUBMA(HINE GUN PLATOON

. SUBMACH INE GUN COMPANY

 ARTILLERY

~~
Strelkovy Rejjlmental ~
Gun Company

ANTI-TANK

~~
Tank Oestructilln ~-t>
Cllmpany
 Hatling captured and fortified their srrongpoirlt,
riflemen are determined to hold onto it, A Opornymi
Punkt is Confident Trained,
Guards regime/ItS tift the Jinest amwit troops availflbie,
When ordeftd to hold their gail/f, they wi" not give them
up, A Gutlrm Opornymi Punkt is Fearless Trained.

PODPOLKOVNIK

Company Command
Rifle leam
PODPOLKOVNIK

1ft
2iC Command
Rifle team
,.
Battalion Trench Line
Komissar team

Add Minefield to Sapper Platoon for +50 poinu.

......
Add up to three Sniper teanas for +50 points per
....1~~ ..,.___
Pioneer
Rifle I air
Tllln Il•
,.
lIen 'Ill Ie

A Opomymi Punkt HQ is a Fortified Company HQ (see p, !!le p Pioneer PIOI "

of the ndebook). Rd .! team Rifle \eam Rifle leam
SAPPER PLATOON

The Red Army constantly surprised the Germans with the OPORNYMI
- _. PUNKT
- HQ
strength of its anacks, leading [he Germans to believe that
CAMOUFLAGED POSITIONS
they were vastly ournumbered. In realiry, they achieved this
feat by concentrating their attacking forces where they were The Germans considered Red Army soldiers to have a
needed and hold ing the reSt of the from with weak infantry affinity for camouflage. Using basic tools and local m'''"d;l'~
forces manning opornymi punkt (strongpoinrs). they could hide entire fortified positions from all bu.~
closest
By focusing on anti-tank defence the strongpoints could
hold fiu more ground than their manpower would suggeSL In order to ,hoot at il team from an Opornymi Plmkt HQ
1his was achieved by usi ng local terrain and dense minefields or Opon/ymi Punk! Compally thilt is in a Tftllch Linr or
to channel German attacks imo dead-end 'sacks' where they Gun Pit and that hIlS not rhot during thr gamr, an elumy
could be slaughtered at short range by concenrrated anti- tram must br within 16"140cm ofthe tram.
tank and machine-gun fire.
Strongpoims weren't JUS! a defensive concept. As soon as a
Soviet infantry battalion rook its objective, it would start
d igging fortifications and laying mineficlds to secure it against
the inevitable COunterattack. 1111.' speed with which rhe Red
Army built these fortified positions constantly astounded the
Germans faced with regaining lost positions.
 Ut
Commalld RilleJMG team
..
Trench Lille

HQ SECTION

all R.l8e/MG
Platoon at no cost.
teamI with SMG teams in one
~
45mm obr 1942 gun
ill GUll Pit
up to two 82-BM-41 mottan in Gun Pits for
pomu per mortar.
1942 gun in Guo Pit fOr +25 poinb.
l1li)' or aD 4Smm oIn 194:2 in Gun Ph: with
ohr 1942 Nat for at DO mst. .. !
up to two MU.iot HMG teams for +25 poinu

-..H, -..l\.~
••
Maksim HMG Makslm HMG

four Ttax:b llIICI for +5 points each.

up to four Barbed Wire Entanglements for

A Opomymi PUllkl Complmy is Il Fortptd Platoon rUt

page 262 oftI)t rultbook}.
If II Opornym; Punkt Compllny blu jive or mort platoons.
tht compa1ly's Fortifications may bt placed up to 16740cm
from tht Fortifitd PlatOOll's Cmfrt poim, ml/)tr than tht
usual 12"13Ocm.
Rifle/MG RIUe/MG
tea m team
strongpoint combined a rifle company (or what was
of it after capturing the position in the fiTS( place) with
.~;~,:::~': from the battalion machine-gun and mortar
~ and the regimental ami-lank rifle and anti-tank
companies. Dug into trench systems and protected by a
belt of mines, these positions were capable of resisting
attacks.
regimental artillery and heavy mortars provided dose-
artillery support, while (he regimental submachine-gun
oo"p"ny provides a solid counterarrack reserve. .. FORnFlCAnONS

.. ..
'I, ~ I F -j: 'I,
1 'I I t' w, E'1 !II·
B

,l I.
1 C 'I I -I' ~ I" ' F -/:I
B~I . d Wife En
 FORTIFICATION

• Mine field • Minefield

• Minefield • M inefield

• Minefield • M inefield

• Add Anti·taok Obada 6»r +100 poinu per .."..".." .."..".."

.."..".." ..".." .."
A kO
obotode.

Anti-tank Obstaclu and Mill~ji~lds are Area De/mw (ue

pa" .'6;' ,I ,h,
ruitbook).

--
FORTIFICATION
FORTIFICATION
¥=t=G:=A =I §E§E'f§
~
Barbed Wire Barbed Wire Barbed Wire
Entanglement Entanglement Entanglement

=FF'1--=fS¥ "1:9§!::§I~"'?ti=¥Ef' "I:¥§!::

I ~Ef
Barbed Wire Ba rbed Wire BarbedWire
Entanglement Entanglement Entanglement

BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS

GUN POSITION

Gun Pit
iTt •Gun Pit

"
A Gun Positioll must b~ attached to a Platoon containing
Gun teams making it a Fortified Platoon (Sll' pllgt 262 of
Trench Line

r/(/~book). I ~==::::::=;.::::~;;;::;::;:::;:=;:;;
Digging fort ified gun positions for the anti-tank guns of your ' GUN POSITION
tank desrruction companies, yo ur regimental artillery, and
the supporting artillery battalions srrengrhens your killing
No matter whether the enemy attacks with tanks or
; i" ~ '''~',.You~ guns will at short
 (FORTIFIED COMPANY)

You must field one company from each box shaded black and may field one company or platoon
from each box shaded grey.
Your supportmg platoons must be from either the Red Army (marked ) or Guards (marked J.
All of these platoons must be marked with the same symbol

MACHINE-GUNS

~~~
puryem~elno- ~
Artmyenyskl~ Company

MACHINE-GUNS

~~~ ANTI-TANK
Pulyern:l:etno- ~
ArtmyenysklY Company
~"' 'Ito
Tank Destruction
Company
 The determinrd comrades of the Pulyemyetno-Anillyeriyskiy Baralon (Machint -gun
Artiiiery &malion) know they mmt hold at ali costs. They construct fortified positions and
wait for the mnllJ to strike. A Pulyemyttno-Artiliyniyskiy &ta/o'l is Confident Trained.

----
PODPOLKOVNIK
PODPOlKOVNIK

1ft

OPTIONS
Company Command 2iC Command
Rille team
Battalion
Rifle team Komissar team
"
Trench line

Add Minefield to Sapper Section for ..50 points.

Add up to three Sniper teams for +50 pomu per
....,.
A PlIlyemyetno-ArtiiLyeriyskiy Bnta{on HQ is (I Fortified
Company HQ (see page 262 and 263 ofthe rulebook).
A PlIlyemyCfno-artiilyt riYfkiy Bata/on often
An unusual eype of Soviet infantry formation was the ford- position for quite some time, giving them pl,,,,,y "f ,;mn"
fied region (Ukrrplennye Rniony). These infantry unirs were prepare their positions, conceal their gun
designed to man fortified lines such as the Stalin Li ne. Each observation positions.
fortified region was essentially a regiment or brigade-strength
in ordn to shoot at n tenm from a PuJyemyemo-
unit made up of several Puiyemyemo-Artillyt riyskiy Batalon
ArtiJlyeriyskiy Baltlion HQ Pu/yemyetno-Artillyeriyrkiy
(machine-gun-artillery battalion) supported by infantry,
Company, or Artiiiery Group that is in a Trmch Lint or
sappers and artillery. By 1944, with [he Red Army on the
Gun Pit.and that has not rhot during tht gamc, an (Ilemy
offensive, fortified regions were used to relieve infanrry
ttam must be within 16~140cm oftlu team.
the base of pockets, free ing up the mobile
the trap and destroy the Germans.
 Ut ..
Command Rifle learn Trench line
HQ SECTION

~~:;;.::~~~-;m HMG teams with Maksim

:.t at no cost.
~U_
Maksim HMG

~)f~
.,.
MG team
. ~~~
Maksim HMG

Trench line
unL
~~

.,.
d~~
H

Minefield M
4Smm oM 1942 gun in Gun Pit for .. 25 points.
1ipL''''''''Y'' a1145mm obr 1942 in Gun Pit with
Nest for at no cost.
1oI112-I~M ..U moftar in Gun Pit for +20 poinu.
up to two upt mortar tauDI for .. 15 poinlS

III 'aD ,.. I... 1iach l.ines for .. I0 poinu each.

~U_
Maksim HMG

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Maksim HMG

Trencllline
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10 lOur Bubed Woe Entanglements for

A Pulynnptno-Artiliytriyskiy CompallY is a Fortified

P/dtOQlI rut
pagt 262 oftlu ru{tbook). ~
45mm obr 1942 gun
If a PlIlytmyttno-Artilfytriyskiy Company has six or mOTt in Gun Pit
pia/oom, tlu compallY's Fortifications mily bl! placed up to
16"/40cm from tlu Fortifid Plnloons emtrt point, rnthrr
ll
than tI)( US1I1I1 12 /30cm.
,
,f
ANTI TANK PLATOON

No RETREAT, No SURRENDER
With linlc or no transport the Pulycmyclno-
Anillycriyskiy Company sites its defences and waits for
the enemy. They must hold :11 all coSts, withdrawal will 82·BM·.1 mortar
in Gun Pit
only lead 10 their doom!
A Pu~mytno -Artill)'aiyskiy Company don not USt (ht
d'b
, __ ~
QU41iry of Quanriry rult, insuad thty may "-roll foikd
Motivation INN to Counuratlack in assaults.

Pu~m)'tlnO-artillpriyskiy (machine-gun artillery)

works under the principle of few men, many
. Each machine-gun platoon had just thinccn men
bearers), des pite having {WO Maksim
and IWO Dr light machine-guns. There
riflemen in the company, but the machine-gu nners i- : t
. . .
FORTIFICATIONS

r \- ,,,yt - c -r l
U T!ench ,

~ ~"d"d up by ami-tank guns, light and medium mortars, ..

19leln~
ami-lank rifles. A wall offire wi ll meet any enemy foolish '" : t C ·r -i- i- : t . 1: -r i-
:i
to attack [hem head on. , , ,s' e
masters of concealmem and disguise their positions
, hiding from the enemy until they choose the moment
fire and lay waste to the fascists .
 HQ Section with:
11 76mm ZIS-j in Gun PIt
Mt
Command
Rif le team
A~
Observer
RIlle team
,.
Trench Line
8 76111111 IIS- \ 111 (Jim PH
HQ SECTION
4 76mm ZIS j III Cun I'll

OPTION
• Add Observer Ri8e ~
76mm l1S·3 field gun
in Gun Pit
An Artillery Group if a Fortified Platoon (su page 262
the rulrbook).
76mm lIS-J field gun
~
76mm l1S-3 tield gun
As d Fortified Platoon, it can tither place its Gun Pin and in Gun Pit in Gun Pit
TT?llch Lbu, dun deploy in them, or 1I0t place irs Gun Pits
and Trench Line, (lasing to bl' a Fortified Platoon and not
benefitingfrom the Prepared Positions special rule.

An Artil/ery Group may make Combat Attachments to a 76mm l1S-3 field gun
~
76mm l1S-3 field gun
Pulyemyemo-Arri l/yeriyskiy Compa 1IY. in Gun Pit in Gun Pit

Each machine-gun artillery banalion has its own artillery

76mm Z15-3 field gun
~
76mm ZIS-3 field gun
group of rwelve 76mm ZIS-3 field guns. Whether they in Gun Pit in Gun Pit
are allocated out and dug-in with the company pOSitions,
or grouped rogether ro provide fire suppOrt, [he guns are
equally deadly against enemy infantry and ranks.

~
76mm ZIS-J fie ld gun
~
76mrn ZIS-3 field gun
in Gun Pit in Gun Pit

~
76mm Z15-3 fie ld gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun
in Gun Pit in Gun Pit

ARTILLERY GROUP
 (INFANTRY COMPANY)

You must field one company from each box shaded black and may field one company or platoon
from each box shaded grey.

ANTI-TANK

~"'
Tank Destruction ~
Company
INFANTRY
INFANTRY
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Morskava Sub machlne- ~
gUIlCompanV Strelkovy Company ~
 MOTIVATION AND SKILL
7he m(rl of a MorrktlJll Pekhotll BaM/on Ilrt' the bravest of the brave. 71" 'Black Death'
jus/ kePI coming when {/tU/eking, ignoring CIlsua'(i~ and pressing home /0 (lJfllUlt the fascist
difmdrrs, A Morskaya Prkhota BattdQfJ is Fearless Trained.

MORSKAYA PEKHOTA BATALON HQ

PODPOLKOVNIK
HEADQUARTERS
ItlllallOn IIQ
tft
Company Command
ttt
2ie Command Banalion
Rifle learn Rifle team Kom issar team
Ant i lank I' l.nool\
BATIALION HQ

OPTIONS
• Add Flame-thrower teams for +45 points per team •

......
• Add up to three Sniper teams for ... 50 points pet

Throughout the war Naval Infanuy earned a reputation for

high morale and a sheer willingness to accept casualties.
uu
Their ab ili ty TO JUSt keep coming unnerved the Germans
who nicknamed them 'B[;lCk Death'.

•
MORSKAYA PEKHOTA BATALON HQ

HQ Section with·
.\ lnfantn PI.II(lon~
2. I n fantr~ Platoon\
I Inf.lIltr\' 1'I.II00n

Add Komissar team for + 15 points.

M)~ M)~
Rille/MG team Rifle/MG team
Add Maksim HMG [earns lOr ... 25 points per team.
Replace all RifleJMG teams wim SMG teams in one
M)~. ~~., M)~. ~~.,
Rille/MG team RitleJMG team
Rifle Platoon at no cost.
~)~. ~~.,
During the curbulem momhs of 1941 naval manpower was Rifle/MG team Rille/MG team RiflelMG team
pressed into service co hair the fascist tide. Naval Infantry INFANTRY PLATOON INFANTRY PLATOON
Battalions (MorskllJIl Ptkhotll Bata/on) were formed to
provide the Red Army with additional fighting units and
to defend Soviet naval bases. Later mese were formed into M)~. ~~.,
brigades of th ree or more battalions. The separate Naval Riflel MG team Ril le/MG team
lnfamry Banalions were fo rmed on a organisation (or Shtaty)
of (he Navy's own devising. However, by 1944 me few Naval ~)~. ~~f~ M~.
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Infantry Brigades still operating arc substantially reduced
INFANTRY PLATOON
fro[ll their ori gi n ~ tc
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MORSKAYA MACHINE-GUN ;<~j";~;",,,..;'j<~~' """;ii," >9};' KAPITAN
',i " , COMPANY 4"':
Ut
Command Rifle team

~l\.~ ~l\.~
h~,~~',~:~:t;M.~;aksim heavy machine-gun is an old frie nd of Maksim HMG Maksim HMG
~~ experienced soldier. Deploy them with your
"!'''p,m''" to lend SUppOH, or have them concentrate their
as a single large machine-gun company and keep the
pi nned down.

Command Rifle team

HQ SECTION

industrious mortar company provides your assauh

~~~ ~~~
82-BM -41 mortar 82-BM -41 mortar
ib<,., w'th instant artillery suppon without having to rely
divisional or corps artillery. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
82-BM·41 82 -BM -41 82-BM·41 82-BM-41
provide a steady rain of explosives over the heads
enemy, allowing your brave assault troops to advance
mortar mortar
..
mortar
,
mortar

the enemy stays pinned down in their pathetic MORSKAYA MORTAR COMPANY
I'<>,ho[[",

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Command Rifle team

~ -n~
A Morrkaya Anti-t4nk Rif/r Company may makr Combat -n~
Attachments to MorskflYfl Prkbot4 Companies. PTRD PTRD PTRD
anti -tank rifle anti-tank rifle anti-tank rifle anti·tank rifle
Hiderite panzers sometimes make the mistake of
that because we have no ranks, we are defenceless.
don't get to make that mistake rwice.
en masse, the PTRD-41 anti rank riAe can stop any
tb.e heaviest of tanks, waiting until they reach point-
range, rhen shooting them in their vulnerable sides
. The infantry then mop up the survivors.
-n~ -n ~ -n~
-n ~ -n ~ -n~
PTRD PTRD PTRD
anti-tank rifle anti-tank rifle anti-tank rifle
ANTI -TANK RIFLE PLATOON
 ~f
Command Rifle team

•
• Add horsc-drawn limbers for +5 POUtU fu r the 4~tU. 4WJ"
45mm obr 1942 gun 45mm obr 1942 gun

With increasing production, there is no shortage of anti-tank ".~. ~~~

H se lra n I,mber
guns in the Red Army. The long-barrelled 45mm obr 1942 is
available in large numbe rs. 4~UA 4W.A.
45mm obr 1942 gun 45mm obr 1942 gun

~~~ ~~
The trick is using them well. The guns are small and light,
being easily concealed. Keep them concealed amongst your
infantry, holding fire umil me enemy come dose enough to ", ,,11
be destroyed. Alternatively, wheel your guns imo range of \ ANTI TANK PLATOON ANTI TANK PLATOON
enemy trenches and use chern as small infanrry guns. ." ' - - ,

Ut
Command Rifle team
HQ SECTION
6110PM -1R
4110-PM-lR

Add Tr1JCks for +5 points for the company. >b.~~ "'"

120·PM·38 120-PM-38
mortar mortar

By landing rounds o n a target quickly, the heavy mortars pin

~llllll
120·PM-J8
"'" ~llllll
120·PM·J8
"'"
mortar mortar
the enemy down and allow the tanks to manoeuvre.

Their heavy bombs are downright deadly. They have enough

.' ..
explosive to easily blow apan hastily-constructed defences
and even work well against half-tracks and tank hunters.
In fact our heavy mortars are so good that the Fascists 120·PM·J8 120·PM·J8
have copied the design of our socialist engineers and use it
themselves!
I'::::::::
m()rtar mortar
MORTAR PLATOON

",,~f
Command SMG team
2 SUJIII Squ.lds
I Swut Squad

A Morskaya SCOIiI Platoon is a Infiltration PUlloon. 7bey

may Injileratr a Morskaya Prkhota Company or Morskaya
SMG team SMG learn SMG team SMG team
Submachinr-gtlfl Company. sa thr Infiltration ruin on pagr
250 ofthr rolebook.
MORSKAYA SCOUT PLATOON
Morskaya Scout Platoons al'( an rxcrption
Control sprcia/ ruie. lhey oprratr as a normal platoon.
Morskaya Scout Platoons are RrconnaiSfllncr Platoons.

,
 olt.~t ••
Command
SMG team

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SMG team SMG team

olt.~l~ ~)~t olt.n~ n~t

fourth b:malion in a Morskaya Pekhofa BrigaM is armed SMG learn SMG learn SMG team SMG learn
submachine-guns. The submachine-gunners are always
head of any assault where meir weapons are ideal in
of close-quarters combat.

olt.~)~ U~t
SMG team SMG team

Command
Rifle team

Pioneer Supply horse-drawn wagon for

Pioneer Rille team Pioneer Rille learn
points. or a Pioneer Supply truck for +25 points.

one am build field fortifications like the industrious Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Rifle team Rille team Rif le team Rille team
sapper! The strong backs of our sappers can dig
~i~::;~;', ,:':~l,~~ar
::
obstacles, remove mines and, if necessary,
tanks with their explosives.
Ml1 ~l1.
Pioneer
Ml1 ~l1.
Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Rifle team Rifle learn Rifle team Rille team
sapper company can be put to work to help dig your .,
!~~n "y into prepared positions or build up your supply
' ~:~;';~~~ThI::'i,Y,;W::iJ[ also take on specialised assault tasks with
". These are the brave comrades you most want
"" Y""' ,;,[, in the toughest assaults! Pioneer Rille learn Pioneer Rille team

Pioneer Rifle team Pioneer Rifle team Pioneer Rifle learn

SAPPER PLATOON
MORSKAYA SAPPER COMPANY
 HQ Section with:
12 ~6mm IIS- ~ field gun Command Staffte~m 01
Rifle team R,I Ie
R ~6mm IIS- ~ field gun
HQ SECTION
1 ~6mm IIS-j field gun

OPTIO NS
• Add Observer Rifle team for ... 15 points. - ~~u.u.
76mm ZIS-31ield gun
-76mmrw" • _I'Ll'\,
llS-3lield gun
• Add horse-drawn limbers for ... 5 points per battery.
~,,~. ~~'h.
Each Naval Infantry Brigade was supponed by its own ar- "' r I
tillery battalion armed with 76mm Z15-3 guns. When fi rst
formed these guns were allocated to each Monkaya ?ekhota 76mm l1S·3 field gun
- ~~u.u.
76mm ZIS-31ield gun
&talon in individ ual batteries of four guns. However, by
1944 the gu ns of the separate infantry battalions had been ~~~.
grouped together af brigade level as an artillery battalion.
- ~UAu.

. -...
76mm l1S-3 field gun

.."".,
-

-
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76mm l1S·3 field gun

~~~.
~UAu.
76mm ZIS -31ield gun 76mm l1S-3 field gun

~~~

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16mm l1S·3 field gun 76mm l1S-3 field gun

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76mm ZIS-3 fie ld gun 76mm ZIS·3 field gun

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GUN BATIERY
German defences prior to Operation Bagration.
 ",GllAND STRATEGIES On 22 June, Independent Penal Baualions, such as Lrytenant
A V Pyl'cyn's 8ya OtdYI!Inaya Shtrafooy Batnlon, conducted re-
plenty of irony to spare, Operation Bagradon was
connaissance in force missions to expose /laws in the German
, scbedulcd to begin on 23 June 1944, to coincide with (he
line. Shtra/battalion attacks revealed the complex fortifica~
th ree-year anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, rhe German
dons of the 78,h Assault Division. To deal with [his, Stavkll
illvasion of me Soviet Union. The great offensive was to faU
authorised the organisation of Special Assault Groups prior
upon Germany's Army Group Ccmre and break the front
to the attack. Each Guards Rifle Corps received one of these
.",<,op,n . Stavka, rhe Soviet General Headquarters. recognised
specialised units to crack the enemy's h.eavy fortifications.
rhe key to success was to capture the rnajor railway junc-
tions in Byelorussia and then press on toward Minsk. Once
A,Tmy G roup Centre was destroyed, the Soviet war machine OPERATION BAG RATION
would be unsto ppable. On [he morning of 23 June, Gmrrlll K N Galirskiy, com-
mander of the IIyll GlIIlrdrysknyn Armtjrn (J Ilh Guards
that the vital towns along rhe front line would be
Army), ordered his Guards riRe corps [0 attack and break
overrun, Hider ordered lhe cities of Orsha, Vitebsk and
the Sturmdivision in half. A massive artillery prepararion sup-
Mogilev to be heavily fortified as part of a chain of impreg-
porred the attack with an as[Ounding artillery density of up
nable fo rtresses, called Fmerpiarun. German commanders
[0 250 guns per kilometre! Kntyusbfl mortar rocket baneries
at OKH, the Obrrkommando MS Hum, or Army High
joined in as well, stunning the German defenders and givi.ng
, Cq",m"m!",wem to work fortifying each ciry with multiple
Soviet s[Orm groups the opportuniry to quickly overrun the
of u enches, barbed wire, concrcte en,lplacemems,
forward German trenches.
"," , h"n bl~kho u ses, mines and anti-tank ditches.
The Gfldrdl!skaya Strelkoflilya Diviziyn (or Guards
'ARMY GROUP CENTRE PREPARES Divisions) directly eaSt of Orsha ran into very stiff ,,,'''.n,,,''
and failed to get paSt the German first layer of defence. They
German 4. Armu (41h Army) defended Orsha and the
did, however, manage to get the German XXVJI Armukorps
:u,w,m,J;np"?,. A, the core of his army was Gmrrallm{/Jflrl/
, '
Srurmdl ision (78,h Assault Division). The (27 th Army Corps) to commit reserves, drawing them away
d
;,,; &,',';on occupied for d ne positions in from of Orsh.a: 'fhis
from the northern approach to the ciry.
.division had a liigher allocation of heavy weapons The 18. Sturmdivision managed to hold their ground at the
ami~tan k guns'than a normal infantry division, and was second line of defence, bur the simation worsened wh.en a
-i~:~;~:': highcr strength, making it one of the most powerful small two-mile (3km) gap opened on the left flank. Galitskiy
~ along Army Group Cemre's from line. reinforced his success by driving his 2)'n Gllardrysknya TankollY
Korpus (20<1 Guards Tank Corps) through the opening using
~~'f'''''rk"z~Orsha incorporated various fortifications in the
a narrow-gauge railway bed to manoeuvre the tanks through
city. Infantry barricaded and booby-trapped
the marshes. llle bold Guards attack from within the wet-
nnd ~et up firing positions along the major ap-
lands shocked the Germans, as they didn'r expect an entire
city. Marshes and peat cunings doned the
Soviet rank corps to emerge from such inhospitable rcrrain!
'~~;ri;;i;e":;";'~Y difficult terrain for tanks and heavy
?I our,. the city braced for the storm. By the end of the third day of fighting, the Germans
" claimed 116 Soviet tanks destroyed, but the Red Army still
~~OIRl)!ISIA,N FRONT PREPARES had more ro throw into banle. Surviving elements of the
the operarion's objectives amongS[ the Iyn, 18. Sturmdivision retreated west into Orsha and re-formed a
. {In, 2"ci, and 3'd Bye!orussian defensive li ne.
Polkofmik I' 0 Chernyakovskiy deployed his
From against Orsha.
,
 llya Gvardeyskaya Armiya
16ya By. 36y a.
Gvardeyskiy Gvardeyskiy Gvardeyskiy
Korpus Korpus Korpus

11 ,h Guards Army advanced

The next day. it joined the
-
Army and completely enci rcled the ciry.
,
I '''' 'i '" 1
• . ."
Ovardeyska,ya

·
St.relkova,ya D\v1zI,ya
Ova.rdeyskaya
8trelkova.ya Dlv1zI,ya
QvardeysluWa.
St.relkova,yaDlvlzl,ya.

, Gva{deyrkiy Smlfoll) Korp,us (Soh Guards RiAe

moved into \hc city
Y(ith rhe
to
rcna ciou~
engage in bloody
German assault
'~~:;::~;:
i j
i t 1
IYA
Gv ardeysk&ya
t.reliwv&y& OIvb;I.y&

31YA
• "VA
Ova.rdeyska,ye.
St.l'elkova,ya. Dlv1zI,ya

26YA
l6YA
GvaroeysJuwa
'St.relkOVa,y& Diviz1ya

l8YA
Ovardeyska,ya Gva.rdeyeka,ya Ovardeyska,ya
night. The tity finally fell under Soviet \ ~lkova,ya. Q1vtz1ya Strolkova,ya. Diviziya Strelkova,ya Di~z1ya
rhe fo llowi ng day. ..I =
, . 2YA TankOV1\YaKorpllll

' RETREAT TO M INSK

The fragm ents of rhe 27'hArmy Corps withdrew ~sr tqw; rds
r-~~::::;~;mm;:=:::~~\j
@4arJ :li.'f!llt
Mi nsk, all the while under harassment from rnh~',:;:it:~:~~ _1 XXVII Armeekor ps -
Soviet tanks and infantry. In some cases the ~ .
advancc;d so quickly that they oft~n arrived at the C crman
rally points before the grenadiers! 1 he 6atd~ for Orsha had
0= Orena!:nv1alon _St~:~on
come to a dose, but Oper.uion Bag:3uorf still continued~
sTeam-rolling wss,twaqi.
8: 26.P&nze"r-
grenad1erdivtslon •
l< .
Orenad1erdiv1a1on

78. 8turmdlvl81on CoW'lter&lot&ck

25 dW'le L944
 • ~::::'~~ Bagrarion was planned to the smallest detail.
f~ or the Soviet High Command, left nOlhing ro chance.
They employed mllJkirollka (or subterfuge) in the lead-up
the operation, disguising dIe official troop sucngths and
movements. The operation was planned in secret and only
d\c key generals were informed about the overall plan. Soviet
troops succeeded in masking their movements during the
night under the strictest security.
Surprisingly, the Germans f2i1ed to detect the build-up of
lorces as well as the Soviet intentions in Byelorussia. They
believed that me Soviet summer campaign would fall further
south. As a result of their misjudgemcm, they stripped Army
" Group Centre of the majority of irs armoured divisions and
sent them south. This added to the large superiority the
Soviers held in infitmry, anillery, tanks and air power. The
Soviet plan 10 confuse the Germans had succeeded.
However, that is not to say th:l.I the Germans did not
have superb troops guarding the line. The German
78. Stllrmdivision (or 78'~ Assault Division) and the
. Schuxrt Pnnurnbuiliung(o r 50 I - Heavy Tank Battalion),
I;~ 6',~~;""~wim Tigers, silently awaited the Soviet onslauglu at
( They were well armed and prepared fo r the Soviets
~,:<om'p~"d ~o (he m her nearby inf.1ntry divisions along the
It became very important for the Stavkn to assess the actual
..strength of the German line and to find any gaps ,hat might
appear. The Soviet solution to (his question was typical. Shlift1!
Bntolons, or penal b:maIions, were assigned (0 resf rhe enemy
defences ~o see if [hey could find weaknesses in the German
lines.
ONSLAUGHT AT ORSHA 26-27 JUNE 1944
,I';, h,; S,,,;,,, l IP Gvnrdeyski) Armiyn ( I I'· Guards Army) and
rr;,p" Am,'ya (3 1" Army) fell upon Orsha on 26 June, 1944.
~~~:~1: ~S~o~v;;~ct~ lank brigade from the ~ Tankovy Korpus
~ swept around to rhe west of the city, corn·
encirclement. TIle German remnants of General
~~ik~~' XXVJI Armukorps (27'· Army Corps) were now
,,,,ppod insi.:fe.me city and prepared for a tenacious defence
fi rialstrugqle for the ciry began with the Soviet 31 " Army
Q9w.n Yolkers' reserve troo ps o utside of Orsha while
ell Guards Army crashed into the city on the evening
June. 'The i nitial assault faltered due to the defenders'
dever usc of booby traps and fortified positions through-
out the city. Fighting continued through the night, adding
another layer of complexity to an already difficuJr mission.
In the morning, XXVII Armttkorps was ordered to hold
along the west of the Ollepr River, JUSt somh of Orsha,
while the 78. SJuTTf/di"uioll remained in the city to aefend
,he tOwn centre. The main objcctive of the Stunndivision was
ro mai ntain ·control of the railway station and to keep thaI'
vital rou tc safe in the cvent ofa withdrawal.
11)e Sqviets renewed their attack early in the morning on
27 June alJd fi nally entered die nqrthem approachc;s ~o me
dty. Th<;ir succc;ss bro~e the XXVll Anneelrorpl ipto duCC'
'" .. . . .
Uyunnm A V Pyl'cyn's 8)n Otdplntl)n Shmtfooy BaInton
(8,h Independent Penal Banalion) was one of the many
penal battalions that were assigned to test the defences of the
Germans during O peration Bagrntion.
On ,he eve,of their assignmenr, Pyl'cyn's company received
fresh ammunition and a w.um meal, which told them they
were getting ready for a fight. Pyl'cyn was oroered to use
his company 10 dear mines for the following offensive. He
decided to leave his company behind and complete the swccp
by himself during the night. Despite some dose calls, he
managed to Rag romes through the mine field using twigs and
white doth. With the way marked, the rest of the cO&lpany
prepared to assault the following day.
Thc screams of Stalin's Organs (or Kntyllsbn rocket launchers)
signalled the beginning of the offensive for the penal battalions.
They lurched forward, crashing illl'o the German defences.
Many fell upon well-prepared positions with machine-gun
bunkers and barbed wire. A few lucky units found the open
gaps berwccn the German divisions along the line. Those
tim found an opening reponed back to their assigned Soviet
armies, who prompdy fed ranks and mechanised infantry
through, exploiting the SUC«SSes of the brave Shmtfoiki.
The reconnaissance in force missions proved vital to
success of Operation Bagr.uion. Without the Sthrtifbattalions'
sacrifice, many more Soviet soldiers would have perished
against the Germans' well-planned defences!
small pockets. The 78. Sturmdivisioll still held the town
centre, despite repeatcd attempts to dislodge them. A
quickly-assembled battle group made of remnant units held
the railroad several kilometres outside the city, and another
rauered baule group attempted to break out to the soulh
without success.
A coordinated attack by several divisions from the II do Guards
Army finally dislodged 78. Sturmdivision, and a bloody
StreeHO-Slfeet fight unfolded as the grenadiers fought to
hold the railway station.
Meanwhile, al (he railway station, clements of the
Stunndivision established a prepared defence of tbe area.
lhc railway provided the grenadicrs with the hoec of safety.
If [hey could hold the station long enough ((1 aIJow
last train ro be loaded with the wounded, [hey ~uld
wilhdr.l.w out of the city 2nd find a point to break QJ..Lt
encirclement,
The Sturm grenadiers succeeded in buying enough time for.,
the train to depart and began to fall back. They had manag~d
ro hold the (!Ity until rhe last, but nor all of {he -tWOps '"
managed to' escape.
Orsha finally fell to the Sovict onslaught in the early morning
holj.ts of27 June. "
 The KV series of Soviet heavy tanks was criticized by thei r
crews for their poor mobility, and lack of any heavier
Soviet heavy ranks were a thorn in the side of the German
armament than the T-34 medium tank.
: i~~;::i.,,:",::~m,;;ughoUl the war.
Their armour was almost
- I ro most German ami-lank weapons and theif The design team conti nued to look into alternative armament
guns were morc man adequate to deal with mOST Germa n heavier thall the 85mm gun. Two weapo ns were considered,
ranks. GABTU (Main Di rectOrate of Armoured Forces) the A-19 122mm gun and the BS-3 [OOmm gun.
was determined to maintain this state of affairs. The SKS-2
The iOOmm gun (later used to arm the SU-iOO) had berrer
heavy tank design bureau in Chelyabinsk started the KV-13
armou r penetration (J85mm compared to 160mm), but a
:;\ip",g., m to build a heavy tank with both sufficient mobiliry
less powerful high-explosive round than the 122mm gu n.
armour. Usi ng castings to get a better shaped
The IOOmm gUll was a new weapon and in short supply,
the projecT team delivered a tank ten to ns lighter than
while rhe 122mm gun was in abu ndant supply.
KY, des pite having better ar mour. Unfoflunarely its
performance was lacking and the project was cancelled. Further testing confirmed thaI the 122mm A- 19 could
penetrate the front armour of a German Panther tank.
IOSEF STALIN HEAVY TANK The 15-122 prototype replaced the IS-I, and began mass
production as the 15-2 obr 1943.
Under a new project leader a new trans mission, coolingsysrem
and lightened rracks solved ma ny of the KV-13's problems. The main disadvantage of the gun was irs huge, rwo-pan
Meanwh ile Marshal Kliment Vo roshilov, for whom the KV ammunition, which was difficult and slow co load, and only
tan k was named, was in disgrace, so rhe KV- 13 was renamed allowed 28 rounds to be carried.
in honour of losef Stalin, the Soviet leader. One of the
j',"
,Q,!dii. of the new ra nk was a fixed- mo unted mac hine-gun The 15-2 pcoved slightly lighter and faster than the heaviest
KV model 1942 tank, with thicker front armou r and
the dri v,e r (0 replace the one fired by the co-driver in
improved turret design.
t~ p"'"i,'u, heavy tan ks. W hile certainly an in teres ti ng concept,
the practi';;'l 'Usefulness of this machine-gun was nil.
o •
IN COMBAT
~lb~ capture of a T iger t~nk in late 1942 led to the Apri l
It first saw combat in February 1944 du ri ng fighting around
, order to install an 85 m m gun in the new IS tank. 1his
Kors un-Chevchenkovski pocket. 15-2 heavy tanks we re
required a whole new tur~t and the lengtheni ng of the"!.:lUlJ
assigned to separate heavy tank regiments, no rmally of 21
an' additional road wheel (Q rake the extra weight. The
tanks each. These regiments were used to reinforce the most
15-85 as ~r was nowfknown shared this turret with the KV-85
important attack sectors du ring major offensive operations.
was prod uced while IS production got under way.
Tactically it was main ly a breakthrough tank, firing a heavy
high-explosive shell that was useful against entrenchments
and bunkers, and supporring infantry.
was not the end of the up-gunni ng. The development of
They were also capable of taking on any German panzer they
seri ~ of tanks only really gained momentum in 1943
came against. Once a breakthrough was achieved the mobile
''':IP.~,!" .~o[he performance of the German Panther and
T-34 medium tanks would take over the exploitation.
battle of Kursk.
NO[ all Guards Heavy Tank Regiments were equipped with the 15-2 heavy tank duri ng 1944. Many regiments were still
a.rmed with KV-I s, KV-85 and Churchill heavy tanks and even a few experi mental 15-85 heavy tanks. These older equipped
were nill engaged in anion and fought well, their thick armour givi ng them ample protection from most German

However, as the year went on more and more Guards Heavy Tank Regiments were re-equipped with the 15-2 heavy tank, with
only a few regiments left with older equipment by the end of 1944. . '

CHURCHILL HEAVY TANKS

KY-lS OR KY-1E HEAVY TANKS
Until mid- 1944 some regimclHs were still using
At the beginning of 1944 many of the Guard Heavy the British Churchill tank. lllese were: 36'" Guards
Tank Regiments were still armed with KV-Js or KV-Ie Heavy T.1.nk Regiment and 59'h Guards Heavy T.1.nk
tanks. The KV-Ie was a 47-ton monster that could take Regiment.
a hit from JUSt about anything the Germans cou ld throw
at it. However, the weight of its armour made it slow, so
the KV-Is was developed with a little less armou r, but
was much faster.
1he following regimems used the KV- Ie or KV-Is heavy
ra nk, most fighting in the North around Leningrad --
and against the Finns in early 1944 , before they were
re-equ ipped with 15-2 heavy tanks in mid-1944: 26,k
Guards Heavy T.1.nk Regiment, 33 ni Guards Heavy Tank
Regimen!, 49'" G uards Heavy Tank Regiment, 58,h
Guards Heavy Tank Regimem and 70,k Guards Heavy
IS-85 HEAVY TANK
Tank Regiment. The 73..1 Guards Heavy Tank Regiment
fought (0 the end of the war on the Finn ish Fro nt and The first 15-85 heavy tanks were delivered by the
in the Arcdc Circle with KV ra nks. Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant in October 1943. These were
issued to Guards Heavy Tank Regimems reformi ng after
(he summer's heavy fighting.
The 15-85 heavy tank was issued to I", 8,h, and 13th
Guards Heavy Tank Regiments fighting in the Ukraine.
These units were heavily engaged in early 1944 at
Starokonstantinov, Korsun-Shevshenkovskiy and Fastov
Station west of Kiev.
The I" Guards Heavy Tank Regiment was the first
unit to use the [5-85 against (he German T iger when
they mer the 503. S,hwere Pdnurabuibmg near
Starokonstan ti nov.
KY-85 HEAVY TANKS
One of the main problems with the KV-le and KV-Is The 8'h Guards Heavy Tank Regiment fough t
tanks was that they could not penerrare the heavier thtough early 1944 and was engaged in the Korsun-
German tan ks such as the Tiger and Panther. KV-85 was Shevchenkoski y fighting.
the solution while a newer IS heavy tank was still under The 13th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment was re-equipped
development. A modified KV- 1s hull mounted a new with new IS-85 heavy tanks in early 1944 before it saw
turret fined with a 85mm D-5T cannon. 148 of these fighting at Fastov Sution.
tanks were produced in the second halfof 1943 until rhe
spring of 1944 as a stopgap.
,
The follow ing regimelHs were equipped with KV-85
heavy tanks: 15,h Guards Heavy Tank Regiment, 29,h
Guards Heavy Tank RegimelH and 3 [" Guards Heavy
Tank Regimem.
Heavy tanks had two officers in each tank crew, ensuring
proper use of (he people's expensive equipmem.
Thl hlavy tanks ofa Gvardryskiy 7jazlulyy Tankovy Polk
HQ and Gvardryrkiy 7jazhl/yy 7imkovy Company 1m: not
afficud by rhf Hm and Chicks spl:ciai rule.
 Guards heavy tank compfmies assisted the infontry in breakthrough operatiom along heal/ily
fortified many lines. A Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy Tankovy Polk (Guards Heavy Tank
Regiment) has the SOl/iet Union's best tanks and crews and is ready for the next major
offimive. Highly ctlcbrated and well trained, the heavy umks are ready to roll the Germans
all the way back to Berlin! A Gvardryskiy Tyazhe/yy Tnnkovy Polk is rated Fearless Trained.

J51obr194~

15·8';
KY-8';

KV·k Your Gl/artkyskiy TyazJ;e/yy TankollJ Companiei must be

Mark IV (ChurdHIIIII or IV)
OPTIONS
• Equip IS-2 tank with .50 cal AA MG for +5 points.
• Mount a SMG Tank Escon on Company Command
IS-2 obr 1943 tank for +JO points.
equipped entirely with the wme tanks as the BattaLion HQ
However, a Baua/ion HQ equipped with a KV-ie heavy
tank may equip up to half of iff companies with J<V- l s
heavy tanks.
 Company Command heavy tank
HQ SECTION

Tanks equipped with PT mine ml,!m """h" A4h,d'iai" ,nd

Rotkrs rntes on page 226o/the Flames Of War rnlebook.

any or all 15-2 tanks with .50 cal AA MG for

points per tank.
Mount 5MG Tank EsCOrt$on all [$-2 obr 1943 ranks
for -t-l0 points per tank.
Equip up to two KV- Ie heavy tanks in each company
with PT minerollers fot -t-5 points per tank.

superbly heroic and skilled Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy
~~::::';Zl (Guards Heavy Tank) Company uses the new and
:1 1$-2 tank to smash enemy armour and destroy their
"'","",~,lly gun posidons. Each tank has two officers, rather
the usual one per platoon in the other tank regiments,
•• 'h ,,,dm to advance, advance, advance!
the majority of the new 15-2 heavy tanks being Sent
to reinforce Operation Bagration, your regiment will
. 'W' < 'U make do with what you were given. Some regiments,
recently relieved from the Leningrad encirclement, are still
,>,hool,J"" yet heavily armoured. KV-le rank.
The KV-ls still provides the gallant tankers with agility and
speed, while the 15-85 and KV-85 offers a better balance of
firepower to armour. The reliable Mark IV tanks from our
British friends are more than capable of getting into places
where normal tanks dare nOt try.
Use Trmkodes(l1/tniki (or tank riders, pronou nced tan-ko-dye-
sant-ni-ki, your SMG Tank Escons) to protect the decks of
our beasts. Our heavy ranks crush all opposition beneath
their tracks!
 HQ Section with:
1 R~x()n S'luads
1 R<-,\;on St.jua(j

Add
HA-61J armoured (.H
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Rifle/MG Rifle/MG Rifle/MG
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thr Crmralisrd C01ltrol and Hen lind Cbicks special rult.

It operates ItS II normal platoon.

A He/IVy Tank Rtcol11laifSa1lct Platoon is a RtconllaifSallu ,

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COMPANY
HQ Section with: Command Pioneer
1 S,lppcr Platoon Rifle learn

OPTIONS
• Add a Pioneer Supply Truck for ... 25 points.
• Add trucks for ... ; points for the company.

The heavy tanks' regimental Sapper Company dears obsta- ,

des ahead of your heavy tanks. This will allow your big guns
[Q keep up with your advance. Sappers can also protect your Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
heavy tanks from enemy inf.mtry and Palluifaust attacks.
SAPPER PLATOON
 ~~.~:;:::~,;~::;~:;'::n::d:;breadlh of Operation Bagration gready
~ for Soviet engineers. The need to break
through increasingly sophisticated enemy defences and assault
across rivers, swamps, Illounrains and vast foresTS presented
an enormous challenge.
SUPPORT
~{(J)".d.,p;; n, an engineering capability 10 suppOrt the hla5Sive
Bagration was a daunring [ask to say
(Soviet Supreme Headquarters) required
immense engineering supporr. The mission to provide the
proper mix of trained engineering personnel capable of
building roads and bridges. clearing minefields and obstacles,
providing demolition experrs, assaulling enemy defences and
assisting river crossings w secure crideal bridgeheads rested
with the engineering assault brigades.
These brigades comained four or five separate engineering-
sapper banalions, a Rame-thrower company, a motorised
engineering and inrelligence company, and a light transport
company. lhe banalions speciali7xd in bridging, demoliTion,
or assault depending upon {he situation faced by the particu-
lar Soviet Front the brigade was supporting.
ASSAULT ENG INEERS
The assault Engineer-Sapper battalions were designed.to use
explosives, grenades, pole and bag charges to take or destroy
buildings, trenches, bunkers, and fonificalions. These would
include previously identified enemy firing points, earthen
and concrete bunkers.
Once the enemy fonification were anacked and neutralised,
the assault baualion would be removed from the line and
used against anQ[her enemy defensive posidon.

ASSAULT TACTICS
Engineer-~apper Once an enemy strongpoint was revealed by the b,ml',fid,~~
,. Battalion contained specialized learns.
The' assaulr team consisted of seven sub-machine gun
surveillance team, the Engineer-Sapper Battalion would
brought up. "£he assault would occur after infiltra[]ng
leams including smoke and fomtnikll teams. It- could
night or with a smoke screen generated by the bartalion.
be supplemc.'jlted with Rame and mine-roller ranks or a

. Rlmc-[hrower compan~.
2. A sccond, blocking tcam, contai ned suppOrt tanks
. lfartillery had not caught up to rhe advancing spearheads then
(normplly self-propelled artillery), anti-tank guns, or a
Rame-thrower company.
. A third, fire support team, included machine-guns, anti-
rank guns, and 82 BM-41 82mm mortars.
.
4i~ ~:;:~:~ hatrleflcld surveillance team WlS also developed.
~ attach itself ro a Spmnllz unit. This team would
tI,e (special forces commando) in
enemy lines. It would also provide
'~;:~1~:~.~;';'%;:;for Qisrupting enemy transportation,
~( logistics centres.
battalion mOrtars or self-propelled arrillery from ISU- 152 or
ISU-122 regiments provided direct fire suppOrt.
The sub-machine gun and machine-gUll teams' task would
be to dear the area around the s[fongpoim of enemy infantry
to allow the sapper teams access to the building, bunker, or
fonification. Flame-thrower and fo"smikr/ teams would Ihcn
destroy the strongpoint.
The blocking and fire support reams, after providing cover
fire for the assault, would chen follow up and dig in. They
secured the area against counterattack while the assault learns
mopped up any remaining enemy.
Any available PT-34 mine sweepers and OT-34 flame-tanks
supported the entire operation from beginning to end.
O nce the job was finished the battalion would withdraw
until needed to dear another identified enemy strongpoint.

ASSAULT TEAMS
SMG AND MG TEAMS FAUSTNIKA TEAMS flAME-THROWER TEAMS
,!'''Use these teams to dear the enemy The advancing Red Army capmred Flame-thrower tcams provide
from aro und the buildings, bun'kers or thousands of German Panurjnust anti- tion, flame, and liquid
fortifications you wish to assault and tank launchers. Using the Pllnurfimst roOf out I
men to destroy the target. or fausmikf in your assaults allows you bunkers, underground
, to take out mOSt enemy fortifications. fortified buildings.

' S;!-BIM-.(l 'MORTAR TEAMS
Your mortars will keep enemy infamry
!' pi nned while yo ur engineer-sapper
teams assault and destroy the objective.
Afte r the assault, they can targer any
counterattacking enemy infanrry.
FIRE SUPPORT TEAMS
ANTI-TAN K RIFLE TEAMS MAKSIM HMG TEAMS ,
The PTRD ami-tank rifle is limited Use heavy machine-guns
d uring the actual assa ult but is critical in cover suPPOrt fo r the
taking out enemy armoured half-lra~ks them up to fire into the R" kof ""';
that may atte mpt to counreran3ck your infantry ~ounterat[acks.
newly-wo n jPosition .
 ",lng'aJum" ,g"", our heavy IS Mnks were-particular/y
repelling nazi panar counterattacks:
, .-Marshal Clmikofl, 8'" Guards Army Commander
_\; !.As , 3 ,graduate of the Chelyabinsk Tank Academy, Vasily
' Rat first entered combat at Sra!ingrad as a KV-J heavy tank
.' ,commander. Rat'S unit was ordered to halt German counter-
attacks attempting to reli~e the surrounded city. His'tallk
was hit in the r~ar and the engine compartment caught 6re,
but ever}fone in the crew managed to escape and return to
the, unit.
March 1943, his unit had been upgraded to the SU-122
gun where he was in the thick of the fighting during
For destroying a Ferdinand with his SU- I22·, he
rusjirsr Order of the Red Star. His tank had managed
""2"""" in the track causing it to srop. TIlC crew
Aed, givingYasily the kill and the medal.
GOrnffi3ncled ag 5U-85 assault gun before his
finjilly ' upgraded to the ISU-122 heavy self-
."
CHARACTERISTICS
'L"t,,",,, RarJs a WarriOf ,team who leads a Guards Heavy CRAZY VASILY 'ZIG-ZAG'
GUh Co~pany (page 61). He takes over the
:<j'~.~:~~'~7,d AssaJ.dt gun fo r ..-45 points. LeytwaNt Rat and
I ~!l,i are -rared Fearless Trained.
-." KEEP'EM GUESSING
While zig-zagging, LryunalJt Rat attempted to keep [he
I Germans off-balance by having his gunner firing on [he
move. After a while his gunner became proficiem enough to
begin hit£ing his targets while moving. i thlll are not Boggrd Dow1l or Bailrd Out, who mOiled at
LrytenalJt Rat's assault gun does not suffir thr normal + I
To Hit prnalty for shooting whilr moving with a ROF I
propelled gun. His hardest battles wi,,,,,,,,,,,,
T iger heavy tanks in the Ukraine and ar i '~ :~~:'~,~ ~
To survive these deadly encounters, he developed a ' i
tactic and trained his platoon to use it when facing German
panzers. This tactic allowed them to advance while under
fire, greatly increasing his platoon's chances for survival.
This ractic was also found to work well against German
artillery, tank-hunters, and aircraft. During one panicuiar
engagement the regiment had lost many vehicles bur all five
ofVasily's tanks survived due to his zig-zag taeric.
Lry/WilNt Rat was credited with killing eight Tiger ranks
and one Panther tank. He received 4000 rubles (about one
month's wages) for the eight Tiger kills and a second Order
of the Red Star.
After rwo years in combat Vasily remained a Lryunallt. He
was more concerned with leading his tanks than getting
promotions. Vasily finis hed the war fighting in East Prussia,
surviving to return home to Russia a hero.
Lryunant Rat devised his own tactic to manoeuvre against
German heavy ranks. He rationalized that all Germans were
highly disciplined and so would anticipate his platoon
move direcdy towards them. He therefore instructed
platoon to coordinare a zig-zag move with his ~ehicle. ,
successfully used rhis tactic across Byelorussia and Poland\
Af/ISU-122 and ISU-152 assault guns in RillS company.
WaH 6 "/15cm towards (my ('!Irmy team or Objective in their
prellious MOllemem Step, and are hit ill thr e/Jemy Shooting
Sup, may roil a die for each hit they are a1iocaud.
• On a score of 6, Rats zig-zag is successfUl and the hit is
ignored.

father was a brigade leader on a collective farm
'?:,m,,,h,,wai' ><0111",,;", farm member.
, gun, surrendering instead of firing. For the last four n",mh<'?
,a" ZaI,ol" "y;oined the military and became a platoon com-
o' mander in early 1944. H~ led his platoon in the liberation
"OfShepetovka, Kremenets, Ternopol and Lvov on his way to
,
the Polish,border du ring Operation Bagration.
. Upon reaching Poland his assault plawon, supported 'by
,
.. OT-34 , PT-34 tanks, \;"'as initially repelled bysriffGerman
. Zabolocny however would not give up and after
finally overcame the defences and took his
with JUSt seven members left in his platoon . He
these heavy losses as a part of combat operations.
received a 'For Bravery' medal for this success.
reconnaissance missions prior to major
. . mission would be to uncover enemy gun
jll"«m,:o,, .nd to estiQlate their strength. This talent
him up fr~mi during most assaults.
,
1<,,,,,,,,,, lva'; 'Zabolomy is a Warrior Recce Pioneer SMG
ream. He replaces the Command Pioneer SMG team in an
, Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company (page 70) for +70 points.
- Zabolotny is rared as Fearless T~a.i ned .
FOR BRAVERY!
Zabolotny was awarded the Soviet 'For Bravery' Imedal
twice for extreme courage in the face of the enemy. He was
often chosen to lead the assaulr as his battalion attacked the
fortifications.
Zabolomy ((nd hi! Inv}(ntr!lo-Saperniy Company always
Motivation '1rm on a 2+.
, ,
in of his second 'For B~,""v'
very grateful when, upon reaching the side of the river,
he found an Italian soldier who was chained to a machine
of 1944, his unit held the Sandomierz bridgehead against
German counterattacks.
A tremendous artillery bombardment heralded their return
to the offensive on 12 January 1945. It allowed them to
break out of the bridgehead and advance towards the Polish
city of Krakow.
On 26 January 1945, Ivan was assigned to a temporary
de£achmem char included thirry tanks with six to eight
riflemen on each tank. This detachmem broke through the
German lines advancing nearly forcy kilometres into the
German rear area. They encircled and liberated a concemra-
tion camp named Osvemsim. (Auschwin in German). He
was awarded the Order of Glory 3 N Class for this action .
Ivan crossed the Oder River in February. There he was
wounded in the assault on the German city of Breslau.
Knocked unconscious by artillery, he awoke in a hospital with
numerous injuries. Though he eventually fully recovered, his
injuries ended his combat career in the Great Patriotic War.
LEADING THE WAY!
When Zabolqtny led [he way he would often ,,,on,,o;\",; 4
ahead of his company to check and locate
positions and discover the best route to attack them
If your forer does not contain another platoon with thr
I"filtration special rule you may Infiltrate with Zaboloflly.
Zaboiomy may "ifiltratr his Inwenefno-Saprfniy Company.
See the Infiltration rules on page 250 ofthe rulebook.
 SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY REGIMENT
'All rJm~ ltlfprop~/I(d artillny rtgimmts wn-t' movid into
position on rhi rasum bank for fiT"( 0"" opm sights. '
- Marshal Ch uikoll, Co mmol/da 8'1, Guards Arm}
at Magmmuu~ \W7,.ka bridgehead.
(he Soviets called thei r heavy guns sel f-propelled
anillcry, the Germans called them assault guns. In rcaliry.
the Soviets used them in bOth (he d irttt fi re suppon and
tank- humer role.
The heavy guns of (he ISU· 152 could be found suppon -
GUARDS
ing assa ulting infantry with clirttt fire. Their ability to
deStroy bunkers, buildings, and defensive posi- Heavy assault guns had twO officers in each gun
tio ns provided excel lent in fant ry support. crew, ensuring proper use of the people's expensive
equ ipmen t.
'Th e ISU- 122 more often supponed advanci ng Soyiet tank
battalions by provid ing overwatching fi re. They would 7br 7j(lzhr/yy Samokhodno -artillyrriJskiy Polk H Q and
generally lake up a position O il the Aanks of the tank for- GU(lrris HMlI} AJsault Gun Comp/min uS( mort sophisti-
malions and use (h~tr large guns 10 rnrgct enemy anti-t!lnk caud tactics rhan most SOl/in troops. liN] art not afficud
, tank-hunters, and panttrs. . by tIN Hm and Chich s~cia' rulr.
 Tyazhelyy Samokbodno-artillyeriy,kiy Polk (HI!tlv] Se/fpropelled Artillery Regiment) are
Guards alld mud Fearless Trained.

HEADQUARTERS
PODPOLKOVNIK
PODPOLKOVNIK

IS 2 ubr 19B
KY-Is

OPTIONS
• Equip Command IS-2 or KV-Is tank with .50 cal AA
MG for +5 points.
A Tyazhe/y]
with S;;n~:~::o;-;;:;t~;~
Ilny Wis tanks
• Mount a SMG Tank Esc;ort on the Company
Command IS-2 for + J0 points. equipped with nny ISU- /22

COMBAT COMPANIES

, ~ Sl' 1')2

OPTIONS
• Equip any or al11SU- 122 or ISU-152 heavy assault
guns with .50 cal AA MG for +5 points ~rgun.
• Mount SMG Tank Escorts on aU assault guns for
... 10 points tank.
MOTIVATION AND SKILL
Th, Wtnpot/s rompllnirs and platoons of It &d Ann]
Ugkiy Samok"odno-aniUJ"iysltiy Polk au mud
Confident Trained.
Thr Wtapom (ompanits and pintoonl of It Guords
Tyazhrliy Snmokbodno-arlii/yrriYlkiy Polk art raud , RED ARMY
Fearless Trained.

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Ir opmuu as It Ilormill platoon.

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Plntoon.

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SAPPER PLATOON
 Providing artillery suppOrt to the rapidly advancing armour Though still somewhat cumbersome and slow,
and mechanised formarions proved difficuJr. $tad'a found heavy self-propelled guns were infinitely more R"dh"«h"
that the 122mm and 152mm self-propelled guns of the Trying ro bring up the massive Soviet artillery [o,m,""",;
ISU-122 and ISU-152 could do the job quite easily using The heavy guns, consolidaTed in independent Heavy
direct fire. This immediate Support over open sighrs could be propelled Artillery Regi ments, provided the necessary
delivered whether rhe assault was in cities, crossing rivers, or fire suppOrt to the mobilised forces leading assaults.
facing entrenched [fOOpS in [heir fortifications .
1'1"" > ' . "L . \ .-.-
c.,·'iSll-1~;i SELF-PROPELLED GUN I ISU-122 SELF-PROPELLED GUN
Use the massive 152mm ML-20S gun to dig out enn;enched The 122mm 0-25S gu n can provide the firepower to
positions. The gun is cxueme1y effective against even the most heavily armoured German tanks at bay
buildings or bunkers. It is fully capable of killing everyone your assault forces maintain their advance. Place them on
inside. . the Ranks to provide direcr cover suppOrt for your ever-
advancing tanks. ~
In the direct SUppOTl role these behemoths are invul nerable
to most w'(>apons in rhe German inventory. Knock out their The ISU-122 is ¥irtually invulnerable to man,.. German
big guns first and then rule the battlefield. panurs, but be wary of the Tigers and Panthers. Their high-
velocity guns can penetrate your armour at range.
~TM~. -- ~~~----~ ,",~
TotaJ ISU Producdon 15U-152
Quantity: 4075
ISU- 152 Armament::
C rew: 5
One 152mm ML-20S howitzer
ISU- I S2 Length: 9m
Ammunition Carried:
ISU- 122 Length: 9.Sm
20 rounds
Armour

Side: SO mm at 90 degrees
Front: 90mm ar 60 degrees
Rear: 60mm at 49 degrees
'r.-.~~~t::::~:~:~iiiililt:~::::=ii"!
Top: 20 mm at 0 degrees 15U-122 Armament::
Combat Weight 46,000 kg One 122mm 0-25S gun
Speed: 37 km/h Ammunition Carried:
Horsepower: 600 20-30 rounds
Vehicle Rangel 150 km

T-34 OBR 1942 TANKS

As newer, up-gunned T-34/85 tanks reached the
fronrline, the T-34 medium rank was relegated
more and more to a suppOrt and light tank
role. However, it still proved extremely useful in
supporting assaults by attaching either a mine
roller or Aame-thrower to the tank_ Both of these
options provided critical armour suppOrt to
assaulting engineer-sapper teams.
_ Standard T-34's were armed with a 76.2mm
F-34 gun and rwo 7.62 mm OT machine-guns,
one hull-mounted and one co-axial. PT-34's are
standard T-34 tanks that .have had mine-roller
equipment bolted to the from. OT-34 tanks
replaced the hull-mounted machine-gun wirh an
internally mounted ATO-42 Flame-thrower.
OT-34 T·34
Esti mated T·34 obr 1943 Length: 6.75m Vehicle Range: 350+ km Rear: 45mm at 45 degrees
Prod uction Q uantity: Combat Weight 30.900 kg Armour Top: 20 rnm at 0 degrees
18524 Speed: 55 km /h Fro nt: 45 mm at 30 degrees
4 Ho rsep ower: 500 Side: 45 mm a\ 50 ?egrees
~ - --------~--~
 A Red Army 5redniy 5amokhodno-arrillyeriyskiy Polk
(Medium Se!fpropelled Artillery Regimrnt) is mud
Confiden t Trai ned.
A Guards 5redniy 5amokhodno-artillyeriyskiy Polk
(Medium SelfpTopriled Artilfny Rtgimrnl) is TIlud
Fearless Trained .

• Mount a SMG
Command wok 10",\0 F .

Command Assault gun

• Mown SMG Tank Escorts on aU assault guns for

+10 points per team.

;:::====~----:=--------:=::::--;(n~o:w:-~Y'~katerinburg).
The as.ault gum of Medium Assault Gun Company uS( Ihe
Cat Kilierr special rule on page 160 imtrad ofth(Vo""
FiT(! special rule.
The 5U-IOO self-propelled gun was the successor to the
5U-85. It was based on a similar, bm not identical, chassis
mounting a 100mm 0-1D5 gun. This excellent gun could
penetrate 162mm of armour at 500 meters and 150mm at
1000 meters range.
In 1944 the first 500 5U-lOO assault guns rolled off the
production line at the Ural march factory in 5verdlovsk
They began replacing SU-85 assault guns in the m,xii'll'
assauh gun regimenrs and brigades in late 1944.
first to get the 5U-l 00 was me 389'h Guards Assault
Regiment, which was fe-equipped with 5U-100 "'''U''!'"'~
in December 1944.
The 5U-85M assault gun was a Stop-gap measure u"liii~i
the new improved hull builr for the 5U-IOO. Not
100mm 0-105 gun were initially available, so 85 mm
5-85 guns were moumed on some early production
SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY REGIMENT
By 1943 m e 76mm Z IS-3 gun had h ecome inadequate for
dealing with the newer Germa n Panther and Tiger ranks,
altho ugh it was Stilt q uite e.ff"cclivc agai nst Ge rma n 3m i-
rank and machi ne gun positions. In this role the 76mm
gun foun d a new home.
Lighdy armoured and open-lOpped, the SU-76M was
vul nerable to German armour and in fa ntry, but placing
ir with Soviet infant ry provided it protection. 111i5 gave
mobile support [ 0 the infantry when dealing with German
anti-lank li nCli and machine-gun ncslS.
If YOIlr Lrgkiy Samokhodno-artil/yeriyskiy Polk cOlllll if/$
Nearly every Soviet Army had an independent regiment two or mOrf Assllult Gun Compllllin equipped with
of self-propelled artillery atlachcd ro provide dirCi:1 fire SU-76M assllult gUlls you may eket to firld it IlJ a
support. Though many of the armo ured fo rmations wo uld Mec/JlI niud Camp/wy instrad 0/11 milk Company.
have medi um and heavy self-propelled art illery suppOrt ,
the majoriry of the infim u y formations were supported by
a Light Self-Propelled Anillery Regi ment outfined wi t h the
SU-76M self-I;>ropcllcd assault gun .
 MOTIVATION AND SKill
Trained for the rigours of war against the fascists, the crews of the Legkiy Samokhodno-
anillycriyskiy Polk (Light Self-propelled Artilkry Regiment) 1lT? 1Wl! prepared to ruppor!
the infontry of the Red Army in the liberation of Europe from German oppT'fflion. A Red
Army Legkiy Samokhodno-artilfyeriyskiy Polk is rated Confident Trained .

• Mount a &tort oa the CompaD)'

Commmd T·70. obt 1941 tank or SU·76M
.10poialL

Keeping your commander safe will ensure continued support
fo r [he offensive. Adding an SMG Tank Escort can provide
[he safety needed to maintain the pressure on breaking
through [he German lines.
Becoming a Hero of the Soviet Union is an honourable goal
however you can beneT reap the benefits of the new Soviet
system by staying alive.
There will always be more Germans (0 defeat and good
manders will be necessary to breach the Branden burg
and storm the &ichstilg.
Be wary of the new German armour and keep focused
your regiment's main job of desrroying German ,n"i.",j>k
and machine guns.

COMBAT COMPANIES

SSAUL" UN OMPANY

Comm~nd assault gun

Mount SMG Tank Escom on all assault gum tor

Though lightly armoured and vulnerable against mosr

German ami-rank assets, the sheer volume of fire from an
SU-76M regiment provided the needed mobile artillery
for the ever-advancing Red Army. Duri ng early 1944 some ...~~_ _
ASSAULT GUN COMPANY
regiments still fielded a mix ofSU-122 and SU-76M assault - - -
guns.
Be prepared to accept considerable losses in the assault gun
companies but rest assured you will have adequare forces to
overrun [he meagre German defences. Once you have [hem
on the ru n, relentlessly arrack to prevent them from prepar-
jng their positions againST yo ur victorious advance.
 ENGINEERING ASSAU LT
The engineer-sappers are highly trained and well-
C<juipped to crack the mOSt difficult German fortifica-
tions and prepared defences.
An /nzhrntr1lo-Saprrniy &Iolon Aiwl1Js Attacks against
any orlur Infomry Company.

EN(;INEER-SAPPlcR BRIGADE
.'u" ,·,uid ,'" throw 11 sing" bridgr across fhi ViUUM .
We pinntd our hopts 011 spud alld mrpriu. '
-Marshal Clmikofl commmlS on Vistula Rivtr crossing.
',"'Ib"n "~,,,~,,,.,d to [he lot Byelorussian Front in June 1944 ,
the 8 m Guards Army under Marshal of the Soviet Union
VasHy I Chuikov contained nine Engineer-Sapper Brigades.
~ch Brigade contained a command headquarters, an
engineering intelligence company, four or five assault
engineering battalions and other specialized battalions. ANTI -TANK

'J),,,,, w,,' twO dedicated Assault Engineer-Sapper Brigades ~u.

within the 8t1o Guards Army. Additional suppon from
separate Knapsack Flame-thrower battalions, six Tank Destruction ~
C"np",
Pontoon Bridge battalions, and tWO MOloriscd Engineer
Battalions were scattered amongst the indillidual Red army RECONNAISSANCE
fo rmations.
Actual assault groups would be created from these formations --.U~
based upor the particular combat si ruation faced by the Sapper Spetsnaz ......
P.....

®'mil
 MOTIVATION AND SKill
The men of a Inzhenerno-Saperniy Batalon au band-picked from til( best engineering
troops available. An Im)Jellemo-Sapemiy Bata/on is rated as Fearless Trained.

PODPOLKOVNIK
PODPOlKOVNIK

RatlallOn HQ 1ft
Company Command
tft
2iC Command
tf
Battalion
Pioneer SMG team Pioneer SMG team Komissar team
A successful Inwnumo-Snpu niy Bata/on (Engineer-Sapper BATIALION HQ
Battalion, pronounced In-zhen-ner-no Sa-per-nee) required
specialized skills that were assigned from the engineering
brigades within the Soviet Armies. These skills came from
the specialized batralio ns at tached ~eadl
 Command
• ? s,e
p,
Pioneer SMG team
HQ SECTION

Pioneer Supply truck for +25 pobiu. "'I.-.n~

Pioneer
SMG team SMG team
An Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company, i..,Iu,'mgauy"""d',a ~~"l~ ~l~i ~U~ ~"l~i
Flnme-Ihrower tMms, is equipped with Sapper Body Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
(page 161). SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

~~"l~ U~i ~~"l~ ~"l~i

Compally uses the Smoke Pots Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

~U~ ~"l~i ~U~ ~"l~i

An Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company is unusuaL in that the Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
composition of the company can change ftom game to game.
£arh Assault Sapper Platoon can replace up ro tuJO Pioneer
SMG teams wit/; teams from t/;ejoflowing list:
Pioneer MG uam
PTRD anti-Iflllk rifle
MaksimHMG
82-BM-4! morlflr Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG learn
Pioneer Famf1lika ream
ASSAULT SAPPER PLATOON
7he uams swap one lcam for another single lcam. Each
INZHENERNO·SAPERN1Y COMPANY
Inzhenemo-Sapemiy Company cannor have a 10M! of more - - - - --- -

than four reams ofeach type lisred above.

You must cboose the comporition ofyour Inzhenemo-Sapemiy
Companies for eae/; game bifore deployment begins.
 Flame-thrower team
un
Flame-thrower team

-un un

-un
Flame-thrower team
-u-n
Flame-thrower team
Inwmerno-Saperniy Flames-thrower Companies must
make Combat attachments to Inzhmer1lo-Snpemiy
Companies with all oftluir uctiollS.
un -un
Flame-thrower teams consisted of both Aame throwers and
a parricularly effective but dangerous habit of placing several
grenades within a knapsack to be thrown o n, into or under
German armour, bunkers, or defensive positions.
Morrali[), within these units was high even for the Soviets but Flame·thrower team
-un
Flame·thrower team
there are many stories of HerON ofthe Sovin Union who gave
their lives diving under German panzers with a knapsack full
-u-n
of grenades.

HQ Section with: ?fl' S 7

.2 Spctsn,\l Squ,\ds Command Pioneer Ford GPA
SMG team amphibious Jeep
1 SPl'tSlldl Squad HQ SECTION

O PTION
• Add an additional Ford GPA amphibiow jeep to each
squad for +5 points for the platoon. "",11~ U~~ ""'U~ 11~~
Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
A Sapper Spetmaz PllUoon is an (Xceptioll ~d
j S7 ~t ' S7
Control doctrine. 7hey operate as a normal platoon.
Ford GPA Ford GPA
amphibious Jeep amphibious Jeep
A Sapper Spmnaz PMIOOII is an Infiltration Platoon. They
may bplfrate a InwmmlO-Snperniy Company. Su the
~-
I S7 '1 S7
Ford GPA
Infiltration m/er on page 250 ofthe rlilebook. . ,b .Jeep

A Sapper Spetsnaz Platoon is a Rrconnaisranu Pintoon. SAPPER SPETSNAZ PLATOON

A &lpper Spttmaz Platoon is rated Fearless Veterml.
Engineers were assigned to Spmnaz (special
commando) units to perform several impom
missions in supporr of impending assa ults and
demolition suppOrt, destroying enemy uansporrarion
communications hu bs.
 fP $trtikouy KorpuJ. or 8'h Rifle Corps. was reformed in
1942 and had received its Guards honorific title, becoming
fP CllarrkyskiJ Strtlkouy Korpus. The corps rook pan in
:;" ~ p""";'>n Mars in November 1942 and then, as a parr of
J /~ GlldrdeyskaJd AnniJd (II '" Guards Army) , led the
way d uring the great batrle at Kursk in July 1943. In the
spri ng of 1944, the 8'" Guards Rifle Corps found itself as
a special assault corps in the newly formed 3'" Byelorussian
Fro nt under General Colonel C hernyakhovskiy.
r J u n~ 24 1944, the 11'" Guards Army, with its .8~ , 16'"
36'" Guards Rifle Corps, and the 2nd Guards Tanks
attacked into the teeth of the Germans' defences as a
combined force of the 8'h Guards Rifle Corps and 2nd
Guards Tank Corps liberated O rsha on the morning of
27 June. The 11 ,n Guards Army and its 8'" Guards Rifle
Corps were crucial in opening the road to Minsk for the
3 nl Byelorussian Front.
libera.ting Orsha, the 8'h Guards Rifle Corps forced
,~£:~:~~: of the Berezina River, south of Bo ris~lV. Together
2~ Guards Tank Corps, they crossed the BerC"Lina
i and raced on to Minsk, capturing the city by rhe end
the..~r§t ·w!e k in July, accomplishing the Front's objective
"::,u',''',' first stage of Bagra.tion.
Guards Rifle Corps included the 5'" Ahaisk
i',1o'o,lo" l "ya Guards -Ri~e Division (Order of Len in. qrder
",,""''kskoi
~.~b~~~:'~'~Gorodo , OrderGuards
of Suvorov 2nd Class), the 26'" gast
SOH AL TAISK GORODOVSKAVA GUARDS
RIFLE D IV ISION
The 5'" Ahaisk Gorodovskaya Guards Ri fle Division joined
rhe 1 I'" Guards Army in 1943 and participated in the assault
at the Orel p ulge, the advance imo Byelorussia and imo East
Prussia·. The division received the highest unit citation, the
Order of Lenin, in June 1945.
26'" EAST SIBERIAN GUARDS RIFLE
DIVISION
The 26'" East Siberian Guards Rifle Division formed as a
guards unit in 1942. When the 11 '" Guards Army was
formed in 1943 , the 26'" Guards and irs 8'" Guards Corps
became parr of the new army. llie division panicipated in
the liberaTion of Bryansk and Operarion Bagrarion, and
captured Konigsberg. the EaSt Prussian capiral.
83" GUARDS RIFLE DIVISION
When the I I'" Guards Army was formed, [he 83«1 Gua~ds
Rifle Division formed [he core of [he new guards army.
They participated in the assault ar [he Ore! in 1943,
followed the Soviet breakthrough forces advancing d;:,~::::~17
up the Smolensk-Minsk Highway corridor to el
German troops near Minsk during Operation Bagration .
The division assisted the 26'" Guards Division in the capture
of Konigsberg. As with the rest of [he 8'" Guards Rifle Corps,
rhe 83'" ended rhe war in 1945 west of rhe East Prussian

, , Rifle Division (Order of the

Banher; O rder of Suvorov) and the 83,J Guards Rifle
capiral.

8YA OTDYELNAYA SHTRAFNOY BATALON

:lr.1l~".:8Ja OfdyelndJd SIHrdfo", Balaton, or 8'h Independent Operation Bagration. Their sacrifices vitally contributed to

~
~~~~~~~[t~:,.~~rved as an assault and reconnaissance unit
,Bagration. This unique infantry bartalion
overall victory in the field by assisting the Soviet breakthrough
divisions to find the weak points in the German line.
officers from across the ranks who had
The men of the Shlraf7lOJ Bata/on cominued to fight, serving
or h;d been revealed as defeatists. In
with distinction to absolve their sins against the Soviet people.
:~l:':','i~~,~~:ii~.
~
~;;~~::~";~:~;r commanders were not penal
, the/were loyal officers who had committed
They fought hard during Operation Bagration, fough t at me
Narev Bridgehead with unmovable determination, and took
cr i ~es and were weI! known for their strong leadership.
" , the fight into Germany during the Vistula-Oder Offensive.
the::6rin guig~ce of its leaders, the 8,h Independent
~.'f,.~~I'IB arrafi6n 'revealed fractures in the German lines during
 ~

A1,,,,,d, , ~yl'c;yn
(pronounced, Pll-chin) was the youngest
in a r~niJ)i of three brothers. He was the only one of
brot,hert to survive the war. He was born in 1923 in the
,J<J",~~""kregion in the ~ussian Far Easr.
:m k~""'''''' A V Pyl'cyn began his military career as a vol-
soldier and quiCkly established himself as a c.orn-
" 1'0.."" leader. Initially he served in the 2 .... Red Banner
' . Far East f-nny in a reserve regiment before being sent to
. . ~chool in' January 1942. After graduacing as a
he was stationed in the Far EaSt trai ning new
before being assigned as a platoon commander in
8Yd Otdyrlnaya Shtrafooy Bataton (8,h Indepfndenr
. Battalion) in December 1943. As a loyal officer,
· ql,lickly given command of a company in the
• p'iIj(·I~a.ra ShrrafnoJ Bata/on in 1944.
~'i~~.i~.~~~"k," was Py1' eyn's first major combat action.
[n the opening days of the campaign, he led his men through
a German minefield and cleared paths for the
Soviet troops. Pyl'c:yn earned a repmarion' as an expert mine~
dearer, a skill he was not ellthusiasdc about using roo often!
During the operation, Pyl'c:yn was wounded . While in [he
hospital, he met a nu rse named Rita Makarievskaya. Afler
his recovery, he had her transferred to his company as a '
medic where she saved many lives. The twO were married
before the end of the war.
Pyl'c:yn and his Shtrafoiki wenr on to fight in the Vistula-
Oder operation and the final assault into Berlin. During his
service, he .was wounded three times, awarded the '0rder of
the Red Banner, Order of the Great ~a triotic War I" Class,
and [he Order of the Red Star.
After the war he remained in the milirary before writing his
book 'Penalty Strike' detailing his acdons during the war.

~
~;~~~~~:VE:pYI'c:yn
of oneisof
a Warrior SMG
the Shtraf team thatin isyour
Companies me
Rita Makarievskaya met while he was wounded and
ShO'afnoy'Bata!on (page 74). He is not an
soon became the able medic.
team.
RE(:O~INA,ISS,~N(:E IN FORCE Model Rita Makariev,kaya on the same base as Pyl'cyll.

$htra/ Billa/on often led reconnaissance in force missions Onct per turn, Rita may attempt to iave a team that ii
11 [0 discover enemy weak poims along the from line. in Pyl'cyns ShtraJ Company. If an Infantry or Gun team
,~~--~--~--~------~ within 6"/15cm of Pyl'cyn foils a Save, rof! a die:
Deploy Pyl'cyn's Shtra/Company whm you would normally
deploy lndepmdmt Tramr.
-If the result ii 5+, Rita managti to save the ttam and it
eontinuti to fight on unharmed.
I
- OtherwiIe, the soldiers are tOI) badly wl)untkd and the team is .
in Force mission, Pyl'cyn carefully Destroyed as nonnaL
and wire before continuing.

Pyl'cyn maygap Mille/ields alld Barbrdwire Entallglemems

as though he was a Pioneer team.
 8'" Otdyel1l4Y4 Shtr4fil()Y &r410n is a un ique fo rce in Flames Of War because it is inspired by the book Penalty Strike,
V Pyl'cyn , rather than a generic organisation.
''A'M'JLT FORCE
mb,,, 'W" nothing poellc about the use of a Shtrafbaualion.
<7pendablc troops, Shtrafniki always made the first assault
the enemy lines.
TheSya Otdylnaya Slmafnoy Bald/on mrs the Always Attacks
rule on page 257 ofthe rulebook. rom against another force
that Always Attacks.
Since it is expected to a/ways go forward, Compallies ill
the Bya Otdydnaya Shtrafllo] Bald/Oil call II rt1er attempt
to Dig In and lIever benefit from the Prepared PositiollS
ParTiotic War
Clim
SHTRAFNIK'S ABSOLUTION
Despite the offence, the only way ro leave a Shtraf company
with ho nour was through dedication and sacrifice in battle.
Hams from an 8ya Otdydndya Shtrafnoy Batalon HQ,
,m Otdyelnaya Simaf Compnny, n Shlraf Machine-gun
Company, or a Shlraf MOr/ar Company alw4YS pass a
Motivation HS! 011 a r01l of2+.
INITIATIVE IS PUNISHABLE
Orders given ro a Shtrafbattalion are no t to be questio ned or
altered. Under no circumstanCes will the Batalon be allowed
to retreat.
The S)'a Ordydllaya Shtrafnoy Batafon neller hIlS to take
a Company Morale Check for being belolll half strength.
The Companies stili take Platoon Morale Checks a, nonnal,
though. However, if no Otdyelnaya SIma! Companies
remain on the tab/e, the remainingforces automatically foil
a CompallY Morale Check IlIld the game ends.
 77u Shtrafnik soldim of (hI! Bya Otdyelnaya Shuafnoy Baralon (8'" Indl!pmdmt Pmal
Battalion) are thaI! to u roe tilt unit for a Iltlril!ty of rl!asoflS. Forml!r pilots, sailors, and
soidiu s, ali offiurs, found rhemu lvl!i mrol/I!d in Ihl! battalion and Wl!rI! expl!cred to a/onl!
for Ihl!ir offinu > on the battle.fil!ld. This concmtmtion of experienu in Ihl! unit made rhl!
8'" Indl!pmdem PmaL Battalion uniqul!, dramatically incrI!asing the quality oftlu Shrraf
unit.

A flru bard on the Bya Oldyelnaya Shrrafooy Baraum is mud Fearless Trained.

PODPOLKOVNIK
PO DPOLKOVNtK

Company Command 2ie Command Battalion

SMG team SMG team Komissarteam
BATIALION HQ

4~"
.. /lUJI.
Db 4?
....
~;..
~;..
Anu k
R, ",,!
Equip Sapper Platoon with a PIo_, S....I...Jiiii.- Horse Draw" limb
for +20 points.
../l».;"
Add Flame-thrower teams for +45 45mm obr 1942 gun

A Batkom, or battalion commander, is expected [0 modvate

and inspire our disgraced men [0 redeem their honour with Horse Drawn limber
their blood and sacrifice, ferocious ly throwing themselves ANTI-TANK PLATOON
on our enemies for Mother Russia! As always, your Bara/on
Komissarwill be present to help encourage and push the men
to that end!

With most of the division's assets reserved for me main

1111 1111
Flame·thrower Flame·thrower
offensive units, you will have to make the mOSt of your few {earn team
sappers, anti-tank guns, ami-tank rifles and ami-aircraft gUlls.
Give each Kapitan a few flame-throwers and pioneers
1111 1111
F' le·thrower Flame·throwef
team team
belching Hames and tossing explosive charges to weaken the
fascists before the Simafoiki charge into me assault! Pioneer PIOneer
Allle learn Aifle leam

~@36
The anti-tank guns will be able [0 surprise more than a few
Nazi ra nks mat try [0 come tOO d ose! The anti-tank guns and
Pioneer Supply
riRes are also valuable to help demoy the cowardly German horse-drawn wagon
machine-gun nests and gun pits.

PPSh-41 Sub1lJachin~ gun

T
 Command
1t
Komissar team
SMG team

Leytmllllf A V Pyl'cyn (sa pagt 73) must bt Iht Command ,.,1l~ ,.,1l~
SMG team of ont o/your Otdyelnaya ShIm/Companies at SMG team SMG team
no ndditional cost.
"'1l~ 1lU
SMG team SMG team
"'1l~
SMG team
1l~~
SMG team
the reason for them being there, your men of the
Otdye!IIIlYIl ShtrafnoJ Bataum know the only way out is
,"':1iglu and ~efeal the fascists, or die trying! The Komissar is
,.,1U 1lU
SMG team SMG team
,.,1U
SMG team
1l~~
SMG team
remmd rhem of their dury and to punish cowards.
b.rave Shtrnfoiki (penal soldiers) are well armed with
,.,1U 1l~~
SMG team SMG team
"'1l~
SMG team
U~~
SMG team
reliable Pepeshka submachine-guns, grenades, raw des- '. ' .
courage and plenry of ammunition. The factories of
',~;'p~.:;:' Union have ~u~plied us with the ability
to finally
~ . our great mIsSIon to rid Mother Russia of the ,.,U~ U~~ ,.,1l~
mvaders! SMG team SMG team SMG team
the potential of the submachine-gun and fire at close
to suppress the enemy and then hurl the Shtrnfoiki
,.,1U
SMG team
1l~~ ,.,U~ U~~
SMG team SMG team SMG team
the enemy defences. SHTRAF PLATOON
.plan your attack and your men will follow through. OTDYElNAYA SHTRAF COMPANY
their honour on the line, it is no surprise that so many
come from the Shtrllfoiki ranks!
. "1 . .,. -r'" . ~ ,
, /" H9W TO USE HE 8YA OTDYELt-lAIfA Sf+TRAFNOY BATALOtil .,
t ,.~ <~. ~
~connaissance Otdyei1U~:ya
t . ., ' . ,I I I '
1bel ShtrafBara1gn is the bh.mt instru11)ent of When fielding the 8ya E.hrrafnoj &talon, a good
the Soviet Army: .The Shtrap or penal, baitalir; ns ard formed 'COmmander takes as many Sht1,¥lfliki as they can possibly get
'from.~~oviet soldiers who 'have cpmmined offenc~ against their hands on. Being wel) uained,\hey have as muc~is.\fi\l
as
'the M9therlan.d . ~ith infantry increa~i~gly
in..shon supply, any other Soviet infantry format \
ion
but, thei~real st(ength is
.rhey are toO valuable to >shoot but nOt trus~ed enough to that they will never run away. Gombined with their Komissa.r
.' ignore their sins. .' \ and the Shrrafnik's Absolution sped~ule, and large enough'
. /' . ' ~ompanies to benefit from the Soviet 'Quality of Quantiry
Other Soviet
_" •forces
/ have a H lor of unpress lve d'
weapons I I (seepage 25 \ 0 f th erue
. I rue
speCia I b00 k).·lt Ia kesa \OttO
an mal'llines. to wage waf.
d
owever. comman Ing Ile '~ sIow a SIltrnf BIltawn
L d '
own. -
8ya Otdyeinllya Shrrafnoy Batalon takes nerves of steel, as they ~
can rely only 611 their men . The real crick to running this fort;e is the ability to accepl
casualcies. The Soviet commandc;r' will lose a lot of infantry
Armed with not much more than their submachine-guns on the way to yictory. The way a Sluraj Baralon overcomes
and ~their fearless commitment to redeem their sins, they their enemy is to deploy as far forward as they cari', and
are prepared to do whatever it takes to rid their beloved charge toward the enemy and pin them down with your
i country of the fa~cist invaders. When handled effectively, the deadly Harne-throwers before slamming imo the defenders.
~ 8Yfl Otdyeillaya $htrafooy Bfltnlon is a devastating force. Accept [hal some of rour force will be chewed up by the
Soviet planners used the 8'h Independent Penal Battalion enemy's firepower as your companieschar~e forward . As long
to conduct reco~naissance in force missions. The battalion as the Shtraf companies start at full strength, they are almost
would assault the enemy to test the strength of their guaranteed to get into range to use their attached heavy
positions. If the battalion was deStroyed, there was obviously machine-guns and Ram,_throwers to assault the enemy lines.
a significant enemy force in their wily [hat required anention While in assault, the S/Jrraf Batalon has no equal. Due to
from the rest of the division. If lhe battalion survived and the motivation and mpnbers of rhe Slmdfniki, the enemy is
broke through, there was obviously minimal enemy activity almost guarameed to break before your human wave!
and an opportunity to exploit.
•
•

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 " .. ,< -...,-",
-"~ ~ • • ,
SHTRAF MACHINE-GUN COMPANY
COMPANY
HQ Section with
2 Mac hmc"gu l1 PlalOOI1S
1 M J ( hinc-g un I'lalOol1

A Shlmf Machin~-gun Company may makt

Attachmmts to Otdyelnaya ShtmfCompanies. -d~A -d~A
Maksim HMG Maksim HMG
The reliable Maksim heavy machine-gun is an old friend -d~A -d~A -d~A
the Shtmfoik. D eploy the m with your companies to lend
suppOrt, or have them concentrate their fire as a si ngle la rge
m achine-gun company an d keep (he enemy pinned down.

HQ Section with
Command Komissar team
2 Morta r PialOom Rifle team
1 Morta r Platoon HQ SECTION

Add Observer RiAe team for + 15

bll. ~1I.1I.
82-BM·41 mortar 82·BM-41 mortar
A SlmafMortar Company may makt Combnt Atrachmm ts
to Otdyelnaya ShtrafCompllllies. ~1I.1I.
82-BM-41 mortar 82-BM-41 mortar
~ ~~
The army's artillery may be elsewhere, but your ShlmfBalalon
can always count on its own mortar company. They have 82·BM·41 mortar
~1I.1I.
82-BM·41 mortar
a cridcal role in pinning down the enemy and giving your ~~~~~~~~~~~
dishonoured soldiers a better chance at their redemption by ,
bombarding t he enemy into submission!

;'#1
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 The fTOOpS of the Guards Rifle divisions are rtod] to push the HitierittJ out of Mother
Ru.ssia.' After thru long ytaTS ofjig/Hing, Sovin troops art on the verge oftaking the war into
Germany itstiJ. 711t troops aff' motivated and rtady to t4kt on this t4sk, and tagtr/y await
the ordtrs to attack!
A Udarny Strtlkovy Batalon i, mud Fearless Trai ned.

HEADQUARTERS

PODPOLKOVN IK

Company Command
-lI.11
2iC Command Battalion
Rifle team Rif le team Komissa r leam
BATIALION HQ

;;,
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4. !;II ..~lI.
Equip Sappe, Platoon wi,•• IPtoo...,,~
~~~
HorSE Of a,', . LillI..
.. ..~lI.
le~m
A tar·

fOr +20 points.

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......
Add up to three Sniper CeaDd fOr +50:11IOl1jio,'P," 45mm obr 1942 g

~~~.
Your latest promotion has given you command of an HorS9 Drawn Umber
illustrious and patriotic Udarny Strtlkovy Batalon (or Shock
RiAe Barralion, pronounced U-dar-ny Stryel-ko-vy Ba-ra-
Ion). These men have been fighting for Mother Russia with
unparalleled zeaL They are ready to take the fight Out
Russia and into Germany!
~l~. ~@ge
Pioneer Pioneer Supplv
Rrtle le9m hO/se-drawn wagof\
Your battalion's headquarters nOt only provides leader-
ship but also specially trained platoons. Use these assets to
defeat anything the fascists try to do to Stop our irresistible Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
advance. Rifle learn Rille learn Rille lea,

You can also rely on the battalion komiSiarto keep the troops t::::;;~;;; SAPPER PLATOON

moving forwa rd to their objectives!

The Udarny SfTelkovy Bata/on has been given the d uty ro Brutal fightin g with grenades, bayone[S, sharpened
break through the heavily fortified lines and open a route for and SMGs have taught these veterans how to survive
the tanks ro exploi t and encircle the enemy. bloody chaos of the Eastern Front.

An Udarny Strelkory Batalon Always Attacks against any

other Injamry Company.
I Trams from Udarny or Shock companies pass all SkilL Tests
on a result 0/3+.
111 addition, when firing bombardment" Udamy and Shock
companies roll to hit as though thry werf' raud as Vt-tmm.

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Command
t~
Rifle/MG team

Maksim HMG teams for +25 points per team.

"ii)1. "11.) "ii)1."11.)
a......""~ RiJlclMG teams in one ruBe Platoon with team
RiflefMG
Rifle/MG
team
Rifle/MG
team
Rifle/MG
team

heroic workers and superior industrial might of (he

-1Il)1. ~).) -1Il)1. ~).)
I
Rifle/MG Rifle/MG RiflefMG RillefMG
Union have guaranteed a steady supply of automatic team team team team
~:;~;:l'~ rhe front line soldier. Your brave soldiers are well
~ for the operation!
platoons may not he as large as they were earlier in the
but [his is more than made up for by the bitter combat
!ooI'''iim,,, and deadly tenacity of the men.
Udarny Strtlkovy Batalon will do well if you suppOrt
with the Red Army's new heavy equ ipment such as
guns and heavy [3n~s . Having a couple of reliable RiflefMG Ril lefMG
team team
heavy machi ne-guns and the encouragement of a l~=~~:::::;
~;,'i<",,,,]'liO helps ro get the job done!
UDARNY STRELKOVY COMPANY
- - - - -- --

Command
Rille team

~u. ~~l ~~l ~~l

Maksim HMG Maksim HMG Maksim HMG Maksim HMG
 HQ Section with
1 MO rlar Platoons Command
Rifle leam I t al
I MOTlar Platoon

Add Observer RiAe team for + 15

~llll bll
mortar company provides you r assault troOps with 82·BM-41 mortar 82·BM-41 mortar
instant artillery suppOrt withour having to rely on divisional
or corps artillery.
82·BM-41 mortar 82·BM-41 mortar

~llll ~llll
Mortars offer a steady rain of explosives over the heads of the
enemy, allowi ng your brave assauh troo ps CO advance while
82·BM-41 mortar 82·BM·41 mortar
the enemy Stays pinned dow n in their pathetic foxholes.

UDARNY MORTAR COMPANY

SHOCK SCOUT PLATOON

PLATOON
HQ Section with
1 SWlIt Sq uads Command
SMG team
1 SWllt Sq ll<u.l

Since the early days of the Great Patriotic War, the cough and
merciless Razvedki scour (fOOPS have assisted our glorious
trOOps by being the eyes and ears of the Red Army. ~U~ ~~u
SMG team SMG leam
A Shock Scout Platoon is an Infiltration Platoon. 7hey
may Infiltrate a Udamy Strdkol'J Company or Udamy
~~~~ ~Ut
SMG team SMG leam
Submachine-gun Compan} see tbe Infiltration rules on page
250 ofthe mlebook.
SHOCK SCOUT PLATOON

A Shock Scout Platoon is a Reconllaissaner Platoon.

Shock SeOUl Platoons are an exerption to the Centralised

C01ltrol special rule. 1Juy operau as a normal platoon.
 K <ssar team

indusuious workers of the Soviet Union produce

~~~~~~:::~:o;:f:'PPSh submachine-guns and millions of rounds
'; . i each month. This means [he Red Army can
a whole company of soldiers with these deadly assault
;~,.po n' for close-range combat.

your submachine-gun companies to assault the enemy

of your strtikovy. The high rare of fire of their guns will
the Germans pinned in their cowardly holes.

~~i
Command Rifle team

horse--drawn limbers for ...5 points fw the 41\~J\. 4l\:.\..U.

45rnm obr 1942 gun 45mm obr 1942 gun

though it's an old gun, the 45mm ohr 1942 anti-tank

has been given another chance to ass isr the motherland!
guns will still obliterate unsuspecti ng fascist panzers!
4I\UJ\. 41\U.~
45mm obr 1942 gun 45mm obr 1942 gun
can use your ami-rank guns to ward off desperate
counter-attacks, charging with their light vehicles ~~~ ~~.
Horse ' .... 11 Ho
ANTI TANK PLATOON

41u.n
45mm obr 1942 gun
41\.\H.
45mm obr 1942 gun

Horse-drawn limber
ANTI TANK PLATOON
 Command Observer
Rifleteam Rifle learn

OPTIONS
• Add Observer Rifle team foe + 15 pobdw
• Add bo-ru.wn limben Ii>< .S 1"'i!It Ii>< duo
~u. ~.u.
16mm obr 1927 gun 16mm obr 1927 gun
company.

The regimental guns are easy to manoeuvre on the battlefield

~~~~
Horsl rawn limber Horse-drawn limber
due [Q their brilliant Soviet design. Your regiment's guns
will help SUppOTt your smlkovy with direct fire and rapid ~u ~u.
76mm obr 1927 gun 16mm obr 1927 gun
bomhardmenrs.
Use the 76mm obr 1927 gun ro fire over open sights co silence
enemy machine-guns with an intense volley of high-explosive
shells. This versatile little gun wlll keep enemy light vehicles
at bay.

Command Observer

220 pOilU' I Rifle team Rille team

IHI) P"llll'
12') 1'01111'

~llllll
120-PM -38mortar
Add Obaerver RiOe team for +1 5 points.
• Add borae-drawn Umbers for +5 poinu for the
Horse-drawn limber
~~~~
Horse·drawn limber
company.
~llllll ~llllll
The Fascist invaders need to be blasted out of Mother Russia! 120-PM·38 mortar 120·PM-38 mortar
Your regime nt has several of the heavy 120mm monars ready
to rain death upon the fascist invaders!
~~~~ ~~~~
The 120-PM-38 heavy mortar is heavy enough to bedassified
as artillery, but light enough for infantry to carry into batrle.
The rapid assembly and fire combination of the weapon will
give your infantry its own serious artillery support.
The mortars of me Heavy Mortar Company are a threat [Q
~llllll
120-PM-38 mortar mortar
entrenched HOOpS as well as lighrly armotired vehicles. A
full-srrengrh company of eight mortars will hil most things ~~~~ ~~~~
they can range in on. With its high firepower, it will cause Horse-drawn limber Horse-drawn limbel
rremendous casualties amongst the cowardly dug-in enemy!
~llllll ~llllll
There is no doubt that with such a brilliant design, the 120·PM·38 mortar 120-PM·38 mortar
120-PM-38 heavy mortar will be in Soviet service for a long
time, lending ou~ brave comrades devastating supporr!
~~~~ ~~~.
 Command StaHteam
Rifle team
HQ SECTION

~~"
76mm ZIS·3lield gl,ln
-~~"
76mm ZIS -3 field gun

-~~"
76mm ZIS·3 tield gun
- ... ~"
76mm ZIS-3 field gun

- .r ,.. "
hoflC-Clrawn wagon, horse-drawn limbers and ~~" 'A.fti"""
..
76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS·3 field gun
tractors for +5 poinu per battery.

:}
Like the troops they supported the artillery barralions of a
;l::~:,,;d~;'~;:,s:ion are seasoned veterans of the war. Their rapid
fire will help the assault troops' breakthrough by
pjnning the Germans down in their cowardly trenches.
full weight of the battalion is eig}lI 76mm ZIS-3 field
- .
.r ~~"
..,; -"""
76mm ZIS·3 field gun
-
~

.r• ~~"
_

..
_l'l.1'\.
76mm ZIS·3 field gun

!" 'g",,,,,md (our 122mm obr 1938 howiners. The 76mm guns
a.(e light and build low. enabling the brave gunners to wheel

tOO r weapons to the frontline by hand. if need be, to engage

~1I.1I.1I. ~1I.1I.1I.
rhefacist tanks and gun emplacemems holding up our valiant
infantrymen . The older 122mm howirl.Crs are not as mobile
122mm obr 1938 gun 122mm obr 1938 gun
as the field guns. but they add a tremendous amount of
~lI.lI.lI. ~1I.1I.1I.
1 ~:%';::;~Th~;ey
~.l
can sit back and bombard the enemy with
shells.

.. ..
122mm obr 1938 gun 122mm obr 1938 gUll

HOWITZER BATIERY

..
 region surrounding Orsha is heavily fortified by the
Germans. The rown iLSelfhas been designated as a Fmtrplarz,
or fortress 1Own, so it will be a fight 10 rake this crucial point
on the line. However, the Spyminlllnya Gruppa Shtunn (or
Special Assault Group) is specifically organised to deal with
such formidable defences.
lhe llya Gllnrdryskayn AnniJa (I 1m Guards Army) has been
issued three assaulr groups [Q be used against Orsha. It inte-
grates tanks, heavy assault guns and assault infantry 10gether
in several waves.
The first wave of ten PT-34 mine-roller tanks will open a
route through the prolific German minefields through which
a heavy tank regiment of21 IS-2s wi!l exploit. Then a battal-
ion of assault engineer-sappers will follow to secure
Trailing behind the engineers at 150 meHes is a h".w """I.
gun regiment of21 ISU-152s whose mission is <0 ,d"t<of"
last of the tenacious German gun teams.
The final wave is a combined force of Guards rifle
a company of OT-34 flame-tanks, and a
SU-76 light assault-guns. This last wave will take
of the breakthroughs made by the previous waves,
pockets of resistance, and secure the opened gap in the
With the main assault accomplished, our heroic
d ivisions will roll inro the rear areas, surround
enemy force, and force them ro abandon their dden,r,;e'
positions and flee before Soviet mighr!
4x Rifle Regiments.
• Company of 10 OT-34
flame-ranks .
• Regiment of21 SU-76M light
assault guns.
 THE CAPTURE OF MINSK AND BYELORUSSIA
m e Soviet 1944 Summer offensive, Operation
Bagration, was but a week old, the German Fmrrplarz BAGIUTIO N FORC E DISPOS ITIONS
(Fonress) cities had fall en one by one. First Vitebsk, then JUNE 1944
O rs ha, now MogiJev and Bobruisk had all been assaulted, INFANTRY
surro unded and engulfed by the Soviet juggernaut.
fin al prize in Byelorussia was Mi nsk, the capital and
+ German InF.1J1\ry: 800,000

i tT3llsportation hub. Two mass ive Soviet spearheads had

through the German lines and became the Hammer
and Sickle of a grand pincer threatening to annihilate the
German Amlu Groppe Mitt~ (Army Group Centre).
""""""""
:Sl. Soviet In fam ry: 2,300.000

~~~~~~~ -U~~~ ·U~~

As June ended with the wesrern Alli es sti ll slowly expanding ~~~~~~~
their bridgehead in Normandy, the Soviets had reclaimed
nearly 400 kilometres (240 miles) of eastern Byelorussia, with AIRCRAFT
thei r two spearheads now racing ro encircle Minsk. + German Aircraft: 850

." HIAMME~ & SICKLE

the O slikovski y I Gro up, the 5yn
-.-..
-~--
:Sl.
.. -~ - --~ _
Soviet Aircra rt: 5,300
G uardsTan k Army) struck as ~~~~~~
~~~~~~
the marshes ~~~~~~
Bori zov, northern· door. Here just east of M insk ~~~~~~
threatened to _both enci rcle and destroy the German ~~~~~~
~~~~~~
.
Fourrh Anny.
The Rei::! Army's ; -, M~cI)(l nizirovamliy Korpus ( I" Mech-
. ~~~~~~
~~~~~~
~~~~~
anized 'Corps) fOQ1l ed the leading edge of the Sickle.
Threatening Minsk from the south, the Soviet advance sliced
TANKS
, j u~t above the Pripya t Marshes hopi ng to Cut off Minsk from
- the sourh wcsl. They harried rhe retreating German Ninth
+ German Tanks: 750
from the as hes of Bobruisk, on to S[u tsk, and then ~~~·_S~ ~~
;"" n,lI) to Baranovi<;hi .
~-
:Sl.
.... .... ....
Soviet Tanks: 4,000
SO\IlFT EXPLOITAnON FORCES
S
~~~~f:;;:~':~;~::;,?:~::i;:;~ mechanised corps
equivalent
tan k corps being armour heavy.
to bei ng
other ~~ ~ ~~ ~

Il;ake the initial th rust through broken s

objeClives and des noying any
s
~ ~:~~:~~brigadeS,N:~~~~"~~~:OO~':IP:",~are
i
a i made up of
supponing three
units of
rocket launchers, reconnaissance, sappers, anti-tank,
assault guns. Each mechanised brigade is a
combined arms force containing motorisoo riAe battalions,
11. lank regi ment, mortars, artillery, anti-aircraft, reconnais-

• lance, sappers and trucks.

Tank corps followed behind the cavalry and mechanised
corps smashing enemy rear area defences, disruptipg the
enemy reserves and attacking behind enemy lines. Tan k corps
conrain, three [;Ink brigades, a mOlOrisoo brigade, and sup-
porting reg~moJlls and battalions of morrars, rocket launchers,
reconnaissante. sappers, ami-rank, anti-aircraft and assault
guns . .Each ra nk britwde had th ree ta nk. battalions, a motor
ri Ae ba'naIion, an llrmourtd car platoon, and an ami-aircraft

.
macltine-gun company:
~ "'.
 SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE
EXPLOITATION FORCES
Oslikovskiy Cavalry Mech Group
3'" Guards Mech Corps
3n1 G uards Cavalry Corps
5'h Gua rds Tank Army
29'h Tank Corps
3 M Guards Tank Corps
Pliev Cavalry Mech Group
]" Mech Corps
4" Guards Cavalry Corps
GERMAN ORDER OF BATTLE
10 Infantry divisions
KampFgruppe von Saucken
(See Grey Wo{ffor a d etails)
5. Panurdivision (RcS(' rve)
INFANTRY FORCES
5'" Army (9 divisions)
11.... Guards Army(9 divisions)
2nd Guards Tank Gorps
3 1" ~y (8 divisions)
48<1. Army (9 divisions)
65'~ Army (8 di visions)
I" Guards Tank Corps
28.a. Army (9 divisions)
9.Armee
10 Infanuy divisio ns
I Panzer division
2 Panzergrenadier divisions
12. Panzerdivision (Reserve)
1,J. 14 Guards
June: 9'" M::::~~~~~;;;~:~::!:::,~:
Corps drives through tM brttCh in
towards .xnno. The 8"" GWlrds MechanlKd Brig.Jdc follows TO KCUre
gains. P4"U7"fl""Ppr HopJX counter:macks. 301 Guuds Mechanised Corps'
and-t:l.nk guns destroy fOUf I'm:r.ers md me arrack ;1 driven off".
25-27 Jun e: 3"' Guard, Cavalry Corps ov.. rrun the German 293.
Illfontmtdivision. 0700 25 June: 120 lank..:lre 4km WCSt of Bogushevslc.
Evening' o.v::aIry and aRks anacks Smoly:a.ny. defended by the
2. Sirbnw"tl"8i_m. ~rm:m Vl.Armu~rp1. whkh begillS 10 collapse:.
28 June: }001 Gu=h Mechanised Corps chases 201. SifflmlllpiiuiJitln
(of lGt",p[grupp VOn $;uck=):oI1 ~ way 10 the Semina River.

'17 June: I" M«hani~ Q,rps al Glusk drivu bade !he ballered rttnnmU of
the 35.lnflUltnVtlillisitln. 1700: Soviets pour through a gap north ofGlusk
towards SlulSk.. •
28-29 June Gwnan LV Armcckorps broken through. EtJening: C:..v:oIryon
the puukiru ofSlucsk, Kirmp/gruP? Schirmer ancmpu to dday (he advlmcc
of thei" Mechan ised Cor!»_ 2200: c{vaIry crosses the ri~ at SltU.de and Ihe
I" M&!unis.e<! Corps joins the anad from GhlSk.

30 JIUle: The c..valry-M«LniKd Group d";~ K4mpJgt..p~
Hvteneck (Including ekmenUl -of Ihe 12. !'tlttUl'tiivisio,,) om of
S!u~ Couma:;nuei<s by the German 5. &iWTtfimmr (5· C>.v:aJry
Regiment) m2kc the WCltern rdges of the town. Afler Slutsk is taken the
]" M~iKd CorpJ i$ sen< ....'eSt towards Barmovichi.
German rc:inron.::anmtlaniYtin~. <I. !'tll'lZtrdivision pushcsdown tho:
main road IOSluok 10 bIocIc it 20km from
1-2 July: Gennm ",jn(o~u sueam in 10 Buanovkhl. and atack down
tk B..l:lf\QYic.hi-Sluuk rwd. A K4mpJgn.p~ N1u fo~ detachments of
the ' " M<:clt=ised Corps at K1ruk. Other demOlts of the ' " Mechanised
Corps all: mOil: successful funher 10 the southwest, whell: forcts dri~
towards Barnnovic.hi.
~ ]'1iev C>.v:aJry-Mccltanised Group's 2501tm advmcc is finally N1ttd by
]" ~ry German and Hungarian rcinfor=nelH$ Mending SlothIS)', keeping 1M
~ to Minsk open.
 no rt he rn hammer swung towa rds Minsk on 23 June
the Oslikovskiy Cavalry-Mechanised Group lead ing the
The group's 3-y Gvardryikiy M rchanjzirovnnniy Korpus
Guards Mechanised Corps) burst through the gap at
Bogushevsk and moved tOwards the Berezina Rive r.
The group fi rst fought their way through scattered German
remnants, penetrating past Senno and towards the Berezina
Ahhough Germans (hrew toge ther vuious improvised
~:,:;=;::i;:: positions and counterarracks, the rapid mechanised
} overwhelmed, or simply bypassed them.
25 June 3-y Gvarrkyskiy Tankovy Korpus (3/ Cuards
Corps) and 29-J Tankovy Korpw (29'" Tank Corps), of
• 5*j Gvardqikiy TnnkfJ/J}Anniya (5'" Guards Tank Army) Aooded
'. through the gap behind the Cavalry-Mechanised Group.
28 June 3'" Guards Mechanised Corps met srrong
resistance from Kampjgruppe von Saucken at
diverting their thrust north :icross the Berezi na and on [0
Molodechno.
The follow ing 5'" Guards Tank Army continued
rowards Borisov, dearing [Owns [0 the northeast by
27 June. Some troops reduced the German blocking position
at Borisov, ~hile other elements of the army supptmed the
assault on Orsha. They finally crossed the Berezina River on
I July. The army pressed on [Owards the rail lines west of
Minsk. On the evening of 2 July they entered Minsk and,
the next day, cm the road west before being forced to hail
and resupply.
After advancing west across the Berezina Rive r on 29 June
3nl Guards Mechanised Corps took up positions around
Molodechno, successfully assaulting it on 4 July. The corps
was then forced to halt, having advancing over 250km (155
miles) from their fuel and supply depots.

26 June: lukom)'~ and Cherekbya taken.

advance threatens 10 cuI... off Orsrn., and
corridor 10 the Berttina River. 5" GG; "':""
::::;~~;
advances 40km to take To)ochil" ,~

27 June: Attacked """pfgrop,'C ro" Saucken who

were defending the road to Evening: Bobr:ll1d
Krupki taken.

28 Jun e: 5" Guards Tank Army suppom II "' Guards

Army in the b~ulc forOrsha. Germ:ll1 forces holdbadc
5'" Guards Tank Army and II'" Guards Army untll
26 June, but the movemem of Odikovsldy'i Cavalry-
Mechanised Group (0 lhe relIr of Ihe German units
destabiliscs thei r from.
29 June: 5. $QuIh of
lepel. 5'" Gu~rds Tank Army engages 5. Panurt/ilJifioIJ
instad of byp»sing them,.deQing the advance.
30 jLlfle: 5" Guards T:I/Ik Army attach BoriiiOV from
all dir«lions. 2 9'"" Tank Corps Cf01SeS the Berttina
30km ~th ofBorisov.
2 July: 0600: 5" Guards Tank Army is 18km nonh -
(2St of Minsk. Evening: 5" Guards Tank Army " n,,,rs
Minsk.

THE SICKLE (THE SOUTHERN SPEARHEAD)

the aftern()On of 24 June J-y Mtchanizirovanniy Korpus Mter heavy fighting agai nst Kampfgrnppm Schirn'-ter
l1" 1vl tth~,)','" Co~s) were commiued to the barrie, support- and Harteneck, Slutsk was raken on 30 June.
ing 2Sth Army against the German 9. AmIte. They drove west reinforcemems streamed into the Baranovichi area
• .for Slutsk, an importanr railhead for German units coming 30 June and the figh ting imensified .
from the south.
The Baranovichi-Slutsk road was Blocked 20km (t2
O n 25 June they moved through the gap opened by 2'S"' and fcom Slutsk. so the I" Mechanised Corps swung , mHhw"i
65'hArmies and in the afternoon were heading for k;lusk, approach Baranovichi from the south.
leading the southern sweep of the sickle. By 26 June the group
The Germans attempted to stabilise their defence
had advancedJOkm, the gap opening to 40km (24 miles) .
Stolbtsy 011 1 July. However the In Mechanised ' unm" -'
This drove a weage berweeo 35. and J29. lnfonu ritdivision
~Infamry Div· ion) south of Bobruisk. The cavalry of tHe
contirfued moving south of Baranovichi. 5
German,s had been d~ven back and ,h" I'" 1vl"h"ni>ol
group took C;; lus~ a.n d" cOf\f"ioued to mo~e west unoppo~ed.
Ii...~~,~:~~:~~,~o:'d:~w,:the P.qlis? frontier cutting off the Germ~
) .. MechanJb
, . ,· ""',
;~,,;d ;~~~:;~~;;~
•. ,"iV'"gblck the ~:fo~;,,;~;;~::~
 ~:~I~;:;f,commiSSaria{ and was accepted after adding twO
'l~;~:~~~~h:ts'~'Nevsky was sentandstudy
, ,,,~e. Heexcelled
to at the \" Gorki Armour
made a name for himself by
tank's main gun on the move. He passed the
liI.1'"" ,nk C<'"''' with an excellent mark and was commissioned
as a Leytmarlf in April 19~3.
He joined 35'h Guards Tank Brigade, 3'" Guard Mechanised
-. ' Corps a'nd saw his first combat in the Kursk barrles of August
1943. Nevsky did well, destroying twO enemy vehicles, but
, battalion's casualties were high. Four clays later Nevsky
his first tank after It rook twO hits and caught fire.
had lasted much longer than many of his ' fe!low
Only eight of 57 graduates survived
baualion commander was pleased with
and recommended him for the title of
N,';,kvi, a Warrior Company Command Tank
mced as FearlC$s Veteran .
'N'"kY m..ar''join .3\lY In"omarochnikiy Tankovy Batalon
13&) and replaces the Com pany Command M4
!It-'V\2Sherman) or M4 76mm (M4A2 Sherman) tank in
'th,ll""uiiionl HQ For an addicional +50 points.
":o,SERVED ON THE STAFF
Kapi tan V I Nevsky has served on the staff and has a better
,- appreciation of the tattical goals and the role of the battalion
within them.
After all deployment, but bifOTt the game begins, Kapitan
V I Nevrky may move himself and one Combat Company
within 6"1l5cm of him, that is not already part of an
Infiltration, up to their nonnal dimmer in any direction
within their depiQyment area as if it was their Movement
Sup. This movement may not be At the Double and may
not take any-tram outside the deploymem area.
r->!r."."....,
was appointed the -~~;:~ii;;,';~,:~~~'~~
October Nevsky was back in a tank, repla~ing a
as a tank commander. Nevsky had benefited immensely
his time with the brigadesraff, learning to read maps, and how
mnk companies, battalions and brigades function together.
At first Nevsky's new crew were unsure of him. They had
seen yo ung commanders come and go. However, after
demo nstrating his confident command and skill [hey soon
came to respect him. During the batdeson the Dnepr he proved
himself rime and time again. He was soon commanding a
plamon, and rhen a company with a promotion to Kapitan.
In 1944 his corps received Lend-lease M4 and Valentilla
tanks. Ncvsky was promoted to command his battalion and
he set about learning all that he could about his new foreign
tanks. Nevsky was about to lead his new tanks into one of the
Red Arm ies greatest viclOries ...
RESPECT OF THE MEN
When a new commander t:J.kes over his welcome is nor
always watm, but Kapitan V J Nevsky quickly earned the
respect and loyalty of his men with his knowledge, skills and
charisma.
Kapitan V! Ntvskjs tank II/Jd any platoon (Soviet compally)
he harJoilled alwap plm Moti/lation Tests 011 1/ rolf of2+.
,
SATILE TESTED
Nevsky's expet ~ence also gives him a good feel for the
field and his tactical I him in '
71;e Hen and Chick! specirt/ rule does 1I0t apply to Nevksy.
br joins a platoon (Sovitt Company), the mt ofthe platoon
still obey the Hen and Chicks sprcial ruft,
move1lJrllf by Nevsky.
 in
membership in the I Par~
appoiruc:d..Komi$sarl n an infam ry' regiment' and fought
, _ ••. " '0 the'Wiflter War with Finland.
"d
'.c . . c,. experiences in the hars h wimer figh ting aga inst the
;'~!""' i o,,, Plnns, he decided the way of the future was the
.
and app1 ie9 for transfer to a tank unit. As a Politrllk he
;Ji ,~n,",,,his ow~ tank, but he soon used his position to.ride
I with me rest of the tanke rs. Even though from
position of Komissar no longer ans'""cred to the
~i~;:;:~j':':; Parry, Romissar Dedov retained the respect and
~ he had earned from commanders and tankers.
into battle with his tankovycompany in the batde
during the battle for Kursk in 194'6. His
and motivational abilities were soon recognised
to Brita/on Komissar. However, this
fo r the action of rhe from line and he
tanks to f'Jke parr in the action.
Veteran.
;
B r i gada.K~ misS"a}l M A bedov to a Gvardeyskiy Tankovy
in a Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Bacalon (page 96)
in a Tanko\'}' l!atalon (page 22)
+70 potors. He over a rank from a Gvardeyskiy
Tankovy Company or_Tankovy Company at chI'. beginning
~ o f the game before deploy ment. Dedov's Tank ream is no
longer a pan of any platoon (Soviet company).
You OVER THERE, WHAT ARE YO U DOING
TO DEFEAT THE FASCISTS? I Company) does lIot destroy Brigada Kom m ar M A Dedo/"
Senior comm issars will often rake charge of a unit if they
think it ilj n'ot'doing irs pan ro defeat [he Germans. Often
new commanders in the field .
'9ffim,:,dtf w,", t<"rrmili
the rear after KomiHar Dedov had paid a I. was
right in amongst the action, keeping the men in the; fight
and ensuring the commanders kept thelr cool.
The 29,h Tank Corps was committed to battle during the
fighting for Kharkov and then joined the advance on the
Dnepr River in the second half of 1943. His unit fought
into 1944, liberating Znamensk, fighting in the Kirovograd
operation and exploiting the Korsun Pocket in February.
The 29'hTank Corps received Tbe Order of the Red Banner
for irs actio ns at Kirovograd, and at the same time Dedov
was promoted to Brigada KomiSJar.
ill May the corps fin ally went into reserve to refit for
O peration~ Bagra tion. The corps was entirely re-equipped
with the new T-34/S5 obr 1943 tank. Dedov used his
political contacts to ensure that his uni t was refiued quickly
and efficiently and had rhem back in the line in record
time.
The Komissar is ther.e to inspire, though sometimes it is at
Any SoYi~t company entirely equipped with Tank teams
joined by Brigada Komim1r M A Dedoy may re-roil any
Motivation Test, it and it> members art rtquin'd to mak~.
When leading a platoon (Soviet company} with other types of
uams in it, Brigada Komissar M A Dedov um the Komissar
special ruks on page 249 of the ru/ebook. However, ifyou
roll a 1 for the lIew Motivation uJt the platOOll (Soyitt
he imuad becomes Bailed Out as he ret rrats back into his
tank turret away from the mlgT] soldiers.
Dtdov cannot lISe Comrades Forward.' ifMs tank is Bailed
Qllt or Bogged Down.
 ARTILLERY

~h~~
Heavy Mortar ~O;.
Company ..
EXPLOITATION FORCE
Soviet assault doctrine!: reserved the rank brigades for
exploil:uion rather than getting used up in cosdy break-
through attacks. Once the breakout was accomplished
by the heavy tanks and infamry, the rankmen charged
thought he gap and fonvard umil they could go no
further, always attacki ng anything in the way.
TankoflJ Bnlalo" Always Attacks
rllitbook},

®'mir
 For their heroic fighting in 1942 and 1943 the tank
corp; oflhe 5'h Guards Tank Army have bu n awarded the
Sovin Union; highm honours. A Gvardryskiy Tankoll}
&talon oftilt 3'" Guards Tank Corps or 25fb Tank Corps
are Guards mud Fearless Trained. J RED ARMY

• Mount a SMG Uak EecotJ on the Company

Command ...... tOr +10 poi$.

The enemy front [inc has been smashed by our glorious We will not give the fascist dogs one moment
comrades from {he infantry shock armies. OUf Gvardeyskiy push fturher wesrwards to our ultimate goal of
Tankoll} Batakm (G uard Tank BaHalion ~ pronounced,
We have many new tricks up OUf sleeves. We can fool
gvard-ye-ysk-iy ran-ko-vy ba-ta-Ion) of the 3-y Gvardeyskiy
Tankoll} Korpus (3'" Guards Tank Corps) must now rake up stupid fascisrs wirh our decoy trOOps, and smash h";;:'.:~;;:2
and rank forces wirh our battalions equipped with t:
the burden and complete the destruction of the fascist armies.
T-34/85 tank. Our submachine-gun armed rank riders
Nor all of our exploitation Tankoll} battalions are guards, but
make shorr work of the trembling German p'.=.gang<
the 29-y Tankovy Kmsnoznammniy Korpm (29,h Tank Corps)
masses, the brutal scum who oppressed the free
have been awarded the Order of the Red Banner (Kmmogo
the Soviet Union.
Znammi) and fight like guards with fierce determination. It
is our role to push through the broken defences and advance
far behind enemy lines. We will then harass and destroy
I;.""",nypockets.
 Mount $MG Tank Escorts on all tanks for .. 10 points
PC' omIc
T·34/85 obr 1943 T-34/85 obr \943
IIwkovy companies have been completely refined
the new T-34/85 tank. These new tanks are rhe result
Soviet industry. 1hey have more armour and
I 85mm guns that no fascist rank can hope to s [a~ld T ANKOVY PLATOON
TANKOVY PLATOON
Soon, Poland and the Ukraine will be littered wIth
burn mg wrecks of German tanks, marking the glOriOUS
~ ""\0';'of ,h,,,k,,,,;,o", tank forces!

GVARDEYSKIY TANKOVY C0.0PANY

T-34/85obr 1943
Designation: T-34/85 abr 1943
Hull conSlrurtion: Wdded
Engine: Diesel 12-cyl. modd V-2,
500hp
Dimensions
.-
Weight: 70,544Ibs/32,OOOkg
lcngth: 26'8"/ 8.15m
Width: 9'IO"/3m
Height: 8'11 "12.72m
Armour & Armament
Armour: 20-45mm (turret from 90mm)
Main Gun: 85mm D-5T tank gu n
Armour Penetration:
135mm at 200m, llOmm at 1000m
Secondary Armament:
2x 7.62mm DT machine guns
Performance
Max level road speed: 33mph/53km/ h
Min turning diameter; 24'IJ"/7.6m
Tn:ncb crossing: 98~/2.5m
Marimum vertical obstacle: 28"/71 em
Maximum fording depth: 54"/1 .37m
Marimum climbing grade: 35%
Cn:w: Four or Five
Commander/gunner in turrer
(Gunner often added to !Urret)
Loader in turret
Driver in left hull from
Hull machine-gunner in right hull from
 ... ~,-- .
iTANK-RIDER COMPANY

Komlss~r
\ Lull, ndn I'l.ltoons team
2 LillI.. nJn I' bw()n~
1 l.lIlk rJJ~r I'I,nunn

OPTIONS
• Add Komissar team for ... 15 poims.
"m) ~l~-t
SMG team SMG learn
~) ~l~-t
SMG learn SMG learn
Add Maksim HMG teamfor ...25
~»l U~-t ~lU~-t
The tank-rider inFamry of a tan k brigade's infantry SMG team SMG team SMG learn SMG team
battalion work in close co-operarion with their tanker
comrades. They protect me tanks fro m inFantry and ami-tank
,,~l~ ~l~-t ~l~ ~l~-t
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
guns by showering them with bullets, making shoH work TANK RIDER PLATOON TANK RIDER PLATOON
cowardly Fascist resis tance. Keep them close ro rhe ranks and
rely on the superior firepowe r of the ranks' main guns to
smash the enemy before going in co clear OUt me trenches.

SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

TANK RIDER PLATOON
TANK·RIDER COMPANY

SUPPORT COMPANIES
."-
KAPITAN

COM PANY
~ ( ,lfl1lmJ [',mll'r IV I I
2 ( ,II'Hm'd ['.mn'r IV I I

OPTIONS
• Replace any or aU capttued Panzer IV H tanks wtdt..
captured StuG G assault guns for ...5 poinu per taak.
or capttued Panther A tanks for ..60 points per tu&
• Replace one Panzer IV H tank with a captwed
TIF I E tank for +65 poinu . Captured tank Captured tank

We use the Germans' own Panzer tanks 1O lead our advanc-
ing fo rces. We must lise theses tanks wisely as we have only
limited ammunition . They wilt see the familiar shapes of
their own tanks and realise [heir mistake it will be coo [ate.
A Decoy Tank Company is a Decoy Platoon. Su the Decoy
rules on page 160. A D('coy Tank ComptlllY is not liffocud
by the Htn and Chicks spuial rule.
A Decoy Tank Company ,11I1J{ always b(' deploy('d on the
and may riot b(' held in reserve.
t::!~~~:::~~
DECOY TANK COMPANY
A D('coy Tank Company is an Infiltmtion Pkuoon.
7hey may InfiiJrau a TankollJ Company, Gvardeyskiy
TankollJ Company, Inomnrochnikiy TankollJ Company,
Inomnrochnikiy Light Tanko!'] Company, MotosmikollJ
Company, Tank-rider Company, MotosmikollJ Submnchine-
gun Company. or Razvtdki Platoon. Su th(' Infiltration ruk
on page 250 o/the rukbook,

StuG G assault gUlls do not lise t/u Voilry Fire special rule. A Deroy Tank Company is rated COllfident Trained.
 IN FANTRY ARTILLERY
RECONNAISSANCE
-4.n~~ ~~~ -4.U~ _ _
~ Motolised Mortar ~~
Motostrelkovy Comllilny Company Spetsnaz Platoon ~'b

INFANTRY ARTILLERY

-4.~~~~ ~llllll
MotostrelkoYy Comllilny ~ Heavy Mortar "0"
Comllilny

INFANTRY ARTILLERY

-4.~U.~ ~u.
Motostrelkovy Company ~ Motostrelkovy Artillery 'B>
Battalion

MACHINE-GUNS

~~~
Molostretkovy Machine- ~~
gun Company

ARTillERY
INFANTRY
~~~ M)~"'",
Motonsetl Mortar ~~
Company Razvedkt Platoon !So

ANTI-TAN K

~u.
Motorised Anti-lank "0"
Company

ANTI-TAN K
INFANTRY
~u.
,,"1~~.
Tank Destruction ~~
Sapper Company '.
:9
Company a

... '.
TRANSPORT

Transporter Platoon 'J'

INFANTRY

~~~~
Mounted GvardeysklY
Kazachly Company
",,6'

®'ilJr
 Guards have been awarded the Guards title in
recognition of bravery and excellence in battle. A
Mowstrelkovy Batalon of the 3'" Guards Mechanisrd
Corps. 3>ri Gllflrds Tilllk Corps or 29" Tank Corps are
Guards and nre mud Fearless Trained.

PODPOLKOVNIK

' fl b I Company Command 2iC Command

tft Banalion
11le Motostrdkovy &lI1wn (or mowr ri e atta ion, Rille team Rille team Komissar team
pronounced mo-to-stryel-ko-vy ba-ra-lon) support the I ~::~;;;.;;;;;;; BAIT ALiON HQ
tankovy and clear pockets bypassed by the rankers. "

.".,~~~ .".,U~
SMG team SMG team

The mOlostrtikovy are armed with submachine-guns and are .".,~ U~~ ~)~~~~
deployed as an assault force. These ingenious Soviet light SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
weight, rapid fire weapons are ideal for dosing with the
enemy. Fire suppOrt from an array of Soviet weapons pin
~~~~~~
SMG team SMG team
the fascists in their positions, hindering them from respond-
ing to the rapid advance of the Once close
motosmikovy spray the enemy with hot I
(he fascists and ejecting them from their positions!

.".,~~~ ~~ ~~~~
SMG team SMG team SMG team

~) ~~~~ ~ ~~~~
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
MOTOR RIFLE PLATOON

MOTOSTRELKOVY COMPANY
-- -
 M1
Command Rifle learn

~l\.~ ~l\.~
Maksim HMG Maksim HMG

Maksim machine-gun has served the Red Army well

continues to do so in support of the motostrelkovy.
Maksim is one of me many superior Soviet SUppOH
't:,~~:,'::vai lable to cover the advance of the motostrelkovy
~( They can lay clown a wall or lead guaranteed
any enemy to lay low umil it is tOO late and the
f.""",m.lk"~ are among them.

1ft
Command Rifle team
HQ SECTION

Riik team for ... 15 points.

for +5 points for the company.

ingenious design of the 82-BM-41 mortars provide

tankovy and morosmlkovy battalions with addi-
~~~
82-BM·41
mortar

~~~
.....
..... .....
..... ~~~
82·BM· 41
mortar

fire during attacks. The mortars rain down a

explosive and fragmentation bombs
82·BM·41
mortar

~~~
82 -BM-41
mortar
..... ..... ~~~
82-BM-41
mortar

~~~
82·BM·41
mortar
1

MOTORISED MORTAR COMPANY

-- ---.-

•
 COMPANY
HQ Section with:
Mf
Command Rifle team

4 l'Smm ubr 1911

OPTIONS
• Add trucks or Lend-lease M2 or M3 haIf. tIIiCb for
+5 points for the platoon.
• Arm any or all M2 or M3 half-tracks with an .50 cal
... ...
"lIU.~
Anti-tank gun

.. W.~
Anti-tank gun
"l\U.~
Anti·tank gun

"l\.~.~
Anti· tank gun
AA MG for +5 balf-track.

7he 16mm Z15-3 ami-tank gum ofII Motorised Anti-Tank

Company cannot fir( Artillery BombardmtrJ{J. ANTI·TANK PLATOON ANTI TANK PLATOON

The 45mm obf 1942 ami-rank gun has served the Red Army
weI! and cominues to rain death on the invaders. A marvel of
Soviet industry, this iinie gun can be used ro destroy tanks,
knock out guns, and kill infamry.
Some units have the deadly 57mm ZIS-2 alii i-rank gUll. This
superior example of the worker's indusrry can desrroy any
tank the Fascists dare to emer the barrie with.
While the ranks go forward the ami-tank gun crews lie
wait for rhe predictable German counterattack.
Germans move forward ro attack our tanks, the
gunners let fly with a hail of fire knocking Out the
ranks as they expose their side armour while attacking
ranks. Faced with this superior firepowe r, the G" m ,"" < ,,~~
withdraw ro conserve their dwi ndling stock of tanks.

HQ Section with: Ut
Command Rille team
(, I .W - PM \8
1 110 PM·jR HQ SECTION

OPTIONS
• Add O bserver RiAe team for +15 points.
• Add trucks for +5 points for the compan
:;;Y~._ _ _ _ -t
~~~~
120·PM-38
mortar

~~~~
... ...
... ... ~~~~
120-PM·38
mortar
What makes mortars ideal for working with rhe mobile
troops of the exploitation forces is their light weight and 120·PM-38
~~~~
120·PM·38
ease of movement. The rapid advances of tankovy and mortar mortar
motostrelkovy batralions make it difficult for the big guns of
the artillery ro keep up. Soviet industry solved this problem
with the creation of the impeccable 120mm mOftar. The
light, but hard hitting, 120-PM-38 mortar can be deployed
with the ease of a lighter mortar and has the firepower of 120· PM·38 120·PM·38
mortar mortar
a fi eld gun. -Ihe fascists cannot rely on trenches to protect
MORTAR PLATOON
them from the might of Soviet military power!
HEAVY MORTAR COMPANY
 M1 ~1~t H .....
Command Staff team Obser.rOf MJA I arl10U
Rifle learn Rifle team transporle'
HQ SECTION

- ~~~
76mm ZIS-3 field gun
!oI O~_IWI....un I•• +15 poiDu.
Ieod ..... Dodp "4-",. "'""". M2 .... M3
T
~::;: G., MI3AI ~ ttaQOn for +5 painrs

auy or aD M2 or M3 haIf·tradu or M3AI

poiD"
~~~
76mm ZIS -3 field gun
- ~~~

.....
16mm ZIS-3 field gun

reJ;,mi"
aspect to the success in battle of the Soviet
forces is (he gun line. While the mobile forces
enemy, the guns suppon [he attack and provide a
Ii,,,in case of a cowardly fascist counterattack.

- •
• R
~~"U.~
76mm ZIS·3 field gun
- ~~~

.....
76mm ZIS -3 field gun

..... -c.l'\A!I.,u,
76mm ZIS-3 field gun may not have the hitdng power - ." ..
larger guns of the orner Soviet forces, bm they only 76mm ZIS·3 field gun 16mm ZIS -3 field gun
to keep (he Fascists' heads down while the moroure/kollY
tanks advance on rhe enemy positions. They can also be
up to the enemy positions and fire over open sights
the enemy from their positions. Few can stand fire-
of this magnirude!

.....
~~"U.~
76mm ZIS·31ield gun
- -c• ..,u,
~M.
16mm ZIS·3 field gun

- ~~"U.~
76mm ZIS·3 field gun

GUN BATIERY
-

.....~~
-c.*_u,
76mm ZIS·3 field gun
 ~~f
Command Komlssar
SMG team team

~~l~ ~U~
SMG team SMG team

~~l~ ~lU. ~~l~ ~lU.

SMG team SMG team SMG team

• Add Komissar learn for .. 15 ~~U ~lU. ~~~i ~l~i

SMG team SMG team SMG team
The submachine-gun is the ideal weapon for assa ult infantry.
It is easy to use, light, and compact making it ideal for ~~li ~l~i ~~li ~l~i
infantry who will be clambering on and off mnks and other
vehicles. The motosmlkovy submachine-gunners provide
additional infantry to reinfo rce attacks for the motosmlkovy
companies, ensuring the fascists will be crushed.

~~l~ ~l~i ~U~

SMG team SMG team SMG team

~~U U~i ~~li ~l~i

SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
SUBMACHINE GUN PLATOON

SUPPORT PLATOON '.

PLATOON
HQ Section with:
Command SMG team Captured half-track
2 Spctsn.lJ Squads
HQ SECTION
I SpctsnM Squad

Soviet special forces are well versed in the arts of deceprion,

stealth, infiltration, and reconnaissance. The Spetmaz (shon
for special purpose-pronounced, spets-naz), as masters of SMG team SMG team SMG team
their an, often go imo battle in captured German half-tracks
and German uniforms to deceive the enemy and allow them
to infiltrate behind enemy lines. Captured half-track Captured half· track

A Spetmaz Pilltoon is 011 exuption to the Cmtralised

SPETSNAZ PLATOON
Control doctrine. 7",,) operate as a normal platoon.
A Spetmaz Platoon is II Reconnaissnnct Platoon
A Spetsntlz Platoon is an Infiltration Platoon. 7",,) may Decoy Platoon. Su the Decoy rulu 011 page I Go.
Infiltrate a limkovy Company. Gvardryrkiy lilllkovy
Company, Inomaroclmikiy Ttmkovy Company. Motostrtlkovy
A Sp(tSllaz PlatoOIl is rated Fearless Veteran.
Compally, Tank Rider Company. MotostrtikovySubmachine-
gun Compally, or Rllzvedki PlatOOIl. Ser the Infiltration ruks
on page 250 ojthe mlebook.
-
®'ni'
EXPLOITATION
FORCE
With a breakthrough ac-
complished, [he forwa rd
detachment lead me
way (or the exploitation
forces.
A PeredovoJe Otryad
Always Attacks (su page
257 a/the rulebook).
 7h~ /lnirs ofa Forward Dnachmmt ar~ u'~cud for th~;r tlggr~ssio1/ and ~xce/!mce from the
best units in tilt corps and army. A P(redof)oy~ Otrytld is raud Fearless Trained.

HEADQUARTERS

Replace Company Command Ri8e team

lit
Company Command
Rifle team
Ut
2ie Command
u
Rifle team
I H nbr 1911
~ ~
I- H/8Sohr I'hi Jeep Jeep

M t (MiA.! Shcfm,ml
PEREDOVOYE OTRYAD HQ

OPTIONS • Replace one AA MG on any or all M3AI ~"O,"'

rransporten with a .50 cal AA MG for +5 poinu
• Add Battalion Komissar team and Jeep for
vehicle.
+10 points.
• Upgrade T-34 ohr 1942 tank to have a cupola
• Replace all Jeeps with M3Al annotmd transporten
for +5 points. +5 points.

• Arm any or all M3AI annoured traruportcn with • Mount an SMG Tank Escon on the Co'm.~.d ' .
for +10 points,
additional AA MG For +5 points per vehicle.

Detachments kept [he momentum

Ally t(lIIks your Peredol/oye Otrytld HQ, Combat and
W~apolls Compallier must b~ ~quipp~d with the sam~ 'Yp~
of tallk. Howev~r, Tlll/kory Compallits may b~ ~quipp~d
with a mix ofT-34176 and T-34185 lallks.
P~redovoy~ Otryad (Forward Detachmems) came in all sizes,
bur by 1944 rhey were all combined arms Formatio ns, con-
taining inFan try, tanks, guns or assault guns, and engineers.
Maskirovka (deception) still played an important part.
or
Leading elements the Forward Detachment used captured
German equipment to deceive the Germans. The Forward
deep objectives by surprise and hindering German
to establish new defensive lines.
If a Forward D etachmem meets stiff German resis tance,
infantry, supponed by an anti-tank battalion, would
to hold againSi rhe inevitable German counterattack.
Forward Detachment would then move aro und rhe
poim to contin ue [he advance, with mechanised or
forces trailing [hem. Larer, infantry forces would arrive
complete the destrucrion of the defensive hardpoim.
EXPLOITATION
FORCE
Th, reconnaissance
troops of [he Rota
Razvcdki provide essen-
tial information for [he
red army's breaklhrough
and exploitation forces.

A Row Rttzvrdki Always

Auacks (sa page 257 of
the rulebook).
 77Je scout companies of tlmk and mechanised corps are hand-picked from the best troops
availAble. A Rota Razvedki is rmed as Fearless Trained.

HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS
( omp.lI1\ II Q
;1t Ut u
OPTIONS
• Add Komissar team ud M3A1 armoured muuportcr
for + 15 poinu.
• Arm any or all MMl 8I'IIIOUIed tramporterJ with
additional AA MG".5 pointt per vebJde.
..... .....
Company Command
Rifle team

MJA 1 armoured
transporter
2iC Command
Rifle team

MJAI armoured
transporter
COMPANY HQ

• Replace one AA MG OD. any or all M3AI armoured ROTA RAZVEDKI HQ

uaDSportel'$ with a .50 cal AA MG for +5 points per
vehicle.
• Replace all M3AI annowed transporters with tur-
retless 8A-I0M, captured Sd K& 251 , or Uniwrsal
Carrier armoured tr:msportcn at no coat.
• Remove all M3A I armoured transponers and
the Company and lie Command teams as eo"poi
and lie Command Motorcycle MG teams
+ 10 points per team and replace the KomisW'
with a Motorcycle Komiasar team for + 10 points.

The combat HOOpS of a Rota Razvedki (re<:onnaissance">

7},e Battalion HQ oj a Rota Rm;vtdki is not subject to the
Hen alld Chicks special rule.
A Battalion HQ that is mounud in Motorcycles uses the
MOlorcycll' RtrOllnaissance rules on page 1960Jthe ndtbook
and are RecOllnaissancl' teams while mounted.
company ~ pronounced ro-ta raz-ved-ki) are ms[ and 1
Whether mounted in Soviet armoured cars, captured,
Lend-leased equipment, recon infantry will find and
every hole in the enemy's defences.

LEYTENANT

Command Motorcycle
MG team
HQ SECTION
MOlotsiklrtnaya Plmool/S are 1I0f subjl'u to thl'
Comrol and Hell and Chicks special rules.
Mototsiklnnaya P!atOOl/S U Sl' the Motorcycle Reconnaissance
rules OTI page 196 of the rulebook and are Reconnaissance Motorcycle MG team Motorcycle MG team
while mounted.
Motorcycle MG team Motorcycle MG team
Each Razvedki battalion had ['NO companies of motorcycle
MOTORCYCLE SECT ION MOTORCYCLE SECTION
troops and one company of armoured soldiers. Mounted
in M-ll motorcycles with sidecars, the motorcyclists were MOTOTSIKLETNAYA PLATOON
found aT the head of the advancing exploitation forces,
keepi ng an eye out for enemy ambushes.
 ",,")t
Command M3A 1 armoured
Aifle/MG team transporter

Replace a1l RHle/ MG teams with SMG teams at no

Arm any or all M3AI armoured transponers with

additional AA MG for ... 5 points per vehicle.
Replace one AA MG on any or all M3AI armoured
..... .....
,,"))~. '"1~"~ M)~.
Rifte/MG team Rifl efM Gteam

M3Al armoured transporter

'"1~"~
RiUefMG team Rifle/MG team

M3A 1 armoured transporter

transponers with a .50 cal AA MG for +5 points per

'Vehicle.

..... .....
M)~. ")~f~ M)~. '"1~n
Replace all M3Al armoured transporters with turret-
less SA-10M or captured Sd Kh 25t armoured trans- RiflefMG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
porters at no cost.
Replace all M3Al armoured transporters with
M3A I armoured transporter M3A 1 armoured transporter
Univel'5al Carrier armoured transporter per
RiftelMG team for +5 points per Rifle Squad.
all Universal Carriers with Boys anti-tank riOes RAZVEDKI PLATOON

~~~~~~~~ru~'8~'~~~U~d~.~~::::~::~~ The mzvrdchiki arc often leadi ng the way as me Soviet

Razlledki Platoons tire not subject to tiJe c
exploitation IOrees drive through breached
' • ''0'-'-/
and Hen and Cl,jrk, r·" '''/'', chase down the fl eeing 13Scisl
' fo rces.

With a myriad of weapons that incl udes rifles, machine-guns,

You may replace lip to one Rifle/MG or SMG team with submachi ne-guns, and fla me-th rowers, they ride inro barrie
a Flnme-thrower team at tht start of tht gam/' bifore
mounted in armoured trans porters.
deployment.

WEAPONS PLATOONS

Command SA-54

... ...
the AA MG on up co rwo armoured cars with
PTRD anti-tank rifle at no cost.

Armoured Car Plntoon is a Recotlnaissanct

...... ......
SA-54 SA-54

LIGHT ARMOURED CAR PLATOON

The armoured car platoon of the rota razvedki is armed with
Light Armourtd Car Plnroons art no! wbjtc! to tht
Cmtralised Control (lnd Hen (lnd Chicks speciaL rules. BA-64 armoured cars . Often the enemy will reveal themselves
by destroying one armoured car, allowing the rest ro retreat
and info rm the fo llowing fo rce of the enemy's location. A,n
assault force is quickly organised will
~~~~-~~~~~g ~B~~'~~-a
®!il{.
 HQ Section with:
2 ~l orlar PJ.uoons
1ft
Command Rifle team
HQ SECTION
OPTIONS
• Add Observer RiAe team for + 15 points.
Add trucks for +5 for the oompany.
~~~ ~~~ .-.
It is not just forests and (Owns that delay our mobile fo rces,
but also nesrs of anti-rank guns and machine-guns. Th is is
where the mortar company comes in .
Once the fascist anri-tank guns have been fou nd by our
82·BM·41
mortar

~~~
82-8M·41
mortar
82-BM·41
mortar

~~~
B2·BM-41
mortar
.-.
heroic armoured car crews, the monars can quickJy bring ~~~ ~~~
down such overwhelming fi re that no German can survive B2-BM-41 82·BM-41
mortar mortar
long under it. Then send in the tanks and infantry to wipe ..
them Out.
RAZVEDKI MORTAR COMPANY

Mt
Command Rifle team

OPTIONS
• Add trucks or lend lease M2 or M3 balf-tndc.s fOr
... 5 points for th~ company. - ...w.~
16mm l1S·3 anti-tank gun 76mm l1S-3 anti·tank gun
• Arm any or all M2 or M3 haIf-tracka with an .50 cal
AA MG for +5 points per balf.track.
T,"
- ~w.~

.-. .-.
- e" ...
7he 76mm Z15-3 anti-tank guns oj a l&zvedki Anti-tank
.114~
CompallY cannot fire Artiliery Bombardments. 76mm l1S·3 anti·tank gun 76mm l1S-3 anti·tank gun

On defence, the guns of the heavy ami-tank company are

best used to create a fire trap which the enemy arc lured intO j,

by our mzvedchiki. Then, at the critical moment, the guns ANTI TANK PLATOON ANTI TANK PLATOON
fi re a devas tating volley into the enemy's flanks, crushing
RAZVEDKI
. ANTI·TANK. -
COMPANY
their attack. When attacking, the mobility of the guns
allows them to come into action on the flanks of our bold
razvedchiki, keeping enemy counterattacks al bay, before
limbering up 10 exploit their victOry.
 During the exploitation phase of Operation Bagration. as the
trOOps of the First and Third Byelorussian FrOfll:S advanced
on Minsk, the Oslikovskiy Cavalry-Mechanised Group
in the North and the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group
(comaini ng rhe 4,h Guards Cavalry Corps) in rhe South led
the advance behi nd the German lines.
4 '" GUARDS CAVALRY CORPS
The 4'" Guards Cavalry Corps was formed in August 1942
rom the J 7m Cavalry Corps. This corps was made up of
the 9 m 'Kuban Cossack', lO'h ' Kuban Cossack' and the
30,h Cavalry Division (wh ich had the distinction of being
one of the few regular cavalry divisions ro survive to the end
of the war and never re<:eive guards st;l.tus).
bided their time in the Caucasus before being assigned
rake part in the Stalingrad counter-offensive in November
Jan uary 1943 saw the corps further north in the
S"""'pol area.
February the corps was on the move again, crossing the
Don Ri ver into Rostov-na-Donu. joining the fighting as the
Red Army pushed the Germans back [he way they had come
year before.
Between September and November 1943 the corps joined
',U,<:,o>"h (later 4'h Ukrainian) Fronts mobile group, forming
of the first Cavalry-Mechanised Groups under the
G uards CaYollry Corps' commander Kirichenko. The
30 June The Cavalry.Medunised Groop drive: KMmprpl'"
Hatlencd:: (Including demans of tho, 12. Panurtii,iMn) OOt of
Slum.. Coummmacks by lhe- errnun 5. &it""flIMnf (5" Ca~lry
~mcntlltt:lk~ the w~51em roges of th~ town. Af(~ Slutsk i. fllkcon the
I- Mtrlwliscd Corpl is Knt WC$I lowards Banmovichi.
Gcnnan reinfurttrntn~ anivc: in ~. 4. Rs,~ puns down the
nWn ro>d 10 SluQk 10 bIcx:k it 20km from the"",TL The Hung;uim. '" Crr.Ilry
Division and t& Cmnan.28.}ifprlivisiolr" begin 1O:urivc: hom 3 July.
group also contained the 4 m Guards Me<:hanised Corps. 1h is
new cavalry-mechanised group broke the Mius River line.
liberated most of the western Donbas region, and cut land
access to the Crimean Peni nsula. The group was disbanded
in December 1943 and the 4'" Guards Cavalry Corps moved
!O the 2nd Guards Army where it spenl its time screen ing the
southern stretches of the Dnepr River.
In February 1944 the corps was moved to the 3'" Ukrainian
From where they reformed the Cavalry-Mechanised
Group with the 4,h Mechanised Corps and the separate
5'" Guards Motorised RiAe Brigade. The group was under the
4'h G uards Cavalry Corps' new com mande r I A Pliev. In
March the group attacked the rear of the Axis fo rces in Odessa
and Cut them off from the rest of the fronl. They d isrupted
the rear areas of both German 6" Army and Romanian
3'" Army. The operations had advanced Ihe front 200km in
J0 days by 20 April and had proved so successful thai Pliev
received a telegram of congratulations fro m the Kremli n.
Not long afl er Ihe 4,h G uards Cavalry Corps received Ihe
O rder of the Red Banner and Pliev was made a Hero of the
Soviel Union. In May 1944 Ihe corps was moved no rth 10
lake part in Operation Bagration.
ForOperation Bagration the Pliev Caval ry-Me<:hanised Group
was refo rmed unde r the First Byelorussian Front. This time the
I" Mechanised Corps was coupled wit h the 4'h Guards
Cavalry Corps. The 4'" Guards Cavalry Corps consisted of:
26 June: I" Mtrlwlised Corps push me Jj. JllfonuriMIviskm back 40km,
Of'<"ni ng a 40knWP in (heir line. The 4· G.wds CaV;llry Corps r* Glwk
and conrinut IO'..Jiow. we$! unopposed..
T7 June: '" Mmunised Corps al Glusir. drive back the: NIIUCd n:mnaml of
thc: 35. JnjnumnlivWon. 1700: ScMm pour mrough a gap nonb ofGhl$k
10W2r<is Sluuk..
28-29 June Gnman LV Atmcckorps broken Ihmugh. E~g: Cav:iJry
on the outskiru of SIIII.k, KAmpJgr..1JH Schirmer attempts 10 delay me
ad~. 2200: 4· Guards Cavalry COWs CR"lSSd the river at S1 utlk and the
I" M"'tchanisM Gorps joins lhe atrack from Glusk.
1-2 July: Gaman rrinforcrmenlS st=m in 10 Bar;,
the &r:uwvichi-Sl utsk road. A JVzmprpl'" haiti
the \ .. M~niscJ Corps al Klruk.. Other dementi of me I" Mrchanised
Corps '"'" more successful funher 10 the "",ulhwcsl. w~ rom'S drive
lowards Baranovichi.
lhe Plicv Cavalry-Mcct...nixd Groops 250km advancr is fi.wly halla! by
c.:..rmn and Hungarian mnfurcrmcnu ddmding St-olbuy, keeping I~
rwd 10 Minslr opal.
9" Guards Cavalry Division 'Kubafl Cossacks'
1(J~ Guards CaVl1/ry Division 'Kuban Cossacks'
3(fh Cavalry Division
1815,It SU Regiment (SU-76M)
12'h Guards Mortar Regiment (J 20mm)
68'" Guards Rocket Mortar 8aualiofl (IVttyllsha)
15;rJ Guards Ant;-/(lflk R~giment (76mm)
4'· Guards A,lti-tank Battalion (45mm)
255'" Anti-aircraft Regim~1It (37mm)
TIle Group operated on the northern edge of the Pripyet
Marshes on the din roads and rrails that were JUSt dry enough
ro supporr the ranks. The reSI of the terrain was tOO overgrown
and swampy ro allow anything other than cavalry to move
freely. During three weeks of continuous advance, they rrav-
elled 500km, averaging 20km per day to finally make iracross
the western Bug River. During rhe advance they stormed
and liberated the town of Slutsk on 25 July for which the
4th Guards Cavalry Corps were awarded the Order of
Suvorov II Class. In August the group retired to the Third
Byelorussian Front reserves.
At the end of August the 4'h Guards Cavalry Corps moved
south ro the Second Ukrainian From where the Pliev Cavalry-
Mechanised Group was reformed this £irne with the ,. ,,,,,,""
6'" Guards Cavalry Corps, and dte 7 th Mechanised Co'p,#!
The Group advanced on Budapest in October 1944 .
Germans halted the Soviet 6 th Guards Tank Army "Q"d"
to the north, so the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group
90 degrees to take the town from behind on 12 Q,,,ol"~~
Between 6 and 25 October the 4th Guards Caval ry
covered 525km in winter conditions. During this time
escaped encirclement at Debrecen, CUt German supply I
at Nyiregyhaza, and assaulted across the River Tisza. For
fighting at Debrecen the corps was awarded the Order
Lenin. By December 1944 the Pliev C,ni,y.M,d",;",fu
Group was north of Budapest.
On 26 January 1945 the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised
became a permanent formation as the ' " Guards C,,,I,,'
Mechanised Group. They were reorganised and
before taking parr in the drive on Vienna in March.
then moved through Bmo and Prague in G'd,",;im"ki~
where they ended the war. The 4'k Guards Cavalry
was honoured in May 1945 with the Order of Ku,",o~
Class for the liberation of Bmo.
 The tachanka machine-gun can was invented by the
",LJiu,ini,n Anarchist forces during the Russian Civil War
y f 1919 ro 1922 and quickly adopted by weir Red Army
"',OPIPO'"""',. The concept was simple and uniquely suited to
circumstances-a marriage of the deadly Maksim heavy
machine-gun with the fast {achanka (pronounced ta-chan-
ka) cart CommOn in the southern Russia.

position, wheeling around and firing their own machine-

guns back, the cavalry could pin down the enemy machine-
guns, then charge and rout their infanrry.
With the Civil War long over and a new enemy threaten-
ing, the Soviet Cossacks find their lilchanka cartS as useful
as ever.

"." T)", combination used four horses abreast, charior-Hyle, [0

{give the tachanka the speed to keep up with the light cavalry
"thil formed the strike forces of both sides, providing them
til ,r '" the ~re suppOrt they desperately needed.
,
· With Russian battlefields lacking the impenetrable barbed-
wire entanglements of the Western From, cavalry were a
· ' powerful . force limIted only by the enemy machine-guns'
· I to srop them. With the tachanka carts racing into
 I alway;s remember that day, the day that Podpoikovnik
K~n~v and his men charged. The air was crisp. cold.
JUS t beginning to embrace the world. We
guard by an 3Hacking German infantry. Their
guns and HOOpS were ripping though OUf forward
abe ~en starre~ to panic, but not Kamnev, nor
fear)ess hero. He was on his horse calling to the merrro
moum 1!P and join him. join his charge. J heard his call and
did mosrof the ~cn there, finding OUf horses we followed
l?ilr::;~I~~'d~::~~ ~~:' hell. Kamnev moved with grace and skill
I; down [he German HOOpS. His sword danced as it
one target w the next, never missing never failing.
not see him fall, none of liS did we just presleq on
Ii;};;:e,:; ~... llflcil the' Fascists were cur down or Red [he barrie
'-',,'.: ,,," men survived the charge. I onlywished that ,
Kal.l1I\eV· \'\!arrior rated as a Fenrless Veteran. H e
mo'Unted, Company Command SMG team. He replaces
cfolill?any Con~mand ream of a Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
(page'):J:t) for ,+5Q poin(~.
<AI'L<," CHARGE
l?,m,,,, knoWs' ho}V to plan an assault and he understands
mora.le plays a hig pan in success. Before the fight,
J(amnev inspires his men w fight to the end and never [Urn
"
' back with the words ' It is glo~ious for a cossack to charge'
fearlessly imo certain death for Mother Russia' .
Pllvel Kllmnev lind IIny Mounted GVllrdeyskiy Kitzn,chiy
Company that he has joilled maker SlIver against hits ]rom
Deftnsive Fire on a 5+ instead oftbe usual3+.
If the company i5 Pillned Down by Defensive Fire, he
may take an immediate Motivation Test. if he passes, the
Company does not Fa" Back from the Defensive Fire and
contillues the Assault.
could bave joined my fellow brothers in their glory, bl,lt
wasn't my time. Though [ followed Kamnev's fearless ,h"·,go(~
I w~ nor able [0 join him and his men in glory.
-Leytmam Illwmovich
Leytenant I I lvanovich died a few weeks later leading his
own men in a charge to take out a heavy machine-gun nest. "-
Without his bravery and success on that day, the battle
would have been lost. "me men who were dose to Leytnlfl'Jt
I I Ivanovich said that his final wish was fulfilled and that he
surely joined Pavel Karnnev and his brave men in glory.
In 1942, ar the age of 60, Podpolkovnik Pavel IG:innev of
the Krasnodar oblnst was awarded the Order of Lenin fo r his
bravery.
MASTER SWORDSMAN
Kamnev is a master of the blade, he knows how fO wield his
sword quickly w gain maximum effect.
Pavei Kamnev rerol4 foiled Skil1 usts to hit in assault
combat.
ALWAYS SADDLED
Due to an old war wound that lodged a b;,· 91;'b'~I,",,1;,\ b;
I never dismounred on the field
Pavel Kamnev (fin never send his hone to the rear. If a
platoon that he has joined sends their bones to the rear he •
wilt remain mou,Utd.
if Kamn ev uses the ~rrior l'ifizntry Team Casualties rule
to avoid destruction he remaim mounted, taking his lIide's
hom and sending the aide in search ofa fresh mount.
 ARTILLERY

~.u.
Gvardeyskiy Kazachly ,1')'6>
Reglmentaf Gun company

EXPLOITATION
FORCE
The cavalry lead bold
attacks and charged
through the enemy posi-
tions into [he open fiel ds
beyond.
A Cvardeyskiy Kazachiy
Polk Always Attacks
(su pag~ 257 0/ the
rukbook).
 Cossacks I~arn to ridt bifort tbry I~arn to walk. Combin~ this with a Iqng milildry tradition
andyou get somi' qftht jillest sqUiers in th~ Rtd Army. A GVllTdeyskiy Kazachiy Polk is Tilted
as Fearless Trained.

HEADQUARTERS
~~- ~- - . . . ". . . _.=.- ,
GVARDEYSKI'I': KAZACHIY POLK HQ POl KOVN1K

HEADQUARTERS POlKOVN1K

Itltt.llw rI HQ

OPTIONS Company Command 2iC Command Battalion Cavalry

Cavalry Rille team Cavalry Ril le team Komissar team
• Add Anti-tank RiRe Platoon for +35 points.
SA ITALiON HQ
• Mount aU PTRD anti· taJ1k riSes as Cavalry for
+10 points.
• Add Sapper Platoon for +80 points.
• Mounl aU Pioneer RiOe teams as Cavalry for
+10 points. A
• Equip Sapper Platoon wim Pioneer Supply cavalry
wagon for +20 points. ....~~
... 'lI.~
Whlle cavalry may appear an anachronism in modern
warfare, the Gvardeyskiy KllZIlchiy Polk (Guards Cossack
Regimem, pronounced Gvard-yc-ysk-iy Ka-zach-y Polk) is
an essenrial part of the Red Army. The Soviet Union is vast
and much of it is lacks a proper road system, making it dif-
ficult for trucks to keep up with [he advance of tanks. Most ...._ ....
breakthroughs are exploited by cavalry mechanised groups to
. problem.
 _ ...-
KAPITAN
-

Command Rifle/MG learn

~~~~
Rifle/MG learn
~~~~ Rille/MG learn

Ri8clMG teanu: with SMG teaIM in ODe

""'-
~~~~
Rifle/MG learn
~~~~
Rille/MG learn
PIa..... orup ...... T.........
~~~~ ~~~~
M_ madoJne.suaa to _them .. &. Rifle/MG learn Rifle/M Glearn

MG &.c +10 poIDos.

~~~~
Rifle/MG learn
~~~~
Rifle/MG learn
A Mounted Cvardeyskiy KaUlchiy Company may elect to
dismount before the start ofthe game sending their horser to
the rear and out ofplay for the rest ofthe game.

should be used as an striking force hiuing the ~~~~

.." ,m," flanks and rear. ll1e cossacks were the masters
Rifle/MG learn

manoeuvres, using their dismounted troops w pin

enemy they use the speed and manoeuvrability of the
~~~~
Ritle/MG team

~~~~
I to out flank [hem, cut off their reinforcements, and
the objective.
Rifle/M G team
Tachanka is a fast -moving horse-drawn can mounring
~ :'~~~~:n~machi ne-gun . These brave men advance with the
e lend much-needed heavy machi ne-gun supporr, Ritle/MG team
r~:;1~i!;dOWn the enemy as the cavalry charge. Modified .. Ritle/MG team

~ anti-aircraft fire. the Tachanka becomes even more

Tac~anka Tal ar' a

MACHINE·GUN PLATOON

MOUNTED GVARDEYSKI Y KAZA(HIY COMPANY

- - - -
 Ikpw" aU lUJIoIMG ...... wI1b SMG ...... hl '""
,i1)~. ~~.) ,i1)~. ~~.)
RiflefMG team RillefMG team Rif le/MG team RillefMG team
Kazacbiy Platoon at no cost.
• Add a Macbine-guo PIamon of up to iOur Mabim M)~. ~~.) M)~. ~~.)
HMG teams for +25

W hen facing a major action, [he cossacks dismounr a signif;-

cam pan of thelr force to pin [he enemy from the from while
the mounted troops work around the flanks.
The dismounted troops operate as rifle companies, launch- ,i1)~. ~~.) ,i1)~. ~~.)
ing anacks to force the enemy to commit their reserves and Rifle/MG team Aifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG learn
draw their attention.
""'~)~. ~~.) M)~. ~~.)
The cavalry charging out of the forests to their rear will eilher
cement [he victory of the dismounted t fOOPS, riding down
the fleeing foe, or take them in the rear, crushing the enemy
between twO fires.

WEAPONS COMPANIES

M1
Command SMG team
2 SWU I Squad s
I Swul Squ.ld

• Mount all SMG teams a5 Cavalry for .. 10 polnts pu

,,--m,)
SMG learn SMG team

~~~i U~i
SMG team SMG team
Glltlrdryskiy Kawchiy Scout Platoons arr an exception
to the emtmlised Control special rule. 7hey opl!1'au as a
normal pintoon. GVARDEYSKIY KAZACHIY
SCOUT PLATOON
A Gvardeyskiy Kawchiy SCOlit PinlOon is a Recon1Jtlissallct
P!n.tQOfl. A GJjardeyskiy KaZdchiy P!n.toon is a IlIftltration PinlOon.
7hey may Inftltrau, if dismounted, a DiJr/lOunud
Mounred Soviet scouts are a key asset to KaZdchiy Puik, pro- Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Company, or, ifmounted, a Mounud
viding importam imelligence needed (0 form a ptoper battle Gvardeyskiy Kawchiy Company. See the 111filtration ruin
plan. During night operations the scouts are responsible for 011 page 250 of tlJf rtlhhook.

nnding primary targets and enemy outposts. After detecting

potential targets, the scout platoon infiltrates a friendly unit,
A Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy SCOllt Platoon is mud Fearless
guiding it (0 the target under the cover of night. \4>ttrafl.
Having the increased mobility and speed of cavalry lets these
.~"u . '" rraverse some of the harshest terrain of the war in a
i
 ~"11 A~
Comm3nd Rif le team fl
HQ SECTION

~~~ ~~~ ~

..
.
B2·BM·41 B2·BM·41
mortar mortar

~~~ ~~~
82·BM·41 B2·BM· 41
mortar mortar

~~~ ~~~
82·BM·41 82·BM·41
mortar mortar

~~~ ~~~
cavalry limben and mount the Command and 82·BM·41 82·BM·41
mortar mortar
01000.... Rifte teams as Cavalry for +5 points per ..
LEYTENANT
82-BM-41 mOrtar is the ideal weapon to keep the
i.!"'''''at bay. The massed batteries pin enemy trOOps and ~~~ ~~~
82·BM·41 82·BM·41
machine-guns in their foxholes. mortar mortar
enough weapons even the 82-BM-41 mortar can
Cjayd"w" a devastating bombardment. ~~~ ~~~
82·BM·41 B2·BM·41
mortar mortar
MORTAR PLATOON

Ut
Command Rifle team

cavalry limbers and mount me Command Rifle

as Cavahy for +5 points for me company. -.uu
G""
A GUllrdryskiy KIIZIlcbiy Regimmtai Gun Compllny IIIrS the
Horse Artiiiny specillL ruu (sre pllge 118 ofthe rufrbook).

1
GVARDEY$KIY KAZA(HIY
, REGIMENTAL GUN COMPANY
A Gllardryskiy KllZllchiy RrgimrntllL Gun Company may
make Combat Attachments to Mounted Gllardryskiy The brave men of the regimental gun company are always
ready for combat. They ride into the fray, ready to unlimber
KaZllchiy Compllnies or Dismounud Gllardryskiy KtlZllchiy
Companies. at any moment to knock out dug-in heavy machine-guns or
clear our anti-rank gu ns.

~I
 Replue up 10 1M T·34 ..... 1942 ...... .,;m T·34I85
obr 1943 tanks for -t 30 poinu per tank.
Upgrod< oil T·34 ob, 1942 10 hove Cupow Co,
+10 points for the company.
Mount SMG Tank Escorts on aU T-J4 tanks for
wok.

industriOUS~~;~~~~~~~~~~~
advantage
the avtr the fudm who
Our Cossacks being able to
mey will crush our enemies in massive assaults.
Now that we have the T·34/85 abr 1943 even me.
armoured tanks of [he fascists will not save them as
• Arm any or all M4 tanks with .SO wM MG for cower from our mighty hordes.
+5 points per tank.
OUf foreign allies have not forgotten MOther
• Replace up 10 five M4 tanks with M3s (M3 I..ee) have provided us with their suppon. These tanks the
ranks for -5 points per tank. Sherman, M3 Lee, and the Valentine fI and VIII.
Mount SMG Tank Escorts on aU M3 or M4 tanks for
wok.
weUonce true Soviet pauiots lake th,<e':m~i~n~,~oo':;!:J
the Sherman lacks in style and grace is
the men of the glorious Red Army.

• Replace any or a1l Mark III (Valentine II) tanks with

Mark III (Valentine VUI) tanks at no cost.
 Ut ~~
Command Rifle team Observer Rille team

Observer Rifle team for + 15 points.

~llllll
120-PM·38
~llllll ~
12{)·PM-J8
cavalry limbers and mount the Command RiOe
mortar mortar "
Obsener Rifle teams as Cawlry for ... 5 poi.J;J.ts for ~llllll ~. ~llllll
120·PM·38 120-PM -38
mortar mortar

.
~
~%;~:::~::~~: of 120-PM-38 heavy monars will force the
cowards out of their foxholes securing almost certain
':;;'w" for our Cossack heroes to move in and take me
ob-
, "'";,;,, When heavy artillery is out of range or unavailable ~llllll
lW-PM-38
~ ~llllll
120-PM-38
~
mighty Red Army can rely on these heavy mortars to mortar mortar
a steady unforgiving bombardmem. MORTAR PLATOON

GVARDEYSKIY KAZACHIY
HEAVY MORTAR COMPANY
-- - ---

Ut ~t~t ~. . H
Command Staff learn
Rifle team

- -"t..U."- - ~w."-
~I 01".,,., R.i8c team for + 15 points.
cavalry W3S0n and limbers. and mount the
RiBe and Observer Rille teams as CavaJry
76mm ZIS-3 fie ld gun

- r.t..U."- -
---,....
76mm ZIS·3 field gun

Ui4"-
r•.
76mm ZIS·3 field gun 76mm ZIS·3 field gun
A Gvardeyrkiy Kazachiy Artillery Bourry uses the Hom
Artillery special mIl 011 page 118 ofthe rulebook.

I that fascists are cowards and men withom honour

only way to deal with them is to blow rhem off the face 76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS -3 field gun
earth and the men of the Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy artH-
this task to great results. OUf 76mm Z 15-3 ~-.
guns not only provide our glorious army with anillery
;r,\i£"II;,
provide devastating ami-tank abilities. ll1e men of - -"t..U."-
76mm ZIS·3 fie ld gun
- r..r
r t.~H
_ftA
76mm ZIS-3 field gun
Z15-3 field guns would perform either function often
~,....
'oc ". themselves defending the from line for the glory of
Russia. "".~.
GVARDEYSKIY
- KAZACHIY
-
ARTILLERY
--
BATIALION
 Mt ~@'9
Command PI I eilr Supply
2 S,lppc r Platoons Pioneer Rifle team av IV \ ayr'l
1 S,lppcr Pl.ltoon HQ SECTION

Mount aU Pioneer Rifle teamI u CcvaIry for

.. 20 points per Sapper Platoon. Pioneer
Rifle team

Need to fix a bridge Navigate a minefield? Secure certain PilJneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
victory over [he fascist cowards? Our heroic Soviet Pioneers Rille team Rille team Rif le team Rille team
will do it all for the glory of Mmher Russia. ~)~ ~)~. ~)~ ~)~.
111e heroic and brave men of the pioneer companies strive Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Rille team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
constandy (0 perform and exeeute their tasks to ben er the
great Red Army. No job is too small, no sacrifice is too big.
to 1nfl.1ot casualties upon assaulting Soviet tanks ...
You must field one company from each box shaded black and may field one company or platoon
from each box shaded grey.
A PartlzansklY Brigada may take support compames or platoons from Red Army (marked ),
Guards (marked ), or unmarked optIOns

ANTI-TANK

~~
PartlzansklY Gun "
Company
 The Byelorussiall Partisalls were /oostly organised with Ollly very basic trainillg. While tbe
Red Army supplied rom .. officers to orgallise tllt/n, the majority were Bye/oruISian parriof!,
lIatiOlllllim and Jarmers. With over 300,000 men under Ilrms at the tim e oj Operatioll
Bagration, tlu Byelorussian partisans prolled so htlpjul ill Operatioll Bagratioll thar they
were often referred 10 as the Fourth Byelonmian From. A Partiumskiy Brigada is Confident Conscript.

PODPOLKOVNIK
PODPOLKOVNIK

Rut.lllOlI IlQ

Company Command
ttt
2iC Command Banalion
Aifle team Aifleteam Komissarteam
Mortar PI,1I0UII
S<1ppcr PI.I[OUII
.- BAITALION H

OPTION

......
• Add up to three SaIpct tau:qJ for ...SO poinU per

The number of PartiZiUlskiy Brigada (Pardsan Brigade) grew

significantly in 1943 as the Red Army went on the offensive.
flit
,
steam A
P
•
Organised by the Red Army they played a significant role
in 1944 disrupdng German supply and communications.
Once lhe Red Army smashed through German Army Group p" p

Centre in July 1944 many parrisan groups were swept along

with the armoured breakthrough forces and were pressed into
1~:R~'I~"~'~"!"~'~~R~,"~'~"~'~m~
action as infantry reinforcements.
Byelorussia was the perfect place to fight an effective guerrilla
war. Swamps and heavily wooded areas covered most of the
count ryside, providing excellent hiding and ambush loca-
tions. This terrain advantage permitted the local panisam to
plan and execute attacks almost with impunity deep within
Nazi-()(;cupied territory.
Stavka used the partisans to gather intelligence and occasion-
ally strike lightly defended infrastructure targets such as rail
PARTIZANSKIY BRIGADA HQ
PARTISAN AMBUSH
Partisans would lie in wait fo r unsuspecting ,""" ;,,,. 11
concealed positions and launch their surprise attacks at
last moment.
When defending in a Mission with the Prepared
PositiollS speciaL rule a Partizonskiy Brigada may deploy
II Partizanskiy Company in Immediate Ambush (see the

yards, railroad tracks, supply depots, garrisons and marching
formations.
Throughout the spring and early summer of 1944, the
Byelorussiall partisan movemem visited havoc upon the logis-
tics cemres, security forces and even front line combat units
of Army Group Centre. These disruptions gready hampered
G erman efforts to hold off the Soviet offensive to come. To
counter these distractions, a full six German security and
police divisions were stationed in Byelorussia to face the
th reat posed by local partisan fervour.
rulebook) in additiorl to any AmbltSh deployment that
may be aikwed by the Mission played. The Immediate
Ambushing platoon must be taken from the platoons that
are to be deployed on table during depwymem.
OUR LAND
If there was one thing the panisans knew well
coun tryside they fought in. They always had an escape
through well-scouted forest paths and could move
via these hidden

BREAKTHROUGH FORCES IlIflmtry and Man-packed Gun teams from Partizomkiy

During Operation Bagration Soviet regular forces would Brigada HQ Combat and Wellponr Companies oj a
often overrun the area operations of the Partisans. The Soviet Partizamkiy Brigada treat Slow and Difficult Going
forces would then unite and fight together. as CroIS-COllntry terrain, allowing them to maZIe at the
double.
In missiow that have Reserves oJany type (Reserves, Scattered
Reservl'i, Delayed Reserves, etc.) Corps Support Companies
in a Partizamkiy Brigada must be held in Reserve.
 IlL' K...,;..u ream for -t 15 poinu.
IlL' "Iok,im HMG team for +20 poinu. M)~ M)~
Rifle team Rifle team
up to 3 Rifte teams with PTRD anti·[ank
M)~. ~~.) M)~. ~~.)
Rifle team Rille team Rifle team Rifle team
:~j", ,,d, Stalin ordered the forming of Partisan bands to ~)~. ~~.) ~)~. ~~.)
dIe invaders in occupied areas. A PartiZdnskiy Otryad
Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle learn
number anywhere bcrween 200 and 1000 fighters .
parry, workers, soldiers and peasants have combined ro ~~.) M)~. ~~.)
resistance units to work behind the lines to strike blows Rifle team Rifle learn Rifle team Rifle team
,,,.j,,,, rhe invader's war effort. ARTISAN PLATOON PARTISAN PLATOON

~
S:~;::i:,:;were organised into brigades in 1942, but smaller
units of 75-150 men carried Out sabotage and raid
at night, and usually from ambush posicions.

Rille team Rille team Rifle team Rifle team

PARTISAN PLATOON
PARTIZAN$KIY COMPANY

Command Rifle team

HQ SECTION

".';~:;::~",~P~artisans requ ire heavy supporc co keep the

~ ~A
~I
82·BM-41 mortar B2-BM-41 mortar
down while [hey carry ouc cheir mission. The
Army were also able to supply 82-BM-41 mortars to the ~H, ~~A ~ ~A ~H,
forces TO aid them during their raids. 8Z-BM-41 82·BM-41 82-BM·41 82·BM·41
mortar mortar mortar mortar
 Ut
Command Rifle team

'Wi!iiiii+
The Red Army supplies heavy weapons for the Partisans to
use in their snuggle against the fascists. Among the weapons .w~~ .w~~
Maksim HMG Maksim HMG
air dropped in are Maksim heavy machine-guns.

.. ~

PARTIZANSKIY SCOUT· PLATOON lEYTENANT

PLATOON
HQ. Section with: oiI.~;
1 SUlLI! Squa{1- Command SMG team
• I S~()\lt Squ.uJ

fOIl,. foru ""'1 Mt CII1ItIda mMr tINm 01U Seout

P£fttHIn, eum It btu . .,.. t"-1nU Au1iz4ru1t;y
Otryd SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

A Pflrtizanskiy Scout Platoon is 1/ InfiffTntion Platoon. 1hey

PARTIZANSKIY SCOUT PLATOON
may lnjiltrnu a Partizamkiy Compnny. su tilt Infiltration
rules on page 250 oftlJe rokbook.
A P"rtiulr1skiy Scout Platoon is rated tl$
Veteran.
PartiZilnskiy SeoUl Plntoons are an exception to the Centralised
Control speciaL ruk. 7hey Opmltl' as a nonnal platoon.

Scouts and paratroopers were dropped or infiltrated

Pnrtizanskiy Scout Platoons are ReconnllimlrJa Platoom. enemy lines to aid [he partisans with training and ,,,,,,,.Ji.t
skills.

~;
Command Rifle team

1 ~6mrn uhr 191~

OPTION
4~\"~_~ 4l\A.~_~
• Add horsc.-drawn limbers for +5 points for cbe Goo GO"
oompaoy.

Sometimes allti-partisan forces deploy tanks and armoured

M
Horse-drawn Imber H, ,,,~
cars against the defenders of mother Russia. These obsolete
vehicles are onen slow and easily defeated with rhe light and
41\JI.H 4!1ll~
GO" GO"
mobile 45mm obr 1937 anti-tank gun .
The heaviest suppOrt weapons available (0 the partisans was M
Horse·drllwn lImber H,
~.
the 76mm obr 1927 infantry gun. This gun was light enough
ANTI TANK PLATOON ANTI TANK PLATOON
to be kep t up with small and mobile partisan forces when
needed some ex plos~ve hitting
-" ;,0,,;: _ ...." - _ " " '. . . . . . . . . . .' - _. . .
 i the army had de;,,;;;:;~' 2r~::~::~
!ii• • ::~~~,~I:~ Bagration had fulfilled their obllwl",. 350,000 men. They had
- aJl of Byelorussia and liberated Minsk. and regained over 200,000
The Soviets found themselves overrunning, encircling, and
engulfing the Feiiaplarz (fortified) cities of eastern Poland.
First Kove! (6 Nly), the n ~aranovichi (8 July) and Vilnius
One byone thi: 'Fesurp/atz .ciries had fallen, bur d;:'~:~::;:,~
a heavy price. An estimated 40% or the 185 Soviet
(13 july) fell to the Red Army. Bartles at Pinsk (14 July), of2 .5 million men and 6, 100 armoured vehicles fel!
Grodno (14 July) , and Lublin (24 July) signalled more Soviet
victories. Finally, Lvov (26 July), Bialystock (27 July), and
Brest (28 July) succumbed to the Soviet onslaughL

On 18 July, with renewed vigour and fresh ' forces from the
Ukraine, the First Byelorussian From released the final blow of
Operation Bag radon. Directed to suike im o Poland before the
Germans could establish a defensive line on the Visrula River,
the Soviet 8 th Guards Army under Marshal Chuikov together
with the Soviet 2n.l Tank Army raced northwards. Their target
was norrheast of Warsaw where the great bend in the Vistula
met the Narew Rive r. Securing a b~idgehead here could cut off
all German forces in East Prussia.
The XXXIX Panzerkorps and IV SS-Panzerkorps were unleashed

i ~~~~~~~~=~~~~~~~~~~===~i
Gmera'der Pflllurtruppm .
von Vormann
on
goalI was
August 10 hit the vanguard of the 2 nd Tank Army. Their
to prevent the Soviets from gaining their bridgehead
over the Narew. The batrle raged for nearly ten days and when
the smoke clears d the Soviet 3..J Tank Corps~of the 2"" Tank
Army was encircled and severely mauled . The 8'h Guards T.1nk
Herbert Gille Corps of the 70,h Army suffered similarlosses at the hands of
the rwo SS Panzer divisions in an effort [0 break through to
their comrades. ll1e lead elemems of Operation Bagralion had
finally been haired. After six weeks of retreat the Germans could
finally their breath and rearm their bawired forces. ,
 In meir dash to rhe Narew River, Marshal
Army began an assault across the
of Warsaw. The Germans moved
19. Panzerdivision to
the bridgehead. Additional Soviet forces,
I" Polish Army, were immediately pushed
to expand . the bridgehead. Fierce fighting
On 1 August 1944, the Polish Home Army. consisting of
numerous factions of partisan fighters. rose up against their
overlords. Their hopes ofimmcdiate help from the Red Army
never materiali7.(:d as German counterattacks east of the
Visrula River and Stalin's indifference [0 the British-hacked
Polish government in exile left the Polish Home Army to
fend for itself.

~
~;~~r:~~;~:i;:~~;
hca.,vy August andHowever,
casualties. September,
meyandmanaged
the Soviets
ro
Gmeralfoldmarschn/i Model believed the uprising to be an
S5 matter and refused to send regular German army troops
t~ei r' vital. toehold on the west bank. ~
into the city. This task was left to the SS security forces'
Still funher 50mh along the Vistula River another bridgehead no[Orious units.
,
",developed. The Soviet First Ukrainian Front had been ham"
mering its way through Army Group North Ukraine si.nce Himmler's anti-guerilla expert. B:"~~:~::~::;;r;~i,
Kaminsky Brigade and the criminal
mid-July. By 29 July, they had crossed the Visrula near me
into Warsaw to ruthlessly crush me Polish freedom" fil;r"~'-':'~
town of Sandomierz. where the Germans counteranared.
The Soviet I" Polish Army tried ro tclieve' their
4. Pnnzerannee wim ten German divisions, three Hungarian were haired east o(Warsaw by German cO"","""""k',
divisions, sjx as~ault gun battalions and 501. Schwere
The uprising fesulted in abour 22,OOQ Polish Hc,m" 'A,';y :'
Pnnurnbui!ung1.vith the Ile'f Tiger II heavy ranks rushed to
casuaJti~s, between J 20.000 and 100.000 civilian d~ths,
eliminate the Sapdomierz. bridgehead. In bitter figh cing. the
and over 26,000 ,German casualries. Over 85% of [he dry
Red .ru"my heltF1nd ~cured 'lnother bridgehead acro~ Jhe
\vas destroyed. WarSaw ~rac[ically ccased ro exist.
Visru{a. With bc)th' sides n oW" totally exhausted, O'pe~tiQn ,
Bagrationpm"e. to an el).d in Octob~r 1944. ." ~ ...
German
 Red Army had pushed the Germans and Romanians
of the southern Ukraine by March 1944. This put them
on the doorstep of Romania. The Soviets next moved into
Transnistria, a former Soviet area herween the Dnestr and
Bug Rivers, wh ich had been under Romanian administration
1941. The Soviets broke through the German positions
in the nOrlh of Transnistria and rhe Romanians withdrew
e~("'co" the Dnestr into Basarabia with little or no figl;tting.
In early April a new offensive was ordered by Suwkll (Soviet
high command) to break the Axis defences in Northern
Romania. The Second and Third Ukrainian Fronts were
to attack and take the cities of I~i Uassy) and Chi~inau
(Kishinev) and advance deeply into Romanian territory
towards the oil fields at Ploiqti and the Romanian capital
Bucharest.
FIRST IASI-CHISINAU OFFENSIVE
As the Second Ukrainian Front moved through Transnisrria
and into Basarabia they encountered only light resistance.
However, the Germans and Romanians had been preparing
defences for the oncoming Soviet attack. By 5 Api;] the
Second Ukrainian Front had crossed the Dnestr and Prut
Rivers and were approaching the Axis defences. A shock
group consisting of the 27,h and 40,hArmies supporced by the
• Towns
Soviet Attacks
 advanced on Targu Frumos (40km125 miles
" ""' 01' 1.,1 o n 8 April. The 52nd Army and the 6 th TankArmy
advanced towards Ja~i in a diversionary attack designed to
German armoured rese rves away from TIirgu Frumos.
However, the advance was slow due ro the water-Jogged
,,j<ro'=o caused by the rasplltilStJ (rainy season),
Defending the area was the Romanian Fourth Army.
Two rine divisions of the 27 th Army assaulted Targu
Frumos, overwhelming the Romanian defences. However,
the Germans quickly responded and dispatched the
GroHdeutrchland Panurgrmadit rdivision to H.rgu Frumos ro
l ,'i{" ~F"U" the town. 48 hours afrer receiving the initial order
April), the Grtmdrotschlalld division had sufceeded
retaking the town and establishing a new defence. The
27'" Army continued to anack in an aHempt to encircle the
" .Germans until 12 April.
With the attack on TIrgu Frumos beaten back the Second
Ukrainian Front redirected the 2nd Tank Army tOward the
village of Podu iJoaiei, 25km (15.5 miles) northwest of l~i.
The 2nd Tank Army das hed with the Romanian I" Armoured
Division just south of Podu lloaiei who were able to hold off
Sovier tanks for a day, giving time for German panzers
,.,r:_•.. ,..• and drive the Soviets back.
second battle soon developed at Targu Frumos as the
6'hT:lnk.f;o rps of the 2nd Tank Army attempted ro dear the
~••~::;~,:~ from their posirions, A series of engagements and
I, actions were fougnr between 2 and 4 May. However,
I:~ ;~':~:;~:,;' 'Grossdt
resistance and determined counterattacks by the
utscbland, Division and 24. Pilnu rdivision
held off-the Red Army aHacks. During the battle, Hasso .:0n
,
, commander' of rhe Grossdtutschumd Division,
the new Soviet IS-2 heavy rank, 'It was a
to find thar, :l[rhough my;;rigers began ro hit them at
range of 3,000 metres, our shells bounced off, and did nor
I~,y"n"""'h,'m until we had dosed to half thar distan,ce.'
r~~~~~~~i:~; ~~~positions
second battle offirgu Frumos, the Ger~ans
esrablished during the firs t barde.
. f~f' Romania and Hungary, the 6'h G uards
one of the key armoured formations of the
~<ond ~ yrh" n",'" Front. It included the yh Mechanised
(I~tq 9'" Guards Mechanised Corps) and Sth Guards
"",m .••·,,"
,
GllardsTank Army was in almost continuous combat
the Winier of, 1943 ro the Spring 1944. It rook>' part in
the encirclc:nent of Germans forces during operations across
the O nestr River.
As the mobile group of the SecQnd Ukrainian Front It t~ok
part III [he ll4i-ChJ~inau Operation that knocked Rqrnama
out of the Axis before heading to the frontiers of Hting.ary.
For its part in the crossing of the Dnestr rhe 5'b Mecl-knlsed
Corps qecame the yh DnesrrovrkiklJ Mechanised Corps.
, the Danube. 1hey attacked through tht hills and mbuhrai~s ·
The corps was nono ured with the Guards tirle Jll Seprember
. . ' d. 1-..
1944 fo r Its parr In the defeat of RomanIa a11 Jr became t'Je
9'h Gu,ards>Mechaniscii Corps, the [ast Mechanised Cor~ to ,
1>< ,o,honoured sluring ~he.wa;.
, the·encirclement of rhe city.'
I "
SECOND iASI'CHISINAU OFFENSIVE
After [he setbacks of the April to June offensive rhe Soviets
set about planning a more coordi nated offensive on the
German and Ro manian defences. This time borh the Second
and Third Ukrainian Fronts would be utilised and rhe arrack
would develop as twO pincers wrapping around Ia~i and
Chi§inau. Another factor in favo ur of the second offensive
was the mdVemenr of much of the German armour north
cluri ng 'the Summer.
On 20 August the Second Ukrainian Front broke through
north of I~i and the Third Ukrainian Front anacked out
of its bridgehead across the Dnestr near Tiraspo[ towards
Chi§inau. llle assault led to the double envelopment of
tile German Sixth Army and pans of the Eighth Army. The
German-Romanian from line collapsed wirh in twO days of
the start of the offensive, and Soviet 5'h Mechanised Corps
(later 9"" Guards Mechanized Corps) was inserted as the
main mobile group of the offensive. By 23 August, rhe main
German armoured force, 13. Pllnurdivisioll, had dissolved
and [he German Sixrh Army was encircled. The Soviet
spearheads had peneualed as deep as 100km (62 mile) imo
the Axis posirions. The Red Army mobile forces CUt off the
retreat of the German formations in[Q Hungary and only
small isolated groups managed to escape the encirclement.
As a consequence of the complete success of the OF""H"'"'~?
the Romanians quickly came to terms with the Union
and joined the war effon on the side of the Allies and the
P[oi~ti oil fields were denied to the Germans. Soviet losses
were relatively [ow considering the size of the operation,
while the twO German armies suffered about 200,000
casualties berween them .
The Red Army was rhen able to advance into Yugoslavia
forcing the rapid withdrawal of the German forces in Greece,
Albania and Yugoslavia to avoid being Cut off. Ir R enrually
led ro the capture of Belgrade on 20 October and opened the
way for an assault on Hungary.
During the Battle of Debrecen the 9'h Guards Mechanised
Corps played a secondary role to [he Pliev Cavalry Mechanised
Group, which acted as [he exploitarion force probing ahead
of the main forces. During the bartle, [he corps auacked
Nagyvarad on 2 October to draw artemion away from the
P[iev Group.
After the Germans had been pushed back to the Tisza R.i~er
beyond Debrecen at the end of October the 9'h 'GuardS'
Mechanised Gorps finally got to rest and refit. Th-ty"ph,,",;
rheir old 75mm gun Emcha tanks with n';~:6~~;~:IT,,~:':
ra nks (M4A2 Sherman - pronounced, Em-cha
looks like a R,,llssian letter U-cha).
They were pushed back into action in december [cadin!
the way during the nonhern thrust towards Budapest and
to the., north of Budapesr, raking [o wn afrer ~own. The, lead
I f h 6,h G rd T: k A · To
~menrs 0 ~ e ' f"~a d s an ;~yOrner u~ with 1S' TQJlk
rps non e;lSt 0 u apest on· ecem er to complete-
. ./
 cowplcre victory of the Red Army over the Romanians
Germans following the I~i-Chi~inau offensive left
w:ly open for the Soviets to immediately move on
~ ]'l "".""" Hung-dry became an important target for the
Soviets to its status as the Germans' laSt ally and as an
important supplier of oi\. While Red Army forces marched
across Romania the Hungarians had launched an offensive
lnto Romanian Transylvania in a vain attempt to seize the
C" p,uh'", Mountain passes before the Soviets. However,
.", ~om''' ' ''" troops were able to slow them enough to allow
rapidly movi ng Soviet forces to arrive in Transylvania and
rhe arrack to the Germans and Hungarians. By October
the Hungarians were pushed out of Transylvania and were
., retiring into Hungary.
The Red Army launched a massive offensive on 6 October
aimed towards the Hungarian Ciry of Debrecen . In just
three days, despite German counterattacks, Soviet forces had
advanced as much as 50 miles (80 km) in some sectors.
.'I'i;J'D'(At~<;E ON THE T ISZA RIVER
Getman and Hungarian forces on the: TUB the Soviets
'pl,i ~,,,,,1 ~o Cut them off in eastern Hungary before they
,
cross the'Tisza River. The Soviets launched attacks on
October ~o cut-off the withdrawing German Eighth Army
Hungarian Fits[ and· Second Armies. Fighting centred
....
. n the:'city
. . . .. . and along the River.
The Axis troops held on to Debrean until 20 October.
Red Army troops dashed with Germans and Hungarians
in heavy street-fighting, while mobile trOOps by-passed the
city. The Soviet Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group thrust
past Debrecen into the rear of the German Eighth Army
and captured the town of Nyfregyhaza on 22 October. The
Germabs counterattacked on 23 October with armoured
forces and from the norrhwest with mixed armour and
infantry. The German thrust threatened to CUt off the mobile
force and they were forced to withdraw towards Debrecen.
Nyiregyhiza was recaptured on 29 October. The Germans
had bought enough time for their troops to withdraw,across
the Tina. The Red Army's next target was the Hungarbn
capita!, Budapest.
TO BUDAPEST
Further south along the Tisza a Soviet offensive was launched
on 29 October against the Hungarian Third Army. Newly
formed and pardy trained the Hungarians quickly broke
before rhe Soviet onslaught and Kecskemer was captured bn
31 Ocmber opening up a southern approach m Budapest.
Remembering the: near desrrucrion of rhe Pliev C,,,],,y-T
Mechanised Group at Nyiregyhaza, the Soviets made
their spearheads were not overexposed and protected
flanks from potential German counteranacks .
 · fn the north, bridgeheads were eSlablisned across the T isza
and by early November the Soviet 7'h G uards Army had
taken Cegled and advanced to wirhin iO miles (16 km)
of Budapes t. The Soviets began to prepare for an offensive
.-a much broader front in early November. In itially the
i!1;r::~:" of the figh.t ing was carried by the Second Ukrain ian
, bui they were joi ~ed from the south by the '1?i rd
Ukrainian From, which had taken Belgrade in Yugoslavia'On
19 OctOber. The Second' Ukrainian From, which included
, I
Rom;inians, was east lm d no rtheast of Budapest.
7 November the Third I.Jkrainian From began its
on the H ungarian capital and by 8 December, in
deterio rating weather conditions, they were in slriking
,*t<!;'c"", 01' ",.k, Balaton-Lake Velence line. . launched a full scale assault on the city on 25 December, bm
Ukrainian Front launched a major offensive on
~§i1W'","R,,;"" n"~," ,"o>nl<" than expected, forci~g
fi ght for every inch of ground. They 'finally
M;Skbli' on 4 Deceml1er. The Second Ukrainian Front
pushed intd the Marra Hills, northeast of Budapest.
5 ; D~e mbe r, the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group,
G uard; Tank Army, and 7,h Guards Army attacked in
HarVari sector, at the junction of the German Sixth
Eightht\Imies, The area, defended by three German
~;, ;, ; " n '" was hit by over 500 Soviet tanks and assault guns
the fi rst day. The Soviets punched through the frllntlines
and d rove ~rm our through the gaps. The advance halted in
the southwest outskirts of Budapest on 8 December. The 6tl!
I' Guards Tank Army the n thrust north of Budapest and into
the Barzsonyi H ills on II December.
On 20 December the 6 th Guards Tank Army crushed the
German 357. Infonuridivision and sped south oUl:},f the
Barzsanyi Hills past lpolysag. The Third Ukrainian Fro m
attacked nort~ on both sides of Lake Velence. The jaws of
the trap closed on 24 Decel1;lber. The 18'" Tank Corps of the
Th ird Ukrain ian Fro m and the vanguards of me 6,h Guards
Tank Army of~th.e. S"econ'd Ukrai nian Front linked uE. at
Esz(ergom and Budapest Was enci rcled,
r ,
STORMING BUDAPEST
Budapest was defe nded by 33,000 German and 37,000
Hungarian trOOps. The city straddled the Danube River,
with the hilly suburbs of Buda on the western side and Pest
occupying the eastern bank.
Through December the Soviets made many attempts to
penetrate into the city. They selected sectors held by the '
Hungarians because Germany's allies tended to be less well
equipped . However, Hungarian and German counterattacks
threw back many of the Soviet thrus ts.
They had formed a tight ring arou nd the city by 10 December
and began.. to pound it with heavy artillery. The Soviets
defenders fie rcely fo ught for each inch of ground .
Gains were made on 28 December and on 30 December Red
Army units broke through Hungarian lO th Infantry D ivision
lines near Garnor. The Soviets and Romanians pressed the
defe nces and by 31 December they had German HOOpS
pushed back to within half a mile of the Danube.
Between 31 December and 15 January the Red Army made
a series of concerted attempts to throw the Axis forces OUt of
Pest. Massive artillery barrages were unleashed followed by
infantry assaults. Each time the Germans and Hungari~ s
were forced to shorten their lines, decreasing the defensive
pocker. Axis Forces in Pest withdrew across the Da~ube
Buda on 16 January.
Fighting continued with savagery and on 5 Fdo,"",".
Soviets rook their first hill in the west of Budai
tightening their hold on the dec reasing po~ke[. The end ·
very near.
ll1e Germans and Hungarians made a breakout on IDO'''g'" :,1
of 11 February,
, bm it was quickly spotted , by
observers and the lead elements were slaughtered under
heavy artillery fire . .A second wave did Htde better. Variolls
groups made it our in small numbers, but the majority were
, f· '
 """" ' ::: raken prisoner. On 13 February rhe Soviets
tOo k the remaining defenders' surrender.

I 'cady December 1944, the 30,h RiAI' Corps, of the

G uards Army, Second Ukrainian Front consisted of three
!
d ivisions, 25'k Guards Rifle Division, and the lSI " and
155'h Rifle Divisions. They were committed to the assault on
Budapest on 12 December.
D uri ng the heavy meet fighting through the northwest
I , !ul,u,b, ,oflB",j ,,>w, the divisions utilised many of the tactics
use,d in Sralingrad and since refined. They organised
' '" '",." rifle bartalions into integraTed assault groups.
HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION MEDAL
Each of t hese groups was organised around three COTe
components: the assault group of submachine-gun infantry. Dmitri] Low fought d'lring (he Hungarian campaign as a
support group made up of infamry and sappers armed company commanda. During February and March 1945
with small arms and heavy weapons selected depending on he fought into western Hungary ajia Ihe foIL of Budaptst.
the situa tion, and finally, a reinforcement group [0 provide Low wai promoud 10 Guards Caplflin and look command
further inf.1ntry, sappers, and heavy weapons as needed. of a IfInk battalion of the 4(}h Guards Tank Brigade. He
would be latrr awarded the Hero oftilt Sovin Union for hif
would destroy obstacles with explosives, and guns exploits auring the Battlr for Vienna whae the Slh Guards
be u~ed [0 knock out stubborn resistance holed up in Mec/Jtlniud Corps took {[l(((ding role.
positions or buildings. The battalion w<.mld provide
groups Of fi Ac companies as further
to the successful assault.

October 1944 Loza's company fought around Debreeen
his ,&rigade was finally rested and re-equipped during
q,~:~;:;::;~:; They had their 75 mm gun armed 'Emcha' tanks
~ wl~? new 76mm 'Emcha' (M4A2 Sherman) tanks.
,»,,"'0, jan \lary 1945 Lotds battalion was involved in flerce
;" ;,~~;;;p,4:5!un no(th of Budapest. The corps was holding off
. by German armdured forces to relieve the besieg.ed
city. N depury comman d~ r of the 1" Tank Battalion Loza was
made corqmander of a forward detachment. It consisted of his
! company, twO platoons of rank-riders and me ZSU M 17
J.MG'~C self-propelled anti-aircraft guns of the battalion.
howling snowsrorm in me small hours of7 januar(' Loza
his derachmenr slammed imo the Axis lines tllrough
, minefiel4 using a path cleared by sappers. Loza and his
any Perdovoye Otryad (page 104) or
Tankovy Batalon (page 138) and replaces
or M4 76mm tank,in an Inomarochnikiy
for an additional +80 points.
IhI COMMAND , Hm and Chicks speciaL rule, but the plnyrr may choose to
Loza was often left in charge of (he battalion during me
fighting in Hungary.
Gvardeyskiy Kapitlln Dmitriy LoUl may tIIke Company
Morale Checks as ifhe wert! the Company Command uam
if the Company Command team is Dntroyed.
SPETSNAZ LOZA
When Loza'; oatralion called for a Forward Detachment to
be formed (or aspecial miss:on Lou was always selected.
LOM is an Infiltration pwtoon. LOM may "!fiLtrau
Inomarochnikiy Tankovy Company.
defence and
,h,uullh the gash ripped
in the German lines. Working in close conjunction tile
Tankod~sanllliki infantry and EmclIa tanks quickly overcame
the German defenders and pushed deep in to the reat of rhe
defences. The lighrning breakthrough was completed w ""u ,'~
Lods detachment over ran an artillery battery located in an
old brickworks after a short, but vicious, fire fight.
The corps struck west on the northern bank of the Danube,
a move mat ultimately would bring German Operation
Konrad I to an end. The fighting continued into western
Hungary. [n March Loza was promoted to Guards Captain
and took command ofrhe I" BanaHon. He was later made
a Hero of the Soviet Union for his exploits during the battle
for Vienna. He completed the war in the far east crushing
the Japanese army in Manchuria. After the war he had a
distinguished career as an instructor, researcher and author.
Lods experience and high initiative gave him a good feel for
[he batdefield, the enemy's plans and how to deploy against
them. It also him the confidence to act
T/g Hen and Chicks speciaL rukdoes not apply to LoZi/. The
mt of his bwmaroclmikiy Tankovy Company stili obey tbe
ignore movemelll by LOM. Ifthey do not, then the Hm and
Chicks special mle applies as normal.
EMCHA GUNNER
Loza had nothing" but praise for the Sherman's M 1
gun and bel ieved in getting as many shots off as he and ~~
could.
The M3 75mm or M J 76mm gun of LOZilf M4 or
76m m tank lIas ROF 3 whtn sffltioflilry fm d ROF 2 when
EXPLOITATION FORCE
Soviet assault doctrine reserved the tank brigades for
exploitation rather than getting used up in costly break-
through attacks. Once the breakout was accomplished
by the heavy tanks and infantry, lhe tankmen charged
thought he gap and forward umil rhey could go no
further, always attacking anything in the way.
An /lIomllrochnikiy Tal/kovy Batatoll AlwllY' AUllcks (su
257oft"r rulebook).
 After many heroic deeds during the winter fighting at Korsun, then the advance to the Dnestr
River, the assault on Romania at lilii and the early battles on the Hungarian Plain, the
5,1> Mechallised Corps Ulas flll)arded the Guards tirle to become the 9 h Guards Mechanised
Corpi in September 1944, An InomarodmikiJ Tankovy Batalon of the g h Guards
Mechanised Corps is raud Fearless Trained.

HEADQUARTERS
PODPOlKOVNIK

M4 (M1A2 SIH~rm.lIl)
Company Command
M4 ""6111111 (MiA2 Slu:rman) lank

OPTIONS
• Arm M4 or M4 76mm tank wim .50 cal AA MG for
+5 points.
• Mown a SMG Tank Escon on the Company
Command tank for + 10 points.

Many Guards units have (he honour of being armed with
Inomllrodmikiy (foreign - pronounced, in-o-ma-roch-nik-iy)
tanks, the 3JIl Gvardeyskiy MeciJanizirovllnniy Korpus
(3',) Guards Mechanised Corps) and the ~Il GvardryskiJ
MrchllnizirovanniJ Koprus (9,b Guards Mechanised Corps)
among them. After months of imensive training we Emcha
tankers (Lend-lease M4 Sherman tank - pronounced, Em-
cha, because a 4 looks like the Russian letter 4 -cha) are ready
to play our part in crushing the fascist dogs. A new offensive is
under way and the 3JIl Gvardeyskiy Mechanizirovllnniy Korpus
and ~Il GVllrdeyskiy Mechlmizirovanniy Koprus both
their tank brigades to plough through the broken d:'I:::;~~
the Germans, destroyed by the ini dal shock assaultS
the way for the mechanised brigades ro follow.
As a battalion commander of a tankovy batawn it is your
ro drive deep behind the enemy lines and take key oh;",,~
rives before the fascistS can reorgan ise thei r defences. ~
your EmciJll ranks to smash enemy positions once you
close, with fire suppOrt provided by the Vauntina (L""I.I'4<
British Valemine rank) of rhe light tankovy company,
tank guns, assault guns and artillery. Lead yo ur forces with
decoy rank or Spetsnllz platoon and foo l (he gullible
into letting you past their first line of defences;
 or all M4 or M4 76mm tanks with .50 cal

....."S,~G; T,mI1 Escoruon aU tanks for.1O points

American Emeh" is very different from the Soviet built

tank. Ie is higher and not as wide, but the Emehisti like
its reliability and spacious interior.
'c"m",j,,! To get the best OUt of this American beast we
must hunt the German tanks. First we set our Emeha dogs
~ongst the enemy and threaten his fl ank armour. The
fascislS will become confused, unable to concentrate thei r
fire . Use these dogs [0 dra w out the mscist wolf, who will be
fo rced to manoeuvre to fi re on thei r Soviet tormenters. Next
the hunters arrive, more Emcha or Vaf~nti"a ranks, and they
kill the exposed wolf while he has manoeuvred to rake on the
dogs. This, com rades, is how we hullt lhe fascist wolf.

~ Nl4 'EMCHA' vs T-34/76

Dimen5ion5 Performance
Weight: 70,2oo1bsl31 ,8ookg Max level road 5p«d: 30mph/48km1h
length: 19""'5.92m Min tuming diameter: 62'/ 19m
Width: 8'7"12.62111 Trench crOising: 90"12.3m
Height: 9'/2.74 In Maximum vertical obstacle: 24"'61 cm
Maximum fording depth: 40"' lm
Armour & Armament Maximum climbing grade: 60%
Armour: 19-58mm
Main Gun: 75mm M3 gun Crew: Five
Armour Penetration: Commander in right turret me
108mm at 200m, 80mm a[ l OOOm Gun ner in right ru rret front
Secondary Armament: loader in left turret rear '
1 x .50 aJ. Browning M2 HB machine Driver in left hull fro nt
gun, 2 x .30 Brown ing M 19 19A5 Assistant driver in right hull from
machine guns

Designatio n: T·34 obr 1942
Hull con.$lruction: Wdded
Engine: Diesel 12.0'1. modd V-2,
500hp
Dimensions Perfonnance
Weight: 68,119IW30,900kg Max level road 5p«d: 33mphl53km1h
length: 21 ' 10·' 6.68m Min turning diameter: 24' 1 I "17.6m
Width, 9' 10· /3m
Trench crossing: 116"/2.9? 111 I~;;J~~
Height: 8'12.4 5m Maximum vertical obstacle: 28"/71cm
Maximum fording depth: 54"/ 1.37m
Armour & Armame.nt Maximum climbing grade: 39%
Armour: 20-45mm
Main Gun: 76.2mm F-34 ran k gun Crew: Four
Armour Penetration: Commande.r/gunner in turret
80mm:l.T 200 m, 58mm at !OOO m Loader in m rret
Secondary Armll.m~nt: D rive r in left hu ll fro nr..
2" 7.62mm DT machine guns Hull machine-gunn er in ri~ht hull '."u..a
 Reliable Valmtilltl tanks come from our Olher ally, the British.
The Stour workers of British industry have built a sturdy and
dependable light tank. It is not as fast as our superior Soviet
machines, but they do have good armour and a good gun for
destroying fascist tanks.
However, it has no machine-gun and we must use it with
~..~~~~~~~c~o~mr~ad;e;S;':Le~
With our own
-<---~~ rheGun
t us compare the American Emcha.
T-34/76 .
The gun of the American SheI'DlB.n and our T-34/76
~ are eqU8.lJy gOOd against soft:. targets. Enemy
infantry and guns tremble before them. However,
the American 75mmM3 gun, liketheBrit1sh6 pdrin
the Valentine, is superior aga.inst armoured targets.
A tribute to the American worker I However, It does
not compare to the 86mm in the new T.34/85.
Reliability
Unlike our workers who must work With the threat
of the fasCists at their door, the American workers
take their time to build their' tanks. Because of
this the Emcha is reliable and has few mechanical
breakdowns.
Climbing
The 6-speed gearbox of the Emcha gives It great
Climbing abWties. The geats are relatively close
together, allowing it to Climb a grad1ent of up to
60%. In comparison the Simple 4-speed gearbox
of the T-34 was built for speed; It doesn't handle
steep slopes well.
.....
Mark III (Valentine Villi
TANKOVY PLATOON
Mark III (Valentine Villi
TANKOVY PLATOON
Height
Some Emcha tankers have reported the She.rma.n
unga.tnJy due to its high centre of graVity.
Reme.m ber comrades, if driving Sideways along a
slope it can sometimes roll over. The T-34 is not
as tall, With a lower centre of gravity, and is less
likely to roll Sideways on steep slopes.
Turning
The American Emcha turns by uSing both
differentials, and can only turn &I'Ollild by moving
forward or backwards and holding one track
stationary. On the other hand our T-34 has a
Superior neutral steel' capabWty. Simply put, the
driver can cause one track to go forward and the
other backward turning the tank &rollild on Its
axis.
In the Snow _
During recent icy cond1tions the EmcM has had
less grtp than the T-34 due to its rubber track
Pads, but clever field improvisa.tion has been
used. Cleats ha.ve been fitted in the field, which
qUlckl,y reSolved this problem. American factory
representatives have been informed.
 ARTILLERY

~l\A
Artillery Batta!lon t
 MOTIVATION AND SKILL
77;( mon reliable find txperirnced sIren fighters are chosen to form special Shrurmovye
Groups (storm or msault grollpS) to take m emy positions during city fighting. 7hry arr thm
rdnforced by skilled speda/im from around the division such sappeN, gunnuT and mortar
ttams. A SlJtllrmollye Bataioll is mud Fearless Trained .

HEADQUARTERS
--
PODPOLKOVNIK
PODPOLKOVNIK

Company Command 2iC Command Banalion

City fighting methods are many and varied. The fighting SMG team SMG team Komissar team
infantry commander has to deal with battles for suburbs, BAnALION HQ
close urban fighting, assaults on fortified houses, buildings '-_ _~~
and other areas the enemy may have turned imo a strong- SHTURMOVYE BAT ALON HQ
poim of their defence.
The SJmmnovye Batalon (storm or assault battalion) is a
reorganised Strtikory Batalon adapted to cope with these
situations as they arise. The composition of the Shturmovye
Groups can be modified to suit the mission.

I
I
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Command
1t
SMG team

.,...U~ .,...U~
SMG leam SMG team

.,...U~ ~)U .,...U~ •

SMG team SMG team SMG team Storm leam
The Reinforcement and Reserve Groups are made up
~ ~
Stonn teams. 7here is no actual !Cam caiied a Storm team.
Instead time can be any ofthe fliiowing types oftrams:

Pioneer SMG team,

o82-BM-41 mortar,

45mm obr 1942 gun,

SMG team

SMG team
SMG leam

SMG team
•
Storm team

Storm team
Storm team

~
Storm team

•
o o
ASSAULT GROUP EINF R EMENT R
oMG uam, • 76mm obr 1927 glln, or

• .,...~)~ .,...~)~
o PTRD anti-fIlnk rifle team, • Heavy Glln teams (ue
below).
o Maksim HMG team, SMG leam SMG team Storm team
Each Shturmoyve Group cannot have more thm four Storm
!Cams oftlu same type. Storm learn
~
Storm team
~
Storm team Storm team
Up 10 four Heavy Gun uams can be takrn. There can be lip RESERVE GROUP
to two tach of the fliiowing teams. SHTURMOVYE GROUP
76mm 21S-3 ami-fIlllk gun, or
A ShtumlOvye Group is III/usual in that Ihe composition
122mm ohr 1938 assault howitzer and SfIlli"m tractor. of the company can challge from game to game. You ml/st
choose the composition ofyour SlOrm Group for each gaml'
Each Henvy Glln repulCes two Storm teams.
bl'gins.
actions of the Shturmovye Group (storm or assaulr
w oup) are shorr, fast and daring. The commander prepares A Shtunnovye Grollp IIUS the Smoke Pots special rule on

;:8 his Shturmovye Group for the mission at hand, tailoring the
-,:t:~':~:;.~; and reserve groups to suit what is needed
the enemy and take the objective .
to
page 161.

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II
II -
II
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 i 10 pOlllts :

190 p01rl1s i
I)) POIIIIs I

M)~ M)~
Add Komissar team for +15 poinu. Rille/MG team Rifle/MG team
• Add Maksim HMG tam &:tr +25 points.
• Replace all Rifle/MG tams whit SMG teams in one
M)~. ~~., ~~.,
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rille/MG team
Rifle Platoon at no c:ost.
~)~.~~., ~)~. ~~.,
While the battalion's SIJlurmovyr Groups lead the artack on Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG learn Rif le/MG team Rifle/MG team
the enemy positions the rest of the Smiki (riAemen) follow
behind as the reserve and ro mop up isolated pockets of
M)~. ~~., ~~.,
Rifle/MG learn Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
resistance .
. The Strefkovy Companies retain all their standard weapons.
Their Mosin Nagant riAes, D P lighr machine-gun and
Maksim heavy machine-guns are ideal for me reserve ~~., ~~.,
where they can provide covering fire for the ~"ul'ing I Rille/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team

Shrunnovye Groups. ~)~. ~~., M)~. ~~.,

Once the Shtunnovye Groups have taken their objective and Rifle/MG team Rille/MG team Rifle/ MG learn Rifle/MG team

have moved on to their next, the Smikovy Company moves I~=~;;;;;;;~ RiFlE PLATOON
forward to take over the captu red ground and prepare [0
defe nd agai nst counterattacks.

LEYTNANT
--

Flame-thrower team
1111
Flame-thrower team

un 1111

A ShturmolJye Fiame-thrower Platoon must makr Combat

AuachmmlS to ShrurmoYlJr Graups, Strtlkovy Companie;,
and Engillur-sapper Companirs with ail of their stctioflI. Ut1
Flame-thrower team Flame -thrower team
Flame-thrower teams may be distributed among any oflhr
abalJe comp'mitS or attached to a single company 1111 1111
 ..11
Command SMG team

scours are outstanding individuals chosen from

the division. Equipped with submachine-guns,
smocks, and even skis in wimer, they arc used SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

J;,:,~~<:,enemy linesi or reconnoitre

:!
before attacks, then either infiltrate l~=~~~~~~~=
routes along which they SHTURMOVYE SCOUT PLATOON
troops forward ro launch a surprise 3nack. ( - : : - : : : : : :-:-: :-::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:"\
A Shturmovy~ Scour
Shturmovy~ Scout Platoons art an t xctption to fhi
Platoon is rdud
Cmtraliu d Control cptdaL rult . 7hry apf rau as a normaL

A Shrum/aryl Scout Platoon is a Infiltration Platoon.

A Shrurmoryl Scout Platoom is a Ruonnaissance P!ntoon. 7hey may lnfiltrau a Shturmoyvl Group or Shturmoyve
Smlkovy Company. See tilt Infiltration rules on page 250
oftht rulebook.

1ft
Command Rifle team

" ()bo..... IUlIe team for + 15 poiDb. 120·PM·38

mortar "
F,m"di,," artillery suppOrt for the ShtunnQIIJ~ Groups
~l'Jtll ""
120·PM·38 120· PM·38
from the 120- PM-38 heavy mortars. mortar mortar

heavy mOrtars are ideal weapons to follow the street

.fr"'<i" 'g infantry into the city. They can be set up in squares
parks to provide heavy fi repower from just a few streets
'.,,"'" f,om the batding Red Army riflemen.
MOTIVATION AND SKILL
Sovin Corp, Support Companili complement the
advancing Romanian and Soviet Armies on thtl, final
victories oller fbe fascists.'
Corps SUfPOrl companies an! tither Rd
(Markrd '1f) mud Confident Trained,
(Marked , ,) raud Fearless Trained. Unmarked
Corps Support Companies can be fielded by both Red Army and Guards armies and havl! thdr iudil/fdua' ratings disployed
with the platoon mfr).

MINE ROLLER TANK OMPANY

PT-34 Idnks equipped with mine rollers use tilt Mbu Flails
and Rollm rule. found on page 226 of tiu rulchook.

7he 517t1t Minero/ler and Flame-Tank Regiment led the

8'h Guards Rifle Corps against the German fortifications.
As such. they an! raud as Confident Trained.

Whrn you deploy your force at tlu $lart of II game, YOIl PT·34
may elect to remove the mine ToluN from any or ali a/your MINE ROLLER PLATOON
PT-34 tanh corll/erfing them into ]:34 obr 1942 tanks. MINE ROLLER TANK COMPANY
- --- - -
 , OT~34/85 and the KV~8s Aame tanks advance on FLAME TANK PLATOON
and trench lines, spew fire, panic the enemy into FLAME-TANK COMPANY
their defences, {hen machine~gun them down and
them beneath {heir cold steel uacks. F"lme~ tank Rrgimmu led attacks against rig Grrman
fortifications. Thry aff rdtrd as Con6dent Trained.
00"-""'" are perfect fOr demoralising [he enemy as they
fl ames into !.heir fo rtifications . Strelkovy and sub~
,fu"d,io" -gun companies rush in to desuoy whatever is left!

TANK KILLER COMPANY

- --- ---

MfO, SU-B5, SU-B5M, and SU-fOO assault guns oflimk

Kilkr Company use thr Cat Killers special ruk on page f60
instead ofthe Volley Fin: special role.

Some assault gun companies are anncd with

killen like the MIO. SU-85 or SU- IOO.
 Command
Rifle team
HQ SECTION

Pioneer
Rifle team

one can build field fortifications like the industrious

~)~ ~)~.
Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Soviet sapper! The strong backs of our sappers can dig Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rif le team

~)~ ~)~. ~)~ ~)~.

. rrenches, clear obstacles, remove mines and, if necessary,
destroy enemy tanks with their explosives.
Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
llle sapper company can be put to work to help dig your Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
infantry into prepared positions or build up your supply
romes_ They can also take on specialised assault tasks with
their explosives.
These are the brave comrades you most want at your side in
Pioneer Rifle team
[he roughest assaulr.s!

Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer

Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team

SAPPER COMPANY

LEYTNANT

-u-u
Flame-thrower learn
-uu
Flame-thrower team

-Utt -UU
Flam(-throw~r Platoons must make Combat Attachmmts
companies with all ofthrir srctions if tiuy are
10 following
Combat or Weapons Companies in your forer:

Smikovy Companies
-U-U
Flame-thrower team
tt-U
Flame-thrower team
Submachine-gun Companies
Udarny Stre1kovy Companies
-u-u tt-U
Shock Submachine-gun Companies

" Attacking rifle divisions have whole companies of flame- \.___~

throwers attached for major operations. These specialises lead -FLAME THROWER
- _ ..PLATOON
the way, burning out bunkers and trenches as the infantry
advance behind them .
 ,.,~1
Command Kom issar
SMG learn

,.,U~ ,.,U~
SMG team SMG team

,.,~"'~
SMG team
~"'~t
SMG learn
,.,~"'~
SMG learn
~"'~t
team SMG

,.,~U
SMG team
~"'~t
SMG team
,.,~U
SMG team
~"'~t
SMG team

.~"'t
SMG team ~"'~t
team SMG
.~"'t
SMGteam
~"'~t
team SMG
infamous Order 227-Nol One Step Back-formed
~'<fo.iy' R,ti or Penal Companies in each Army. These we re
as maul! troops and for risky tasks like mine-clearing
fire where they could redeem themselves with thei r

SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

SHTRAF PLATOON
INDEPENDENT
-
SHTRAF COMPANY
.

KAPITAN
KAPITAN

Ml
Command Rifle team
HQ SECTION

... ...
.lI.~U,
Anti-tank gun

[,
.lI.~J\
Anti-tank gun

[,

PTRD IIIltkaa.k rifle team for + 10 points.

all 85mm obr 1939 guru with eipt or MOle
and inaaIe their ROF to 3 for +20 points per
... ...
.lI.~~
Anti-tank gun

Trllck
ANTI TANK PLATOON
.w..~
Anti-tank gun

Tr
ANTI TANK PLATOON
c.
TANK DESTRUCTION COMPANY

Tank desuuction companies from the reserve are sent fo rward

The 76mm Z15-3 gum of d Tank Destroction Company to form anti-tank nests when the army goes on the defe nsive.
cannot jirf Artillay Bombardmmts.
When emplaced with infantry and machine-guns they form
an immovable block to the enemy's progress.
 •? •
... ...
Command Truck Truck

Truck •? •
HQ SECTION
Truck

•?
• Truck

A Trtmsporur Platoon follows thr ruies for Transport

Platoons in thr ndrbook.

Lend-lease provided increased mobility for advancing

•? •
Truck
TRANSPORTER S UAD
Truck Truck
TRANSPORTER SQUAD
mechanised or tank formations. This was especially true for
the Engineer-Sapper Brigades whose normal engineering kit
required extensive nansponation requirements.
This new found mobility allowed the Soviet Armies [0 Truck
rapidly bring specialised troops [0 the specific area required
for effective offensive operations. Now the right [Ools for
the right job could be quickly brought [0 bear, accordingly Truck Truck Truck Truck
increasing the effectiveness of assaults on heavily-fortified TRANSPORTER SQUAD TRANSPORTER SQUAD
German defensive positions. TRANSPORTER PLATOON
 Command StaH team Hn or
Rille team
HQ SECTION

- ~\)!
r #'4.-."-
76mm 21$·3 field gun
- "'~u.u.
76mm ZIS-31ield gun

- ~~u. ~~u.
76mm 21S-3 field gun 76mm 21$·3 field gun

~~:;:,:,~~::~::::
:II
+15 points.
anti-tank rifle reams to Howitzer Platoons
+10 points per team.
honc-drawn horse-drawn limbers and -~~"
76mm ZIS-3 field gun
- ~~u.u.
76mm 21S·3 field gun

4\" ""'"'Y things in the Red Army, the artillery lacks suhrlery.
",;k~;
other side of rhe equation, me 'Red God Of War'
up for chis in sheer weight offire.
- -c ..".~
P"A&U-
76mm ZIS-J fie ld gun
- ~~u.u.
76mm 21$·3 field gun
an entire anillery battalion firing on a target, the effect
• ;~~:;:;:gprediCrable, the rapid end of hostile activiry and rhe
II survivors waiting to be mopped up by the in&ntry.

lightweight and mobile 76mm ZIS-3 gun forms the .' .

~,iim;"y of the anillery, with the heavier 122mm ohf 1938
.,"on. '" bombardments truly destructive force.
122mm obr 1938 gun 122mm obr 1938 gun

~1l1l.1I. ~IIJlll.
122mm obr 1938 gun 122mm obr 1938 gun

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HOWITZER BATIERY
 PODPOlKOVNIK

H 111111111 (lhr 19H~ Command StaH learn

Rifle team
I 112111111 uhr I 'BH
HQ SECTION

H 1';1111111 uhr PH ~

~~
4 I ';lmrn (lhr 194 ~

Howitzer

~~
H 111rnm r\ 19 ~6() pmnl'
I, 112111m A · 19 11tl pmnls
Howitzer Howitzer

H I ';lrnrn i\1I 10 J-'j I"lllll'

'I I 'j1rnll1:v1i 10 110 pOililS

~~ ~~
OPTIONS
• Add Observer Rifle team fOr +15 poinu.
• Add Truck and St:aIineIs traaon for +S points per Howitzer Howitzer

~~ ~~
battery.

Howitzer
You may not jirld a Rrs(7vr Artillery Baffalion in a Sovin
[orer Imlm you art jielding an Artiliery Battalion with
at It!llSt four 122mm obr 1938 howit=rs and at ledIt as
many gum in total, or a Artillrry Group or MOlostrrikovy
Artiliay Battalion with at It!ast four 76mm Z15-3 firld
and at Irast as many guns inlotal.
 U
Command Observer
Rifle team Rifle team

aU BM· I3--16 Katyusha or BM-:U · 12

rocket launchers wilh 6ve or more crew
count each rocke1. launcher as twO ~pons when
,a.lr Rodet launcher
• bombardment for +10 points per Rocket:
PIa""",_
IddAn,;-. ;=di Platoon for +40 points.
,a.lr
~"'~'" all DShK AA MG in trucks with ovo 37mm
1939 guns towed by trucks for +10 points for me

~ ~
Rocket Mortar Btltttdioll is mud Fearless

Rocket launcher Rocket launcher

,a.lr ,a.lr
SUPER HEAVY ROCKETS
A Guards Rocket Mortar Ballalion equipped with BM-
31-12 Karyusha rockel launchers uses fhe Super Heavy
Rockets special rule.
At the flart of the: game, piau a Frill Saivo marker with a
Guards Rockel Mortar Smrlll/ion equipped with BM-3}- MOBILE ROCKET LAUNCHERS
}2 Katyllshtl rock" Immchers. Remove this marker tlftrr Guards rocker monar bana!ions used 'shoot n' scoot'
jiring tin Artillery Bomhtlrdmem. taeries like their German coumcrpans.
!fa battalion with BM-3}·/2 Katyusha rockn launchers A Guards Rockn MOrlar Batla/ion that jired may wke a
does 1Iot have a Full Sa/llo marker whfll it jirYS all Artillery Skill ust in the: Assault Step instead of taking part in an
Bombardment, roll a Ski" Test for each Rocket Launcher Assault:
able 10 jiu in the Bombardment. Only those that pass the
. !f it passes tJu Skilt ust, remOlle aIL Smoke Trail marken
SkilL Uff can jire as part ofthe Bombtlrdm(llt.
from alt Rocket Launcher team, in the battalion.
Place a Full Salvo marke:roll a battalion with SM·3}·12
· Or/Jerwiu, tbry au too slow in gettillg away. le{lIIillg them
Kntyusha rockn launchen fll the end of any shOOlillg Step
vuj,umblt to counterbtlttery artillery fire wing the Fire In
in which e//fry Rocket Launcher ill the platoon was able 10
the Sky rult on page 138 ofthe ru/ebook.
fire 1111 Artillery Bombardmem, but nOlle did so.
 ,4li
Command Rifle team

The hard work of the crews of the 37mm obr 1939 ami-
aircraft guns goes a long way rowards victory.
They keep the German Luftwaffi and the Royal Hungarian
Air Force at bay, allowing [he troops on the ground to focus
on winning the battle withom the worry of being bombed .
37mm abr 1939 gun 37mm obr 1939 gun

~u.
.... ....
37mm obr 1939 gun 37mm abr 1939 gun

ANTI AIRCRAFT PLATOON

ANnAIRCRAFT COMPANY

LEYTENANT

Command DShK AA truck

A Soviet Rifle Division had an anti-aircraft machine-gun
company armed with 12.7mm DShK anti-aircraft machine-
guns. These were usually mounted on ZIS-5 trucks and al-
located out to the rifle battalions in plaroons of three.
 Mobility Front Top Equipment and Notes
Range ROF Ami-tank Firepower

Standard T~nk 4 2 Co':lX MG. Lim itM vision, Wide·tracks.

24 "16tkm
Slow Tank
24"I6tkm
6
2
,
7

7
4.

4.
Co-:lXMG,

Slow Tank 6 4 I'rote(;tWammo.

24"I6tkm 2 /0 4.
Stuart) Light Tan k 3 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG.
24"16Ocm 2 7 4.

Standard Tank 6
2
,
9 3.
Co-ax MG. Hull MG, Fas, tank, Umit"":! vision. Wide-tracks.
32"/SOcm
Siandard Tank 7 , Co-ax MG, Hull MG .
3rlsOcm
Slandard Tank
32"ISOcm
2
7
2
,
12

12
3.

,. Co-ax MG, Hull MG .

Slow Tank
24"16Ocm ,
7 6
7
2
4.
Co-ax MG, Unrelia ble.

Slow Tank 7
2
6
,.
2 Co-.:vc MG, Unreliable.
24"/6&",
Standard Tank
24-/6Orm
, 5
J
4.
Co-ax MG, Cupola MG.
3 7
32"ISOcm 2 10 3. Hull mOlmted
Sland"dTank 6 4 Co-ax MG, Hull MG.
32"/SOrlll 2 10 3.
Siandard Tank 7 4 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protecled Ammo_
32"ISOcm 2 12 3.

SlowT~nk , 8 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG. Turrct-rC;;[r MG. Limited vision,

Unreliable.
32"ISOrm 2 9 3.
Standard Tank 8 6 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Turret-rcar MG, Wide !racks,
2 9 3.
32"/SOrm
SlowT~nk
, 7 2 Co-ax MG, Turrel"rear MG.
32"/SOrm 2 12 3.
Siownnk \0 8 1 Co':lX MG. Turrel·rear MG.
3rlsOnn 2 12 3.
Slow Tank \0 8 2 Co-ax MG, TUrret-fear MG.
32"/SOnn 1 15 2. B,rokflJrough gun.
HIIil or IV) Slow Tank 8 7 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Wide tracks.
24"/6Orm 3 10 4.

D GERMAN TANKS
Standard Tank 6 3 Co-ax MG, Hull MG. ['rotecl....:! ammo, Schiinro, Unrdiabk
32"/SOrm II 3.
Standard Tank 7 3 Hull MG, ProtectM ammo, Schiiru:n, Unreliable.
32"/SOnn 1 II 3. H"U moullfrd.
Slow Tank , 8 1 Co-ax MG, HIIII MG, I'rme(;tw ammo, Wide lrach,
Unreliable.
40"1J0Qr", 13 3. Slow mw(.u.
Standard Tan k
32"/SOrm
10 ,
14

• ~:ir
ENGINEERING TANKS
OT-34 Srandml Tank , 5 Co-ax MG, nSl tank. Limited vision. Wide-tl'llcks.
76mm F-34 gun
ATO-42 jiamt-throwrr
32 "/8fkm
4"lJ(km 2
/ 9
,
3.
Ffttmt-Ihrowrr, Hull-mqunud.
OT-34/85 obr 1943 Sland2rd Tank 7 5 Co-ax MG, Limitoo vision.
85mm D-5T gun 32 "/8Ocm / /2 3.
AT0-42 fozmr-lhrown-
ICY-8s
rllOrm
Standard Tank
2
8
, 6
2
Flamt-Ihrown; Hull-maunud
Hull MG, Turret-rear MG, Wide-tracks.
ATO-42jlml1t"rhrowrr 5. Flamr-lb,ol«7.
45mm ob, J938gun
4"//(km
24"/6lkm
3
2 7 ,.
Standard Tank 7 5 Co-all MG, Mine roller, Limited vision.
16mm F-34 gun 32"/8Ocm 2 9 3.

TANK KILLERS
SU-57 Half-tracked 1 1 0
M157mmgun 24 "/6fkm 3 10 4. Hul! moun/rd, Voflq fiTt.
M-IO Standard Tank 4 2 0 .50 cal AA MG.
M73ingun 3rJ8Ocm 2 12 3. Slow rrllWfSt, Cal kith
SU-85 Standard Tank 5 5
85mm D-5Sgun 32"/8Ocm 2 12 3. Hull mounud. Car kilfa.
SU-85M Slow Tank 9 5 Overloaded.
85mm D-5SXUrl 32"/8Ocm 2 12 3. Hull mounud. Calti/In.
Slow Tank 9 5 Overloaded.
40 "IJOOcm /6 Hull moumd, Cal kith
lOOmmD-1OSgun /
"
ASSAULT GUNS
$U-76M Standard T~nk , 1 0 Wide-cracks.
76mm ZlS-3 gun 32"18fkm 2 9 3. Hull mc"nud. VofWy fin"
SU-!22 S!~J1dard T~rJk 5 5
122mm flbr 1938 howitur 24"/6Orm 2 10 2. Hnl1kthrougb gUll, Hull moulIIrd. Volley fif(.
SU-152 Slow Tank 7 6 2
152mm ML-2OS gun 32"18Ocm /3 /. Bunfur bUSU1; Hull ml1rmlrd, Volky ftrt.
Slow Tank 9 7 2
122mm D-25Sgun 32"/8Ocm /5 Brtaltthrough gun, Hull mo"nrrJ. l1;/ky fin.
I$U-152 Slow Tank
/

9 7
"
2
152mmML-2OSgun 32"/8On" / /3 /. Bu,,/ur busln; Hull mounltd. Vollty fir,.

ARMOURED CARS
J~P 0 0 0 AA MG, Reece.
Willi PTRD IUlfi-fl",k riJIt 16"f4Or:m 2 5 5. Hufi mou1llrJ.

MOTORCYCLE RECONNAISSANCE
Motorcycle MG team J~P Motorcycle rcconnaisunce, Dismount as MG learn.
MG 16"/4fkm 3 2 6 Hull moul/ltd, Vrhicb MG.
Motorcycle KomiS$af learn J~P MOIorcyde ruonnaissance,
MG rllOcm 6 Hull maul/ud.

ROCKET LAUNCHERS
BM-13-16 Katyusha Wheeled Mobile Rocke! Launcher.
BM-/3-J6 roclmi4unckr 64"Il6Ocm 2 4. Rock" /"'mchn
BM-3I-lZ K"tyulha Wheeled /l.Jobilc Rocket Launcher.
BM·3J·J2 r(ldutlaunth~r 48"112Ocm 3 /. R(Jdm launrlxr, Sup" Hia", RDrkm.

ANTI-AIRCRAFT VEHICLES
DShK AA truck Wheeled
DShKAAgun 16"J4Or", 4 4 5. Anti.aircraft. Porta.
15U MI7 MGMC(quad 50 cal) Halr·tracked 1 0 0
M45 quad .50 (at gun 16"/4Ocm 6 4 5. Anti.aircraft·

CAVALRY MACHINE-GUNS
Wagon
J6"/4Ocm 6 2 6 Hull mountrd, POTta.

®'iIi.
 rifl~
Mobiliay
M~n-p~,kro
Rwg<
16"/4Ocm
ROF
2 , NOles
Tank Assault 3. Volley fir(.
M~n-~,kM 24"/6Ocm 6 2 "6 ROF 3 wh~n pinnM down or moving.
M~n-~ 24"/6Ocm Minumum nn~ S"/2Ocm. Volley fire.
40"/ IOOcm
2 2

,
2 "6
monar Light 56"/ 14Ocm
16"/4Ocm ,, " Gun shield. Voney fire.
Light
64"/16Ocm
2
"6
assault howilZCt Ho.,
Man-pKhd
Immobil~
32"/SOcm
16"/4Ocm
24"/6Ocm
•
•
1 7

•
6 .."
2,

",
Bunhr buster, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Anti-aircnft, Turmable.
Ami-aircraft. Tumtabl(.

gu"
Immobile
Light
Light
MMium
32"/SOcm
24"/6Ocm
24"/60cm
32"/SOcm
,
,
,
2 12
7
8
11
..,
,
,
HeaY)' anti·aircnfl. Turntable.
Gun shield, Voney fire .
Gu n shirld, VolJry fire .
Gun shield, Voney fire.
Gun shidd, Volley fire.
anti-nnk gun MMium
Immobile
32"/8Ocm
40"/IOOcm
2 9
16 "2, Gun shield, Volley fire.
field gun
Firing bom~rdmenl5
MMium 32"/8Ocm
SO"'200cm
2 9
, "6
Gun shield, Volley fitt.

1938 howinet Immobile 24"/6(km 7 2, Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Volley fi re.
80"I200cm
• "2, Breakthrough gun. Gun shield, VoU.,. fire.
Immobile 32"/8Ocm
96"124Ocm "• "
Immobile 24"/6Ocm
SO"/200cm ,
10 I,
2,
Bunker buster, Gun dlield. VolI.,. fitt.

",
32"/8Ocm I, Bunker buster, Gun shield. Volley fire.
96"/24Ocm 2,

INFANTRY TEAMS
Rw•• ROF Anti-tank Finpower Wcaporu and NOlu
16"/4Ocm 2 6
16"/4Ocm
16"/4Ocm ,,
2 2
2
6
6
4"/lOcm
16"/4Ocm
2
.,,.
6 Full ROF wh(n moving.
un fir.. ov~r fri(ndly learns.
T,mk Auauh 6. F.msmika.
4"' IOcm 12
learn 4"IIOcm
4"1I0cm
• 6
6
Flame-thrower.

16"/4Ocm 1 2 6 Moves as a Light Gun team.

TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT

 Weapon ToHil Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Cannon 3. 9 5. Flying lank.
Bombs 4.
,
5 ,.
Rocke!s 3. 3.
II-2M Tip 3M Shturmovik Cannon 4.
Bombs
3.
4.
12
,. Flying r:ilnk.

Armour
MobililY Fronl Side Top Equipm~nt and NOles
~",pon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Jeep
Ford GPA amphibious jeep J~P Amphibious
ZIS-5 3-lOn, ZIS-6 4-too, Dodge -l4-100. or
Studebekker 2!1Hon truck Wheeled
Horse-dtawn wagon Wagon

TRACTORS
M2 or M3 half-tracks Half-trncked 0 0 Optional l'assenger-fired
M3Al armoured mClor J~P 0 0 Optional I'am:nger-fired
Swinet! Slow Tank
Hor~-dtawn limber Wagon

ARMOURED TRANSPORTERS
M3Al armoured transporter Jeep 0 0 Passenger-fired AA MG.
Turretlcss BA-IOM armoured tf:lll,pof{er J~P 0 0 Passenger-fired Hull MG.
Captured Sd Kh 250 or 251 h"J(.lrack Half-tracked 0 0 Pass.:nger-fired Hull MG.
Half-tracked
J6~/4Ocm
0
2
0
4 ,.
0 Passenger-fired Hull MG.
Hull-mounud
 DOCTRINE
medium self-propelled guns wefe used as long-range
weapons to support ranks and infanrry against
tanks. Often their rate of fire was slow, but their
>~!io"",ywas good when the crew took their time to line-up
MID, SU-85, SV-B5M, and SU- lOO asstluh guns do
Wt tht Volley Fire special rult. Instead, MIO, SU-85,
SU-85M, and 5U- IOO assault guns tbat did nor mOlle ill
thr Movement Sttp nUl) r(-I"011 fo&d roils To Hit when
shooting ti}(ir main g ll ns at platoons wit/} ali uams more
than 16"!4ocm away.
DECOY
Forward elements of the Soviet forces use captured
menr and special ist troops in captured uniforms ro
Germans. lllcsc (roops lead the advance inm the German
posllions and rely on the enemy not immediately idcnrifying '
ruem to penerrarc through the lines. They then create havoc
to disrupt the defence before (he main force hits.
nrH
A Decoy Platoon must be identified brforr the Wfflly
can shoot at it or assault it. These units start tbe game
unidwtified.
If a Decoy Platoon shoots or lauflchrs an assault,
immediately identified by all enemy platoons.
In order to identifj a Decoy Platoon, an enemy platoon must
attempt to shoot at it or uteet it as the target for ilIl artil-
lery bombardment. Brfort rolling to hit with tlu shooting
platoon, roll a Skill TiS! for the platoon.
If they pass the Skill Ttst,
they identify t/u Soviet platoon or
company (lnd shoot al it as normal The Soviet unit is now
identified to all owny platoons.
if they foil,
they do lIot idwtifj the ullit, but may shoot at
other SOViN IInits instead.
Aircraft cannot choose all unidemi/ied team as the target of
all air strike.
Enemy rtcolmaisJallu teams automatically itkmifj a Decoy
Platooll if they are withill 8 ~/20cm whell they attempt to
shoot at them.
Sometimes your Decoy teams will befacillg enemy other tban
the Germans. On theu occasions the Decoy Platoon r((aim
alilhe Decoy SpeciaL Rules as it is assumed that Soviets are
using their new enemy's captured whir/ts. Howevt " you Cilll
stili model , and the characteristia
eqllipmem.
 SHTURMOVYE AND SAPPER
SMOKE POTS
Assault Groups and Engineer-Sappers used smoke potS and
smoke grenades to mask their assaults against enemy strong-
points. Special teams within each platoon bravely placed the
smoke screen for their advancing comrades.
A platoon (SoIJia company) with Smoke Pot! may designate
Rifle, Rifle/MG, MG or SMG learns as Smoke Por teams to
Iny smokefor IlII asmu!t. A Smoke Pot t(l1m cannOI shoot in
the Shooting Slrp nor assault in the ASiflU/t Step, but acts as
ifgiving Covering Fire during t/g Atsauit Sup.
When the platoon (Souin company) launc/us its IIJsauit,
ro1l a SkilL ust for tach Smoke Pot uam within 4"/1 Ocm of
a platoon bdllgllJJallfud. !fany Smoke Pot tram pasUJ the
Skill ust then all I/!ams from that platoon (Souitt company)
participating in the assault art COl/uafed.
SAPPER BODY ARMOUR
The cngincer-sappers wore body armou r to protect them-
selves during dose combat against the enemy in trenches and
bunkers. Their steel body armour also gave good protcction
from knives, bayonets and spades wielded as weapons, as
well as grenade fragments and ricocheting bullets.
A t(dm with Sapper Body AnnO/a rolls II die when hit
during an AJSflU/t.
If they score a 6, they are unharmed, bur srili count as hit
for the purpom of requiring II Motivation Test to Carry on
with the Assault or Fight Back.
roll (lny other score, they are Dmroyrd and removed
the tabk as usual.
FAUSTNIKA
During Operation Bagration many thousands of
Pnnutjnuslami-tank launchers were captured .
[Q use in aggressive ami-bunker tanies by
Emire teams were equipped with multiple
tank launchers and transformed into fouJtnika teams.
Faustnika teams that mOil( in the Mouement Sup can only
shoot in the Shooting Step ifthq are shootillg at an enemy
Bllnlur or an Infontry or Gun I/!am in a Building.
Famtllika uams flre BUlIker Bmurs when shooling alan
enemy Bunker or fln Infontry or Gun uam in a Building.
 Orl'Augu>t J, 1914, Ilt about 5:00 pm, 1 heard machine-guns and grtnadts exploding. From my balcony at 28 Kopernika Strut,
the attRck on the {Warsaw} University. the boys positioned themuives along fhi! Jtn:N; the giris were delivering weapons and
The fim days 0/ the Uprising wert sucC(ssfof. and we wt:rt! given hope. Fru warsaw!
- Sylwtsttr Braun 'Kri;; photograpluT during the warsaw Uprising
.,.ru,,, Poland fell under the German war machine in 1939,
defeated trOOpS immediately organised a resistance
;~~~::;::'~:;;; For many years the Polish partisans operated
't 'the Germans, launching small raids and making
~" .''''ful observations of {he enemy force.
of [he Polish resistance movements were consolidated
under the Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, in February 1942.
From there (he pan isan strategy was !O limit any offensive
action undl such a time that a concerted effort could be
made when the Germans were most vulnerable.
In July 1943 Genaal brygady (Brigadier General) B6r-
Komorowski assumed command of theAK. B6rwas a cavalry
ill" ffiw,havingserved in WWI in rheAustro-H ungarian army.
I Q.39 commanded the rem nants of several cavaJry uni ts
!';,,,,,h"'l<>V!'"
i'n eastern Poland. After the occupation of
the underground.
" OW .n'" the undergrou nd's inexperienced soldiers
t ;~::~~;~~~:r~:i:::?~: i~ open
in this case the combat
Soviets,against
directlythe Germans
inte rvened .
painfullybbvious\when the Warsaw Ghetto u pr1 s~ng
ruthlessly and absol4tely crushed in 1943, with the Joss
Polish citizens.
~." ",u. other consideration was that the Soviets were hardly
preferable choice for allies. In 1939, Poland was invaded
both German and Soviet forces. As a result, tre AK
~~;~::r'~I,~s,~alin's intentions. It became critical, therefore,
Y people themselves to overthrow the Germans
9wn free Polish government before Stali n
".' U."'-.._ puppet ,government in control.
~~~~;i;;:~;h:~'~v'e !O wait/or the arrival of the Soviet army
~i before launching a full-scale insurrection,
,
liberating themselves and then hopefully installi ng the free
Polish government exhiled in London.
InJune 1944 the Soviets launched Operation Bagration which
swept across Byelorussia like a wild fire. By the end of July the
Red army was ncar Warsaw. After a false stan the day ~efore,
Bor declared W-Hour ('W' fo r wybuch, or outbreak and aJso
for woinoii, or freedom) at 1700 hours on I AugusL
When W-Hour was announced, the underground AK
bartalions formed in the streets and allyways and then
sprang into action, seizing important buildings and setting
up barricades.
However, not all the AK battalions managed !O secure th'eir
objectives straight away, The AK battal ions in Zolib6rz
were triggered toO early and went into action against
well-defended Warsaw Citadel. The Germans rallied
launched an effective counterattack that forced m"yof,h,C,"
AK fi ghters in Zolib6rz to retreat into the Kampinos Forest
to rally.
Other pockets of German resistance were contained within
buildi ngs until the Krdyw arrived to flush them Out with'
heavy weapons.
In rhe early hours of the rebellion a few Krdyw units 'liberated'
a large quantity of Waffin-SS uniforms from a warehouse
and incorporated them into their units.
O ther AI<' un its used captured 55 uniforms, but also
managed to get a hold of all sortS of German and ex-Polish
army uniforms. Wherever possible, AK troops attempted to
make themselves into a regula r army using uniforms, drill
practice and officers.
By the fi rst few days the AK managed to secure the majority
of its initial objectives. The Germans had anticipated an
uprising, however they completely underestimated irs sheer
scale. As a result the majority Qr the troops that bore the brunt
of the uprising were a few scattered police units. Some of these
managed ro hold up in buildings for some days, while others
collapsed completely.
Most of the German army was tied up in trying to contain
Soviet advance, so there was little that"~h~'~Y":"'~b~".:I:dj~:~~:;;~~
rapidly put d~wn the rebellion, so the f( i I
to the Waffin-SS.
The first GeJ:;man attacks were hastily organised and "'"('~
with little or no support. 111ese were shattered against
organised Polish defences and made little progress. The troop's
committed lacked much training and most were no~ at aU
high-qual i ~ fi"ghters. .,- ..
The SS then implemented a harsh strategy, originating from
Hider himself to burn Warsaw w the ground, sparing not one
civilian. The western suburbs such as Wola suffered ho,, ;blr,
 i This galvanized the Polish against the
who now knew what fate awaited them should they
fight to the death.
el ite Kdyw, the AK's veteran partisan fighters, used twO
fanther tanks to great effect, helping to liberate a Jewish
j <qn",,,n,,;;,m camp 'which held many of the survivors of
G hetto uprising the year before. Several hundred Jewish
volumeers immediately joined the AK upon being released.
Thdigh,,,;; ng cominuoo along me
most of the perimeter as the
Germans put pressure on me AK. Occasionally the Germans
would have some success in penetrating {he line but usually
at a high. cost.
As weeks passed, the beleaguered AK badly needed
86r, who was in COf\S4Ul[ contact with
London, pleaacdfo(!!: thc BritisJi tQ seQ.'P we eagefi la rolish t!
,,.; :;,d~iu;;;~:,,~Parachute Brigade. However, Stalin refused ' to It
. Wcl o/oops clesri,noo to ~elr. th? rc?cllion ,~se " Nen~ J36~, ordered llAe fi'1al surrender on 2 October after
Soviet bases and Warsaw was well oucof range of Brirnih's " fi'ghti'ng ror 63 days, me longest partisan battle in the war. The
ability to deliver. _
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Howcv~r, me wglerii Allies d~~"'!!\!.>:
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c~ 'v- .". m~tK:som'e
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projectors, Bren light machine-guns, riAes and ammunition.
Air crews, including some particularly brave Polish crews,
made several attempts to supply me besieged town, bm in me
end proved roo coscly and had to be Stopped.
Stalin refused to commit the 2nd Tank Army which had
arrived omside Praga in September. His plan was to allow me
Germans ro completely crush the AK before moving in and
esrablishing' his own government. However, under pressure
from his western allies, he eventually sent a token force across
me Vistula River into Warsaw.
The Soviet-controlled LuM~ Wojsko ,Polskit (LWP, or Polish
People's Army) crossed the Vistula 011 15-19 September unCler
terrible fire and air strikes, but those thar made it across were
welcome reinforcements. However, without me sup~rt of
the entire Sovier army the AK was reduced inco small pockets
tkfol"$! fiI\alt~ being reduced: n ii I •
AK had suffered 15,000 dead; about a third of its suc:nSlP.
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'the Germanslost ~,OOO killed and 9,000 ~Qunded , totalling
approximately h~fits cJ)mmirred force.
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 The dg< of Warsaw was split into several major districtS:
Old Town, the City Centre, Zolib6l7., Kaminos Forest,
Wol;t., Ochota. Mokot6w, Powislc, Praga, and Okede. Other
I-"n"'k, districts that fell outside of the city were referred to
as Greater Warsaw.
Each district was then divided into sections each defended
by several AK battalions. The elite Kdyw units were not
assigned to any specific locarion and were instead held as a
mobile reserve that would be dispatched to handle trouble
l:~(,,~", 0"'" do< uprising began.
•Each AK barralion usually consisted of twO to six companies
of about 100 soldiers. At W-Hour the companies assembled
and each fight er was issued a white and red armband to
, identify them as AK soldiers.
When the uprising kicked off many of the AK troops didn't
have weapons and had to rely on capturing or securing them
from the Germans or fallen comrades.
Home-made weapons supplemented the lack of guns and
mortars. ll1cse were initially made in secret workshops. Once
the uprising began the AK set up a workshop for producing
and repairing weapons for the rebellion.
,
What limited defensive weapons the AK had at ilS disposal,
such aJi the heavy machine-guns, morrars and anillery were
allocated to the AK battalions and not the K~dyw ro hulk up
defensive positions.
In contrast, lhe K~dyw units were well equipped and
sufficien tly experienced with offensive weapons. They held
the bulk of the AK's submachine-guns and A.ame-thrpwers.
Captured vehicles were also operated by the Krdyw which
put rhe precious tanks under the command of relatively
experienced rank crews.
l1le K~dyw battalions fought as a fire brigade, reinforcing
whatever part of the line the AK either planned to launch an
offensive, or expected a serious German counterauack.
' ]h ,A,·",iaKmjolVlf (Home Army, known simply as the AK) was bOlh cunn ing and resourceful during the Warsaw Uprising
contend with an enemy tha t was superior in both train ing and equipment. They called on ex-weaponsmims, mechanics and
other skilled labour to build much of their stockpile of weapons and raised many &talion Armii Krnjowq (AK Battalions).
also carefully map ped out lhe sewers and alJyways as well as paths through the Kampinos wood and trained scoutS who
w,m," ,;u"" AK members through the maze of the underground. The Arm~tI Krnjowa would be ready for the uprising.

TUNNELS AND PATHS

Des pite no shortage in manpowe r, the AK was critically low Before rhe Uprising, the AK mapped Out Warsaw's sewers
weapons while it buill up il:S arsenal. So they employed and concealed passageways and trained scoutS so [hat when
mechanics and other skilled labour to [he rime c.ame AK troops could use them to mane uver past

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more weapons and vehicles.
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Wrapons that art: listtd in the ArsenaL as Home-built flrt
German strongpoims.

Infantry and Man -packed Gun Ufl"IJ from Combat and

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liable to explode with dtadly multo \t:'tapons Companies and the Kedyw Assault PlatOon may
move At the Double through Rubble and Woodr (ue page
After a platoon with Homt:built Wtapons hflS n!'Jolvtd all
300/ the rnlebook).
0/ its shooting in tht sup, roll (l dit for tach Home-huift
weapon thm shot:
FATE OF THE NATION
• On a ro/l 0/ I tht uam shooting tht Home-built wtapon
The Poles fo ught with remarkable bravery ill combat. Th.ey
is Dmroyed.
secured their objectives and made the enemy pay dearly to
• Othtrwiu, tht wtflpon holds up and the
Dmroyed.
t~flm is nor

For example, whtfl a Home-built Flame-throwtr roils a I

claim it back.
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A Polish Platoon (or Company) j oined by a 2ie uam may
,,-rol/foiled Morale Checks.
the Flame-thrower team is Destroyed rather than removed
""m i,"'""Ii""
i, is do ne·shooting.

'B·ATTAt IONS OF H ! E UPRISING

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Alrhough rhe AK was organised in to companies, they fought
b~ttalio ps under a single leader.
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You must field one company from each box shaded black and may fi eld one company or platoon
from each box shaded grey.

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ARTILLERY
l;ltJIJI.
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MACHINE-GUNS

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ANTI -TANK

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FORTIFICATIONS
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INFANTRY

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 MOTIVATION AND SKILL
Hider's orders to GamfUl troops in Wanaw wae to give flO quarter and to level theciry.
Polish witnessed theu orders bdllg e:ucuted fwd were under no illusion whlll fiue awaited
IIJtm should thry surrender. As a T?SlIIt the civilian fighters of the Armia Krajowa (Home
Army) wert evm mort: motivllted and fought to the idSt mlln and woman.
A Bma/ion Armii Kmjowtj is mud Fearless Consuipt.

HEADQUARTERS
PODPULKQWNIK
PODPULKOWNIK

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Company Command 2iC Command
Rifle team Rifle team
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Command Panzerfawt SMG learns for + I 0 points
per team. BATALION ARMIl KRAJOWA HQ

• Add up to three Sniper teams for .50 poinlS per

team.

COMBAT PLATOONS
KAPITAN

HQ Section with: ~~f

'I RIHI: J>lalnons Command
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with $MG teams for +20 points per RiOe Platoon. Rifle learn Rifle team Rifle team Rifle learn
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with Pioneer RiAe teams fo r +25 points. Rif le team Rifle team Rifle team

You may replace up to one Rifle team with a Flame-thrower

team at the start of(hr game brforr deployment.

The Annia Krajowa (Home Army) had been planning for

M)~. M)~.
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the Warsa w Uprisi ng since 1941. However, its leaders wisely
realised that they would have to wait until Germany was at M)~.M)~. M)~.M)~.
its weakesc poim before launchi ng [he insurrection . Until Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
then, districts we re formed within the city, each with several
ban al ions of AK trOOps ready [0 fight at moment's notice.
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They trained in secret, horded guns and opened up secret l~~~~~~~~~~
workshops [0 build weapons including submachine-guns,
morrars, and Aame-throwers. AK PIECHOTY COMPANY
When the Uprising began, thousands of AK [{OOPS went inro The battalions fought with intense bravery and ,di,,,,d'
action . Theit equipment varied, depending on what their surrender, despite increasingly d ifficult circumstances.
d imict had in irs arsenal al rhe time of the up rising. Many rroops were determined to establish a free Polish
banalio ns were unarmed, save fo r some melee weapons, give their lives honou rably in the noble effort.
acq uiring off their defea ted
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this~ you may replace all remaining SMG teams with SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
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Equip all SMG teams with Gammon Bombs for
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+15 points per SMG Platoon.
,Add up to twO PlAT teams to the HQ Section for
KEDYW COMPANY

You may replace up to 011( SMG uam with a Fltl1ru-throUJ(~ A Kedyw Company is mud Fearl ess Trained.
tmm ar the stnrt of the game before deployment. I
the occupation, the Kedyw conducted a long partisan
the Germans. They horded the weapons and
The Kedyw was held in reserve under central control. Once
they had collected after successful ambushes and
German stongholds could be identified, they would be sent
and buried and hid them in stashes inside and out of
out to reduce the defenders and capmre the building.
Group Radoslaw and Banalion Kilinski both made signifi-
'w' Hour signalled the beginning of the Warsaw
cant contributions to Ihe AK. Radoslaw captured the AK's
lVIP" 'i"g, the Kedyw assembled in the Old Town Disrrict. first armoured vehicles and used [hem TO liberate a Jewish
units were already rising up and caplllring che few
prisoner camp. Battalion Kilinski used Aame-throwers
defended objectives.
and dose combat ro capture Warsaw's tallest building, the
~o'w~"', once [he word gO[ ou( ro the German defenders Prudential Building.
Ihe Uprising was in full swing, they fortified themselves
buildings across che city. Local AK uni(5 were
to comest these SHong poims, despite their brave
;,.,Wo,m, so the comba[~experienced Kedyw weill to work.

PORUCZNIK

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Monar Mortar
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Mortar Mortar

An AK Mortnr Company equipped with Home-built Bcm Mortar Monar

mortars use rlu Home-built WellpOIlS rule on pllge 167 , '

Polish Home Army needed artillery so they could pin AK MORTAR COMPANY
the German defenders. When the uprising began they
Once rhe uprising was in full swing, AK trOOpS began ac-
large collection of home-built mOrtars made from
quiring captured German mortars ro replace their own less
materials. They horded stolen ammunition and
reliable ones.
for when it would be needed.
 HQ Section with:
6 MG.H, ,\ 1G42, ~1akslln,
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nr Ckm \\/ ~() HM(,

:; ~l(,H, ~1(, (12, ~1akslm.

ore kill \\1 30 11.\1(, ~n ~~&

HMG HMG
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An AK Marhine-gun Platoon may make Combat
Attachments to AK Piechoty or Kedyw Companies.

Initially, the AKhad a small number of machine guns available '-_ _ __

to mem . Soon after the fighting began they collected many AK MACHINE GUN COMPANY
more machine-guns from the Germans including MG34
and MG42 and Soviet Maksim heavy machine-guns.

PORUCZNIK

HQ Section with:
:; \. ~ \':11I P,IK '16
Mt
Command Ril le team

2 ~.-lnl P.IK~6

i 'iun PaK58
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Anti·tank gun Anti·tank gun

All 3.7cm Pal( guns are equipped with Steilgranate ~

Anti-tank gun

An AK Anti-tank Gun Platoon may makr Combat AK ANTI·TANK GUN COMPANY

Attacbmrnts to AK Pirchoty or Krdyw Companirs.
As the AK swept through the ciey, they recovered several
tank guns and put rhem to use in their battalions,
German raids using lighl vehicles at bay.

FORTlf[CAnON
FORTIFICATION
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Street Barricade Street Barricade
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Street Barricade Street Barricade
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Street Barricade

Strert BarricadrJ are Area Dqellcrs, ur pagr 228 of thr
rulebook.
A Bata/ion Armii Krajowej containing Street Bnrricadrs iJ
flot a Fortified Company.
STREET BARRICADES
The Armin Krajowa established hundreds of b",d;,~iilt'
throughout the ciry, turning [hem into death traps as
Germans tried to clear them . Snipers, explosives and
machine-guns defended these choke poims.

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 MOTIVATION AND SKill
7h~ AK used its brst troops to as,oul! difficult positions and mml its Iimiud armoured
fighting vehicles, 7", support platoons of fI l3awliollowy Armin Krajol/Jll are fXCl:ptiol/S
to the Crnmdised COlllrol spain! rule. thq opemu tIS normal pialOolls. 77Jf) are raud
Fearless Trained, IInlns otberwise IIOUd.

Command
Captured tank
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KEDYW TANK PLATOON

[he nrsr few days of the uprising, Battalion Zoska
~"u"d fWO Panther ranks and used them in an assault to
prisoners from [he Gesi6wka prison camp.
Ochota disrricl, Battalion Gustaw captured a Panzer
a Tiger on 4 August. Both were pressed into service but
were destroyed laler the same day. Battalion Kilinski captured
a Hetzer and TWO armoured cars using Molocov cocktails
during the early fighting in the Old Town. Although the
Heuer was badly damaged in the aHack, the AK managed co
get it up running again .

PORUCZNIK

Command Sd Kfz 221 Sd Klz 221

annoured car armoured car
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KEDYW ARMOURED CAR PLATOON

PORUCZNIK

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SMG team

a Sd Kn 25111 half-track with ' Kubus'

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hall·track half· track
umoured car for +25 points.
Replace the Co-ax MG on 'Kubus' with a PlAT at
KEDYW ASSAULT PLATOON

Group Krybar led the arrack on me German garrison at the

in the Krdyw Assault Platoon carry
Gammon Bombs. giving them Tank Assauit 3.
K"d,w"""ul, PlnlOOn uses t/g German Mountl'dAssau/t
ruU;n the rulebook.
Warsaw University. The assauft group used a capmred German
half-track chriSTened 'Szary Wilk' and the home-b uilt
armoured car 'Kubus' CO forlll an armoured infantry platoon.
Fully equipped with the latest Allied supply
bombs and PLATs, the assault platoon wenr into action
the Germans on ~everal
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10.5cm leFH18 howiller
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10.5cm leFH18 howiller
An AK Artillery Battery is rated Fearless Conscript.

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IO.Scm leFHl8 howiller
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1O.5cm leFHl8 howitzer
By the end of [he firsr day o f fighting the AK had
captured six howirzers, seven mortars, twO anti-tank guns,
27 Pam.erfaust anti-ran k launchers, 70 machine-guns, 373
~
IO.Scm leFH18 howitzer
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1O.5cm leFHl8 howiller
riRes and 103 pistOls. TIle six howitzers were centralised and
put to use whereever artillery was needed most. An observer
team scrounged for radio sets to use and evellIually got one
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AK ARTILLERY BATIERY
running. The ban ery was manned by umrained personnel.

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Rif le/MG team -wU.
I RIlle PlaWOIl

• Add Maksim HMG teams for +25 poinlS per team.

• Add Mortar Platoon for +50 points.
• Add And-tank Rifle Platoon for +25 points.
~)~ M)~
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• Replace all PTRD And-tank RUle teams with 4;mm
obr 1942 anti-tank guns for +25 points. ~~f~ M)~. ~~.~
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• Replace all Rifle/MG teams in one Rifle Platoon with
SMG teams at no COSL ~)~. ~~.~ ."1)~. ~~.~
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A Polish Smlkovy Company is a Soviet company and uses ,,~)~. ~~.~ M)~. ~~.~
all ofthe Sovin special rules found on pages 249 to 251 of Rifle/ MG learn RiflefMG learn Rifle/MG learn Rifle/MG team
the rulebook as welL as rhe Fate of the Nation special rule
found on page 167.

The Soviet army reached the Vistula on \4 September. In its

ranks was the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (polish People's Army) 41
which was understandably anxious to liberate Warsaw.
However, Stalin ordered the Red Army to halt on the river. iu. iu.
-M41 II] CM .
Commun ications from [he AK were deliberately ignored-
the Soviet waf machine fell silent for twO long days.
MORTAR PLATOON
"
Fi nally, the Polish army was given the green light to cross r ,
the Vismla and three divisions were sent over into Warsaw.
In the Czerniakow district, 300 troops from the 3«1 Infantry
Division crossed the river bringing with them machine-guns,
POLISH STRELKOVY COMPANY
ami-tank guns, and mortars.
The badly needed reinforcements bolstered the AI< Group
However, agam the Soviets did nor commit its
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 TANK TEAMS
Armour
Mobility Front Side To, Equipment and NO les
Ranp ROP Anti.ts". Fi"p,,1Wr

H Sl~ndard limk 6 , Co."" MG, Hull MG. I'roleclcd Ammo. Schiinen.

Unrdiabl~.
3278fkm II j.

5I:~nd.ard Tank
32i8(km
10 , Co-u MG. Hull MG. Wtde Tncks, Unreliable.

Slow Tank 9
"8
j.

1 Co·u MG. Hull MG, Protected ArnnlO, Wide tracks.

Untcli~bJe.
40"1I00rm 1 13 j. SJq", TrrtlKTU.

Standard Tank 7 1 Hull MG, Ovui(),1dcd, Unreliable.

32"/8fkm II j. Hull moul/ltd

CARS
Wh~"" 0 0 AA MG, Unrdiablc.

16"140011 j 2 6 NOF I if"lb~r wt'llpMS firt.

riRe Man.p.u;k«!
Range
W /40cm 1 , ,. T.-,mk Au:mh 3.

W7-30HMG Man-pack..d 24"I6Ocm 6 1 6 RO F 3 when pinned down or moving.

Man'p.1ckrd 24"/6Ocm 1 1 ,. Home-buill. Minimum range S"/ZOem.
32"/8Ocm 1 6
Man'Jnckcd 2""/6Ocm 1 1 ,. Smoke, Minimum r:lnge S"(2Ocm.

Man'p"ckcd
<lO"/IOGem
24"/6Ocm 1
1
1 ,.
6 Smoke bombardment.
Minimum range 8"12Ocm.

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Lighl
40"/ IOOcm
24"/6Ocm , 2
6
6

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4. Gun ,hidd.
8"/2Ocm
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lighl 24"/6Ocm
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4.
Gun shield.
Gun shield.
;= 24i'GOcm
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Medium 32"1SO<:m 2 12 Gun shield.
• to 2.
4.
-&:'"rhidd. Breakthrough gUll, Smoke.
moliCbom~raiimfr:"'-
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16"'40cm 2 2 6
4"IlOcm 3 6 Full ROF whcn moving.
&zoob Or PlAT team
Flame-thrower tcam
S"/ 2Ocm
4"/10cm ,
1 10 5.
6
Tankassaulc 4.
Flame-thrower. Home-buile.
Staff tcam J6"/40cm 2 6 Moves;u a Heavy Gun (Cam.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT

Panzcrfaus( 4"/IOcm 12 5 Tank Ass>uh 6, CannOt shoot in the Shooting Step if moved in
Movement Step.
Pionee r teams are ratcd 015 Tank Ass:luh 4. Teams with Gammon Bombs are raIN! 015 Tank Arntull 3.

Armour
N=. Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and NOles
~apo" Range ROF Anti-t/mk Firrpow",

ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS

Sd Kf7. 25 III half-track Half-trackN! 0 0

WheelN! 1 0 0 Co-ax MG,

4 "/f(km 3
/ /0
Even though they were traditionally allied with the French,
[he war in the West had little immediate impact on Romania.
The war came to Romania in 1940 when France fell to the
German invasion and the Soviet Union seized Bessarabia.
Isolated and friendless, Romania then lost Northern
Transylvania to Hungary in a deal brokered by Italy. With
few options left Romania turned to Germany, offering oil for
protection. Strangely, they now found themselves fighting ~n
the same side as thei r enemy Hungary.
The loss of territory led to discontent with the Romanian
king, and a new government took power in September 1940
under former.Army Chief ofSraffJon Antonescu. Antonescu
had earlier been sacked from the dle for
protesting the loss of Bcssarabia. Now, Antonescu forced the
King to abdicat~ and replaced rum with his 19 year-old son
King Mihail L However, Antonescu held all the power.
OPERATION BARBA ROSSA
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941,
the Romanians joined them to seize back..Bessarabia. Once
involved, it was in their besr interest ro cominue to fight and
defeat the Soviers to ensure they retained gains. They even, .
made their own conquests, raking over rhe territory bern'een .
Bessarabia and the Bug River after they took the ciry
Odessa.
ACROSS THE STEPPES TO STALINGRAD
Once Odessa fell Romania commined irs Third and Fourth
Armies to moving deeper into the southern Soviet Union
where they played a major role in the conquest of the Crimea.
After the fall of the Crimea, the Romanians transferred to
rhe Don and Volga Rivers, and they ended their thrust in
November 1942 deployed on the flanks of the German SiJ[th
Army that was fighting for SraHngraCi. : rhis hUf;e commit-
ment of trOOps made Romania the third INgest Axis powe~ in
Europe after Germany and Italy. ~. ,v.
 went on the offensive in November 1942, AFTER STALINGRAD
through the Third and Fourth Armies on the
As the lines stabilised in 1943 after the Axis defeat at
northern and southern fla nks of Stalingrad. The Roman ian
Staiingrad, the Ro manians continued to fight in the Crimea.
" '=o,fo","h, tenaciously, but lacking enough tanks and ami- Once again their troops played an important part in the
guns, they were no march for the Soviers' overwhelming
defence of the peninsula, fighting with great courage for
~~;:;~~r~O~"i'~'·~
l1~
le Romanians fell back before me on- every inch of ground. When the Crimea fell to the Red Army

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the Germans in Stalingrad surrounded.
in May 1944. only a handful of Romanians were left to be
evacuated. J
In me meantime the remnants of the Third and Fourth
The Siege of Odessa was an epic 73-day struggle between
Armies smashed at Stalingrad were rebuilding in Romania,
the Romanians and the defending Red Army and Soviet
ret ~ning to the fight, when the advancing Soviets ~hed
Black Sea Fleet. Romania led the assault, commitri ng
the full strength of the Fourth Army to the Struggle. The battle for Stalingrad shows how much Germany's
The bitter and pronacted siege COSt the Romanians allies contributed to the fighti ng in southern Russia. 'The
93,000 casualties (from the over 340,000 trOOps com- German Sixth Army fighting in the immediate vicinity
mitted to the battle). The three main assaults on Odessa
of Stalingrad numbered 300,000 men , the Romanians
were marked by grim Romanian determination. much on their flanks totalled a similar number, including their
bloody street fighting, and blazing summer heat. On troops in the Caucasus region , wh ile furthe r north on
15 October 1941 the Romanians fi nally captured their the Don River the Hungarians and Italians contributed
prize, an important Black Sea porr, bur not before the over 200,000 men each . To put this in context, the
Soviets evacuated the remnants of the garrison and civil- Romanians alone outnumbered the combined British
ians to Sevastopol. and US forces in North Africa at the same time.

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SOVIET

ROMANIAN

-.. 1944 ADVANCES

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I- - -t 1944 FRO""
1941-1943 FRONTS
 In June 1944, the Soviets pushed [he
Germans back across the Bug River and
entered Bessarabia. The Red Army was on [he very doorstep
r" D'EFENDING THE HOMELAND
The advancing threat of me Red Army prompted the Germans
and Romanians to establish a defensive line along the
Bessarabiiln frontier. This line held until the Soviets launched
a massive offensive on 20 August 1944. Two Soviet thrusts
were directed at lhe cities of Iassi and Kishinev. Powerful
,~" o,'" armoured forces smashed through the Romanian Jines
the limiled Romaniiln and German armoured reserves
With his failure to protect Romanian soil, Antonescu was
ilrrested and King Mihail formed a new government. Shordy
afterwards, to save Romania from total desuuction, an agree-
ment was reached with rhe Soviet Union for Romania to swap
sides and join the Allies.
FIGHTING FOR THE ALLIES
Romania Set about reassembllng their scmered army in the
, of the defeat by the Soviets in Augusr·1944 . Some
. intact and could be used immediately to cleilr
i cou~.~rr of the Germans.
, ~Romanian
·s .• t~pS were soon
. in action clearing Romania of
, German lrqops and defending the Transylvanian border from
tf ungarial,1 troops trying to capture the viral passes through
the Carpathian Mountain~. ,.
However, all was not roses with the new allies. The Soviets
[he numblr of troops the Romanians could field,
~
~;:~:~ all Clprured Soviet equipment, used Romanian
(TOOpS to suppOrt Soviet forces, and generally treated
units as linle more than eannon fodder. Despite
rJle Romanians continued to fight wim great courage
Hu~gary ending the war by liberating Czechoslovakia.
TRANSYLVANIA
~~:n::~::~1t,the imeri9r, forces were rushed to the
1j 'Romanian and Soviet forces clashed with
Germa~'apd H~ngar ians through September and into
~ ~b~:~:;"Finally, the combined weight of the Soviet and
~l forces pushed the Axis Out of Transylvania in mid
"'[)EBRE(:~N, ~ND THE TISZA liNE
Romanians ha·d achieved their main goal of reclaiming
lost parts or Transylvania from the Hungarians. However,
11 they were quickly committed to the next objective: the
capture of the city of Debrecen in eastern Hungary. The 2""
and 3'" Mountain Divisions were subordinated to the Soviet
27'h Army. They were heavily involved in the sroT1ing of
'Debrecen ilnd its final conquest on 19 and 20 October.
Other Rom.anian units pushed on to the Tisza River. The
9,10 and 10,10 tnranrry Divisions crossed the 1151.3 and by
'30 Oc~obe~ had. brok~n through the Hungarian 20,h Infantry
DivisiQn aT K~ke. from there they headed west towards
KeGS~emet-. ~ .
The 2"" and 4,10 II1fantrY Divisions of the IV Corps were
to the north of them at Smolok. These twO newly-raised
divisions had to COntend with determined frontal attacks
from the Hungarian I" Infantry and Cavalry Divisions
on 19 October, followed by a German breakthrough by
the 24. Ptmzerdivision , 4. S5-Ptlnurgrmadi~rdivisioN and
503. Schwa? Panumbtei/,mg. The 4'" Infantry Division
was destroxed on 20 October arrer thirty hours of fighting.
For some time the only troops opposing the German
breakthrough were the guns of the corps' artillery and anti-
aircraft. The Soviet 7,10 Guards Army retook the ground in
the following week.
The Hungarians attacked with three divisions into the
bridgehead of the Romanian 2'" Infantry Division on
25 October. 111e Romanians were pushed back across the
river, attempting to avoid the f.11e of their sister division.
AI Alpar, south or Kecske, the Hungarians atracked the
19,10 Inf.1ntry Division on 26-29 October. The more
experienced 19,10 Infantry Division was able to repulse the
arrack.
From late October the Romanians were forced by the Soviets
to reduce their number of divisions. They were allowed to
field sixteen divisions, but only if they were kept at the ,"c""' .';
All captured Soviet equipment was confiscated by'"' >0""",
However, local industry did keep up 00'''' 'qu'f,m"" ,upplio1'
such as the excellent R~ip 75mm gun as
riAes, submachine-guns, machine-guns and mortars.
BUDAPEST
FollOWing the banlcs on the Tisza, the Romanian VII Corps
was reorganised to contain the 9,10 Cavalry, 2"", and
19'10 Infantry Divisions and fought under the command of the
Soviet 7,10 Guards Army as pan or the Second Ukrainian Front.
By December it had advanced to within striking distance or
the Hungarian capital. The Romanian VII Corps took pan in
the assault on Pest (the eastern side of Budapest).
From 1 to 15 January 1945, rhey ground their way forwa rd
through the suburbs and sneets of Pest, advancing six
kilometres (3.7 miles). 111e fighting was heavy and the 9,10
Cavalry Division, fighting on foot as infantry, encountered
fierce resistance at the Racecourse, which was being used as
an airfield. The Romanians captured it during the second
week of January.
Just as the VII Corps was making serious progress in Pest,
they were pulled out on 15 to 16 Januilry and sent north to
join (he IV Corps on the Czechoslovak frontier.
In the meantime, the 4,h , illso part of the
Ukrainian FrQnt, continued
Hungary wit.h me Soviets. The IV Corps took·
of the 2nd and 3.... Moumain divisions on 22 ,
where they took part in rhe struggle to push the Germ"iln.q
" ,'7.0'7;1'
and Hungarians out of the hills and mountains of norther~ .-
Hungary. The Czechoslovak fromier was crossed on .~~
November.
, .
Many other Romanian divisions were seanered am~ng the
Soviet armies fighting through eastern Hungary. In .fact
the Romanians made up over a third or the Soviet Second
Ukrainian From's infantry divisions wi rh 210,000

' £,& 0"1' 0;"",0") 00
Company whert: he began traini ng.
1943 Sanqu was involved in the upgrade of an old mine-
field near Odessa. The olq mines were tricky to disarm and
' ;" m,,,, . During tbe. opera tion, Sandu's commander assigned
,him ro 30mher job and replaced him with Sergent Georgescu.
While removing the minis one of the old mines w e Of 9ff,
causing ' 3 chain reaction throughout the minefield , creating
massiv'elblas[ aod ,killing 17 soldiers. Georgescu's body was
2~h~~". found and Sandu had a lucky escape!
,,-,,--, .. fo ught in many banles ; nd he was never far away
_;"" ,~ ... death. He had many near misses where artillery, \ockets
CHARACTERISTICS
n~~j~~~~.::;~~;iS a Warrior Pioneer Rifle/MG team .
;~ Rifle/ MG team in a -Puscasi 'Pioneer
,2pot or a "'ioneer Platoon (page 202) fo r
(944 and 1945 and can be taken with
bat;lc Sand u found himselfb elping Out a GO mm
One Gun {(am within 4''1JOcm ofSandu may 1'(-rollfoild
To Hit rolls i/Sandll does not shoot ill tlg Sbooting Step.
lUCKY AUREL
Sandu survived many d ose calls in combat, dodgi ng. ~ullets
and bombs when his comrades were not so lucky.
On(( per game Sandll ma) "-roil a foiled Infomry S(l/Ie.
,.
;
despite casualties, Sandu escaped unscathed.
Afte r the Romanians and Soviets had come to terms i
August, Sandu foun d himself and his compan y shipped off to
a new fro nt to fi ght alo ngside the Soviets against the Germans
and Hungarians. In O ctober 1944 Sandu was in Hungary
pushing Germans back to the TIsza Ri ve r. Following the suc-
cessful advance ac ross Hungary, Sandu's regiment ended the
war in Czechoslovakia.
During his time in the army Sandu was awarded [he
Manhood and Loyal ty Medal. This medal was awa rded to
Noncommissioned Officers and enlisted me n fo r service to
the C rown of Romania as well as for lesser acts of b~ve ry.
UNSTABLE MINES
O ne of Sandu's fi rst jobs in the army was relaying out-of-
date minefields, they had plenty of mines, but the ones they
were replacing were old and rickety. The old antiqua ted
m illefields we re ullstable, so relaying them with new mines
was a risky
JfSandu's platoon's Pioneer SIiPply vrhicle is used to place a
Minefield hI a Miuio71 with fbe Prepa"d Positions special
rule, yOIl may choose to place tu/o Unstable Minejiefds
imtead.
When you plo(( the Pioneer Supply vehicle, illSlead of
placblg one Minefirld, place Iwo Unstable Minefiefds. RoIL
il dice for each Unstflble Minefield you pUlCed. Of! il 2+
they al"( placed as normal.
On a roil of J the Unstable Minefield explodes whife it is
beingplacrd. 7l;e Unstable Minefield if removed from the
tablr and ,til the fellIns in Salldus Pioneer Platoon mUJt
make an immediate /nfontry save. Teams tim! foil the
Infontry save are removed from the table, but do not count
as casualties for the pllfpOSes of Platoon Mora/e
Unstable Minefiefds CO l/TIt as Minefirlds for all o/ber purposes.
You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one company or platoon
Irom each box shaded grey.
 REGULAR
7he armoured troops of the Romanian army, while not a/ways equipped with the best, were
always welf motivated and trained. A Companie Tancuri is rated Elite.

Company Command .. Command

tank la lk

Tan~

BATIALION HQ

The tankers are ably supported by armoured cars ro find gaps

in [he defences, mororised infantry ro hold the gaps creared If theCompany HQ has mort than one tank you cannot
have a forth Tancuri Platoon.
and to rapidly move to support rhe tankers, motorised anti-
tank gunners and TACAM tank-hunters to ger quickly to Your company must have at UilSt one Tancuri Platoon with
where they are needed to support the attack. the same type oftank as the Company HQ.
(n the Crimea only [he T-38 tanks of the 2nd Armoured T-3B armed companies only fought in the Crimea, so they
Regiment were available to suppOrt the Romanian troops can only be fielded as a Company entirely equipped with
during the 1944 Crimean campaign. T-38 tanks. and may not have a Tancuri Medii Platoon or
The R-2, R-35 and R-35 Vanatorul de Care tanks served in a Tank-hunter Platoon as a Weapons or Support Platoon.
the early pan of rhe campaigns in Transistria and Basarabia in 7hey may only be taken as a Support Choice in Gennan
Romania's north east with the 'Cantemir' Mixed Armoured al/ied Romanian companies (marked ~ ).
Group. The Cantemir group contained supporting T-3 and
In March rhe R-2, R-35 and R-35 Vanatorul de Care
T4 (Panz.er JJJ N and Panzer TV H) medium tanks, TACAM
were withdrawn from service, but were once more back
T-60 tank-hunters, and TA ($tuG III G) assault guns.
reserve for [he Romanian 3«1 Army in August 1944.

TANCURI PLATOON
 711e armollred troops 0/ the Romanian army were alw'lyJ wdi motivated and tmiflf'd. 'IIII' troops 0/
rhe medium tank compllllin have undergon e additional training with the GemlllnS in their new T-4
ranks and TA assauit guns. A Companie umcuri Medii is mted Elite.

In 1943 further deliveries of German equipment started to

arrive in Romania, some were new, some were caSt offs from
If the Company HQ has more than one lank you cannot
have a fifth 7;mcur; Medii PuUoon.
German panler divisions, bur all were welcome additions to
the Romanian armoured forces. Your company must have arleast one umCllri Medii Platoon
with the same type o/tank as the CompmlJ HQ {although
The T·3, T·4 tanks and TA assault guns saw service ftom early
in 1944, first with the 'Camemir' Mixed Armoured Group a T-3 Company Command tank must be accompanied by a
ofT-4 ranks}.
and from March 1944 with the Rapid Armoured Detachment
and finally, by August, with the full \" Armoured Division.

The Tancuri Medii (Medium Tank) Platoons came from three

battalions, cwo were armed with T-4 tanks and the third was
an assault-gun battalion armed with TA assault guns.
"These German vehicles provided the Romanians with armour
that would finally be effective against the Soviet T-34. Backed
Tank
up by the TACAM T-60 tank-hunter the Romanian armour
can really hold their own against the red steel.
TANCUR! MEDl! PLATOON
 team

.",.,
I" Armoured Division had a number of armoured TS half-track TS half-track
ibn"'" pb,,",,m,,,;bb,kl mOWlted in TB (Sd K& 251) half-
. Twenty half-tracks were supplied by the Germans and
were concentrated in a banalion and used 10 support
required 1944.
MG team MG team
V,mfllori Blindata Platoons uS( similar tactics to German
Gepanzeru Panzergrmadier Platoon, aTld may uS( the
German Mounted Assault special role iTl the ruiebook. TS half-track
.",.,
TS half-track

VANATORI BLiNDATA PLATOON

light Mitral 20mm gun is light and easy to move. This

it ideally suited to be used by mobile troops.
.. ..
~
Mitral20mm gun
~
Mitral20mm gun

rate of fire and all around traverse nO( only made it

ir.II"fo,,,nd-,;,,,,ndefence, but could also be put to good
against a variety of ground targets.

.. ~
Mitral 20mm gun
l"he TACAM T-GO is an ingenious combination of twO
bits of captured Soviet equipment, the T-60 light tank
and the 76.2mm obr 1936 field gun (FK36(r) as used by
TACAM TACAM
the Germans). 34 vehicles were completed by the end of
1943 and assigned to the training unit of the I" Armoured
Division where they were split into the Gl " and 62nd TACAM TANK-HUNTER PLATOON
companies. They saw service in Transnisrria and Basarabia in
TACAM R-2. This also saw actiOn against the G,·,m"nuj
February to August 1944.
Hungarians.
One company of TACAM T-60 rank-hunters continued
fighting in Transylvania after the Romanians had joined A Tank-hunter Platoons equipped with TAC4M R-2 tank-
the Allies. The Romanians also used their old R-2 tanks humers may only be takm in a So/lin aiiied Romanian
combined with the Soviet 7G.2m m ZIS-3 gun w create the company (marked;S().

Armed with modern light armoured cars supplied by the

Germans these elite troops stealthily probe the Soviet front
line looking for gaps their tankers and mowrised infantry
can exploit.

An Armourrd Car Platoon is a Reconnaissance Platoon.

AS AS

ARMOURED CAR PLATOON

 71)( Vanatori (hulUl'rS or light irl/{lnrry) o/fhr /" Armourrd Division and fhr motorisrd eaualry
rl.'gimrnu au the brst and mOrt I.'x pnirnud troops in the Romanian Army. Ofirn IIsrd as firt:
brigades, racingfrom crisis to crisis whmrvl.'T the infontry cannot handie the sitU/uion aionl'. A
Componil' Vonatori Motorizata is raud E1ire.

1\,\
Company Comm~nd
1\,\
2iC Command 1.5·ton truck
Rifle team Rif le team
BATIALION HQ

elY"
The Vandtori Motorizllu (mororised light infantry) provided
the 1" Armoured Division with mobile infantry support.
During 1944 the 8'~ Cavalry Division was fully motorised
and was in the process of retraining as the 20<1 Armoured
Division before the 20. Pllnurdivisoll absconded with their
tanks in August.

1\,\
Command MG team

1.5-lon truck. 1.5-lon truck

The elite motorised infantry's role is to hold the positions

taken by the tanks, as well as rapidly moving ro suppOrt
them . They ferret out the Soviet anti-tank guns and deal with
them before they can knock out the Romanian tanks. Highly
motivated they will attack on the move, almost before their
trucks have even stopped.
 J\~\
Command Rifle team

~
Z853 HMG
~
l853 HMG
~
ZB53 HMG
mororised machine-guns give the vanotori fire suPPOrt,
the enemy down as they arrack. [n defence, their
rate of fire mows down massed Soviet atracks.

A Motorizata Machin~-gun PlnlOOll may make Combat

Attachmtnts to Vllniltori MotoriWIa Platoon.

LOCOTENENT

'A~\ II.
Command
Rifle team
HQ SECTION

81.4mm Brandl 81 .4mm Brandt 81.4mm Brandt 81.4mm Brandt

mororised infantry's own artillery, their mortars are mortar mortar mortar mortar
on call for inseam artille ry support. While less
(han ardllery guns in prolonged bombardmems,
~m,,,,,u,g,, their rounds on target quicker, making rnem
useful in hasty attacks.

MOTORIZATA MORTAR PLATOON

----
LOCOTENENT

Command Rif le team

~ ~
TAC 47mm Schneider gun TAC 47mm Schneider gun

French designed TAe 47mm Schneider gun is used by

motorised infantry. It is small and has a low profile, bur
a good punch.
• 2' t

1.5-lon truck • 2't

IS-len truck

~
TAC 47mm Schneider gun

• q
EL-
1.5-tol1 truck
~

.-
TAC 47mm Schneider gun
t _

I StOll truck
 LOCOTENENT

J\'H
Command Jbse
Rille team Rlfl I ar
HQ SECTION

~~
~~~ 120mm
120mm Resita
Resita
~~~
120mm Resita
mortar mortar mortar mortar

"."., "."
The I" Armoured Division was supplied with captured Soviet
120mm mortars and later with Romanian Rqip copies. The
120mm monars are trans ported in trucks designed to keep up
with the mororised infantry and tanks. The 120mm mOrtars
are easy to semp and can be pm into action quickly. ~~
120mm Resita
~~~
120mm Resita
They provide excellent indirect fire capable of knocking out mortar mortar

entrenched enemy and me occasional vehicle. MORTAR SECTION

Command Riffe team

The motorised infantry are provided with German supplied

~

..
Anti·tank gun

I "
~
Anti-tank gun

50mm and 75mm anti-tank guns. These prOtect me infantry

from Soviet light and medium armour.
~
Anti-tank gun
ANTI TANK SECTION
 ARTILLERY

~~"'
Cavalry Heavy Mortar ~.l1;.
Platooll ..

ARTILLERY

~
Horse Artillery Battery It

ANTI-AIRCRAFT

wu.
Cavalry Anti-31H:rafl ~%
Platoon
 7JJt Romanian Cavalry had man} of the best , ..cruits, oftm voluflturr would join with th..ir own
horr .. or motorcycle. A Compalli.. d.. Cavaleri.. is mud Elite.

~~
Company Command
~~
2iC Command
Cavalry SMG team Cavalry SMG team
COMPANY HQ

Romania's cavalry is naditionaily divided imo the Calams;

and Rosiori, but by 1939 any training differences had disap- •
peared. The twelve Rosiori and six Caitml.)i regiments made
up the six cavalry d ivisions, while the other seven Calartl.)i
regiments provided the cavalry for the infamry and higher
COMPANIE DE CAVALERIE HQ
formations.
By 1944 at least one cavalry regimcm of the rhree in
While mounud Cavalry 60mm Bmndt mortar and Cavalry division had be<:ome fully motorised.
Panurrchruk uams cannot shoot.
The 60mm mortars provide the company with pt,,",,,H
suppOrt. These support weapons can be mo unted so
keep pace with the cavalry troopers.

Command Cavalry
RifleJMG team

It.pIo<o .... Com... ad JtiIIJMG .... with •

Command Pam.ertiwa: SMG leam .+10 poinu.. ~~~~
Cavalry Rifle/MG team
~~~~
Cavalry Rifle/MG learn
The cavalry are the elite of rhe Romanian army. They are
mobile, highly trained and motivated. The cavalry proved ~~~~
Cavalry Rifle/MG learn
~~~~
Cavalry Aifle/MG learn
time and time again some of the toughest troops in the
Romanian forces. During the fighting in August 1944 the
I" Cavalry Division was fully moumed. ~~~~
Cavalry Rifle/MG learn
~~~~
Cavalry Rille/MG team

A Calla/erie Plllloon mlly deC! to dimwunt before fh .. Sltat

of Ih .. gaml! u nding thdr horr ..s to rh .. "ar and out ofplay CAVALERIE PLATOON
for ,111' WI oftlJt gam ...
 1\'H,
Command RiUe/MG team

~1\'n\. ~1\l\ ~1\-n\. ~1\-H,

Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG learn Rifle/MG team
•
~1\'\
Rifle/MG team
~1\'\
Ritle/ MG team
cavalry are not the shock arm as they were in days l~=~~~~~~~;;; •
by, though they are still more lhan capable of the odd
DISMOUNTED CAVALERIE PLATOON
charge.
infantry or, as hap pened duri ng the fighting in Crimea, be
ow-,h,v,,, iiI" old fashion dragoo ns and fight as mOllIHed fo rced to fight on foot because of a lack of horseflesh.
and are JUSt as comfortable fighting dismounted.
would often hold defensive positions alongside the During rhe fighting in August 1944 the 5'''' 6,h and
9 th Cavalry divisions fought on foot.

machine-gun troops of the cavalry provide an important

in any battle plan. Being moumed o n horse allows them
keep pace with the cavalry, but they must still dismount
~~~~
Cavalry lB5J HMG
~~~~
Cavalry lB53 HMG

~~~~
Z B53 H MGs to provide fi re support.

Cavalry lB5J HMG

~~~~
Covahrie Machinr-gun PlatQon may makr Combat Cavalry ZB5J HMG
Attachmrnts to Cava/erie Platoons or Dismounted Cavalt rir

CAVALERIE MACHINE GUN PLATOON

A Cava/erie Machint!-gun Platoon may elect to diJmount
before the itart of the game sending their hONn to the rear While mOllnt(d Cumlry ZB53 HMG teams cannot shtXIt.
a"d out ofplay for the rest ofthe game.

lO(OTENENT

1\,\
Command
U
Obse,,'er
Rifle learn Rrlle leam
HQ SECTION

~llll ~ ~llll ~
81.4mmBrandl Cavalrvw gon 81.4mm Brandl lvalrv ,agon
mortar mortar

~u.
81.4mm Brandl
~ ~u. ~
lvalry wall 81.4mm Brandt C" Wl\lon
mortar mortar

ROMANIAN
 Command Rille team

~ ~
Anti-tank gun Anti-tank gun

(AVALERIE ANTI TANK PLATOON

Command Rifle team

,
1 lAC 9~H ~')nllll
-------------- ----
~ 1 IA( 1 ~ Rql{a 7')lI1m

Add l.5-ton trueks for

. ~
Anti-tank gun
~
Anti-tank !lun

One of the lessons learm from the Sralingrad campaign was

the need for heavy ami-tank guns to deal with the Soviet
T-34 and KV tanks_
Initially the cavalry divisions received German convened
French 75mm field guns, the TAC 938 75mm gun (7.5cm
PaK97/38). The units refitted for the summer campaign on
the Romanian border were equipped with the home-grown
TAC 43 R~ip 75mm gUll.
 Command Cavalry
iI

mounted scours provide the recon naissance for the

divisions. These handpicked mounted troopers are
can seek out the enemy's intentions and uncover his ~~~~ ~~~~
with expert observation. Cavalry Ritle/MG team Cavalry Rifle/MG team

A Cavalry SCOUI Platoon is a Reconnaissance PlatOon. ~~~~

Cavalry Ritle/MG team
~~~~
Cavalry Rifle/MG learn

P/llfoon may eleer to dismoum before the ~~~~

Cavalry RifleJMG team
~~~~
Cavalry Rifle/MG team
"'" g"m, unding Ihtir horus 10 the renr and out of
the rest ofthe game.
CAVALRY SCOUT PLATOON

LOCOTENENT
lOCOTENENT

1\,,\
Command
Rifle team
HQ SECTION

~~
120mm Resita
~~
120mm Resita
mortar mortar
!dcl O""""~ lUlL team for ... 15 points.
... S points for the platoon. ~~
120mm Resita
~~
120mm Resila
cavalry divisions were supplied with captured Soviet mortar mortar
UO,om mOrtars and later with Romanian Re~ip copies. The
~" u" m monars are rransported in light wagons designed to
up with the cavalry. The 120mm mortars are easy to set
and can be put into action quickly. ~~
120mm Resita
~~
120mm Resita
provide excellem indirect fire capable of knocking our mortar mortar
"",,,,01,,,, enemy and the occasional vehicle. MORTAR SECTION
 StaHteam

HQ SECTION

,
( • • WI,
Gun or Howitter

Gun or Howitzer Gun or Howitzer

The horse artillery are provided with more horses (0 allow
them (0 keep pace with the cavalry. They are also uained
to get into action as quickly as possible. They gallop imo
action, swinging the limber around at the last moment to
unhirch and get the gun ready to fire in JUSt momems.
HORSE ARTILLERY BATIERY
A Hom Artillery Battery um tbe Hone Artillery speciaL
ml.. (ue tbe mlebook).
HorSt! Artifiuy Battuies eqflipptd with Skoda
M 14 or Skoda IOOmm M30 howitzl!rs may 110/ be placed
witbin J6"/40cm o/enemy trams.

LOCOTENENT

Command Rifle team

~ ~
Ami-aircraft cover for cavalry is provided by the divisional
ami-aircraft company armed with the German 20mm Flak38
guns, known as me Mitral. .. ..
Milral20mm gun Mitral20mm gun

"UtlJu,
Mitral20mm gun

CAVALRY ANTI AIRCRAFT PLATOON

 Whik playing a Baralion
CANNON FODDER Puscasi, whelltlltr tiu rules
lnlk about n Platoon m1d
the battle for Hu ngary the Romanians were pushed
thaI as a Puscasi Company.
by the Soviets. They were always on (he artack and they
Where fhl! ruks talk about
thrown into barde afrer batde.
a Company, read that as n
A Sovi(f ailid Bata/ion Puscasi will Always Attack (su Bata/ion Puscasi.
page 257 of the mlebook) ngnimr any other Infontry
Company.
 MOTIVATION AND SKILL
Romania's contribution in 1944 has been reduced foam 1942. HowtlJtr; thry stili contribute
mon men to thr conf/ict thall any other Axis power except Germany. A Bllfolion PI/seasi is mud
Regular.

i"\
Company Command
i-'\
2iC Command
Rifle team Rifte team
R.p/ace either ... boch _ ....... with Command BATTALION HQ
Pa"k' (-8" SMG tams fOr +I S points per team.
V!~ ~Idd. SOrio< BatcaIioo Komiaar tam. for +25 poinu.
IMI Pa............ _ .. ,,, +25 poIou ............
Add up to tilde SnIpe:r tams for +50 points per
......
BATALION PUS(ASI HQ

H~_Dwlth

~ Pll~(;,ISl PLuoom
I
f
1
I
I'lI~l.:.\SI I'l.iI()Om

I'US(dSI "laiOol)

OPTIONS
• aq,Iace me Command Ri8elMG team with a
Command Panzerfauat SMG team for +10 points.
• Add 60mm Btandt mortalS for +20 points per ~i-'\\. ~i-'\
Rifle/MG team Rif le/MG team
mo.....
Add Platoon for ~i-'\\. ~i-'\
Rifle/MG learn Rifle/MG team
The Romanian infantryman has benefited from the experience
of those that fought during 194143. Though still of mixed
Rille/MG team
q uality, they have a determinadon to defend their homeland
and fight with stubborn imensity in the right situation. ""A"A-'\\. ~i'\
RillefMG team RillefMG team
Though they may not have the same amount of artillery and
other specialists, they do get modern German weapons such
as the Panurfoust and Panzenchrtck as well as closer support
/Tom German units fighting alongside them , and later the

~i-'\\. ""A"A-' \
7"ll.'
support of the Red Army as they joined the Allies.
The Romanian Puscasi (RiAe) Company is a simple forma- Rille/MG team Rifle/MG learn ZB53 HMG
tion. With riAemen, machine-guns and GOmm mOrtars they
can hold their own againsr attacking infitntry. The ZB53
l...d1'-ll. ~i-'\
team Rifle/MG team
machine-guns of the mach ine-gunners lay down well set Out
fire thai will stop any attack, providing crossfire support from
dug-in posidons.
111e company can call on the heavy weapons from the bat-
Rif lefMG team RillefMG team
talion, regiment and division for furrher supporr.

PUSCASI COMPANY
 Command Rifle team

Czech designed ZB53 HMG of the machine-gun

has proved an excellem support weapon . The
position thei r ZB53 H MGs in good positions wirh
sighted lanes of fire to cover (he infantry's positions.
~
~ ZB53 ~ ~
ZB53 HMG
HMG ZB53 HMG ZB53 HMG

A PuscllJi MachifJ~-gu" P!ntoon may mak, Combat

Attaclmunts 10 Puscasi Company.
PUSCASI MACHINE-GUN PLATOON

LOCOTENENT
LOCOTENENT

1\,,\
Command
Rille team
HQ SECTION

'~ m ,", close SUP P Of[ is also provided by the 81.4mm

They place accurate fire on enemy positions as they 81 .4mm Brandt 81.4mm Brandt 81.4mm Brandt 81.4mm Brandt
for an arrack and can he used to suppress enemy mortar mortar mortar mortar
to a counterattack.

PUSCASJ MORTAR PLATOON

LOCOTENENT

1\,,\
Command Rifle team

Anti·tank gun

Anti·tank gun

Anti-tank gun

ANTI TANK PLATOON

. ~ . ~
Anti-tank gun

.
Anti·tank gun

~
light aori-tank guns provide (he infantry with a level of
from Soviet light and medium tanks. Positioned
can halt Rt:d Army tank assaults.
l'::===;.;;; Anti-tank gun

ANTI TANK PLATOON

 LOCOTENENT

~'H
Command
Rifle learn p

Add 0.,..,... RlIIe _lOr .15 poma. 120mm Resita

mortar
Add hon&-dm.. ....... lOr .5 ...... for die
Q)fDpaay.
120mm Resita 120mm Resita
A variery of Soviet eq uipment was capmred in large numbers mortar mortar
between 1941 and 1943, one of the most successful was the
120mrn mortar. This proved so successful that copies were
made by Re~ira and they became an imegral parr of the
Romanian arsenal.
The 120mm morrars provided the infantry with fast on hand 120mm Resita 120mm Resila 4(
mortar mortar
heavy firepower. The rounds of the heavy monar can dig even
MORTAR SECTION
m e most srubborn defe nders out of their positions.
PUSCASI HEAVY MORTAR COMPANY

~,,\
Command
Rifle/MG team

a.p... die Commaad RlIIeJMG ..... ...... •

CommandSMGtamatnocosc.orwltb.Commmd
_ _ SMG ..... lOr .10 poiDa.
""A.~"\"-
Rifle/MG team
""A.~"\"-
Rifle/MG team

-
• RepIao: aU Ri8elMG ICaID8 with SMG tean¥ at no

These well trained reconnaissance infa ntry locate Soviet

positions and assem bly points to bring in anillery and other
""A.~"\
Rifle/MG team

SERGENT
""A.~"\
Rifle/MG team

supporting trOOps ro deal wi th them.

They are ha ppy to use captured Soviet PPSh-41 submachine- Rille/MG team Rille/MG team
o n their p revious owners as well as t he natiye D rita, SCOUT SQUAD
 Command Pioneer
Rifle/MG team

~1.'nlJ,.
Pioneer Rifle/MG team Pioneer Rifle/MG team

aD Ri8clMG 1J$DU with SMG teand at no

~~'H,
Pioneer Pioneer Rifle/MG team

SERGENT

d ivision had an Assauli Pioneer Battalion. 1l1ese con-

the mosl highly rrained infamry whose tasks included
~~"\lJ,. ~~,,\
Pioneer Rifle/MG team Pioneer Rifle/MG team
crossing assaults, bunker busting and Tank destruction.
PIONEER SQUAD
You may replau up to one Pioneer Rifle/MG orSMG uam PUSCASI PIONEER PLATOON
with a Flame-thrower unm at the start oj the game bifou
deploymem.

Command Rifle team

polots for the platoon.

German designed MinaI 20mm gun (2cm FlaK38)
~:~~,,~;::,.~h::',;m~",a;inSray of the anti-aircraft prottttion of the
)J imo 1944.
and dug-in in key locations these light ami-

Soviet aircraft
guns as wellexcellem
can provide as additional I1re supporr
protection
"".k"'g Soviet infil.l1try and light tanks.
against
from maraud- J:-:~;:1i~~~:~~~:::::~m[-~:
 Command Staff team
Rifle team
HQ SECTION

Gun or Howitzer Gun or Howitzer

Gun or Howitzer Gun or Howitzer

Gun or Howitzer Gun or Howitzer

Gun or Howitzer Gun or Howitzer

• Add Obtcrver Ri8e teams for +15 points per Gun
Botmy.
• Add honc-drawn wagoa aad limbers for +5 poinu
1m rhe ban.lkm.
LOCOTENENT

Due [0 the limited numbers of guns available after the

loses during the Stalingrad campaign the infamry divisions'
artillery was reduced to rwo rwo-battalion regiments in
1944 .
~
Gun or Howitzer
~Gun or Howitzer
Initially the Romanians planned to equip them with IOOmm
""")JJ. ')t")JJ.
and 150mm howitzers, but large numbers of 75mm guns
remained in service in 1944 and the 150mm guns and
howiners remained in independent units at corps level. ~
Gun or Howitzer
~
Gun or Howitzer

~J. ~
"
GUN BATIERY
ARTILLERY BATIALION
MOTIVATION AND SKILL
Romllnian divisions Ilrc supportrd by a 'lumber of dijfrrt'1It platoons, sam/" are particular to til(' rype
of division (found in ((feb Company or Batraliani Intdligmu Brirfing above), but others are of a
commonly shard oTganiJation. 71u rating of the .following Divirionni Support Platoon, arr Elite,

AIR SUPPORT LOCOTENENT

lOCOTENENT

LOCOTENENT

1\'H
Command Pioneer
Rifle/MG team

1\~\"- 1\1\,,\,,-
Pioneer Rif le/MG team Pioneer Rille/MG team

1\1\,,\ 1\1\,,\
.. ..
all RIIIoIMG ...... _ SMG ......... no
Pioneer Rifle/MG team Pioneer Ritle/MG team
poIna.
+25

You may rtplau up to one Pioneer RifolMG orSMG uom

SERGENT
peT Pianter Squad with a Flame-throWfT team at the stnrt
ofthe game before deployment.
Pioneer Rifle/MG team Pioneer Ritle/MG team
PIONEER SQUAD
 'A'H
Command Rifle learn

~
AntHank gun ..""~
Anti-tank gun

AcId IS-ton truda for +5 points for the platooD.

In 1944 each division's anillery organised a second battery

of ami-tank guns. These divisional level anti-tank guns were
75 mm guns for taking on the increasingly heavier Soviet ~
tanks. In the C rimea German supplied TAC 938 and TAC AntHank gun
40 guns are available, while in Romania the native TAC 43
Re§i\a is fe-equipping the divisions. ~~
Ant i-tank gun
ANTI ·TANK SECTION

Command Rif le team

I'» POlIl I\ I
\05 POUlts

~ ~
TAC 43 Resita 75mm TAC 43 Resila 75mm
for the platoon.
in 1944 each division's artillery organised a second battery
of ami-tank gu ns. These divisional level anti-tank guns were
75mm guns for taking on the increasingly heavier Soviet
ranks.
The I" Armoured Division is equipped with the native
43 Re§i{a gun. This gun tOok (he best of the German PaK40 ~
TAC 43 Resita 75mm
and Sovier ZIS-3 and combi ned them into a design of i
ANTI -TANK SECTION
 --A-'\ Itt~t
Command StaN team
Rifle learn
H SECT I

ll.aw.
Howitzer
~
Howitzer

Howitzer Howitzer

all O[her Romanian arrillery the In Armoured Dillision

irs artillery upgrnded to 100mm howitz.crs, either the l~=!~~~~~~=
4/ 19 Skoda or the M30 Skoda, replacing the old 75mm

LOCOTENENT
LOCOTENENT

Command Staff learn

Rifle learn
H SECTION

~ Gun or howitzer
~
Gun or howitzer

uuc:b for +S points for the platoon. Gun or howitzer

~
Gun orhowit~er

Romanian corps had an independent mOTOrized heavy

battalion and were made up of 105mm Schneider l~=!!~~~~~~::!
I 1936 guns and 150mm Skoda mode! 1934 howitzers.
we(e comparable in (efmS of firepower and mobility
German regiments.
 MOTIVATION AND SKILL
7h( Romanians fight alongside the Germans and wi/! often call 011 them to provide support.
German platoom supportirlg 11)( Romnniam are a/wop rated Confident Veteran and
foJ/ow rlJ( German special mles.
7hry are AiJin to the Romanians Imd follow the Alfies n&s in the r«'cbook.

Command Panzer IV H

During April and June GrossdeulSchland Pllnurgrenadier.

14.• 23. and 24. Panzer divisions we re supported by the
18,h Mountain and 3«1 Infantry divisions during the counter-
offensive. German panzcrs also rescued the Guard Division
from a sticky simarion.

Panzer IV H

PANZER PLATOON

Rqdace one StaG G utauIt gun with a StuH42

...wI gun at DO coat.

Mount Assault RJ8e Tank Escorts on aU StuG G or

Stu1142
Romanian troops were supported by various German assault
gun units during their campaigns in 1944. 5cuG assault
guns were in suppOrt of the infantry, cavalry and mountain
trOOps in Crimea and again during counterattacks against ASSAULT GUN PLATOON
the Soviets on [he Besarabian frontier.
SluG G or StuH42 assault guns with Assault Rifo Tank
Escorts uS( thr Tank Escon rules 011 pagrs 200 to 201 of
thr rulebook.
 ~:H
Command MG team 'I' &#
Kfz 15 field car

Command MG team with a Conunand

SMG team for +5 polnu or with a
Pam.erfiuut SMG team fOr +10 poin...
15 &eLI <u ond ~ Kfz 70 uudm
~n trucks at DO COlt.

Pllllurgmuuiindillision launched a counreranack

"',u"" me Soviet breakthrough at lasi on 20 August to stem
red tide. With only a few tanks me panzergrenadiers were
match for the Soviets overwhelming numbers. MG team MG team Kfz 70 truck

and June motoriscd panzergrenadiers also fought PANZERGRENADIER SQUAD

~o".,,;d, the Romanians during Operations Sonja and Karja. \,,-- - PANZERGRENADIER PLATOON

LEUTNANT

Command
RiflefMG team

+5 poinra or with a ~'A~\IJ,. ~'A~\IJ,.

I"" 10 points. Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team

Du ring thei r fighting in Crimea and Besarabia the Romanians ~'Al\ ~'A~\
alongside many diff"e renr German Infonurie divi- Rifle/MG team RiflelMG team
sions. Some of these grenad ier units were fighLing in direct
reinforcing or counrerattacking from reserve or UNTEROFF IZIER
~::::~d:;i vjSjOns in the line fighd ng off heavy
 1.,,\
Command SMG team 1~ held far

Add K& 15 field cu ond 3-uHJ . . - fi>r . 5 .......

fi>r rhe pia.....
Rcpl= oil 3-u>• . . - with RSO _ _ It no
.. ..
~
1. 5~m PaK40gun
~
7.5em PaK40 gun

"

.. ..
~ ~
....., ScI K& II 1Wf_ _ fi>r.5 ....... , ,, ....
7.5cm PaK40 gun 7.5cm PaK40 gun
platoon.
One asset the Germans could back up the Romanians with
was a good number of anti-tank guns. Supporting and
neighbouring German anti-tank units have the firepower 10
hold off the Soviet tanks that the Romanians don't always
have on hand. ANTI TANK GUN PLATOON

HAUPTMANN

1.,,\ •
Command
's,
KII 15 field car Staff learn KIz 68 radiO
SMG learn lruck
HQ SECTION

u ...
Observer Rifle team Kiibelwagen
lllI. ...
Observer Rille learn Kubelwagen

~
.. ..
HowiUer

So KIIII half.lr ~ck

Howitzer

Sci Kfl 11 h8If·!rac~

~
.. ..
Howitzer

Sd Kllll hall-trad
Hcwiller

Sd KrIll h~lf·tr8ck

The Luftwllffi will endeavour to destroy the Red Army at

any rum, whether it is attacking Germans or Romanians. "'--~----......
The scream of the Stuka dive-bomber is a wekome sound to
Romanians and Germans alike.
 EA~;A~IT ARMY
"""nii, huge army was drawn from the rural peasant class,
by the aristocratic upper class. and d isciplined by
using 18th Cenrury-style corporal punishment. Men
regularly beaten for minor breaches in regulation and
"'~Ii ;'. The separadon of men, NCOs, and officers even
as fa r as meals [hat were supplied in three qualities,
officers, naturally, gening the best, The officers were
,o;po",ibl, for the training of their own units. This
in a great variation in the quality of HOOPS' combat
HATED ENEMY
The Romanians have many terriwrial daimsagainst Hungary
and fi ght with the Soviets, in part, because they mce an
enemy who had taken much of Romania for rheirown. 1 hey
fight with and determination against their enemies.
WIJtn Romanian platoons take a Motivation Test to
Counterattack in assaults, you may n-roll the die and
apply the re-rolkd mult to Romanian platoons instead of
the original resuft.

Aft" deployment, but bifore the first turn, rofi a die for SOVIET BATTALION KOMISSAR
each Romanian platoon and Independent Warrior team. Often Romanian units would be assigned a Soviet advisor
Consult fhi! Peasant Army tabu to determine thdr Skill or liaison officer to help co-ordinate operations with the
and Motivation ratings. Platoons held in Reurves de not Red Army. The role would sometimes involve sustaining
roll until thry arrive, the Romanians' morale to keep advancing accordi ng to the
Soviets' plans and timetables, often with little regard for the
PEASANT ARMY TABLE lives of their Romanian allies.
Rnll ReguJar Elite
A Soviet Battdlion Komissar team in a Romanidn Battd/ion
Reluctant Trained Rel uctant Veteran HQ is an Intkpomdent team.

2 Rclucram Veteran
3 ConfidentTrained
4 Confident Trained
Reluctant Veteran
Confident Trained
ConfidentTrained
If a Soviet Battalion Komissar team joim a Romanian
company or platoon in the Shooting or Afsault Step brfim:
the company or platoon takes any hits from shooting, they
must attempt to sustain the Romanians' morak.

5 Confident Trained Confident Veteran Ifthe company or platoon takes jive ofmon hitsftom shooting,
roU a die after aU shooting at the platoon is completed.
6 Confident Veteran Confid ent Veteran
On a rolL of 2+ you must immediately Destroy any Other
Infimrry or Gun tea m from the company or platoon within
RE~ICH DOCTRINE Command Distance ofthe Komissar team.
Romanian troops are trained in the French doctrine of
Otherwise on roll of I, the Romanians rebel and shoot the
warfare. Their plan is to make a short
Komissar team, which is Destroyed.
advance [hen
If the Komissar team survived the attempt to sustain the
Romanian Infantry and Gun teams attempting to Dig In Romanians'morak, the company or platoon, ifit Jlarted the
succud on a roli of3+. sup with at least fifteen Infantry or Gun teams (including
Whom conducting Deftnsive Fire, Infantry and Gun teams the Komissar team and any attached teams) In Command,
that are Dug In or in Entrenchments can shoot Over any now must take at least ten hits in a singk Shooting Sup
Mall-packed or Light Gun teams that are also Dug In or before they become Pinned Down.
;11 Entrenchmomts. A single hit from an Artilkry bombardmmt still pins them,
however.
FIRE CONTROL A Soviet BattaLion Komissar may attach to Allied Soviet
the US Army, the Romanians were great fo llowers of Companies and uses the normal Battalion Komissar rules
doctrine during the 1920's and 1930's and their when they do so (see page 249 ofthe rukbook).
methods reflect this.

Romanian Compally Command teams cannot act as

spotting teams for Artilkry Bombardmomts.
Whom a Romanian artillery battery that has d Staff team
fires an Artillery Bombardment, any other artilkry batteries
with Staff teams may join it before rolling to Ronge In and
a singk combined Artillery Battery.

ROMANIAN
The French R35 tank only has enough room in its turret to have one man, who has ro command the tank as well as
fire the gun.

Any tnnk with a On~-man Turrfl that movtf adds + J to the score required to hit when shooting with its turrN main gun.
Machine-guns and Flame-throwers do not !uffir this penalty.
In addition, a tlmk with a One-man Turret may not fire both the turret main gun and the turret machine-gun in the same turn.

N=. Mobility Front Top Equipment and NOles

Weapfln JlJ.ng~ ROF Anti-tank Fi"P flw "

liGHT TANKS
R·2 (l'an~r 35{t)l Standard Tank 2 I
3.7.m KwK35{t) gUll 2-f"(6fkm 2 6 4.
R-35
37mmSA18gun
Slow Tank
J6~/4&:m
3
2 ,
3
4.
Co-ax MG.
Ont-mllll turrrt.
R·35 Vanawrul de Care Slow Tank 3 3
45mm ob, 1938gun 24"16Onn 2 7 4. Ont-mlllllurrrt.
T-38 (Pan~r 38(tl) Standard nnk 2 I Co-ax MG. Hull MG. Protectai ammo,
3.7cm KwK35(l) XUn 2476fkm 2 6 4.

MEDIUM TANKS
T·3 (Pan~r III N) Standard nnk 6 3 Co-ax MG. Hull MG, Prote(;lai ammo.
7.5cm KwK36 gul! U"/6Ocm 2 9 3.
Panler IV H Standard Tank 6 3 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Pro tectai ammo, Schiinen.
7.5cm KwK40 xun 32"/8&:1'1 2 II 3.
T-4 (Pan~r IV H) Srandard Tank 6 3 Co-ax MG. Hull MG. Protected ammo, Schiirun.
7.5cm KwK40 gun 32780cm 2 /I 3.

ASSAULT GUNS
TA (StuG G) Standard T:mk 7 3 Hull MG. Protectai ammo, Schiinen.
7.5cm 5ruK40 gUll 32"18Ocm 2 II 3. Hull mounud.
SmGG Srandard Tank 7 3 Hull MG, Protected ammo, Schiinen.
7.5cmSJuK40gull 32"/8Ocm 2 II 3. Hull mou11f(tl
SmH42 Standard Tank 7 3 Hun MG. Protected ammo, Schiinen.
/O.5rm SJuH42 gull 32 "/8Ocm 2 10 2. Hull mounud. B"lllrlh,ough gull. 5mol«.

SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-TANK
TACAMT-60 Standard Tank I 0 0 AA MG , Overloaded.
76"1"1 F-22 gun 32"/8Ocm 2 10 3. Hut! mou1ll(d.
TACAM R-2 Standard Tank I 0 0 Hull MG, Unreliable.
76.2"1"1 Zl5·3 gun 32"18Ocm 2 9 3. Hull moun/(d.

ARMOURED CARS
AB (Sd Kn 222) 'Wheeled I 0 0 Co-ax MG.
2tm KU/K38 gun 16"/4Ocm 3 5 5. &/f,uftnu Illlli-Ilim"lljt.

VEHICLE MACHINE-GUNS
16"14Orm 3 2 6 ROF f ifolh" Wfnpom firt:·
 Man-packed , 2 , ROF 3 when pinned down or moving.
Man-packed 24-'6Ocm 2 3, Can fill: ~r friendly troops..
32"/SOcm 6
Man-p;Kktd 24"/6Ocm
40"/ I()(km
2 2
2 ,
3, Smoke. Minimum nnge S"/2Ocm.
Smoke bombardment.
Ughl 56"1l4Ocm
, 3 3.
gun (2cm FlaK38)
gun (obI 1937)
Ughl
Ughl
IG"/4Ocm
24"/6Ocm 3
5
7
.,.,
" Anti-aircnfl. TUlnl<lble.
Gun shield.
Ught
Man-j»dted
24"I6Ocm
24"/6Ocm
3
3
8
7
.,., Gun shield.

Ugh!
Medium
24"/6Ocm
24"IGQcm
3
3
8
9
., Gun shield.
Gun shield.
75mm gun (7.5cm PaK38/97) Medium 24"/6Ocm 2 \0 3, Gun shield.
gun (7.5cm I':IK40) Medium 3rJ8Ocm 2 12 3, Gun shield.
H~" 3r/8Ocm 2 13 3, Gun shield.
(76K102) H~" 24"'6Ocm 2 8 3, Gun shield, Smoke.
64"Il6Ocm 3 6 Smoke bombardment.
Heavy 24"'6Ocm 2 8
,
3, Gun shield, Smoke.

.,
64"/IGOcm 3 Smoke bombardmem.
Ml4 howiner ( IOO/Jn Immobile 24"/6Ocm 9 2, Gun shield, Breakthrough gun.
72"/ ISOcm
•
Immobile 24"/6Ocm
8S"/22Ocm
9
• .,
2, Gun shield, Breakthrough gun.

Immobile 32"/8Ocm
88"f220cm
12
• .,
2, Gun shield, Break!hrough gun.

Immohile 24"/6Ocm
80"/200cm ,
10
.,
2, Gun shield, Brtaklhrough gun, Smoke.
Smoke bombmlmem.
Immohile 3r/8Ocm 13 I, Gun shield, Bunker buster.
88"f22Ocm 5 2,
Immohile 24"/6Ocm 13 I, Bunker buner. Smoke.
80"/2O<km 5 2, Smoke bombardment.

Cannon ",.
2,
5
11
.,
Cannon 9
" Flying Tank.

SID ....................................~:;~;;::!!;:~
.......;;::;;. 1ltilr.r;'IDJ~f
...rr. . ..... ·.·~~
T. . . . . . •. ,. . . . ........ Ho. ." '
 Armour
Mobility Front Side Top ~Uipmenl and NOles

"." ROF Anti-tankFirrporwr

l.5-lOn, 3-ton, Kh 70, or Kh 68 Radio uuck

Ho~-drawn

Horse-drawn

Slow Tank
Half-tracked
HOr!;e-drawn limber Hor~·drawn

Cavalry limber Ho rse-drawn

ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS

TB half-track (Sd Kh 251 D) Half-tracked o o

Range Anti-tank Finpower NOles

16"/40cm 2 6
16"/40cm 2 2 6
16"/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down.
4"/IOcm 3 6 FuJI ROF when moving.
8"/20cm 3 6 Full ROF when moving.
8"/2Ocm 2 II Tank A=ult 5.
Flame-thrower Icam 4"/I0cm 2 6 Flame-thrower.
16"/40cm 2 6 Moves as a Heavy Gun team .

ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT

4"/10cm 12 5+ Tank As.sault 6. Cannot ~hoot in the Shooting Step ;r moved in the
Movement Step.
Pionccr teams are rated as Tank Assault 4. Panzerknacker learns arC rated as Tank Assault 5.

- ...........
... . -.... _..
-~--
-. ....
,

- .
 Russian Green (894), or
Luftwaffe Camo Green (823)
['aimed melal

Flat Fles h (955)

Exposed A~h

Flat Red (957)

Epauleue piping

Khaki (988)
Satchel

Gunmetal Grey (863)

Gun metal, tool heads

Beige Brown (87S)

RiAe wood., tool handles

Flat Earth (983)

SMG Pouches

Khaki Grey (880), or

Khaki (988)
Uniform

USA Tan Earth (874) SovieT Assault Sappers used a distinctive

Greatcoats, bedrolls & 'Amoeba' pancm camouflage uniform .
b~,kpacks
To paint your Assault Sappers, basecoat your
miniatures with Russian Uniform (924),
Black (950) and add 'Amoeba' splorches of either Black
Boots, Bell (950) or German Camo Dark Green (979).
AlrernaTively, basecoar your miniamres with
Khaki Grey (880), with blotches of Black
(950) or German Camo Black Brown (822).
AIL colour name! and codl!J givm Or{!for fhe Vailejo rangeojFlames Of War paints,
found in the Flames Of War Quartermasrers Paint Set, Soviet Pain t Set and
German SS Paint Set avaiiablrfrom fhtonlint stor(andFlames OfWar rtockists.
MOr( comprthrmivr paintiTlg and modriiing guidts can also be found on the
www. FlamesOj\Var.com wtbsiu.

SOVIET VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT

Tll/lk t'rt!/IJ overalls
Black (950), or
Khaki Grey (880)
Vebicle dlld guol t'olo ur:
RU5sian Grce n (894)
Once undercoated, paint you r vehicle or gun with a
Tank crt!/IJ 'JeJ"'tl$
basecoat of Russian Green (894) . Drybrush a few coats of Black (950), or
Luftwaffe Camo Green (823) over the top of this to have Beige Brown (875)
your miniatures ready for the table quickly and casily.
Tool ha lldlts
Beige Brown (87 5)

Alternnu vehide 6- K'm t'olour. Tyrtl 6- road wheels

\!Lu!"-,"', Camo Gree n (823) Black (950)

Tallk t'IJmoujlAge colollt

Flat Earth (983)
All Soviet vehicles were factory-painted dark green, best re-
created using Russian Green (894) highlighted with Luftwaffe
Camo Green (823). A well-painted Soviet tank army looks
grear, bur all [hat green can be monotonous. Lend-lease
vehicles give you a chance to add some variety to your force.
Caprured equipment presents a perfect opportunity to
broaden your research, modelling and painting skills. Some
historical photographs do exist, for ideas and inspiration, bur
feel free to let your imagination run wild. Some vehicles may
have been resprayed, but more would have received makeshift
,repainting in the field, using whatever paint was available.
~~j~_Wdi--~~~~
. ;~~r~-k~~~~~~~~~
Lend-lease vehicles were nOt usually repainred, so use
same colours used by the source nation. All Valentines
Universal Carriers would have been shipped before the
Army made the change from Service Colour to ~~:~):;';,~.
preparation for Normandy, so paint them Khaki
Plentiful stars and slogans, in either red or white, were
common . Panially repainted vehicles, with a mix of
green and German three~colour camouAage, are p,,,',,"II,
eye-catching. For a Decoy Tank Company,
over the German markings or using an
vehicle is also perfectly acceptable.
 1-70 OBR 1943
Armour: IO-GOmm Armour: 15-60rnm
Main Armamem: 45mm gun Model 38 Main Armament: 76.2mm F-34 cannon

1-34 OBR 1942 1-34/ 85 OBR 1943

Armour: IS-GOmm Armour: 20-90mrn
Main Armament: 76.2mm F-34 cannon Main Armament: 85mm ZiS-S-53 gun

Armour: 16-35mm Armour: 45mm

Main Armament: 76mm Zi5-3 gun Main Armament: 122mm M-30S howiner

SU-85
Armour: 45mm
Main Armament: 85mm 0-5T gun

Armour: 90-120mm Armour: "U-U'Un,",

®'mil
 KY-85
Armour: 30-160mm
Main Armamem: 85mm D-5T gun

Armour: 30-160mm Armour: 30-160mm

Main Armamem: 85mm D-5T gun Main Armament: 122mm D-25T

LEND LEASE VEHiClES

M4SHERMAN M4 76MM SHERMAN

Armour: 40-63mm Armour: 40-63mm
Main Armament: 75 mm M3 U40 gun Main Armamem: M I 76mm gun
order to make themselves look professional, the irregular trOOps the AK attempted to use a srandard uniform whenever
The S5 uniforms captured on rhe first day went a long way to adding a sense of uniformity to rhe AK. However, nor
the trOOps had access to the uniforms and used whatever they had on their backs.

MODELLING AK INFANTRY MODELLING KEDYW

The AK's mixture of uniforms can easily be The Kedytv were the elite troops of
replicated using figures from several sources. the AK. They were tasked with the
When I began working on my AK army, I most difficult assignmenrs to secure
collected some Waffen-SS, Finnish, FFI, critical buildings and locations. To
Soviet, and some German figures from me complete their mission, they received
th~ 'pecial
Flames OfWar range. a lot of the AK's precious few heavy
weapons.
catalogue For the most pan the AK wore civilian clothes, Mid-war SS figure
so I would recommend using the FFI and the The Ktdytv teams use the same equip-
from the special order range to simulate the bulk of ment as the other AK teams, only they had many more
AK The FFI range is perfect for adding PlATs and Sten submachine-guns and heavy weapons.
bm,,,hi'"-'lU''' to your AK 1111' Waffen-SS figures are ideal for
figures are also ideal to use as they have little kit and Kedyw platoons as they used a sig-
appropriate weapons, such as nificant portion of these captured
flam e-thower. uniforms. For my force 1 used the S5
figures for all of my Kedytv troops with.
by picking our all of the
a few head swaps here and there.
armed with rifles and setting
all the figures with machine- The bulk of the figures came from
The AK didn't have many the SS-Panzergrenadierkompanie box
at irs disposal and set (GBXI8). This is an ideal place
they did have were organised Soviet riAeman with an to start since
SS head swap
heavy machine-gun platoons. Soviet officer with a it includes
British Commando anti-tank guns,
did several head-swaps through- head swap
machine-guns ~nd infantry-indeed,
the noops. The AK had several
an entire AK army in a box! I added
of headgear, ranging fro m Soviet, German and old
some mid-war 55 figu res as well since
helmets, to soft caps and berets. You can use Soviet
a good portion of [hose captured were Connr[M
Early-war Polish figures to do some head-swaps and add
older pattern smocks. SS riReman

FIGURES TO USE FOR KEDYW TROOPS:

FIGURES TO USE FOR AK TROOPS:
GBX1855-Panzergrenadierkompanie
FR86a FFI Rifle Platoon
GE792 55 Panzergrenadler PJalOoll (Early/Mid War)
FRXa4 FFI Company
GE813 55-Panzergrenadler Platoon (Late)
Fl702Jaikaviiki Platoon
FI703 Jiiakari Platoon
FI706 Pioneer Platoon

,1>.........d back of an AK riRe team £rom my AK fora. I intentionally went with thn:c 6gures On th~'U.!Id JO that I could add mono

Once I gOt all o£ the assembly things worked our, it was
qnto painting-and lots of it! As demonstrated by the his-
torical photos, the AK troOps had a large variety of uniform
colours.
Painting civilian troops is rathcr
fun because you r colour selection is
widened beyond the usual camo tones
to include whites, blues, reds and
other bright colours.
You can also conven military mniC5
into civilian ones JUSt by changing
its colour. Civilian dress will yield all
Panisan figu~ rrom the sorts of colour combinations if you
.pecial order catalogue h· k ·d h b
t In ours! et e ox.
I also painted the AK identification armband on each figure's
right arm, and a similar band around most of the German
helmets.
Polish hands, some AK squads painted the
Polish eagle on them.
On some of the figures' helmets without
covers, I painted the Polish eagle emblem. I
painted a very simple 'V' with a line down
the middle. Then, anorher small line at the
bottom to simulate the eagle's feet. Rifleman with
The most Hicky of these eaglh"m b,'om
Ie hrrnel
would be the 55 camouflage
smocks and trousers. The AK's 55
flage was in the Pea Dor pattern, so I
the painting guides found in Grey Wolf
paint my Ked}/() uniforms. For some
painted both fUnic and trousers in Pea
!-tee. Panz.erfau5t while for others I mixed in a few .
figu ~, with h d h
civilian Irousers pantS ere an t ere.

MODELLING WARSAW BASES

The key feature of the Warsaw Uprising was, not surprisingly,
the city itself. 'me terrain enabled the AK figlue rs to contain
German strongholds and force a fie rce sueet-by-sueet fight.
To represent this envi ronment, you can either build your
urban bases by scratch, or you can use the rubble plastic
bases (XX106). These plastic bases are ideal for getting YOUT
AK into action fast with a great look.
Whether you are building the bases from scratch or dressing
up the plastic ones, the secret is 10 keep the bases simple
enough in construction to repeat across a large force, yet
offer detail so as to not look toO dulL For my force I focused
largely on strewn rubble. I used copper wire for exposed
plumbing, small squares of aluminium foil for newspapers,
balsa wood spl inters for wood and assorted bits such as
wagon wheels.

RUBBLE AND BRICKS

For rubble I used st:Veral sizes of Gale Force Nine's basing grit
(GF5019 and G F502 1). Mixing small and medium grains
helps vary (he size of the rubble so that it doesn't look like the
building collapsed in tidy, uniform, easy-to.clean bits.
Ld1, Expmd
plumbing and
•haltered tim ber
Abo..." An AK learn using
plaslic rubble bases
When painting rubble I base coated all my rubble using
Brown (VP984) and highlighted them with varying
of Light Brown (VP929). I also painted some stands
stone rubble, using London Grey (VP836) .
Rubble isn't clean either. When a building collapses a
portion of the material is pulverised into dust and grit.
the end of the painting process, I dry-brushed the
with brick red and shades of khaki.

NON-URBAN BASES
There was a fair amount of fighting in non-urban
such as parks, airfields, and forests so AK troops based
and liuer, such
cordingly would be JUSt as accurate.
u nCWllpapc'"
and recruiting
poole", made fr(lm
aluminium foil
 AK captured'several armoured vehicles during the
including rwo Pamhers, a Tiger, a Panzer IV, a
and some armoured cars. l nese were left in the
J colours that they were captured in. The AK paimed
'"0" I""l';,h symbols all over the rank, including Polish flags,
other such nationalistic markings. They were
oversized so that they could not be mistaken for
tanks.
common marking was 'WP' which stood for Wojsko Po/.skir
""i,hA,m,'), This originated from the Polish underground
which itself was also commonly found painted on Polish
~id"d", ,;;ng the up rising.

exception to this was 'Kubus' which was specifically

in camouflage because it was toO valuable to risk
it knocked am. The camouflage scheme was a series
grey streaks over an overall medium-grey basecoar,
helped the vehicle blend into the urban terrain.

Leit, Barkmann's I':mther model

(GBX2I) provide<! me with an open
turret hatch SO I could model the
icene photographed abo~ with the
crewman looking OUt [he hatch! AboYC" A J&dyw Panther tank crew pauses to plan their nen mov...

MODELLING AK VEHICLES
Paineing AK vehicles is quite simple. Basically, paine
them as though they are German and then pain! Polish
markings all over it.
There are numerous pictures of an AK Pamher tank.
which appears to have no discolouration that one would
expect from a camouflaged vehicle, indicating that it
might have been paimed in just standard dark yellow
(Middlestone 882).
As you can see from the photo above the German
Balkenkreuz was not paimed over and was still visible.
The crews painted several Polish flags and insignia all
around the turret and hull [Q help identify the vehicle.
Inspirational and patriotic slogans and other such graffiti
were also applied [Q vehicles

half-tracks and tanks also received the Polish

oh" d",bo,",j' insignia. This was first used as a
insignia of the Polish fighter pilot Stefan
during World War I and was eventually
as the Polish national symbol in 1918.
examples of this symbol being

Above, A captured Sd Kh 251 half-track with ,he Polish chcck~,board i1\$ignia.

 Olive Grey (888)
Helmet, Painted metal

Flat Flesh (955)

Exposed Aesh

Khaki (988)
Bread bag

Yellow Green (88l)

Satchel

Flat Brown (984)

Belts, Ammo Pouches

GunmetaJ (863)
Gun merai, [Qol heads

Beige Brown (875) During rhe

RiAe wood, tool handles
Transylvania
began to wear their
R<':;',~;.~::i
German Medium Camo
Brown (826) ui-colour (blue, yellow and red)
Uniform as an armband. This field

Flat Brown (984) nopped

with theirthem bein:~"::~~;~~l
enemy the
Boors who also wore khaki

ROMANIAN TANK INSIGNIA AND M),RK.lNC

Red or vehicle-coloured stars
on a white circle represent
Soviet allied Romanians.
The Cross of Sc Michael and a red, yellow and blue
were used as national insignia on Romanian tanks.
was normally applied to the hull sides and me currer
a combined rounde! and cross marking applied on the
deck or rop of the rurret. As they began fighting ~o,"g'i'
Soviets they began to use dle roundel only and later
a white circle with either a red or vehicle colour star on
of their vehicles.

~!Jicle Qlld gun colour:

Olive Grey (888)

Tracks
Gu.nmetal Grey (863)

painted dark green without camouflage. Most Romanian and German supplied ranks
to individual vehicles. Many German vehicles were jnitially supplied in
rc-painled
EUROPE, DECEMBER 1944
"It requires a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army. "-JosefStalin

"it is a foct that under equal (a"ditio,,,, ge-s.cale battles and whole wars
are won by troops th,,, hay,. d "fTo
high moral standards,
dear goals before them,
under which they go into
. r
battle. "- Marshal a/the

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