Flames of War - River of Heroes. Battles on the Vistula Operation Bagration

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MoTIVATIoN AND

SKITL

Engineer-Sappar B,tttdhons dre ltrtnd-picbed J)'om tl)a bast angineering troops auaildble. An Inzhenerno-saperniy Bat¿/on is rate¿/ ds Fearless Ttúned un/ess othertuise noted.

BAr-rAiloN HQ H EADQUARTERS

OPTIONS

.

Add A¡rti-ai¡craft Platoon equipped with DShK AA NIG on trucks lor +(r0 points.

.\ ..r,.e .lul lnq neer \rr\n.- Brrrr iul rr,lrrirc.l .p..i,li/ed if i't. frr, *.r. '.,ig'l,u lru"rrn..,'¡irr...irrglrrigade.v irh'n '.t ,]! *re Soviet A¡mies. -lhese skills ceme from the spccializcd ,4. f- .bar ior" .rr rr. hed u 'rh il e ,, \ br:g.rdc. r aJ

Baff¿l;o H() Annur (prge 1 1).

1 Etryiuecr-Sdpptr Bodt'

t

.q1t¡?!ed uith Sappet

GINEER-SAPPER COMPANY

CoMPANY HQ Section with:

OPTIoN

. An

Add Pioneer Supply ttuck for +25 points. Llnginctr-.\a¡per Caupdny, inclu,:/ing an1 attached

F1¿nr-thrott¡er

Arnour

t¿¿¡ns,

h qttippel

u.,ith Sapprr

llolf

(pa..,e 1 1).

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Enginaer-Sapper Cr,m1an.y is unusn/ in ¡h¡t thc .a¡¡tPo\ition of tbe ü paq, tan thangt Jiant gtne ta gtne. Ezcb ,Lsau/t Sapper PLuoon c¿r rcll¿.. u! to tt.ua ?ian¿o S,\IG team¡ tuith

te¿tns

ftnn

rhafollouting

, ?iontr MG trtn . PTRD anti tank nJle . MaL¡ín IIMG . 82 BM-41 ¡mrt¿r . Pio rcr F¿u|t)ikd te,t.t1 7Le teans ntap ü)e t n flr

lit.

anoth,:r singb k¿¡n. E,:tth

Engiwer-Sap¡'er Com¡,tn1 cnnnot hare a total ol nore than

fottr tetms ofearlt

4,pe l¡ste¿ dbal)e.

You xnt¡t choose the rolh?ot¡ti0lt of'lour Asau/t Sapper hftn fuphytntnt begíns.

Companiesfor each gtme

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tr

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SPETSNAZ

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PLATooN

PLATOON HQ Section r.ith: P oncer team

C.mmafd SÍVTG

OPTIoN

. Add an additional Fo¡d GIA each squad

am¡rhibious jeep to for +5 poi¡ts fot the platoon.

,¡ ,,t,.ú..t..,ta.r) llr.. "\ wrrc.r\\. '.,1.oy.,.,¿ jt. .r pl,otl t' ro ¡,'.¡ ¡.'¡ .,'errJ lnl..¡.r ,.,, .,¡..", f impcnding assaults. Tlev garhcred intcllieencc d'the :Igineer sapper brigacle on Cle¡man clefences ,r¡cl ¡h., J kcy rourcs lo¡ Soviet aLLacks and srLspected Cierman

For.l GpA

amplt b ols J-"ep

dtil itri ,rltlI lttli Piofee¡ le¡¡n

Sl\4G

piof ee¡

te¡¡r

Sl\4G

P

¡feer ream

Sl\¡G

pro¡eer

leam

S¡,4G

€

lord

GPA

ar¡ph bio!s

J

eep

Fod cPA émph

tJ oLts

Jee p

te¡anacks. Thcy also providcd demolitio¡r suppor! ro 5petstdz turit fbr destro_r.ing enemy tnnsporrilrion ancl

unicatiors hubs.

A Spatsntz l)lt¡toar¡

A ,lprtstaz .

tt¡e the Slapptr

P.¡ttoan is

út

lnjltration s¡tttal rr/t,

t:(¡:cltt.))¡,o t/re C.)tt¿lin,d

(.:o tra/ .lo.r';/tt. I/.tt-), r,/,"¡t¡te ¿¡ ,t nottnal phtoott.

A.'ipttsnaz l)/ttton is t lla¡tnn¿iss¡¡nta ltltta¡tt. A Sprtsnrtz ?lanat is

r¿t¿¿l It¿arle.¡-¡ Ve¡erdn.

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'' Ival *as bo¡n inro a verv orditrarv : .1926 near ()dessa in the Ukr¡inian

peasant lantil,r' in August Soviet Socialist Republic. : ;,: rHis father was a bligadc leadel on a collective fatn rvhile his

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morhe- r..r',..,111-ri e ldrnr m(r-rl'.r.

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Zabolot¡r)' joined thc milirary and became a plaroon commander in ea¡1v 1944. He lcd his Plato.)n iir the libcration ofshepetc,vLa, Krencncrs, Térnopc,l a¡rd Lvov on his wav to the Poljsh bo¡dct duling Opcration Bagtation.

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Upon reaching Polancl his assault platoon, supported by

'

OT-34 aod PT-34 tanks, rvas initialiy repellecl bv s¡iffGcrman resista¡ce. Z-abolotny horvever lvould not givc up end aftcr repeered attcmpts linallv ovcrc:rme thc dclences ancl took his objective wirh just seven membc¡s lefi in his plaroon Hc accepted thcsc hearn- losscs ¿s a Pert of combat oPcr?tio¡ls. Ivan ¡eceived a For the Brave¡v nred¿l fo¡ this success

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kepr hirrr up front dur-ing most essaults. 'When

his unit reached the Vistula Rive¡ ncat Sanclonicrz-, w:1s oncc ¡gain called upon to asseult the (ierman . His actions in stormlng across the river resulted ír award ofhis sccond For the Bravery rrredal. Ivan rvas very ¡ateful whcn, upon reaching dre othcr si¡le of the river. hc ¡rr Ir¡li.rrr qnldier u rr" r^ L, h.,in"d o J md lrir! gu r. insteacl

ofli¡i¡rs.

the last four months of t 94'i, his unit held ¡he Sendomierz ag.rinst Gern:rn cou n rer-lttlr(l
rrem€ndoLrs artillery bomblldment he¡alded ¡heir rc¡ur¡1

or

It

allowed rhem to out of the bridgehcad and adva¡ce rowalds thc Polish of Kr¡kow

the ollensive

12 January 1945.

On 26 January 1945, Ivan lvas assigncd ro ¿ tempora¡y derachmen¡ that includcd rhiln' ta¡ks rvith six to eight riFr r'. r on e¿,lr ,1.. llri..lctr.l-rr.rr hr',1'. tr'rorrglr llr, '.' Celman lincs advaucing nearly forty kilo¡netr-cs into rhe-

.

Ger¡nan rea¡ area. 'lhev elci¡cled ancl libc¡arcd a con rrarion cal¡p named Osve¡rtsim. (Auschwitz in Ge¡man). $ I-Ie rves arvarded with thc i"rClxs Ordc'r of Glory for this . -L-

tiun.

lvan crossed the Oder Rivcr in Febluarv. There he was in rhc asseul¡ on the Clerman city ol Breslau.

r,vounclecl

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lioocked unconscious by artillery', he alvoke in a hospital with numc¡ous inju.ies. Thou¡ih hc eventually fu1ly recovercd, his injulies endecl his combat clrreer in the Great Petriotic \Va¡.

Ivan Zabolot¡y is ¡ Recce SMG ream and'Sla¡rior. He rcplaccs the 2iC Command tcatn in an Engincer-Sepper ,Bartalion for +3! points. Zabc,lotny is ratcd as Fea¡less Tr¿ined

ATTACK HEREI

YoU! A.ND YOU! was given the heroic task of fincling the r¡'eak spots the Ge¡man lines before an assault. He would select tearn and ve¡tlrle forth to find the best place for rhe ro launch irs assault. Once 1,er

gunc at tbt tnd o¡fanl,StartingStep'

Iun

tn a.'/

vlect

lvan rvot¡ld cquip himself *.ith thc rcquired smoke grenades ro alert his battalion as to u4rere dre \\'cakest point in the Ger¡ran lines coulcL bc foirnd thus tclling the artillcty support whe¡e ro lay their banagc.

nn Engitter .\t¡ptr Rccanrtnissancc lt: ntlly tlct ttl ¡n Olt¡cnter teattL .fir an1, Llorttt

Onc¿ Iuan fctrns

tun Pi¡nrcr SMCi or I'ianrcr MG teann t'itl¡in CattLx¡¿n¿l

P/¿taon,

D*tdrct tnd J'ortL tn Engineer Sapper RcL'onn¿iss¡nce P/¿toon. Itnn dn¡l hü sclcctcd tuns Jólloa d/l n c: Ji,r

['ldtoan¡ in

Recttnntissant ort pagts l'19 r0 153 ofthe rulrbaolt.

Jir thk xeut pllto.)?t, crrls¡¡lg to fu an lnt/eVrndtllt Tea/]1 ¿ ¿ o longcr ,:ourting as ¿ 2iO u¿n. 77r EngineetSapper Reconnaissanct llatoon counts n a ¡/atttotr Jor all ¡'urposes I¡nn

bur,,ntts the ['/¿tarn¡ Connan¿/ tenn

:xcePt

ComPa

!

Morale

Cl¡ecl¿s.

tb

Eng)nrcr-Snpper Batrd/i.on.

Whcn lu¿n's P/,ztoon

t Jirntd, it nt4'indha ¿n itrtn¿di¡ttt XIu)a1|tt1lt Lating rnouetl

onnaL ntoutment befort btginning t/Le notntu/ Stey. 71is

initit/

mot,enl(nt ¿lars at count

,1s

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SELF-PRoPELtED ARTILLERY REGIMENT All tLree vlf:prupdltd artillrr;, rtgi.ncnts uere tj0¡).11 into Paritioji a/) th. d1st.t./t bdnltJbrfre ottr optn sights.' ,lI¿ts l¡ ¿ 1 Ch u i l¿ ax, Ll a ¡n ¡n¿ ¡der 8'1, () ards ¡

tf

Llagrtr

r

zeu:, ll1 rL a

b

A rn

t1,,

ri,.lgthtar|.

\7hile drc

Sovic'ts called rheir hervy runs sclftpropellccl a¡til]err', ¡he Ger¡uans c:rllcd them essault quns. ln re¡liw,

.lr. r, '.r.r¡ ed.lernilb..

r,. aa.rr-

.ril,lJ r

,^.1

tank hunrer r ole

'lhe heerr grurs of rhc ISL,I l52 could be fbuncl support_ ing rssauhing inlantrv r,,i¡h cLir.ect 6re_ Their abili¡v ro ir .r¡n lr ,r.. ^. h|l,1.r.. ,.r.1¡,r e. ¡r .l ,1.'., .i -,, rions provicled t.xcellen¡ lnlnn¡rl, srlrIorr.

lSt,.-l2l r¡ore often supporrccl:Ldvancing Sovict tank bartalions by' pr-oviding overx.:rrchine firc. Thc¡, rvoull gcncrall¡ rahe up :r poslrion on rhc flanks ofrhe rank fbrnlrtioDs and us€ thcir larqe gLltrs ro ralget cnem_v allri ta¡]i The

glürs. L¿nk-hLLntcrs, and panzels.

MOTIVATION AND SKfLL Se(:proprlled Attllhtl, Rcginats art Guards Soultt truops. l7¡4, ¡r,, nat,¡.Íi¿ted

ar¡¿1

¡¿tad Fea¡less Trained.

l,t,t/r Ho¡ ¡t¡rl

Chtcles

sptcial nt/r.

BATTALIoN HQ H EADQUARTERS

OPTIoNS

.

Equip Cornrnancl IS-2 tanh *.ith .50 cal

,A,A.

Conp¿n! Comm¿¡d S

MG lo¡

2 obr 1943

+5 Poi¡rts

. Mount a

lánkodesantniki

( onrp¿rr) (.omnr,rr,l l\-2

SM(l team on

fbl l;

the

puinrs.

GUARDS HEAVY ASSAUTT GUN CoMPANY

OPTIoNS

' .

He¿r'! As<¡u t

GLrn

He¿ry Ass¡Lr

Gr

ISti-I22 or ISU 152 hea.vy ass¡uh (¡J M MC lo¡ +i poinrs lrer gun. tuns s¡rh.S0 Equip any or

trfount f'a¡rkodesantniki SMC teams on all euns fbr

+

Heavy Assault G!n

;11

l5 points per

team.

essaulr L

I

lle¡vy Assa! t

Gun

Coup,qNv COMPANY HQ Section with:

OPTroNs

. .

Add

a

Pioneer Supply Truck for +25 points.

Add t¡ucks fo¡ +5 points for the cornpany.

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a 122mm gun, our

heau¡t

in rcpelling nazi panzer ',As

-Marshal

I

IS tanhs uere partícularly

Chuihou,

B'

Guards

gr.,du.,re ol the Chelr.bir'L T.rnL {.adcn'¡ Vr.il¡ 6rst enre¡ed combat at Sralingrad as a KV-1 heavy tank Ratt unic was ordc¡ed to halt Gc¡man cou¡tel_ atte¡npting to ¡elieve the su¡¡ounded citl'. His tank hir in rhc ¡car ¡nd the engine cornpar-tmenr caught frre,

in ¡he crew

managed

to

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.. ,1':"'

1,j.

Army Commdnder

,

.br-r, _rhe "u"tyona

:!.

counter¿ttacks'.

escape

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L F

and return to

unit.

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Br. tr4a¡ch 1943, his unit had becn upgraded to the SLl-122 assault gun where he was in the lead elements during Kursk. For destroying a Ferdinand with his SU-122, he earned his , fi¡st O¡de¡ o[the Red S¡a¡. His tank had managed to hit the Ferdinand in the t¡ack causing it to stop- The crew bailed out fled, giving Vasily rhe kjll and the medal.

also commanded an SU-85 assault gun before his t finally upgraded to the ISU-122 heaq self-progun. His hardest batties were against the German heary tanks in the Ukrainc and at Siedlice in Poland. survive these deadly encounters, he developed a 'zig-zag' and trained his platoon to LNe when facing German This tactic ailowed them ¡o advance while under greatly increasiDg his platoons chances for survival.

tactic was also found to work well against German rank-hunters, a¡rd ai¡craft. During one parricular the regiment had lost many vehicles but all 6ve s tanks survived due to his zig-zag tactic.

Leytenant l.:at was credited with killing eight 'figer tanks, and one Panther tank. He ¡eceived 4000 ¡ubles (about one montht wages) for the eight 'Iiger kills and a second Order of the Rcd Star.

Alrer two years in combat Vasily rcñ.air'ed a. Leltenant. was ¡lore concernecl with leading his t¡nks thal promotior.. Va. y ñni"hcJ rh. *;r fighLi''g ir' f,'r l-u.'ia su¡viving to r-eturn home to Russia

a hero.

'His army taas polsetl

fb

action lihe a sledlehammar ouer the ¿nuil' .1M¿rshal Chuikau of Genetnl Bogdanoti¡ 2"¿ fhnh Ar¡n!.

The 3,rTank Coips contained rhe i0', 51", and 10.1'd Tank Brigades fully cquipped for Opcration Bagration n'irh 65 T34185 ¡anLs each. By the end of July u'hen the Corps had reached ¡he outskirts of Varsa* thev had suiTelecl ncarly 40%o casualties. In August, rbey receivecl the 6'r' Gua¡ds llcav-vTank regimenr u'idr 21 lS-2 tanks lor support.

h

rvas

this lo¡ce that i¡iri:rlly laced the nvo S S pan zer d ivisions SS P¿nzerharpr and rhe three Heer panz-ct divisions

ol tte IV ofthe

laif1)l

Panzerkorps nottheest of\trarsaw in

il\ ¿tt(n,pt

to secure a bridgehead over rhe Narerv fuve¡, Af¡er ¡he initial battles the 3'r Tank Corps wes reinforcecl with the other two (8'r' and 16'r') Tank Corps liom rhe 2"d Tank Army-

MOTIVATION AND SKILI. ,l Tntkot,.1, Bdtah,n .fion a Tiznlz Corps of the 2"¡ TanL Arml

are rtgular Red Anny n'oops nt¡el Confident Trained.

TTALION HQ HEADQUARTERS

OPTIONs . \dd Anti-ai¡c¡aft Platoon cquipped t-ith DShK AA \IG on rrrrcks for +55 Points, o¡ with ZSU Ml7

\lG\lC

. 4r

l-

self-propelled guns for +75 points.

Upgrade T-34185 obr 19'13 tar* to have a Cupola tbr +i points.

. \lounr ¿ Tanlodesantniki Companr ( omnrand

F,:

SMG team on t¡¡k lor +l i pointr.

the

batr.:tion ol T 3418! tanks provides suflicient lircpower ¡¿lia or1 a German panzer company regardless of *har

t rhel face.'Ihei¡ arnou¡ and 85m¡r guns can stand -:o-roe rvith the medium panzers and rheir overwhelming s ill flre well asainst the Patrther.

OVY COMPANY CoMPANY

O PTIONs

.

Upgrade all -f-34185 ol¡¡ 1943 ta¡rks Cupola for

. Ifount +

+

l0

to

have

a

points for the cornpan¡

Ta¡kodesa¡tniki SMG teans o¡ all tanks fo¡

15 points per tad<.

developing you¡ lactics to overrlrn the enemy consider rvhat the cncmy will be using against you. lfyou are only armour, ¡hen the more BJmm guns you can to bear the better you¡ chances ofsuccess however you are facing infantry and anti-tank guns, upyour tanks wirh cupolas and Tankodesantniki SMG may be in ordet.

ARMoURED CAR PLATooN PLATooN

OPTIoN

.

Replace the AA MG on up to one armoured car per section with a hull-mounted pTRD a¡ti_tank rifle at no cost,

Light Armaured Car Platoons are not subíect to th" Centra\^etl Contr¡/ nntl Hen and. Chick¡ st,"rial ,rlrr. A LightArmoured Car Platoon is ratedFearless Trained.

A

Light Armoured Car Platoon

Pktoon.

is a

Reconnaissance

..

Releasing your a¡mou¡ed ca¡s behind enemy lines ro out soft targets or fird hidden strongpoint, *íll r."p b. beyond the size ofyour platoon. Stay clear ofanti-tank tions and let the hear,y guns take care of rhem.

E

i,.' Morv¡,rtoN

AND SKILL

c:,trps Sup¡ort L)arn¡'ttnits cotupktntnt

'.-, , n)¿ n*y ii..' Tr.i.t".L rrl.rt

tl't

dd

Contpan¡es t¡t: r¡tt¿LConfrdeÑ u'tl:cng Sou¡ú dt ttti¿:' Carps Suppatt

otht: ai¡e rLarcd

GUARDS HEAVY TANK COMPANY COMPANY

üh, ':

.

Arm

an,Y

MG for or all 1S-2 tanLs with .50 cal AA

+5 Points Per tank

, M.*nt T"rtkod.santniki

SMG teams on ¿ll tanks for

+15 Points Per team'

Henuy Brea|thtough Gtttt IS-2 ¡anhs bcrtft f'om tbe specitl nrle on Page 11' Rortcmbcr ta u\t L/1' T¡, t,r pagr 87 nf rfu rulebook

ri¿¡ Al./Ll"na-{1ta

onltuL'l;ng rhL L lrr'"r' l'irl

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¡

11lL

rn

r,1r\ r'qu.ire' ' l'rtlr¡ l\' l' l m'er' hor\

of ;";;""". Fiellilgio a.dtalcompanv it:],^ll5l counterattacking ¡'ith t.-ior.. "".¿..t panzels.

excellen¡ capabiliry for essaulting tt) rt 'i't-1" c ln fr"re'r rh'-¡ and bLerking througlr 'riH ' nc a Pa n zer l¿ nac k e r anti'tank rvcapons

IS-2 also

possesses

¡n

i iírr r¡o^i "t ñ kodetaLrzlÉl yoú o\t^r

subn.rachüie-g"t *iT: :l:f:: your big tanks as z ,"nkr. Th.r" br"u" u'ar¡io¡s can P¡otect assault eneml' Positions'

\v-irh such ¿ lttglt ptopctttiatt

*

(lttntp't t

¡l*,'t':I Gr,t,ri, 'L'ilii'ri",, ,,,^t s,"'í'r ;,,

''oup:

ot'licer: irt tht L:anpany' rs t$e l]tar¿ v)l)h is t¡ ú t?.'l

tl i

77''1'

't"

nat

'iftcutl

bv

tLt

Hrn dnd Chitb: sPctial tule Gur¡r¿/s

A' :uth Ht¡tJ' 'lhrú Conpanirs ate Gtttnl t nops

¡,¿ I

t'l

Fe¡rlesr Tr¿ined

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f"'¡i'" '*. .i ' c'' " '/' ','I^ t t ,t ¿

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ARNY STRELKOVY COMPANY CoMPANY HQ Section with:

OPTIoNS

. . .

Add Kornissa¡ team for +15 points. Add Maksirn HMG tearns fo¡ +25 poinrs pe¡ ream. Replace all Rille/MG reams in one Rifle platoon with SMC teams ar no cost.

the uda¡n). Maksim hear.y nrachine,gun suppo¡r ro your casualties and allow them to 6ght again another

Udarny Stre//
the Rad Arnt1. As

ARDS ROCKET MORTAR BATTALION BATTALION HQ Section rvith:

OPTloNs

. \{odel BM-13

I(aq'rrsba rocket launchers with five or moLe crcrv and coürt each ¡ocket launche¡ as two *-eapons when 6ring a bomb.rrdment for +10 points per Rocket Mo¡ta¡ Plirtoon

. .

\LlJ \lrri- rir'.r'¿lr Platoon lbr'+40 ¡oint.. Replace ¿ll DShK AA MG orr t¡ucks *'ith two 37rnm obr 1939 guns tol-ed bv trucl¡ fbr +10 points fór the platoon.

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dense smolie aud ear-splitring scream ofa rochet ba¡rage untold destrLrcrion LrPon thc cnemies of rhe Red .. Tactics, horvever, have changed. 'lirrgets nccd to be

found and designatccl f'ol destluction as thc Germans have ed rhat rhey need to be hiclde¡ if thcy rvish to miss thc nr¿rh of!'our r-ocket at¡acks. addi¡ional launchers ard crews increascs ¡be dest¡ucand ul¡imatelv allot's vour folces ro push on across any

ASTATING BOMBARDMENT Katlu.sha protid,es the massivc 6re supporr lor your ofve. Oncc they find their target little can withstand their

i,: Artillery, lSonbardnt*.firtd :t:¿¡ ¿

I2

:,,ji¡.lt te¿¡'N /¡ bt l,it

nd

Bon¡b¿rdment

tt¿,ii!aits

,t tttnl,lat

Jei

I

iltrykrc

t0

de

terttít¡t

rt-rolk failed Tit Hn rolls

:,'¡ ,lrtillc¡), :;

b:' ¡¡r 0r 1'¡10ft ue¡?ons

"/-10on x 6"/ I 5on Arti //er1

.fturtrn or

tttort 12"/j0crn squart to dctt'nnína

frcd

¡icl., ¡r¿¡ns ¡re hit arLd re-rulL

b1'

Jiibd fo Hir

A

Gu¿rds

Rocl¿rt

L[¡trtar

B¡lltlia h r¿tul Featless

Trained.

n'//s

¡,i.-r

Y BATTAL¡ON BA]'TAtION HQ Section with:

'

i#"I:. "t-n'er

Platoons for +/0 points fo¡ both

HQ Section with:

OPTIoNs

. Add Observer Rille team fo¡ +15 poi¡ts. . Add PTRD a¡rt,tank ¡ifle teams ro .

Plaroons for -

l0 poinr.per

How.irzer

ream.

Add ho¡se-d¡awn wagon to carry the Staff team at no cost.

. .

Add ho¡se-d¡awn limbe¡s at no cosr. Add Stalinets t¡ac¡ors at no cosr_

,

Y":!:,

ase

the Volhl Fire special rule on pdge 11.

Soviet artillery banalions are available ro support .assaultrng rhe

üoops.,They provide the

n...r."ry 6r"pá*..

eneml in pla. e while you. lorce\ L¿n rn.]¡roeu\(c bomba¡dme¡r¡s rncrea\e your assaulring unirs.

rvabiliry This allows your infanrry ro breach ¡he enemy line of defence and assault the secon
ro-h"vc,an, ar r iJler) ob,err er 6¿p¡!lq ol brrngirrg

upon borh delensjve positions

WArr s

gurls ca¡ tur.n a foolish enemy assault against into a nighrmare fo¡ rhe att:cke,

.ons

Hou;tz',

['1ntoo,t,

lo,"tOa;;lnerr tJu4

.i4

aq Att;tlt 1. Barta/)na

a7¡1 ,1,,. , apa"r.rtom the 6.e, nn aa;//e.1

rog, rhe, o, a rpa..,, hatre,t l/ Houjtz,, I'k,o¡,t

ttTal0attr. .a.¡v bo'1,ibard,n?nt, ,,1/ Ct n t,/a,oo,j, ,nbr ;i .." po,t;.)paí ta, the h¿m12p,¿/,,7,4!. .. t4nt i.¡¡te¿¿J .n,¿l¿,t ,¡o,,a,,/

Mobility

Front

Side

Top

Range

ROF

Anti-tanb

Firepouer

7

5r

Co-:u MG, Mine rolle¡ Limiretlvision.

5I

Co-¿r MG, Fasr rank, Li¡¡ited vision, \Vide tracks.

-6

Flam thnner Hull noun¡er/.

Equipment and Notes

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RING TANKS IjLrllv ¡ackecl

-6',:,,t

l

Í,j19!!l

j.i

/\ar¡n

Fullv ¡racked 32"/80.1

;TO-i2 Jl¿ úlraucl

6

l

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progressed, both rhe German and Sovier armies used every vehicle could 6nd to get their soldiers to the front line, often reso¡ting ro captured to transPor! thei¡ troops.

Vbeneuer a pktaon has nu.cks, feelfrae to model it uith either Souiet ZIS-5 3, ton, 215-6 4-ton, GMC 2 1/2-ton, Dodgr tA ton, Stu.ltbekket 2b-ton, Horch, Krupp or Stey Kfz 70 tnrcls or Opel Blitz 3-tan truchs.

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Russian Green (894), or

Lufwaffc Camo Green (823) lain¡ed me¡al

Flat Flesh (955) Exposed

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Flat Red (957) f.paulcrrc pipine

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tull¡vood, tool h¡ndles Flat Earth (983)

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Pouches

Khaki Grey (880), or

Kh"r.i (988) Unilbn¡ USA Tarl Earth (874) Greatco¡ts, L¡edrolls & backprcks

Black (950) Boots, Belt

Soviet Assauit Sappers used

Amoebi pattern

camouflage

a

unifoln.

To paint your Assauh Sappers, basecoat your

¡riniarures rvith Russian Uniform (924), and acld Amoeba' splotches of cithel Black (950) or Gcrman Car¡o Da¡k Green (!/!). Alternativelv, basecoat youl niniarures with Khaki Grey (880), with blorchcs of Black lq<01 or Curmrn r ¡mo Blrrck B.o\ r td//).

Allcolourn¿mesandcodesg¡uenarelirtl)eVa/lcjotnrgtaJTlamesOfWatpaints,. \Mar fou.nd in tbe F\anes Of Qualtermaste¡s Painr Set, Soviet i)ainr Sit )zrl Cerman SS Paint Set auaih-b/e f om tbe on/ire ttzr. dndF|rmes C)fWar stochists. More comprehensiua pLlint¡ng ¿nd modellittg guides cart also be fotmd on the uuttu. F/amesOJ\l'ar.com u b,I!t.

T¿nb crew oueralls

Black (950), or Khaki G¡ey (880) Vebicle and gun

colour:

Russian Green (894) AJternate velticle

y'"

gun colour,

Luftwaffe Camo Green (823)

Once undercoated, painr yoür vehicle

o¡ gun wirh

basecoat of Russian Green (894). Drybrush a few coats

a

of

Luftrvaffc Camo Green (823) over rhe rop of rhis ro have your miniatlrres ready for the table quickly and easily.

Tarh uzu belmets Black (950), or Beige Brown (875) Tool ltandles Beige Brown (875)

Tlres & rond uheek

Btack (950)

Tanh camouflage colour

Ti.acbs

Flat Earth (983)

Gunmetal Grey (863)

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