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BRIDGE AT REMAGEN, THE BATTLE FOR THE RHINE, FEBRUARY-APRIL 1945

‘We have a bridge intact across the river at Checkpoint 15 INSIDE YOU WILL FIND:
[Remagen]. Shall I continue to hold this bridgehead in view of
the new mission south? We have one company across at 16:10.’ • The history of the battle for the Rhine, including
—General William M Hoge, the battles of Remagen and the Ruhr Pocket.
Combat Command B, • History of the development of the M26 Pershing
US 9th Armored Division heavy tank, the 9th Armored Division’s battle for
The US Army is charging for the Rhine, the last the Ludendorff Bridge, and the Lucky 38th Cavalry
physical barrier to the German heartland. Leading the Reconnaissance Squadron.
march of the US First Army is Combat Command B • The option to field a US Tank Company, Light
of the 9th Armored Division. The Rhine has always Tank Company, Armored Rifle Company, and a
been the objective, but no one expects the Germans to
Cavalry Recon Squadron.
leave any of the bridges across the river intact.
• History of the defenders of the Ruhr, including
On 7 March 1945, lead elements of Task Force
512. and 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung,
Engeman discover that Remagen’s Ludendorff Bridge
is still intact, and Brigadier General Hoge instantly the 506. Schwere Panzer Abteilung, and SS-
recognises that a decisive battle is upon his troops. He Panzerbrigade Westfalen.
orders the bridge to be captured. • The option to field a Schwere Panzerjäger-
Meanwhile, Major Hans Scheller, commander of the kompanie equipped with Jagdtiger or Jagdpanther
German defenders, gives the order for the bridge to be tank-hunters, a Schwere Panzerkompanie with
demolished. As the first American soldiers set foot on formidable Königstiger heavy tanks, or a fanatical
the bridge, it explodes in a massive plume of smoke group of infantry from SS-Panzerbrigade
and debris. After the dust settles, everyone is stunned Westfalen.
to find the bridge still stands.
• Inspirational colour photos.
The fight for the Ruhr is on...

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 PAINTING GERMANS
WESTERN EUROPE, 1945 PAINTING VOLKSSTURM
The Volkssturm was the German equivalent of Britain’s famous Home Guard, conscripting able-bodied males from 16-60 who
were not already serving in the armed forces. The Volkssturm was categorised into four ‘Levies’, depending on their suitability
for service; in practice, only the first and second Levies are likely to have seen any real service.
THE
VOLKSSTURM ARMBANDS
GREAT BRITAIN Berlin
NETHERLANDS
The
London Hague 1. 2. 3.
RUHR
Brussels GERMANY
BELGIUM Remagen
Prague
NORMANDY LUXEMBURG If you don’t have a steady hand, or if you don’t like spending
The only official uniform of the Volkssturm consisted of an time painting fine detail, don’t worry - there were also earlier
Paris armband. Painting the armband is easier than it looks. versions of the armband in either solid White or solid yellow
(Deep Yellow).
1. Paint the whole armband Flat Red;
2. Paint a band of White across the middle of the armband;
3. Paint a narrower band of Black, leaving a thin line of
SWITZERLAND white showing at the top and bottom.
FRANCE

WEHRMACHT UNIFORMS
ITALY The better-supplied Volkssturm units, particularly those in the first Levy, were issued as many military uniforms as possible,
from whatever sources were available. These were mostly Field Grey but included some camouflage gear, and even Luftwaffe
items (Luftwaffe Uniform). All had markings such as collar patches and shoulder straps removed.

NSDAP Uniforms
Many Volkssturm recruits would have owned paramili-
tary uniforms from Nazi Party organisations such as the
SPAIN Hitlerjugend, Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service)
Rome and Sturmabteilung.
The official instructions were for Party uniform items to be
0 Miles 500 1000
dyed Field Grey, but often this was not possible, so you may
0 Kilometres 500 1000
choose to paint some uniform items, such as greatcoats, the
distinctive light brown colour iconic of the Nazi ‘brownshirt’.
Why Collect A Force From This book will allow you to field the professional US (Green Brown, highlighted with Green Ochre).
Bridge at Remagen? 9th Armored Division. They have the latest and best equip- As well as the familiar brown uniform, the Hitlerjugend had
ment available, a new heavy tank, and advanced tactical a navy blue winter uniform.
It’s March 1945 and the river Rhine is all that stands between doctrine. You can also field the battle-weary 3rd Armored
the Western Allies and the German heartland. In Bridge Division as they fight this one last battle before they can go
at Remagen, players will enter the battlefields of the Ruhr, home. Together, these soldiers are ready to make the last push CIVILIAN CLOTHING
Germany’s industrial region. These battles, together with the into Germany and end this war. Many Volkssturm men received no uniforms at all, other than their armband, and had to provide their own suitable hard-wear-
Soviet advances in the East, will decide the fate of Germany. ing clothing. Civilian clothes seem like an opportunity to depart from the drab military palette of typical army uniforms. But
Against the Americans is the German Fifteenth Army. They
After the German winter offensives, the Allies are cautiously you should try to stick to fairly dark, muted colours, which predominated in typical 1940s clothing, particularly the sort of
prepared their defences and reinforced the area with newly
advancing across the whole front. Their goal is to reach the practical outdoor garb favoured by the Volkssturm.
built or refreshed heavy tank battalions equipped with
Rhine and pause to build up a river-crossing assault because powerful Jagdtigers, Jagdpanthers, and Königstigers.
they assumed that the Germans would blow all bridges before Black Grey
they could get to them... Field the 512. Schwere Panzerjägerabteilung, including the Some people find it difficult to highlight Almost any shade of medium to dark grey
legendary Otto Carius, the 654. Schwere Panzerjägerabteilung, black. One useful tip is that even a very is appropriate. Suggestions: Black Grey,
Reinforced with FlaK batteries, Volkssturm militia, heavy and the 506. or 510. Schwere Panzerabteilung and crush
tank formations, and fanatical troops of the Waffen-SS, the dark grey like Black Grey looks bright German Grey, London Grey, Luftwaffe
your enemies under your massive tanks. You can also compared to pure black; try mixing it with Uniform.
Germans prepare to hold against the odds on the eastern bank field the fanatical defenders of the Ruhr Pocket, known as
of the Rhine. With comrades still fighting on the western a little black for more subtle highlights.
SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen. These troops will dig in and hold
bank, local commanders defy orders and try to keep the off the enemy assault with unparalleled resolve.
bridges intact until the last possible moment... Blue Brown
Whichever side you choose, the battlefields of the Ruhr Pure blue shades like Dark Blue will look As with grey, almost any shade of brown
Suddenly, the US 9th Armored Division stumbles upon the await you! too bright and garish on their own. Mix will do. Suggestions: Camo Medium
intact Ludendorff Bridge. Was it rigged to blow? Is it worth
them with grey or black to produce a Brown, Field Drab, British Battledress,
trying to capture? It’s time to make that momentous decision!
suitably muted colour. Flat Earth.
 Written by: Michael Haught Miniatures Design: Evan Allen, Tim Adcock,
Matt Bickley, Will Jayne
Assistant Writer: Dr. Michael McSwiney
Cover Art: Vincent Wai
Contributors: Russell Briant, Alexander Constantino,
Andras Schneider, Thomas Weller Internal Art: Warren Mahy, Vincent Wai
Editors: Peter Simunovich, John-Paul Brisigotti Miniatures Painting: James Brown, Blake Coster,
Casey Davies, Matt Parkes, Victor Pesch, Chris Townley,
Proof Readers: Chris Townley, Andrew Haught, Wayne
Wayne Turner, Josh Forrester, Matt Parkes
Turner, Phil Yates, Robert Bothwell, Russell Briant,
Rick Gearheart, Huw Peregrine-Young, Gregg Siter, Stephen Terrain Modelling and Photography: Battlefront Studio
Smith, Peter Vandenbempt
Playtest Groups: Dad’s Army (Gavin van Rossum), La Brigada
Graphic Design: Victor Pesch de Madrid (Jorge Sancho), Northern Battle Gamers (Nigel
Slater), Houston (Mike Callahan)
Assistant Designer: Sean Goodison

CONTENTS
Race to the Rhine............................................................ 2 512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung.............................. 42
America’s Battle Tank...................................................... 6 Warrior: Oberleutnant Otto Carius............................... 44
US Special Rules............................................................. 8 512. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie.............................. 48
Tank Company ............................................................. 10 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung.............................. 52
Light Tank Company.................................................... 14 654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (Nordwind)........... 54
The Bridge at Remagen................................................. 16 654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (Ruhr Pocket)....... 55
Armored Rifle Company............................................... 18 506. Schwere Panzer Abteilung..................................... 58
The Lucky 38th.............................................................. 22 Schwere Panzerkompanie.............................................. 60
Cavalry Recon Troop..................................................... 24 SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen: Defenders of the Ruhr...... 63
US Support................................................................... 27 SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen.......................................... 66
US Arsenal.................................................................... 34 German Support........................................................... 72
Painting Americans....................................................... 37 German Arsenal............................................................ 78
The Battle for the Rhine ............................................... 40 Painting Germans......................................................... 80

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 RACE TO THE RHINE
The Western Front, 1945
In many ways the strategic and political situation facing Operations Veritable and Grenade
General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of
Operation Veritable, the British spearhead, began on
Allied Expeditionary Forces, in February 1945 was eerily
8 February with the goal of breaching the Reichswald to
similar to the previous August. After the fierce and desperate
secure the western bank of the Rhine. Further south, the
battles in the autumn and winter of 1944, the Western Allies
American Ninth Army, also under Monty’s command, ini-
were once again advancing along a broad front and closing
tiated Operation Grenade, which was designed to clear the
in on Germany. The River Rhine remained the last physical
Rur River and then push on to the Rhine.
and psychological barrier between the Western Allies and
the industrial heartland of Germany, known as the Ruhr. Even with his meticulous planning, Montgomery’s
How to cross that obstacle and which armies would go on Operation Veritable ran into problems immediately. The
to secure the German heartland was a matter of contention Germans flooded the local terrain to limit the advance
with both Eisenhower’s subordinates and superiors. and put up extremely stiff resistance. Operation Grenade
was more successful and managed to reach the Rhine at
In the interest of maintaining national and personal prestige,
Neuss on 2 March, but Eisenhower refused to let the Ninth
Field Marshal Montgomery advocated that his British
Army cross the Rhine, deferring to British wishes. He did,
21st Army Group should play the leading role in the final
however, authorize Bradley’s US 12th Army Group to launch
defeat of Germany by conducting a single-pronged attack
Operation Lumberjack to secure the west bank of the Rhine
directly into the Ruhr. However, Montgomery’s army was
near Köln (Cologne) and link up with Patton’s Third Army
facing drastic manpower shortages at this point in the war.
near Coblenz.
Britain fielded 21 divisions in this theatre, including one
Polish and several Canadian divisions. In sharp contrast, fresh
American divisions were regularly arriving from the States,
Operation Lumberjack
bolstering the US presence under Eisenhower’s command to Operation Lumberjack began on 1 March, with American
62 American divisions. Montgomery’s argument was futher cavalry units reaching the Rhine north of Köln by 3 March. The
hampered by the fact that General Omar Bradley and other battle for Köln itself began on 5 March when the 104th Infantry
senior American commanders were demanding the immedi- and 3rd Armored Divisions assaulted the city. German resistance
ate release of the American divisions which had been attached was mixed, though the 8.8cm Flak batteries around the city’s
to his 21st Army Group during the Battle of the Bulge. airfield put up strong resistance until they were overwhelmed
by armour. As expected, all of the bridges across the Rhine at
The Plan Köln had been destroyed, but it was known that some bridges
were still standing further south.
By 2 February 1945, Eisenhower submitted his final proposal
for crossing the Rhine. ‘The Plan’, as it was known, specified
breaching the Rhine using two crossing points to prevent
Next Moves
the Germans from concentrating their forces in defense. The Germans presumed that the city of Bonn would be
Eisenhower ultimately made concessions to the British and the next primary target for American forces. Field Marshal
agreed that Montgomery’s 21st Group would be the primary Model, commanding Army Group B, allowed various
spearhead across the Rhine and would not be delayed if it German units to fall back towards the city even though
reached the river ahead of American forces. Hitler had insisted that the Westwall fortifications be held

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to the last man. On paper, Model had several divisions at constructing additional bridges. They fortified the region
his command, but most of these had been bled white by to deal with the inevitable German counterattack on their
continuous fighting and were short of literally everything unexpected prize.
from fuel to food. Frequently Model’s orders to the various
For failing to hold the Rhine, Hitler dismissed von Rundstedt
divisions under his command could not be followed because
and appointed Albert Kesselring as Supreme Commander in
of a simple lack of supply.
the West. The Germans then launched several ground attacks
The Americans, however, had decided to bypass and isolate toward the bridgehead, all of which failed. German aircraft,
Bonn and concentrate their forces further south. By 6 March, including Me 262 and Arado 234 jets, artillery, and even V2
Combat Command B (CCB) of the American 9th Armored rockets were fired at the bridge in an attempt to demolish it.
Division under Brigadier General Hoge secured the city
Despite the best efforts of the US Army engineers to repair
of Meckenheim. Their objectives for the next day were to
it, the damaged Ludendorff bridge finally collapsed on 17
secure Remagen and continue south to link up with Patton’s
March, but by this time the Americans were firmly en-
Third Army. This operation would create a unified, broad
trenched, with two treadway and pontoon bridges linking
front running along the western bank of the Rhine.
the banks of the Rhine. The Germans continued to assault
the bridgehead with all available units, but the Americans
Destination: Remagen held firm.
Although the American forces were aware that the Ludendorff
railroad bridge at Remagen was still standing, they presumed Across the Rhine
that it would be demolished once they reached the city.
On 25 March, the Americans launched Operation Voyage,
However, on 7 March, a Piper Cub reconniassance plane
aimed at breaking out from the Remagen bridgehead. In
reported that the bridge was still intact. Lieutenant Colonel
the North, Montgomery’s 21st Army Group launched
Leonard Engeman’s task force from CCB was already
Operation Plunder on the previous day, supported by the
working its way into Remagen and pushed across the bridge
airborne Operation Varsity. Although Plunder was intended
after a dramatic and partially successful German attempt to
to be the primary prong of the attack, Voyage made far faster
blow it up.
progress. The two prongs of the offensive ultimately linked
up at Lippstadt on 1 April, thereby encircling the Ruhr.
Windfall Though reducing the pocket would take until 18 April, the
News of the success at Remagen sent shockwaves through Rhine crossing at Remagen opened the door for the Western
both the Allied and German high commands. The Americans Allies to advance along a broad front into the heartland of
reacted quickly by pouring troops across the Rhine and Germany.

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 American cavalry reconnaissance forces scope out the front lines, looking for gaps in the German lines.

Armoured infantry task forces clear the town of Meckenheim and charge on towards Remagen.

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The German army still has fight left in it as it battles to keep the American advances away from the river Rhine.

The US 9th Armored Division takes Remagen and discovers the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine still stands...

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 AMERICA’S BATTLE TANK
The M26 Pershing
The winter battles of late 1944 and early 1945 finally The T26 Arrives in the ETO
demonstrated to the US Army’s high command that
By the end of 1944, the first run of 40 T26E3s was complete
the M4 Sherman, though providing excellent service in
and after a great clamour for them, the first batch of 20
previous years, was wholly inadequate to confront German
arrived in the European Theatre of Operation (ETO) at the
heavy armour and anti-tank guns. Furthermore, it fatally
end of January 1945 as part of the Zebra Mission—a special
undermined the prevailing US tank doctrine, which had
mission to test the latest US designs of tanks and guns in
prescribed leaving the engagement of enemy tanks to the
combat conditions. These experimental T26s were therefore
Tank Destroyer battalions, freeing the tanks to support
accompanied by a contingent of specialists to help report
the infantry and exploit gaps in the enemy lines. A new
and iron out mechanical teething problems.
armoured vehicle was needed to better suited to the realities
of modern warfare. Fortunately, after a good deal of political Ten T26E3 tanks were issued to each of the 3rd and
debate, the T26E3 heavy tank was put into production in 9th Armored Divisions. The 3rd Armored Division allocated
November 1944. five each to its 32nd and 33rd Armored Regiments, who in
turn allocated a single example to their five tank companies.
The T26 was the outcome of a long series of potential re-
placements for the aging M4 Sherman as the US Army’s Meanwhile, the 9th Armored Division allocated five of its
main battle tank. It was the first American tank to break T26s to the 14th Tank Battalion, which grouped them all into
away from the early 1930s design concept. The T26 was a a single heavy tank platoon in A Company. The other five
42-tonne vehicle, armed with an M3 90mm L/50 gun, the were given to the 19th Tank Battalion, which allocated one
same that equipped the M36 Jackson Tank Destroyer. The T26 to A Company and a pair each to B and C Companies.
new tank sported sloped 4” (102mm) cast frontal armour,
dramatically increasing the protection of its crew compared Spearhead Pershings
to earlier American tanks. The relocation of the drive train The 3rd ‘Spearhead’ Armored Division completed its training
to the rear avoided the need to run the drive shaft under the near the end of February and then put their T26s to the test
turret and allowed for the roof height to be lowered. on 25 February during the approach to the Rur River. The
The power plant was the same 500 horsepower Ford GAF V8 following night, near Elsdorf, F Company’s T26, nicknamed
petrol engine in the latest versions of Sherman. The running ‘Fireball’, was hit three times in an ambush by a ‘Tiger’ and
gear had six double-bogies per side on a new torsion bar sus- knocked out. The tank was repaired and back in action
pension running on a 23”/58cm wide track. Together, these within a few days.
improvements gave the T26 considerable speed for a tank in The Pershings had their revenge on 27 February, where
its weight class. 33rd Armored Regiment’s T26 from E Company knocked
The final production model, the T26E3, was given the name out a ‘Tiger’ at 900 yards using a special HVAP shell,
Pershing, in honour of General John Pershing, commander followed by a standard AP shell. Shortly after, the Pershing
of the American Expeditionary Force in the First World War. also destroyed two Panzer IV tanks at the impressive range
The Pershing provided US tankers with a vehicle that greatly of 1200 yards.
improved on the M4 and was roughly comparable to the
German Panther.

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 AMERICA’S BATTLE TANK
On 6 March, Sergeant Bob Early’s Pershing of E Company, Super Pershing bested after a short but fierce fight. The war
32nd Armored Regiment, was filmed flanking and destroying ended before more Super Pershings could be built, but the
a troublesome Panther outside Cologne cathedral. Other design was considered successful enough to further develop
3rd Armored Division Pershings dispatched a Tiger and the M26 series into a main battle tank.
a Panzer IV near Cologne, and the T26 of D Company
knocked out two further Tigers. Phantom Pershings
Two Pershings were lost approaching Cologne. One of The 9th ‘Phantom’ Armored Division committed their
these, belonging to H Company, 33rd Armored Regiment, Pershings in the final days of February during the fighting
was permanently written off after being knocked out by a to cross the Roer River. One T26 from 14th Tank Battalion’s
German 8.8cm anti-tank shell from a tank-hunter firing just heavy tank platoon was disabled on the night of 1 March
200 yards away. After piercing the thick frontal armour, the when it was hit twice by a 150mm field gun. Like ‘Fireball’,
round went through the forward compartments, between it was quickly repaired. The remaining four Pershings of the
the driver’s legs, and set off the ammunition on the floor of platoon, led by Lieutenant John Grimball, took part in the
the tank. It was considerable good fortune that all the crew capture of the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen on 7 March.
survived! Concerns about the ability of the weakened bridge to carry
the weight of the Pershings kept the platoon from crossing to
Super Pershing the eastern side, so they provided support from the west bank.
The Pershing’s 90mm gun was powerful, but still lacked the
ability to knock out the heavier German tanks, so an exper- Next Wave
imental gun was designed and designated the T15 90mm In March 1945, the T26 was officially designated the M26
gun. Two examples of these massive guns were mounted Pershing. A few more batches were deployed to Europe
in specially-modified Pershings, one of which made it into before the end of hostilities in May. A batch of 40 arrived
action with the 3rd Armored Division. This was further at the port of Antwerp in late March and was issued to
modified in the field by adding additional armour plates cut Ninth Army, which was then divided between the 2nd and
from destroyed German Panthers. The result was America’s 5th Armored Divisions. In April, 30 more were issued to the
first and only super-heavy tank of the war. 11th Armored Division which became the last unit to get
Pershings before the German surrender at the beginning of
The Super Pershing engaged the enemy, easily destroying
May 1945. By the end of the war, 310 Pershings had arrived
German tanks that it encountered. Its most famous action
in Europe with 200 issued to units.
was a duel with a German Königstiger at Dessau, which the

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 US SPECIAL RULES
In late 1944, the US Army in France started receiving new variants of the M4 Sherman tank. Some of these only differed in
their guns and armour, but others changed the way that the tank operated as well. These special rules reflect those changes.

SHERMAN TANK SPECIAL RULES

Detroit’s Finest Tank Telephones
The Ford V8 engine improved the performance of the By the end of 1944, most Sherman tanks working with
M4A3 series of tanks. Its power gave them a good top speed, infantry had been fitted with field telephones on the rear to
while its robustness and reliability allowed them to take allow the infantry to point out targets to the tanks.
advantage of this without worrying about breaking down.
If a Tank team with Tank Telephone and an adjacent
“Some of the GIs…said that the CCB must have been going
Infantry team did not move in the Movement Step, and the
downhill with a hundred-mile-an-hour tailwind all the way.”
Infantry team is not Pinned Down, the Infantry team can
—Belton Cooper, 3rd Armored Division
use the Eyes and Ears rule (see page 195 of the rulebook) to
Tanks that use the Detroit’s Finest special rule have a Reveal one Gone to Ground enemy team to that Tank team
Movement Distance of 14”/35cm on Roads or Cross- as if the Infantry team was a Recce team. If other tanks in
country Terrain. the platoon fire, they must either have their own Infantry
team pointing out the target or continue to treat the target
as Gone to Ground.
Duckbills
Duckbill track extensions gave the Sherman better mobility Jumbos Lead the Way
in boggy ground. However, they were attached to the pins
Initially the M4A3E2 ‘Jumbo’ assault tank was allocated to
linking two pieces of track, so the tank had to keep its speed
tank battalions supporting the infantry. Once the armoured
down to avoid breaking them off and throwing a track.
divisions caught on though, they started using Jumbos as
At the start of the game a player may elect to fit all of the lead tank in their advances, deliberately encouraging the
their Sherman tanks (of all variants), M5A1 Stuart, and Germans to shoot at it rather than the lighter M4 Sherman
M8 Scott HMC with Duckbills. This gives them Wide tanks operating with it.
Tracks (see page 61 of the rulebook), but makes their
You may allocate hits to an M4A3E2 Jumbo or M4A3E2
mobility rating Slow Tank.
(76mm) tank as if it had the lowest armour rating, assign-
M4A3E2 Jumbo, M4A3E2 (76mm), and M4A3E8 Easy ing it a hit before the lesser armoured tanks.
Eight tanks cannot be fitted with Duckbills and ignore the
This rule does not apply to hits from Artillery Bombardments
Duckbills special rule.
or hits from Aircraft.

Smooth Ride
The driving force behind the development of HVSS
(Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension) was the need for
wider tracks for crossing soft ground, and a smoother ride.
As a result, HVSS made it much easier for gunners to use the
basic stabiliser system fitted to the Sherman tank.

A tank that uses the Smooth Ride special rule does not
suffer the +1 penalty to its score To Hit when using the
Stabilizers special rule, provided that it did not move more
than 6”/15cm during the Movement Step and it did not
move in, enter, or move out of Rough Terrain.

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 US SPECIAL RULES
TASK FORCE SPECIAL RULES
As the German army broke down into smaller and more Task Force Riders
fragmented nests of resistance, gaps were opened up for the
The spring weather has made the ground unsuitable in
US Army to exploit using Task Forces. An American Task
places for standard wheeled or vehicle transport. However,
Force was roughly equivalent to the German Kampfgruppe
the Germans are in retreat and the way to Berlin is open. To
or British ‘Force’. Like the others, a task force was typically
get there, the infantry mount up on any fully-tracked vehicle
named after its commander.
available and strike east with the tanks.
The strongest pairing in a tank task force was infantry
riding on tanks. This was the result of lessons learned in Teams from platoons that use the Task Force Riders special
the hedgerow battles of Normandy, exploitations across the rule do not use the Truscott Trot special rule. Instead, teams
muddy fields of the Lorraine and Belgium, and the bitter from this platoon have a 3+ Save while Mounted on a
street-fighting in Brest, Aachen, and Cologne. The infantry Slow, Standard, or Light Tank team as Passengers, instead
deployed to deal with hand-held anti-tank weapons such as of the normal 5+ Save (see page 101 of the rulebook).
the panzerfaust, while the tanks knocked out machine-guns
and nests. It was a lethal combination and the riflemen and
tankers had it down to a science by 1945.

CALLIOPE ROCKET LAUNCHER RULES

Saturation Bombardment Sixty Rockets
Each Calliope rocket launcher system fired a bombardment The Calliope’s 60 rocket tubes took a bit of time to reload, but
of sixty 4.5” (114mm) rockets. Individually, these rockets a crack crew found ways to speed things up for the next salvo.
may not cause much damage, but group 60 to 240 of them
into a single salvo and the enemy will have nowhere to hide! At the start of the game, place a Full Salvo marker with a
platoon that uses the Sixty Rockets special rule. Remove this
Calliope launcher kits were attached to tanks from one of marker after firing an Artillery Bombardment.
the tank battalion’s platoons. This meant that the crews that
were once full-time tankers, were now part-time artillerymen If a platoon that uses the Sixty Rockets special rule does
without much, if any, specialised training. not have a Full Salvo marker when it fires an Artillery
Bombardment, roll a Skill Test for each Rocket Launcher
Each T34 Calliope counts as four weapons when firing an able to fire in the Bombardment. Only those that pass the
Artillery Bombardment. Skill Test can fire as part of the Bombardment.
A Calliope Tank Platoon cannot use the Hit ‘Em With Place a Full Salvo marker on a platoon with Sixty Rockets
Everything You Got special rule (see page 240 of the at the end of any Shooting Step in which every Rocket
rulebook). Launcher in the platoon was able to fire an Artillery
Bombardment, but none did so.

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 TANK COMPANY
Tank Company
Motivation and Skill
3 3 Armored Division 9 9 Armored Division
rd th

A Tank Company from the 3rd Armored Division is rated

Reluctant Veteran. RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
CONFIDENT TRAINED CONFIDENT TRAINED
A Tank Company from the 9th Armored Division is rated
FEARLESS VETERAN FEARLESS VETERAN
Confident Veteran.
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be either from the 3rd Armored Division (marked   3   ), or the 9th Armored
Division (marked 9 ). All other platoons marked with either of these divisional symbols must
Tank Company HQ be from the same division as your Company HQ.
11

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

ARMOUR ARTILLERY
ARMOUR ARTILLERY

Armored Mortar Platoon

13

Heavy Tank Platoon Armored Field Artillery

11

31
Tank Destroyer Platoon Battery

27
Tank Platoon
12

ARMOUR Mine-exploder 28
Tank Platoon ARTILLERY
ARMOUR
INFANTRY
Sherman Assault Gun
13

Platoon Armored Field Artillery

31
Battery
Tank Platoon
12

ARMOUR Armored Rifle Platoon Field Artillery Battery

19

32
Rifle Platoon
29

ARMOUR ANTI-AIRCRAFT
Battleworn Rifle
29

Light Tank Platoon Platoon

15

Engineer Combat
30

Platoon
Tank Platoon
ARMOUR Anti-aircraft Artillery
32
12

Provisional Rifle Platoon (Self-propelled) Platoon

30

Calliope Tank Platoon

13

AIRCRAFT
INFANTRY
Light Tank Platoon
15

RECONNAISSANCE
Air Support
33

Armored Rifle Platoon

19

Rifle Platoon
29

AOP
Recon Platoon
21

Battleworn Rifle
29

Platoon

RECONNAISSANCE Air Observation Post

33

Armored Recon
25

3 Platoon

Cavalry Recon Platoon

26

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 TANK COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS
Tank Company HQ Captain
Headquarters Captain Sergeant

Company HQ with: 3 9
2 M4A3 (late) 190 points 205 points
Company Command 2iC Command
1 M4A3 (late) 95 points 105 points M4A3 (late) M4A3 (late)
Company HQ Recovery
Options Section
• Add M31 TRV for +10 points or M32 TRV for
Tank Company HQ
+15 points.
• Mount Carbine Tank Escorts on all tanks for • Equip one M4, M4A1, M4A3, or M4A3 (late)
+15 points per tank. Sherman tank with a dozer blade making it a
Bulldozer for +5 points.

COMBAT PLATOONS
Heavy Tank Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon 3 9
Lieutenant

5 M26 Pershing 985 points

4 M26 Pershing 790 points
Command Tank
3 M26 Pershing 595 points
2 M26 Pershing 400 points
1 M26 Pershing 200 points Sergeant Sergeant

1 T26E4 Super Pershing 275 points

Option M26 Pershing M26 Pershing

• Mount Carbine Tank Escorts on all tanks for
+15 points per tank.
M26 Pershing M26 Pershing
Tank crews had great hopes and confidence in the new M26 Tank Section Tank Section
Pershing compared to the old Sherman tank. A Heavy Tank Heavy Tank Platoon
Platoon is rated Confident Veteran.
Meanwhile, somewhere in a workshop the good old boys
CONFIDENT VETERAN from 3rd Armored Division maintenance are showing
American ingenuity by cutting out armour plates from
Top Secret. A special mission has rushed 20 of the modern German Panther tanks and welding them to a Pershing
M26 ‘Pershing’ heavy tanks to the front. The 9th Armored armed with a long 90mm gun. Thus they have created the
Division has created a whole platoon of M26 Pershings while unique T26E4 ‘Super Pershing’. Let’s now see how the
3rd Armored Division has given them out one per company. Germans like it when the boot’s on the other foot!

M26 Pershing T26E4 Super Pershing

Top Tank telephone Top Tank telephone
Armour Armour
2 2

Side Front Side Front

Armour Movement Armour Armour Movement Armour
6 Standard Tank. 10 6 Slow Tank, Overloaded. 13

Weapon Range ROF AT FP Weapon Range ROF AT FP

M3 90mm gun 32”/80cm 2 14 3+ T15E1 90mm gun 40”/100cm 2 16 3+

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 Tank Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon 3 9
Lieutenant

5 M4A3 (late) 475 points 515 points

4 M4A3 (late) 380 points 415 points
3 M4A3 (late) 285 points 310 points Command M4A3 (late)

Options
• Mount Carbine Tank Escorts on all tanks for Sergeant Sergeant
+15 points per tank.
• Arm any or all tanks with an additional AA MG for
+5 points per tank. M4A3 (late) M4A3 (late)
• Fit any or all tanks that are not Uparmoured with
Improvised Armour for +5 points per tank.
M4A3 (late) M4A3 (late)
Our M4s have gone the distance. They have driven rings
Tank Section Tank Section
around Hitler’s armies for eight months-chasing them out
of France, across Belgium, and smashing his winter attacks. Tank Platoon

SHERMAN TANK UPGRADES

You can replace any or all of your M4A3 (late) Sherman Replace up to three tanks in your Company HQ and
tanks from your Tank Company HQ and Tank Platoons each Tank Platoon with: 3 9
with older or newer models. For each tank you wish to M4A1 (76mm) +25 points +30 points
replace, simply add the points that match your division M4A3 (76mm) +30 points +35 points
( 3 or 9 ) from the adjacent table to the cost of your
M4A3E8 Easy Eight +40 points +45 points
HQ or platoon.
Uparmoured
For example, in one of your full-strength Tank Platoons M4A3 (76mm) +45 points +50 points
from the 3rd Armored Division (475 points), you would Uparmoured
like to upgrade one tank to an M4A3E2 Jumbo, two tanks M4A3E8 Easy Eight +50 points +55 points
to M4A3 (76mm), and leave the rest as normal. This adds
+35 for the Jumbo upgrade and +30 for each of the 76mm Replace up to one tank in your Company HQ and each
Tank Platoon with: 3 9
upgrades, for a total cost of 570 points for the platoon.
M4A3E2 Jumbo +35 points +40 points
In your next platoon you would like to replace all five tanks
M4A3E2
with older M4A3 tanks, making that platoon 400 points. Jumbo (76mm) +90 points +105 points

By the Spring of 1945, the American army was at its peak Replace any or all tanks in your Company HQ and each
in terms of experience and equipment. The trusty Sherman Tank Platoon with: 3 9
tank had seen the army through from the very beginning, M4 or M4A1 -20 points -20 points
adopting many variants along the way. Powerful engines, M4A3 -15 points -15 points
advanced track suspensions, and heavier armament was
Uparmoured
standard in the late models of the old US battle tank. M4A3 (late) +10 points +10 points
Sometimes this was not enough to counter the German
Replace up to one tank in
weapons of the period, such as the simple-to-use hand-held your Company with:
Panzerfaust anti-tank launcher. To deal with these threats, 3 9
US tankers made their own improvements to their Shermans, M4A3 (105mm) -30 points -35 points
such as adding extra armour plating, sand-bag improvised M4A3 (105mm) HVSS -25 points -30 points
armour, additional machine-guns, and taking aboard dedi-
cated riflemen as tank escorts to keep the enemy at bay.

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 TANK COMPANY
Calliope Tank Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon 3 9
Lieutenant

5 T34 Calliope 200 points

4 T34 Calliope 160 points
3 T34 Calliope 120 points
Command T34 Calliope
2 T34 Calliope 80 points

Option Sergeant Sergeant

• Fit any or all tanks with Improvised Armour for
+5 points for the platoon.

A Calliope Tank Platoon uses the Saturation Bombardment T34 Calliope T34 Calliope
and Sixty Rockets special rules found on page 9.
Tanks from a Calliope Tank Platoon are always Non-
assaulting teams when involved in an assault.
T34 Calliope T34 Calliope
Tank Section Tank Section
Calliope crews struggled to switch from being tankers to
Calliope Tank Platoon
artillerymen. Still, they learned on the job and performed
well. A Calliope Tank Platoon is rated Confident Trained. Calliope field kits are available to give tank battalions their
CONFIDENT TRAINED
own artillery component. The five rocket launcher kits are
installed as a batch in one of the tank battalion’s platoons
and are capable of supporting an entire Combat Command.

WEAPONS PLATOONS
Armored Mortar Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon Lieutenant

HQ Section with
3 9
3 Mortar Sections 100 points 110 points Command Carbine team M2 half-track with .50cal AA MG
2 Mortar Sections 70 points 80 points

Option Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant

• Arm any or all M4 81mm MMC half-tracks with

.50 cal AA MG for +5 points per half-track.
M4 81mm MMC M4 81mm MMC M4 81mm MMC
half-track half-track half-track
The armoured mortar platoon is your on-call smoke screen
Mortar Mortar Mortar
projector that will cover your tank buddies as they manoeu- Section Section Section
vre to find the enemy’s flank. Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em.
Armored Mortar Platoon

Sherman Assault Gun Platoon Lieutenant

Platoon 3 9
Lieutenant Sergeant

6 M4A3 (105mm) 375 points 420 points

3 M4A3 (105mm) 185 points 210 points
2 M4A3 (105mm) 125 points 140 points Command Assault Gun Assault Gun

6 M4A3 (105mm) HVSS 400 points 450 points

3 M4A3 (105mm) HVSS 200 points 225 points
Assault Gun Assault Gun
2 M4A3 (105mm) HVSS 135 points 150 points.

The Germans are now back in their pillboxes on the Siegfried

Line and turning every town into an instant fortress. Assault Gun Assault Gun
Fortunately we have our own armoured artillery platoon HQ Section Gun Section
right up at the front to blast through these fortified defences.
Sherman Assault Gun Platoon

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 LIGHT TANK COMPANY
Tank Company
Motivation and Skill
3 3 Armored Division 9 9 Armored Division
rd th

A Light Tank Company from the 3rd Armored Division is

rated Reluctant Veteran. RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
CONFIDENT TRAINED CONFIDENT TRAINED
A Light Tank Company from the 9th Armored Division is
FEARLESS VETERAN FEARLESS VETERAN
rated Confident Veteran.
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be either from the 3rd Armored Division (marked   3   ), or the 9th Armored
Division (marked 9 ). All other platoons marked with either of these divisional symbols must
Light Tank Company HQ be from the same division as your Company HQ.
15

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

ARMOUR ARTILLERY
ARMOUR ARTILLERY

Armored Mortar
13

Light Tank Platoon Platoon

15

Armored Field Artillery

31
Tank Destroyer Platoon Battery

27
ARMOUR Mine-exploder
ARMOUR 28
Tank Platoon ARTILLERY

INFANTRY
Light Tank Platoon Sherman Assault Gun
13
15

Platoon Armored Field Artillery

31
Battery
ARMOUR ARMOUR Armored Rifle Platoon Field Artillery Battery

32
19

Rifle Platoon
29

ANTI-AIRCRAFT
Battleworn Rifle
29

Light Tank Platoon Platoon

15

Tank Platoon
12

Engineer Combat
30

Platoon
Anti-aircraft Artillery
32

ARMOUR (Self-propelled) Platoon

Provisional Rifle Platoon
30

AIRCRAFT
INFANTRY

Tank Platoon
12

Calliope Tank Platoon

13

Air Support
33

Armored Rifle Platoon

19

RECONNAISSANCE Rifle Platoon

29

AOP
Battleworn Rifle
29

Platoon
Recon Platoon
21

Air Observation Post

33

RECONNAISSANCE

Armored Recon
25

3 Platoon

Cavalry Recon Platoon

26

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 LIGHT TANK COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS
Light Tank Company HQ Captain
Headquarters Captain Sergeant

Company HQ with:
3 9
2 M24 Chaffee 150 points 165 points Company Command 2iC Command
Light Tank Light Tank
2 M5A1 Stuart 95 points 105 points
Company HQ Recovery
Option Section

• Add M31 TRV recovery vehicle for +10 points or Light Tank Company HQ
M32 TRV recovery vehicle for +15 points.

The battalion’s D Company is all about speed and exploita-

You must field at least one Light Tank Platoon entirely tion. You find the enemy’s weakest point and use that to
equipped with the same model of tank as the Light Tank get your tanks into his vulnerable flanks. With that ac-
Company HQ. complished, the medium and heavy tanks will overrun the
distracted enemy in no time at all.

COMBAT PLATOONS
Light Tank Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon 3 9
Lieutenant

5 M24 Chaffee 370 points 415 points

4 M24 Chaffee 295 points 335 points
Command Light Tank
3 M24 Chaffee 220 points 250 points
5 M5A1 Stuart 230 points 260 points
Sergeant Sergeant
4 M5A1 Stuart 185 points 210 points
3 M5A1 Stuart 140 points 155 points
Light Tank Light Tank
The new M24 Chaffee sure is a magnificent piece of engineer-
ing! The American Panther some call it. Speed and firepower
is how you beat panzers and the M24 is a speed machine that Light Tank Light Tank
can glide across the battlefield while carrying the 75mm gun Tank Section Tank Section
of a Sherman. Just what General Patton ordered when you
need to whip around behind a skulking panzer. Light Tank Platoon

While the M24 makes it out to the front, some units are
making do with their faithful M5A1 Stuart light tanks until
Army Ordinance gets around to organising an upgrade

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 THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN
The Battle of Remagen, 7 March 1945
After the fall of Cologne, the Germans presumed the As with all bridges on the Rhine, the Ludendorff bridge had
Americans’ next target would be Bonn. They were not ex- been wired for demolition, but the charges themselves were
pecting an attack in the vicinity of Remagen. The defenders not in place in order to prevent an accidental detonation.
consisted of a motley collection of support troops from On 6 March, with the local situation deteriorating, Botsch
various units, three flak batteries on the eastern side of the ordered the charges attached to the bridge. However, Model
river, Volksturm (the German home guard), and a few railroad chose that critical moment to recall Botsch to take over 53
and construction workers. The end result was a defensive Corps and placed General Otto Hitzfield in command of the
group consisting of second-rate troops with an unnecessar- Remagen area. Model then unrealistically ordered Hitzfield’s
ily complex command structure. Overall command of the 67 Corps to launch an attack against the 9th Armored
area was given to Generalmajor Walter Botsch on 1 March. Division, but his forces were in fact isolated behind the main
Realizing these meagre forces would be no match for the American spearheads west of the Rhine and completely
determined Americans, Botsch requested more troops from unable to launch an offensive.
Model, but his request was denied as Model and his staff
Fearing that his own troops would be caught west of the
were concentrating forces near Bonn.
Rhine, Hitzfield ordered Major Hans Scheller to take

0 Metres 200 300 400 500

ERPEL A COMPANY 0 Feet 500 1000 1500

B COMPANY
C COMPANY FLAK BATTALION
(2CM FLAK38)
ERPELERLEY
RIVER
RHINE FLAK BATTALION
(3.7CM FLAK43) 310 IR
CONVALESCENT 78 ID
COMPANY 105
REMAGEN LUDENDORFF BRIDGE
RIVER
VOLKSTURM RHINE
REMAGEN-KRIPP
3RD PLATOON
C COMPANY N

US 9TH
ARMORED
DIVISION
HEAVY PLATOON The Battle for the Ludendorff Bridge - 7 March 1945
A COMPANY

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 THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN
personal command at Remagen to keep it open. As the bridge Timmerman quickly realized that the bridge was still
represented the best retreat avenue for 67 Corps, Hitzfield passable, so he ordered his men across. The supporting
didn’t want it demolished prematurely. Scheller didn’t arrive armour fired smoke rounds to cover their attack. The des-
at the bridge until 1100 hrs, 7 March, just as the first reports perate Germans opened up with everything they had on the
of American tanks in the area started pouring in. Several advancing Americans. The towers on the eastern end of the
of Scheller’s subordinates, including Captain Friesenhahn bridge were manned with machine-guns which attempted
in command of the bridge itself, recommended immediate to mow down the advancing infantry. The flak batteries on
demolition of the bridge even though the charges were only the ridge above the railway tunnel also engaged, but many
partially placed. Scheller refused and instead ordered all the lacked sufficient depression to fire on the bridge. The ad-
remaining charges prepared. vancing Americans also took fire from a barge on the Rhine
itself. As the infantry crossed, the engineers dropped any
By 1400 hours, engineers placed the final charges on the
unexploded demolition charges into the river to prevent the
Ludendorff bridge, although parts of the secondary firing
bridge’s destruction.
circuit remained incomplete. However, by this time American
troops had been pouring into Remagen for nearly an hour, Despite the murderous fire, American casualties crossing
easily pushing aside the Volkssturm and other disorganised the bridge were miraculously light with only one confirmed
soldiers. Scheller and Friesenhahn crossed to the west side wounded. Sergeant Joseph DeLisio reached the far end of
of the bridge to ascertain the state of the city’s defences, but the bridge and began clearing one of the towers defending
upon reaching the west bank they immediately ran into the the eastern approach, and Sergeant Alex Drabik was official-
27th Armored Infantry Battalion closing on the bridge itself. ly the first American across the bridge itself. The rest of the
Recognizing the impending disaster, Friesenhahn ordered company quickly overcame what little resistance was offered
the detonation of the large explosive charges under the by the German infantry on the far side of the bridge. Major
bridge’s approach ramp. This charge created a large crater in Scheller fled on a bicycle stating he intended to communi-
the bridge’s western ramp preventing American armour from cate the fall of the bridge to higher command.
reaching the bridge itself.
The Americans went on to take the ridge above the tunnel
Taking advantage of the temporary shock caused by the and establish a small bridgehead on the eastern bank of
detonation, the German commanders sprinted back to the the Rhine. However, silencing the flak guns above proved
east side of the bridge. Friesenhahn reached the east side of far more costly than taking the bridge itself. Just as the
the bridge several minutes after Scheller because he’d been Americans secured the bridge, General Hoge received orders
temporarily rendered unconscious by an American shell. from higher command to continue to drive south with
American tanks were already targeting units on the east Combat Command B to cut off retreating German forces.
side in preparation for a general assault on the bridge itself. Understanding the opportunity the intact Ludendorff
Finding Scheller in the railway tunnel behind the bridge, bridge represented, Hoge sent a now historic message to
Friesenhahn finally obtained permission to destroy the headquarters:
bridge at 1520 hours, but the primary detonation circuit
“We have a bridge intact across the river at Checkpoint 15
failed.
[Remagen]. Shall I continue to hold this bridgehead in view of
By this time a company of American infantry, under the new mission south? We have one company across at 16:10.’
Lieutenant Karl Timmermann, was preparing to assault the
General Hoge’s commanding officer, Major-General
bridge. Supporting the infantry was a platoon of combat
Leonard, realized what the intact bridge presented. Though
engineers under orders to clear the demolition charges. The
he knew that his troops on the east bank could become
only hope for the Germans was activation of the secondary
isolated, the opportunity could not be ignored. He cancelled
circuit. Feldwebel Anton Faust led a small group of volunteers
all orders for the drive south and ordered the bridge be
to light the fuse on the secondary circuit. Moments later a
repaired so armour could cross. The repairs went relatively
huge explosion rocked the bridge, but as the smoke cleared
quickly and the first Sherman tanks crossed the Ludendorff
astonished Germans and Americans saw that the bridge was
bridge at 0015 hrs on 8 March.
damaged but still standing.

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 ARMORED RIFLE COMPANY
Mechanised Company
Motivation and Skill
3 3 Armored Division 9 9 Armored Division
rd th

An Armored Rifle Company from the 3rd Armored

Division is rated Reluctant Veteran. RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
CONFIDENT TRAINED CONFIDENT TRAINED
An Armored Rifle Company from the 9th Armored
FEARLESS VETERAN FEARLESS VETERAN
Division is rated Confident Veteran.
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be either from the 3rd Armored Division (marked 3 ), or the 9th Armored
Division (marked 9 ). All other platoons marked with either of these divisional symbols must
Armored Rifle be from the same division as your Company HQ.
19

Company HQ

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

INFANTRY RECONNAISSANCE
ARMOUR ARTILLERY

Recon Platoon
21

Armored Rifle Platoon

19

Armored Field Artillery

Heavy Tank Platoon

31
11
Battery
MACHINE-GUNS
INFANTRY Tank Platoon 12
ARTILLERY
Light Tank Platoon
15

Armored Machine-gun
21

Platoon Tank Destroyer Platoon

27

Armored Rifle Platoon

19

Armored Field Artillery

31
ARTILLERY Battery
INFANTRY ARMOUR
Field Artillery Battery

32
ANTI-AIRCRAFT
Armored Mortar Platoon
13

Armored Rifle Platoon

19

Tank Platoon
12

ARTILLERY Calliope Tank Platoon

13

ANTI-TANK Anti-aircraft Artillery

32

Light Tank Platoon (Self-propelled) Platoon

15

Mine-exploder Tank
28

Armored Anti-tank Platoon AIRCRAFT

Assault Gun Platoon
21
20

Platoon
Armored Anti-tank
20

Rifle Platoon INFANTRY

Air Support
33

Dismount Rifle Platoon

29

AOP
In the muddy terrain of the Rhineland, the armoured
Battleworn Rifle
29

infantry found that riding on tanks gave them better Platoon

mobility than their own M3 half-tracks. As a result, Engineer Combat
30

they often fought dismounted and left their half-tracks Platoon

Air Observation Post
33

behind.
RECONNAISSANCE
If you pick the Dismount option for any of your platoons,
then your Headquarters and all of your platoons that may
pick the Dismount option must also do so.
Armored Recon
25

A Dismounted Armored Rifle Company is still rated as a 3 Platoon

Mechanised Company. Cavalry Recon Platoon
26

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 ARMORED RIFLE COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS
Armored Rifle Company HQ
Headquarters 3 9
Company HQ 25 points 25 points
Company Command 2iC Command Bazooka
Options Carbine team Carbine team team

•3 Add a Bazooka team for +15 points.

•9 Add a Bazooka team for +20 points.
Jeep M3 half-track with .50 cal AA MG
• Arm Jeep with an AA MG for +5 points.
Company HQ
Dismount Armored Rifle Company hq
• Remove all vehicles from your Armored Rifle
Company HQ for -5 points.

The ‘Armored Doughs’ keep the panzerfausts off the tanks

An Armored Rifle Company HQ that is Dismounted uses and the tanks keep the machine-guns off the infantry.
the Task Force Riders special rule on page 9. We now have this combined arms warfare down to a well
-sychronised dance number.

COMBAT PLATOONS
Armored Rifle Platoon
Platoon
HQ Section with
Light Machine-gun Squad,
60mm Mortar Squad, and: 3 9
2 Rifle Squads 265 points 295 points
1 Rifle Squad 215 points 235 points

Options
• Replace Bazooka team in HQ Section with an
M3 37mm gun at no cost.
• Replace AA MG on any or all M3 half-tracks with
.50 cal AA MG for +5 points per half-track.
Dismount
• Remove all vehicles from the platoon for -5 points
per M3 half-track.

Armored Rifle Platoons that are Dismounted use the Task

Force Riders special rule on page 9.

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 Armored Anti-tank Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon Lieutenant

HQ Section with: 3 9
3 Gun Sections 110 points 125 points
2 Gun Sections 75 points 85 points
Sergeant Sergeant
Options
•3 Add a Bazooka team to any or all Gun Sections for
+15 points per Bazooka team. M1 57mm gun M1 57mm gun
(late) (late)
•9 Add a Bazooka team to any or all Gun Sections for
+20 points per Bazooka team.
M2 half-track with M2 half-track with
Dismount .50 cal AA MG .50 cal AA MG
• Remove all vehicles from the platoon for -5 points Gun Section Gun Section
per M3 half-track. Sergeant

The 57mm guns and bazookas of the Armored Anti-tank

Platoon are the Armored Rifle Company’s first line of M1 57mm gun M2 half-track with
defence against a panzer counterattack. The 57mm is starting (late) .50 cal AA MG
to show its age, but its small size allows it to be easily dug in Gun Section
and hidden until an unwary panzer drives on by. Armored Anti-tank Platoon

Armored Anti-tank Lieutenant

Rifle Platoon Lieutenant

Platoon
HQ Section with: 3 9
3 Gun Sections 130 points 145 points
Sergeant Sergeant
Dismount
• Remove all vehicles from the platoon for -5 points
per M3 half-track. Carbine team Carbine team

Armored Anti-tank Rifle Platoons that are Dismounted use M2 half-track with M2 half-track with
the Task Force Riders special rule on page 9. .50 cal AA MG .50 cal AA MG
Gun Section Gun Section
When the company needs more infantry, the anti-tank Sergeant
platoon can be organised into an extra infantry platoon.
Whether it’s patrolling, setting up a defensive position,
clearing a building, or hunting a panzer, it’s all the same to
Carbine team M2 half-track with
this versatile unit. .50 cal AA MG
Gun Section

Armored Anti-tank Rifle Platoon

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 ARMORED RIFLE COMPANY
WEAPONS PLATOONS
Recon Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon Lieutenant

HQ Section with: 3 9
2 Recon Sections 75 points 90 points
1 Recon Section 55 points 65 points

Options
Sergeant Sergeant
•3 Add a Bazooka team for +15 points.
•9 Add a Bazooka team for +20 points
• Arm any or all Jeep teams with an AA MG for
+5 points per jeep team. Recon Section Recon Section

Dismount Recon Platoon

• Remove all vehicles from the platoon for -5 points.

Recon Platoons are Reconnaissance Platoons. A Recon Platoon that is Dismounted uses the Task Force
Riders special rule on page 9.

Armored Machine-gun Lieutenant

Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon
HQ Section with: 3 9 Command Carbine team M2 half-track with .50 cal AA MG
2 Machine-gun Sections 140 points 155 points
1 Machine-gun Section 75 points 85 points
Sergeant Sergeant
Options
•3 Add a Bazooka team to any or all Machine-gun M1917 HMG M1917 HMG M1917 HMG M1917 HMG
Sections for +15 points per Bazooka team.
•9 Add a Bazooka team to any or all Machine-gun
Sections for +20 points per Bazooka team. M2 half-track with M2 half-track with
.50 cal AA MG .50 cal AA MG
Dismount Machine-Gun Section Machine-Gun Section
• Remove all vehicles from the platoon for -5 points Armored machine-gun platoon
per M3 half-track.

Armored Machine-gun Platoons may make Combat Armored Machine-gun Platoons that are Dismounted use
Attachments to Combat Platoons. the Task Force Riders special rule on page 9.

Assault Gun Platoon Lieutenant

Platoon Lieutenant
3 9
3 M8 Scott HMC 120 points 135 points
2 M8 Scott HMC 80 points 90 points
Command Assault gun
3 M4A3 (105mm) 190 points 210 points
2 M4A3 (105mm) 125 points 140 points
Sergeant Sergeant

Most battalions use the M8 Scott, mounting a 75mm

howitzer on a M5 light tank chassis. Others have ‘acquired’ Assault gun Assault gun
powerful M4A3 (105mm) assault guns for extra firepower. Gun Section Gun Section
Assault gun Platoon

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 THE LUCKY 38TH
The US 38th Cavalry Squadron
The 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), Belgium
also known as the ‘Lucky 38th’, was formed on 15 November
On 3 September 1944, the 38th Squadron was back in action,
1942 with a cadre of 400 men pulled from the 1st Cavalry
arriving at the Meuse River to discover that all of the bridges
Division, the 2nd Armored Division, and the Cavalry
across the river were already destroyed. The 38th forced a
Replacement Training Center. The squadron spent the
crossing of the river with assault boats and used their M8
next year training in Texas at Fort Bliss and Camp Maxay.
Greyhounds to tow the squadron’s jeeps across the river. The
The squadron embarked on the Queen Mary and arrived in
38th Squadron fought various actions across Belgium and by
England on 20 November 1943. Over the next few months,
14 September they found themselves facing the Seigfried
they trained and prepared for the invasion of France.
Line, north of Krewinkel.

Normandy Like most of the US Army in September, the 38th paused and
switched to defensive positions while the new offensives were
The 38th Cavalry Squadron arrived on Omaha Beach on 12
planned. They dismounted and took up a section of the line
June (D+6), 1944 and immediately went into the line with
around Monshau, linking the 1st and 9th Infantry Divisions.
the 1st Infantry Division. The unit fought with distinction in
the battles for Caumont, St. LÔ, and Tinchebray. Often the
squadron would serve as the glue bonding the US First and Battle of the Bulge
the British Second Armies together. During the risky but On 16 December 1944, the German winter offensive
successful rush to Tinchebray, the squadron first earned its through the Ardennes began. The dismounted cavalrymen
nickname: ‘The Lucky 38th’. Their high-speed rush proved put up a stubborn defence and formed the cornerstone of
impervious to enemy artillery fire coming down on them. the northern shoulder of the ‘Bulge’. The squadron received
Heedless of German ambushes, the 38th was the first unit to reinforcements from the 146th Combat Engineer Battalion,
reach Tinchebray and forced the Germans out. the 186th Field Artillery Battalion, and some tank destroy-
ers to support the defences. The 38th was hard-pressed by
Paris German regulars and SS attacking their sector. In addition,
German Fallschirmjager landed behind their positions and
On 25 August 1944, the 38th Cavalry Squadron became one
caused chaos to the squadron from the rear. Still, the cavalry
of many to claim the honour of being the first American unit
and attached units held the line until relieved by the 47th
to enter Paris. Nevertheless, the French were ecstatic to see
Infantry Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division.
the Americans, and the cavalrymen were swamped by hys-
terical crowds streaming into the streets. The next week in
Paris was spent securing and investigating intelligence. This Seigfried Line to Victory
also proved to be one of the happiest weeks in the squadron’s By the end of January 1945, the 38th Cavalry Squadron
history due to the welcome provided by the French people. returned to the Monschau area in preparation for the assault
The “Lucky” tradition of the squadron continued to grow. against the Seigfried Line. The attack was delayed until

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 THE LUCKY 38TH
March 1945 due to the Germans destroying the Ruhr River hill east of town. The Rangers completed a marching attack
dams and flooding the basin. During the lull, the squadron’s to take the hill and destroy the Germans holding it. The
light tank company (F Troop) received new M24 Chaffee battle lasted under two hours.
light tanks to replace their aging M5A1 Stuart tanks. The
The following day, the squadron advanced 10 miles and
troop then gave up its nine remaining M5A1 Stuart tanks
encountered a German party of about 100 men laying a
to the squadron’s reconnaissance troops, who used them to
minefield across the road. The quick action of the squadron
replace M8 Greyhound losses in their patrols.
and supporting artillery units forced the Germans to break
The attack across the Ruhr basin was finally launched on 2 off and retreat before they could complete their task. The
March 1945. The 38th was combined with the 2nd Ranger attack continued the next day and on 6 March, the town of
Battalion and the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion Iversheim was secured. Between 7–10 March 1945, the 38th
for the attack. The squadron’s first action was to take the Cavalry Squadron and the Rangers provided flank cover for
Kermeter Peninsula on the Rur River (not to be confused the 78th Infantry Division’s drive to Kreuzberg and Altenahr.
with the Ruhr River). The Germans had pulled back into the
With Altenahr secured, the 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance
peninsula to fortified positions. The squadron secured the
Squadron’s combat role ended. The final march into Germany
peninsula and US Army Combat Engineers threw a bridge
saw a dispirited and broken enemy, and no further major
across the river.
engagements followed. The Lucky 38th ended their war near
On 4 March, the squadron jumped across in pursuit of the Leipzig, Germany. The distance travelled by the squadron
German defenders. Moving through Heimbach, Vlatten, from Omaha Beach to Leipzig was over 1100 kilometres
and into Herrgarten, the squadron ran into resistance on a (700 miles) and it took them 329 days to get there.

HIGHWAY TO VICTORY
During the 1930s the Nazi party presented itself as a The roads were wide, straight, and strong to facilitate moving
modernizing force in Europe. Part of that effort was imple- heavy equipment and traffic across it. However, contrary to
menting a plan to produce a massive highway system for the visions of its creators, as the war progressed the German
motorised vehicles. The fact that such a network would army lacked sufficient vehicles to utilise the Autobahn effi-
greatly help a mechanised army was certainly considered ciently in the closing years of the war. Instead, in a twist of
as well. The network became known as the Reichsautobahn fate, the Allies used the completed portions to move their
and work started in 1933. By the time WWII overtook the armies into the heart of Germany itself.
construction efforts in 1941, over 3800 km (2370 miles) had
been completed.
KÖNIGSBURG
(KALININGRAD)

The Reichsautobahn - 1941

Germany’s Highways

HAMBURG
STATTIN (SZCZELIN)

GERMANY
BERLIN POLAND
HANNOVER
NETHERLANDS

ESSEN HALLE
KASSEL BRESLIN (WROLLAW)

KÖLN (COLOGNE) DRESDEN

BELGIUM
FRANKFURT

LUX. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
NUREMBERG

STUTTGART

FRANCE
MÜNCHEN (MUNICH)

AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SWITZERLAND
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 CAVALRY RECON TROOP
Mechanised Company
Motivation and Skill
3 3 Armored Division 9 9 Armored Division
rd th

A Cavalry Recon Troop from the 3rd Armored Division is

rated Reluctant Veteran. RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
CONFIDENT TRAINED CONFIDENT TRAINED
A Cavalry Recon Troop from the 9th Armored Division is
FEARLESS VETERAN FEARLESS VETERAN
rated Confident Veteran.
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be either from the 3rd Armored Division (marked   3   ), or the 9th Armored
Division (marked 9 ). All other platoons marked with either of these divisional symbols must
Cavalry Recon Troop HQ be from the same division as your Company HQ.
25

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

RECONNAISSANCE ARMOUR
ARMOUR ARTILLERY

Armored Recon
25

3 Platoon Light Tank Platoon

15

Armored Field Artillery

Tank Platoon

31
12
Cavalry Recon Battery
26

9 Platoon
ARMOUR Tank Destroyer Platoon 27
ARTILLERY
RECONNAISSANCE
ARMOUR

Light Tank Platoon

15

Armored Recon Armored Field Artillery

31
25

3 Platoon Battery
Cavalry Recon ARTILLERY
Tank Platoon Field Artillery Battery

32
26

12

9 Platoon

Light Tank Platoon

15

RECONNAISSANCE ANTI-AIRCRAFT
Cavalry Assault Gun
26

Battery
INFANTRY

Armored Recon Anti-aircraft Artillery

25

3 Platoon
32

(Self-propelled) Platoon
Cavalry Recon
26

9 Platoon Armored Rifle Platoon

19

AIRCRAFT
Rifle Platoon
29

Battleworn Rifle
29

Platoon
Air Support
33

Engineer Combat
30

Platoon

Ranger Platoon
31

AOP

INFANTRY

Air Observation Post

33

Armored Rifle Platoon

19

Rifle Platoon
29

Battleworn Rifle
29

Platoon

Ranger Platoon
31

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 CAVALRY RECON TROOP
HEADQUARTERS
Cavalry Recon Troop HQ
Headquarters
Company HQ with: 3 9
2 M8 Greyhound 75 points 85 points Company Command 2iC Command
M8 armoured car M8 armoured car
Option Company HQ
•9 Replace any or all M8 Greyhound armoured cars Cavalry Recon Troop HQ
with M5A1 Stuart tanks for +15 points per tank.

M8 Greyhound armoured cars with more capable M5 light

Teams from the Cavalry Recon Troop HQ are Recce teams.
tanks. These tanks have been released from F Troop now
The US Cavalry, as in times past, are the division’s recon- that it has been equipped with the new M24 Chaffee. This
naissance asset. Recently some platoons have replaced their provides a better covering vehicle for the scouting jeeps.

COMBAT PLATOONS
Armored Recon Platoon
Platoon 3 9
2 Armored
Recon Patrols 230 points -
1 Armored Command M8 armoured car M8 armoured car
Recon Patrol 115 points -

Option Mortar Jeep Recon Jeep

• Equip any or all Jeeps with a Hull MG for +5 points Armored Recon Patrol
per jeep.

Dismount
Command M8 armoured car M8 armoured car
Before deployment you may choose to dismount all of your
Armored Recon Platoons. If you do this, all of the Armored
Recon Patrols from the same platoon operate as a single Mortar Jeep Recon Jeep
platoon. Armored Recon Patrol

If you dismount, all of the platoon’s vehicles are permanently Armored Recon Platoon
removed from the game. Replace all of the vehicles in each
Patrol with any three of the following teams for each Patrol: Armored Recon Patrols from Armored Recon Platoons operate
• Carbine teams as separate platoons, each with their own Command team.
• up to one M1919 LMG team per Armored Recon Patrol.
• up to two M2 .50 cal MG team per Armored Recon Patrol. Armored Recon Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.
• up to one Bazooka team per Armored Recon Patrol.
As the 3rd Armored Division’s integral recon element, the
• up to one M2 60mm mortar team per Armored Recon Patrol. 83rd Reconnaissance Battalion has an older organisation,
Designate any one of the teams as the Platoon Command which is slightly different than other cavalry outfits. Their
team. The platoon remains a Reconnaissance Platoon. service has been instrumental in the Spearhead Division’s
advances across Europe.

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 Cavalry Recon Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon 3 9
Lieutenant

3 Cavalry Recon Patrols - 270 points

2 Cavalry Recon Patrols - 180 points Command M8 armoured car Mortar Jeep Recon Jeep
1 Cavalry Recon Patrol - 90 points Cavalry Recon Patrol

Options Sergeant

• Replace any or all M8 Greyhound armoured cars

with M5A1 Stuart tanks for +15 points per tank. Command M8 armoured car Mortar Jeep Recon Jeep
• Equip any or all Jeeps with a Hull MG for +5 points Cavalry Recon Patrol
per jeep.
Sergeant

Dismount
Command M8 armoured car Mortar Jeep Recon Jeep
Before deployment you may choose to dismount all of your
Cavalry Recon Patrol
Cavalry Recon Platoons. If you do this, all of the Cavalry
Recon Patrols from the same platoon operate as a single Cavalry Recon platoon
platoon.
If you dismount, all of the platoon’s vehicles are permanent- Cavalry Recon Patrols from Cavalry Recon Platoons operate
ly removed from the game. Replace all of the vehicles in each as separate platoons, each with their own Command team.
Patrol with any two of the following teams for each Patrol:
• Carbine teams Cavalry Recon Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.
• M1919 LMG teams
With F Troop getting the new M24 light tank, some units,
• up to one M2 .50 cal MG team per Cavalry Recon Patrol.
like the 38th Cavalry Squadron, have replaced their M8
• up to one Bazooka team per Cavalry Recon Patrol. Greyhounds with M5A1 Stuart light tanks. These give the
• up to one M2 60mm mortar team per Cavalry Recon Patrol. patrols more off-road capability and better overhead protec-
tion, which is essential when checking out German villages
Designate any one of the teams as the Platoon Command
and towns.
team. The platoon remains a Reconnaissance Platoon.

WEAPONS PLATOONS
Cavalry Assault Gun Battery Lieutenant

Platoon 3 9
Lieutenant

6 M8 Scott HMC 240 points 270 points

4 M8 Scott HMC 160 points 180 points
Command M8 Scott HMC M8 Scott HMC
2 M8 Scott HMC 80 points 90 points
HQ Section

The squadron’s assault gun battery provides mobile fire Sergeant Sergeant
support. Keep them close to help your recon platoons
break contact and flank a tough position. Their smoke and
high-explosive shells are very useful for disengaging in the
face of a superior enemy. The speed of its M5 Stuart chassis M8 Scott HMC M8 Scott HMC
makes rapid repositioning of the M8 Scott battery possible.

M8 Scott HMC M8 Scott HMC

Gun Section Gun Section
Cavalry Assault gun Battery

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 US SUPPORT
US SUPPORT
Motivation and Skill RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
The US Army is entering Germany itself. The men are well experienced and have some of the CONFIDENT TRAINED
world’s best equipment. It’s time to end this war! Unless otherwise noted, all support platoons are
FEARLESS VETERAN
rated Confident Veteran.

Tank Destroyer Platoon Lieutenant

Platoon Lieutenant

Security Section and

Tank Destroyer Section with:
Command .50 cal Jeep M20 scout car M20 scout car
4 M36 90mm GMC 485 points
Security Section
2 M36 90mm GMC 265 points
Lieutenant
4 M36B1 90mm GMC 545 points
2 M36B1 90mm GMC 295 points
4 M18 Hellcat 410 points Command Tank Destroyer Tank Destroyer
2 M18 Hellcat 230 points
4 M10 3in GMC 405 points
2 M10 3in GMC 225 points Tank Destroyer Tank Destroyer
Tank destroyer Section
Options Tank destroyer Platoon
• Replace any or all M10 3in GMC tank destroyers with
M36 90mm GMC tank destroyers for +20 points per • Fit any or all tank destroyers with Improvised Armour
tank destroyer. for +5 points per tank.
• Replace any or all M36 90mm GMC tank destroyers • Upgrade all M10 3in GMC, M36 90mm GMC,
with M36B1 90mm GMC tank destroyers for or M36B1 90mm GMC tank destroyers with Top
+15 points per tank destroyer. Armour 1 for +5 points per tank.
• Add an additional AA MG to any or all tank destroyers
for +5 points per tank.

using brute force in stand-up fights, and opt for stealth and
Tank Destroyer Platoons use the US Tank Destroyers special cunning instead. Send forward the scout cars to find an
rules on page 238 of the rulebook. ambush position and deliver a devastating volley before the
Germans even know they are there.
Tank Destroyer platoons are central to our doctrine for de-
stroying enemy armour. When our lead elements radio that While building more 90mm tank destroyers, a shortage of
they have contact with German panzers, we take our tank M10 hulls has led our factories to substitute them with the
destroyers forward ‘To Seek, Strike, and Destroy’. M4A3 chassis instead. This has resulted in a tough hybrid,
known as the M36B1. It’s fast, better protected, and armed
Our tank destroyers have thin armour to make them fast
with a hull-mounted .30 cal machine-gun, making it an
and nimble on the battlefield. This means they should avoid
excellent support weapon.

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 Mine-exploder Tank Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon Lieutenant

5 Sherman Crab 200 points

4 Sherman Crab 160 points
3 Sherman Crab 120 points Command Mine-exploder tank

5 T1E3 Aunt Jemima 200 points

4 T1E3 Aunt Jemima 160 points Sergeant Sergeant
3 T1E3 Aunt Jemima 120 points
4 M4 Sherman Crocodile 280 points
3 M4 Sherman Crocodile 210 points Mine-exploder tank Mine-exploder tank

2 M4 Sherman Crocodile 140 points

Option Mine-exploder tank Mine-exploder tank

• Replace up to three Sherman Crab tanks with T1E3 Tank Section Tank Section
Aunt Jemima tanks at no cost.
Mine-exploder Tank Platoon

The 739th Tank Battalion (Mine Exploder) was a specialist

A force with a Mine-exploder Tank Platoon Always Attacks
tank battalion equipped with engineering tanks. Their main
(see page 257 of the rulebook).
job was to clear mines with chain flails or massive rollers.
The mine-exploder tanks worked as a team. The flails were
Tanks from a Mine-exploder Tank Platoon are always useful for clearing open ground off-road, while the rollers
Non-assaulting teams when involved in an assault. were useful for clearing paved or hard roads.
The 739th Tank Battalion (Mine Exploder) operates the
Fuel Trailer only four M4 Sherman Crocodiles in the ETO. These were
M4 Sherman Crocodile tanks are not affected by the Fuel developed from the British Churchill Crocodile by adding
Tanks rule like normal tank flame-throwers. a fuel trailer to an M4 Sherman. These Crocodiles support-
ed the 29th Infantry and 2nd Armored Divisions during and
following the Rhine crossings. They were well-liked and
The 739th Tank Battalion (Mine Exploder) is ready to test many more examples were requested, but the war ended
its special equipment in combat. A Mine-exploder Tank before any more were built.
Platoon is rated Confident Trained.
CONFIDENT TRAINED

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 US SUPPORT
Rifle Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon Lieutenant

HQ Section with:
Command Rifle team Bazooka team
3 Rifle Squads 200 points
2 Rifle Squads 145 points
Sergeant Sergeant
Options
• Replace Command Rifle team with a Command
SMG team for +5 points. Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team

• Replace up to one team in any or all Rifle Squads

with a Bazooka team for +5 points per Bazooka team. Rifle team Rifle team
• Add a Transport Section to the platoon for +5 points. Rifle Squad Rifle Squad
Sergeant

A Rifle Platoon uses the Tank Force Riders special rule on

page 9. Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
Rifle Squad
The infantry is the oldest and proudest arm of the United
States Army. They are well-equipped to dig in and hold on. Sergeant
The M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle is the finest service rifle
in the world and our men are scrounging every bazooka they
can to tackle German tanks and gun nests.
2 ½-ton truck 2 ½-ton truck
In the final drive into Germany, our rifle battalions are making Transport Section
themselves motorised by using trucks, riding on the backs of
rifle platoon
tanks, and commandeering captured German vehicles.

Battleworn Rifle Platoon Lieutenant

Platoon Lieutenant

HQ Section with:
Command Rifle team Bazooka team
3 Rifle Squads 155 points
2 Rifle Squads 110 points
Sergeant Sergeant
Options
• Replace Command Rifle team with a Command
SMG team for +5 points. Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team

• Replace up to one team in any or all Rifle Squads

with a Bazooka team for +5 points per Bazooka team. Rifle team Rifle team
• Add a Transport Section to the platoon for +5 points. Rifle Squad Rifle Squad
Sergeant

A Battleworn Rifle Platoon uses the Tank Force Riders

special rule on page 9. Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
Rifle Squad
A Battleworn Rifle Platoon is rated Reluctant Veteran. Sergeant
RELUCTANT VETERAN

Some of our infantry divisions have experienced this war for 2 ½-ton truck 2 ½-ton truck
many exhausting months. While they will still fight, they’d Transport Section
rather let the new guys handle the heat for a while.
Battleworn rifle platoon

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 Provisional Rifle Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon Lieutenant

HQ Section and
Machine-gun Squad with: Command Rifle team Bazooka team
3 Rifle Squads 225 points
2 Rifle Squads 175 points
Sergeant Sergeant
Options
• Replace up to one Rifle Squad with a Mortar Squad Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
equipped with two M2 60mm mortars for -5 points.
• Replace up to one Rifle team in any or all Rifle Squads
with a Bazooka team for +5 points per Bazooka team. Rifle team 2 ½-ton truck Rifle team 2 ½-ton truck
• Add a Jeep and 2½-ton trucks for +5 points for the Rifle Squad Rifle Squad
platoon.
Sergeant Sergeant

A Provisional Rifle Platoon uses the Tank Force Riders

special rule on page 9. Rifle team Rifle team

A Provisional Rifle Platoon is rated Fearless Trained.

Rifle team 2 ½-ton truck 2 ½-ton truck
FEARLESS TRAINED
Rifle Squad Machine-gun Squad

Our tank divisions are running low on manpower in their Provisional rifle platoon
armoured rifle battalions. The solution is to form provisional from rear-echelon details. They are ready to do their part for
rifle companies recruited from African American personnel the war effort and prove themselves capable fighters.

Engineer Combat Platoon

Platoon
HQ Section with
Weapons Squad and:
D7 Bulldozer
2 Operating Squads 205 points
1 Operating Squad 155 points
No Operating Squads 110 points
Pioneer Supply
Options 2 ½-ton dump truck
• Add a D7 Bulldozer for +15 points, a turretless M4
Sherman dozer for +20 points, or an M4 Sherman
dozer for +90 points.
• Add a Bazooka team to any or all Sections or Squads for
+20 points per Bazooka team.
• Add a Pioneer Supply 2½-ton dump truck for
+25 points.
• Replace all 2½-ton dump trucks with M3 half-tracks
2 ½-ton dump truck 2 ½-ton dump truck
with AA MG for +5 points per half-track.

Bazooka team Bazooka team

You may replace all Pioneer HMG teams with Pioneer
Rifle teams at the start of the game before deployment.
You may replace up to one Pioneer Rifle team per Operating
Squad with a Flame-thrower team at the start of the game
before deployment.
2 ½-ton dump truck
The engineers have the esprit de corps that comes from being
specialists. It’s the combat engineers they call for when there’s
a minefield to lift or a river that needs spanning. Engineer Combat Platoon

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Ranger Platoon Lieutenant
Platoon Lieutenant

HQ Section with:
Command Rifle team M2 60mm mortar
2 Ranger Sections 200 points
1 Ranger Section 130 points
Sergeant Sergeant
Option
• Replace Command Rifle team with an Command
SMG team for +5 points. Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team

At the start of the game before Deployment you may replace Rifle team Rifle team
teams (aside from the Command team) in each Ranger Ranger Section Ranger Section
Platoon as follows: ranger platoon
• Replace up to one team per Ranger Section with a
Bazooka team. Know the Mission: Ranger Platoons use the German
• Replace M2 60mm mortar with a Rifle team. Mission Tactics special rule (see page 242 of the rulebook).
Get Tough!: Ranger Infantry teams hit on a roll of 2+ in
The Rangers are the US Army’s tried and true assault troops. assaults.
A Ranger Platoon is rated Fearless Veteran. No Obstacle Too Tough: Ranger Infantry and Man-
FEARLESS VETERAN
packed Gun teams are Mountaineers (see page 61 of the
rulebook).
The US 2nd Ranger Battalion has been paired up with the Rangers Lead the Way: Ranger Infantry and Man-
38th Cavalry Squadron as its infantry support. These two packed Gun teams may move At the Double (using Truscott
independent units are set to clear German resistance on the Trot) through Slow Going and Difficult Going (but not
Rur River. through Obstacle fortifications).

Armored Field Captain

Artillery Battery Captain
Platoon
HQ Section with:
6 M7 Priest HMC 390 points
Observer M4
3 M7 Priest HMC 220 points Sherman OP
M2 half-track with
.50 cal AA MG
Options
• Add a Jeep and an M2 half-track with .50 cal AA MG
for +5 points for the battery.
• Replace Jeep with an M2 half-track with AA MG for
+5 points.
• Replace Observer M4 Sherman OP with an Observer
M4A3 Sherman OP for +5 points, or an Observer
M4A3 (late) Sherman OP for +15 points.

Observer Sherman OP tanks cannot launch assaults.

The US artillery is the best equipped in the world. Our M7

self-propelled howitzers bring the medium artillery swiftly
to the battlefield and provide protection against counter-
battery fire. Armored Field Artillery Battery

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 Field Artillery Battery
Platoon
HQ Section with:
Observer
4 M2A1 105mm 185 points Carbine team
2 M2A1 105mm 100 points
4 M1 155mm 275 points
2 M1 155mm 145 points
4 M1A1 Long Tom 325 points
2 M1A1 Long Tom 175 points

Options Gun or howitzer Gun or howitzer

• Add ¾-ton and 2½‑ton trucks to a battery equipped
with M2A1 105mm howitzers for +5 points.
• Add ¾-ton trucks and M5 high-speed tractors to a Truck or tractor Truck or tractor
battery equipped with 155mm howitzers or guns for
+5 points.
Gun or howitzer Gun or howitzer
• Add .50 cal AA MG to any or all M5 high-speed
tractors for +5 points per tractor.
You may not field a Field Artillery Battery unless you are
Truck or tractor Truck or tractor
also fielding an Armored Field Artillery Battery.

Corps and infantry divisional guns are on call to help Field Artillery Battery
overcome important targets, such as the bridge at Remagen.
The long range of the 155mm howitzers and guns will help
keep the Germans busy as our tankers secure the crossing.

Anti-aircraft Artillery LIEUTENANT

(self-propelled) Platoon LIEUTENANT Sergeant

Platoon
2 M16 MGMC (Quad .50 cal) and
M15 CGMC half-track
2 M15 CGMC (37mm) 200 points
1 M16 MGMC (Quad .50 cal) and
1 M15 CGMC (37mm) 100 points

The Luftwaffe is a shell of its former self. However, Germany Automatic Automatic
Weapons Section Weapons Section
continues to build exceptional aircraft, including the jet-pow-
ered Me 262 and Arado 234. Their high-speed attacks are Anti-Aircraft Artillery
(Self-propelled) Platoon
hard to intercept by our fighter patrols, so the anti-aircraft
artillery needs to be vigilant and break up these strikes.

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Air Support Flight Lieutenant
Priority Air Support Flight Lieutenant

P-47 Thunderbolt 190 points

P-38 Lightning 190 points
Aircraft
• Establish Close Air Support for +25 points. Flight
Limited Air Support Air Support
P-47 Thunderbolt 150 points
P-38 Lightning 150 points

Option
• Equip P-47 Thunderbolt or P-38 Lightning aircraft
with 5” HVAR rockets in addition to their normal
weapons for +30 points.

Allied airpower has gained total air superiority and is the

Close Air Support terror of the German Army. The unseasoned troops thrown
The battle for Germany has begun, and the close-sup- into the Wehrmacht will often abandon their tanks as soon
port missions of the USAAF are there to help drive our as they know the American ‘Jabos’ have found them. More
troops on to victory. seasoned troops will button up and sit out the sortie, effec-
tively taking them out of the fight.
If you establish Close Air Support (see the option for Priority
Air Support above), you roll two dice on the How Many The P-47 Thunderbolts and P-38 Lightnings are equipped to
Aircraft Table and take the best result. deal with all targets. They carry an staggering array of wing-
and nose-mounted guns to shoot up soft targets and troops
caught out in the open, and an impressive weight of bombs
or high-velocity rockets for heavier targets.

Air Observation Post Flight Lieutenant

AOP Flight Lieutenant

L4 Grasshopper AOP 40 points

One of the keys to the success of American artillery are the L4 Grasshopper AOP
L4 Grasshopper utility observation aircraft that fly above the AOP
front line spotting for the field batteries.
Air Observation Post
The Air Observers are adept at spotting German ambush
positions, which is essential as we drive into the German
countryside. As skilled as the Germans are at the art of cam-
ouflage, the fresh disturbance of ground is harder to hide
from the air than it is at ground level.

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 US ARSENAL
TANK TEAMS
Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Light Tanks
M5A1 Stuart Light Tank 4 2 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, AA MG.
M6 37mm gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+ Stabiliser.
M24 Chaffee Light Tank 4 2 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG.
M6 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.

Medium Tanks
M4 or M4A1 Sherman Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Tank telephone.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.
M4A3 Sherman Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest,
Tank telephone.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.
M4A3 Sherman (late) Standard Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest,
Protected ammo, Tank telephone.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.
M4A1 (76mm) Sherman Standard Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Protected ammo,
Tank telephone.
M1 76mm gun (late) 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ Stabiliser.
M4A3 (76mm) Sherman Standard Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest,
Protected ammo, Tank telephone.
M1 76mm gun (late) 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ Stabiliser.
M4A3E8 Easy Eight Standard Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest,
Protected ammo, Smooth ride, Tank telephone,
Wide tracks.
M1 76mm gun (late) 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ Stabiliser.

Uparmoured Tanks
Uparmoured M4A3 (late) Standard Tank 8 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Protected ammo,
Tank telephone.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.
Uparmoured M4A3 (76mm) Standard Tank 8 5 1 Co-ax .50 cal MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG,
Protected ammo, Tank telephone.
M1 76mm gun (late) 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ Stabiliser.
Uparmoured M4A3E8 Easy Eight Standard Tank 8 5 1 Co-ax .50 cal MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG,
Protected ammo, Tank telephone, Wide tracks.
M1 76mm gun (late) 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ Stabiliser.
M4A3E2 Jumbo Slow Tank 12 8 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG,
Jumbos lead the way, Tank telephone.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.
M4A3E2 Jumbo (76mm) Slow Tank 12 8 2 Co-ax .50 cal MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG,
Jumbos lead the way, Tank telephone.
M1 76mm gun (late) 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ Stabiliser.

Heavy Tanks
M26 Pershing Standard Tank 10 6 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Tank telephone.
M3 90mm gun 32”/80cm 2 14 3+ Smoke.
T26E4 Super Pershing Slow Tank 13 6 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Overloaded,
Tank telephone.
T15E1 90mm gun 40”/100cm 2 16 3+ Smoke.

Support Tanks
M4 81mm MMC Half-tracked 1 0 0
M1 81mm mortar 24”/60cm 2 2 3+ Hull mounted, Smoke, Portee, Minimum range 8”/20cm.
Firing Bombardments 40”/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.
M8 Scott HMC Light Tank 3 2 0 .50 cal AA MG.
M1A1 75mm howitzer 16”/40cm 2 6 3+ Smoke.
Firing bombardments 64”/160cm - 3 6

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 US ARSENAL
Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower
M4A3 (105mm) Sherman Standard Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest,
Protected ammo.
M4 105mm howitzer 24”/60cm 1 9 2+ Breakthrough gun, Slow traverse, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 48”/120cm - 4 4+
M4A3 (105mm) HVSS Standard Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest,
Protected ammo, Wide tracks.
M4 105mm howitzer 24”/60cm 1 9 2+ Breakthrough gun, Slow traverse, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 48”/120cm - 4 4+

Tank Destroyers (Self-Propelled)

M20 Scout car Jeep 1 0 0 .50 cal AA MG.
.50 Cal Jeep Jeep - - - .50 cal AA MG.
M10 3in GMC Standard Tank 4 2 0 .50 cal AA MG.
M7 3in gun (late) 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ Slow traverse.
M18 Hellcat GMC Light Tank 2 0 0 .50 cal AA MG.
M1 76mm gun (late) 32”/80cm 2 13 3+
M36 90mm GMC Standard Tank 4 2 0 .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest.
M3 90mm gun 32”/80cm 2 14 3+
M36B1 90mm GMC Standard Tank 5 3 0 Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest.
M3 90mm gun 32”/80cm 2 14 3+

Engineering Tanks
M4 Sherman Crocodile Standard Tank 6 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.
Crocodile flame-gun 6”/15cm 5 - 5+ Hull mounted, Flame-thrower, Fuel trailer.
Sherman Crab Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, .50 cal AA MG, Mine flail, Overloaded.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.
T1E3 Aunt Jemima Slow Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, .50 cal AA MG, Mine roller, Overloaded.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.

Artillery (Self-propelled)
T34 Calliope Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG.
T34 Calliope rocket launcher 48”/120cm - 2 5+ Rocket launcher, Saturation bombardment, Sixty rockets.
M7 Priest HMC Standard Tank 1 0 0 .50 cal AA MG.
M2A1 105mm howitzer 24”/60cm 1 9 2+ Breakthrough gun, Hull mounted, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 72”/180cm - 4 4+ Smoke bombardment.
M4 Sherman OP Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 1 10 3+ Smoke.
M4A3 Sherman OP Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 1 10 3+ Smoke.
M4A3 Sherman (late) OP Standard Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG, Detroit’s finest,
Protected ammo.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 1 10 3+ Smoke.

Anti-aircraft
M16 MGMC (Quad .50 cal) Half-tracked 1 0 0
M45 quad .50 cal gun 16”/40cm 6 4 5+ Anti-aircraft.
M15 CGMC (37mm) Wheeled 1 0 0
M15 37mm combination mount 24”/60cm 4 5 4+ Anti-aircraft.

Reconnaissance
M8 armoured car Wheeled 1 0 0 Co-ax MG, .50 cal AA MG, Recce.
M6 37mm gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
Recon Jeep Jeep - - - AA MG, Recce.
.50 Cal Recon Jeep Jeep - - - .50 cal AA MG, Recce.
Mortar Jeep Jeep - - - Recce.
M2 60mm mortar 24”/60cm 2 1 3+ Hull mounted, Portee, Minimum range 8”/20cm.
Firing Bombardments 32”/80cm - 1 6

Vehicle Machine-guns
Vehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 if other weapons fire.
.50 cal Vehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 4 5+ ROF 1 if other weapons fire.

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 GUN TEAMS
Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
M2 .50 cal MG Man-packed 16”/40cm 3 4 5+
M1919 LMG team Man-packed 16”/40cm 5 2 6 ROF 2 when Pinned Down or Moving.
M1917 HMG team Man-packed 24”/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 3 when Pinned Down or Moving.
M2 60mm mortar Man-packed 24”/60cm 2 1 3+ Minimum range 8”/20cm.
Firing bombardments 32”/80cm - 1 6
M1 81mm mortar Man-packed 24”/60cm 2 2 3+ Smoke, Minimum range 8”/20cm.
Firing bombardments 40”/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.
M3 37mm gun Light 24”/60cm 3 7 4+ Gun shield.
M1 57mm gun (late) Medium 24”/60cm 3 10 4+ Gun shield.
M2A1 105mm howitzer Immobile 24”/60cm 1 9 2+ Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 72”/180cm - 4 4+ Smoke bombardment.
M1 155mm howitzer Immobile 24”/60cm 1 10 1+ Bunker buster, Gun shield, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 88”/220cm - 5 2+ Smoke bombardment.
M1A1 Long Tom Immobile 24”/60cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 104”/260cm - 5 2+ Smoke bombardment.

INFANTRY TEAMS
Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Carbine team 8”/20cm 1 1 6 Automatic rifles.
Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 2 6 Automatic rifles.
SMG team 4”/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Bazooka team 8”/20cm 1 10 5+ Tank assault 4.
Flame-thrower 4”/10cm 2 - 6 Flame-thrower.
Staff team 16”/40cm 1 2 6 Automatic rifles, Moves as a Heavy Gun team.

Additional Training and Equipment

Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 3.

TRANSPORT TEAMS
Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Trucks
Jeep Jeep - - - Optional Passenger-fired AA MG or
.50 cal AA MG.
Dodge ¾-ton, GMC 1½-ton, or GMC 2 ½-ton truck Wheeled - - -
M5 high-speed tractor Standard Tank - - - Optional .50 cal AA MG.

Armoured Personnel Carriers

M2 or M3 half-track Half-tracked 1 0 0 Optional Passenger-fired AA MG or .50
cal AA MG.

Recovery and Engineer Vehicles

M31 TRV recovery vehicle Standard Tank 5 3 0 Recovery vehicle.
M32 TRV recovery vehicle Standard Tank 6 4 0 Recovery vehicle.
Turretless M4 Sherman dozer Standard Tank 6 4 0 Bulldozer, May assault bunkers.
D7 Bulldozer Very Slow Tank - - - Bulldozer, May assault bunkers.
Pioneer Supply 2 ½-ton Dump truck Wheeled - - -

AIRCRAFT
Aircraft Weapon To Hit Anti-tank Firepower Notes
P-38 Lightning Cannon 3+ 7 5+
Bombs 4+ 5 1+
Rockets 3+ 6 3+ Optional.
P-47 Thunderbolt MG 2+ 6 5+
Bombs 4+ 5 1+
Rockets 3+ 6 3+ Optional.

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 PAINTING AMERICANS
PAINTING AMERICANS
US TANKS
US Olive Drab Gun Metal
Vehicles, guns, Machine-guns,
equipment track links, tools

Black Beige Brown

Tracks Tool handles

VEHICLE MARKINGS
US vehicles were issued with standard markings,
including recognition stars and serial numbers
Tank name
stencilled on the side, near the rear of the hull and
divisional markings on the front and rear.
After that, it was up to crews to personalise their
tanks. Many stencilled names for their tank along Six stars
Serial of various
the side of the hull. These names were not without a Number sizes and
sense of humour, such as ‘Sloppy Joe’ and ‘Laxative’. shapes.
Occasionally, an artistic crew member would grace
the tank with a cartoon figure or some other type of
“nose art” similar to what you would see on aircraft.
Many of these names would be inherited by new
vehicles when the older ones were destroyed or
worn out.

ARMORED RIFLE INFANTRY

US Olive Drab Flat Flesh
Painted metal, helmets, Exposed flesh
bazookas, mortars, etc.

Khaki or Dark Green Green Grey

Jacket Belts, webbing, leggings

Beige Brown Gun Metal

Rifle wood Machine-guns, gun
barrels, canteen top

Field Drab
or Dark Green
Trousers
Beige Brown, or
US Olive Drab
Tool handles

Red Leather
Boots

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 The American armoured divisions cross the Rhine and boldly strike for the heart of Germany.

US forces clear nests of resistance filled with the Fatherland’s most fanatical defenders.

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 German artillery shell the Remagen bridgehead until they are finally overrun by riflemen of the US Army.

Tank and infantry task forces clear roadblocks and ambushes along Germany’s Reichsautobahn highway network.

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 THE BATTLE FOR THE RHINE
The River Rhine has protected the German heartland considering the losses sustained by the army during the
from invaders since the 10th Century. Not since the time Ardennes and Alsace winter offensives. The panzer divisions
of Napoleon had the Rhine been crossed by an invading that were expected to repel Allied penetrations had either
army, so in 1945 it remained both in the eyes of German been shifted east to fight the Soviets or were exhausted. Most
and Allied leaders the most substantial defensive obstacle left divisions lacked both the manpower and fuel to effective-
between the two armies. The Germans started fortifying the ly counter Allied incursions across the Rhine. The Panzer
region after the Allied invasion in Normandy. By combining Lehr Division, which was once lavishly equipped, was now
new fieldworks with old fortifications like the Maginot Line reduced to around 300 men and only 15 tanks. Furthermore,
and the Westwall, the Germans turned the Rhineland into a almost all reinforcements were being sent east to deal with
strong defensive line that would delay the Allies for weeks. the Soviets who were now within 50 miles of Berlin after
By March 1945, the Allies had battered their way through to their Vistula-Oder Offensive.
the west bank of the Rhine and the only things standing in
Units like the Volkssturm were organised and sent to the
their way to the heart of Germany, were the Rhine itself and
front lines to make up for manpower shortages in the regular
the German Army Command West.
army. These militia units were drawn from men who were
previously deemed not fit for service, including old men
Defending the Rhine (many of whom were veterans of World War I) and young
Army Command West, led by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von boys, aged 13-18. These militia units were dug-in along the
Rundstedt, defended the river with its three army groups. riverbanks of the Rhine and made up a major component of
Army Group H was situated in the North, opposite the the area defences.
British 21st Army Group. Army Group B was commanded
The Germans were determined not to let any of the bridges
by Feldmarschall Walter Model and defended the centre of
over the Rhine fall into enemy hands and made sure that
the line around Germany’s essential industrial region in the
each of the bridges was ready to blow at a moment’s notice.
Ruhr valley. Army Group G was located in the south and
German commanders wanted these bridges to remain open
commanded by SS-Gruppenführer Paul Hausser.
as long as possible in order to evacuate troops fleeing the
Von Rundstedt’s ability to defend the Rhine was limited, Allied onslaught, but Hitler demanded that none of these
bridges be taken.
COLOGNE

SIEGEN 74 CORPS 67 CORPS

8TH ID Beyond the Rhine - March 1945 53 CORPS
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1ST ID 363.VG 104TH ID
BONN 1ST ID
3.MECH
104TH ID 340.VG HOCHENBURG
9TH ID
9.AD
9 IDTH
326.VG
99TH ID GIESSEN
REMAGEN 272.VG
Ahr River 99TH ID WETZLAR
277.VG 7TH AD
Rh
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Mosell

0 Kilometres 20
BOPPARD 76TH ID
84 CORPS IDSTEIN 85 CORPS
Allied front, 24 March
Rh
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NINTH ELEVENTH
ARMY ARMEE
DESSAU

WESEL DURSTEN
HAMM PADERBORN
LIPPSTADT

GÖTTINGEN
NORDHAUSEN
ESSEN
VII CORPS
ARMY GROUP B LEIPZIG
DÜSSELDORF MODEL
SOLINGEN V CORPS
XX CORPS BUCHENWALD
COLOGNE
III CORPS
EISENACH WEIMAR
VIII CORPS JENA
FIFTEENTH FIRST MARBURG
ARMY ARMY THIRD XII CORPS
REINBACH
REMAGEN
ARMY
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COBLENZ LIMBURG
ARMEE
Remagen Breakout
The first Allied crossing of the Rhine occurred at the By late March, the Allies had bridgeheads into each German
Ludendorff Railway Bridge near the city of Remagen. This Army Group and were ready to break out. Model’s Army
bridge was busy with German soldiers retreating when the Group B was stuck between the British 21st Army Group
US 9th Armored Division stumbled upon it on 7 March. in the North and the American 12th Army Group in the
Despite German attempts to destroy it, the bridge still stood South, with most of their defences still facing the American
long enough for Allied soldiers to establish a bridgehead. bridgehead at Remagen. Model positioned his troops this
way expecting that the Americans would drive north from
All available German formations were committed to the
their bridgehead. In reality the US First Army struck due
battle including Jagdtiger and Jagdpanther heavy tank-hunt-
east, bypassing Model’s troops altogether, then swung
ers from Schwere Kampfgruppe Hudel, the 9th and 11th Panzer
north and met the US Ninth Army to close the trap. On 1
Divisions, and Panzer Lehr Division. Infantry formations,
April, the encirclement of Army Group B was completed at
including a number of Volksgrenadier (People’s Infantry) di-
Lippstadt. The encirclement of Army Group B would come
visions, also attacked. After several weeks, the Americans still
to be known as the Ruhr Pocket, and inside were 430,000
held their foothold across the Rhine and prepared to break
German troops-the remnants of 21 divisions. A fierce
out. The American success at Remagen led Hitler to dismiss
hold-out by SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen at Paderborn drew
von Rundstedt and appoint Albert Kesselring as the leader of
in a lot of Allied troops to deal with what would become
Army Command West.
known as ‘Bazooka Town’, owing to the fanatical defence
Although Kesselring had performed admirably in Italy, he using panzerfaust anti-tank launchers and a resolute dedica-
had little time and few resources to stop General George tion to the Fatherland.
Patton’s US Third Army crossing the Rhine at Nierstein and
Despite the defence of Paderborn, by 21 April there was
Oppenheim during the night of 22 March. The Americans
no longer any resistance in the Ruhr Pocket. Walter Model
continued to expand their bridgeheads, while the Germans
commented that a field marshal does not surrender, went
offered sporadic resistance.
out into the woods alone, and shot himself. With the pocket
eliminated, the US Army dashed for the Elbe River to meet
the troops of the Soviet Union.

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 512. SCHWERE
PANZERJÄGER ABTEILUNG
512th Heavy Tank Hunter Battalion

Much was expected of the new 512. Schwere Panzerjäger 2. Kompanie Goes to War
Abteilung (512th Heavy Tank-hunter Battalion) and its
On 7 March 1945, the Americans captured the Ludendorff
massive Jagdtiger tank-hunters. The battalion was led
Bridge at Remagen and established a bridgehead. The
by Major Walter Scherf, who personally chose his first
Germans counterattacked with several units, including
two company commanders. Leading the first company
Carius’s 2. Kompanie. On 21 March, the five Jagdtigers of the
was Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Albert Ernst, a veteran
company, which reached the assembly area, combined with
tank-hunter commander. The second company commander
506. Schwere Panzer Abteilung and 654. Schwere Panzerjäger
was the legendary Oberleutnant Otto Carius, who had just
Abteilung to form Schwere Panzergruppe Hudel.
recovered from being wounded on the Eastern Front.
On 24 March, Schwere Panzergruppe Hudel launched its
Training counterattack against the north end of the bridgehead. The
Americans were well-reinforced, so the assault only advanced
Each of the three companies received roughly one week
a few kilometres. The next day, the US launched Operation
of training in their tanks. 2. Kompanie (2nd Company),
Voyage as the southern arm of a pincer aimed at envelop-
under Carius, was the first to complete its training and en-
ing Model’s Army Group B. Realizing the danger, Model
countered problems. The men had only fought in turreted
assigned 2. Kompanie to block the Americans at Siegen.
vehicles and had trouble adjusting to the fixed main gun
of a Panzerjäger. As a result, the company’s confidence was On 3 April, Carius got the first kill for the unit when he
quite low. In contrast, Ernst’s 1. Kompanie was drawn from knocked out a Sherman on the southern outskirts of the city,
veteran Panzerjäger units. The men took to the Jagdtiger but the situation in Siegen was deteriorating. On 4 April,
both quickly and enthusiastically, fully appreciating its thick Model ordered the company to Unna. However, the US
armour and powerful gun. advance was so fast that the rail network was unsafe and no
railway personnel were willing to accept responsibility for
Like 2. Kompanie, the third company’s personnel were drawn
the Jagdtigers. So 2. Kompanie took over the locomotives
from regular tank formations. Their vehicles were delayed
and pressed on.
by air raids and they ended up only receiving five of their
ten allotted vehicles. As such, they spent their time fighting At Unna, five Jagdtigers were covering the northern ap-
alongside various units in the Paderborn area and would proaches to the city, while two others were hidden in
never link up with the rest of the unit. a cemetery covering the Ruhr highway. On 8 April, an
American armoured column began to advance up the
With the Allies’ advance to the Rhine, each company was
highway. The ideally-placed Jagdtigers opened fire. Several
shipped off to the front as soon as their brief training was
American vehicles began to burn and the advance turned
complete. This meant that the companies of 512. Schwere
into a rout. The Jagdtigers destroyed over 20 armoured
Panzerjäger Abteilung never fought as a unified command.
vehicles and delayed the American advance for a day.

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 512. SCHWERE PANZERJÄGER ABTEILUNG
Kampfgruppe Ernst To the Bitter End
Following training, 1. Kompanie embarked for Siegen. On At Unna, American reconnaissance failed to detect Carius’s
28 March, US tanks were advancing on their position. 2. Kompanie, and on 11 April, the Jagdtigers destroyed
Oberleutnant Ernst ordered a halt, the travel locks were several American tanks in the same engagement being fought
released, and the unit sprang into action, ripping apart the by Kampfgruppe Ernst. Carius then redeployed his company
lead Sherman. The Americans fired back but only managed across the Ruhr River on 12 April. The Jagdtigers once
to rip some of the camouflage netting from the Jagdtigers. again blunted the American advance, but German resistance
had entirely fallen apart. Realizing the war was lost, Carius
The Americans continued their attacks toward Siegen, but
ordered his six remaining Jagdtigers blown up and said
the experienced Panzerjäger crews were holding the high
goodbye to his men on 15 April.
ground in well-chosen positions. Over the next three days,
1. Kompanie destroyed over 30 vehicles and delayed the Ernst’s battle group also crossed the Ruhr River on 12 April
American advance. to defend an airfield near Deilinghofen. Ernst skilfully placed
his Jagdtigers in positions around the town. As expected, the
In recognition of his company’s success, Albert Ernst was
Americans moved to secure the airfield, but were repulsed at
promoted to Hauptmann (Captain). His force was expanded
extreme range by the Jagdtigers. The tank-hunters repulsed
into a Kampfgruppe (battle group) with the addition of
another attack the next day, but all other German units,
four StuG G assault guns, four Panzer IV tanks, and four
apart from Ernst’s men, surrendered.
Flakpanzer anti-aircraft tanks.
Ernst withdrew on 14 April to Iserlohn, where he was
Now encircled by US forces, Model ordered all Jagdtigers in
ordered to report to a furious General Buchs, commander
the vicinity of Unna to break out. On 11 April, the company
of the region. Iserlohn was surrounded and burning from
took up positions behind a crest of the hill near a crossroads.
enemy attacks, but when Ernst suggested that Buchs discuss
American columns soon appeared along both of the roads.
terms with the Americans he was arrested. Ernst escaped and,
The US advance was casual because most Germans were
against the advice of his men, returned to General Buchs to
simply surrendering to them rather than engaging, so when
try one last time to convince him. When he arrived, General
the unit opened fire the effect was devastating. As a result,
Buchs had fled. Ernst took command, and on the morning
American vehicles were burning all over the valley.
of 16 April, he negotiated a surrender.
The American columns didn’t return fire and instead called
In the end, the 25 Jagdtigers of 512. Schwere Panzerjäger
for air support. The air attack was met by the Flakpanzers,
Abteilung destroyed over 150 Allied tanks and vehicles. Only
destroying at least two fighters at the cost of one Jagdtiger.
one in five Jagdtigers lost was actually to enemy fire, and
The battlegroup withdrew after destroying over 50 US
many of those would have been recoverable in more favour-
vehicles.
able conditions.

512. SCHWERE PANZERJÄGER

ABTEILUNG SPECIAL RULES
A 512. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie uses all of the German special rules on pages 241 to 245 of the rulebook (except for
Kampfgruppe). In addition, it also uses the following special rules.

Tailor Made Battlegroup Defenders of the Ruhr

The shrinking frontline meant that local forces were swept The defending troops in the Ruhr were fighting on German
up into ad-hoc battlegroups to defend against attacks. soil, and when the enemy approached, they were prepared to
fight for the Fatherland.
A 512. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie does not use the
German Kampfgruppe special rule. A 512. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie will Always Defend.

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 OBERLEUTNANT
OTTO CARIUS
Legendary Tiger Ace
Born on 27 May 1922 in Zweibrucken, Otto Carius was replacement vehicles and defended against various Soviet
rejected twice for military service as unfit because of attacks around Gshatsk from March through June 1942. It
his slight weight and build. On his third attempt he was was during these defensive battles that Carius was eventually
finally accepted, and in May 1940 he was assigned to the promoted to Leutnant (Lieutenant). His initial command of
104th Infantry Replacement Battalion in Posen. After com- four tanks was inauspicious with his crews being unprepared
pleting his infantry training, he volunteered for the Panzer for a Soviet counterattack. Disaster was averted only by the
Corps, despite the fact that his father had categorically forbid- stalwart defence of the accompanying infantry units. Carius
den him from joining the armoured units. By October 1940, learned many lessons from this early setback, and it shaped
he was training with the newly raised 21. Panzerregiment his command style in dealing with subordinates.
(21st Armoured Regiment).
In early 1943, Carius was transferred to France to join
The panzer regiment fielded the light Panzer 38(t) and was 502. Schwere Panzer Abteilung (502nd Heavy Tank Battalion)
committed to Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the equipped with the new Tiger I E tank. Unlike the aging
Soviet Union, on 22 June 1941. Carius initially served as a Panzer 38(t), the Tiger I was a heavy tank armed with the
loader, which he described as the worst position in the tank now famous 8.8cm gun and was a welcome improvement
because the loader couldn't see out and rarely got any fresh over the lighter vehicles Carius had used earlier in his career.
air. Carius had to bail out of his tank for the first time on The battalion's first deployment was to the Leningrad front.
8 July 1941 when his 38(t) was hit by a round from a Soviet Later, at the battle of Narva, Carius destroyed four SU-85
45mm anti-tank gun. Carius suffered a shrapnel wound to assault guns without any losses to his vehicles.
the face and lost several teeth in the incident. Another nasty
Carius continued to fight with distinction in the Tiger I
surprise for the German tankers during the summer of 1941
throughout 1943 and into 1944. By mid-1944, Carius com-
was the appearance of the Soviet T-34 tank in quantity. Only
manded a company of eight Tiger tanks, but as the intiative
the 8.8cm Flak gun could deal effectively with these well-ar-
on the Eastern Front began to shift to the Soviets, Carius
moured and well-armed Soviet vehicles. It was at this point
found his tanks used more often as a mobile fire brigade to
Carius first realised that there would not be a ‘quick end to
stem the Red tide. On 22 July 1944, as part of a larger effort
the [Soviet] campaign.’
to capture Riga and divide German forces in the Baltics,
On 4 August 1941, Carius was ordered to join the Soviet armoured elements advanced to Krivani. Realizing
25th Panzer Replacement Battalion for officer candidate that more Soviet forces were on the way, Carius attacked the
training. Carius completed the course on 2 February 1942, village with only two tanks. The second tank belonged to the
but did not pass. Returning to the front, his unit received highly-decorated Leutnant Albert Kerscher. Over the next 20

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 OBERLEUTNANT OTTO CARIUS
minutes, Carius and Kerscher knocked out 17 IS-2 tanks tankers rather than veterans of the Panzerjäger or assault
and five T-34s. His unit went on to destroy several more gun units. In late March, after little time to train, Carius's
Soviet tanks and vehicles as the rest of the column arrived, company was committed to battle as a part of Schwere
completely halting the advance. Panzergruppe Hudel in an attempt to smash the Remagen
bridgehead.
Two days after this action, Carius was riding a BMW motor-
cycle performing reconnaissance when he was ambushed by His unit was initially very reluctant to engage the Americans,
partisans and regular Soviet army infantry. Wounded, Carius with two of his Jagdtigers allowing an entire armoured
crashed into a ditch where he was again shot several times column to pass through perfect firing positions unmo-
at close range by a Soviet officer, including one bullet in his lested. These two Jagdtigers were subsequently lost when
neck. Saved by the timely arrival of his unit’s Tigers, Carius they panicked and fled the area at high speed resulting in
was miraculously still alive. For his action at Krivani, Carius mechanical breakdowns of both vehicles. Carius and his
was promoted to Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) and became company later defended Unna, destroying 20 American
the youngest officer to receive the Knight’s Cross with Oak tanks before being forced to withdraw. By 15 April 1945, the
Leaves. Carius was removed from active duty to recover from situation was untenable and Carius ordered his six remain-
his wounds until the end of 1944. ing Jagdtigers destroyed and he surrendered his command.
In January 1945, Carius was prohibited from rejoining By the end of his service, Carius had destroyed over 150
his former Tiger battalion, due to his fame. He was then tanks, making him one of the leading tank aces of the war.
recruited by Hauptmann Walter Scherf, of the 512. Schwere After the war, he opened a pharmacy named Tiger Apotheke,
Panzerjäger Abteilung, to lead its second company. The unit where he still reportedly works to this day at the age of 91.
fielded the new Jagdtiger tank destroyer. Carius was unim- Carius has also written books detailing his experiences, and
pressed with the new weapon, as he had been a tank com- by extension the experience of the German soldier, during
mander and was used to turret-mounted armament. Most of World War II.
the men in his company were also converted conventional

CHARACTERISTICS
Otto Carius is a Warrior Command Jagdtiger tank rated as Reluctant Veteran.
Carius may take command of 2. Kompanie (marked ) from the 512. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (page 48). Carius
replaces the Company Command Jagdtiger tank in the 512. Schwere Panzerjagerkompanie Headquarters for +85 points.
Alternatively, Carius may take command of a 512. Schwere Panzerjäger Platoon (page 49) from 2. Kompanie (marked )
taken as a Support Platoon. In this case, Carius replaces the Platoon Command Jagdtiger for +85 points.

Setting Up the Shot Hero of the Fatherland

Carius was a genius at spotting targets and setting up excellent Carius became something of a legend. He was approached by
shots in order to inflict maximum damage on enemy tanks. Himmler, who tried to get Carius to join the Waffen-SS—an
offer he refused. The Soviets even had a bounty on his head!
Enemy teams do not benefit from Concealment when shot at by
Carius. Furthermore, Carius ignores the normal +1 modifier If Carius is Destroyed during a game the morale of the entire
when shooting at teams greater than 16”/40cm away. German war effort takes a heavy blow, despite any other
gains. The German player loses one Victory Point and their
opponent gains one Victory Point at the end of the battle.

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 Schwere Panzergruppe Hudel is dispatched to counterattack the American bridgehead with its heavy tanks.

Hitler demands that all of the Reich’s Wunderwaffen (wonder weapons) be used against the Ludendorff bridge.

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 Desperate infantry and tank attacks are sent to take back or destroy the Ludendorff bridge.

The powerful and nearly invincible Jagdtigers of 512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung crush American spearheads.

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 512. SCHWERE
PANZERJÄGERKOMPANIE 512th Heavy Tank Hunter Company

Tank Company
Motivation and Skill 1. Kompanie 2. Kompanie
A 512. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie from the
1. Kompanie is rated Confident Veteran. RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
CONFIDENT TRAINED CONFIDENT TRAINED
A 512. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie from the
FEARLESS VETERAN FEARLESS VETERAN
2. Kompanie is rated Reluctant Trained.
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be either from 1. Kompanie (marked ), or 2. Kompanie (marked ).
All other platoons marked with either of these symbols must be from the same unit as your
512. Schwere Panzer- Company HQ.
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jägerkompanie HQ

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

ARMOUR ANTI-AIRCRAFT
ARMOUR ARTILLERY

512. Schwere Volks Light

49

512. Panzer Anti-aircraft 654. Schwere

75
Panzerjäger Platoon 56
Artillery Battery
51

Gun Platoon Panzerjäger Platoon

Volks Corps
Schwere Panzer

76
Artillery Battery
61

ARMOUR Platoon
INFANTRY Volks Rocket
Schwere Tiger I E

76
Launcher Battery
62

Platoon
Motorised

73
Artillery Battery
512. Panzer Scout
512. Schwere
51

Platoon INFANTRY
49

Panzerjäger Platoon
ANTI-AIRCRAFT

ARMOUR
Allied Platoons Panzergrenadier Platoon
73

Volksgrenadier Platoon Heavy Anti-aircraft

77
74

Gun Battery

Volkssturm Platoon Light Anti-aircraft

77
74

512. Panzer Platoon Your force is from the Gun Battery

50

Heer.
ARMOUR Luftwaffe (marked ) INFANTRY AIRCRAFT
platoons in your force are
Allies and as such use the
Reich Divided special Panzergrenadier Platoon
73

Air Support
77

512. Assault Gun

rule on page 242 of the
50

Platoon
rulebook. Volksgrenadier Platoon
74

Volkssturm Platoon
74

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 512. SCHWERE PANZERJÄGERKOMPANIE
HEADQUARTERS
512. Schwere
Panzerjägerkompanie HQ
Headquarters
2 Jagdtiger 785 points 535 points
1 Jagdtiger 395 points 270 points Company Command Jagdtiger

Option
• Add a Bergpanther recovery vehicle for +10 points.
2iC Command Jagdtiger

Members of 1. Kompanie were veteran tank-hunters who

upgraded from the Jagdpanther tank destroyer. 2. Kompanie, 512. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie HQ
in contrast, was made up of crews who reluctantly transi-
tioned from turreted tanks like the Tiger I to the Jagdtiger.

COMBAT PLATOONS
512. Schwere Leutnant
Panzerjäger Platoon Leutnant

Platoon
4 Jagdtiger 1570 points 1075 points
3 Jagdtiger 1180 points 805 points Command Jagdtiger Jagdtiger
2 Jagdtiger 785 points 535 points HQ Section
1 Jagdtiger 395 points 270 points Unteroffizier

Though from the same battalion, the first and second compa-
nies of the 512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung never fought Jagdtiger Jagdtiger
together as a cohesive unit. 2. Kompanie, under the legend- Tank-hunter section
ary Otto Carius, fought with Schwere Kampfgruppe Hudel
during its attempt to wipe out the American bridgehead at 512. Schwere Panzerjäger platoon
Remagen. 1. Kompanie, under Albert Ernst, fought near
Siegen and was later expanded to a full Kampfgruppe with
the addition of Panzer IV tanks and Stug III assault guns.

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 512. Panzer Platoon Leutnant
Platoon LEUTNANT Unteroffizier

4 Panzer IV J 350 points -

3 Panzer IV J 260 points -
2 Panzer IV J 175 points - Command Panzer IV J Panzer IV J
HQ Section Panzer Section

At the end of March 1945, 1. Kompanie was expanded to a

Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
full Kampfgruppe because of its success in the field. One of
the platoons added to Kampfgruppe Ernst was a unit of four
Panzer IV tanks, which served the battlegroup until the end
of the war. Although the Panzer IV had been in service since Panzer IV J Panzer IV J
the beginning of the war, it remained a viable medium tank Panzer Section Panzer Section
on par with the American Sherman medium tank.
512. Panzer Platoon

512. Assault Gun Platoon Leutnant

Platoon LEUTNANT Unteroffizier

4 StuG G (late) 395 points -

3 StuG G (late) 295 points -
Command StuG G (late) StuG G (late)
2 StuG G (late) 195 points -
HQ Section Panzer Section

In addition to the platoon of Panzer IV tanks, a platoon of Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

four StuG III assault guns was added to Kampfgruppe Ernst,
providing additional fire support. The StuG is an excellent tank
destroyer with a low silhouette, making it an ideal defensive
StuG G (late) StuG G (late)
weapon that can effectively strike an attacker from ambush.
Panzer Section Panzer Section

512. Assault Gun Platoon

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 512. SCHWERE PANZERJÄGERKOMPANIE
WEAPONS PLATOONS
512. Panzer Anti-aircraft Leutnant
Gun Platoon Leutnant
Platoon
4 Wirbelwind 220 points 150 points
3 Wirbelwind 165 points 110 points Command Anti-aircraft tank Anti-aircraft tank
2 Wirbelwind 110 points 75 points HQ Section
4 Ostwind 240 points 165 points UNTERoffizier
3 Ostwind 180 points 120 points
2 Ostwind 120 points 80 points

Anti-aircraft tank Anti-aircraft tank

As the Allies enjoy complete air superiority, armoured
Flak batteries have become indispensable. Virtually every Anti-aircraft section
armoured formation in the SS and Wehrmacht has its own 512. Panzer Anti-aircraft gun platoon
flak unit. Their job is to fight off marauding fighter-bomber
aircraft so the tanks and infantry can fight.

512. Panzer Scout Platoon Leutnant

Platoon Leutnant

HQ Section with:
Command Panzerfaust Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track
6 Scout Squads - 145 points MG team
4 Scout Squads - 105 points HQ Section
2 Scout Squads - 65 points
Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
Options
• Replace the Command Panzerfaust MG team with a
Panzerfaust Sd Kfz 251/1 Panzerfaust Sd Kfz 251/1
Command Panzerfaust SMG team at no cost. MG team half-track MG team half-track
• Add Sd Kfz 251/1 half-tracks for +5 points per Scout Squad Scout Squad
half-track.
Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

A Panzer Scout Platoon equipped with Sd Kfz 251/1 half-

tracks may use the German Mounted Assault special rule on Panzerfaust Sd Kfz 251/1 Panzerfaust Sd Kfz 251/1
MG team half-track MG team half-track
page 243 of the rulebook.
Scout Squad Scout Squad
2. Kompanie uses the battalion’s scout platoon as its own Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
infantry force. Use them wisely to screen enemy troops and
protect your precious Jagdtigers. Alternatively, mount them
in half-tracks to give them more firepower and manoeuvra- Panzerfaust Sd Kfz 251/1 Panzerfaust Sd Kfz 251/1
bility against enemy infantry. MG team half-track MG team half-track
Scout Squad Scout Squad
512. Panzer ScouT Platoon

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 654. SCHWERE
PANZERJÄGER ABTEILUNG
654th Heavy Tank Hunter Battalion

654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung (654th Heavy Tank- On 20 November, the unit was back up to strength and
hunter Battalion) fought with distinction during World War returned to the fight. Divided into three Kampfgruppen
II. As one of the only two units to field the heavy Ferdinand (battlegroups), the unit supported attacks in the Eifel area,
tank destroyer, the battalion fought well during the battle near the Ardennes, alongside both SS and Heer infantry
of Kursk. However, the rate of attrition for the complex formations.
vehicle was high, and by September 1943, the 50 remaining
On 16 December, Germany launched its great gamble in
Ferdinands from both 654. Schwere Panzerjägerabteilung and
the West, Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, designed to split
its sister unit 653. Schwere Panzerjägerabteilung had been
the Western Allies and force a separate peace. As the of-
pulled out of the line for repairs.
fensive ground on, 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung got
Having lost their fighting vehicles, the battalion remained a much-needed break to once again reconstitute itself. The
in the rear areas for most of early 1944. By May, the unit battalion received an allocation of 20 new Jagdpanthers on
began to receive new Jagdpanther tank destroyers, with the 23 December. A week later, the 525. Schwere Panzerjäger
first eight arriving on 4 May. Training on their new mounts Abteilung and its 22 open-topped Hornisse tank-hunters was
began immediately. added to the 654th’s fighting strength.

Normandy Operation Nordwind

After the initial disorder in the German command following The 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung fought in Alsace
the Normandy landings, all available units were dispatched throughout the month of January 1945 as a part of Operation
to the front to try and drive the Allies back into the sea. Nordwind, Germany’s follow-up winter offensive. Though
Because of numerous delays in the unit forming up and trans- their initial operations were hampered by snow, the last
portation issues, 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung did not two weeks of January saw savage back and forth fighting as
make it to the front until July. During July and August, the any gains made by either side were quickly lost. Eventually
battalion fought alongside 276. and 326. Infanteriedivision weight of numbers wore down the Germans, and by the end
(276th and 326th Infantry Divisions) as a part of Kampfgruppe of the month the battalion was pushed back to the Rhine-
Schnepf. Rhone Canal near Munzenheim. However, during this
period, 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung took a terrible
By mid-August, the unit had destroyed over 40 Allied tanks
toll on Allied forces, destroying over 100 tanks, 29 artillery
fighting in northern France east of Caen. However, despite
pieces, and 40 other vehicles.
their best efforts, the Normandy front collapsed and they
were forced to retreat to the Seine. At the Seine, many des- By 8 February, attrition had reduced the battalion, and it
perate German formations were trying to cross the river to was once again without any operational Jagdpanthers. The
the relative safety of its eastern bank, creating massive traffic battalion workshops worked at a frenzied pace to repair the
jams. Caught in this traffic, the Jagdpanthers simply couldn't damaged Jagdpanthers. A further 20 new tank destroyers
get through, and most had to be destroyed by their crews. were also assigned to the battalion.
Reconstitution of the unit began in October 1944 and it Less than two weeks later, on 21 February, the unit was once
received 43 new Jagdpanthers to replace their lost vehicles. again ready for front-line deployment. Assigned to 5. Panzer

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Armee, (5th Armoured Army) the battalion was placed attack. The Germans managed to capture over 20 prisoners
in defensive positions along the Rhine on 8 March. The and destroy two tanks, an anti-tank gun, and three trans-
timing of the battalion’s arrival was lucky as the Americans port vehicles. However, by this point, any chance Schwere
had just captured the Ludendorff Bridge that day and es- Panzergruppe Hudel had of shattering the Remagen bridge-
tablished a bridgehead across the Rhine. Desperate to force head had been lost. 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung was
the Americans back across the Rhine, Model ordered Major detached from the Kampfgruppe and placed under command
Hudel of the Panzer Lehr Division to form a Kampfgruppe of 11. Panzer Division.
using all available formations in the area, especially armoured
American infantry and anti-tank squads continued to harass
formations.
the Jagdpanthers, but the battalion now had infantry support
The armoured punch of Schwere Panzergruppe Hudel (Heavy from 111. Panzergrenadier Regiment. From 16-18 March, the
Panzer Group Hudel) was 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung, battalion fought a series of delaying actions in and around
512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung, and 506. Schwere Panzer Strödt, resulting in many American casualties. American
Abteilung. While the German force assembled, the Americans artillery fire continued to take a toll on the unit, but the
reinforced the bridgehead. On 12 March 1945, the battalion maintenance company managed to continue to return many
received orders to attack. Heavy US artillery fire knocked damaged vehicles to service to keep the unit in the field.
out or damaged several of the tank-hunters and broke up the
On 19 March, the battalion was released from
accompanying infantry, forcing the attackers to withdraw.
11. Panzerdivision and went into reserve. During this time,
The next day the battalion once again advanced, but was
the battalion was often ordered to attack an objective, but
again forced back to its starting lines.
simply lacked the strength and fuel to accomplish it.
With the Germans stalled, the American infantry attacked.
With resistance collapsing around them, 654. Schwere
The infantry outflanked and encircled some of the battalion's
Panzerjäger Abteilung was forced to begin a withdrawal,
Jagdpanthers at Hilkerscheid. Under the cover of darkness,
acting as a fire brigade along the way. The battalion continued
the Americans moved up anti-tank guns to near point-blank
active resistance in April 1945, destroying a truck column on
range. As dawn broke on 14 March 1945, the anti-tank guns
1 April and a few enemy tanks on 2 April. However, by this
opened fire and destroyed a Jagdpanther. One tank-hunter
time the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket was complete and
managed to escape the town.
the battalion was trapped along with several other German
The next day, the Americans continued their attack near divisions. On 15 April, the unit was completely spent and it
Lorscheid. However, the timely arrival of a battalion of surrendered.
pioneers allowed the Jagdpanthers to successfully counter-

654. SCHWERE PANZERJÄGER

ABTEILUNG SPECIAL RULES
A 654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (Nordwind) uses all of the German special rules on pages 241 to 245 of the rulebook.
A 654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (Ruhr) uses all of the German special rules on pages 241 to 245 of the rulebook (except
for Kampfgruppe). In addition, it also uses the following special rules.

Tailor Made Battlegroup Defenders of the Ruhr

The shrinking frontline meant that local forces were swept The defending troops in the Ruhr were fighting on German
up into ad-hoc battlegroups to defend against attacks. soil. When the enemy approached, they were prepared to fight
for the Fatherland.
A 654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (Ruhr) does not use
the German Kampfgruppe special rule. A 654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (Ruhr) will Always
Defend.

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 654. SCHWERE PANZERJÄGER-
KOMPANIE (NORDWIND) 654th Heavy Tank-hunter Company (Nordwind)

Tank Company
Motivation and Skill
The soldiers of 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung have fought the Western Allies since just after
D-Day when they were first equipped with the Jagdpanther tank destroyer. Though the overall RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
war situation has deteriorated, the men of the battalion stoically carry on the fight. CONFIDENT TRAINED

A 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Kompanie (Nordwind) is rated Confident Veteran. FEARLESS VETERAN
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS
You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be from 654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (Nordwind) (marked
654. Schwere Panzer- ). All platoons marked with this symbol must match your Company HQ.
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jägerkompanie HQ

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

ARMOUR ANTI-AIRCRAFT
ARMOUR ARTILLERY

654. Schwere Volks Light

56

Panzerjäger Platoon 654. Panzer Anti-aircraft

75
Panzer Platoon 72
Artillery Battery
57

Gun Platoon
Volks Corps

76
Mixed Panzer Platoon
72

ARMOUR Artillery Battery

Volks Rocket

76
Panzerjäger Platoon Launcher Battery
73

Allied Platoons Motorised Artillery

73
Battery
INFANTRY
654. Schwere
56

Panzerjäger Platoon
ANTI-AIRCRAFT
654. Hornisse Your force is from the
57

Panzerjäger Platoon Heer.

Volksgrenadier Platoon
74

ARMOUR
Luftwaffe (marked )
Gebirgsjäger Platoon Heavy Anti-aircraft
75

platoons in your force are

77

Gun Battery
Allies and as such use the Light Anti-aircraft
77

Reich Divided special INFANTRY Gun Battery

654. Schwere rule on page 242 of the

56

Panzerjäger Platoon rulebook. AIRCRAFT

654. Hornisse
57

Panzerjäger Platoon Volksgrenadier Platoon

74

Gebirgsjäger Platoon
75

Air Support
77

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654. SCHWERE PANZERJÄGER-
KOMPANIE (RUHR POCKET) 654th Heavy Tank-hunter Company (Ruhr Pocket)

Tank Company
Motivation and Skill
After the vicious fighting in the Alsace, the battalion was reconstituted one last time. By this
time, the Americans had secured a bridgehead at Remagen and they were thrown once again RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
into the fray. CONFIDENT TRAINED

A 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Kompanie (Ruhr Pocket) is rated Reluctant Veteran. FEARLESS VETERAN
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS
You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be from 654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie (Ruhr Pocket) (marked
654. Schwere Panzer- ). All platoons marked with this symbol must match your Company HQ.
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jägerkompanie HQ

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

ARMOUR ANTI-AIRCRAFT
ARMOUR ARTILLERY

654. Schwere Volks Light

56

654. Panzer Anti-aircraft 512. Schwere

75
Panzerjäger Platoon Artillery Battery
57

49
Gun Platoon Panzerjäger Platoon
Volks Corps

76
Schwere Panzer Artillery Battery
ARMOUR Platoon 61
Volks Rocket
Schwere Tiger I E

76
Launcher Battery
62

Allied Platoons Platoon

Motorised Artillery

73
Panzer Platoon Battery
72

654. Schwere
56

Panzerjäger Platoon
Your force is from the ANTI-AIRCRAFT
INFANTRY
ARMOUR
Heer.
Luftwaffe (marked )
platoons in your force are Panzergrenadier Heavy Anti-aircraft

77
73

Platoon Gun Battery

Allies and as such use the
Light Anti-aircraft
654. Schwere Volkssturm Platoon
77
74

Reich Divided special Gun Battery

56

Panzerjäger Platoon
rule on page 242 of the
rulebook. INFANTRY AIRCRAFT

Panzergrenadier
Air Support
73

77

Platoon

Volkssturm Platoon
74

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 HEADQUARTERS
654. Schwere Hauptmann
Panzerjägerkompanie HQ Hauptmann

Headquarters
2 Jagdpanther 470 points 420 points
1 Jagdpanther 235 points 210 points Company Command Jagdpanther 2iC Command Jagdpanther
HQ Section
654. Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie HQ

COMBAT PLATOONS
654. Schwere Leutnant
Panzerjäger Platoon Leutnant

Platoon
4 Jagdpanther 940 points 840 points
3 Jagdpanther 705 points 630 points Command Jagdpanther Jagdpanther
HQ Section
2 Jagdpanther 470 points 420 points
1 Jagdpanther 235 points 210 points Unteroffizier

The men of 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung have a great

deal of experience. They have taken a heavy toll on Allied Jagdpanther Jagdpanther
armour. The unit fields the excellent Jagdpanther tank Tank-hunter section
destroyer, which combines the well-sloped armour and 654. Schwere Panzerjäger platoon
mobility of the Panther tank with the exceptional 8.8cm gun
of the Tiger II.

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654. Hornisse Leutnant
Panzerjäger Platoon Leutnant

Platoon
4 Hornisse 465 points -
3 Hornisse 350 points - Command Hornisse Hornisse
HQ Section
2 Hornisse 235 points -
Unteroffizier

During the fighting in Alsace, the veterans of 525. Schwere

Panzerjäger Abteilung joined the battalion, fielding the
Hornisse tank destroyer. The Hornisse mounts the same Hornisse Hornisse
devastating 8.8cm gun as the Jagdpanther and is capable of Tank-hunter section
destroying any Allied tank at range.
654. Hornisse Panzerjäger platoon

WEAPONS PLATOONS
654. Panzer Anti-aircraft Leutnant
Gun Platoon Leutnant
Platoon
4 Möbelwagen 220 points 200 points
3 Möbelwagen 165 points 150 points Command Anti-aircraft tank Anti-aircraft tank
2 Möbelwagen 110 points 100 points HQ Section
4 Wirbelwind 220 points 200 points UNTERoffizier
3 Wirbelwind 165 points 150 points
2 Wirbelwind 110 points 100 points

As with most armoured units, 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Anti-aircraft tank Anti-aircraft tank
Abteilung was equipped with an armoured flak platoon. Anti-aircraft section
Though many units were receiving the newer Ostwind flak 654. Panzer Anti-aircraft gun platoon
tank, the battalion soldiered on with the older but equally
deadly Möbelwagen and Wirbelwind models.

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 506. SCHWERE
PANZER ABTEILUNG
506th Heavy Tank Battalion

In late 1942, the Germans began creating heavy tank they were assigned to the Arnhem sector. Their deployment
battalions equipped with the new Tiger I. 506. Schwere was fortunate, as on Sunday 17 September 1944, the Allies
Panzerabteilung (506th Heavy Tank Battalion) was estab- launched Operation Market Garden, with American and
lished on 4 April 1943 from elements of 9. Panzerdivision (9th British paratroopers seizing several key bridges throughout
Armoured Division).After some delays, the 506th was once Holland. The ultimate goal of the campaign was to capture
again attached to 9. Panzerdivision as a part of XVII. Armee the bridge across the River Rhine at Arnhem, opening an
Korps (17th Army Corps) on the Eastern Front. avenue of attack into Germany’s industrial heartland.
During the autmun of 1943, the 506th valiantly defended In Arnhem, the 506th was nominally attached to the
the Saporoschje (Zaporizhia) Bridgehead on the Dniepr 1. Fallschirm Armee (1st Parachute Army) on 24 September
River, but they were unable to stem the Soviet tide. 1944. The battalion’s second company was sent to
After the bridgehead fell, the battalion was attached to Oosterbeek in support of 9. SS-Panzerdivision (9th SS-
16. Panzergrenadierdivision (16th Armoured Grenadier Armoured Division) and their efforts to reduce the pocket
Division) defending high value sectors in the Ukraine of British resistance, while the third company was sent to
through the winter of 1943. By January 1944, the unit had Elst in support of 10. SS-Panzerdivision (10th SS-Armoured
destroyed over 200 Soviet tanks and nearly 200 anti-tank Division) fighting near the Rhine.
guns.
At Oosterbeek, the 506th discovered that their heavy vehicles
By early 1944, with the war's momentum turning against were nearly useless in the narrow streets of the town. The
the Germans, the Soviets had trapped vital German forces in vehicle’s weight damaged the roads and the main gun was
a pocket in the Ukraine. The 506th was brought up to help so long that traversing the turret in the narrow streets was
relieve the forces in what was called the Cherkassy Pocket. nearly impossible. However, their presence greatly boosted
The operation was successful in relieving the forces, but the German morale and the King Tigers managed to advance
unit suffered severe casualties. The battalion was transferred to the middle of the British defensive pocket before being
to Lemberg for reconstitution in early March 1944. stopped. After Market Garden failed, the 506th continued to
fight in various mop-up operations on ‘The Island’, a bit of
After only a few weeks to refit, the battalion was once again
land between Arnhem and Nijmegen.
committed to the fighting on the Eastern Front, where
the unit continued to distinguish itself. However, during
the Soviet Operation Bagration in June 1944, the 506th The Battle of the Bulge
was forced to destroy most of their Tiger I tanks to avoid As the battle on the Western Front raged on, the battalion’s
their capture. Their few surviving Tigers were handed over strength was slowly sapped. It absorbed the Tiger I E tanks
to 507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung in late July 1944, and of Kampfgruppe Hummel of Panzer Ersatz und Ausbildungs
the crews moved to Ohrdruf and refitted with the new Abteilung 500 (500th Tank Replacement and Training
Königstiger (King or Royal Tiger) tank. Battalion). In December 1944, the battalion was reinforced
with new Tiger II tanks in preparation for Operation Wacht
Königstiger am Rhein (Watch on the Rhine).
The battalion received 45 Tiger II tanks between August and During the Ardennes Offensive, the 506th supported the
September 1944, and once the unit finished their training, 12. SS-Panzerdivision in its attack on Bastogne, knocking out

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 508. SCHWERE PANZER ABTEILUNG
14 Shermans in a counterattack near Wardin on 1 January firmly consolidated the bridgehead and were, in fact, within
1945. When the Americans counterattacked from Bastogne days of launching their own offensive from the bridgehead.
on 17 January, the 506th was hit hard. In the battle, the bat-
Following the attack, the battalion withdrew to Siegen,
talion lost 13 Tiger II and one Tiger I. The remaining tanks
defending the village for three days. However, by 1 April
were withdrawn from the line soon afterward.
they were forced to blow up three precious Tiger I tanks and
The battalion was back in action in the Eifel area on withdraw yet again, when the Americans finally captured
22 February 1945, fighting several delaying actions over the the town. By 2 April, the unit received six Tiger II tanks,
next two weeks. By this time the situation on the Western originally intended for 501. SS-Schwere Panzer Abteilung.
Front was desperate, but the 506th could do little to stem the
tide with its seven vehicles. Nevertheless, these were com- The Ruhr Pocket
mitted to battle at Boxberg on 7 March, resulting in the loss The battalion was swept up in the Ruhr Pocket along with the
of four more vehicles. By the next day, the unit had depleted rest of Army Group B, and fought as a fire brigade to blunt
its entire inventory of operational armour and crossed the the Allied advance during the first week of April. However,
Rhine to resupply. the constant movement played havoc on the over-worked
tanks. The net result was the unit moved over 100km in road
Remagen marches burning precious fuel and losing most of its tanks to
The unit languished in the rear until 20 March, when mechanical breakdowns.
seven Tiger I tanks, originally from 501. SS-Schwere Panzer
By 10 April, the battalion was down to seven operational
Abteilung (501st SS-Heavy Tank Battalion), were transferred
tanks, consisting of both Tiger I and Tiger II models. As the
to the battalion. With the addition of these tanks to the
pocket collapsed, the unit made one last move to Iserlohn on
battalion's repaired inventory, the unit was up to a total of
13 April 1945 with its last functional Tiger II. Once there,
22 tanks, the rest of which were Königstiger tanks.
the tank crews were deployed as rifle infantry. The following
As one of the few armoured units in the Remagen area, on day, the unit's commanding officer, Hauptmann von Römer,
22 March 1945, 506. Schwere Panzer Abteilung was attached disbanded the battalion and 506. Schwere Panzer Abteilung
to Schwere Panzergruppe Hudel along with the second ceased to exist.
company of 512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung (512th Heavy
Through the course of the war, the battalion destroyed over
Tank-hunter Battalion), and 654. Schwere Panzerjäger
400 enemy vehicles. Of those lost by the battalion, only 41%
Abteilung. Schwere Panzergruppe Hudel launched an offensive
of its Tigers were lost due to enemy action, with most of the
on 23 March designed to destroy the American bridgehead
rest being destroyed by their own crews to prevent capture.
at Remagen. The attack bogged down as the Americans had

SCHWERE PANZERKOMPANIE SPECIAL RULES

A Schwere Panzerkompanie uses all of the German special rules on pages 241 to 245 of the rulebook (except for Kampfgruppe).
In addition, it also uses the following special rules.

Tailor Made Battlegroup Defenders of the Ruhr

The shrinking frontline meant that local forces were swept The defending troops in the Ruhr were fighting on German
up into ad-hoc battlegroups to defend against attacks. soil, and when the enemy approached, they were prepared to
fight for the Fatherland.
A Schwere Panzerkompanie does not use the German
Kampfgruppe special rule. A Schwere Panzerkompanie will Always Defend.

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 SCHWERE PANZERKOMPANIE Heavy Tank Company

Tank Company
Motivation and Skill 506. Schwere 510. Schwere
Panzer Abteilung Panzer Abteilung
A Schwere Panzerkompanie from 506. Schwere Panzer
Abteilung is rated Reluctant Veteran. RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
CONFIDENT TRAINED CONFIDENT TRAINED
A Schwere Panzerkompanie from 510. Schwere Panzer
FEARLESS VETERAN FEARLESS VETERAN
Abteilung is rated Reluctant Trained.
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS
You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be either from the 506. Schwere Panzer Abteilung (marked ), or the
510. Schwere Panzer Abteilung (marked ). All other platoons marked with either of these
Schwere symbols must be from the same unit as your Company HQ.
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Panzerkompanie HQ

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

ARMOUR INFANTRY
ARMOUR INFANTRY

Schwere Panzer
62

Schwere Panzer Crew Platoon Panzergrenadier

73
Platoon
61

Platoon 512. Schwere

49
Panzerjäger Platoon Ersatz SS-

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654. Schwere Aufklärungs
ARMOUR OR Panzerjäger Platoon
56 Platoon
INFANTRY
Volksgrenadier Platoon

74
Panzer Platoon
72

Allied Platoons
Ersatz SS- Volkssturm Platoon

74
69

Panzer Platoon
Schwere Panzer
61

Platoon
Your force is from the ARMOUR ARTILLERY
Schwere Tiger I E Heer.
62

Platoon
Schwere Panzer SS (marked ) and
62

Crew Platoon
Luftwaffe (marked ) Volks Light
75
Panzer Platoon Artillery Battery
72

platoons in your force are

ARMOUR OR Volks Corps
Allies and as such use the
76
INFANTRY Artillery Battery
Reich Divided special INFANTRY Volks Rocket
76

rule on page 242 of the Launcher Battery

rulebook. Motorised Artillery
73

Battery
Schwere Panzer
Panzergrenadier
61

Platoon
73

Platoon
Schwere Panzer ANTI-AIRCRAFT
62

Crew Platoon Ersatz SS-

67

Aufklärungs
Platoon
Volksgrenadier Platoon
74

Heavy Anti-aircraft
77

Gun Battery
Volkssturm Platoon
74

Light Anti-aircraft
77

Gun Battery

AIRCRAFT

Air Support
77

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HEADQUARTERS
Schwere Panzerkompanie HQ Hauptmann
Headquarters Hauptmann

2 Königstiger (Henschel) 605 points 430 points

1 Königstiger (Henschel) 305 points 215 points
Company Command 2iC Command
Königstiger (Henschel) Königstiger (Henschel)

The Company Command tank from the 506. Schwere HQ Section

Panzer Abteilung (marked ) always has two Tiger Ace Schwere Panzerkompanie HQ
Skills (see page 244 of the rulebook). Roll two dice and any
roll of a 6 (or ) allows you to choose your Tiger Ace Skill. The heavy tank battalions of the Wehrmacht and SS remain
the backbone of the German armed forces. Now largely con-
Tanks from the 510. Schwere Panzer Abteilung (marked verted to the Königstiger heavy tank, the battalions act as
) do not use the Tiger Ace special rules. fire brigades, often being deployed as individual companies
to stem the Allied advance.

COMBAT PLATOONS
Schwere Panzer Platoon Leutnant
Platoon LEUTNANT Unteroffizier

4 Königstiger (Henschel) 1200 points -

3 Königstiger (Henschel) 900 points -
2 Königstiger (Henschel) 600 points 430 points Command Königstiger Königstiger (Henschel)
(Henschel)
1 Königstiger (Henschel) 300 points 215 points
HQ Section HEAVY TANK Section

Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
A Schwere Panzer Platoon from the 506. Schwere Panzer
Abteilung (marked ), uses the Tiger Ace special rules (see
page 244 of the rulebook).
Tanks from the 510. Schwere Panzer Abteilung (marked Königstiger (Henschel) Königstiger (Henschel)
) do not use the Tiger Ace special rules. HEAVY TANK Section HEAVY TANK Section

Schwere Panzer Platoon

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 Schwere Tiger I E Platoon Leutnant
Platoon LEUTNANT Unteroffizier

4 Tiger I E 760 points -

3 Tiger I E 570 points -
2 Tiger I E 380 points - Command Tiger I E Tiger I E
1 Tiger I E 190 points - HQ Section HEAVY TANK Section

Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
A Schwere Tiger I E Platoon from the 506. Schwere
Panzerabteilung (marked ), uses the Tiger Ace special
rules (see page 244 of the rulebook).
Tiger I E Tiger I E
The Königstiger is in high demand and requests for more are hard HEAVY TANK Section HEAVY TANK Section
to fill, so many units, including 506. Schwere Panzerabteilung,
Schwere Tiger I E Platoon
continue to field the older Tiger I E heavy tanks.

WEAPONS PLATOONS
Schwere Panzer Crew Platoon Leutnant
Platoon Leutnant

HQ Section with:
3 Grenadier Squads 140 points 110 points Command Panzerfaust Rifle team

2 Grenadier Squads 100 points 75 points HQ Section

Option Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

• Replace Command Panzerfaust Rifle team with a
Command Panzerfaust SMG team for +5 points.
Panzerfaust Rifle team Panzerfaust Rifle team

The lack of replacement vehicles has led many battalions

to form their remaining crews into infantry platoons. Use Panzerfaust Rifle team Panzerfaust Rifle team
replacement crews to cover key areas or as escort for your Grenadier Squad Grenadier Squad
precious heavy tanks. Unteroffizier

Panzerfaust Rifle team Panzerfaust Rifle team

Grenadier Squad
Schwere Panzer Crew Platoon

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 SS-PANZERBRIGADE WESTFALEN
SS-PANZERBRIGADE WESTFALEN
SS-Armoured Brigade Westfalen

Defenders of the Ruhr

SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen was one of the dozens of hastily equipment and the deteriorating war situation, the morale of
scraped-together formations created by German command- SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen was resolute, and they were ready
ers in the final days of World War II. In most cases these for action. They didn’t have to wait long, as elements of the
cobbled-together units performed poorly, but SS-Panzer 3rd Armored Division were already on their way.
Brigade Westfalen defied that trend when it put up a fanatical
defence in the face of overwhelming Allied attacks. The Battles for Paderborn
The American breakout from the Remagen bridgehead was First contact between American forces and Westfalen
exceptionally rapid. By 29 March, US forces were striking occurred early on 30 March, as Task Force Richardson of the
toward Paderborn. If Paderborn fell, the Allies would trap 3rd Armored reached Hill 283. The brigade’s forces in that
all of Feldmarshall Walter Model’s Heeresgruppe B (Army sector lacked any anti-armour capability, but fought tena-
Group B) in a pocket. Model therefore ordered the forma- ciously with one squad led by SS-Unterscharführer (Corporal)
tion of SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen at Camp Senne from the Zabel fighting to the last man. Task Force Lovelady ran into
elements of several training and convalescent companies in SS-Regiment ‘Holzer’, where their advance was stalled by
the Paderborn area to prevent the pocket’s closure. strong resistance from Westfalen. In this engagement one of
Holzer’s Panzer III tanks knocked out one of the US task
Under the command of SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant
force’s Shermans. As a result of the savage resistance, the
Colonel) Hans Stern, the brigade fielded two regiments:
American advance was delayed for a full day.
SS-Regiment ‘Meyer’ and SS-Regiment ‘Holzer’. SS-Regiment
‘Meyer’ was primarily an infantry force made up of various Task Force Richardson smashed into SS-Regiment ‘Meyer’
training groups. SS-Regiment ‘Holzer’ included both infantry near the town of Kirchborchen, south of Paderborn. As the
and the training tanks, mostly Panzer III and a few early mechanised column and supporting armour approached the
Panzer IV tanks. Several Heer (Army) formations were also town, its defenders, some 200 troops, opened fire with a
reorganizing in the area of Camp Senne, and they were large number of Panzerfausts. These were used both against
attached to the brigade. 507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung and the American tanks and the advancing infantry. Because
the third company of the 512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung of the sheer number of Panzerfausts used, the Americans
gave the brigade its armoured component. nicknamed Kirchborchen ‘Bazooka Town.’ Task Force
Richardson was forced back, however other elements of the
From the outset, Westfalen was confronted by supply
3rd Armored threatened the German flank, so defenders of
problems. They were short weapons, communication equip-
Kirchborchen abandoned the town.
ment, fuel, and even lacked a field kitchen. The infantry was
equipped with whatever small arms were at hand, including SS-Regiment ‘Meyer’ also engaged Task Force Welborn in
the standard-issue K98k rifles, a few MG34 machine-guns, three nearby villages. Finally breaking through the infantry
and many Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons, supplemented screen near Etteln, the US task force turned back toward
with Italian Beretta sub-machine guns and Belgian pistols. Paderborn, leaving Task Force Doan to secure the area.
Unfortunately, during its relocation, Task Force Welborn ran
By the evening of 29 March 1945, the battalion’s headquar-
into elements of Holzer and 507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung
ters was set up roughly five kilometers east of Paderborn.
and suffered heavy losses, including Major General Maurice
Along with 30 tanks of 507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung and
Rose, commander of the 3rd Armored Division, who was
512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung, the brigade protected
killed in action.
the southern approaches to the city. Despite their poor

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 Closing the Pocket defend the area. However, despite the hopeless war situation
and the complete lack of logistical support including basic
The fanatical resistance of Westfalen surprised the American
rations, the men of Westfalen continued to fight on.
commanders and shook their confidence in a quick victory at
Paderborn. Brigadier General Hickey, the new commander On 8 April, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme
of the 3rd Armored Division, planned a concerted attack on Command of the Armed Forces) ordered that the Harz
Paderborn itself. Meanwhile, given the success of Westfalen, Mountains within the Ruhr Pocket be declared a Festung
Model chose to attack to the south to prevent closure of the (Fortress) and all remaining forces in the pocket fight to the
pocket, but the Germans were rapidly losing the tactical last man.
initiative. The US 104th Infantry Division had relieved
Festung Harz was also defended by several Flak batteries which
Task Force Lovelady, and was already advancing north from
could be employed against attacking armoured columns. By
Warburg, threatening the rear of SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen.
11 April, Westfalen had reached their positions in the Harz
On 1 April, the 3rd Armored Division commenced its attack Mountains. The few remaining tanks of 507. Schwere Panzer
on Paderborn and encountered heavy resistance at Camp Abteilung along with the last two Jagdtigers of 512. Schwere
Senne. In addition to elements of Westfalen and other conva- Panzerjäger Abteilung engaged American armour, and de-
lescent companies, Paderborn was defended by several Flak stroyed over 10 Shermans.
units and the third company of 512. Schwere Panzerjäger
Over the next four days many German units in the
Abteilung. By that afternoon, Paderborn still held out, but
Harz Mountains were wiped out or simply disbanded.
elements of the US 3rd and 2nd Armored Divisions linked up
507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung lost its final tanks on 12 April
near Lippstadt sealing the Ruhr Pocket.
and the remaining crews were withdrawn. The final Jagdtiger
By 3 April, the German situation continued to deteriorate. of 512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung was abandoned on
At Paderborn, the SS armoured training academy units 16 April, and the company simply ceased to exist.
were virtually wiped out. By this time, the brigade’s tactical
The Americans continued to pound Festung Harz. The
situation was precarious, and Westfalen began an orderly
American 26th Infantry Division led the final assault op-
withdrawal toward the Weser River.
erations in the area, supported by artillery and air power.
SS-Regiment ‘Meyer’ established defensive positions repelling German resistance remained tenacious, and the Americans
four American attacks on 6 April, allowing time for their had to use white phosphorous shells and flame-throwers to
comrades to retreat across the Weser. The next day elements of root out the last defenders.
507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung and 512. Schwere Panzerjäger
By 20 April, the situation was hopeless. The surviving
Abteilung caught American armour in a crossfire from both
Westfalen commanders met and unanimously decided to
sides of the Weser River near Karlshofen. The action cost
disband the unit rather than to break out toward the Elbe.
the Americans 17 tanks and delayed the American advance
The members of Westfalen exchanged their uniforms for
another day.
civilian clothing in an attempt to evade capture. Many made
it back to their homes, but others were captured along the
Harz Mountains way. Despite being hastily assembled and only serving in the
Germany’s crumbling war situation was disastrous for the field for three weeks, SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen gave a very
morale of many units fighting on the Western Front, and good accounting of itself, dutifully defending the Fatherland
it was even worse for the civil population. Many villages in and offering the stiffest resistance to American forces in the
the line of retreat for SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen simply ran Ruhr Pocket.
up the white flag and refused to allow the armed forces to

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SS-PANZERBRIGADE
WESTFALEN SPECIAL RULES
SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen uses all of the German special rules on pages 241 to 245 of the rulebook. In addition, it also
uses the following special rules.

Tailor Made Battlegroup Replacement and Training Tanks

The shrinking front line meant that local forces were swept The vehicles of SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen are old, tired
up into ad-hoc battlegroups to defend against attacks. tanks used for training panzer crews.

SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen does not use the German Vehicles from an Ersatz SS-Panzer Platoon and an Ersatz
Kampfgruppe special rule. Schwere Panzer Platoon are all rated Unreliable (see page
61 of the rulebook) and do not benefit from either Wide-
tracks or Tiger Ace abilities.
Enjoy the War...
Fanatical to the end, the Waffen-SS will resist the American
invaders with everything they’ve got. Panzertruppen Student
The brigade was mostly comprised of Waffen-SS
When an SS platoon needs to take a Platoon Morale Check, Panzertuppen (tank troops) students. Their classroom is now
instead of rolling a Motivation Test for the entire platoon, their battlefield.
roll a die for each team in the platoon and any teams that
have Joined the platoon. Ersatz platoons do not use the Stormtrooper or Mission
• On a result of 2+ the team continues and fights on Tactics special rules.
• On any other roll the team is Destroyed and is removed
from the table. Panzertruppen Lehrer
If the platoon is required to take a Sole Survivor Motivation The students’ own teachers now lead them in battle, offering
Test (see page 176 of the rulebook) it automatically fails the lessons in fire and manoeuvre wherever possible.
test and the platoon is Destroyed.
The Company and 2iC Command teams of a SS-
Company and Higher Command teams cannot re-roll a
Panzerbrigade Westfalen HQ may use the Stormtrooper
result for other teams using Enjoy the War, however they
special rule on page 241 of the rulebook.
may re-roll their own result.
When the Company Command or 2iC Command team
Joins a platoon, that platoon may use the Stormtrooper
Defenders of the Ruhr special rule.
The defending troops in the Ruhr were fighting on German
soil and when the enemy approached, they were prepared to
fight for the Fatherland.

SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen will Always Defend.

BAZOOKA TOWN
Panzerfaust Trap teams are rated Fearless Trained. You can find their characteristics in the German Arsenal on page 79.

Panzerfaust Ambush Well Hidden

Panzerfaust Trap teams are never deployed at the start of So long as a Panzerfaust Trap team remains where it was
the game. Instead, at the start of any Movement Step, the deployed it always counts as in Bulletproof Cover. If a
owning player may place any of their Panzerfaust Trap Panzerfaust Trap team moves for any reason, it no longer
teams in any terrain feature in their own deployment area benefits from Well Hidden.
or No Man’s Land such that the Panzerfaust Trap team is
not within 2”/5cm of any enemy team.
Fanatical Faust-men
Panzerfaust Trap teams may not deploy within 8”/20cm
and in Line of Sight of a Recce team that is not Bogged Panzerfaust Trap teams are Independent Teams. However,
Down, Bailed Out, or moved At the Double. they may never Join a platoon or other Independent Teams.
If there are any friendly teams within 4”/10cm, Panzerfaust Unlike normal Independent Teams, Panzerfaust Trap
Trap teams may not fire or Launch an Assault and must teams may Launch Assaults.
immediately Break Off when assaulted.

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 SS-PANZERBRIGADE WESTFALEN SS Armoured Brigade Westfalen

Infantry Company
Motivation and Skill RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen stood firm at a time where other German forces quit the field. Their CONFIDENT TRAINED
steadfast defence of Paderborn forced the Allies to commit to a major attack to deal with them.
FEARLESS VETERAN
SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen is rated Fearless Trained.
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS

You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each
box shaded grey.
SS-Panzerbrigade
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Westfalen HQ

SUPPORT PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

WEAPONS PLATOONS

INFANTRY MACHINE-GUNS
ARMOUR INFANTRY

Ersatz SS-Aufklärungs Ersatz SS-Machine-

68

gun Platoon
67

Platoon Volksgrenadier

74
Ersatz SS-Panzer Platoon

69
Platoon Volkssturm
ARTILLERY

74
INFANTRY 507. Schwere Platoon

69
Panzer Platoon
508. Schwere 70 ARTILLERY
Ersatz SS-Mortar Panzer Platoon
68

Ersatz SS-Aufklärungs Platoon

67

Platoon Ersatz Schwere

70

Panzer Platoon
RECONNAISSANCE Volks Light

75
INFANTRY Artillery Battery
ARMOUR
Volks Corps

76
Artillery Battery
Ersatz SS-Scout Volks Rocket
68

Ersatz SS-Aufklärungs Platoon

76
Launcher Battery
67

Platoon
Ersatz SS-Panzer
69

Platoon
507. Schwere ANTI-AIRCRAFT
Allied Platoons
69

Panzer Platoon
Schwere Panzer-
71

jäger Platoon
Panzer Anti-aircraft
71

Your force is from the Gun Platoon

INFANTRY
Waffen-SS. Heavy Anti-aircraft
77

Gun Battery
Heer (marked ) and Light Anti-aircraft
77

Gun Battery
Luftwaffe (marked ) Volksgrenadier
74

Platoon
platoons in your force are
Allies and as such use the Volkssturm
74

Platoon
Reich Divided special
rule on page 242 of the
rulebook.

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HEADQUARTERS
SS-Panzerbrigade HauptstUrmführer
Westfalen HQ Hauptsturmführer
Headquarters
Company HQ 60 points Company Command 2iC Command
Panzerfaust SMG team Panzerfaust SMG team
Options
• Add up to three Panzerschreck teams for +25 points unterscharführer
per team.
• Add up to four Panzerfaust trap teams for +20 points
per team. Panzerschreck team Panzerschreck team Panzerschreck team
• Add up to three Sniper teams for +50 points per team. anti-tank section
unterscharführer
SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen served as the linchpin of the
German defence of the Paderborn area. The brigade was
commanded by SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Stern and Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust
fielded two regiments. The unit was a motley collection of trap team trap team trap team trap team
training and convalescent forces supported by heavy armour Panzerfaust trap teams
and various infantry formations.
SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen HQ

COMBAT PLATOONS
Ersatz SS-Aufklärungs Untersturmführer
Platoon Untersturmführer
Platoon
HQ Section with: Command Panzerfaust Rifle/MG team

3 Aufklärungs Squads 200 points

2 Aufklärungs Squads 145 points Unterscharführer Unterscharführer

Option
• Replace Command Panzerfaust Rifle/MG team with Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
a Command Panzerfaust SMG team at no cost.
Aufklärungs Squad Aufklärungs Squad
The men of SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen stand ready to fight Unterscharführer
and hold out against the Allies to the last man. Though short
on equipment, rations, and transportation, they are resolute
Panzerfaust Panzerfaust
in doing their duty for the Fatherland. Equipment levels may Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
be sporadic, but panzerfausts are certainly in good supply. Aufklärungs Squad
These can be used against both enemy tanks and infantry to
stop them from closing the Ruhr Pocket. Ersatz SS-Aufklärungs Platoon

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 WEAPONS PLATOONS
Ersatz SS-Machine-gun Untersturmführer
Platoon Untersturmführer

Platoon
HQ Section with: Command SMG team

4 MG42 115 points HQ Section

2 MG42 60 points Unterscharführer Unterscharführer

Option
MG42 HMG MG42 HMG MG42 HMG MG42 HMG
• Replace Command SMG team with a Command
Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points. Machine-gun Machine-gun
Section Section

Ersatz SS-Machine-Gun Platoon

Ersatz SS-Machine-gun Platoons may make Combat
Attachments to Ersatz SS-Aufklarungs Platoons.

Ersatz SS-Mortar Platoon Untersturmführer

Platoon Untersturmführer

HQ Section with:
Observer Rifle team
4 8cm GW34 95 points
2 8cm GW34 50 points
Unterscharführer Unterscharführer
Options
• Replace Command SMG team with a Command
Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points. 8cm GW34 8cm GW34 8cm GW34 8cm GW34
mortar mortar mortar mortar
• Add Observer Rifle team for +15 points.
Ersatz SS-Mortar Platoon
SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen uses tried and true 8cm GW34
mortars to support its troops. They provide vitally needed
fire and smoke screen support. Use these mortars to cover
your advance or dig out enemy infantry and gun teams.

Ersatz SS-Scout Platoon Untersturmführer

Platoon Untersturmführer

HQ Section with:
Command Rifle team
3 Scout Squads 85 points
2 Scout Squads 65 points
Unterscharführer Unterscharführer
Option
• Replace Command Rifle team with a Command
Panzerfaust Rifle team for +10 points. Rifle team Rifle team

An Ersatz SS-Scout Platoons is a Reconnaissance Platoon. Unterscharführer

Scout teams on foot brave enemy fire, often closing to within Rifle team
metres of the enemy, but they are able to obtain vital intel-
ligence needed by the brigade to strike the enemy where it
matters. Ersatz SS-Scout Platoon

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SUPPORT PLATOONS
Ersatz SS-Panzer Platoon Untersturmführer
Platoon Untersturmführer Unterscharführer

4 Panzer III L or M 200 points

3 Panzer III L or M 150 points
2 Panzer III L or M 100 points Command Panzer III Panzer III
HQ Section Tank Section
Options
Unterscharführer Unterscharführer
• Replace up to two Panzer III L or M tanks with
Panzer III N tanks at no cost.
• Replace up to two Panzer III L or M tanks with
Panzer IV G or H tanks for +15 points per tank. Panzer III Panzer III
• Add Schurzen sideskirts to any or all tanks for Tank Section Tank Section
+5 points per tank. Ersatz SS-Panzer Platoon

Camp Senne was home to an SS armoured training centre.

Tanks in a Ersatz SS-Panzer Platoon are Unreliable and do As American forces approached the area, the training
not use the Mission Tactics or Stormtroopers special rules. tanks-mostly Panzer III and early Panzer IV tanks-were
pressed into service. These were used to good effect by the
brigade, scoring a few kills on enemy tanks.

507. Schwere Panzer Platoon Leutnant

Platoon LEUTNANT Unteroffizier

4 Königstiger (Henschel) 1200 points

3 Königstiger (Henschel) 900 points
2 Königstiger (Henschel) 600 points Command Tank Tank
1 Königstiger (Henschel) 300 points HQ Section HEAVY TANK Section

3 Jagdpanther 675 points Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

2 Jagdpanther 450 points
1 Jagdpanther 225 points

Tank Tank
All tanks from a 507. Schwere Panzer Platoon use the Tiger HEAVY TANK Section HEAVY TANK Section
Ace special rules (see page 244 of the rulebook).
507. Schwere Panzer Platoon
If your 507. Schwere Panzer Platoon is equipped with
507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung was refitting in the area of
Jagdpanther tanks, where a Tiger Ace skill refers to Tiger
Camp Senne and was attached to SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen
tanks or 8.8cm tank guns, treat that as referring to a
during the battles at Paderborn and in the Harz Redoubt.
Jagdpanther and its main gun instead.
Fielding the mighty Königstiger and, unusually, a few
Jagdpanther tank-hunters as well, the battalion took a heavy
The 507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung has seen a lot of toll on American armour.
combat since its formation. A 507. Schwere Panzer Platoon
is rated Reluctant Veteran.
RELUCTANT VETERAN

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Platoon LEUTNANT Unteroffizier

4 Panther G 520 points

3 Panther G 385 points
2 Panther G 260 points Command Panther G Panther G
HQ Section Panzer Section
Option
• Replace up to one Panther tank with a Tiger I E tank Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
for +5 points.

A 508. Schwere Panzer Platoon does not use the Tiger Panther G Panther G
Aces special rules. Panzer Section Panzer Section

508. Schwere Panzer Platoon

The fresh crews of the 508. Schwere Panzer Abteilung The remnants from one company of 508. Schwere Panzer
have experienced a fast and furious war. A 508. Schwere Abteilung were also in the region, though at this point the
Panzer Platoon is rated Reluctant Trained. unit was using Panther tanks with one venerable Tiger I E
RELUCTANT TRAINED available. The crews have not seen a great deal of front-line
combat, but their Panther and Tiger tanks remain credible
threats to Allied armour and infantry.

Ersatz Schwere Leutnant

Panzer Platoon LEUTNANT Unteroffizier

Platoon
2 Tiger I E 250 points
1 Tiger I E 125 points Command Tiger I E Tiger I E
HQ Section HEAVY TANK Section
Add
1 Panther A, D, or G +120 points Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

1 Panzer IV J +55 points

Panther Panzer IV J
Tanks in an Ersatz Schwere Panzer Platoon are Unreliable HEAVY TANK Section HEAVY TANK Section
and do not use the Wide-tracks, Mission Tactics or
Ersatz Schwere Panzer Platoon
Stormtroopers special rules.
The survivors of the first and second companies of 501. Schwere
Panzer Abteilung were transferred to 512. Schwere Panzerjäger
An Ersatz Schwere Panzer Platoon does not use the Tiger Abteilung. However, the third company remained in Paderborn
Aces special rules. awaiting replacement vehicles. As the Allied advance neared the
city, the unit drew vehicles from Panzer Ersatz und Ausbildungs
The remnants of the 501. Schwere Panzerabteilung were Abteilung 500 and joined in the defence.
equipped with training tanks and sent into battle. An Ersatz
Schwere Panzer Platoon is rated Reluctant Trained.
RELUCTANT TRAINED

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Schwere Panzerjäger Platoon OberLeutnant
Platoon OberLeutnant

4 Jagdtiger 1200 points

3 Jagdtiger 900 points
2 Jagdtiger 600 points Command Jagdtiger Jagdtiger
1 Jagdtiger 300 points HQ Section
Leutnant

3. Kompanie, 512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung fought

with distinction near Paderborn. A Schwere Panzerjäger
Platoon is rated Confident Trained. Jagdtiger Jagdtiger
Tank-hunter section
CONFIDENT TRAINED
Schwere Panzerjäger platoon
The five Jagdtiger heavy tank-hunters of 3. Kompanie, 507. Schwere Panzer Abteilung. The unit fought tenaciously,
512. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung were commanded by with their final two vehicles fighting on narrow transport
Oberleutnant Schrader. It remained in the Paderborn area tracks in the last days of the war.
and provided support to SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen and

Panzer Anti-aircraft Leutnant

Gun Platoon Leutnant
Platoon
4 Ostwind 210 points
3 Ostwind 160 points Command Ostwind Ostwind
2 Ostwind 105 points HQ Section
UNTERoffizier

Flak panzer platoons continue to provide anti-aircraft

protection for their comrades. A Panzer Anti-aircraft Gun
Platoon is rated Reluctant Veteran. Ostwind Ostwind
Anti-aircraft section
RELUCTANT VETERAN
Panzer Anti-aircraft gun platoon

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PANZER SUPPORT PLATOONS
Motivation and Skill RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
The Panzer divisions have been at the spearpoint of Germany’s greatest offensives for many years. CONFIDENT TRAINED
They have also been the vital counterattacking force in defence operations. Panzer Support
FEARLESS VETERAN
Platoons are rated Reluctant Veteran.

Panzer Platoon Leutnant

Platoon Leutnant

3 Panther G 505 points

2 Panther G 335 points
Command Tank
3 Panzer IV J 230 points
HQ Section
2 Panzer IV J 155 points
3 Panzer IV/70 (V) 395 points Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

2 Panzer IV/70 (V) 265 points

3 StuG G (late) 260 points
Tank Tank
2 StuG G (late) 175 points
Tank Section Tank Section

Panzer Platoon
Although reduced by the recent hard fighting, there are
several panzer divisions and assault gun battalions still The panzer divisions still serve as the cornerstone of the
fighting in the Ruhr Pocket, including 9. Panzer Division German army and launch regular local attacks to halt the Allied
and 11. Panzer Division. advance. The turreted tanks can easily bolster other forces,
while the tank hunters and assault guns are ambush specialists.

Mixed Panzer Platoon Leutnant

Platoon Leutnant

3 Panther G 505 points

2 Panther G 335 points
Command Panther G
Options HQ Section
• Replace up to two Panther G with Panzer III L or M
for -110 points per tank. Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

• Replace up to two Panther G with Panzer IV J for

-90 points or StuG IV for -85 points per tank.
• Add Schürzen to any or all Panzer III tanks for Panther G Panther G
+5 points per tank. Tank Section Tank Section

Mixed Panzer Platoon

In some cases, formations have been reduced to only a few
remaining vehicles. These are grouped together in small bat- nature of their equipment, the units continue to fight on and
tlegroups to form platoons. Despite the sometimes outdated fight well in defence of the Fatherland.

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Panzerjäger Platoon Leutnant
Platoon Leutnant

3 Hetzer 230 points

2 Hetzer 155 points
Command Hetzer

By 1945, the venerable Panzerjäger 38(t), better known as HQ Section

the Hetzer, was the primary tank-hunter in the Ruhr Pocket.
Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
The tank’s low sillhouette and reasonably powerful gun
made it a deadly opponent for hapless American tanks that
wandered into its sights.
Hetzer Hetzer
Tank-Hunter Section Tank-Hunter Section

Panzerjäger Platoon

Panzergrenadier Platoon Leutnant or oberfeldwebel

Platoon Leutnant or Oberfeldwebel

HQ Section with:
3 Panzergrenadier Squads 215 points Command Panzerfaust MG team Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track
2 Panzergrenadier Squads 155 points HQ Section

Option Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

• Replace the Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track in the HQ

Section with an Sd Kfz 251/17 (2cm) half-track or Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust
an Sd Kfz 251/21 (15mm) half-track for +5 points. MG team MG team MG team MG team

A Panzergrenadier Platoon may use the German Mounted Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track
Assault special rule on page 243 of the rulebook. Panzergrenadier Panzergrenadier
Squad Squad
3. Panzergrenadier Division and many other panzergrenadier Unteroffizier
formations are defending the Ruhr from Allied forces. At a
time when mobility and fuel are at a premium, these mobile
armoured infantry formations are vital to shoring up defen- Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track
sive lines. Though the war situation is desperate, these units MG team MG team
are still well-equipped and deadly. Panzergrenadier
Squad

Panzergrenadier platoon

Motorised Artillery Battery HAUPTMANN

Platoon HAUPTMANN

HQ Section and:
Command SMG team Staff team
2 Gun Sections with
4 10.5cm leFH18/40 185 points HQ Section

1 Gun Section with LEUTNANT LEUTNANT

2 10.5cm leFH18/40 95 points
2 Gun Sections with Observer Rifle team Observer Rifle team
4 15cm sFH18 270 points
1 Gun Section with
2 15cm sFH18 140 points Gun or howitzer Gun or howitzer

2 Gun Sections with

4 s10cm K18 290 points
Gun or howitzer Gun or howitzer
1 Gun Section with
GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
2 s10cm K18 150 points
Motorised Artillery Battery

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Motivation and Skill Veteran Division Trained Division
The war has been long and tough on the grenadier for-
mations of the Wehrmacht, with new divisions being RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
raised and sent into action. Unless otherwise noted, all CONFIDENT TRAINED CONFIDENT TRAINED
Grenadier Support Platoons are rated either Reluctant FEARLESS VETERAN FEARLESS VETERAN
Veteran or Reluctant Trained.

Volksgrenadier Platoon Leutnant or oberfeldwebel

Platoon Leutnant or Oberfeldwebel

HQ Section with:
2 Assault Squads and Command Panzerfaust Assault Rifle team Panzerschreck team
1 MG Squad 210 points 160 points
HQ Section
2 Assault Squads 155 points 120 points
Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
Option
• Add a Panzerschreck team for +20 points.
Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust
Assault Rifle Assault Rifle Assault Rifle Assault Rifle
Volksgrenadier platoons are a relatively new addition to team team team team
the German order of battle. They are exceptionally well Assault Squad Assault Squad
equipped with the most modern equipment, including the Unteroffizier
Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle, machine-guns, and panzer-
fausts. The platoon can put down a withering amount of fire
and is deadly to enemy infantry and armour alike on both Panzerfaust MG team Panzerfaust MG team
the attack and defence. MG Squad

Volksgrenadier Platoon

Volkssturm Platoon Leutnant or oberfeldwebel

Platoon Leutnant or Oberfeldwebel

HQ Section with:
4 Volkssturm Squads 105 points Command Panzerfaust Rifle team

3 Volkssturm Squads 85 points HQ Section

Option Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

• Replace up to one Panzerfaust Rifle team with an

MG08/15 LMG team for -5 points. Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust
Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
Volkssturm Squad Volkssturm Squad
Local Militia
Volkssturm Platoons do not use the German Stormtrooper Unteroffizier Unteroffizier
or Mission Tactics special rules. Instead, a Volkssturm
Platoon always begins the game on the table. Ignore all Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust
Volkssturm Platoons in your force when determining how Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
many platoons to be held in Reserve. Volkssturm Squad Volkssturm Squad
In addition, a Volkssturm Platoon always begins the game Volkssturm Platoon
in Prepared Positions. With the tide of war now against Germany, the Volkssturm
(People’s Militia) represent its last line of defence. The
World War I veterans, civilian concripts, old men, young Volkssturm was drawn from ranks of the population pre-
boys, they have all answered the call of the Fatherland. A viously considered unfit for military service, including
Volkssturm Platoon is rated Reluctant Conscript. younger boys (aged 13-18) and older men (many of whom
were veterans of World War I). After being called up, the
RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
units received only rudimentary military training, and their
equipment was a motley collection of standard issue German
Volkssturm Platoons in your force are Allies and follow the equipment and simplified weapons designed for militia use.
Allied Platoon rules on page 70 of the rulebook.

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Gebirgsjäger Platoon Leutnant or oberfeldwebel
Platoon Leutnant or Oberfeldwebel

HQ Section with:
3 Jäger Squads 220 points Command Panzerfaust Rifle/MG team Panzerschreck team
2 Jäger Squads 155 points HQ Section

Options Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

• Replace Command Panzerfaust Rifle/MG team with
a Command Panzerfaust SMG team at no cost.
Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust Panzerfaust
• Add a Panzerschreck team for +25 points. Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Jäger Squad Jäger Squad

Gebirgsjäger Platoons are Mountaineers (see page 61 of the Unteroffizier

rulebook).
Panzerfaust Rifle/MG team Panzerfaust Rifle/MG team
The Gebirgsjäger retain their elite, professional status. A Jäger Squad
Gebirgsjäger Platoon is rated Confident Veteran.
Gebirgsjäger Platoon
CONFIDENT VETERAN
Their tenacity and superior skill in rough terrain were an
asset during the Nordwind offensive and in repelling the
2. Gebirgs Division (2nd Mountain Division) fought along- subsequent Allied counter-attacks
side 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung in the Alsace region.

Volks Light Artillery Battery HAUPTMANN

Platoon HAUPTMANN

HQ Section and:
2 Gun Sections with: Command SMG team Staff team
6 10.5cm leFH18/40 255 points 195 points HQ Section
1 Gun Section with:
LEUTNANT LEUTNANT
3 10.5cm leFH18/40 135 points 105 points
2 Gun Sections with: Observer Rifle team Observer Rifle team
6 7.5cm FK40 (PaK40) 295 points 225 points
1 Gun Section with:
3 7.5cm FK40 (PaK40) 160 points 120 points Gun or howitzer Gun or howitzer

2 Gun Sections with:

6 15cm sFH18 380 points 290 points Gun or howitzer Gun or howitzer
1 Gun Section with:
3 15cm sFH18 205 points 155 points
Gun or howitzer Gun or howitzer
GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
A Light Artillery Battery may not be placed from Ambush
within 16”/40cm of enemy teams. Volks Light Artillery Battery

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Platoon HAUPTMANN

HQ Section and:
2 Gun Sections with Command SMG team Staff team
6 15.2cm KH433(r) (ML-20) 315 points HQ Section
1 Gun Section with
LEUTNANT LEUTNANT
3 15.2cm KH433(r) (ML-20) 165 points
2 Gun Sections with
Observer Rifle team Observer Rifle team
6 8.8cm FK43 (PaK43) 425 points
1 Gun Section with
3 8.8cm FK43 (PaK43) 225 points Howitzer or gun Howitzer or gun

A Volks Corps Artillery Battery is rated Reluctant Trained.

Howitzer or gun Howitzer or gun
RELUCTANT TRAINED

Volksgrenadier heavy artillery batteries use captured Soviet

15.2cm guns and a modified version of the deadly 8.8cm Howitzer or gun Howitzer or gun
PaK43 gun. The 15.2cm guns can decimate even heavily dug GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
in enemy formations, while the 8.8cm guns work equally Volks Corps Artillery Battery
well as artillery and in the anti-tank role.

Volks Rocket
Launcher Battery
Platoon
HQ Section and: Command SMG team

2 Launcher Sections with

6 15cm NW41 135 points
1 Launcher Section with
3 15cm NW41 70 points
2 Launcher Sections with
6 21cm NW42 160 points
Rocket launcher Rocket launcher
1 Launcher Section with
3 21cm NW42 85 points
Rocket launcher Rocket launcher
2 Launcher Sections with
6 30cm NW42 195 points
1 Launcher Section with Rocket launcher Rocket launcher

3 30cm NW42 100 points

Volks Rocket Launcher Battery

A Volks Rocket Launcher Battery is rated Reluctant Super-heavy Rockets

Trained.
At the start of the game, place a Full Salvo marker with a
RELUCTANT TRAINED platoon equipped with 30cm NW42 Super-heavy Rockets.
Remove this marker after firing an Artillery Bombardment.
The Nebelwerfer rocket launchers now come in a variety of If a platoon with Super-heavy Rockets does not have a Full
calibres from 15cm rockets up to massive 30cm rockets. These Salvo marker when it fires an Artillery Bombardment, roll
mobile rocket launchers saturate an area with numerous high a Skill Test for each Rocket Launcher able to fire in the
explosive charges in a short period of time. The distinctive Bombardment. Only those that pass the Skill Test can fire
screaming sound of the rockets also serves to terrify and pin as part of the Bombardment.
down enemy forces, allowing successful assaults.
Place a Full Salvo marker on a platoon with Super-heavy
Rockets at the end of any Shooting Step in which every
Rocket Launcher in the platoon was able to fire an Artillery
Bombardment, but none did so.

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LUFTWAFFE SUPPORT PLATOONS
Motivation and Skill RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
The mission of the Luftwaffe ground forces in the Ruhr now includes engaging enemy ground CONFIDENT TRAINED
forces as well as their old enemy, the Allied air forces. Luftwaffe Support Platoons are rated
FEARLESS VETERAN
Reluctant Trained.

Heavy Anti-aircraft
Gun Battery
Platoon
HQ Section with:
4 8.8cm FlaK36 180 points
3 8.8cm FlaK36 135 points
2 8.8cm FlaK36 90 points

Option 8.8cm FlaK36 8.8cm FlaK36

• Model all 8.8cm FlaK36 guns with 8 or more crew
and increase their ROF to 3 for +10 points per gun.
8.8cm FlaK36 8.8cm FlaK36
AA section AA section
HEAVY Anti-aircraft GUN Battery

Light Anti-aircraft Leutnant

Gun Battery Leutnant

Platoon
HQ Section with: Command SMG team

8 2cm FlaK38 115 points HQ Section

4 2cm FlaK38 65 points Unteroffizier Unteroffizier

8 2cm Flakvierling 38 135 points
4 2cm Flakvierling 38 75 points Anti-aircraft gun Anti-aircraft gun

6 3.7cm FlaK43 125 points

3 3.7cm FlaK43 65 points Anti-aircraft gun Anti-aircraft gun

The Ruhr was the heart of German industry, and as such, Anti-aircraft gun Anti-aircraft gun
the Allies had spent years targeting the area with bombers.
Therefore, the Germans saturated the area with Flak batteries Anti-aircraft gun Anti-aircraft gun
to defend their vital industries. With the Allies now assault- Anti-aircraft Section Anti-aircraft Section
ing the area with ground forces, the Flak formations turn
their sights to ground attack aircraft and the invading troops. Light Anti-aircraft Gun Battery

Air Support Leutnant

Sporadic Air Support Leutnant

Arado 234 B 110 points

Me 262 A2a Sturmvogel 105 points
Aircraft
FW 190 F 100 points Flight

Air Support

High-speed Jet Between 7 March and 17 March, the Ludendorff bridge

Ground attacks by Arado 234 B and Me 262 A2a aircraft was under constant attack by Arado bombers armed with
cannot be intercepted using the Fighter Interception rule on 1000kg bombs. The bombers failed to destroy the bridge,
page 179 of the rulebook. but it eventually fell into the Rhine due to battle damage.

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TANK TEAMS
Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Tanks
Panzer III L or M Standard Tank 6 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Unreliable.
5cm KwK39 gun 24”/60cm 3 9 4+
Panzer III N Standard Tank 6 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Unreliable.
7.5cm KwK37 gun 24”/60cm 2 9 3+
Panzer IV G or H Standard Tank 6 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Unreliable.
7.5cm KwK40 gun 32”/80cm 2 11 3+
Panzer IV J Standard Tank 6 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Schürzen.
7.5cm KwK40 gun 32”/80cm 2 11 3+ Slow traverse.
Panther A, D, or G Standard Tank 10 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Wide tracks.
7.5cm KwK42 gun 32”/80cm 2 14 3+

Heavy Tanks
Tiger I E Slow Tank 9 8 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Wide tracks.
8.8cm KwK36 gun 40”/100cm 2 13 3+ Slow traverse.
Königstiger (Henschel) Slow Tank 15 8 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Overloaded.
8.8cm KwK43 gun 40”/100cm 2 16 3+ Slow traverse.

Tank Hunters
Jagdtiger Slow Tank 16 8 2 Hull MG, Overloaded, Unreliable.
12.8cm PaK44 gun 48”/120cm 2 17 2+ Breakthrough gun, Hull mounted.
Jagdpanther Standard Tank 10 5 1 Hull MG.
8.8cm PaK43 gun 40”/100cm 2 16 3+ Hull mounted.
Panzer IV/70 (V) Slow Tank 9 3 1 Hull MG, Overloaded, Schürzen.
7.5cm PaK42 gun 32”/80cm 2 14 3+ Hull mounted.
Hetzer Standard Tank 7 2 1 Hull MG, Overloaded.
7.5cm PaK39 gun 32”/80cm 2 11 3+ Hull mounted.
Hornisse Standard Tank 1 1 0 AA MG, Protected Ammo.
8.8cm PaK43 gun 40”/100cm 2 16 3+ Hull mounted.

Assault Guns
StuG G (late) Standard Tank 7 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Schürzen.
7.5cm StuK40 gun 32”/80cm 2 11 3+ Hull mounted.
StuG IV Standard Tank 7 3 1 Hull MG, Protected ammo, Schürzen.
7.5cm StuK40 gun 32”/80cm 2 11 3+ Hull mounted.

Anti-aircraft
Möbelwagen Standard Tank 0 0 0
3.7cm FlaK43 gun 24”/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft.
Wirbelwind Standard Tank 3 1 0 Hull MG.
2cm FlaK38 (V) gun 16”/40cm 6 5 5+ Anti-aircraft.
Ostwind Standard Tank 3 1 0 Hull MG.
3.7cm FlaK43 gun 24”/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft.

Vehicle Machine-guns
Vehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 if other weapons fire.

AIRCRAFT
Aircraft Weapon To Hit Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Arado 234 B Bombs 4+ 6 1+ High-speed Jet.
Me 262 A2a Sturmvogel Cannon 3+ 9 5+ High-speed Jet.
Bombs 4+ 5 2+
FW 190F Cannon 3+ 7 5+
Bombs 4+ 5 1+

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GUN TEAMS
Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
MG42 HMG Man-packed 24”/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 3 when pinned down or moving.
MG08/15 LMG Man-packed 16”/40cm 5 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down or moving.
8cm GW34 mortar Man-packed 24”/60cm 2 2 3+ Smoke, Minimum range 8”/20cm.
Firing bombardments 40”/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.
2cm Flak38 gun Light 16”/40cm 4 5 5+ Anti-aircraft, Gun shield, Turntable.
2cm Flakvierling 38 gun Immobile 16”/40cm 6 5 5+ Anti-aircraft, Gun shield, Turntable.
3.7cm FlaK43 gun Immobile 24”/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft, Gun shield, Turntable.
8.8cm FlaK36 gun Immobile 40”/100cm 2 13 3+ Heavy anti-aircraft, Turntable.
7.5cm FK40 (PaK40) gun Medium 32”/80cm 2 12 3+ Gun shield.
Firing bombardments 64”/160cm - 3 6
8.8cm FK43 (PaK43) gun Immobile 40”/100cm 2 16 3+ Gun shield, Turntable.
Firing bombardments 88”/220cm - 3 5+
10.5cm leFH18/40 gun Heavy 24”/60cm 1 10 2+ Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 72”/180cm - 4 4+ Smoke bombardment.
s10cm K18 gun Immobile 32”/80cm 1 15 2+
Firing bombardments 96”/240cm - 4 4+
15cm sFH18 gun Immobile 24”/60cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 5 2+ Smoke bombardment.
15.2cm KH433(r) (ML-20) gun Immobile 32”/80cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Gun shield.
Firing bombardments 88”/220cm - 5 2+
15cm NW41 rocket launcher Light 64”/160cm - 3 4+ Rocket launcher, Smoke bombardment.
21cm NW42 rocket launcher Light 72”/180cm - 3 3+ Rocket launcher.
30cm NW42 rocket launcher Light 56”/140cm - 3 1+ Rocket launcher, Super-heavy rockets.

INFANTRY TEAMS
Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 2 6
Rifle/MG team 16”/40cm 2 2 6
MG team 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down.
SMG team 4”/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Assault Rifle team 8”/20cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Panzerschreck team 8”/20cm 2 11 5+ Tank assault 5.
Panzerfaust Trap team 4”/10cm 1 12 5+ Tank Assault 6, Cannot shoot in the Shooting Step if moved in the
Movement Step.
Staff team 16”/40cm 1 2 6 Moves as a Heavy Gun team.

Additional Training and Equipment

Panzerfaust 4”/10cm 1 12 5+ Tank Assault 6, Cannot shoot in the Shooting Step if moved in the
Movement Step.

TRANSPORT TEAMS
Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Armoured Personnel Carriers

Sd Kfz 251/1 C or D half-track Half-tracked 1 0 0 Hull MG, Passenger-fired AA MG.
Sd Kfz 251/17 (2cm) half-track Half-tracked 1 0 0 Passenger-fired AA MG.
2cm KwK38 gun 16”/40cm 3 5 5+ Self-defence Anti-aircraft.
Sd Kfz 251/21 (15mm) half-track Half-tracked 1 0 0
MG151/15 gun 16”/40cm 6 4 5+ Self-defence Anti-aircraft.

Recovery Vehicles
Bergepanther recovery vehicle Standard Tank 10 5 0 Wide tracks, Recovery vehicle.

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 PAINTING GERMAN VEHICLES
1945 TANK SCHEMES
PERIOD PRIMER BASE COLOUR CAMO COLOUR CAMO COLOUR
(OPTIONAL) (OPTIONAL)

LATE 1944 -
MAY 1945
Cavalry Brown N/A Middlestone Reflective Green
Camouflage was applied over the red-oxide primer
undercoat. Often only one camo colour was used, and not
applied to the wheels.

AFTER
JANUARY
1945 Cavalry Brown Reflective Green Middlestone Chocolate Brown

FROM
1945
Cavalry Brown Camo Beige Reflective Green Chocolate Brown
In 1945 the colour of the standard Dunkelgelb (dark yellow) changed to a more beige-like colour than its 1944 predecessor.

AUSBILDUNGS OR
(TRAINING)
TANKS Cavalry Brown Middlestone
or Camo Beige
Reinforcement tanks were usually refurbished (repainted in
Camo Beige) or second-hand (left in their colour scheme).

JADGTIGER DETAILS
Shown here are some examples of details you can add to (or remove
from) a Jagdtiger to make each tank in your company unique. Most
of the features are appropriate for other German
tanks as well, but as always use historical
photos as a reference.

Gun barrels were coated

in a heat-resistant grey primer,
and replacement barrels
often weren’t repainted. A
good colour for this is a mix of
Black Grey and London Grey.

Mud guards were mounted on Some Jagdtiger crews mounted their

small metal plates which would vehicle’s hull machine-gun on the engine
be visible when the mudguards deck for AA use during daytime road
were removed. These can be marches. This is another cool way to
added by flattening some distiguish your command tank. This can
sculpting putty onto the hull. Then, when it is firm but not be done simply with thin brass rod and an
fully cured, use a knife to cut away excess putty, leaving small MG42 from the plastic half-track sprue
pairs of rectangles. on top.

Some Jagdtigers had some At night, exhausts would glow

or all spare track mounts bright with heat, obviously not
removed. Here, the middle ideal for hiding from the enemy. So
rows have been removed with crews often put covers over then.
a sharp knife. You can remove This can be simulated easily with
tools and cleaning rods in the same way. Fix up any damage thin plastic or aluminium tubes.
to the hull with a bit of sculpting putty.

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 PAINTING GERMANS
WESTERN EUROPE, 1945 PAINTING VOLKSSTURM
The Volkssturm was the German equivalent of Britain’s famous Home Guard, conscripting able-bodied males from 16-60 who
were not already serving in the armed forces. The Volkssturm was categorised into four ‘Levies’, depending on their suitability
for service; in practice, only the first and second Levies are likely to have seen any real service.
THE
VOLKSSTURM ARMBANDS
GREAT BRITAIN Berlin
NETHERLANDS
The
London Hague 1. 2. 3.
RUHR
Brussels GERMANY
BELGIUM Remagen
Prague
NORMANDY LUXEMBURG If you don’t have a steady hand, or if you don’t like spending
The only official uniform of the Volkssturm consisted of an time painting fine detail, don’t worry - there were also earlier
Paris armband. Painting the armband is easier than it looks. versions of the armband in either solid White or solid yellow
(Deep Yellow).
1. Paint the whole armband Flat Red;
2. Paint a band of White across the middle of the armband;
3. Paint a narrower band of Black, leaving a thin line of
SWITZERLAND white showing at the top and bottom.
FRANCE

WEHRMACHT UNIFORMS
ITALY The better-supplied Volkssturm units, particularly those in the first Levy, were issued as many military uniforms as possible,
from whatever sources were available. These were mostly Field Grey but included some camouflage gear, and even Luftwaffe
items (Luftwaffe Uniform). All had markings such as collar patches and shoulder straps removed.

NSDAP Uniforms
Many Volkssturm recruits would have owned paramili-
tary uniforms from Nazi Party organisations such as the
SPAIN Hitlerjugend, Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service)
Rome and Sturmabteilung.
The official instructions were for Party uniform items to be
0 Miles 500 1000
dyed Field Grey, but often this was not possible, so you may
0 Kilometres 500 1000
choose to paint some uniform items, such as greatcoats, the
distinctive light brown colour iconic of the Nazi ‘brownshirt’.
Why Collect A Force From This book will allow you to field the professional US (Green Brown, highlighted with Green Ochre).
Bridge at Remagen? 9th Armored Division. They have the latest and best equip- As well as the familiar brown uniform, the Hitlerjugend had
ment available, a new heavy tank, and advanced tactical a navy blue winter uniform.
It’s March 1945 and the river Rhine is all that stands between doctrine. You can also field the battle-weary 3rd Armored
the Western Allies and the German heartland. In Bridge Division as they fight this one last battle before they can go
at Remagen, players will enter the battlefields of the Ruhr, home. Together, these soldiers are ready to make the last push CIVILIAN CLOTHING
Germany’s industrial region. These battles, together with the into Germany and end this war. Many Volkssturm men received no uniforms at all, other than their armband, and had to provide their own suitable hard-wear-
Soviet advances in the East, will decide the fate of Germany. ing clothing. Civilian clothes seem like an opportunity to depart from the drab military palette of typical army uniforms. But
Against the Americans is the German Fifteenth Army. They
After the German winter offensives, the Allies are cautiously you should try to stick to fairly dark, muted colours, which predominated in typical 1940s clothing, particularly the sort of
prepared their defences and reinforced the area with newly
advancing across the whole front. Their goal is to reach the practical outdoor garb favoured by the Volkssturm.
built or refreshed heavy tank battalions equipped with
Rhine and pause to build up a river-crossing assault because powerful Jagdtigers, Jagdpanthers, and Königstigers.
they assumed that the Germans would blow all bridges before Black Grey
they could get to them... Field the 512. Schwere Panzerjägerabteilung, including the Some people find it difficult to highlight Almost any shade of medium to dark grey
legendary Otto Carius, the 654. Schwere Panzerjägerabteilung, black. One useful tip is that even a very is appropriate. Suggestions: Black Grey,
Reinforced with FlaK batteries, Volkssturm militia, heavy and the 506. or 510. Schwere Panzerabteilung and crush
tank formations, and fanatical troops of the Waffen-SS, the dark grey like Black Grey looks bright German Grey, London Grey, Luftwaffe
your enemies under your massive tanks. You can also compared to pure black; try mixing it with Uniform.
Germans prepare to hold against the odds on the eastern bank field the fanatical defenders of the Ruhr Pocket, known as
of the Rhine. With comrades still fighting on the western a little black for more subtle highlights.
SS-Panzerbrigade Westfalen. These troops will dig in and hold
bank, local commanders defy orders and try to keep the off the enemy assault with unparalleled resolve.
bridges intact until the last possible moment... Blue Brown
Whichever side you choose, the battlefields of the Ruhr Pure blue shades like Dark Blue will look As with grey, almost any shade of brown
Suddenly, the US 9th Armored Division stumbles upon the await you! too bright and garish on their own. Mix will do. Suggestions: Camo Medium
intact Ludendorff Bridge. Was it rigged to blow? Is it worth
them with grey or black to produce a Brown, Field Drab, British Battledress,
trying to capture? It’s time to make that momentous decision!
suitably muted colour. Flat Earth.
 This is a supplement for Flames Of War, the World War II Miniatures Game.
A copy of the rulebook for Flames Of War is necessary to use the contents of this book.

BRIDGE AT REMAGEN, THE BATTLE FOR THE RHINE, FEBRUARY-APRIL 1945

‘We have a bridge intact across the river at Checkpoint 15 INSIDE YOU WILL FIND:
[Remagen]. Shall I continue to hold this bridgehead in view of
the new mission south? We have one company across at 16:10.’ • The history of the battle for the Rhine, including
—General William M Hoge, the battles of Remagen and the Ruhr Pocket.
Combat Command B, • History of the development of the M26 Pershing
US 9th Armored Division heavy tank, the 9th Armored Division’s battle for
The US Army is charging for the Rhine, the last the Ludendorff Bridge, and the Lucky 38th Cavalry
physical barrier to the German heartland. Leading the Reconnaissance Squadron.
march of the US First Army is Combat Command B • The option to field a US Tank Company, Light
of the 9th Armored Division. The Rhine has always Tank Company, Armored Rifle Company, and a
been the objective, but no one expects the Germans to
Cavalry Recon Squadron.
leave any of the bridges across the river intact.
• History of the defenders of the Ruhr, including
On 7 March 1945, lead elements of Task Force
512. and 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung,
Engeman discover that Remagen’s Ludendorff Bridge
is still intact, and Brigadier General Hoge instantly the 506. Schwere Panzer Abteilung, and SS-
recognises that a decisive battle is upon his troops. He Panzerbrigade Westfalen.
orders the bridge to be captured. • The option to field a Schwere Panzerjäger-
Meanwhile, Major Hans Scheller, commander of the kompanie equipped with Jagdtiger or Jagdpanther
German defenders, gives the order for the bridge to be tank-hunters, a Schwere Panzerkompanie with
demolished. As the first American soldiers set foot on formidable Königstiger heavy tanks, or a fanatical
the bridge, it explodes in a massive plume of smoke group of infantry from SS-Panzerbrigade
and debris. After the dust settles, everyone is stunned Westfalen.
to find the bridge still stands.
• Inspirational colour photos.
The fight for the Ruhr is on...

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