Rifle Company

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confident

feaRless

conscRipt

tRained

VeteRan

motivation and SkillA Panzer division had just two battalions of Schützen in Poland, increased to four in France. These riflemen were the best infantry in the German Army. A Schützenkompanie (pronounced shyoot-sen kom-pan-ee) is rated as Confident Veteran.

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75

Schützen Platoon

infantRy

75

Kradschützen Platoon

Reconnaissance

81

Leichte Pionier Platoon

infantRy

89

Schützen Machine-gun Platoon

macHine-guns

76

diVisional suppoRt platoons

Schützen Platoon

infantRy

75

Schützen Platoon

infantRy

75

Schützen Infantry Gun Platoon

aRtilleRy

7777Schützen

Anti-tank Gun Platoon

Schützen Mortar Platoon

aRtilleRy

76

(infantRy Company)

Kradschützen Platoon

infantRy

8189Leichte Pionier

Platoon

Light Panzerspäh Platoon

Reconnaissance

8283Mixed Panzerspäh

Platoon

83Heavy Panzerspäh Platoon

Air Support

aiRcRaft

102

Leichte Panzer or Panzer II Platoon

aRmouR

6769Mittlere Panzer or

Panzer III Platoon

71Verlastete Panzer I or II Platoon

73

Czech Panzer Platoon

Anti-tank Gun Platoon

anti-tank103

Schützen Machine-gun Platoon

macHine-guns

76

Anti-tank Gun Platoon

anti-tank

103103Tank-hunter Platoon

Self-propelled Infantry Gun Platoon

aRmouR

103

Bunker Flak Platoon

anti-tank

106106Heavy Anti-tank Gun

Platoon

107Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon

Motorised Light Artillery Battery

aRtilleRy

104105Motorised Heavy

Artillery Battery

Light Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon

anti-aiRcRaft

107

102Assault Gun Platoon

90Gepanzerte Pionier Platoon

You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each box shaded grey.A Schützenkompanie can have Luftwaffe platoons (marked ) as support options. Remember that Luftwaffe platoons retain their own ratings, and count as Allied Platoons (see page 183 of the rulebook).

Schützen Mortar Platoon

Leutnant

Leutnant

HQ Section

CommandSMG team

ObserverRifle team

Motorcycleand sidecar

Unteroffizier

Mortar Section

8cm GW34 mortar

8cm GW34 mortar

Unteroffizier

Mortar Section

8cm GW34 mortar

8cm GW34 mortar

Unteroffizier

Mortar Section

8cm GW34 mortar

8cm GW34 mortar

Schützen platoon

Leutnant

Leutnant

HQ Section

Kfz 15 field car

Kfz 70 truckAnti-tank Rifle team

CommandRifle/MG team

Light mortar team

Unteroffizier

SchützenSquad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Kfz 70 truck

Unteroffizier

SchützenSquad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Kfz 70 truck

Unteroffizier

SchützenSquad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Kfz 70 truck

SchützenKompanie HQ

HAUPTmann

HAUPTMANN

Company HQ

Company Command SMG team

2iC Command SMG team

Motorcycleand sidecar

Motorcycleand sidecar

Schützen Machine-gun Platoon

Leutnant

Leutnant

HQ Section

Command SMG team

Unteroffizier

Machine-gun Section

MG34 HMG MG34 HMG

Unteroffizier

Machine-gun Section

MG34 HMG MG34 HMG

Self-propelled Infantry Gun Platoons may not be deployed in Ambush.

Heavy infantRy Gun

Unarmoured targets automatically fail their saves when hit by the main gun of a 15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I self-propelled infantry gun.

Army size: 1725 Points

Schützen platoon

Leutnant

Leutnant

HQ Section

Kfz 15 field car

Kfz 70 truckAnti-tank Rifle team

CommandRifle/MG team

Light mortar team

Unteroffizier

SchützenSquad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Kfz 70 truck

Unteroffizier

SchützenSquad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Kfz 70 truck

Unteroffizier

SchützenSquad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Kfz 70 truck

Tank-hunter Platoon

Leutnant

Leutnant

HQ Section

Command Panzerjäger I

Unteroffizier

Tank-hunter SECTION

Panzerjäger I

Unteroffizier

Tank-hunter SECTION

Panzerjäger I

Unteroffizier

Tank-hunter SECTION

Panzerjäger I

Assault gun Platoon

Leutnant

Leutnant

HQ Section

Command Sd Kfz 253 half-track

Unteroffizier

StuG A

ASSAULT GUN SECTION

Unteroffizier

StuG A

ASSAULT GUN SECTION

Self-propelled Infantry gun Platoon

Leutnant

Unteroffizier

15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I

Infantry gun section

Command15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I

HQ Section

Leutnant

tank teams

gun teamsWeapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes

MG34 HMG Man-packed 24”/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down.

8cm GW34 mortar Man-packed 40”/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.

ArmourName Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

aSSault GunS

Sd Kfz 253 Half-tracked 1 0 1 AA MG.

StuG A Fully-tracked 5 3 1 Protected ammo. 7.5cm StuK37 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 3+ Hull mounted.

Self-pRopelled GunS

15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I Half-tracked 0 0 0 Overloaded, Slow tank. 15cm sIG33 gun 16”/40cm 1 8 1+ Bunker buster, Hull mounted, Heavy infantry gun (p. 103).

tank-HunteRS

Panzerjäger I Half-tracked 0 0 0 4.7cm PaK(t) gun 24”/60cm 2 8 4+ Hull mounted.

veHiCle maCHine-GunSVehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 if other weapons fire.

These special rules reflect the doctrine and training that give German soldiers their edge in battle. These special rules are the standard rules from the rulebook (on pages 166 to 168). Not all of the special rules in the rulebook apply as the German Army has not yet developed some of the equipment it would later use to good effect.

Doctrine

kampfGRuppe

The Kampfgruppe, or battle group, is an important part of German military operations. Leaders at every level form mission-specific task forces from any troops available.

Before deploying your force at the start of the game, you may take up to half of the Sections or Squads (excluding the HQ Section) from any Combat or Weapons platoons in the company and place them in a special Kampfgruppe Platoon. The 2iC Command team becomes the Platoon Command team for this platoon, ceasing to be an Independent team and no longer counting as a 2iC Command team. Teams placed in the Kampfgruppe Platoon are no longer part of their original platoons.

The Kampfgruppe Platoon counts as a platoon for all purposes including deployment and Company Morale Checks.

miSSion taCtiCS

Before battle, every soldier in the company is briefed on their mission and how it relates to the overall battle plan. Far from compromising security, this trust allows any soldier to take over when their superior is killed.

If a Platoon Command Infantry team is Destroyed, another team takes over immediately. Remove any other Infantry team in the platoon that is within Command Distance of the Command team and replace it with the original Platoon Command team.

If a Platoon Command Tank team is Destroyed, another team takes over immediately. Nominate any other Tank team in the platoon that is within Command Distance of the Destroyed Command team to be the new Platoon Command team.

If there is no team of an appropriate type within Command Distance, then the Platoon Command team is Destroyed and the platoon is left leaderless.

StoRmtRoopeRS

German soldiers have inherited the Stormtrooper ethos from their fathers in the First World War. While other armies wait for orders, the Stormtroopers are racing ahead to take their objective.

Any German platoon with a Platoon Command team may attempt a Stormtroopers move in its Assault Step.

Roll a Skill Test for each platoon.If the test is passed, the platoon treats the Assault Step as a Movement Step in which it can move up to another 4”/10cm, regardless of its normal movement distance.If the test is failed, the platoon cannot move any further this turn.

Either way, a platoon that attempts to make a Stormtroopers move cannot Launch an Assault in the same turn.

Although it is not the Movement Step, teams making a Stormtroopers move may mount and dismount as if it was a Movement Step.

Platoons cannot make Stormtroopers moves if they moved At the Double. Bogged Down or Bailed Out vehicles cannot make Stormtroopers moves.

Only Armoured vehicles can make Stormtroopers moves if they are Pinned Down. Other types of team cannot make Stormtroopers moves if they are Pinned Down.

Gun teams that shot earlier in the turn cannot make a Stormtroopers move. Teams of any type that have fired an artil-lery bombardment cannot make a Stormtroopers move.

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mounted aSSault

Whereas most armoured infantry use their half-tracks as battle taxis to get them close to the enemy, then dismount and assault on foot, German Panzerschützen assault light op-position still mounted in their half-tracks.

A Transport team cannot normally Charge into Contact. However, a German Transport team from a platoon that is capable of making a mounted assault may do so. A Transport team making a mounted assault must not have mounted or dismounted passengers earlier in the turn.

In the first Assault Combat Round, one Infantry team carried as a passenger in each Transport team that is not Bailed Out

ArmoureD infAntry

may fight as if it was a Tank team (remember that Tank teams cannot assault Tanks). The Transport teams themselves cannot fight in the assault.

The passengers remain mounted in their half-tracks until the platoon launches a Counterattack, whereupon they must dismount.

Infantry teams that started the Assault Step dismounted fight alongside the half-track-mounted teams using the normal assault rules.

As the platoon is not made up entirely of Armoured Tank teams, it will fall back if Pinned Down by Defensive Fire, even if the vehicles’ armour protects the platoon from casualties.

infantRy teams

Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes

Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 2 6Rifle/MG team 16”/40cm 2 2 6SMG team 4”/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.Light Mortar team 16”/40cm 1 1 4+ Can fire over friendly teams.Anti-tank Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 4 6 Tank Assault 3.

tRanspoRt teamsWeapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes

Motorcycle & Sidecar or Kfz 15 field car Jeep - - -

Krupp Kfz 70 or Opel Blitz 3-ton truck Wheeled - - -