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FAQ & ERRATA

We have compiled a list of errata for Bolt Action dealing with the various rules questions that have arisen including
corrections of points values. We have not thought it worthwhile to correct minor typographical or layout errors except
where these might aect the reading of the rules. We have also not dealt with any representational queries along the lines of
Why does such and such a tank have such and such a value? as these are matters of judgment within the parameters of the
game and not mistakes within the rules as such. No doubt we shall expand upon this list over time and add clarifications
where players feel the need.

Bolt Action rulebook - ERRATA

Page 39, Order summary table. Change rule in the table for If you score a hit, this means that the shell has managed to
Down to read gain an extra -2 to be hit find or make an opening. The unit inside that floor of the
building suffers a number of hits equal to the damage in
Page 67, Fixed special rule, fourth paragraph. e sentence buildings value in the HE chart for that shell (D3, D6, 2D6 or
should be changed to read as follows: 3D6). If the unit is Down (units in buildings can react by
When ordered to Run, fixed weapons move the normal 12" going Down as normal when targeted by HE), the hits are
over open ground or 6" over rough ground, obstacles etc. halved as normal, rounding up. When hit by []

Page 67, Flamethrower special rule, last paragraph on page. Page 127, the following paragraph will be added.
e first sentence should be changed to read as follows: OFFICERS IN BUILDINGS
A unit hit by a flamethrower must check its morale once If an officer has entered a building, his morale bonus and
firing has been worked out and pin markers allocated, as his 'You men, snap to action!' ability can be used on
described above. friendly units occupying a floor immediately above or
below the officer's unit in the same building, or within 6"
(or 12", depending on rank) of any opening the officer
Page 79, Assaulting through terrain. e second paragraph will would be able to shoot out of.
be followed by a third paragraph, as follows:

[] Note that the defenders will also benefit from the defensive Page 131, Hidden set-up. Second paragraph, the second sentence
position bonus in the ensuing fight, as explained above. from the last will be changed to read as follows:
Note also that, if the target unit is more than 6" away, and the In addition, hidden units can never be chosen as targets
assaulting unit could move up to 12" and reach its target by going for air strikes.
around rough ground or an obstacle, the assault is allowed (though
the defensive positions bonus still applies as the defenders have time Page 137, Objective, second sentence. Change defenders to
to see the enemy running around the rough ground or obstacle). opponents
Page 86, Warplane Type Chart, Strafing Fighte. e first and Page 137, First Turn. Replace entire paragraph with:
second sentences should be replaced by the following:
The battle begins. There is no first wave in this scenario. All
The target unit takes one additional pin marker and suffers units not held in reserve are deployed at the start of the game.
2D6 hits with a +2 Pen value.

Page 153, Force Selection Rules, left column, fourth paragraph.

Page 86, Warplane Type Chart, Fighter-bomber. e D6 Roll Replace the beginning of the first sentence with:
column text is wrong and should be 3 or 4 (rather than 2 or 4).
If a vehicle listed as a transport/tow picks any option that
Page 109, Vehicle crew paragraph. Delete tenth sentence: means the transport loses its transport/towing ability, it no
Ambushes are normally trigger ambushes longer counts as a transport/tow for the purposes of force
Page 122, First line. Change at least partially to completely. selection, [].

Page 124-125, HE weapons against buildings. e second and Page 173, M4 Sherman 75mm. Change 134pts (Veteran) to
third paragraph will be changed to read as follows: 234pts (Veteran)
This means that when rolling to hit you ignore any to-hit Page 195, T-34/76 Medium Tank. Change 134pts (Veteran) to
penalties for cover. All other modifiers apply as normal for 234pts (Veteran)
example, Down in this case might represent the unit hiding in
the building and if the enemy misses the shot, this might Page 222, Orders table. Change rule for Down in Orders table to
represent the them not having taken the shot at all, and read gain an extra -2 to be hit
instead still be searching for the target (and similarly a small
team is more difficult to spot inside a building).

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 ALL BooKS - ERRATA
Jeeps. In all books where they appear, change the Tow line to read: Armies of the Soviet Union), should all have a single hull-mounted
forward-facing MMG and have their cost reduced by 10pts.
Tow: light anti-tank gun, light howitzer, light anti-aircraft gun.
In addition, they should add the following options:
Bofors 40mm and all other heavy automatic cannon artillery units.
- Add a pintle-mounted MMG to the turret for +15pts.
In all books where they appear, change or add the team line to read:
- Add two hull-mounted forward-facing MMGs for +20pts.
Team: 4 men.
Stuart M3A1 light tanks
Stubborn special rule (British paratroopers and all other M3A1 Stuart Light Tank in Armies of the US, and the M3 Stuart III
occurrences). e rule will be changed to the current one on & Stuart IV in Armies of the UK should all add the following option:
page 91 of the rulebook.
- If the recce option is not taken, the tank can replace the
Renault FT tanks. In ANY army list, add the following option: hull-mounted MMG with a hull mounted forward-facing
flamethrower for +40pts. This also makes it more
- The tank can upgrade the MMG to a low-velocity AT gun vulnerable to damage. as normal for flame-throwing tanks.
(+3 Pen) for +30pts.
M3/M5 Half-track. In all books where they appear, change the
Stuart M3 light tanks. e earliest variants of the M3 light tanks Tow line to read:
(i.e. the M3 Stuart Light Tank in Armies of the US, the M3 Stuart
I & Stuart II in Armies of the UK, and the land lease Stuart M3 in Tow: any anti-tank gun or anti-aircraft gun; light or
medium howitzer.

Armies of GERMANY - ERRATA

Page 30, Luftwaffe Field Division infantry squad. e following Page 52, Tiger II. Add the following option:
option will be added:
- May have additional pintle-mounted MMG for +15pts
- Up to 1 man can have a light machine gun for +20pts
another man becomes the loader. Page 71, SdKfz 250/9. Delete the Open-topped special rule.

Armies of the United States - ERRATA

Page 25, Ranger squad. Change Rangers Lead the Way! Special Page 37, Culin hedgerow cutter box-out. e second paragraph
Rule to: should be changed to:

Rangers lead the way! Units of Rangers are allowed to - Any tank that has the option of adding a Culin hedgerow
make a Run move after both sides have finished set-up, cutter may do so for +10 points per model. A tank so
but before the first turn of the game. During this move, the equipped
unit cannot assault enemy units, and cannot be targeted
by enemies in Ambush. Page 45 and 46, all AA vehicles. e option to add an additional
rear-facing pintle-mounted machine gun should be ignored.
Page 26, US Marines Squad (Mid- /Late-War). Cost line should
be changed to: Page 5, M3 Half-track. e Tow options should be changed to:

Cost: Regular Infantry 70pts or Veteran Infantry 91pts. Tow: Any anti-tank gun or anti-aircraft gun; light or
medium howitzer.
Page 26, US Marines Squad (Mid- /Late-War). Weapons line
should be changed to: Page 50, Dodge ton truck. e following option will be added:

Weapons: M1 Garand rifles - May upgrade the MMG to an HMG for +10pts.

Page 32, Light Artillery (M1A1) and Medium Artillery (M2A1). Page 52, LVT-4 Water Buffalo landing vehicle. Add following
Add the following option: options:

- May add a gun shield for +5 points. - May upgrade both pintle-mounted MMGs to pintle-
mounted HMGs for +20pts
Page 37, M5/M5A1 Stuart. Replace the current HMG option with: - May have an additional forward facing hull-mounted
MMG for +10pts
- May have an additional pintle-mounted MMG for +15pts
or pintle-mounted HMG for +25pts.

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 Armies of Great Britain - ERRATA
Page 24, Paratroop section. e following Option and Special Page 56. M8 Greyhound. Add the following Option:
rule should be added:
- May instead replace the light anti-tank gun and coaxial
- The entire squad may be mounted upon bicyles or MMG with a pintle-mounted HMG with 360o arc of fire
welbikes for +1 pt per man (M20 variant) for a reduction of 30pts.

Bicycle/Welbike-mounted infantry: These follow the Page 60, M5 Half-track. e Tow options should be changed to:
same rules as infantry, except when moving entirely on a
road, in which case they double their Run move to 24" (this Tow: Any anti-tank gun or anti-aircraft gun; light or
move cannot be used to assault). In addition, the first time medium howitzer.
they receive any order other than Run, or if they receive a
pinning marker, they dismount and abandon their bicycles Page 62, LVT-4 Buffalo. Add following options:
for the rest of the game replace the models with models
on foot. - May upgrade both pintle-mounted MMGs to pintle-
mounted HMGs for +20pts
Page 24, Paratroop section. Change the second sentence of the
Stubborn rule to read: - May have an additional forward facing hull-mounted
MMG for +10pts
If forced to check their Morale, then they always test on
their full morale value, ignoring any pin markers. Page 69, Raiders! Selector. e anti-tank team entry will be
changed as follows:
Page 42, Cruiser Tank Mk VIII Centaur CS. Delete 1 hull-
mounted MMG. e points values is correct as is. 01 Anti-tank team: Boys anti-tank rifle team, PIAT team.

Page 44, Infantry Tank Mk IV Churchill I-VI & IICS. Change the Page 76, Fall of Singapore selector. Add all transport and tows
fourth Option to read: options from the Burma theatre selector on page 67
- May replace the 6-pdr with a 95mm medium howitzer at Page 77, Burma selector. e anti-tank team entry will be
no points cost (making the vehicle a Churchill Mk V) changed as follows:

Page 45, Infantry Tank Mk IV Churchill VII-VIII. Replace the 01 Anti-tank team: Boys anti-tank rifle team, PIAT team.
armament Option to read:
Page 80, Normandy selector. e Infantry sections entries will be
- Replace the 75mm gun with a 95mm medium howitzer changed to:
for -10pts (making the vehicle a Churchill Mk VIII)
2 Infantry sections: Regular Infantry sections (mid-/late-war),
Page 51, Bishop and Sexton. Add the following option to both Inexperienced Infantry sections, Veteran Infantry sections
vehicles: (late-war), Paratroop sections, Commando sections.

May add AT rounds for the main gun for +10 pts. These 04 Infantry sections: Regular Infantry sections (mid-/late-
allow the light howitzer to be alternatively fired as a war), Inexperienced Infantry sections, Veteran Infantry
light anti-tank gun. Declare which round is chambered if sections (late-war), Paratroop sections, Commando
the vehicle is put on Ambush. sections.

Armies of the Soviet Union - ERRATA

Page 28, Siberian Squad. Change the cost to the following: Page 33, Motorcycle squad. Remove the Tank Hunters rule, as
this squad does not have the option to purchase anti=tank
Cost: Regular Infantry 50pts or Veteran Infantry 65pts grenades.

Change the first line in the options to: Page 75 onwards. In all theatre selectors from the Battle of
Stalingrad onwards, add the KV-8S tank to any that include
- Add up to 7 additional soldiers at +10pts each (Regular) a KV-8 tank.
or +13pts each (Veteran).

Page 32, Assault Engineer Squad. Add the following option:

- Up to two soldiers can have a (captured) panzerfaust in

addition to their weapons for +5pts each.

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 Armies of IMperial Japan - ERRATA
Page 14: Reinforced Platoon. Add the following line to the list of Page 36: Type 92 tankette. Change the Weapons line to read as
units: follows:

0-1 Kempeitai Political Officer. Weapons: 1 turret-mounted MMG and 1 forward-facing

hull-mounted HMG
Page 17: Forward Observer. In the list of weapons available,
change assault rifle to rifle.

Armies of France and the ALLies - ERRATA

Page 47, Bofors 40mm L/60. Page 86, The Battle of Poland 1939. Add to the Transport and
Page 59, Bofors 40mm. Tows section the following missing line:
Page 82, Bofors 40mm. Amend (or add) the weapons Team entry
to read: 0-1 Tow from: C4P half-track tractor, C2P artillery tractor,
C7P artillery tractor
Team: 4 men
Pages 93 & 94, Greece army list and Battle of Greece selector.
Page 21, Renault FT. Add the following option: Add to the available Transports and Tows an artillery tractor,
which uses the same entry as the Lay heavy tractor on page 31 of
Upgrade the MMG to a low-velocity anti-tank gun (+3 the same book.
Pen) for +30pts.
Pages 94, Battle of Greece selector. Add Cavalry Troop to the
Page 27, AMC Schneider P16 Half Track. Change the Recce units that can be chosen for the 0-4 additional infantry units.
special rule to read:
Page 97, Partisan Reinforced Platoon. Delete the 0-1 Captain or
- Recce (dual direction steering) Major line line.

Page 100, Inexperienced Partisan Squad. Delete the option to

Page 61, Cars and Light Utility Trucks. Change the vehicles make the Inexperienced Partisan squad Shirkers at -3pts per
weapon line to: model. (Partisans cannot be shirkers, otherwise they simply
wouldnt have joined the partisans, would they?)
Weapons: None
Page 103, Partisan Infantry teams. Add the following entry:
Add the following to the list of Options:

- Add a forward facing or rear facing hull-mounted light SNIPER TEAM

anti-tank gun for +50pts
This entry represents anything from an untrained civilian
out for revenge on the occupiers to a seasoned hunter
Page 69, Norwegian Inexperienced Infantry Squad. e basic that has decided to join the resistance.
cost of the unit is listed as 70 pts. Change this to 35 pts

Page 77, 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade Infantry Section. Cost: 35 pts (Inexperienced), 50 pts (Regular),
Change the second option entry to read: 65 pts (Veteran)
Team: 2 (sniper and assistant)
Up to 1 man can be armed with a BAR automatic rifle for
+5 pts. Weapons: Sniper has a rifle and assistant has a pistol
Special rules:
- Team weapon
- Sniper

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 Armies of ITALY and the Axis - ERRATA
Page 1, Credits. Sincere apologies to Jonathan Baber, whose name Page 61, War in Lapland. e Special rules will be reworded as
was omitted from the credits of the book. e Credits will be follows:
amended as follows:
Best in Reserve. Only tanks and assault guns can be
Written by: Steven MacLauchlan, Judson MacCaull, bought as Veterans.
Jonathan Baber, Vesa Nenye, Anton von Wirtzenau and
Peter Munter Page 65, Infantry Section. Remove the special rule which states
that units gain Tank Huters if equipped with a Panzerfaust
Page 15, Camicie Nere militia infantry section. e last sentence
of the Non Testati rule has been truncated and should be Page 66, Bulgarian Mounted Section, Special Rules. e second
reworded as follows: sentence should read:

Apply the ability before resolving the shooting or close combat. Bulgarian cavalry units may not move into contact with an
The result rolled then applies for the rest of the game. enemy unit while mounted.

Page 17, Paracadutisti. e ski troops rule should be deleted, as Page 68, 20mm FLak 38. e following should be added to the
the Paratroopers dont have the option to take skis. Special Rules:

Page 28, Trucks. Under the heading Tow: the second instance of - Gun shield.
light anti-tank gun will be changed to light anti-aircraft gun.
Page 68, Renault R35 tank. e entry is incorrect. Use instead the
Page 30, 1940-41: The Invasion of Greece. entry for Captured Renault R35 on page 24-25 of the same book
Page 31, 1940-43: The War in Africa. In both of these selectors, (Italian list), which is correct.
change 75/36 heavy AA gun to 75/46 heavy AA gun in the
Artillery section. Page 70, 1941-44: Occupation Force

Page 33, 1941-43: The Eastern Front. Under Tanks, Self-Propelled Sd Kfz 232 (8-rad) should be changed to Sd Kfz 231 (8-rad)
Guns and Anti-Aircraft Vehicles, remove the following line:
Page 74, Infantry Section. Change the Special Rule to read:
0-1 vehicle from Semovente 47
- Tank Hunters if unit equipped with anti-tank grenades.
Page 44, Kaukopartio squad. e Deep Strike Mission rule will
be reworded as follows: Page 76, Hungarian Mounted Section, Special Rules. e
second sentence should read:
Deep Strike Mission: when a Kaukopartio unit that is
Outflanking as described on page 119 of the BA rulebook Hungarian cavalry units may not move into contact with
becomes available, it may enter the battle from anywhere an enemy unit while mounted.
along either the right/left table edge (depending on the
chosen side) or any point along the enemys own table Page 78, 40mm Bofors Anti-aircraft gun. Amend the weapons
edge. For example, if a Kaukopartio decided to outflank left, Team entry to read:
it could enter from any point along the left table edge
(regardless of the turn it became available), or any point Team: 4 men
along the enemys table edge.
Page 89, Late War Infantry Section, Cavalry Section, motorized
Page 46, Panzerschreck team. Add the following option to the infantry section. Remove the special rule which states that units
unit listing: gain Tank Huters if equipped with a Panzerfaust

- The team may be equipped with skis for +2 pts. . Page 89, Romanian Mounted Section, Special Rules. e second
sentence should read:
Pages 56-60, Finnish Theatre Selectors. All instances of 0-1 Romanian cavalry units may not move into contact with an
Allied Infantry will be deleted. enemy unit while mounted.
All Finnish eatre selectors, except for the Winter War, should
include the option for an air observer as an alternative to the Page 90, Heavy Mortar. e Weapon line should be changed to
artillery observer.
Weapon: 1 heavy mortar
Page 61, War in Lapland. e selector is missing the Artillery
entry. Use the same one of the selector on page 60 (i.e. the same Page 92, Renault R35 tank. e entry is incorrect. Use instead the
artillery guns, anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns). entry for Captured Renault R35 on page 24-25 of the same book
which is correct.

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 Tank War - ERRATA
Page 39, Michael Wittmann. In his list of skills, change Bloodlust The German player chooses at least half of his force and
to Eye for Terrain. deploys it within 6" of either or both long table edges.
German reserves may move in from either long table edge
Page 59, Hells Highway. Under Set-up, replace the second when they become available.
sentence with:

Battleground Europe, Ostfront (etc.) theatre books - ERRATA

ere are no plans to compile errata and FAQs for these books. arising from rules included in these books in a friendly and fun
Even more than the rest of the BA range, these are written in a manner, or roll a die and move on with the game.
spirit of fun and cooperation between the players. Some of the
For example, when using a legendary, named character (such as John
rules in them are fairly extreme and game changing (amphibious
Frost, Wittmann, or Dick Winters), what slot do they take in a
assaults, snow & ice, Maginot Line fortifications), and to be reinforced platoon? Well, use common sense. For example, if they
honest the normal rules of BA struggle to accommodate such are an ocer, they should use up the slot that most closely
dierent situations and had to be pushed to the limit and represents their rank. If the character fought with several dierent
beyond! We assume therefore that players will resolve any conflict ranks throughout the war, choose the rank that best suits your force.

Ostfront - ERRATA
Page 79. Strafbattalion Penal Infantry Squad. e first line in the
options should be changed to:

Add up to 5 additional men with rifles at +7pts each

(Inexperienced) or +10pts each (Regular)

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Frequently asked questions
Some units from first edition books, like Sgt Kenshiro, or Polish fielded in place of a lieutenant, one heavy weapon per three
lancers, have additional attacks. And most of these are tough infantry squads, best if no more than one Forward Observer,
fighters too. How does this work it in the second edition? maximum of one tank, light armour, artillery per three infantry
If a rule states that a unit has additional attacks in melee, that rule squads, etc.). Is the Force Selection Rules section the one we
applies as normal, literally (so lancers get two attacks rather than one). should follow and are the guidelines merely 'developers'
Then, if the unit are also Tough Fighters, they get to re-roll all hits as thoughts rather than actual rules?
normal. The Guidelines are developers notes and intended to help out players
who do not wish to use the Selectors.
The rules give the carrying capacity of a Schwimmwagen as 3
men and if you fit an MMG the vehicle loses all transport On page 65 of the United States Army book, in the Anzio
capacity. Does this mean the vehicle is not an empty transport selector, the infantry options are listed as: inexperienced infantry
and is permanently 'FULL' when fitted with the MMG, which also squads, regular Infantry squads, Ranger Squad, Paratrooper Squad. Is
means it would NOT have to be removed if closer to an enemy the difference between plural (Squads) and singular (Squad) a
unit than a friendly unit at the end of the move. typo? Does it mean we can mix squad skill levels? Are WE only
Correct, as the transport no longer count as a transport (see page 152- allowed 1 Ranger squad out of the 4?
153), it loses both weakness of empty transports, as explained on page It is indeed a typo. They should all be in plural, as in any reinforced
114-115 of the rulebook - so it is not destroyed by the proximity of platoon you can mix experience levels and number of squads. When a
enemies and can fire all weapons. selector limits a squad to a maximum number, it does state so.

Page 153 says the transport loses "transport/tow" capacity, but I want to collect an army of paratroopers. However there are no
the Jeep entry (page 176) just says it loses "transport capacity". specific paratrooper officers, snipers, MMG teams, etc to go
Which one is it? with my paratroopers squads. The same goes for all units of
All vehicles that lose transport capacity also lose tow capacity, as they infantry with special rules, like commandos, gurkhas etc
can no longer carry the crew of the towed weapon, and basically We assume that the special rules only apply to the proper (and
change their role from that of transports into that of mobile weapons normally larger) squads of paratroopers, but not to their HQs and
platforms. . support teams, as they are not big enough for the rule to come into
play, or that their tactical role is different, as represented by their own
When allocating orders out by using an officers You men, snap special rules or specialised weaponry. So, we normally just select
to action special ability, can I allocate Order dice to other officers and support teams of the same quality as the relative infantry
officers teams within range? If so, can these other officers also squads in the case of paratroopers for example, choose all of your
then in turn use their You men, snap to action special ability to officers and support teams as Veterans they are not going to be as
order more units within range (including potentially other hard as the men, but still not bad. Also, when possible equip them with
officers and so on?)? weapons that make them as similar as possible to their main troops.
For example, equip Gurkha HQs with submachine guns, so they become
Yes, you can.
exactly as effective as Tough Fighters in close quarters.

Can all AA guns fire all around?

If my platoon includes cavalry squads, can I mount an officer
No, only the ones that are described as mounted on a pintle, turntable and the men in his team on horses?
or rotating platform.
That sounds reasonable; in a platoon that includes one or more cavalry
squads, any HQ team can be mounted on horses at the cost of +5 pts
If a unit with a gun shield (or body armour) is inside a building, per man, getting the Cavalry special rule.
do the +1 modifiers to the damage value stack up? For example,
what is the damage value of a regular unit with gun shield inside
After the Armies of XXX is released, can I still use the XXX army
a building: 5+ or 6+?
list from the rulebook or from one of the free PDFs on the
The bonuses do not stack up, and the same is true for body armour and Command Post?
any similar rule. So in the example, a Regular unit with body armour or
The Armies of XXX army list replaces the relative list in the rulebook or
a gun shield inside a building is damaged on 5+.
the PDF. However, if a player does not own the Armies of XXX book, he
is of course free to use either the list in the rulebook or the PDF. In
Does a 'free' unit take up a Force Selection slot? Or could a events like tournaments and other organized play, normally the
British player with two reinforced platoons field three artillery organisers will clearly state which army lists are sanctioned for use in
observers? If not does that mean the Russian or French 'free' the tournament the norm being that the Armies of XXX series takes
squad counts towards the maximum number of squads per precedence over any other list.
platoon?
The free units are additional to the Selectors. In each cases its +1 per There doesn't seem to be anything to prevent infantry operating
army, not per platoon. a Fixed Team weapon from assaulting. Is this intentional? Should
medium and heavy mortar crews, MMG and HMG crews be able
The Guidelines to Force Selection sometimes contradict the to assault? As they may not fire during an Advance Order, is that
Force Selection Rules (e.g. Guidelines say a captain can be meant to imply they cannot Run and so cannot Assault?

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 There is absolutely nothing stopping them from assaulting you can have a very varied collection! We normally rule that they should be
assume they leave their weapon behind and assault, only to recover it later taken as Inexperienced or at most as Regular, but certainly not as
(assuming they survive the fighting). In general, this is not going to happen Veteran, as the crew would have less experience with their use
very often, as they are normally much better off firing their weapon at the
enemy (in the case of machine gun teams), or simply running away from If a Green unit is upgraded to Regular (and whenever a units
enemies that get too close (in the case of mortar teams). quality is permanently changed by a special rule), how many pin
markers does it take to destroy it automatically?
If a unit has an option to upgrade from normal infantry to Count the current upgraded status of the unit. So, to destroy a Green
another mode of transportation (cavalry, bicycles or unit upgraded to Regular you need 9 pin markers.
motorbikes), and the player pays the point to upgrade the squad,
does that mean that the unit automatically gets the special rules
When playing a scenario where a portion of your forces are
related with that mode of transportation?
deployed prior to the start of the game, and a portion are held
Yes, if a unit is upgraded with mounts (normally horses or motorbikes) back to form either a first wave or in reserve, does the spotter
it gets the Cavalry or Motorbikes rules on page 71 of the rulebook. If and his associated mortar/artillery team count as 1 or 2 units for
upgraded with bicycles, it gets the Bicycles rules (see for example the purposes of calculating the aforementioned portion?
page 21 of the Armies of Germany book).
They count as 1 (because they only have 1 dice).

Can I legally move into cover, or behind a line of sight breaking

At what point exactly do units hit by an artillery barrage or by an
obstacle, such as a building, with an escape move, if that location
air strike decide whether to go Down or not?
is closer to my enemy than from where I began. Or, am I required
to move into cover that is also further away from the enemy. The principle is that units must normally decide to go Down when they
are targeted, before they know whether they have been hit or not. In
You can move closer to the enemy if that is in order to get out of sight
case of an artillery barrage, you should decide this when the unit has
or behind cover. You are not allowed to move closer to the enemy
been determined to be within range of the barrage, but before rolling
staying in the open.
the dice to see whether you suffer a direct hit (6) or not (1-5).

Can cavalry and motorbikes manoeuvre when executing an

In the case of an air strike, however, we will have to make the exception
escape move or do they have to go in straight line away from the
that the unit must decide to go Down after the Here it Comes result has
enemy that is targeting them?
been rolled, but before the type of Warplane is rolled for.
They can manoeuvre, but remember that this escape move is executed
at normal speed, and not at double speed.
If player A calls for an airstrike, gets it, and rolls "Rookie Pilot".
The opposing player takes it, places it on player As unit. Should
Is it really intended that a Panzer IV costs only 5 pts more than a player A player have to roll to hold fire of his flak capable
Stug III? They have the same gun and same armour but the weapons? Or could he instead choose to automatically fire his
Panzer has a turret and an extra MMG which are surely worth flak at his own plane?
more than 5 points.
Flak units must test to hold their fire against friendly planes, even if
In the case of expensive vehicles, points values are sometimes rounded the plane is attacking their own troops by mistake (i.e. Rookie pilot).
up or down to the nearest 5, so it is possible that in this case the two
vehicles were further apart in cost, but the rounding up/down process has
If a fixed weapon changes firing point from one window/door to
by chance brought them so close together that the difference may not
another on the same floor of a building, does that count as an
seem enough. In other words, the Panzer IV might have been two points
Advance (so it can fire with -1) or a Run (no firing)?
more expensive and the Stug might have been two points cheaper, which
would have made the real difference more like 10 points, but the rounding An Advance, so they can fire with an additional -1 to hit modifier.
up/down process might have caused them to be only 5 points apart.
If I shoot at a unit of artillery that has only one or two crew
Does the Motorcycle with machine-gun sidecar (BMW R75, models left, does the small team to-hit modifier apply or not?
Zndapp KS 750, etc.) follow the movement rules for armoured The small team rule applies to units made of one or two infantry
cars (wheeled) or for motorbikes? models (implying 'and nothing else', which should have been stated
The rules for wheeled vehicles with the exception specified in its entry. clearly). So, so as long as there is also a gun model, that unit is not
made just of one or two infantry models, but also includes a non-
infantry model, so the small team bonus does NOT apply.
Cavalry and motorbikes cannot react to shooting by going Down,
but can escape move instead, and afterwards are assigned
down order. So in fact theyre down anyway? If I shoot at a unit that is already Down with an HE weapon, do
they get to halve the hits or does this just apply to units that go
The dice is placed to show Down to mean their turn is over, but as long
Down as a reaction to the HE shot?
as they are mounted, they do not get the benefits of being Down.
A unit that is already Down does halve the hits from HE hits, in the
same way as it benefits from the -2 modifier to being hit.
Can armies use captured vehicles? For example, the Russians
used captured German vehicles and vice-versa
Where are the rules for armoured jeeps?
No, they cannot, at least by a strict application of the rules about forming
reinforced platoons. However, we have used captured vehicles (or A little front armour or reinforced windscreen make no difference in
indeed allied vehicles) in many friendly games, and its very good fun! game terms, so use the rules for normal jeeps of the same type.
Its also helpful to reach a certain amount of points for a game if you Theyre just cool models for normal jeeps.

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 Armies of Germany - FAQs Personally, as I play US myself, I'd use the Infantry in the theatre as a
guidance, so if the available infantry is not late war, I'd take the regular
I have question about Wehrmacht Sturmpioniere weapon - engineers, if the available infantry is late war, I'd take the Veteran
grenade launcher GzB-39. According to rules of indirect engineers (so just in the 1945 european selectors and Iwo Jima). But of
weapons I can fire it to other target than rest of the unit. But can course one could argue that their training was superior and so one
I shoot it to other target using its other PEN +3 profile? could take them as Veteran even earlier... I would not have a problem
No, the anti-tank version cannot be fired at a different target, as it's with that either, as there is no strict right or wrong 'by the rules'.
neither a one-shot weapon nor an indirect fire weapon.

The Panzer 38(t) options say you can upgrade for -30pts
"(reconnaissance version)". Does this means it also gains the "Recce" Armies of Great Britain - FAQs
special rule? Or is it just called the reconnaissance version? Looking at the 25-pounder model, it looks like the model is
Its just the name of the different version, the vehicle does not gain the platform-mounted, but in the Armies of Great Britain it doesn't
Recce rule. have the platform-mounted rule. So is the 25 pdr platform-
mounted or not?
The Panzersphwagen P204 (F) (page: 72) is not mentioned in No it is not, that rule refers to guns mounted on fast-rotating platforms
any theatre selectors. In which can be fielded? designed to track aircraft in flight.
Any selector that allows armoured cars from the Operation Barbarossa
selector onwards. Can you clarify how the Gurkhas Scary Blighters! rule interacts
with some other melee rules?
Do the Tiger I tank and other vehicles armed with 88mm guns Tough fighters vs Gurkhas? If a unit of tough fighters fights Gurkhas
have the versatile special rule? in close combat, they simply halve their initial attacks. For example, ten
tough fighters attack a unit of Gurkhas - they roll five attacks instead of
No, only the Flak 36 88mm artillery version of the gun has the versatile rule.
ten, but then for any hit scored they can roll to hit again, as normal.

Can a nebelwerfer or other multiple rocket launcher be Tough as boots vs Gurkha? The unit calculates its attacks (counting
manhandled? 'tough as boots), then it halves its attacks.
Yes, they follow the normal rules for artillery units.
Tough as boots, some with SMGs, vs Gurkhas? The unit calculates
its attacks (counting Tough as Boots), then it halves its attacks, then
Which vehicles are allowed to tow a Nebelwerfer or other the player can re-roll as many hits as there are tough fighters (i.e. men
multiple rocket launchers? armed with SMGs) in the unit.
Treat them as light howitzers for towing purposes.
Can the free Regular Artillery Forward Observer from the
Artillery Support special rule (page 17) be upgraded to Veteran
by paying the difference in points? Particularly in the Market
Armies of the US - FAQs Garden selector, where it is mandatory (if possible).
According to the book, the M3 White Scout Car is in transport & No, the free Observer is included in the army as normal, but cannot be
tows section with an option to be Recce vehicle. In the books upgraded, not even in Market Garden.
theatre selectors there is no M3 White Scout Car as a transport
& tows option, but only as armoured car or recce vehicle. Is it Can the free British Artillery Observer be accompanied by one
possible to take one M3 White with Recce as armoured car or or two men as normal? If so, are they also free or do I need to
recce vehicle and one per infantry unit in the reinforced pay for them?
platoon? The free observer can indeed pay additional points to add one or two
The M3 White Scout car should be in the Transport and Tows section Regular soldiers to his unit.
of the selectors. If an M3 is upgraded to recce status it counts as the
platoons recce vehicle. In the Armies of Great Britain book, the last sentence of the
Artillery Support rule (page 17) refers to selectors that do not
I have a hellcat M18 TD. They were unbelievably fast and you include FAO (like a small Commando force, for example).
attest on your site, but you have no speed rule listed with it. So However, there are no such selectors in the book
how many inches does it move and will you put it into the errata Thats right, so the free FAO is allowed in any of the selectors included
if it's more than the usual 9"? If it is only 9"(normal tracked in the book. This exception to the rule will therefore only apply in
vehicle), why? selectors that we may publish elsewhere, or that people may create
We have chosen not to go into the differences in maximum speed, as it themselves.
was often a theorical value and not a reality of real battlefields littered
with terrain, mud etc. If we change this policy, of course the Hellcat If I field a model of a British light howitzer that is not a 25-pdr
will be one of the first vehicles well look at. (like a 3.7-inch mountain howitzer, for example), can I use the
same AT shell rule as the 25-pdr?
US Engineers squads. In which theatre selector can I take them Yes, as you pay the same points. We assume that some AT shells were
as Veterans (i.e. late war)? available to all guns of this type.
As the theatre does not offer any strict ruling about whether the
engineers are the early or late war ones (i.e. Reg or Vet), you are
absolutely free to take either you make the call, you pay the points.

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 Are there rules for Tulip Sherman rocket launchers? In the book Armies of the Soviet Union, on Page 56, it is possible
No, but how about trying the following rules with your opponents to use other Tanks via Lend Lease. But which variants can I use?
consent: For Example: M4 Sherman is a substitute for the T-34, but which
variants of the M4 Sherman or Stuart (for T-70) etc, can be used?
All Variants like the M3A1, M3A3 etc? Or only the original M3?
Tulips are allowed in the 1945 - Into the Reich British
army book selector and optional for all Sherman tanks. We suggest using only the most common variants of these vehicles. If
you look at the production quantities of the US and British vehicles,
stick to the ones produced in thousands rather than the ones produced
Options: May add one or two additional tulip rockets
in hundreds. For example, Shermans equipped with 75mm and 76mm
for +25 pts per rocket
guns are fine, and maybe even the most common 105mm version, but
Special Rules: do not include the rarer ones like the Jumbo, the Zippo, the Calliope...
Tulip rockets. These count as a turret-mounted heavy
howitzer with the following additional rules: In the Stalingrad selector, can I make use of the Fanatical
- inaccurate. The tulip only hits on a 6, no modifiers apply. Defence special rule to modify the free Soviet Inexperienced
- one- shot rocket squad?
Yes, you can.
- complex operation: the tank may fire either one rocket
or the main gun per turn.
Leningrad selector: [] Scout squads or a maximum of 2
Assault Engineers squads, Ski Troops squads. It's not clear if
Armies of IMPERIAL japan - FAQs the maximum of 2 applies only to the Engineers or also to the Ski
Troops.
If I mount my senior Japanese officer on a horse, can I mount
Only to the Engineers.
any of his attendants on horses as well?
Normally, the option can only be taken by an officer without any
In theSiege of Sevastopol selector there are Veteran squads
attendants. However, if the platoon includes cavalry squads, then the
allowed amongst other infantry units. At the end of the selector
other men in the officers team can have horses at +5 pts per model.
there is the special rule Baptism of fire: No Soviet forces can
be veteran. So the question is: Can I field Veteran units in this
Banzai charge (p.14 Armies of Imperial Japan and p.201 of Bolt selector?
Action Rulebook) states: "...If a Japanese infantry unit is ordered to
No Soviet forces (except for veteran infantry squads, see above) can be
run (or charge) the closest visible enemy, any order test for that move
Veteran.
is automatically passed as if the unit had rolled a double one." Does
this trigger Incredible Courage (p.42 BA2 Rulebook) on the auto
double one and the unit would also lose D6+1 pins, or not? I have recently purchased a Soviet starter box and an additional
Soviet trooper box, as well as the Soviet forces book. On the
No, it does not, the unit only loses 1 pin marker the words as if the
weapons sprue, there are Automatic Rifles, however in the
unit had rolled a double one refer just to the to the passing the test
Armies of the Soviet Union book, there are no options for that
automatically (just as if it had rolled a double 1), not to the other
weapon. Is it this correct that the Soviet units cannot take
effects of rolling a double 1.
Automatic Rifles?
Correct, treat the Tokarev semi-automatic rifle as a normal rifle. If you
In a Banzai move the unit must move directly towards the enemy
prefer, you are welcome to agree with your friends to use for the
or can it go around rough ground?
Tokarev the same rules as a Garand M1 rifle from the Armies of the US
The unit must go around impassable terrain and friendly vehicles, but (i.e. no penalty for moving and firing).
must otherwise go through other types of terrain, which can slow it
down. So, for example a squad in rough ground can use the Banzai rule
to Run/charge 6" towards the nearest enemy.
Armies of Italy
Does a squad NCO modelled with a sword count as an officer
for the purposes of gaining the Tough Fighters special rule? and the Axis - FAQs
No, only the officers do. There is a big difference between carrying a On page 22, the 90/53 flak guns entry states: this entry can also
sword and being trained to use it! be used for German 88mm FlaK 36 in use by Italians. Is that the
model to use? Or is the intent to use the listing from the German
book?
It means you can use the profile of the 90/53 Dual-Purpose AA Gun to
ARMIES OF THE SOVIET UNION - FAQs represent a German 88mm model crewed by Italian artillerymen. It
Does the body armour bonus apply against hits suffered in close does not allow you use of the entry from the Armies of Germany book.
combat? And what about against hits from a destroyed transport Players may of course want to allow this instead, as long as they both
the engineers were riding in? agree!
Yes to both, as most damage in close combat is caused by small arms,
and damage from burning transports does not have a Pen value and Finnish Sissi recon squad and snipers have the Master of the
thus counts as small arms fire. Hunt rule meaning they can advance and go into ambush. Mixed
with the trained huntsman which gives them a +1 to-hit bonus,
Does the body armour stack with the Extra Protection special rule? this would mean a non-moved unit in ambush would be hitting
on a 2 (plus addition hit modifiers). My question, as the ambush
No, troops in building with body armour are still damaged on 6.

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rule is: The unit does not move or fire. When the sissi recon rules.
squad open fire from ambush after advancing that turn, do they
count as having moved (do they get the -1 to hit for moving and Krumlauf assault rifle: Any unit included in the 1945 Last
shooting) and if they do count as moving. Would a Finnish sniper Levy selector of the Armies of Germany book can take a
be allowed to use his scope? Krumlauf assault rifle. Up to one model in the unit can
No, they do not count as having moved, they count as stationary (so replace his weapon with a Krumlauf for +10pts. The
yes to sniping and no -1 penalty for moving and firing. Krumlauf counts as an assault rifle. In addition, when the
unit has a Down order, every time you remove the Down
Do the additional German units in a Hungarian army, for order from the unit at the end of the turn (or even if you
example, benefit from the German army special rules? decide that the unit stays Down for the next turn), the
model with the Krumlauf can fire his weapon as normal.
Yes, they would benefit from all four German army special rules.
This represents him firing the weapon while remaining in
cover.

Armies of France
and the ALLies - FAQs TANK WAR - FAQs
If a vehicle with the One-man Turret special rule is in reserve, When you are using Crew Skills the vehicle starts at
does it need to take two separate tests to advance onto the Inexperienced and is bought at the Inexperienced cost. once
table? And what if its in a first wave instead? they have two skills, the vehicle goes up a level to Regular. do
you then pay the increase in cost for it? E.g. if you buy an
A vehicle in Reserve already has to take a test with a -1 modifier Inexperienced Chinese Panzer I for 56 points and then get two
anyway, so the One-man Turret rule effectively has no effect on skills, do you then pay 70 points for it, or do you get the Regular
vehicles in Reserve. If the vehicle is in a first wave, it must take an upgrade free?
order test before it can enter the table. If the test is failed, the vehicle
is placed in reserve (and it cannot outflank, of course). If you need to 'buy' the vehicle again (or just in order to balance
forces), use the points for the relative Quality level so pay for a
regular vehicle if the crew is now regular, and veteran cost when the
Does the Fanatic rule on the Polish HQ units have any effect, as crew is veteran.
these units are so small?
Only in the rarest of circumstances when a three-man HQ team loses Does the Force Selector on page 11 override theatre selectors
an assault by suffering a single casualty! So yes, the rule is there more (e.g. Soviets take extra armour choices in the Berlin theatre,
for colour than for real effect. Americans can take 3 MGs, etc.)?
Yes, if you use the Armoured Platoon selector, you are not using
The Partisan list states all captured vehicles must be another selector. Army special rules still apply however (so the Soviets
Inexperienced. How does this work with vehicles that don't have get an additional inexperienced squad for free, but remember that you
an Inexperienced cost (such as Panzer III Ausf L, M or Panzer III must buy a transport for them).
Ausf N)?
These vehicles cannot be included in the list. For a Radio Network (p.13/14) it mentions taking the three
compulsory vehicles from the same entry, does this mean the
The Partisans' special rule in Armies of France and the Allies variant doesn't matter? i.e. you can take three Churchills and get
says that an enemy unit moving within 6" from the bombs token the Radio Net regardless of taking a Churchill Mk I, Mk II and
is hit by the equivalent of a heavy howitzer 3D6 hits (if a 6 is Mk III?
scored). In second edition BA should we use the 3D6 or the Absolutely yes. The variant does not matter, if the tanks are taken from
howitzer HE template? the same entry in the book (as is the case for the MkI, II and III
3D6 hits, as if the target unit was in a building. Churchill tanks).

What theatre selectors can the Legendary Crew be used in?

And what about ARVs?
Last Levy: the defence of Assume that they are available in the theatre selectors that their base
Berlin boxed set - FAQs vehicle is available to.

What are the rules for the Luftfaust and for the Krumlauf assault
What do I do if a vehicle gets enough skills to be promoted to
rifle?
veteran, but the selector Im using does not allow veteran
These weapons will be covered by future supplement books, but in the versions of that vehicle?
meantime use the following get-you-by rules.
Such unique veteran vehicles are allowed, overruling the limitations for
the selector.
Luftfaust: Any unit included in the 1945 Last Levy selector
of the Armies of Germany book can take Luftfaust rocket
launchers. Up to two models in the unit that have been
equipped with a panzerfaust can replace their panzerfaust
with a Luftfaust for free. The Luftfaust counts as a light
autocannon that only fires HE rounds and has a range of
24" instead of 48". It also has the Flak and One-shot special

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