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CONTENTS
D-Day: German...............................................................2 Armoured Panzergrenadier Company........................48
Armoured Panzergrenadier Company HQ.............................49
German Special Rules..................................................... 3
Armoured Panzergrenadier Platoon........................................ 50
Operation Overlord...................................................... 4 Sd Kfz 251 Half-track............................................................... 50
Armoured sMG34 Machine-gun Platoon.............................51
Know Your Panzers........................................................ 8 Armoured 8cm Mortar Section............................................... 52
Armoured 7.5cm Gun Platoon............................................... 52
Know Your InFantry.................................................... 10 Grille 15cm Gun Platoon........................................................ 53
Armoured Flame-thrower Platoon...........................................53
D-Day: German Force..................................................12
Panzergrenadier Company............................................ 54
352"'* Infantry Division..............................................14 Panzergrenadier Company HQ............................................... 55
Panzergrenadier Platoon...........................................................55
716^*’ InFantry Division................................................16 sMG34 Machine-gun Platoon..................................................56
Beach Defence Grenadier Company......................... 18 8cm Mortar Section..................................................................56
Beach Defence Grenadier Company HQ................................19 12cm Mortar Platoon............................................................... 56
Beach Defence Grenadier Platoon........................................... 19 7.5cm Gun Platoon....................................................................57
Beach Defence sMG34 Machine-gun Platoon...................... 20 15cm Gun Platoon............................................. 57
Beach Defence 8cm Mortar Platoon...................................... 20 7.5cm Tank-hunter Platoon...................................................... 57
Beach Defence 12cm Mortar Platoon....................................21 Reconnaissance Company............................................ 59
Beach Defence 7.5cm Gun Platoon........................................ 21 Reconnaissance Company HQ............................................... 60
Beach Defence 15cm Gun Platoon........................................ 21 Reconnaissance Platoon.............................................................61
Beach Defence 5cm Tank-hunter Platoon.............................22 Sd Kfz 250 Half-track............................................................... 61
Beach Defence 7.5cm Tank-hunter Platoon...........................22 Reconnaissance 8cm Mortar Section......................................62
Reconnaissance 7.5cm Gun Platoon......................................62
3'^'' Fallschirmjager Division..................................... 23
Sd Kfz 250 Scout Troop...........................................................63
Fallschirmjager Company.......................................... 26 Puma Scout Troop...................................................................... 63
Fallschirmjager Company HQ................................................. 27 Sd Kfz 234 (7.5cm) Gun Platoon.......................................... 63
Fallschirmjager Platoon............................................................. 27
Fallschirmjager sMG42 Machine-gun Platoon...................... 28 Support Units....................................................... 64
Fallschirmjager 8cm Mortar Platoon...................................... 28 Jagdpanzer IV Tank-hunter Platoon........................................ 64
Fallschirmjager 12cm Mortar Platoon....................................28 8.8cm Tank-hunter Platoon...................................................... 64
Fallschirmjager 7.5cm Tank-hunter Platoon...........................29 8.8cm Heavy AA Platoon........................................................ 65
Sd Kfz 7/1 Quad AA Platoon................................................. 65
Fallschirmjager StuG Assault Gun Company......... 30
Sd Kfz 10/4 Light AA Platoon................................................. 65
Fallschirmjager StuG Assault Gun Company HQ............... 31
2cm Light AA Platoon............................................................... 66
Fallschirmjager StuG Assault Gun Platoon...........................31
Wespe Artillery Battery.............................................................66
Fallschirmjager StuH Assault Howitzer Platoon....................31
Hummel Artillery Battery...................................................... .66
The Normandy Campaign......................................... 32 10.5cm Artillery Battery....................................................... 67
15cm Nebelwerfer Battery........................................................ 67
503'^‘‘ Fleavy Tank Battalion..................................... 37 Panzer III OP Observation Post............................................... 67
Tiger Tank Company................................................... 38 D-Day: German Example Force.......................... 68
Tiger Tank Company HQ........................................................ 39
Tiger Tank Platoon....................................................................39 Painting Germans................................................70
Panzer Lehr Division..................................................40 German Basing Guide.........................................71
Panther Tank Company...............................................42
Panther Tank Company HQ....................................................43
French Countryside Terrain................................72
Panther Tank Platoon............................................................... 43 D-Day Battles.................................................... 74
Panzer FV Tank Company.......................................... 44 Armoured Fury...........................................................................75
Panzer IV Tank Company HQ............................................... 45 Outflanked..................................................................................76
Panzer IV Tank Platoon............................................................. 46 Breakout....................................................................... .'...........77
Mobelwagen AA Tank Platoon............................................... 46
D-Day: German Catalogue................................ 78
D-DAY: GERMAN
We shall see who fights better and who dies more easily, the German soldier faced with the destruction of his
homeland or the Americans and British, who don't even know what they are fighting for in Europe.
—Gen. Alfred Jodi, Operations Chief of the German High Command, early 1944
The concept of the Allies actually invading Germany seemed unimaginable ...Yeti was astonished at this sight I
wondered If i was hallucinating, or if this was a delirium of some kind. I had never seen such an assembly ofships
and I m sure nobody will ever see such a thing again, perhaps not in human history. The sea was absolutely solid
with metal, that is no exaggeration.
— From Holger Eckhertz, D Day Through German Eyes
After the defeat of France in 1940, Western Europe became

and armoured infantry mounted in half-tracks, infantry
a military backwater for the German Army. Panzer divisions
groups of panzergrenadiers, and a reconnaissance group of
worn out on the battlefields of Russia rebuilt there while armoured cars and panzergrenadiers in light half-tracks that
infantry divisions made up of men too old or medically unfit
was often used as a reserve. These formed the hard core of the
for the front line guarded the coast against commando raids. German defences.
By early 1944, things had changed. It was clear that the coast
of France would be the next battlefield when the British and Like the panzer divisions, the Fallschirmjdger, the German
American forces invaded. paratroopers, (pronounced fal-shirrm-year-ga), were rebuild
ing and expanding after hard fighting. These elite troops were
It,
The beach defence infantry of the fortress divisions laid rushed to the front to stiffen the defending infantry and hold
millions of mines and dug fortifications along hundreds key sectors of the front around Carentan and St. L6. They
of miles of coastline. While their resilience may have been became known for their stubborn defence.
limited, the beach defence troops still held out long enough
I for the panzer divisions to counterattack and halt the Allied Further infantry divisions were pulled from other parts of
advance well short of their D-Day objectives. the coast to Normandy to allow the panzer divisions to be
pulled out of the line and concentrated for a massed counter
The first available panzer division counterattacked on
attack. Despite their best efforts, continuous Allied offensives
D-Day, and by D+2, two more had joined the attempt to smashed division after division, forcing the panzers into a
throw the Allied landings back into the sea. As the campaign
counterattack role, which they performed admirably, limiting
continued, another seven panzer divisions arrived in Allied gains and preventing breakthroughs.
Normandy, bringing the total to ten. The panzer divisions
Supporting all of these were the heavy Tiger tank battalions.
were all-arms forces, combining armoured groups of tanks
Dreaded by every Allied tanker, Tiger tanks were the heavi
est, most powerful tanks in existence. W^herever they fought,
Allied advances ground to a halt.
As a German commander, stopping the Allied invasion will
not be easy. You will be outnumbered in men and equipment,
but every German soldier can be counted on to do his duty
and overcome the enormous odds arrayed against you.
GERMAN SPECIAL RULES
The following special rules are characteristic ofD-Day: German forces,
reflecting their own style ofequipment, tactics, and approach to battle.
STORMTROOPERS INFANTRY
A Unit may attempt a second Movement Order after suc
ceeding in its first Movement Order. The second Movement FLAME-THROWER
Order must be different from the first. Infantry, Gun, and Unarmoured Tank Teams re-roll suc
Stormtrooper tactics learned during the First World War empha cessful Saves when hit by a Flame-thrower and the Unit is
sised the importance of initiative and decisive action. This focus automatically Pinned Down. Armoured Tank Teams use their
carried over to training and combat in the Second World War. Top armour for Armour Saves when hit by a Flame-thrower.
Flame-throwers may shoot in Defensive Fire. However, while
a Unit that is Hit by a Flame-thrower is Pinned Down, this
PANZERS does not automatically stop the assault. The defender still
needs to score five (or eight) hits as normal to stop the assault
BAZOOKA SKIRTS as normal.
A Tank Team with Bazooka Skirts increases its Side armour to Flame-throwers spew a stream of burning fuel, making them
5 against weapons with Firepower 5+ or 6. terrifying and lethal weapons.
The Germans fitted their tanks with bazooka skirts to protect
them fi'om hand-held anti-tank weapons. MOUNTED ASSAULT
This Team has Assault 4+ and Counterattack 4+ with one
Passenger and Assault 3+ and Counterattack 4+ with two or
WEAPONS three Passengers. This is shown on the Transport Unit card as
HEAT an additional motivation and skill column.
A Team’s Armour rating is not increased by +1 if it is more German armoured half-track tactics calledfor bold assaults using \
than l6”/40cm away when hit by HEAT weapons. their vehicles to push aside the enemy where possible.
The German army was the first to experiment with High
Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warheads in combat. When a
HEAT warhead explodes, itforms a jet of metal that can punch
through a tank’s armour. Since it doesn’t rely on velocity, it is
equally effective at any range.
SALVO
Weapons with a ROF of ‘salvo’ are Artillery weapons and
fire Artillery Bombardments, but use a 10”/25cm square
Salvo Template rather than the normal 6”/15cm square
Artillery Template.
A Salvo Template may not be placed within 6”/15cm of a
friendly Team.
A battery of 15cm Nebelwerfer rocket launchers fires dozens of
rockets in a matter ofseconds, saturating a large target area with
explosions. PANZERFAUST — LIMITED 1
Each time this Unit shoots, one of its Teams may shoot as a
Panzerfaust rather than its usual weapons.
Each time this Unit rolls To Hit in an assault, one of its Teams
may attack with a Panzerfaust rather than its usual weapons.
The Panzerfaust was a one-shot weapon. Infantry used them
sparingly, keeping some in reserve for the next tank attack.
Si# UNIT TRANSPORT |
The Unit Leader of the Transport Attachment must end the
Movement Step within 6”/15cm of the Unit Leader of its
Passenger Unit while on table. If it cannot do this, then the
Transport Attachment must be Sent to the Rear.
Half-tracks are a part of the platoon in every way. The troops.^
live out oftheir transports and guard them against enemy attack^
XI
OPERATION OVERLORD
In the early morning darkness of 6 June 1944, the largest Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey. The vast
armada of ships the world has ever seen heaves to off the forces involved meant that not all could be landed at once, so
Normandy coastline. Aboard, thousands of Allied soldiers spearheads would have to land on the invasion beaches and
wait in readiness for their date with destiny. Months of plan push inland clearing the way for others to follow.
ning, training and preparation are now behind them. On this
day they will undertake the greatest amphibious assault in TARGET NORMANDY
history, and on their success or failure hangs the fate of the
The Allies chose Normandy for the landings, rather than the
liberation of Europe from the jackboot of Nazi domination.
shortest route across the English Channel from Dover to the
D-Day is finally here!
Pas de Calais. Hitler himself suspected that Normandy would
be the site of any invasion but, unusually, allowed himself
OPERATION OVERLORD
to be persuaded otherwise by his generals. To reinforce this
In November 1943, following months of negotiations, conviction, the Allies launched a major deception plan.
^he British and American Governments finally agreed to a Operation Fortitude, using double agents, fake signal trans
full-scale invasion of German-occupied France—Operation
missions, news stories, broadcasts and dummy encampments.
Overlord—provisionally scheduled for May 1944. In The deception centred on creating the illusion of a First US
December, US General Dwight D Eisenhower was appoint Army Group, FUSAG, supposedly comprising 30 divisions
ed Supreme Commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied stationed in south-east England under the command of
Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) charged with planning General George S Patton. The Germans were completely
the invasion. Under his command General Sir Bernard taken in. Even after the Normandy landings had taken place.
Montgomerys 21 Army Group consisted of the US First Hitler refused to allow reinforcements to be transferred from
Army under General Omar Bradley and the British Second the Pas de Calais region, believing that the landings were
merely a diversionary attack.
THE ATLANTIC WALL attached Ost (East) battalions made up of former Soviet sol
While the Allies laid their plans and marshalled their forces diers. The all-important armoured divisions, critical to the
the defenders of Hitler’s Atlantikwall, the coastal forti success of any counterattack in the event of an invasion, were
fications of North Western Europe, were not idle. Since nominally part of Panzer Group West, directly controlled
1942, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt had been by OB West. However, Rommel did manage to get three
Oberbefelshaber (OB) West, commanding all German Forces in armoured divisions placed under his direct control.
France, Holland and Belgium. This included Army Group B, This confusing German command structure and the need
which controlled Seventh Army, defending Brittany and to obtain the authority of Hitler himself to move key for
Normandy, and Fifteenth Army in the Pas de Calais region. mations was to significantly hamper the German ability to
In November 1943, command of Army Group B was given to react swiftly when required. On the day of the invasion, von
Generalfeldmarschall Rommel, the famed ‘Desert Fox’, with Runstedt’s efforts to move / SS-Panzerkorps (P' SS-Panzer
orders to ready the neglected coastal defences for the long Corps) closer to the invasion beaches had to await Hitler’s
expected invasion. Rommel added strongpoints and took approval. This was not given until 1600 hours. Even then,
steps to deny fields to airborne invaders. Well-sited anti-tank Allied air attacks significantly delayed the movement of
obstacles and extensive minefields were constructed to hinder most reserve formations. In the months preceding D-Day,
the invaders. However, weaknesses remained. The defences the Allied air forces had smashed the French railway system,
along this part of the coast had to mostly rely on obsolescent reducing its capacity to move troops to the front. The
weapons and there was a notable lack of depth in defence Germans were forced to commit the few remaining Luftwaffe
once the initial coastal ‘crust’ was broken. aircraft to its defence against overwhelming odds.
THE DEFENSIVE PLAN D-DAY

The German defensive plan involved infantry formations As D-Day approached, the weather in the English Channel
holding the defensive line along the coast, with an armoured worsened forcing General Eisenhower to postpone the land
reserve held further inland. The bulk of the infantry forces ings by 24 hours. Finally, after consulting the meteorologists
manning the fixed defences were static divisions, comprising Eisenhower made the fateful decision. The weather was not
two infantry regiments of variable quality supported by three perfect, but it would have to do—the invasion was on.
The poor weather had lulled the defenders into a false sense
of security. As the invasion got under way many of the senior
German commanders were absent from their posts, attending
wargames in Rennes or on leave in Brussels and elsewhere.
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AIRBORNE INVASION SEABORNE LANDINGS
In the early hours of D-Day, paratroopers of three airborne Under cover of darkness thousands of landing craft
divisions—the US 82"*“ ‘All American’ and 101” ‘Screaming approached the Normandy coastline. The Allied amphibious
Eagles’ Airborne Divisions, and the ‘Red Devils’ of the British force would come ashore at five beaches, running from west
6'*' Airborne Division—dropped into Normandy to secure to east they were codenamed: Utah and Omaha—the landing
the flanks of the seaborne landings. The more fortunate beaches of the US First Army—and Gold, Juno and Sword—
landed near their drop zones, but many were dispersed as a the landing beaches for the British and Canadian troops of
result of low cloud and anti-aircraft fire. the British Second Army.
In the Cotentin Peninsula, on the western flank of the inva
sion beaches, the US airborne divisions secured key areas UTAH BEACH
inland of Utah Beach. On the eastern flank, the British para Utah Beach, at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula, was wide
troopers struck at targets between the Orne and Dives rivers. and flat, and behind the beach was a marshy plain that had
Vital bridges over the Orne and Caen Cahal were seized by an been deliberately flooded by the defenders. The Americans
audacious glider assault at the outset of the operation. elected to land an hour earlier than the British, using the
Although not always successful, the parachute and glider lower tide to overcome the problems of submerged beach
landings proved crucial in confusing and delaying the obstacles designed to destroy landing craft. At 0630 hours,
German defenders, securing inland routes from the invasion under cover of a bombardment from rocket-firing landing
beaches and capturing key bridges and crossroads. craft, 8* Regimental Combat Team (RCT) of 4'^' ‘Ivy’
Infantry Division led the beach assault. A navigation error
At 0520 hours, nearly two thousand Allied medium and
put the troops ashore two thousand yards south of the
heavy bombers hammered the German coastal defences. This
projected landing site. Fortuitously, however, the German
airborne onslaught was followed by a massive naval bom
defences were even weaker in this sector of the beach.
bardment from seven battleships, 18 cruisers, 43 destroyers,
plus gunboats and monitors. A follow-up raid by another Supported by Sherman DD amphibious tanks (28 of the
thousand American bombers wrought yet more destruction. 32 launched made it ashore) the infantry quickly over
whelmed the 919''’ Grenadier Regiment of the 709'*’ Infantry
Division. The Infantry Division secured its objectives at
a cost of 200 casualties—far fewer than anticipated. As the
rest of the US VII Corps poured ashore, the Division linked
up with paratroopers of the 101” Airborne Division who 1^9*^
seized the exits from the flooded plain further inland.
OMAHA BEACH GOLD BEACH
In contrast with Utah, the going at Omaha Beach was much At 0725 hours the first troops from the British Second Army
tougher for the assaulting American troops. Bad weather began landing. At Gold Beach, 69 and 231 Brigade Groups
meant that tides were running higher, swamping landing craft of 50* (Northumberland) Division led the assault with sup
and pushing them onto submerged obstacles. Preparatory fire port from commandos, artillery and specialist armour the
had missed most of the beach defences, sited on a high bluff mine-clearing, flame-throwing and engineering ‘funnies
allocated to the British beaches. The invaders made good |j
overlooking the beach and losses to enemy fire were heavy,
with most of the combat engineers and supporting Sherman progress against the defenders from 736* Infantry Regiment
of the 716* Infantry Division. By early afternoon, all of
DD tanks lost before they reached the shoreline.
50* Division was ashore, with elements of 7* Armoured
To further complicate matters, the assaulting troops of
Division landing behind them later in the day.
16* RCT, from the veteran T' ‘Big Red One’ Infantry
Division, and 116* RCT, from the inexperienced 29* ‘Blue
JUNO BEACH
and Grey’ Infantry Division, found themselves facing not
Immediately to the east of 50* Division, it was the task of the
only the anticipated 726* Infantry Regiment from the
7 and 8 Btigade Groups of 3”^ Canadian Division to storm
716* Infantry Divisions, but also the 914* and 916* Infantry
ashore at Juno Beach. The Canadians were supported by the
Regiments of the 352"** Infantry Division, who had occupied
commandos of 4 Special Service Brigade. Mindful of the
the beach defences undetected by Allied intelligence. The
debacle at Dieppe in 1942 which had cost so many Canadian
assault forces were pinned down on the beach until mid-af
ternoon, suffering heavy casualties. By nightfall they had lives, the Canadians anticipated heavy casualties. In the event,
their objectives were taken with comparatively light casualties
advanced no more than 2,000 yards inland.
after hard fighting against elements of the 736* Grenadier
A few miles to the west, near the Vire River estuary dividing
Regiment of the 716* Infantry Division.
Omaha and Utah, the 2"‘‘ Ranger Battalion carried out a
By mid afternoon the entire 3"^ Canadian Division was ashore.
daring assault from the sea directly up the cliffs at Pointe du
Hoc. The mission was intended to knock out a German coastal
battery that threatened the invasion beaches. However, after SWORD BEACH
a successful but costly assault, the rangers discovered that the At the easternmost beach of the invasion. Sword Beach,
guns had already been removed by the Germans. 8 Brigade Group of British 3"^ Division led the assault, j
supported by the commandos of 1 Special Service Brigade.
The landings suffered from high tides caused by the bad
weather and also tough resistance from German troops of
the 736* Infantry Regiment of the 716* Infantry Division.
The British troops fought their way through the beach
defences and began to exploit inland. On the German side,
716* Infantry Division was practically obliterated, reduced
to an effective strength of only two battalions.
3* Division had been allocated very ambitious objectives,
including the capture of the city of Caen, a crucial road and
rail junction some ten miles inland. The division duly cleared
the invasion beach and linked up with the paratroopers of
the 6* Airborne Division, having advanced some 6 miles
inland—one of the furthest advances on D-Day.
.1 The unexpected arrival of 2T' Panzer Division stopped
3* Division’s advance and threw them on the defensive.
A strong defence by the British and Canadian divisions
prevented 2P' Panzer Division from exploiting its success,
despite reaching the sea between Juno and Sword Beaches.
However, its attack had frustrated the initial drive on Caen.
Their failure to capture Caen was to have far reaching conse
quences for the Allies.
NIGHTFALL, 6 JUNE
By nightfall on 6 June the Allies were ashore, but in some
places their beachhead was no deeper than 2000 yards.
Certain vital D-Day objectives—most notably Caen—had
not been captured. Yet enough men and material had been
brought ashore that the local German forces could not hope
to push them back into the sea. Still, the task that lay before
the Allied forces was considerable. They must link up their
beachheads, capture Cherbourg (the only major port in the
region) to guarantee resupply, and push inland to Caen and
St. L6, before breaking through the difficult bocage hedgerow
countryside of Normandy and into the open terrain beyond.
KNOW YOUR PANZERS
Allies may have driven German forces out of Africa and pushed them back on the Eastern Front, but Germany has come
vktrl anT'-lf“ miraculous V-weapons on the horizon, its elite panzer crews are still certain of
,. "»»,he
S»™d .heTjI “/ i" bins. n.is significan.ly
reduced the chance of ammumnon explosions when tanks were hit. The increased crew survival rate gave tank crews con-
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Tiger crews were hand picked as the best of the best. They had confidence in themselves and their machines, repairing and
remounting damaged machines, and fighting on, even when the odds against them appeared insurmountable. ^
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PANZER
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IV
I Almost half of the German tanks in Normandy were Fan2er I?. Having
Crew (5); Commander, gunner,
I fought in the front lines since the beginning of the war, the latest
loader, driver, radio op
I marks of the Panzer I? are deadly opponents. Their armour is as good Weight 25.00 -tonnes
, as any medium tank, and the 7.5cm gun will penetrate most tanks at
Length; 7.02m (23’)
I effective range.
Width; a88m (9’ 5”)
Height- 2.68m (8’ 10”)
Weapons; 7.5cm KwK40 L/48 gun
2x MG34 7.92mm MG
Armour 30-60mm
Speed; 38 km/h (23 mph)
Engine; Maybach 220 kW (300 hp)
PANTHER
I The Panther’s long 7.5cm gun could penetrate any Allied tank with ease,
Crew (5); Commander, gunner,
1 while they found its thick, well-sloped armour difficult to penetrate in
loader, driver, radio op
I return. Even its speed and mobility was as good as an Allied light tank,
Weight 43.00 tonnes
I making it an all-round winner.
length; 8.86m (29’)
Width; 3.40m 01’ 2”)
Height 2.95m (9’ 8”)
2x MG34 7.92mm 55G
Armour 45 - 100mm
TIGER
The Tiger heavy tank combined the dreaded ’88’, which punched tiirough Crew (5); Commander, gunner,
Allied tanks with ease, with thick armour on both the front and sides. loader, driver, radio op
Pew weapons posed much of a threat to this monster, and its crews knew Weight; 57.00 tonnes
it, making them bold and aggressive in action. Pew tanks were ever more Length; 8.45m (27’ 9”)
feared by their opponents. Width; 3.70m as’ 2”)
Height 2.93m (9’ 7”)
2x MG34 7.92mm HG
Armour;
80 - 100mm
STUG AND STUH

The StuG assault gun and the StuH assault howitzer were the infantry’s Crew (4); Commander, gunner,
armoured support. Armed with the same gun as the Panzer IV, but with loader, driver
even thicker armour, thanks to the weight saving from not having a Weight 23.9 tonnes
turret, the StuG protected the infantry from enemy tanks while giving Length; 6.77m (22’ 3”)
them fire support. The StuH, with its 10.5cm howitzer focussed more on Width; 2.95m (9’ 8”)
destroying enemy machine-guns and anti-tank weapons, allowing the other Height 2.16m (7’ 1”)
arms to do their job. Weapons; 7.5cm StuK40 L/48 gun, or
15cm StuH42 L/28 howitze;
lx MG34 7.92mm MG
Armour 30 - 80mm
JAGDPANZER IV
The panzer divisions used the Jagdpanzer IV as their anti-tank support. Crew (4); Commander, gunner,
With the same gun as the StuG, but lighter, well-sloped armour and the loader, driver
mobility of the longer, better-balanced. Panzer IV chassis, the Jagdpanzer Weight 24.0 -tonnes
was as deadly as the StuG, but more mobile. Pighting from ambush, it Lengtk 6.85m (22’ 6”)
hunted Allied tanks, freeing the panzers for mobile operations. Width; 3.17m (10’ 5”)
Height- 250m (7’ 3”)
Weapons; 7.5cm PaK39 V48 gun
A Armour
lx MG34 7.92mm MG
30 - 60mm
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4#
KNOW YOUR INFANTRY
! The Allies may have driven German forces out of Africa and pushed them back on the Eastern Front, but Germany has come
back stronger than even With the promised miraculous V-weapons on the horizon, its elite infantry of the panzer divisions are
still certain of victory and will not stop fighting while there is any hope of success. The panzergrenadiers' Third Reich bonus
helps them to hold out in a desperate last-stand.
By 1944, the Germans were running out of manpower, so recruited older men to fill out their infantry divisions. With families
back home, these soldiers were less willing to fight to the bitter end in a heroic last stand than the soldiers of the elite panzet
divisions. Their Family Man rating means that they are more likely to surrender when the situation looks hopeless.
BEACH DEFENCE GRENADIER COMPANY

The troops assigned to defend the beaches of ihrance against the Allied invasion had been deemed unfit for
front-line service. They spent more of their time building fortifications than training, but their lack of
combat skills mattered less when they stuck to their intended defensive role, but did limit their capability in
offensive operations.
CONFIDENT 4+
while most coastal-defence divisions struggled to get enough machine-guns, the infantry
platoons of some divisions were given extra machine-guns to make them more effective in
a mobile role.
FALLSCHIRMJAGER COMPANY
I The paratroopers of the Fallschirmjager divisions saw themselves as the
I best of the best. After jumping out of aircraft, combat held little fear
i for them, whether stubbornly defending or launching their own attacks
to push the Allies back. Their officers and WCOs had fought in Africa,
1 Italy, and Russia, bringing plenty of experience to season the new
^ recruits and teach them how to fight.
5^1
FEARLESS 3+
VETERAN 3+
CAREFUL 4+
-V: . I.I. MiMw,
ARMOURED PANZERCRENADIER COMPANY
The panzer divisions sent to throw the Allies back into the sea were exceptionally well equipped, with nearly
iialf of the infantry battalions in the panzergrenadier regiments equipped with armoured half-tracks, including
a variety of self-propelled guns, mortars, and even flame-throwing half-tracks. These units used their mobility
to launch rapid attacks and counterattacks, aiming to catch the Allies off balance with their speec^nd
firepower.
PANZERCRENADIER COMPANY
The motorised panzsr grenadiers who made up the rest of the infantry oattalions had plenty of trucks to get
them to the battlefield, but fought on foot. The soldiers in these units were young, confident, and well trained
after months of training as the divisions rebuilt after heavy combat on the Eastern Front. Their skilfully
conducted attacks and stubborn defence made them the backbone that held back the Allied tide.
RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY
Each panzer division had an armoured reconnaissance battalion that combined a company of eight-wheeled heavy
i armoured cars and a company of half-tracked or tracked scouts, with two companies of half-tracked infantry,
i These were organised and equipped much like the armoured panz;ergrenadiers, but had smaller, faster half-
i tracks allowinc them to get into assault positions unseen. These troops led advances and acted as the divisional
D-DAY: GERMAN FORCE
Your Force must contain at least one Formation from this Force Diagram, and may contain as many Formations as you like.
You may also include Formations from any German or Waffen-SS book.
I
FALLSCHIRMJAGER
FORMATIONS
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„ BEACH DEFENCE
GRENADIER COMPANY FALLSCHIRMJAGER J FALLSCHIRMIAnPR 1
I-G148 COMPANY STUG ASSAULT GUN J
COMPANY ji
LG184
GERMAN SUPPORT UNITS

1
10.5cm 10.5cm
ARTILLERY BATTERY ARTILLERY BATTERY
LG136
WESPE HUMMEL
ARTILLERY BATTERY ARTILLERY BATTERY
LG134 LG135
I ANTI-AIRCRAFT
ARTILLERY
2cm
LIGHT AA PLATOON
15cm NEBELWERFER PANZER III OP LG187
BATTERY OBSERVATION POST
LG137 LGias
—in ;=-i__________ ,
WILDCARD FORMATION SUPPORT
You may field compulsory
7 Combat Units (with a black

box) from any German or
Waffen-SS Formation as
Support Units.
352ND INFANTRY DIVISION
The 352"'^ Infantry Division rose from
The biggest question on their mind was
the ashes of the 32 Infantry Division,
where would the division fight next.’
a fortress division sent to the Russian
Would they be sent to the Russian Front.’
Front after the disaster at Stalingrad, and
destroyed in the Soviet counteroffensive Many of the soldiers were no doubt
following the Battle of Kursk. Leaving relieved to be ordered to take over half
of the Normandy coastal sector from the
the surviving combat troops to fight
over-extended 716''' Infantry Division.
on with the 110''’ Infantry Division,
the headquarters returned to France in
November 1943. There it rebuilt the
THE D-DAY FIGHTING
division from young 18 and 19-year old D-Day, 6 June, answered the question
recruits from Flanover, Germany. of where the division would fight. The
division reacted immediately to the
As the commander, it fell upon
Allied invasion, inflicting horrendous
: Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss (awarded the Knight’s Cross
casualties on the two American divisions landing on Omaha
. with Oak Leaves and the German Cross in Gold) to make Beach in its sector. On the first day, the only beach where the
his division ready to fight. He and his staff worked tireless
Germans stopped the Allies cold was Omaha, and it was the
ly to get equipment. Heavy weapons were scarce, trucks 352"'' Infantry Division that had performed this heroic feat.
almost unobtainable. Shortages of ammunition and fuel With the Americans tied down on the beach and unable to
meant a bare minimum of weapons training and virtually no get any vehicles up to the top of the steep bluffs, it seemed
driver training.
only a matter of time before they were pushed back into the
In spite of these shortages and spending up to 8 hours a day Channel once the German reserves counterattacked.
labouring on beach defences, by May 1944 the 352"'' Infantry Unfortunately for the soldiers manning the strongpoints
Division was fully equipped and capable of combat — a state overlooking the beach, their mobile reserves never arrived.
that no other infantry division in the Normandy area could Battlegroup Meyer, the divisional reserve, first headed
aspire to. By the standard of the fortress divisions, its equip towards Carentan intending to counterattack the American
ment scale was lavish, with twice the number of machine- parachute landings there. Then on arriving, they immediately
guns and plenty of mortars and guns. went all the way back across the whole battlefield to their
starting point at Bayeux to counterattack the growing British
penetration.
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VIERVILLE-SUR-MER X
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ChAteau de Vaumicel
Louvieres
While this was happening, divisional headquarters believed ward the division continued to resist, and towns with names
that the Americans had been contained. By the time the true like Isigny, Formigny, and Trevieres became battlegrounds.
situation was known, the opportunity to totally rout the During the defence of St. L6, the division virtually ceased to
American landings was lost in the fog of battle. The American exist. Generalleutnant Kraiss was killed during the bombing
forces were through the defences and pushed inland. before the attack. By 30 July, despite receiving eight new
As if trying to hold the beaches at Omaha, see off the para battalions from five other divisions, all its battalions were
troopers at Carentan, and halt the British incursion at Bayeux classified as Abgekdmpft, fought out, and no-longer capable
was not enough, the 352"'^ Infantry Division faced another of even defending their positions, let alone attacking. Over
problem. The American rangers attacking the coastal-defence the course of the fighting in Normandy the division had
guns at Pointe-du-Hoc had established firm control of the gun lost some 7900 officers and men out of its initial strength
positions by the time divisional headquarters was aware of the of 14,460. Each battalion had less than 100 combat-ready
problem. Reinforcements were sent to drive them off. Repeated soldiers. Of its organic anti-tank guns only four remained
attacks throughout the day finally pushed the rangers back to serviceable, along with just two of its ten StuG assault guns.
the wire around the former German position, but there they The survivors were withdrawn to Alenqon south-east of Gaen
held their ground, resisting all efforts to remove them. for refitting. Within a week, they were back in combat, fight
ing a rearguard action against the American breakout racing
FIGHTING ON AFTER D-DAY towards Paris.
Massively outnumbered and without reinforcements, the The 352"*^ Infantry Division was renamed the 352"'' Volks-
division stood no chance. By nightfall, the fight had moved grenadier Division on 21 September, after just less than one year
off the beaches and into the French countryside. For two in existence. Absorbing the month-old 581“ Volksgrenadier
more months the division stood between increasingly strong Division, the division rose from the ashes for the last time,
US forces and victory. As the American infantry moved for fighting against the odds until the end.
OMAHA BEACHHEAD, JUNE 1944

-5
Barbed Wire Turret Bunker
First gaps in beach obstacles.
: Gun Bunker MG Tobruk
Allied penetrations by noon. O Mortar Tobruk Field/AT gun
“ ” ^ Allied movement to the end of the day. Obstacles (hedgehogs, stakes, ramps etc.)
^ German reserves movement.
GERMAN UNITS
Main resistance at the end of the day.
716™ INFANTRY DIVISION
After the initial burst of energy and determination that I felt when the attack started, I began to feel pity for
these troops, because they kept arriving in landing craft. The craft would deposit them in the shallows, and they
would walk towards us through the water in the same way as the first set of troops. We fired at them in the same
way, causing the same deaths and injuries. My loader was moved by this, and he shook his head, saying that the
Americans should not sacrifice their men in this way.
— Holger Eckhertz, D-Day through German Eyes
In spite of being in existence for more hike all divisions defending the Atlantik
than three years by 6 June of 1944, the Wall, the 716* Infantry Division had
716* Infantry Division lacked battle little or no mobility and its personnel, in
experience, having avoided the horrors general, belonged to the lowest category
of the war on the Eastern Front. Instead, of recruit, coming from the older age
it had dedicated its time to constructing groups or from the Landsturm home-de
fortifications and strongpoints along fence militia. By the end of 1943, the
Hitler's Atlantik Wall. division was almost at full strength with
The 716* Infantry Division had been 9,343 men, but by 1 May 1944 it was
organized at the beginning of May 1941,
IN M N T R Y I D IV IS IO N
reduced to just 7,771 (half the strength

and was transferred at the end of that of a standard infantry division) due to the
month to the training area in Rouen, transfer of many of its men to the Eastern
France. Thereafter it undertook various Front. At this point it was the weakest
training, coastal defence, and security duties around France division in Normandy, yet was tasked with covering a 90 km
until being transferred at the end of March 1942 to the coast (55 mile) stretch of coast between Caen and Carentan.
of Normandy where they relieved 323"* Infantry Division,
i'ikwdiich was sent to the Eastern hrpr
71^
Like most fortress divisions, the 716* Infantry Division only left flank and attack the British on the tight flank. A number
had two regiments (726 and 736) of three battalions each, but of StuG assault guns were lost, but the previously unopposed
was assigned three more Ost (Eastern) battalions of Russians British advance was halted by nightfall.
(439, 442, and 642) to make up its numbers. These men had On Juno Beach, the density of defending troops was somewhat
volunteered to get away from the horrific conditions of their heavier than elsewhere, and a delay between the preparatory
prisoner of war camps, but were poorly trained, armed, and bombardment and the actual landings allowed the German
motivated. defenders time to recover. The result was a similar level of losses
to the 3* Canadian Infantry Division as the Americans had
When the 352"“* Infantry Division was ordered to take over
suffered on Omaha Beach.
the 716* Infantry Division's sector in the Carentan Peninsula
(facing Utah Beach), and share the sector facing Omaha Beach, On Sword Beach, German resistance was less effective. There
this still left just the 736* Grenadier Regiment to face the three the thinly-deployed defenders were unable to prevent the British
British and Canadian beaches between Bayeux and Caen, sup 3* Division from storming ashore and linking up with their
ported by two of the Ost battalions. Unlike the American beach 6* Airborne Division holding the bridges across the Orne River.
es though, there was a powerful armoured counterattack force
behind Sword Beach in the form of the 21” Panzer Division. FIGHTING TO THE END
With his division quickly being overwhelmed,
THE D-DAY INVASION GeneralleutnantRichter called on the 21” Panzer
On 6 June 1944, elements of the 716* Infantry Division Division, in reserve around Caen, for aid. Their support
were involved in the fighting on Omaha, Gold, Juno, and was not forthcoming as the 21” Panzer Division could
Sword Beaches. On Omaha Beach the strong resistance put not be committed without orders from the German High
up by 352""* Infantry Division and the 716* Infantry Division Command who were more worried by the British paratroop
was wasted by the lack of an effective counterattack reserve. landings east of the Orne. When the panzets finally did
Despite inflicting heavy losses on the Ameticans, all of the counterattack in the late afternoon they reached the sea
defensive positions were captured one after the other. between Juno and Sword Beaches, but withdrew to defend
Caen when hundreds of gliders flew overhead to reinforce
On Gold Beach, the 716* Infantry Division didn’t fare well
the 6* Aitborne Division at dusk.
either, yielding to the assault after relatively little fighting. An
effective preparatory bombardment left the defenders with Unsupported, the 716* Infantry Division started to withdraw
almost no time to recover before the beach was attacked. in small groups towards the south during the night. They had
The Btitish broke through the coastal defences and advanced taken very high losses (estimates put losses as high as 3,000
towards Bayeux. The worried commander of the 352"“* Infantry men), but had fought bravely. As the fighting to hold back
Division ordered Battlegroup Meyer, the divisional the Allied invasion continued, the already badly-weakened
reserve, to return from operations against division was further worn down. On 15 June the decision
the American paratroop was made to withdraw it and send it to the south of France.
ers on the By this time the division had almost ceased to exist, having
suffeted an estimated 6300 casualties, roughly 80% of their
starting strength just over a week before.
BRITISH & CANADIAN BEACHES

NORMANDY, FRANCE, 6 JUNE 1944
O Beach Gun
l_J Resistance Nest
ijj) Field/Medium Gun
fGerman Units
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LION-SUR-MER
I ■& 4'' -¥4
3 642 OST
Schonhost couH no longer hear the naval bombardment, Ducking back, Schonhost turned to the ammunition
but then he couldn’t hear much with his ears ringing locker, sweeping the illicit bottles of cider out of the
like this, but the ground had stopped shaking. iiVhen way, Dunsch would be almost out He grabbed the first
he realised he’d been watching Dunsch set up the MGr42 ammunition box It felt light! He ripped the lid open
and start firing, he stood up and looked out across and gaped at the collection of contraband cigarettes
the beach. He was surprised to see a very large tank and snk stockings - where had Dunsch managed to
burning fiercely at the waterline. He couldn’t figure
i out how it might have gotten there.
get them! Hurling the box away, frantic now as the
machine-gun went ominously quiet, he grabbed the next
Everywhere he looked. Tommies were wading ashore, two, feeling relief at their solid weight
landing craft spilling out little floods of infantry. ‘When you run out you can throw ciggies at them!’ he
Several of them fell, arms thrown wide as the streams screamed at Diinsch as he slammed the ammunition down.
of MG fire stitched across them He could see wave after
wave of bobbing boats heading towards the shore - Rommel had better have the panzers moving like
1 they were going to need a lot of bullets for that he promised - they would need a lot of help to
many targets! stop all this.
I
ROF ANTI- FIRE-
After the battles of Stalingrad and Tunisia, the HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
German Army was desperately short of soldiers. MP40 SMG team 4710cm
(
3 3 1 6 Pinned ROF 1
OPTIONAL
Every man who could fight was called up, with Panzerfaust anti-tank
4710cm 1 1 12 5+ Limited), Slow Firing
those who were not fit for front-line combat

being assigned to coastal defence.
Despite being desperately understrength, having BEACH DEFENCE INFANTRY: Features
limited training, and a shortage of weapons, FAMILY MEN: The beach defence troops are mainly older men, mostly
they will do their best to hold back the Allied married with families back home. They know that losing the battle
tide on the beaches and as the Allies fight their means that Germany and their families back home will suffer, so they
fight hard. However, when the chips are down, staying alive to get back
way inland. The sheer firepower of the Allies will
to their families is more important than a hero's death.
make that a difficult task, but despite this, they
will hold on for ten weeks.
BEACH DEFENCE
GRENADIER PLATOON
7x MG42 & K98 rifle team | 4 POINTS

5x MG42 & K98 rifle team | 3 POINTS
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
I 8'720cm I 8720cm | 12730cm | 12'730cm | AUTO §
7x MG42 team | 6 POINTS
5x MG42 team 1 4 POINTS WEAPON RANGE
ROF
HALTED MOVING
ANTI FIRE
TANK POWER
NOTES
■ MG42 & K98 rifle team 16740cm 2 1 2 6
OPTIONS 1 MG42team 16740cm 3 2 2 6

• Equip MG42 and K98 rifle teams or 1 OPTIONAL
1 1 12 5+
1 Panzerfaust anti-tank 4"/lOcM Limited 1, Slow Firing
MG42 teams with Panzerfaust anti-tank 1 OPTIONAL
1 sMG34 HMG team 24760cm 6 2 2 6 Assaults, Heavy Weapon
for +2 points. 1 OPTIONAL
1 Panzerschreck 8720cm 1 1 11 5+ Assault 6, Slow Firing
• Add up to two sMG34 HMG teams for ^ anti-tank
+1 point each.
The infantry companies of the coastal defence divisions are organised
• Add up to two Panzerschreck anti-tank
the same way as the ftont-line grenadier companies. Most platoons have
teams for +1 point each.
three MG42 light machine-guns operated by three squads of riflemen
The Unit Leader is one of the MG42 and K98
equipped with K98 rifles. Divisions earmarked for a more mobile role
rifle teams or MG42 teams, and is mounted on a
in defence have twice as many machine-guns, making their organisation
small base (see page 71).
more like the panzergrenadiers of the panzer divisions.
INFANTRY WEAPONS
MP40 SMC: With its high rate offire, the MP40 SMC34: The sMC34 is the schwere or heavy version of the
submachine-gun is often used by officers and NCOs for its MC34. Mounted on a tripod for long-range accuracy and
close-in firepower. with plenty of ammunition, it is an excellent defensive
weapon, in the attack, the sMG34 pins down the enemy
K98 RIFLE: The bolt-action K98 rifle dates back to 1898,
infantry, allowing its own infantry to assault. The
but still does its job of giving the infantry long-range
company's heavy machine-guns are allocated to the most
firepower. Backed up by MC42 machine-guns, it is a cost-
exposed platoons.
effective solution.
PANZERFAUST: The Panzerfaust ('Armoured Fist') is a
MC42: The belt-fed MG42 machine-gun has a high rate of
one-shot recoilless anti-tank weapon. Despite its crude
fire, sounding like canvas ripping when it fires. A platoon
design, it can be very deadly to tanks at short range.
equipped with plenty of these deadly weapons can lay
down a wall office, whether attacking or defending. PANZERSCHRECK: The Panzerschreck ('Tank Terror) or
'Stovepipe' is a bazooka-like anti-tank rocket launcher with
longer range than the Panzerfaust.
BEACH DEFENCE
SMG34 MACHINE-GUN PLATOON
________MOTIVATION • INFANTRY UNIT • HEAVY WEAPON •
CONFIDENT 4+ •STORMTROOPERS*
4x sMG34 HMG team Inhntry
The sMG34 heavy machine-guns of the

battalion machine-gun platoons form a base of TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
fire for the infantry to operate around. They dig 8’720cm 8"/20cm 12730cm 12730cm AUTO
in and dominate the ground in front of them, ROF ANTI- FIRE-
pinning the enemy down so that the infantry can HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
counterattack and wipe them out.

SMG34 HMG team 24760cm
]
BEACH DEFENCE
8CM MORTAR PLATOON
MOTIVATION • INFANTRY UNIT • HEAVY WEAPON •
CONFIDENT 4+ jiVES+l
6x 8cm mortar 6 POINTS

^ it
4x 8cm mortar 4 POINTS Heavy Weapon
Assault ®

TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
4710cm 4710cm 6715cm 8"/20cm AUTO

ROF ANTI- FIRE-
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
I 8cm mortar 40'V100cM artillery 1 4+ Smoke Bombardment
20
4x 12cm mortar
2x 12cm mortar
Many divisions have replaced the 7.5cm guns

of the regimental gun company with lighter and
simpler 12cm mortars. The mortars give greater
firepower in the artillery role, at the cost of
direct-fire infantry support.
4x 7.5cm infantry gun

2x 7.5cm infantry gun
The 7.5cm infantry gun is a relatively light

weapon that can keep pace with the infantry and
support them by putting high-explosive shells
into enemy nests and strongpoints.
The 15cm gun offers super-heavy firepower to the

infantry. A single shell from one of these guns can
easily pulverise a foxhole, a building, or a bunker?
567140cm ARTILLERY 3 2+
16"/40cm 1 1 1 7 AUTO
It
i Illff
BEACH DEFENCE
5CM TANK-HUNTER PLATOON
CONFIDENT 4+ AGGRESSIVE 3+
Family Men g.
Last Stand
3x 5cm gun 5 POINTS

Gun
2x 5cm gun 3 POINTS
Heavy Weapon
Assault
The lightweight 5cm anti-tank gun may have

been relegated to second line divisions like the TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
beach defence formations, but it is still effective

at giving the infantry close protection against
Allied tanks, leaving the tanks and the big ‘88s ^ ^ | 9 " 4+
'UIl to do their work unencumbered by the need to
protect the infantry.
BEACH DEFENCE
7.5CM TANK-HUNTER PLATOON
• GUN UNIT • GUNSHIEH) •
CONFIDENT 4+
Last Stand
3x 7.5cm gun 8 POINTS

•
275cm 275cm 6715cm 5+
ROF ANTI- FIRE-

7.5cm gun 32780cm 1 12 3+ Forward Firing

lit' 41
fc'V.#
Vou are the chosen of the German Army! You will seek to fight and train yourself to endure any ktnd of test. For yom
lattU shaU be fulfilment. Cultivate true camaraderie, through the help ofyour comrades you wtll have
Keep your ts open! Be as agile as a greyhound, as tough as leather, as hard as Krupp steel, become the embod,ment
of the German warrior. — Jhe Ten Commandments ofthe Fallschirmjdger
a hrutal field-by-field combat broken

The 3'“* Fallschirmjager (Paratroop)
up with house-to-house fighting in the
Division (pronounced fal-shirrm-year-
villages of Cloville and Le Soulaire. In
ga) was formed during November
the centre of the battlefield, paratroopers
1943 around cadres from the veteran had crept forward from their foxholes
1" Fallschirmjager Regiment. Although
despite the heavy artillery barrage and
most of the soldiers had completed jump forced the Americans to fight just to reach
training, there was a shortage of machine-
their line of departure, knocking out or
guns, anti-tank weapons, and all types forcing back all six tanks supporting the
of vehicles and artillery when the Allies
US infantry.
landed in Normandy on 6 June, 1944.
On the eastern flank of Hill 192, the
On the morning of D-Day, the
American infantry attacked across a gully.
Fallschirmjager Division was ordered
The German paratroopers waited until the infantry reached
to clear up a suspected parachute landing on the west coast
the bottom before opening fire, ambushing them with mor
of the Cotentin Peninsula. The divisions vehicles were pooled
tars, artillery, and machine-guns, causing serious casualties,
and an advance party, Battlegroup Alpers, was formed from
gaining it the nickname ‘Purple Heart Draw’ from the
the P' Battalion of the 9* Fallschirmjager Regiment. Soon it
became clear that the reports of airborne landings near the American survivors.
west coast were false and the paratroopers were ordered to By the end of the day the majority of the defending
move to the sector between Carentan and St. L6 to shore up Fallschirmjager had been forced to withdraw from Hill 192 to
the battered 352"** Infantry Division. There the battlegroup positions behind the St. L6 - Bayeux highway. The American
fought the US 2"^ ‘Indian Head’ Infantry Division holding advance only gained from 900 to 1500 metres despite heavy
its positions in front of St. L6 from 12 June until 18 June casualties on both sides, with most of the advances falling
when the rest of the division joined it. short of their objectives. One American company was
involved in such hard fighting throughout the day that its
HOLDING HILL 192 gain was just one hedgerow.
On 11 July, the ‘Indian Head’ Division renewed their attack
on Hill 192, a critical position covering the eastern approach
to St. L6. They immediately ran into stiff
BERtGNYK^4*^ Infantry
^JaliscWi
W) O St. Cilles «
1 '^r /,'2
BATTLE FOR SAINT-LO Fighting intensified again on 16 July with fresh attempts by
Closer to St. L6, other companies of the 3''* Fallschirmjager the 29'*' Infantry Division to clear out Martinville and bring
Division faced off against the US 29* (Blue & Gray) Infantry the American line up to the St. L6 - Bayeux highway and to
Division and the 747* Tank Battalion on the right flank of the take all the ground between that road and the St. L6 - Isigny
2"‘‘ Infantry Division, who attacked towards the city. Perhaps road, clearing out the last remnants of the 2’’" Fallschirmjager
aware that a major assault was just about to be launched, Gorps, which also contained remnants of the 275'*’ and
__ at 0130 hrs on 11 July men from the P‘ Battalion of the 352"'* Infantry Divisions and the 17"’ SS Panzergrenadier
^ Fallschirmjager Regiment began a surprise attack against Division. By 19 July all German attempts to keep American
Battalion, 115* Infantry Regiment, subsequently forces out of St. L6 had finally failed and the Fallschirmjager
described by the American commander as ‘...beautifully withdrew to the heights east of the city.
1-^./1 executed and planned’.
A Fallschirmjager patrol was first sent out to cut every phone COBRA AND FALAISE
line they came across to disrupt communications. Then a The 3" Fallschirmjager Division continued to fight with
large artillery and mortar barrage struck the Americans, great determination and skill throughout the rest of the
before rolling through their lines, with the German para- Normandy campaign. They proved a tough opponent against
troopers close behind. Surprise was almost complete and the the American Operation Gobra and the British Operation
fbrward outposts were quicUy overrun. The Fallschirmjager Bluecoat, and then broke out of the Falaise Pocket in August
“ hit the gap between two companies. A desperate and wild as the Allies finally pushed out of Normandy.
melee ensued. Fallschirmjager engaged the mortar platoons
in the American rear areas and drove them back, while the MONS POCKET
US infantry units tried to hold their ground, stayed in their From 20 August to 3 September, the 3'" Fallschirmjager
foxholes, and shot anything that moved. Division engaged in a fighting withdrawal for 435 km
The attack was over as quickly as it had begun and delayed (270 miles) on foot from Falaise to Mons, Belgium. Ffowever,
^ the American assault, scheduled for 0600 hrs, until midday, they, along with several German divisions and the headquar
t Forewarned of the coming attack, the Fallschirmjager again ters for three corps, were surrounded by the US First Army just
inflicted heavy casualties on the American unit so that by the outside the city in what was known as the Mons Pocket. With
end of the day P'Battalion, 115"’ Infantry Regiment had heroic sacrifice the hardened veterans of the 3* Fallschirmjager
lost one-third of its strength. The 29’*' Infantry Division’s Division fought through the pocket and opened the way for
commander told his Gorps Gommander, ‘The stuff ahead is the encircled troops to escape into Germany.
pretty stout’. Over the next three days the Americans tried to
move forward, while the Germans desperately hung on and
counterattacked when the opportunity arose.
S-W
FALLSCHIRMJAGER REGIMENT
“Our formation is young. We have not yet any traditions. We must create tradition by our action in the future.
It depends upon us whether or not the sign ofthe Diving Eagle—the badge which unites us—will go down in history as a
symbol ofmilitary honour and valour.” - Hauptmann Friedrich August Freiherr Von der Heydte, April 1941
The expansion of the Fallschirmjager began in early 1943 On D-Day, the paratroopers of the 6* Fallschirmjager
with the formation of the 2"'' Fallschirmjager Division, Regiment fought their American equivalents around
including the 6'*' Fallschirmjager Regiment, which was Carentan. A week later, they were subordinated to the
formed from part of the elite Air Assault Regiment that had 17* SS Panzergrenadier Division, and later the 2"“* SS
taken the Belgian fortress at Eben Emael in the world's first Panzer Division as they desperately fought to hold back
glider assault at the start of the Battle for France in 1940, the American advance. Fighting for every foot of ground,
veterans from the fighting in North Africa and Tunisia, and a the regiment was gradually ground down, before being sur
battalion of veteran air force troops from the Eastern Front. rounded at La Baleine, breaking out, and nearly surrounded
While training replacements, the regiment was sent to assist again at Villedieu.
in the occupation of Rome after the Italian surrender and halt Finally, on 10 August, after two months of intense combat, .
the American advance up the Italian Peninsula in late 1943. the 6* Fallschirmjager Regiment was ordered to Nancy in :
In January 1944, the 6* Fallschirmjager Regiment provided northern France to rebuild. Weeks later, the regiment went J
cadres for three more regiments, before being broken up back into action attempting to halt the rapid Allied advance ’
into battalions fighting separately across Southern Russia in after the breakout from Normandy. Fighting in southern «
a desperate attempt to stop the Soviet advance across the Holland, it helped stop the Allied advance, counterattacking ■
Dnieper River. the British forces attempting to link up with their own para
It wasn't until May that the battered survivors returned to troopers at Arnhem in Operation Market Garden. ^
France to rebuild once more. While officially still part of Switching to the American front, the 6* Fallschirmjager ;
the 2"“* Fallschirmjager Division, the regiment, as the most Regiment took part in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, andJ
battle-worthy part of the division, was sent to reinforce the the counterattacks on the American breakrhrough across the!
91" Airlanding Division in the Cotentin Peninsular. Remagen Bridge, finally being captured in the Ruhr Pocket. ’
’They’re still there, Herr Leutnant’, Caspar said, ’What
kind of men are these?
’I’allscharmjager’, he told the young soldier. ’Just like

us. We wouldn’t go back unlmi ordered. Neither will
they. Rommel said Carentan must be held, and we will
hold it It’s them or us, win or die.’
He yelled the order before even realising why - his

subconscious reacting to the sound, ’INCMMING!’
The furious barrage tore the land around the

farmhouse, throwing up huge geysers of earth, staving '
IClaus shook his head Two days. Two damned days
in more of the building, beating his men with sound
they’d been fighting and the American paratroopers
and concussion They hugged the ground and curled up
still kept on.
as it went on and on And when it lifted Klaus, unable
To his left, the buzzsaw sound of an aG42 filled the even to hear his own voice, bellowed orders, yanked
farmhouse. Gunter was trying again to drive them his men to their feet and threw them back to their
back from the crossroads, but Klaus didn’t expect it positions. Most were already there, already firing,
to work. They’d done everything. Flooded the lowlands, throwing back the Americans again, leaving more green |
blown the bridges, shelled them, shot them, and stni clad bodies in the blasted field. !
they came, creeping forward by day and night, up
’They will come again’, he could hear himself now. ’Be
the exposed causeway, wading the rivers, building
ready. You stand and you hold as long as you have
footbridges out of junk. Losing men but never quitting.
something to fight with. You stand and you HOLD!’ :
Slow. Relentless. Unstoppable.
FALLSCHIRMJAGER COMPANY HQ
■ INFANTRY FORMATION • STORMTROORtRS
m VETERAN
SKILL
3+
2x MP40 SMG team 3 POINTS
OPTIONS
• Equip MP40 SMG teams with
Panzerfaust anti-tank for +2 points. TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
8720cm 8720cm 12730cm 12730cm AUTO
While Allied air superiority prevents the RANGE

ROF
HALTED MOVING
ANTI FIRE
TANK POWER NOTES
Fallschirmjager (pronounced fal-shirrm-year-ga)

from swooping from the sky like the eagle
MP40 SMG team
OPTIONAL
Panzerfaust anti-tank
4710cm
4710cm
m n
□□Ld
Pinned ROF 1
Limited 1, Slow Firing

emblazoned on their badge, these elite troops
still form the bulwark that repeatedly denies the
Americans critical positions such as Carentan
and St. L6, delaying their breakout for crit
ical weeks.
FALLSCHIRMJAGER PLATOON
lOx MG42 & K98 rifle team 13 POINTS

7x MG42 & K98 rifle team 9 POINTS
OPTIONS
• Equip MG42 and K98 rifle teams with ■ 8720cm 8720cm 12730cm 12730cm AUTO
Panzerfaust anti-tank for +2 points.
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WEAPON RANGE
• Add up to two sMG42 HMG teams for HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
MG42 & K98 rifle team 16740cm 2 1 2 6
- 2 points each.
f
OPTIONAL
4710cm 1 1 12 5-F Limited 1, Slow Firing
• Add up to two Panzerschreck anti-tank OPTIONAL
24760cm 6 2 2 6
SMG42 HMG Assault 4+, Heavy Weapon
teams for - 2 points each.
f
OPTIONAL rao^
1 1 11 5-F Assault 4+, Slow Firing
Panzerschreck anti-tank
The Unit Leader is one ofthe MG42 & K98

rifle teams, and is mounted on a small base Fallschirmjager rifle platoons are larger than normal rifle platoons to allow
(see page 71). for expected parachuting casualties on landing. This added manpower
gives them greater resilience in prolonged ground oper
ations. The esprit de corps of the Fallschirmjager
together with their extra team per squad make
them the toughest and most feared German
light infantry.
27
FALLSCHIRMJACER
4x sMG42 HMG 6POIN^

2x sMG42 HMG 3 POINTS
L The MG42 is a powerful weapon capable of

’ firing 1200 rounds per minute at ranges up to
1000 metres. This makes the tripod-mounted
8720cm 8"/20cm 12730cm
nr 12730cm AUTO ■
ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
sMG42 heavy machine-gun ideal for establish HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
ing a defensive line, covering your flanks, or SMG42 HMG team 24760cm 6 2 2 6
suppressing the enemy's fire before an assault.
FALLSCHIRMJACER
8CM MORTAR PLATOON
4x 8cm Stummel mortar SPOIN^

3x 8cm Stummel mortar
The Fallschirmjager use light 8cm mortars

as company and battalion mortars. These are
nicknamed Stummelwerfer or ‘Stump mortar’ for
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WEAPON RANGE NOTES
f their short barrels. The Fallschirmjager found HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
^ 8cm Stummel mortar Smoke Bombardment ^
: their mortars useful in breaking up American
assaults on Hill 192 in Normandy, firing into
the gullies where the Americans formed up.
FALLSCHIRMJACER
12CM MORTAR PLATOON
3x 12cm mortar spoirm

I 2x 12cm mortar
The big regimental 12cm mortars fire a heavier

bombardment at a longer range than the light 1 4710cm 4710cm 6715cm □T 8720cm 3+ ■
; 8cm mortars. However, they are less versatile as
ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
they lack the capability to fire smoke screens to HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
12cm mortar rr^

i blind the enemy as your troops manoeuvre. ■■■■■■■
FALLSCHIRMJAGER
GUN UNIT "GUN SHIELD-
4x 7.5cm gun
3x 7.5cm gun
2x 7.5cm gun
275cm 275cm________________4710cm ^6715^ 5+
Although they only have a handful of anti-tank
guns, the newly-equipped Fallschirmjager have ROF
HALTED MOVING
ANTI- FIRf-
TANK POWER
been issued the latest 7.5cm PaK40. This pow
erful gun is often mistaken for an '88' by fearful
Allied tankers.
■- ...... -............................................................................
Alexander moved forward, staying close to the thoee

tanks he’d managed to wrangle out of the SS. He
stopped, shouting up at the tanks’ commander. Getting
his attention, he pointed to a machine-gun that was
pinning down his men. Two shells from the big tank s
gun later, there was just a smoking patch of hedgerow.
Waving his men on into the weakened American lines, he
moved forward again.
He ducked as one of the tanks went up with a

tremendous blast sis some American hit it with a rocket
- but this only seemed to anger the SS, who smothered
the American positions in fire, driving the attack
Feldwe'Del Uhlig checked his watch for what must have forward taking the first hedgerow.
been the twentieth time. The sun h.ad been up nearly
an hour as his watch struck 06.<X). He breathed a sigh As hds Fallschjrmjager darted back and forth behind
of relief as he heard the hollow ‘whump’ of heavy the hedgerow, reorganising for the next push, he
mortars firing rapidly from the hedgerows behind him. looked at his watch. 622, less tiian 20 minutea As
The mortar bombardment struck the right flank of the always, the combat had seemed to take forever. Looking
American positions in a burst of fire, then silence. The up, he stopped in surprise. An American soldier was
American machine-guns burst to life, firing belt after kneeling next to one of his soldiers, wrapping a
I belt, nervous after last night’s raid.
bandage around the injured German’s arm. Looking
closer, he saw the cross dangling from his neck.
Three minutes later, the another oomoardment burst
’Vatei^' he said, forgetting the man likely couldn’t
among the hedgerows on the opposite flank, precisely
as Uhlig’s Fallschirinjager started their rush into the understand him. ’Was ist los7
enemy positions. The green Americans were still looking ’We are all God’s children. Sergeant’, the man replied in
the wrong way as Uhlig’s men fell on them like the heavily-accented German, ’and we all deserve his care
hammer of Thor. and mercy.’
FALLSCHIRMJAGER
STUG ASSAULT GUN COMPANY
TANK FORMATION
You must field the Formation FIQ and one Combat Unit from each black box.
You may also field one Combat Unit from each grey box.
You may field a Combat Unit from a black box as a Support Unit for another Formation.
12™ FALLSCHIRM STUG BRIGADE

In early 1944, the German Air Force expanded their airborne The brigade was sent back to Cologne to rebuild in September
arm from two to five Fallschirmjager parachute divisions. of 1944. Having received just four replacements of various
Creating two parachute corps to command this powerful types from a repair depot, the brigade went back into action
force, they also set about forming all the corps support they against Operation Market-Garden, the surprise Allied air
would need, including two assault gun brigades. borne attack. Fighting the US 82"'* Airborne Division east
The 12'*' Parachute Assault Gun Brigade was formed in of Nijmegen, they supported an attack by the newly-formed
January 1944 near Paris. The brigade had a nominal strength Z'** Fallschirmjager Division on 16 September.
of thirty-one assault guns in three companies and an escort As the battle ran down, the 12'*’ Parachute Assault Gun Brigade
infantry company. finally rebuilt to full strength and on 8 February, 1945, the
On June 6, the unit was attached to the 3"* Fallschirmjager brigade was again attached to the Z'** Fallschitmjiiger Division.
Division and sent to face the Americans on the St. L6 sector. Sent to halt the British attack through the Reichswald as they
The brigade went on to take part in the defence of Hill 192 on cleared the west bank of the Rhine River prior to an assault
12 July, and after a month of fighting, it still had seven StuGs crossing, their first battles since rebuilding occurred around
and three StuHs operational on 29 July. Cleve and Venlo.
As the Seventh Army retreated from the Falaise Pocket, the For the remainder of the war the brigade was in near constant
12'*' Parachute Assault Gun Brigade continued to support the action against Allied armour as it was sent from sector to
3"* Fallschirmjager Division as it slowly retreated, forming the sector to shore up the line. The 12'*’ Parachute Assault Gun
rearguard all the way back to Falaise, where it broke through Brigade ended the war on 8 May, 1945 in the Cuxhaven
the encircling Allied forces on 19 August with just a handful Pocket. Over the course of less than a year, the brigade was
of assault guns and retreated across the Seine with its last credited with destroying more than 240 Allied tanks.
assault gun.
2x StuG (7.5cm)
lx StuG (7.5cm)
The tanks of the panzer divisions are supposed to

be carefully husbanded to launch a concentrated
counterattack. With no tanks of their own,
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WEAPON RANGE NOTES
the infantry turn to turretless assault guns for HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
1 StuG (7.5cm)
armoured support.
1 StuG (MG)
32780cm
16740cm
RrnmR
R Forward Firing B
FALLSCHIRMJAGER
STUG ASSAULT GUN PLATOON
MOTIVATION________ •TANK UNIT •BA2
FEARLESS 3+1 • STORMTRG r CAREFUL 4+
4x StuG (7.5cm) 23 POINTS

The StuG (short for Sturmgeschutz, or assault gun)

mounts the same 7.5cm gun as the Panzer IV ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
tank, making it effective at both knocking out HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
machine-guns to assist the infantry to advance

1 StuG (7.5cm) 32780cm
R1R1RR Forward Firing B
U RR 1
1 StuG (MG) 16740cm
and knocking out enemy tanks.
FALLSCHIRMJAGER
STUH ASSAULT HOWITZER PLATOON
4x StuH (10.5cm) 20POIN^

3x StuH (10.5cm)
2x StuH (10.5cm)
The StuH assault howitzer mounts a brutal

10.5cm gun that is devastating against enemy ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
machine-gun nests and anti-tank guns, while HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
StuH (10.5cm) [ ARTILLERY Forward Firing 1

647160cm 3 3+
still retaining a reasonable anti-tank capability. Brutal, Forward Firing, HEAT, 1
or Direct Fire
StuH (MG)
24760cm
16740cm
R1Ri
lj
10
2
2+
6
Slow Firing, Smoke m
STUG: Features
7.SCM CUN: StuG assault guns are armed with a 7.5cm gun BAZOOKA SKIRTS: These skirts increase its side armour
giving good anti-tank performance as well as making them against Bazookas, anti-tank rifles, and heavy machine-guns.
effective against enemy guns and machine-guns.
FORWARD FIRING: Assault guns don't have turrets, so can
lO.SCM HOWITZER: StuH assault howitzers are only engage targets to their front.
armed with a 10.5cm gun for raw firepower to destroy
SP CUN: Turretless assault guns are vulnerable to enemy
strongpoints, and when massed, the ability to fire as
infantry at close quarters, so should be escorted by their ‘
artillery. Its HEAT ammunition gives it good anti-tank
own infantry to keep tank-hunters at bay. ■
capability with no loss of penetration at long range.
Hi
On 11 June, the 77''’ Infantry Division arrived on the There they ran into the first of the Tiger heavy tanks to
American front, trying to halt their advance across the arrive, the 101" SS Heavy Tank Battalion, supported by
Cotentin Peninsula. Further infantry divisions followed the 2"'' Panzer Division. The British thrust was halted and
every few days as they could he freed up from other parts of thrown back.
the coast, but found themselves simply replacing divisions
in the line that had already been ground up by incessant THE BATTLE FOR CHERBOURG
Allied attacks. On the American front, the paratroopers of the elite 3"* Fall-
The equivalent of a panzer corps was attacking on a narrow schirmjager Division arrived just in time to halt the advance
front within days of the Allied landings, hindering the on the city of Saint-L6, the linchpin of the German defence
Allied advance. in the centre of the front. At the same time, the lead ele
ments of the 17''' SS Panzergrenadier Division launched an
HOLDING CAEN assault on Carentan, attempting to break the link between
The British launched an armoured attack of their own. the American forces in the Cotentin Peninsula and those
Operation Perch, on 11 June with the intention of out facing Saint-L6.
flanking the German panzer divisions and liberating Caen, Although the line was holding, bending definitely, but
the city forming the hinge of the German defence on their holding, everywhere else, the American thrust across the
eastern flank. Pushing around Panzer Lehr by entering the Cotentin Peninsula cut off the port city of Cherbourg
American sector, the British T'“ Armoured Division (the on 18 June. Despite a stubborn defence, the city fell on
famed ‘Desert Rats’) reached Villers Bocage on 13 June. 29 June. The Americans had finally achieved a major post
D-Day objective. Unfortunately for them, the port had been
thoroughly demolished and would not be operational for
months, severely hindering Allied logistics.
BRITISH
SECOND ARMY
30™ CORPS
I WU MUKE bATTLES FOR CAEN On 29 June, while the British Operation Epsom was in full
The British launched a much bigger offensive aimed at swing. The Americans launched their attempt on Saint-L6
taking Caen, Operation Epsom, on 26 June. The initial with their 3"' Armoured Division. The Germans responded
attack broke through the stretched 12''' SS Panzer Division, by pulling the 2"“' SS Panzer Division off the British front
allowing the British IP'' Armoured Division to launch its and sending it to reinforce the defence, halting the advance.
breakthrough, reaching Hill 112 by nightfall. The German For the next week, the Americans tried the indirect approach,
front line was in tatters. attacking on their western flank against the coast. While
Fortunately for the Germans, the lead elements of two more they did succeed in burning up the German reserves, the
panzer corps had just arrived in Normandy. They attacked rough hedgerow terrain prevented any significant advance.
It was clear that the only way forward was through Saint-L6.
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immediately, attempting to cut off the narrow British
thrust. The P' SS Panzer Division attacked from the east,
while the 2"'* and 9''’ SS Panzer Divisions attacked from LOSING SAINT-LO
the west. Both thrusts made some gains, but were forced On 7 July, the Americans launched another attack on Saint-
back with heavy casualties after suffering massive artillery L6. Breaking through the 17''’ SS Panzergrenadier Division,
bombardments from every gun in range. The 10''' SS Panzer they called up the US 3"' Armoured Division to push the
Division attacked the head of the British penetration the advance. Traffic jams and confusion, then the fall of night,
next day, bringing the attack to a halt. meant that their advance was limited.
A week later, on 8 July, the British launched Operation The German response was to throw the Panzer Lehr Division •
Charnwood, where the RAF carpet bombed the 2P' Panzer into a counterattack on the American western flank the next I
Division, before taking the bombed-out Caen by a frontal day. This ran headlong into the widening American attack
assault through the shocked survivors.
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which now occupied the whole sector of the front.
After a month of desperate fighting, the British had finally The 3"' Fallschirmjager Division, supported by their
I
taken the cornerstone of the German defence. They now 12''' Parachute Assault Gun Brigade, were thrown off the
I
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began planning their breakout. pivotal Hill 192. By nightfall, the paratroopers were desper
ate for reinforcement, but the cupboard was bare. All they I
ATTRITION IN THE BOCAGE received from Seventh Army was an order to hold their posi I
The Allied plan called for the British to tie up the German tions at all cost — an order that would become increasingly I
mobile forces on the eastern flank with the threat of a frequent over the following weeks. I
breakout that would surround the entire German defence of The American attacks continued to grind forward for the
Normandy. Meanwhile, the American forces on the western next week, finally liberating the ruins of Salnt-L6 on 18 July,
flank, having taken Cherbourg, would push through the
hedgerow country beyond the coast and breakout, liberating GREAT r" ‘
Brittany and its ports. So far the plan was working, except * BRITAIN ^
for the fact that the Germans still held Saint-L6, blocking ^ GERMANY
any American breakout. 1*4
FRANCE
TANK BATTLES BEYOND CAEN BREAKOUT
With Caen taken and the Americans pushing forward, While the Germans had their attention firmly focused
the British launched a new series of attacks around on the British front, the Americans had been preparing
Hill 112 west of Caen. These attacks did not gain much a new offensive of their own. On 25 July, after another
ground, but chewed up the 1"^ Panzer Division and the P‘, carpet bombing, their Operation Cobra struck the battered
9'*', and 10''’ SS Panzer Divisions, and the newly-arrived Panzer Lehr Division west of Saint-L6. By nightfall, they
102'"' SS Heavy Tank Battalion. With every German panzer had penetrated the thinly-stretched German lines, and the
division still in the front line, despite efforts to withdraw next day the Americans launched their 2"“' and 3"* Armoured
them and prepare for a major counterattack, and all of Divisions through the gap. On 28 July, the German front
them seriously weakened, the German position was looking collapsed as the American 4''’ and 6''’ Armoured Divisions
increasingly bad. broke through the western end of the line along the coast.
On 18 July, the day that Salnt-L6 fell, the British launched The 2"“* and 116''' Panzer Divisions were rushed across from
their 7'^, IP'’, and Guards Armoured Divisions in a con the British front to attempt to stem the advance, but were
centrated thrust through the open country east of Caen in unable to form a continuous front in the face of a rapid
Operation Goodwood. Preceded by another carpet bombing, ly-changing situation. By 31 July, the American advance had
the attack burst through the depleted 2P‘ Panzer Division, reached Avranches, breaking out of Normandy and striking
now reinforced with the 503"' Heavy Tank Battalion. Only west into Brittany. The German line now bent at a right
hasty counterattacks by the equally weak P' and 12'’’ SS angle south of Saint-L6, with a wide-open flank.
Panzer Divisions and the 101“ SS Heavy Tank Battalion On 30 July, the British 7‘^ IP'’, and Guards Armoured
halted the advance after a breakthrough of 11 km (7 miles). Divisions broke through the German line, reaching the area
Given that six weeks’ fighting had only gained the Allies of Vlre the next day. A stubborn defence by the remnants
25 to 30 km (15 to 20 miles), this was a major blow to the of the 5^ Fallschirmjager Division held back the American
German defence. forces attempting to take Vlre, while the 9''' SS Panzer
The Canadian Army launched simultaneous attacks to take Division counterattacked the British, halting the advance.
the industrial area of eastern Caen, and over the next few
days continued to push south, but were unable to gain
much further ground against a stiffening German defence.
FRA N C E
THE MORTAIN OFFENSIVE THE FALAISE POCKET
After days of simply ordering the Seventh The Canadians and Poles launched
Army to hold its positions and stop the Operation Totalize the same day, strik
American advance, on 2 August Hitler ing south from Caen towards Falaise.
finally took action. Hitler ordered Stubborn resistance by the 12''’ SS
Operation Liittich, an immediate coun Panzer Division slowed the advance,
terattack between Mortain and Avranches but by 10 August they were at Falaise.
with eight of the nine panzer divisions in Meanwhile, the Americans, already at Le
Normandy and 1000 aircraft. Mans reached Argentan on 12 August.
The generals at the front opted for a more The German army was caught in a
realistic plan with just four panzer divi pocket with just a 15 km (10 miles) gap
sions (2"'', 1 Ifi*, 1" SS, and 2"“* SS) taking at the neck. Undeterred, Hitler ordered
part in an attack beginning on the night his planned attack to continue.
2. Panzerdivision symbol
of 6 August. Three of these divisions were The Canadians and Poles launched
already fighting the breakout, while the fourth, the P' SS another attack. Operation Tractable, to close the Falaise
Panzer Division, was only able to disengage a single battle- Pocket on 14 August. Desperate defence by the survivors of
group from the British front. The attack was not going to be the panzer divisions kept the pocket open until 19 August,
the overwhelming thrust of 1500 tanks imagined far away although the last diehards did not surrender until 23 August.
in Hitler’s command bunker, as the four divisions couldn’t
muster 200 tanks between them.
The German thrust failed to make headway before the
Americans hardened their flank defence. Hitler was furious
and ordered the offensive resumed on 11 August, this time
with all of the panzer divisions, as he’d ordered the first time.
503“° HEAVY TANK BATTALION
The 503'“* Heavy Tank Battalion was Finally after almost a yeat of continuous
formed in late 1942 for service with combat, the battalion was withdrawn
Rommel’s Africa Korps. They were to Germany in May 1944. Less than
initially trained on Porsche’s version of a month later, the 503"* Heavy Tank j
the Tiger, but when that proved unfit Battalion had 45 brand-new Tiger
for service, were hastily retrained on the tanks and began the long rail journey to
standard Henschel version. Normandy. Two weeks later, the battal
ion assembled east of Caen.
Far from the desert heat they were expect
ing, the battalion entered combat in the Attached to the 2T' Panzer Division,
bitter winter snows of southern Russia in the first combat of the 503'“* Heavy
early 1943. Desperately trying to stem Tank Battalion was on 11 July, when
the Red Army’s advance, the 503'“* Heavy the 3'“* Company counterattacked the
Tank Battalion fought throughout the Canadians attacking the industrial sub
retreat, finally halting the Red Army’s advance towards the urbs of Caen, knocking out 12 Sherman tanks. They remained
end of February, by which time it had just two Tiger tanks in reserve until 18 July. The battalions 2"“* Company, counter
still operational. attacked near Troarn, knocking out 40 tanks and halting the
British Guatds Armoured Division’s attack on this flank.
Rebuilt in Khatkov, the battalion had 45 Tiger tanks when
After withdrawing the 3'“* Company to refit, the rest of the
it joined Detachment Kempf on the southern wing of the
German attack at Kursk in July 1943. When the attack failed, battalion fought on against the British and Canadian attacks 'Zf-
it joined the forces defending Belgorod and Kharkov. By south of Caen for the rest ofJuly. In August, they followed the
17 August, with just 13 Tigers still operational, the battalion British armoured divisions to the western flank, where they
claimed 385 Soviet tanks and 265 anti-tank guns in six weeks attempted to halt the breakout towards Vire.
of combat. Rebuilt to full strength at the end of August, but Caught in the Falaise Pocket, the battalion fought a slow
committed to continuous defensive combat for the rest of the retteat. The last few tanks, out of fuel and ammunition, were
year, the 503'“* Heavy Tank Battalion tarely managed to keep abandoned and destroyed on 20 August.
more than half-a-dozen tanks operational at any one time. The surviving crews gathered in Paderborn, Germany in early
In mid January 1944, the battalion joined Battlegroup Bake September, and once more were rebuilt to full strength with
of the 6'*’ Panzer Division as the main Getman strike force in hastily-trained conscripts. Now just a shadow of its former
Southern Russia. In February they took part in the relief of the self, the battalion rushed back to the Eastern Front for the
Cherkassy Pocket, just before Battlegroup Bake disbanded. defence of Budapest.
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TIGER TANK COMPANY
TANK FORMATION
You must field the Formation HQ and one Combat Unit from each black box.
rtmimvm
TIGER
TANK COMPANY HQ
LG180
empty but they all know that von Luck’s men held it
strongly and had dug PaKs into the rear embankment
of the road. They were as ready as they could be.
Distant engine noise echoed from their left, quickly

covered by the dull crump of shells striking the
village. They spewed geysers of thick white smoke. On
cue the green Brit tanks began rolling through the
field straight toward von Luck. PaK shells whizzed
out blindly hitting nothing. Pre-planned artillery
fire hit among the Tommies and got lucky as a Sherman
Johann leaned his unehaven cheek on the cool edge of started to bum.
the commander’s cupola of his Tiger. Speckled shafts
of sunlight danced on him, helping to hide what was ‘Wait,’ Major Promme called out “Remember your targets
left of their unit from Allied air power. Just this and fire on my command.’
morning hombers had hit them. He still was trying to Johann ducked his head into the turret ‘Peter!
get the image of a 56-ton Tiger being flipped over like Like the Major said last night We hit the third and
a children’s toy out of his head. fourth tanks.’
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j To hds right, the ISajor stood tall in the cupola of His gunner grinned, not taking his eye from the scope.
f his own tank. Clean and neat. Even shaved! Johann ‘Already lined up!’
knew he’d had no more sleep than any of them, but
Promme’s cool voice came over the radio. ‘All
he still managed his appearance. Just setting an
vehicles, PffiE!’
example, he’d say.
The huge 88mm gun rocked the vehicle and Joh,ann
Ahead, a broad field in full summer growth. Green
watched as a blacky Cromwell turret sailed through
fronds, shoulder high could hide a lot of men, but
the air on a column of flame. The turret was already
couldn’t hide English tanks. On the right, the shattered
moving as the loader slammed in the ready shell The
shell of a village stood astride a dirt lane. It looked
next tank came on line, slowing in surprise. “Pire!’
TIGER TANK COMPANY HQ
MOTIVATION • TANK FORMATION • STORMTROOPERS •
CONFIDENT 4+1 rCAREFUL 4** *
Tiger Ace ^. I
Last Stand ^
FRONT A
2x Tiger (8.8cm) 24 POINTS lig^g

lx Tiger (8.8cm) 12 POINTS
2
The Tiger tank has such a reputation amongst
Allied tankers, that any tank that held up their
advance became a ‘Tiger’. With armour capable ANTI FIRE
□lHuia
RANGE ROF NOTES
WEAPON HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
of stopping nearly all Allied anti-tank rounds,
and a gun that penetrates Allied tanks with ease,
its reputation is well deserved.
1 Tiger {8.8cm) 407100cm
16740cm
■■MB
1
• TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS •
CAREFUL 44-
Tiger Ace ^. I
Last Stand ^ '
4x Tiger (8.8cm) 48 POINTS

3x Tiger (8.8cm) 36 POINTS TOP ^
24 POINTS
2
2x Tiger (8.8cm)
Although the Tiger is a tough and deadly beast,

it is no longer invulnerable as it had been a year WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI FIRE
NOTES
earlier. The elite tankers have to make proper use
of cover and tactics to destroy the enemy with
1 Tiger (8.8cm} 407100cm
16740cm
□□[2a 1
out unnecessary casualties. mm
TIGER (8.8cm): Features

HEAVY ARMOUR: The Tiger tank features incredibly thick ^ TIGER ACE: Thanks to the heavy armour and the powerful
armour that will defeat nearly all Allied anti-tank shells gun. Tiger crews can rack up enormous kill results. The
crews feel invincible in their steel monsters.
BIG GUN: The fearsome 8.8cm anti-tank gun is able to slice
through any Allied tank's armour,
PANZER LEHR DIVISION
Out in front every one is holding out. Every one. My grenadiers and my engineers and my tank crews, they are all
If holding their ground. Not a single man is leaving his post. They are lying silent in theirfoxholes, for they are all dead.
— Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, Commander ofPanzer Lehr
The Panzer Lehr Division was created -.........■ .' — ' ' Bayerlein’s skill was matched by the rest
in late 1943 from the army’s Lehr, or of the division, formed from the various
£
demonstration, fotmations used to vali Lehr battalions already in existence.
date proposed structures and tactics. The Almost all of the men had seen some
battalions were gathered early in 1944 to combat and many had received decora
begin training together. By the time it tions for bravery. Panzer Lehr was thus a
went into battle, Panzet Lehr was the superb unit from the day it was formed.
best-equipped division ever fielded by
the German Army,. BUDAPEST INTERLUDE
In early March, the Panzer Lehr Division
ELITE DIVISION _ was ordered to assist in the occupation
It’s panzer regiment had the normal of Hungary to prevent it switching sides.
allocation of one Panther battalion, one After a bloodless coup, the division con
Panzer IV battalion, and was supposed to have a remote-con tinued its training in Hungary before returning to France in
trolled tank company equipped with the very first Konigstiger early May. At this point the division was fully opetational.
heavy tanks. Unfortunately they were too unreliable so the
division sent them back to the factory. NORMANDY
The Panzer Lehr Division was unique in having all four When the Allies landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944, Panzer
infantry battalions fully equipped with armoured half-tracks, Lehr headed straight towards the beaches for the planned
rather than the usual one or two. The reconnaissance bat counterattack. The division, together with the 2P‘ Panzer
talion was issued the latest Puma armoured cars, and the Division and the 12'*' SS Panzer Division, was expected to
anti-tank battalion was even supposed to have a company drive the Allies into the sea in a coordinated attack.
of Jagdtiger super-heavy tank-hunters. Since the Jagdtiger The march to the front was a gruelling experience. For the
wouldn’t appear from the factories for almost another year, fitst time the Germans faced overwhelming air superior
the company was equipped with the division’s towed 7.5cm ity. Although their losses were far fewer than the air force
anti-tank guns instead. claimed, the shock was severe and they were forced to march
Leadetship is critical to any unit, and for an elite division, only by night for the rest of the campaign.
only the best will do. Lieutenant General Fritz Bayerlein, By the time the division arrived at the front on 8 June, the
Field Marshal Rommel’s former Chief of Staff from his advancing British forces had broken through the coastal
days in the Afrika Korps, provided the division with expert defence troops and were advancing deep inland, so the panzer
leadership. divisions were thrown into action piecemeal as they arrived.
Panzer Lehr’s initial attacks attempted to reach the sea near With no infantry divisions available to relieve them, Panzer
Bayeux, the junction between the British and American forces. Lehr was forced to remain holding the flank of the growing
American penetration through the front line, and was still
This attack quickly ran into problems, and the division was
holding the sector west of Saint-L6 on 25 July when the
forced back. Over the next few days, the fighting was brutal,
Americans launched Operation Cobra.
but inconclusive with the British attacking and the Germans
counterattacking. Villages and hamlets changed hands The attack began with over 2000 aircraft carpet bombing the
repeatedly. Slowly the British pushed the Germans back, German defences (and in some cases their own leading units).
paying dearly for every advance. The Panzer Lehr Division was badly hit. The stunned troops
recovered quickly and put up a strong resistance, limiting the
VILLERS-BOCAGE first day’s advance to 2000m. With all available armoured
On 12 June 1944, the British 7* Armoured Division broke reserves facing the heavy British and Canadian attacks on
the stalemate, slipping around the flank of Panzer Lehr the threatened eastern flank, the American 2"'’ Armoured
Division broke through when it joined the battle the next day.
through a gap opened by the US L' Infantry Division.
The next day they reached Villers-Bocage, a village astride The Panzer Lehr Division was, too weak to launch a counter
the main supply route to Panzer Lehr. Fortunately for the attack. For the next week it formed the hinge on which the
division, fresh troops arriving at the front counterattacked German front swung back as it tried to stem the American
vigorously, pushing the British back. With the help of the advance. The division had suffered nearly 6000 casualties
2"'' Panzer Division, Panzer Lehr was able to push the British from an initial strength of 14,000, although 3500 replace
back to their starting positions. Despite the heavy fighting ments had joined the division. Its rifle companies were in
Panzer Lehr still held their sector of the line. tatters with some units now operating as motorised infantry
after losing their half-tracks, its artillery overrun, but its tank
On 25 June, the British launched another offensive along
strength was still a company each of Panzer IV and Panther as
the boundary between Panzer Lehr and the 12* SS Panzer
it had been at the statt of Operation Cobra thanks to repaired
Division. A counterattack the next day restored the situation
allowing most of the Panzer Lehr Division to be relieved by the vehicles returning to action.
276* Infantry Division and withdrawn as a mobile reserve. Leaving behind Battlegroup von Hauser, consisting of all
available combat troops, the division retired to Alen9on to
AGAINST THE AMERICANS rebuild on 5 August, but were drawn back into battle by the
Briefly rested and re-equipped, the Panzer Lehr Division arrival of the American spearheads. The supply and service
was thrown back into battle on 10 July. The Americans were echelons of the division withdrew from the rapidly closing
threatening to break through to the key town of Saint-L6, Falaise Pocket on 14 August, and the parts still in the pocket
and Panzer Lehr was ordered to counterattack at Le Desert broke out to join them several days later. With the battle of
near Garentan. The division managed to penetrate several Normandy over, the division retreated north of Paris, still
kilometres into the American defences, but fell back as the trying to rebuild its strength.
Americans counterattacked surrounding their spearhead.
r PANZER LEHR DIVISION

SS PANZER CORPS, PANZER GROUP WEST, NORMANDY, JUNE1944
Seneralleutnant Pritz Bayerlein
1/901=^ PANZERCRENADIER I/902ND PANZERCRENADIER

1/6™ PANZER BATTALION BATTALION
BATTALION
11/901^^ PANZERCRENADIER 11/901 PANZERCRENADIER

11/130™ PANZER BATTALION BATTALION
BATTALION
DIVISIONAL SUPPORT
130™ ARMOURED 1/130™ (SP) BATTALION 311™ ARMY ANTI-AIRCRAFT

RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION BATTALION
130™ TANK-HUNTER 11/130™ BATTALION 130™ ARMOURED ENCINEER

BATTALION
BATTALION
111/130™ BATTALION
PANTHER TANK COMPANY TANK FORMATION
PANTHER PANTHER ] PANTHER ] MOBELWAGEN

TANK PLATOON TANK PLATOON ji TANK PLATOON Jt AA TANK PLATOON
LG104 LG104 LG104 LG165
TIGER J PANZER IV J SD KFZ 10/4

TANK PLATOON ^ TANK PLATOON A LIGHT AA PLATOON .
LG102 LG16? LG142
.............. ........ .
the Nebelwerfer rocket launchers supporting the
attack lot loose a volley. Explosions ripped through
buildings, men, and machines. Pires started, and the
smoke began to clog the air with the stench of death
and destruction.
The firing intensified. Then, without warning, one of

the Panthers erupted violently, its turret flying into
the air. Panther commanders anxiously scanned the
trees and hedges behind the village.
“Shermans, two o’clock, 800 metres’, the voice over the

radio was strangely calm amidst the drama of battle.
‘Pan2ers Marsch!’ the order crackled through the radio.
With the quiet rumble of fine German engineering, the The Panthers halted, long barrels questing for their
line of Panthers rolled out of the wood, and across target Pour British tanks lined a hedgerow, one
the fields toward the small Norman village nestled in with a noticeably longer barrel - a 17 pdr Pirefly.
the crossroads. Plashes amongst the houses announced The Panthers fired, their shells finding their mark,
British anti-tank guns opening fire. High velocity shot ripping through armour with ease. Two British tanks,
hit the sloped front armour of the German tanks, then including the deadly Pirefly, burst into flames.
bounced high into the air like fireworks. Tiirough the smoke more Shermans could be seen.
The Panthers continued to fire, and more of the
A screaming, moaning horde of banshees tore the
Allied tanks were sent to oblivioa The rest, placing
sky. Dosens of rockets smashed into the town as
discretion ahead of valour, retreated.
PANTHER TANK COMPANY HQ
2x Panther (7.5cm) 22POirm

iTpoT^
lx Panther (7.5cm)
While the Panther tank is nominally a medium

tank, its gun can penetrate any Allied tank with
ease, while its own armour is difficult to penetrate ROF ANTI FIRE NOTES
WEAPON RANGE HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
in return. Their doctrine requires the panzer 1 Panther (7.5cm) 1
40"/l OOCM 2 1 14 3+
divisions to use their Panthers in heavy punches, 1
1 Panther (MGs) 16740cm 4 4 2 6
smashing anything in their way to the objective,
then withdraw them from the front line to
prepare for the next attack.
PANTHER TANK PLATOON
5x Panther (7.5cm) sspoirm

4x Panther (7.5cm)
3x Panther (7.5cm) 3?polrTfs
A fully-equipped panzer division has a battalion of

Panther tanks, and that battalion is 50% stronger
than an Allied tank battalion. However, attrition
in battle is rapid, so the number available quickly
drops, only kept up to strength as repaired tanks
replace the latest casualties.
PANTHER (7.5CM): Features

WELL-ARMOURED: The Panther has thick sloped hull WELL-ARMED: The Panther's long 7.5cm KwK42 L/70 gun
front armour and a well armoured turret. However, to can crack the front armour of any Allied tank.
keep its weight down its side armour is not as thick. FAST: Despite its size and power, the Panther is faster than
German tactical doctrine for the use of the Panther thus most Allied tanks, and with its powerful engine and wide
emphasised the importance offlank protection. tracks, can cross almost any obstacle.
PANZER IV TANK COMPANY TANK FORMATION
PANZERS: ON THE TABLE

There are several different models ofpanzers.
The key differences are highlighted below to help you pick the right tankfor thejob.
PANZFR \M PANTHER
Front Armour: 6 Front Armour; 9
Side Armour; 3 Side Armour; 5
Weapon Range; 32"/80cm Weapon Range: 40'/10Ocm
Anti-tank: 11 Anti-tank: 14
Other; Bazooka Skirts,
Protected Ammo
PANZER IV TANK COMPANY HQ
• TANK fORMATION • BAZQOKASKIRTS •
• STORMTROOPERS •
CONFIDENT 4+ rCAREFUL ^
Third Reich ^, i
Last Stand I
FRONT 0^
2x Panzer IV (7.5cm) 11 POINTS II VETERAN 3+1
Although various marks of the Panzer IV have TOP -0^

been in combat since the beginning of the war,
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
the latest models used in Normandy are far more 10725cm 12730cm T 18745cm 20750cm
3+
powerful than the originals and still out-gun
PAMr.E ROF ANTI- FIRE-
every turn.
the Allies at 1Panzer IV (7.5cm)
1 Panzer IV (MGs)
32780cm
16740cm
nnH
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TIGER STUG
Front Armour; 9 Front Armour; 7
Side Armour; 8 Side Armour; 3
Weapon Range; 40"/100cm Weapon Range; 32”/80cm 1 "
Anti-tank; 14 Anti-tank; 11
Other; Tiger Ace Other; Forward Firing,
Bazooka Skirts
PANZER IV TANK PLATOON
5x Panzer IV (7.5cm)
Every panzer division has a battalion of 10725cm I

12730cm I 18745cm | 20750cm | 3+
Panzer IV tanks, making up half of all German ROF ANTI FIRE

WEAPON RANGE TANK POWER NOTES
HALTED MOVING
tanks in Normandy. With four large companies,
F I
Panzer IV (7.5cm) 32780cm 2 1
it is almost twice the strength of an Allied tank
battalion. In the hands of battle-hardened crews,
it achieved more like three times as much.
Unlike the Panther and Tiger, the crews manning
I Panzer IV (MGs) 16740cm 4 4 u
They need to use cover to minimise their casualties, and the clever tactics
the Panzer IV can’t rely on thick armour and a of their First World War stormtrooper forefathers to out think and out
big gun to win. fight the enemy.
PANZER IV: Features

BAZOOKA SKIRTS: Side skirts are designed to foil VETERAN CREWS: The panzer divisions have been
weapons, tike the Soviet PTRD anti-tank rifle. However, fighting almost continuously since the start of the war,
they also work against small-calibre HEAT ammunition, and have honed their skills on the Eastern Front over the
safely detonating the round before it reaches the side of previous three years. Even the new recruits used to rebuild
the tank, reducing the chance of penetration. the divisions learn quickly from the old hands commanding
their tanks. There have never been such an experienced
PROTECTED AMMO: Panzer IV tanks have armoured bins
panzer force in combat than that in Normandy.
to protect their ammunition from flying fragments when
hit, so they don't tend to burn. This gives the crews the
confidence to keep fighting until their tank is destroyed.
MOBELWAG EN AA TANK PLATOON

1 ^ *tank unit-stormtroopers-
1 AA Tank
Counterattack
Third Reich
Last Stand
4x Mobelwagen (3.7cm) 10 POINTS
3x Mobelwagen (3.7cm) 8 POINTS VETERAN 3+
AA Tank TOP ■0-
2x Mobelwagen (3.7cm) 5 POINTS Assault 5+
1 18745cm
Recognising the need for something heavier 10725cm 12730cm
■
20750cm I 3+ 1
than the light 2cm, the Germans have started

ROF ANTI- FIRE- matk
WEAPON RANGE
building a self-propelled 3.7cm Flakpanzer HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
7 1 4+ 1 Dedicated AA ^
Mobelvi/agen (3.7cm) L
. (anti-aircraft tank) on the Panzer IV chassis.
|The Flakpanzer IV is nicknamed ‘Mobelwagen
lor ‘Furniture Van’ for it’s slab-sided appearance The tank chassis gives the Mobelwagen the mobility
until the armoured shields are folded down to to keep up with the panzers, while the 3,7cm gun
give its 3.7cm AA gun an all-round field of fire. gives it the punch to bring down any aircraft.
PANZER LEHR
901^^ PANZERGRENADIER REGIMENT
Like the rest of the Panzer Lehr Division, the 90 L' Panzer- For the next month, the panzergrenadiers mostly fought dis
grenadier Lehr Regiment was extremely well equipped. mounted, with their half-tracks carefully hidden out of sight
Both of its battalions were fully equipped with Sd Kfz 251 of the Allied air forces, reserved for local counterattacks.
armoured half-tracks, and unlike most divisions, had The Panzer Lehr Division’s next opportunity for a major
Panzerschreck anti-tank rocket launchers in every squad. The attack came on 11 July, when it was transferred to the
regiment found itself defending Normandy, where the close American sector to halt the push on Saint-L6. Supported by
terrain made massed armoured attacks difficult. 30 Panther tanks from the division’s Panzer Regiment, the
The regiments first attack on 8 June towards Bayeux made attack achieved significant tactical surprise. The armoured
significant progress, advancing across the fields against half-tracks burst through the lines of the 9* Infantry
light opposition. With the arrival in France of the British Division, overrunning a battalion HQ, only to run into
7* Armoured Division, opposition strengthened and pro a tank destroyer battalion deployed in depth. American
gress slowed. At this point. Panzer Lehr should have been counterattacks quickly isolated the German spearheads,
relieved by the infantry divisions holding the front as it forcing the division back onto the defensive.
prepared for another massed attack. However, with all
available infantry divisions already in the line and reeling
from the Allied invasion, they had to hold the line against
growing pressure.
PANZER LEHR
PAl^TZER&RENADIER REGILdENT
NORMANDY, PRANCE, 6 JUNE 1944
REGIMENT HQ
BATAILLON HQ
COMPANY HQ
6x MG42 Mathinc-giins 6x MG42 Machine-guns

3x Panzerschreck Anti-tank 3x Panzerschreck Anti-tank
4x Sd Kfz 251 Half-tracks 4x Sd Kfz 251 Half-tracks
1. PLATOON
-oasEsia- 2. PLATOON
3. PLATOON
10. GUN COMPANY
6x Sd Kf/ 25] (T lame} Half-tracks

10. GUN COMPANY
4x sMG42 Machine-guns 4x sMG42 Machine-guns

2x Sd Kfz 251 Haif-tracks 2x SdKf/. 251 Half-tracks
2x Sd Kfz 251 (8cm) Mortar 2x Sd Kfz 251 (8cm) Mortar
Half-tracks Half-tracks
2x Sd Kfz 251 (7. 5cni) Gun 2x Sd Kfz 25 1 (7.5cm) Gun
Half-tracks Half-Tracks
1. COMPANY S. COMPANY
2. COMPANY 6. COMPANY
3. COMPANY 7. COMPANY
6x Sd Kf/. 251 {7.5cm} Gun 6x Sd Kfz 251 (7.5cm) Gun

Half-tracks Half-tracks
GUN PLATOON GUN PLATOON
,Jx 7.5ctti PakiO (inns 3x 7.5cni Pak-tO Guns
namiaaxsE&izi TANK-HUNTER PLATOON
4. HEAVY COMPANY 8. HEAVY COMPANY
I BATAILLON II BATAILLON
m*
2x MP40 SMG team
lx SdKfe251 (MG)
half-track (LGI12) 3 POINTS
OPTIONS 1 8720cm I 8"/20cm 12730cm

1 12730cm I AUTO
_J
• Equip MP40 SMG teams with
ROF ANTI FIRE Nons
RANGE
Panzerfaust anti-tank for +2 points. WEAPON HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
1 MP40 SMG team 4710cm 3 Pinned ROF 7

1
The mobility and massed firepower of the
Armoured panzergrenadier companies allows
1 OPTIONAL
1 Panzerfaust anti-tank
4710cm 1
L. Limited 1, Slow Firing
J
them to overwhelm the enemy before they Their integral support allows the panzergrenadiers to fight with their own
can respond. resources, freeing the panzers to continue with their own attack.
ARMOURED PANZERGRENADIER HALF-TRACKS: Features

SD KFZ 251: The Sd Kfz 251 half-track gives the 8cm mortar HALF-TRACKS: The panzergrenadiers have
panzergrenadiers the speed and armour to attack at the their own fire support. The 8cm mortar half-tracks provide
same pace as the panzers. Suppressing the enemy defences quick and accurate artillery support.
with their on-board weapons, the panzergrenadiers can 7.SCM CUN HALF-TRACKS: The 7.5cm gun-armed
be on top of the enemy positions before the defenders can half-tracks have the same firepower as a tank, reducing the
reposition their reserves and bring fire to bear.
panzergrenadiers' need for tank support.
MOUNTED ASSAULT: Experience has taught the panzer FLAME-THROWER HALF-TRACKS: Fire is a primal fear
grenadiers that weak opposition can be overrun without of human beings, making flame-throwing half-tracks a
needing to dismount. The panzergrenadiers fire from their
terrifying weapon. Their attacks are deadly against dug-in
half-tracks, throwing grenades as they storm through the troops, clearing the path for the panzergrenadiers' assault.
enemy position. Use smoke and terrain to cover the approach ofyour flame
DISMOUNTED ASSAULT: While mounted assaults can be throwers for maximum shock effect.
effective, strong enemy anti-tank defences can make that GRILLE: Whether firing as artillery or as assault guns, the
tactic very costly, while dense terrain prevents it outright. Grille self-propelled 15cm guns provide unmatched punch
In these cases, the panzergrenadiers dismount and attack
against machine-guns, guns, and bunkers.
on foot, with their half-tracks giving covering fire.
Wi-thin fif-teen minu-tes his men were rearmed and

pushing forward again. As they advanced, his gunner
opened fire on a bam, scattering the infantry taking
cover wi-thin. The half-tracks to his left and right
let rip with their machine guns, ca-tching Tommies
in the open.
Panthers, advancing on his right flank, kept up a

steady fire at some gun positions in a tree line beyond
the farm. Bet-ter they shoot at -the -tanks -than his
troops, and he cringed as he remembered the af-termath
of a Sherman’s main gun ripping open one of his
vulnerable vehdcles the previous afternoon.
I Leutnant Gerhard watched with fascination as the
As his pla-toon dismoun-ted and advanced to the farm,
j shells screamed overhead, causing the nearby field to he caught a flash off to his right and an almighty
i erupt with their detonations. Whenever his men took clank as a round ricoche-ted off the sloped armour of a
j a position, the British responded with a quick and Panther’s front While their half-tracks covered their
i accurate artillery bombardment Luckily the hard days advance with a fierce fire, his lead sections started
j fighting around Caen since the landings had taught to -throw grenades in-to -the windows of -the farm house
I him to expect these tactics. Now he had his men mounted
ready to storm inside. Yes, today would be another long
j back into their half-Tracks and moved away before the day, but he had little doubt that slowly but surely
I Bri-tish artillery could respond. -the Bri-tish would be pushed back in-to -the sea
ARMOURED
PANZERGRENADIER PLATOON
7x MG42 team
4x Sd Kfe 251 (MG)
half-track (LG112) 12 POINTS
5x MG42 team
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH________________CROSS
3xSdK£z251 (MG)
half-track (LGI12) 9 POINTS
I 8'720cm I 8720cm | 12'730cm | 12730cm | AUTO 1
ROF ANTI FIRE

WEAPON RANGE NOTES
OPTIONS MG42 team 16740cm 3 2 2 6 1
• Equip MG42 teams with Panzerfaust OPTIONAL
4710cm 1 1 12 5+ Limited 1, Slow Firing 1
anti-tank for -^2 points. OPTIONAL 1
Panzerschreck 8"/20cm 1 1 11 5+
• Add up to three Panzerschreck anti-tank anti-tank
teams for +2 points each.

Armoured panzergrenadier platoons can deliver an incredible amount of
• Replace one Sd Kiz 251 (MG)
firepower. With half-tracks to carry the ammunition, the infantry have
half-track with Sd Kfz 251 (3.7cm)
plenty of machine-guns. The half-tracks give fire support with even more
half-track at no cost.
machine-guns. Between them, they shut down the enemy defensive fire
Jtje Unit Leader is one ofthe MG42 teams, and is under a hail of bullets. The panzergrenadiers of the Panzer Lehr Division
mounted on a small base (seepage 71).
are fortunate in having Panzerschreck anti-tank rocket launchers, to scare
off tanks as well!
SD KFZ 251 HALF-TRACK
Transport Attachment to:

Armoured Panzergrenadier
Company HQ(LG168),
or Armoured Panzergrenadier Platoon (lgi69),
or Armoured sMG34
Machine-gun Platoon (LG114) I 10725cm I 10725cm | 16740cm | 28770cm | 3+ 1
ROF ANTI FIRE
HALTED MOVING
The Sd Kfz 251 half-track gives the panzer-

grenadiers unmatched mobility while protected
1 Sd Kfz 251 (MGs)
1 Sd Kfz 251 (3.7cm)

16"/40cm
24760cm
nnPi 6
4+
Self-defence AA
Forward Firing
I
by armour. Their aggressive approach to battle

has led them to develop mounted-assault tactics,
fighting from the back of their half-tracks.
SD KFZ 251 (MG) SD KFZ 251 (8CM)

Role; Transport Role; Artillery
Front Armour: 1 Front Armour: 1
Direct-fire Range; 24”/60cm Artillery Range; 40"/1 OOcm
Firepower; 4+
II Firepower; 6 Other; Smoke Bombardment
I OrAcr; Mounted Assault
'fL I
\ ■',
ARMOURED _ w,

• INFANTRY UNIT • HEAVY V«APON •
CONFIDENT 4+
• STORMTROOPERS • r CAREFUL 4*!
Third Reich
Last Stand 3+
df*'
A
4x sMG34 HMG fnfanfry
3+
2x SdKfe251 (MG)
Half-track (LG112) 7 POINTS
2x sMG34 HMG TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
lx SdKfe251 (MG) 8720cm 8"/20cm 12730cm 12730cm I AUTO

Half-track (lgii2) 4 POINTS
B-wre ROf anti- FIRE-
4x sMG34 HMG 6 POINTS SMG34 HMG 24'760cm

UJfe
The panzergrenadier platoons have plenty of The sMG34 machine-gun platoon is a good economy of force component,
machine-gun firepower, but sometimes you don’t giving greater firepower, while freeing up the panzergrenadiers for assaults
want to commit that many men to hold a flank and counterattacks.
or cover the advance of an assault force.
HALF-TRACKS: ON THE TABLE
There are several different models ofhalf-tracks and selfpropelled guns.

The key differences are highlighted below to help you pick the right vehicle for thejob.
SD KFZ 251 (7.5CM) SD KFZ 251 (FLAME)

Role;Assault Gun Role; Flame-thrower
Front Armour; 1 Front Armour; 1
Direct-fire Range;24"/60cm Direct-fire Range; 4710cm
ROF; 2 ROF; 4
Anti-tank; 9 Anti-tank; 2
Firepower; 3+ Firepower; AUTO
Other; H EAT
J__Lk.
4x Sd Kfz 251 (8cm) 6 POINTS
2x Sd Kfe 251 (8cm) 3 POINTS VETERAN 3+
The Sd Kii 251/2 half-tracks from the heavy

TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
weapons platoon carry 8cm mortars in the 10725cm 10725cm 16740cm 28770cm 3+
passenger compartment to support the infantry
ROF ANTI FIRE
NOTES
with fast, accurate artillery fire. The half-tracks WEAPON RANGE
n
1 Sd Kfz 251 (8cm) 407100cm
Forward Firing, H
carry the weapon and ammunition together, ARTILLERY
Ld
Smoke Bombardment ■
1 Sd Kfz 251 (MG) 3 1 3
ready and able to quickly provide support for the 16740cm Self-defence AA 1
panzergrenadiers.
6x Sd Kfz 251 (7.5cm) 9 POINTS

4xSdKfe251 (7.5cm) 6 POINTS VETERAN 3+
2x Sd Kfz 251 (7.5cm) 3 POINTS SPGun
Assault
The Sd Kfz 251/9 is a new model of half-track 10725cm 10725cm 16740cm 28770cm
that carries a short 7.5cm gun. This small battery
yjrnU
ROF ANTI FIRE NOTES
WEAPON RANGE TANK POWER
HALTED MOVING
of guns function a lot like the towed infantry 1 Sd Kfz 251 (7.5cm) 24760cm Forward Firing, HEAT 1
guns found with the motorised panzergrenadiers. 1 Sd Kfz 251 (MG)
16740cm Forward Firing ■
The half-track's armoured protection means that
it can get close to the action to knock out threats
to the infantry, using high-explosive shells with
pinpoint accuracy ^
GRILLE 15CM GUN PLATOON
Unlike the lighter 7.5cm gun, the 15cm gun

cannot be mounted on a Sd Kfz 251 half-track,
so the Germans built the Grille (Cricket). This
gives the panzergrenadiers some serious firepower
1 10725 cm I 12'730cm | 16740cm | 18'745cm | 4+ 1
ROF ANTI FIRE
to knock out bunkers, and a heavy artillery piece WEAPON RANGE
HALTED MOVING TANK POWER NOTES
to bombard stubborn defences. Grille (15cm) 567140cm ARTILLERY 3 2+ forward Firing
or Direct Fire
Grille (MG)
16740cm
16740cm
rnrn 7
2
AUTO Brutal, Forward Firing, Slow Firing
ARMOURED
FLAME-THROWER PLATOON
6x Sd Kfz 251 (Flame) 12 POINTS

4x Sd Kfz 251 (Flame)
2x Sd Kfe 251 (Flame)
Armoured flame-throwers like the Sd Kfz 251/16

half-track are successful terror weapons. With ROF ANTI FIRE
HALTED MOVING
a flame-thrower spewing fire from each side,
nun
I Sd Kfz 251 (Flame)
4710cm
' AUTO Flame-thrower 1
enemy infantry abandon their positions rather 1 (Flame-throwers)
1 Sd Kfz 251 (Flame) (MG)
than be burned to death, clearing the way for the 16740cm 6 Forward Firing 1
panzergrenadiets.
The mission was to secure the high ground around

Mortain as part of a brilliant counterattack that
will turn the tide of the Allied advance. Night had
allowed them to advance close to their objective, with
their half4;racks following behind. Even from several
hundred metres away he could see the occasional flash
as one of those brash Amis lit another cigarette. A
distant thunder bellowed and the sky behind him
flashed. He found himself unconsciously holding
his breath listening for the whistle of the shells
passing overhead. The hill erupted in light, noise, and
smoke. The world exploded into action, the still of
the night shattered. His mounted mortars started to
fire illuminating shells, bathing the US positions in
wavering light, allowing the company’s integrated 7dcm
guns to blast the heavy machine gun positions as the
attack advanced. As he broke cover, dashing towards
I The irony didn’t escape Ohersoldat Jurgen as he and a fallen tree, an explosion threw him to the ground.
! his squad advanced cautiously dovm the narrow bocage- The Americans were starting to recover and find their
j enclosed lane. The hedgerows had been their greatest mark. He dusted himself off and crawled on, catching
defence against the Allied invaders, holding up their his breath as he tucked in behind the tree. This would
; advance from the beach as he and his men extracted be a hard fight However, they had to take the hill by
I a bloody toll on the Americans as they advanced. Now morning. He was confident he would be dug in at the
I here he was, attacking through the same hedgerowa summit before daybreak.
PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY INFANTRY FORMATION
HEADQUARTERS
PANZERGRENADIER2
COMPANY HQ
LG170
PANZERGRENADIER PANZERGRENADIER PANZERGRENADIER2

PLATOON PLATOON PLATOON
LG171 LGni
ARMOURED
PANZERGRENADIER
PLATOON
RECONNAISSANCE
PLATOON
LG174
8CM MORTAR
SECTION
SMG34 MACHINE-GUN 7.5cm TANK-HUNTER

PLATOON PLATOON ,
LGI31 ^
ROF ANTI FIRE NOTES
WEAPON RANGE TANK POWER
Unlike the Panzer Lehr Division, most panzer HALTED MOVING
1 MP40 SMG team Pinned ROF 1
471 OcM
divisions only have half (or less) of their
LJU id
1 OPTIONAL
4710cm Limited 1, Slow Firing
infantry mounted in half-tracks. The rest of the 1 Panzerfaust anti-tank
panzergrenadier battalions are motorised. Their

trucks allowed them to move across France The motorised panzergrenadier battalions have much more firepower
to Normandy far quicker than the infantry than the rifle battalions of the infantry divisions, allowing them to launch
divisions marching on foot. Now that they are attacks and counterattacks without the need to wait for outside support.
there, they fight on foot — riding in trucks When they have panzets and artillery attached, they ate difficult to stop
under fire being a quick way to die! without a layeted defence in depth.
PANZERGRENADIER PLATOON
MOTIVATION • INFANTRY UNIT • STORMTROOPERS • ^
'«)NFIDENT faWEFUL 4* I
7x MG42 team 9 POINTS

5x MG42 team 7 POINTS
OPTIONS
m
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS — j
• Equip MG42 teams with Panzerfaust 1 8720cm 1 8720cm
1 12730cm 1 12730cm
1 AUTO
anti-tank for +2 points.

ROF ANTI FIRE NOTES
WEAPON RANGE HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
• Add up to three Panzerschreck anti-tank
16"/40cm 3 2 2 6
teams for +2 points each.
4710cm 1 1 12 5+ Limited 1, Slow Firing
The Unit Leader is one of the MG42 teams, and is
8720cm 1 1 11 5+ Assault 4+, Slow Firing
mounted on a small base (see page 71).
MOTIVATION________ »INFANTRY UNIT • HEAVY WEAPON •
^CONFIDENT 4+ • STORMTROOPERS •
4x sMG34 HMG 6 POINTS Infantry
The heavy machine-guns of the MG platoon are

essential for setting up a base of fire to support AUTO 1
an infantry assault or to cover a flank to prevent
oAMrE ROF ANTI- FIRE-
enemy counterattacks from interfering with HALTED MOVING TANK ROWER
your plans. ^
8CM MORTAR SECTION

MOTIVATION • INFANTRY UNIT • HEAVY WEAPON •
CONFIDENT 4+ REFUL 4+
Mortars are one of the most useful support

weapons available to the infantry. Due to being
ROAD DASH
■
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH CROSS
so close to the front line, they can range in with
1 4710cm 1 4710cm 1 6715cm 8720cm 1 AUTO
higher accuracy than divisional artillery and can
ROF ANTI FIRE
get rounds on the ground a lot faster. WEAPON RANGE HALTED MOVING TANK POWER NOTES
{ 8cm mortar 407100cm 1 4-1- Smo^ce Bombardment
12cm MORTAR PLATOON

GUN UNIT •LARGE GUN*
hkkk

The new panzer divisions supplement the older

. 8cm mortar with new 12cm mortars. Having 1 4710cm
1 4710cm i 6715cm
t: 8"/20cm
J ________iL_
1
! learned how deadly these light and simple
ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
weapons are from the Red Army on the Eastern HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
1
Front, they now field their own versions. 12cm mortar 2
J
\
d
m-i-- ■■ “ --■•'v
7.5CM GUN PLATOON
company
Alt7.5cm infantry gun 12 POINTS
2x 7.5cm infantry gun 6 POINTS
The 7.5cm infantry gun is a relatively light TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
weapon that can keep pace with the infantry and 1 4710cm i 4710cm J 6715cm 8720cm I 3+ ■
support them by putting high-explosive shells ROF ANTI FIRE

WEAPON RANGE NOTES
into enemy nests and strongpoints.
p A n z e r g r e n a d ie r
1 7.5cnri infantry gun 487120cm ARTILLERY 2 4+ Forward Firing
1 Or Direct Fire
16740cm 2 1 8 3+ Forward Firing, Smoke
The 15cm gun offers super-heavy firepower to

the infantry. A single shell from one of these guns
can easily pulverise a foxhole, level a building, or I 1 1
shatter a bunker. By German standards, this gun
1 275cm 275cm 4"/10cm 1 6715cm 5+
ROF ANTI FIRE NOTES

WEAPON RANGE
is heavy and hard to move, but it is still easier HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
to get into position than most Allied weapons, ■ IScin infantry gun 567140cm ARTILLERY 2+ Forward Firing j
rolling forward to destroy enemy defences at
point-blank range.
1 Or Direct Fire 1 1 1
LiJ AUTO Brutal, Forward Firing, Slow Firing ;

GUN UNIT . Glfl ShAD -
—•wmjt
4x 7.5cm gun 15 POINTS Gun

m
No anti-tank gun has earned its reputation more 1 275cm 1 275cm 1 4"/l OcM I 6715cm I 5+
than the 7.5cm PaK40. These guns started to RANGE

ROF ANTI POWER notes
WEAPON HALTED MOVING TANK
arrive in large numbers on the front by the start 1 1
of 1944, replacing the older 5cm guns. 1 I 3+ Forward Firing
PANZER LEHR
ARMOURED RECONNAISSANCE
BATTALION
German armoured reconnaissance battalions looked and armoured reconnaissance battalion had fewer armoured cars
acted very differently from their American and British coun operating on a narrower front, but had most of a battalion
terparts. The Allied battalions were essentially armoured car of armoured infantry with their own supporting weapons to
formations, with some support, whose role was to spread punch through any enemy delaying force so that the divi
out ahead of the armoured divisions advance looking for the sion’s advance would not be slowed down.
enemy and seeking out intact bridges to speed the advance. This also made the armoured reconnaissance battalion an
The German battalions were more of an advanced strike ideal counterattack force as the divisional reserve when hold
force, clearing the way for the panzers behind them. ing ground. The armoured cars could spread out to monitor
Whereas the Allied armoured car battalions had to wait the enemy breakthrough while the other companies massed
for supporting troops to clear away rearguards and block as a strike force, ready to drive the enemy penetration back
ing forces if they couldn’t find a way around, the German before they could reorganised and form a proper defence.
PANZER LEHR
ARMOURED RECOUMISSAUCE BATTALION
NORMANDY, FRANCE, 6 JUNE 1944
BATTALION HQ
I1
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1. ARMOURED CAR COMPANY 2. ARMOURED CAR COMPANY ------ifflIi:CT13ii:Ciia!EBSGia—
5. HEAVY COMPANY
GUN PLATOON
1. PLATOON 1. PLATOON ;
2. PLATOON I RTlatoon
S 3. PLATOON 3. PLATOON
Tf^kk 7^kk
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3. RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY
'1
4
■1 4. PANZERGRENADIER COMPANY
RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY INFANTRY FORMATION
HEADQUARTERS
RECONNAISSANCE
8CM MORTAR SECTION
3x Sd Kfe 250 (8cm) SPOIN^

2x Sd Kfe 250 (8cm) Joints
The small Sd BCfe 250 (8cm) mortar carrier

has the same armament as the bigger Sd Kfz 1 10725cm 12730cm 18745cm
71 32780cm 4+ 1
251 mortar carrier, although it does need more

ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
frequent resupply thanks to its lack of space for HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
n
1 Sd Kfz 250 (8cm) Forward Firmg, H
ammunition. Its small size allows it to work its 407100cm ARTILLERY Smoke Bombardment H
way forward with the reconnaissance platoons,

1 Sd Kfz 250 (MG)
16740cm 3 3
□n Self-defence AA 1
ready to launch a surprise bombardment in sup

port of a sneak attack.
RECONNAISSANCE
7.5CM GUN PLATOON
• TANK UNIT • SCOUT* STORMTROOPERS •
CONFIDENT 4+ SinCAREFUL 4+1

RECONNAISSANCE G(
3x Sd Kfz 250 (7.5cm) spoir^

2x Sd Kh. 250 (7.5cm) TpoifTFs
The Sd Kfz 250 (7.5cm) is the reconnaissance TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
version of the Sd Kfz 251 (7.5cm) gun half 1 10725cm 12730cm 18"/45cm 32780cm 4+ 1
track. Opening surprise fire from concealment, ROF ANTI FIRE

WEAPON RANGE NOTES
it destroyed enemy machine-guns and anti-tank
RRnR
1 Sd Kfz 250 (7.5cm) Forward Firing, HEAT
24"/60cm
guns as the reconnaissance platoons overrun the
enemy defences.
1 Sd Kfz 250 (MG)
16740cm
U □ 7 Forward Firing
J
2x Sd Kfz 250/9 (2cm)
lx Sd Kfz 250 (MG)
The Sd Kfe 250/9 2cm-armed half-tracked

armoured cars, and their Sd Kfz 250 command
10725cm 1 2730cm 18745cm 32780cm 4+
vehicle with its powerful radio, scout ahead of
ROF ANTI- FIRE
the panzer division, spearheading its advance. WEAPON RANGE
Although well-enough armed to tackle enemy

1 Sd Kfz 250/9 (2cml
20750cm
n 5+ Self-defence AA
U
1 Sd Kfz 250 & 250/9 (MG)
armoured cars, they attempt to avoid combat 16740cm 6 Self-defence AA
with anything bigger, using stealth to complete

their scouting role.
PUMA SCOUT TROOP

• TANK UNItI'SCOUT •
• SPEARHEAD • STORMTROOPERS
2x Puma (5cm) 4 POINTS

2x Sd Kfz 234 (2cm) 3 POINTS
With their 5cm guns, the big eight-wheeled Puma

give the light armoured cars of the armoured 10725cm I 12730cm
18745cm 36790cm 4+
reconnaissance battalions some heavier back up. ROF ANTI- FIRE-

However, worried that commanders would start HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
28770cm 2 1 9 4+
fights rather than scouting as they are supposed
20750cm 3 2 5 5+ SelfDefence AA
to, later production switched to the Sd Kfz 234/1
16740cm 3 3 2 6
with a 2cm
PM* PIP
SD KFZ 234 (7.5 cm) gun platoon

1 •TANK UNIT* SCOUrf STORMTROOPERS-
1 RELUi MM
The Sd Kfz 234 (7.5cm) armoured car is designed

as a wheeled assault gun. Its heavier shells make 1 10725 cm I 12730cm | 18745cm 36790cm 4+ I
it more effective at destroying enemy anti-tank ROF
WEAPON RANGE ANTI FIRE
NOTES
guns that would otherwise stop the armoured 1 Sd Kfz 234 (7.5cm) HALTED MOVING TANK POWER
reconnaissance battalion’s other armoured cars 1 Sd Kfz 234 (MG)

24760cm 2 1 9 7^ Forward Firing, HEAT 1
from completing their mission. 16740cm 3 3 2
U Forward Firing 1
SUPPORT UNITS
JAGDPANZER IV TANK-HUNTER PLATOON

MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • BAZOOKA SKIRTS • IS HIT ON___
• STORMTROOPERS • r~CAREFUL
CONFIDENT 4+
Counterattack
4x Jagdpanzer IV (7.5cm) 23 POINTS SKILL
3x Jagdpanzer IV (7.5cm) 17 POINTS 1 VETERAN 3+

SPGun jm.
2x Jagdpanzer IV (7.5cm) 11 POINTS Assault I
The Jagdpanzer IV is the first fully-armoured

specialist tank-hunter to enter mass production. RANGE
ROF ANTI FIRE
NOTES
WEAPON
rnn
Combining the mobility and firepower of the
icci Panzer IV tank in a low-slung, well-armoured
1 Jagdpanzer IV (7.5cm)
1 Jagdpanzer IV (MG)
32780cm
16740cm
U
Forward Firing
Forward Firing
^03 chassis, the Jagdpanzer is well suited to its role.
Qi.1 8.8CM TANK-HUNTER PLATOON

pi • GUN UNIT • GUN SHIELD * LARGE GUN •
ml CONFIDENT 4+
r Third Reich
Last Stand 3+
SKILL
4x 8.8cm gun 18 POINTS VETERAN 3+1

3x 8.8cm gun
2x 8.8cm gun
13 POINTS
9 POINTS
c Gun
Assault 4+
TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSSCOUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS

The new 8.8cm anti-tank gun is a tremendously
powerful gun, capable of destroying any tank
275cm 4710cm
X 4710cm 6
m
ROF ANTI FIRE
HALTED MOVING
on the battlefield. The latest version is mounted
on a cruciform chassis like the famous 8.8cm
8.8cm gun 487120cm 2 1 17 3+
1
anti-aircraft gun, but is much easier to conceal.
4x S.Scm AA gun
2x 8.8cm AA gun
There are well over 100 heavy 8.8cm anti-aircraft

guns in Normandy to keep the Allied air forces
at bay. When needed, they are also capable of
devastating Allied tank attacks.
SD KFZ 7/1 QUAD AA PLATOON

> UNARMOURED TANK UNIT •
• STORMTROOPERS • r~CAREFUL 4+
CONFIDENT 4+
3x Sd Kfz 7/1 (2cm quad) 6 POINTS

2x Sd Kfz 7/1 (2cm quad) 4 POINTS
The Sd Kfz 7/1 half-track is armed with quad

ruple-mounted 20mm anti-aircraft guns, ■ 8720cm I 10725cm 1 14735cm I 24760cm I 3+
giving each vehicle a tremendous rate of fire of
WEAPON RANGE ROF ANTI
TANK powK notes
1800 rounds per minute. With that much fire in HALTED MOVING
the sky, any Allied aircraft will have a very diffi

lllIHllHiH
1 5+ 1 Dedicated AA
J
cult time attacking panzer spearheads.
SD KFZ 10/4 LIGHT AA PLATOON
4x Sd Kfz 10/4 (2cm) 6 POINTS

2x Sd Kfz 10/4 (2cm) 3 POINTS
The Sd Kfz 10/4 half-track's 20mm gun is one

of the most common anti-aircraft guns in the I 1 18745cm
I 1
1 10725cm 12730cm
JL 32'780cm 4+
German army, and is equally useful against both ROF
WEAPON RANGE ANTI
TANK POWER notes
Allied air strikes and ground attacks. HALTED MOVING
5 1 5+ 1 Dedicated AA
2CM LIGHT AA PLATOON
•GUN UNIT •GUN SHIELD
-mkM.
4x 2cm AA gun 6 POINTS
2x 2cm AA gun 3 POINTS
often TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH CROSS
protection.
better [ 4710cm 4710cm 6715cm 8720cm 3-t
□1
ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
{ 2cm AA gun
1 20750cm
5 1 5+ j Dedicated AA
J
WESPE ARTILLERY BATTERY

TANK UNIT • STORMTROOPERS •
n^EFUL ♦*[
6x Wespe (10.5cm) 18 POINTS

3x Wespe (10.5cm) 9 POINTS
The Wespe (Wasp) self-propelled howitzer first TACTICAL TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
saw action at Kursk in 1943. Based on the relia 10725cm 12730cm 18745cm 20750cm I 3+
ble Panzer II chassis, the vehicle quickly proved ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
itself well suited for supporting armoured units. Forward Firing, ■
Wespe {10.5cm) 727180cm ARTILLERY 3 3+
rn
Smolce Bombardment 1
Its weapon is the standard 10.5cm howitzer, Brutal, Forward Firing, Slow Firing, 1
or Direct Fire 24760cm 1 9 2+ Smoke |
which provides powerful mobile artillery fire tejjrtOcMj 1
Wespe (MG) 2 2 6
power to the panzer divisions they support.
HUMMEL ARTILLERY BATTERY
6x Hummel (15cm) 24 POINTS

3x Hummel (15cm) 12 POINTS
The Hummel (Bumblebee) has seen extensive

since Kursk, where it entered service. Built on
the Panzer IV chassis, the Hummel mounts a ROF ANTI FIRE
WEAPON RANGE NOTES
powerful 15cm howitzer that gives excellent
I Hummel (15cm) 807200cm ARTILLERY 3 2-t Forward Firing 1
service in support of panzer attacks.
1 or Direct Fire
1 Hummel (MG)
16740cm
16740cm
rn
UJU
11
2
AUTO Brutal, Forward Firing
6
1
1
1 10.5CMA RTILLEIRY BATTERY j
I ■ MOTIVATION r • GUN UNIT •GUN SHIELD •LARGE GUN • ^

1 CONFIDENT 4+
I
4x 10.5cm howitzer 14 POINTS

2x 10.5cm howitzer 7 POINTS
The 10.5cm field howitzer's main mission is to

support German attacks and to shatter enemy
counterattacks before they reach their objective.
They also provide a base of fire in a last-ditch line Pi Forward Firing,
10.5cm howitzer 727180cm ARTILLERY yd Smoke Bombardment
of defence. Brutal, Forward Firing, Slow Firing,
or Direct Fire 24760cm 1 1 Smoke
SUPPORTUNITS
15CM NEBELWERFER BATTERY
MOTIVATION________ •GUN UNIT'LARSE GUN
CONFIDENT 4t-
6x 15cm Nehelwerfer 18 POINTS

3x 15cm Nehelwerfer 9 POINTS
The six-barrelled 15 cm Nehelwerfer rocket TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH
launcher terrifies Allied soldiers, delivering 1 275cm I 2"/5cm 1 4710cm □L 6715cm I 5+ 1
six screaming rockets per launcher, scatter ROF ANTI

WEAPON RANGE POWER NOTES
HALTED MOVING TANK
ing rockets, packed with 31.8 kg (70 lb) of A, Forward Firing,
; 2 1 1 Smoke Bombardment J
high-explosives, across a wide area.
PANZER III OP OBSERVATION POST

MOTIVATION • TANK UNIT • INDEPENDENT
NDENT* OBSERVER*
•STORMTROOPERS
CONFIDEN1
lx Panzer III OP (MG) 1 POINT
You mustfield a:
10.5cm Artillery Battery (LG136),
Wespe Artillery Battery (LG134),
Hummel Artillery Battery (LG135), or
15cm Nebelwerfier Battery (LG137)
ROF ANTI- FIRE- matk
before you can field a Panzer III OP. WEAPON RANGE
1 Panzer III OP (MG) 2 6 j Forward Firing

1 6"/40cm 3 3
D-DAY: GERMAN EXAMPLE FORCE
Flames Of War is typicallyplayed usingforces of100points. A great startingpoint is to get one ofthe Starter Force boxes andgrowfrom there.
The D-Day: German Starter Force ‘Panzer Kampfgruppe’ is a pretty solidforce based on a Panzer IV Tank Company. With an HQ
ofa pair ofPanzer IV tanks, another platoon ofPanzer IV tanks, and a platoon of Tiger tanks, the coreformation is a powerful and
solidforce that comes to 51 points. The box backs this up with some solid support.
First up there is a platoon ofinfantry in armoured half-tracks. These panzergrenadiers can raceforward with the tanks, assaulting the
enemy to clear out villages and woods. They add another 12 points to theforce. A StuG assault gun platoon gives you more tanks that
can either back up the panzers covering their advance with their powerful guns, or advance with the infantry to give them close-in
firepower. At 17points, they bring ourforce to 80 points.
Theforce also incltidesfive guns. There is a unit oftwo 8.8cm anti-aircraft guns. As well as keeping enemy aircraft offyour tanks. These
powerful guns are so good at knocking out tanks that every Allied tanker thought that any anti-tank gun was an '88'. At 6points, that i
a useful addition. The final unit has three Nebelwerfer rocket launchers for artillery support. These saturate a section of the battlefield
with explosive rockets, taking apart your opponent's guns and infantry. At 9 points, that brings the starter force to a grand total of
95 points.
To bring ourforce up to 100 points, we’ve added a Puma Scout Troop with two Puma (5cm) eight-wheeled armoured cars and Lucky,
a 1 point Command Card. Not only are the Pumas one of the most visually impressive armoured cars ever built, but they lead your
forceforward at the start ofthe game. Ifanything goes wrong, you can always use Lucky to re-roll d critical die rplff
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PAINTING GERMANS
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VEHICLES
Wooden Tool
Highlight
BEIGE BROWN
Wooden Tool
Base
FLAT BROWN
Metal Tools
OILY STEEL
INFANTRY
Rifle Wood Highlight Rifle Wood Base Rifle Metal
OILY STEEL
Splinter
Smock Base
GERMAN CAMO
DARK GREEN GERMAN
CAMO BEIGE
Splinter
Smock Camo
GERMAN CAMO
MEDIUM BROWN
Splinter
Smock Camo
LUFTWAFFE
CAMO GREEN
FALLSCHIRMJACER
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German Basing Guide ^
All Flames Of War infantry and guns are supplied with appro- There are usually several figures with each type of weapon, so
priate bases. Assemble your infantry teams by gluing the you can create variety in your teams. It doesn’t matter which
figures into the holes on a base of the right size. Super glue mix of figures you put in each team,
works well for this.
Commanders and Unit Leaders Panzerschreck teams sMG34 & sMG42 HMGs 8cm mortar
Command teams and Unit Leader teams are Panzerschreck teams are mounted Base these heavy weapons on medium base facing *
based on a small base, facing the long edge. on a small basefacing the long edge. the long edge. These teams have a gunner with his *
Each base should have threefigures. Base a gunner with Panzerschreck weapon and two additionalfigures |
and one additionalfigure.
BASINGGUIDE
5c/m gtin 7.5cm infantry gun 2cm AA gun
MG42 and K98 rifle teams
& MG42 teams. Base these guns on medium bases facing the short edge.
MG42 and K98 rifle teams, & MG42 teams are Each gun has four crewmen.
based on a medium base with fourfigures, facing the
long edge. Evenly spreadfigures with machine-guns
throughout the platoon.
10.5cm howitzer 15cm Nebelwerfer 15cm infantry gun 8.8cm anti-aircraft gun
Base these guns on large bases facing the short edge.
Each gun has five crewman.
8.8cm anti-tank gun 7.5cm anti-tank gun 12cm heavy mortar

Base these guns on a large basefacing the short edge. Each gun has four crewman. , • i,:
FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE TERRAIN
While the beaches and the bocage hedgerow country get a lot of attention, the bulk of French battlefields during
the Normandy campaign were fought in the open countryside. The region was populated by a lot ofsmall
villages, linked together by roads and walking tracks. Settlements were usually situated near
important river crossings and other strategic points, putting them in harm's way when
the war came near.
WALLS
Walls are Difficult Terrain, requiring care to avoid
getting stuck while crossing.
Walls can be Short or Tall terrain, Concealing
teams behind them. Stone and concrete walls provide
Bulletproof Coverfor teams behind them.
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Neoprene mat below as well as Woods and orchards are Difficult Terrain. Tanks
Battlefield In A Box terrain. need to exercise care to avoid getting stuck.
Both are Tall terrain and provide Concealment
DOUBLE SIDED GRASSLAND to teams within or behind them.
AND DESERT GAMING MAT (BB951) 'I'XM '
72"/183cm x 48"/120cm
OPEN SPACES
if#,.'; j Most battlefields are Cross-country apart
from specific terrain features.
Stationary infantry are Concealed in
the open (and other Flat terrain), but tanks,
guns, and moving infantry are infill view.
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PLOUGHED FIELDS CROP FIELDS

Ploughed Fields are Terrain as they Standing crops are Terrain. Tanks moving through them need to slow down to
are difficult to move across at speed. avoid hidden obstacles and potential infantry ambushes.
Standing crops are Short terrain, Concealing teams in and behind them.
FENCES AND HEDGES

Fences are Terrain, limiting the speed at which they can be crossed. Fledges
are Difficult Terrain, requiring care when crossing to avoid getting stuck.
Fences and Hedges are Short terrain. Concealing teams behind them.
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BUILDINGS
Buildings are Terrain that is Impassable to tanks
and guns. Infantry can enter and exit them
through openings like doors and windows.
Buildings are Tall terrain. You cannot see
past a building, although teams halfhidden
by or in a building are Concealed. Buildings
give troops inside Bulletproof Cover.
ROADS
Roads allow troops to move mueh
faster than they would cross-country
if they are going to the right place.
RIVERS AND FORDS

Shallow rivers are Difficult Terrain. They slow tanks
down and possibly cause them to halt as they seek a better
crossing point.
Deep rivers are Impassable to tanks, and require a 4-r
Cross Check for infantry to cross. Teams cannot start the
game or end their movement in a river or lake. Fords
across deep rivers are Difficult Terrain.
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River crossings are often the site of battles as rivers are
significant obstacles. Think about why the battle is being
fought here. Is the river a defence line? Has the attacker
already taken a bridgehead across the river, and this is
a counterattack to eliminate the bridgehead? Place the
river and crossings accordingly. It’s a good idea to have at
least three fords or bridges unless you are planning to have
infantry make an assault crossing.
Like all waterfeatures, rivers are Flat terrain and do not
provide Concealment.
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D-DAY BATTLES
The D-Day landings and the rest of the Normandy Campaign featured a wide variety of battles, many of which can easily be
recreated using the missions in the rulebook. The dense hedgerow country in western Normandy made many battles more
intense, akin to the fighting in cities like Stalingrad, while other battles in more open terrain were more fluid. This section
allows you to recreate these battles.
Armoured Fury recreates the counterattack to reach the Outflanked recreates the confused fighting in the week
coast on D-Day when elements of the 21" Panzer Division after the landings as both sides attempted to create a
pushed past the British spearhead to separate Juno and Sword continuous front line.
Beaches. This could also be used for Operation Liittich (the
Mortain Offensive), or with the Canadians of Poles attacking Breakout recreates the desperate struggles to break out of
in Operation Tractable as they attempt to close the Falaise the Falaise Pocket (or the Roncey, or even the Mons Pocket)
Pocket. as the German defence fell apart in August.
LINKED CAMPAIGN
You can play these battles as a linked campaign, with each 4. Play Rearguard (see page 109 of the rulebook) next as
battle's outcome affecting the next. the Germans try to hold back the Allied tide. The German
The Germans are the attacking player in each game unless player is the defender.
otherwise stated. • If the Germans won a Stunning or Major Victory in
the Gontact or Hasty Attack mission, they have given
1. Vlacy Armoured Fury first to reflect the counterattacks the Allies a bloody nose, allowing them to set up a solid
against the Allied landings. defence, so they can place one additional Minefield.
• If the Allies won a Stunning or Major Victory in the
2. Play Ouflanked next as both sides fight to protect Contact or Hasty Attack mission, they are advancing
their flanks.
rapidly, so the Germans must re-roll their first successful
‘ • If the Germans won a Stunning or Major Victory in the die when rolling for Reserves.
Armoured Fury mission, they have disrupted the Allied
plans to break out of the beachhead and continue to press 5. Play Breakout last as the Germans fight their way out
forward, so the Allies are the defenders in this mission. of encirclement.
• If the Allies won a Stunning or Major Victory in the • If the Germans won a Stunning or Major Victory in the
> Armoured Fury mission, they are pressing forward Rearguard mission, they have bought themselves more
rapidly, so are the attackers in this mission. time, so the Allies must re-roll their first successful die
• If neither player won a Stunning or Major Victory in when rolling for Reserves.
the Armoured Fury mission, then roll a die to see who • If the Allies won a Stunning or Major Victory in the
attacks and defends. Rearguard mission, the Germans are under extreme
pressure, so the Allied player can win the game on turn
3. Play Contact or Hasty Attack (see page 108 of the five if they meet their victory conditions.
; rulebook) next as the German counterattacks continue.
t.
The outcome of the Breakout mission decides the ultimate
• If the Germans won a Stunning or Major Victory in the
outcome of the entire campaign.
I Outflanked mission, the Alliesare caught off balance, so
I don't have an Ambush.
f • If the Allies won a Stunning or Major Victory in the
I Outflanked mission, their advance continues unchecked,
’ so the Allies start rolling for Reserves on turn two (instead
' of turn three).
ARMOURED CONTACT or BREAKOUT

FURY OUTFLANKED HASTY ATTACK REARGUARD
pg 76 pg 108 (Rulebook) pg 109 (Rulebook) pg 77
pg75
For more D-Day missions and another linked campaign get the
fc D-Day; Beach Assault Mission & Terrain pack
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ARMOURED FURY
There's a gap in the enemy's lines. Now's Defender's Reserves arrive at the indicated corners
or along their deployment area below
our chance! We need to hit them hard
and fast with our shock troops. By yi^
the time they realise what's happen V-' 16”/40cm
ing, it'll be too late and they'll be forced
to fall back or be destroyed.
[iraTTit Attacker places one 16740cm
I objective in this area
SPECIAL RULES
• Ambush (Defender)
• Delayed Scattered Reserves
(Defender)
• Immediate Reserves (Attacker) 8720cm
• Meeting Engagement (Attacker)
SETTING UP
1. The Defender picks a long table edge
to defend from. Their Deployment
Area is the area between their table
edge and the centre of the table to a
width of 12"/30cm on either side of
Attacker
the table centre.
places one
2. The Attacker then chooses a short objective
table edge to attack from. here
8”/20cm
3. The Defender places two Objectives
up to 8"/20cm from the Attacker's
table edge and more than 8"/20cm
from the long table edges.
4. The Attacker then places one
Objective in the Defender's Deploy
ment area at least 8 "/20cm from the
edge of the Deployment Area.
5. They then place another Objective
up to 16 "/40cm from the opposite
short table edge at least 8"/20cm
from the long table edges.
DEPLOYMENT it
1. The Defender selects up to 60% Defender places two
of their force to deploy and holds 8720cm objectives in this area 8720cm
the rest in Delayed Scattered

Reserve. The Reserves arrive within ^_______________ Attacker's Reserves arrive here
16"/40cm of the indicated corners
or along the table edge of the Defender's Deployment WHO GOES FIRST
Area depending on the die roll.
The Attacker has the first turn. As the game is a Meeting
2. The Defender may hold one of their Units in Ambush. Engagement, the Attacker will Shoot as if they Moved and
3. The Defender places their remaining Units in their cannot use Artillery or Aircraft on the first turn. ^
Deployment Area.
4. The Attacker selects up to 60% of their force to deploy WINNING THE GAME
and holds the rest in Immediate Reserve. Their Reserves • A player wins if they end their turn Holding an Objective*
will arrive along their short table edge. that they placed.
5. The Attacker places their remaining Units in their table
I
half at least 24”/60cm from the table centre line.
6. All Infanrry and Gun Teams start the game in Foxholes.
OUTFLANKED
You have found the end of the enemy line. Outflank and DEPLOYMENT
destroy them before they can react and redeploy to cover 1. The Defender selects up to 60% of their force to deploy
their weakness. and holds the rest in Immediate Reserve. Their Reserves
will arrive within 16”/40cm of their table corner.
SPECIAL RULES 2. Starting with the Defender, the players place Ranged In
• Ambush (Defender) markers for all of their deployed (including in Ambush)
• Immediate Reserves (Defender) Artillery Units.
• No Spearhead (Defender) 3. The Defendet may hold one of their deployed Units
in Ambush.
. SETTING UP
4. The Defender then places their deployed Units in their
It 1. The Defender picks a table quarter to defend,
table quatter or in the No-Man’s Land table quarter at
g 2. The Attacker attacks from the opposite long table edge. least 32”/80cm from the short table edge. The Defending
3. The Attacker places two Objectives in the Defenders player may not use the Spearhead rule.
I table quarter or in the No-Man’s Land table quarter at 5. The Attacker then places their deployed Units in their
least 8”/20cm from the long table centre line and all table table half at least l6”/40cm from the centreline or within
p edges, and at least 32”/80cm from the short table edge in 8”/20cm of the shott table edge opposite the Defenders
■ the No-Man’s Land quarter. Depending on the quarters table quarter.
Ifi; chosen, the table will look like:
6. All Infantry and Gun Teams start the game in Foxholes.
WHO GOES FIRST

The Attacker has the first turn.
WINNING THE GAME

• The Attacker wins if they end their turn on or after the
sixth turn Holding an Objective.
• The Defender wins if they end a turn on or after the sixth
turn with no Attacking Tank, Infantry, or Gun teams
within 8”/20cm of the Objectives.
BREAKOUT
After several hellish days of being trapped in the pocket, you DEPLOYMENT
are almost free. Only one last thin line of defence lies in your 1. The Defender selects up to 60% of their force to deploy
path. If you can break through that, you'll link up with your and holds the rest in Immediate Reserve. Their Reserves
allies. However, the enemy is hot on your heels behind you, arrive from the Attacking player’s short table edge.
so there's no time to waste. 2. Starting with the Defender, the players place Ranged In
markers for all of their deployed (including in Ambush)
SPECIAL RULES Artillery Units. i
• Ambush (Defender)
3. The Defender may hold one of their Units in Ambush
• Immediate Reserves (Defender)
4. The Defender then places their remaining Units in their"^
table half at least 12”/30cm from the table centre line. ^
SETTING UP
1. The Defender picks a short table edge to defend from. 5. The Attacker places all of their Units in their table halfl
The Attacker attacks from the opposite end of the table. at least 8”/20cm from the table centre line and at least ?!
12”/30cm from their short table edge. ^
2. Both players, starting with the Defender, place one
Objective in the Defender’s table half, at least l6”/40cm 6. All Infantry and Gun Teams start the game in Foxholes,
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from table centre line and 8”/20cm from all table edges.
WHO GOES FIRST '4
3. The Defender may place one Minefield for each
25 points in their force anywhere outside the Attacker’s The Attacker has the first turn. 1
deployment area.
WINNING THE GAME
D-DAY: GERMAN CATALOGUE
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GERMAN PANZER KAMPFGRUPPE
CONTAINS:
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2x Tiger (8.8cm) Tanks
lx Panzer Grenadier Platoon
4x Sd Kfz 251 Half-tracks
3x StuG (7.5 cm) Assault Guns
V 3x 15cm Nebelwerfer
Rocket Launchers
2x 8.8cm AA Guns
lx Complete A5 Rulebook
lx German “Start Here” Booklet
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PANZER IV PLATOON
GBX143
Contains:
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StuH (10.5cm) Assault Guns
lx Tank Commander Sprue
lx Decal Sheet
4x Unit Cards
FALLSCHIRMJAGER STUG ASSAULT GUN PLATOON
Contains:
2x Formation Command
MP40SMG Teams
2x Unit Leader MG42 & K98 Rifle Teams
18x MG42&K98 Rifle Teams
4x Panzerschreck Anti-tank Teams
4x Unit Cards
FALLSCHIRMJAGER COMPANY
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lx Unit Leader MG42 & K98 Rifle Team
6x MG42 and K98 Rifle Team
2x Panzerschreck Anti-tank Teams
2x Unit Cards
FALLSCHIRMJAGER RIFLE PLATOON

GBX176
3x Sd Kfz 250 (2cm), or

Sd Kfz 250 (7.5cm), or
Sd Kfz 250 (8cm), or
Sd Kfz 250 (MG) Armoured Cars
lx Decal Sheet
4x Unit Cards
SD KFZ 250 SCOUT TROOP

GBX172
Sd Kfz 234 (7.5cm) Armoured Cars

lx Decal Sheet
3x Unit Cards
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5CM TANK-HUNTER PLATOON

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2x Unit Cards

GBX155
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2x Unit Cards
WESPE ARTILLERY BATTERY
CBX158
Contains:
3x Hummel (15cm) Self-propelled Guns
2x Unit Cards
HUMMEL ARTILLERY BATTERY
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THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY
With the order 'Panzers Vor!', the squat tanks rolled forward, carefully advancing from hedgerow
to hedgerow. Behind, the half-tracks of the panzergrenadiers followed. If they could take Bayeux,
the Allied beachhead would be cut in two. If not..., well that didn't bear thinking about. There
were just too many of them already, and more landing every day.
Reaching the next hedgerow, the leading tanks halted, then opened fire on British tanks sighted
across the next field. With armour-piercing shot racing back and forth, the fight was brief, leaving
several British Shermans burning.
Probing westward, they advanced again, only to run into more Sherman tanks. Soon an intense
' battle raged across the front, flaring up and dying down as both sides pushed forward. Tanks
fought and died as the day turned to dusk. Fires and black pillars of smoke marked the new front
line as both sides rearmed and prepared to advance again at dawn.
-iJ-Tty
The Germans had spent years building up their INSIDE YOU WILL FIND:
defences along the French coast. Behind this Atlantic Background on the German Army during the
Wall, a dozen veteran panzer and parachute divisions, events of D-Day and the break out that followed.
rebuilding after desperate battles on the Eastern Instructions on how to build a Beach
Front, prepared to throw any Allied landing back into Defence Grenadier Company, Fallschirmjtiger
the sea. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, the greatest air and Company, Fallschirmjdger StuG Assault Gun
sea invasion of the war crossed the English Channel
Company, Tiger Tank Company, Panther Tank
to land on the beaches of Normandy. Although they
Company, Panzer TV Tank Company, Armoured
were unable to throw the Allies back into the sea, the
Panzergrenadier Company, Panzergrenadier
German forces held back the Allied tide for more than
Company, and Reconnaissance Company.
three months in some of the most intense fighting
of the Second World War. The battle for Europe had A Painting and Basing Guide.
begun in earnest. Three new D-Day themed Missions.
A copy of the Flames Of War rulebook is necessary to use the contents of this book.
DESIGNED IN NEW ZEALAND ISBN 9781988558080
PRINTED IN EUROPE
Product Code FW263
© Copyright Battlefront Miniatures Limited, 2019.
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'• Falaise berlinI

,,-r^ Dreux PARIS

R Written by: Phil Yates

After the defeat of France in 1940, Western Europe became

THE DEFENSIVE PLAN D-DAY

• ' US82"‘‘'& 101“ ^

; Regiment 4'*’Infantry Division

STUG AND STUH

BEACH DEFENCE GRENADIER COMPANY

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GERMAN SUPPORT UNITS

7 Combat Units (with a black

OMAHA BEACHHEAD, JUNE 1944

reduced to just 7,771 (half the strength

BRITISH & CANADIAN BEACHES

I ■& 4'' -¥4

those who were not fit for front-line combat

7x MG42 & K98 rifle team | 4 POINTS

■ MG42 & K98 rifle team 16740cm 2 1 2 6

OPTIONS 1 MG42team 16740cm 3 2 2 6

4x sMG34 HMG team Inhntry

The sMG34 heavy machine-guns of the

counterattack and wipe them out.

6x 8cm mortar 6 POINTS

2x 8cm mortar 2 POINTS

4710cm 4710cm 6715cm 8"/20cm AUTO

I 8cm mortar 40'V100cM artillery 1 4+ Smoke Bombardment

Many divisions have replaced the 7.5cm guns

4x 7.5cm infantry gun

The 7.5cm infantry gun is a relatively light

The 15cm gun offers super-heavy firepower to the

3x 5cm gun 5 POINTS

The lightweight 5cm anti-tank gun may have

beach defence formations, but it is still effective

3x 7.5cm gun 8 POINTS

TERRAIN DASH CROSS COUNTRY DASH ROAD DASH

275cm 275cm 6715cm 5+

ROF ANTI- FIRE-

7.5cm gun 32780cm 1 12 3+ Forward Firing

of the German warrior. — Jhe Ten Commandments ofthe Fallschirmjdger

a hrutal field-by-field combat broken

’I’allscharmjager’, he told the young soldier. ’Just like

He yelled the order before even realising why - his

The furious barrage tore the land around the

8720cm 8720cm 12730cm 12730cm AUTO

While Allied air superiority prevents the RANGE

Fallschirmjager (pronounced fal-shirrm-year-ga)

Limited 1, Slow Firing

lOx MG42 & K98 rifle team 13 POINTS

The Unit Leader is one ofthe MG42 & K98

4x sMG42 HMG 6POIN^

L The MG42 is a powerful weapon capable of

suppressing the enemy's fire before an assault.

4x 8cm Stummel mortar SPOIN^

The Fallschirmjager use light 8cm mortars

3x 12cm mortar spoirm

The big regimental 12cm mortars fire a heavier

12cm mortar rr^

Alexander moved forward, staying close to the thoee

Panzer IV tanks, making up half of all German ROF ANTI FIRE

ROF ANTI FIRE