MAS 7.

5MM RIFLE 3 RENAULT R-35 9

SOLDIER 1940 VEHICLE – TANK 1940

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 2
8 6 – 6 6 4
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 4/4
2 – – 8 7 5
Close Assault 6 — This unit has Trench Crossing — This unit
an attack value of 6 against can cross streams without
Vehicles in its hex. This attack making a movement roll.
ignores cover.

The MAS-36, a rugged 7.5mm bolt-action rifle, was the The R-35’s extension rails helped it cross trenches and
standard weapon of the French infantry. other obstacles at the expense of speed and firepower.

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COMMISSAR 5 KV-1 32
SOLDIER – COMMANDER 1939 VEHICLE – TANK 1941

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 3
5 – – 9 9 7
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 6/6
2 – – 13 11 10
Close Assault 6 — This unit Exposed Transport — This unit
has an attack value of 6 against can carry one Soldier. That
Vehicles in its hex. This attack Soldier can be attacked while
ignores cover. it’s boarded on this transport.
(A friendly Soldier can board
COMMANDER ABILITIES or dismount this unit instead
Initiative +1 of moving during your movement
phase.)
Bravery Enforcement — Friendly
disrupted Soldiers adjacent to this Heavy Armor — Ignore the first Damaged counter this unit
unit don’t suffer the –1 penalty to receives each game.
their attack dice.

On 19 August 1941, Lt. Zinoviy Kolobanov destroyed 22

Commissars accompanied Soviet units into battle to ensure German tanks at Krasnogvardeysk in his KV-1. His tank
that every officer and man fought with proper patriotic was hit 135 times during the firefight, but not one German
zeal. Failure was not an option. shell penetrated the tank’s heavy armor.

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 MOSIN-NAGANT
1891/30 3 T-34/76 28
SOLDIER 1939 VEHICLE – TANK 1941

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 4
8 6 – 7 7 6
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 5/5
2 – – 13 11 10
Command Dependent — In Exposed Transport — This
your movement phase, this unit unit can carry one Soldier. That
can’t move unless it starts its Soldier can be attacked while
move adjacent to a friendly it’s boarded on this transport.
Commander. (A friendly Soldier can board
or dismount this unit instead of
Close Assault 8 — This unit moving during your movement
has an attack value of 8 against phase.)
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover. Superior Armor 2 — An attack must beat this unit’s defense
by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

Soviet riflemen carried the Mosin-Nagant 1891/30, known

in the Soviet Union simply as the “vintovka mosina,” Considered by many to be the best all-round tank of the
or Mosin rifle. This cheap, simple, and rugged weapon war, the T-34 outclassed its German rivals until the Tiger
was of somewhat poorer quality than more modern rifles. and Panther appeared on the battlefield.

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6-POUNDER CHURCHILL
ANTITANK GUN 7 CROCODILE 35
SOLDIER – ARTILLERY 1942 VEHICLE –TANK 1944

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 0 SPEED 2
3 3 3 10 5 4
DEFENSE 3/3 DEFENSE 7/6
11 9 8 13 11 9
Relocate 2 — This unit has Hull-Mounted Flamethrower —
speed 2 during your assault This unit’s short-range attack
phase. ignores cover. If this unit rolls
three or more 6s on a short-
range attack, the target is
destroyed immediately. This
ability doesn’t work against
enemy units that are behind this unit.
Superior Armor 2 — An attack must beat this unit’s defense
by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

On 20 September 1944, Lance-Sergeant Baskeyfield

and his crew destroyed two Tigers and at least one
self-propelled gun with their 6-Pounder from less than Slow but very heavily armored, the Crocodile was a
a hundred yards. He won a posthumous Victoria Cross Churchill Mk.VII fitted with a hull-mounted flamethrower
for the action. in addition to its 75mm main gun.

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 HUMBER
CRUSADER II 11 SCOUT CAR 8
VEHICLE – ARMORED CAR
VEHICLE –TANK 1941 1941

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 4 SPEED 5
5 5 4 9 8 7
DEFENSE 4/3 DEFENSE 3/2
9 8 6 2 2 2
Vanguard — After both armies High Gear 2 — If this unit makes
are deployed, this unit can its entire move along a road, it
move at speed 4 before the gets +2 speed.
first turn begins.
Strike and Fade 2 — In your
Prone to Breakdown — This assault phase, this unit can
unit can’t move while damaged. move at speed 2 after attacking.

Thanks to their speed, many Crusaders fought in the North The Humber saw action in North Africa, Burma, and Italy
African campaign despite being mechanically unreliable. with the famed 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats.

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INSPIRING
LIEUTENANT 10 M3 STUART 15
SOLDIER – COMMANDER 1940 VEHICLE –TANK 1941

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 5
8 6 – 8 8 6
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 4/3
2 – – 9 7 5
Close Assault 7 — This unit All Guns Blazing — After this
has an attack value of 7 against unit attacks in your assault
Vehicles in its hex. This attack phase, it can make one extra
ignores cover. attack against a Soldier.

COMMANDER ABILITIES
Initiative +2
Tally-Ho! — In your movement
phase, friendly non-Artillery
Soldiers that start their move
adjacent to this unit get +1 speed.

The 42nd Division, or East Lancashire, was part of the Some versions of the Stuart, the standard light tank of the
British Expeditionary Force that fought in France in US Army until 1945, carried no fewer than five machine
1940. Its soldiers were among the thousands evacuated guns. Many were sold to Britain and saw action in the
from Dunkirk. North African campaign.

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 ROYAL ENGINEERS 8 SMLE NO.4 RIFLE 3
SOLDIER 1940 SOLDIER 1941

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 1
6 4 – 8 6 –
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 4/4
2 – – 2 – –
Close Assault 16 — This unit Close Assault 6 — This unit
has an attack value of 16 against has an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover. ignores cover.
Bridge Demolition — This unit
may attempt to destroy a bridge
or Obstacle in its hex instead of
moving or attacking in your as-
sault phase. Roll a die. If you roll
a 4 or higher, destroy the bridge
or obstacle. (Units now need to make a
movement roll to cross
the stream or obstacle, and the road
is broken at that point.)

The No. 4 Short Magazine Lee Enfield .303 caliber rifle

replaced the Mark III early in the war.

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VICKERS
MACHINE-GUN TEAM 8 BAZOOKA 4
SOLDIER 1940 SOLDIER 1942

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 1
9 8 6 4 – –
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 4/4
3 3 2 9 4 –
Double Shot — This unit Close Assault 10 — This unit has
can make two attacks in your an attack value of 10 against
assault phase. When making Vehicles in its hex. This attack
a defensive-fire attack, this ignores cover.
unit makes two attack rolls
against the unit that provoked
the attack.

The Vickers used in WW II, essentially the same weapon The M1 rocket launcher, or bazooka, fired a 60mm
that the British Army used in WW I, was a water-cooled rocket. It was rushed into production for the North
.303 caliber gun with a reputation for reliability. African campaign in 1942.

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 JEEP 3 M1 GARAND RIFLE 4
VEHICLE – CAR 1941 SOLDIER 1942

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 5 SPEED 1
– – – 8 7 –
DEFENSE 1/1 DEFENSE 4/4
– – – 2 – –
High Gear 2 — If this unit makes Close Assault 7 — This unit
its entire move along a road, it has an attack value of 7 against
gets +2 speed. Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.
Transport — This unit can carry
one Soldier. (A friendly Soldier Coordinated Fire — This unit
can board or dismount this unit rolls one extra attack die while
instead of moving during your adjacent to a friendly
movement phase.) Commander.

The US M1 .30 caliber rifle was a semiautomatic

Exactly how this little 4x4 reconnaissance car ended up weapon and outclassed the bolt-action rifles used
with the name “Jeep” has never really been determined. by the Axis forces.

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M18 HELLCAT 24 M3 LEE 32

VEHICLE –TANK DESTROYER
1944 VEHICLE–TANK 1942

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 5 SPEED 3
6 6 4 9 9 7
DEFENSE 3/2 DEFENSE 5/4
14 12 10 9 7 5
High Gear 2 — If this unit Strike and Fade 1 — In your
makes its entire move along a assault phase, this unit can
road, it gets +2 speed. move at speed 1 after
attacking.
Flanking Attack — This unit
rolls one extra attack die when Additional Hull-Mounted
attacking a Vehicle’s rear. Cannon — In your assault
phase, this unit can make an
Strike and Fade 1 — In your assault phase, this unit can extra attack at 12/10/8. The
move at speed 1 after attacking. target must be a Vehicle in
front of this unit.
Tall Silhouette — This unit
fails cover rolls.

With a top speed of 55 mph, the Hellcat was the fastest The awkward location of the Lee’s sponson-mounted
armored fighting vehicle of the war. 75mm gun was a serious tactical drawback.

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 M4A3E8 SHERMAN
M4A1 SHERMAN 21 “EASY EIGHT” 34
VEHICLE – TANK 1942 VEHICLE – TANK 1944

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 4 SPEED 4
9 9 7 7 7 6
DEFENSE 5/4 DEFENSE 5/4
13 11 9 14 12 10
Exposed Transport — This unit
can carry one Soldier. That Soldier
can be attacked while boarded on
this transport. (A friendly Soldier
can board or dismount this unit
instead of moving during your
movement phase.)
Excellent Suspension — This unit
can enter hill hexes as though they
were clear hexes.
Armor-Piercing Rounds — Once per game, before you roll this
unit’s attack against a Vehicle, you can declare you are
using these rounds. If you score two hits against that Vehicle
The United States produced over 55,000 Sherman with this attack, score an additional hit.
variants during the war—more than twice as many tanks Superior Armor 2 — An attack must beat this unit’s
as Germany produced in total during the same period. defense by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

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MARINES M2-2
FLAMETHROWER 5 MORTAR M2 6
SOLDIER 1944 SOLDIER 1941

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 1
10 – – 3 6 6
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 3/3
7 – – – 4 4
Flamethrower — This unit’s Inaccurate 1 — This unit gets -1
short-range attack ignores cover. on each attack die.
If this unit rolls three or more
6s on a short-range attack, the Shrapnel 2 — Each success this
target is destroyed immediately. unit rolls against a Soldier counts
as two successes.

US Marines used flamethrowers to dig determined

defenders out of caves, bunkers, and other strongpoints. The M2 was a 60mm mortar that weighed only forty-two
The M2-2 used compressed nitrogen to throw a stream pounds when assembled. A good crew could fire over thirty
of napalm up to fifty yards. rounds per minute.

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 “RED DEVIL” JAGDPANTHER
CAPTAIN 7 VEHICLE – TANK DESTROYER 39
SOLDIER – COMMANDER 1942 1944

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 4
8 6 – 6 6 4
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 6/4
2 – – 18 15 13

Close Assault 7 — This unit No Turret — This unit can

has an attack value of 7 against attack Vehicles only if they
Vehicles in its hex. This attack are in front of this unit.
ignores cover.
Extended Range 12 — This
unit’s long range against
COMMANDER ABILITIES Vehicles is 5–12 hexes.
Initiative +2
Pinpointer — Units attacked Superior Armor 2 — An attack
by friendly Soldiers adjacent to must beat this unit’s defense by
this unit get -1 on cover rolls 2 or more in order to score two
for that attack. hits against it.

The “Red Diamond” 5th Infantry Division fought their

way across France in the summer of 1944. The Germans Built on the Panther’s chassis, the Jagdpanther was
nicknamed them “Die rote Teufel”—the Red Devils. equipped with the outstanding 88mm PAK 43 L/71 gun.

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LIGHT MORTAR 5 MAUSER KAR 98K 3

SOLDIER 1939 SOLDIER 1939

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 1
3 6 5 8 6 –
DEFENSE 3/3 DEFENSE 4/4
– 4 3 2 – –

Inaccurate 1 — This unit gets Close Assault 6 — This unit

-1 on each attack die. has an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
Shrapnel 2 — Each success ignores cover.
this unit rolls against a Soldier
counts as two successes.
Limited Range 6 — This unit can
only attack at ranges of 6 or less.

The standard German 50mm light mortar fired a The typical German soldier carried the Kar 98k bolt-action
two-pound round. rifle, a weapon closely based on the famous 1898 Mauser.

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 MG 42 PAK 38
MACHINE-GUN TEAM 10 ANTITANK GUN 8
SOLDIER 1942 SOLDIER – ARTILLERY 1941

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 0
10 8 7 3 3 3
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 3/3
3 3 2 11 9 7

Double Shot — This unit can Relocate 2 — This unit has

make two attacks in your speed 2 during your assault
assault phase. When making phase.
a defensive-fire attack, this
unit makes two attack rolls Seasoned Crew — Units
against the unit that provoked attacked by this unit get -1
the attack. on cover rolls against this
unit’s attacks.
Suppressive Fire — This unit can
make any number of defensive-fire
attacks each phase.

The MG 42, widely regarded as the best machine gun of

the war, had an exceptionally high rate of fire—over The 50mm PanzerabwehrKanone (antitank gun) played a
1,200 rounds per minute. key role in the famous Afrika Korps campaigns.

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PANZER II AUSF. C 7 PANZER IV AUSF. G 23

VEHICLE – TANK 1939 VEHICLE – TANK 1942

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 3 SPEED 3
6 6 4 7 7 6
DEFENSE 2/2 DEFENSE 5/3
4 3 2 15 13 11

Excellent Suspension — This Extended Range 10 — This

unit can move through hill unit’s long range against
hexes as though they were Vehicles is 5–10 hexes.
clear hexes.
Sideskirts — This unit gets
Double Shot — This unit +1/+1 defense against units
can make two attacks in your that have the close assault
assault phase. When making ability.
a defensive-fire attack, this unit
makes two attack rolls against the
unit that provoked the attack.

The underarmored Panzer II played a key role in

Germany’s early campaigns against Poland and France. Also known as the “Mark IV Special,” the Ausf. G carried
Its 20mm automatic cannon attained a high rate of fire. an excellent long-barreled 75mm gun.

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 PANZERFAUST 30 4 SD KFZ 222
VEHICLE – ARMORED CAR
6
SOLDIER 1943 1939

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 5
4 – – 7 6 4
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 2/2
10 6 – 4 3 2

Close Assault 11 — This unit High Gear 2 — If this unit

has an attack value of 11 makes its entire move along a
against Vehicles in its hex. This road, it gets +2 speed.
attack ignores cover.
Strike and Fade 2 — In your
Limited Range 2 — This unit assault phase, this unit can
can only attack at ranges of 2 move at speed 2 after attacking.
or less.

The panzerfaust‘s shaped-charge warhead could defeat

even the heaviest Allied tanks. This highly effective The 222 often provided support for other scouting vehicles
rocket-propelled grenade fired from a disposable launcher. and engaged enemy reconnaissance vehicles.

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SD KFZ 251 7 SIG 33 15

VEHICLE – HALF-TRACK
1939 VEHICLE – ASSAULT GUN 1940

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 4 SPEED 3
8 7 6 9 9 7
DEFENSE 2/2 DEFENSE 2/2
2 2 2 8 6 4

Gun Transport — This unit Fixed Howitzer — This unit can

has the transport ability. It can attack only units in front of it.
carry non-large Artillery. Blast — When this unit attacks,
High Gear 2 — If this unit make a separate attack roll
makes its entire move along a against each unit in the target
road, it gets +2 speed. hex. (This includes friendly
units.)
Fighting Platform — A non-artillery Soldier carried by this Bombardment — This unit can’t
unit can attack during your assault phase if this unit doesn’t attack aircraft. This unit’s
move during that phase. attacks ignore cover.
Open Back — Enemy units can use their anti-soldier
attack values when attacking this unit from behind.
Enhanced Range 16 — This unit’s long range is 5-16
Germany produced more than 15,000 Sd Kfz 251s and its hexes.
variants during WW II. It could carry up to ten soldiers and The sIG 33 combined a 150mm howitzer and the chassis
was armed with two machine guns. of a Panzer I to create the first German assault gun.

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 SS-PANTHER
SS–HAUPSTURMFÜHRER 7 AUSF.G 42
SOLDIER –COMMANDER 1939 VEHICLE – TANK 1944

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 4
6 – – 7 7 6
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 6/4
2 – – 16 14 11

Fanatic — This unit ignores SS Determination — This unit

face-up Disrupted counters. can move while disrupted.
Extended Range 12 — This
COMMANDER ABILITIES unit’s long range against
Initiative +3 Vehicles is 5–12 hexes.
Exert Will — At the beginning
of your movement phase, Superior Armor 2 — An attack
remove all Disrupted counters must beat this unit’s defense by
from friendly Soldiers adjacent 2 or more in order to score two
to this unit. hits against it.

The 2nd SS Division saw action in some of the war’s

biggest battles, including Kharkov and Kursk on the Germany responded to the T-34 by incorporating some
Eastern Front and Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge of the Soviet tank’s features—including wider tracks and
on the Western Front. sloping armor—into the Panther’s design.

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SS–PANZERGRENADIER 7 TIGER I 56
SOLDIER 1940 VEHICLE –TANK 1942

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 3
10 8 – 7 7 6
DEFENSE 5/5 DEFENSE 7/6
2 – – 17 15 12

Ruthless — This unit gets +1 on Overrun — Once per phase,

each attack die against disrupted when this unit moves into
and damaged units. a hex, you may disrupt one
Soldier in that hex.
Close Assault 7 — This unit
has an attack value of 7 against Extended Range 10 — This
Vehicles in its hex. This attack unit’s long range against
ignores cover. Vehicles is 5–10 hexes.
Heavy Armor — Ignore the
first Damaged counter this unit
receives each game.

The Waffen SS was created in 1940 and became a second The Tiger’s dreaded 88mm gun routinely scored
German army that fought alongside the Wehrmacht. first-round kills against Russian T-34s at ranges
It eventually grew to a force of 600,000 elite soldiers. of more than a thousand yards.

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 CARRO ARMATO FUCILE
M13/40 12 MODELLO 1891 3
VEHICLE – TANK 1940 SOLDIER 1940

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 3 SPEED 1
8 8 6 8 6 –
DEFENSE 4/3 DEFENSE 4/4
10 8 6 2 – –

Overlapping Fire — This unit Close Assault 6 — This unit

can make defensive-fire attacks has an attack value of 6 against
against Soldiers. Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.
Highly Flammable — When this
unit receives a Damaged counter,
roll a die. On a 3 or higher,
destroy it immediately.

The most widely used Italian tank of the war, the M13 The Corpo di Spedizione Italiano (Italian Expeditionary
was armed with a good 47mm gun but tended to catch Corps) numbered more than 60,000 men when it arrived
fire and explode when hit. in Russia in the summer of 1941.

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47MM TYPE 1
ANTITANK GUN 5 ARISAKA RIFLE 3
SOLDIER – ARTILLERY 1942 SOLDIER 1939

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 0 SPEED 1
3 3 3 8 5 –
DEFENSE 3/3 DEFENSE 4/4
9 8 6 2 – –

Relocate 2 — This unit has Close Assault 6 — This unit

speed 2 during your assault has an attack value of 6 against
phase. Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.
Hand to Hand 12 — This unit
has an attack value of 12 against
Soldiers in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Japan developed the Type 1 after Soviet-Japanese border Japanese riflemen carried the bolt-action .25 caliber
fighting in 1939 showed that their 37mm guns were Arisaka rifle. It was highly accurate in the hands of a
inadequate at dealing with modern Soviet tanks. skilled shooter, but awkward because of its great length.

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 IMPERIAL SERGEANT 9 TYPE 89 MORTAR 9
SOLDIER – COMMANDER 1939 SOLDIER 1939

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 1
6 – – 3 7 7
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 3/3
2 – – – 4 4

Hand to Hand 10 — This unit Inaccurate 1 — This unit gets -1

has an attack value of 10 against on each attack die.
Soldiers in its hex. This attack
ignores cover. Shrapnel 2 — Each success this
unit rolls against a Soldier counts
as two successes.
COMMANDER ABILITIES
Initiative +2 Seasoned Crew — Units attacked
Banzai Charge — In your assault by this unit get -1 on cover rolls.
phase, friendly non-Artillery
Soldiers adjacent to this unit can
move into an enemy unit’s hex and then attack
that unit. They get +1 on each attack die for that attack.

The 14th Infantry Division of the Imperial Japanese Army American soldiers often referred to this 50mm grenade
defended the island of Peleliu in the Palaus. The US discharger as a “knee mortar” because it looked like it was
invasion of Peleliu in September 1944 had the highest supposed to sit on the firer’s knee. The Japanese knew
casualty rate of any amphibious assault of the war. better—that was a surefire recipe for a broken leg.

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TYPE 92
MACHINE-GUN TEAM 7 TYPE 95 HA-GO 8
SOLDIER 1939 VEHICLE – TANK 1939

ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8 ATTACKS 0-1
Short Medium Long
2-4 5-8
SPEED 1 SPEED 4
8 7 6 7 7 6
DEFENSE 4/4 DEFENSE 2/2
3 3 2 8 7 5

Double Shot — This unit can Weak Suspension — This unit

make two attacks in your must make a successful move-
assault phase. When making ment roll to enter a hill hex
a defensive fire attack, this except along a road
unit makes two attack rolls
against the unit that provoked Forest Camouflage — While
the attack. this unit is in a forest hex, it
automatically succeeds at cover
rolls against long-range attacks.

The Type 92, a heavy 7.7mm gun, weighed over a Fast but lightly armored, the Type 95 saw action in
hundred pounds. virtually every campaign in Asia and the Pacific.

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