fow - panzer brigades (eastern front)

7/22/2019 FOW - Panzer Brigades (Eastern Front)

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By Phil Yates

Updatedon

9 Jan 2013


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ByPhil yates

When the Red Army launched its counteroffensive after

the Battle of Kursk in August 1943, the German Army had

little to stop it. The much vaunted panzer divisions had worn

themselves out attacking the Soviet defences around Kursk,

leaving the new Panther and Tiger battalions being rushed to

the front as the only signicant armoured forces. A number ofKampfgruppen, ad hoc battlegroups, were formed around these

battalions and the remains of various panzer divisions under the

command of experienced panzer leaders. Wherever they were

employed these powerful battlegroups halted and threw back

the Red Armys thrusts.

It was natural then, when the Red Army launched Operation

Bagration on 22 June 1944, that the German Army would

attempt to recreate their success in halting the Soviet rampage.

The idea was mooted by Hitler on 2 July, and by 11 July orders

had been issued to form twelve new panzer brigades. The rst

four were to be ready in just over one month. Bearing in mindthat a panzer division was usually given six months to rebuild

after being mauled at the front, the timetable for creating

whole new units was incredibly short. The Army had suggested

rushing retting panzer divisions back to the front, but Hitler

had insisted on forming new units instead.

PANZER BRIGADESON THE EASTERN FRONT

After the destruction of Army Group Centre in Byelorussia by the Soviet Operation Bagration, there was little

left to stop them short of the German border, 600 kilometres to the west. Hitler ordered twelve new panzer

brigades created to surprise and destroy the attacking armoured spearheads. The rst four of these entered

combat on the Eastern Front in late August 1944, launching immediate counterattacks against the Red Armys

deepest thrusts.


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The rst of these was 101. Panzerbrigade under the command

of the highly decorated Generalmajor Hyacinth Graf von

Strachwitz und Camminetz (Major-general Hyacinth Count

of Strachwitz and Camminetz), known as the Panzergrafor

Panzer Count. Von Strachwitz was awarded the Knights

Cross with Swords as commander of the Grossdeutschland

(Greater Germany) Panzer Regiment, the lowest ranking ofcer

given the award at the time, and was then the third Army ofcer

to be awarded the Knights Cross with Diamonds for the relief

of the Cherkassy Pocket.

The core of the brigade was 2101. Panzerabteilung (2101st Arm-

oured Battalion) equipped with 36 Panther tanks. It was

planned to equip the battalion with a light company equipped

with Panzer IV/70 self-propelled guns as well, but these had

not yet been produced. The brigades other battalion was

the small 2101 Panzergrenadierbataillon (2101st Armoured

Infantry Battalion) with two companies mounted in Sd Kfz 251

armoured half-tracks and a company of mortars and assault

guns. The resulting battlegroup was equipped with the best

Germany had to offer, but had less than half the number of

Panther tanks and armoured half-tracks of a Panzer division,

not to mention lacking the Panzer IV tanks, motorised infantry,

and artillery that made up the bulk of the division.

On 18 August, 1944, three days after its hasty formation,

101. Panzerbrigade went into combat as Panzerverband

von Strachwitz (Armoured Unit von Strachwitz) alongside

SS-Panzerbrigade Gross, an even more hastily-formed group

of SS training units. The Soviet offensive had reached the

Baltic Sea coast just west of Riga in Latvia, cutting off the

German Sixteenth and Eighteenth Armies. High Command

had ordered OperationDoppelkopf(Doubled Head), an attack

by the Panzerverbandand six armoured divisions under the

39th and 40th Panzer Corps of the Third Panzer Army to cut off

the Soviet spearhead and re-open communications with the

trapped armies.

Panzerverband von Strachwitz was given the northern-most

position, attacking from Frauenberg (now Saldus) towards

Tukums where it would link up with an attack by Sixteenth

Army. The other six divisions were to attack from Lithuania up

the main road from Tauroggen (now Taurag) through Schaulen

(Siauliai) to Mitau (Jelgava), cutting off the Soviet 2nd Guards

Army. This route added 100 km (60 miles) to the distance theyneeded to cover, but would clear the main road and railway line

to Riga.

Von Strachwitz punched through the Soviet 51st Army to link up

with Sixteenth Army the next day, then moved south to retake

Mitau (Jelgava). The attacks by 39th and 40th Panzer Corps were

not as successful. While the Germans had been bringing up

their armoured divisions, the Red Army had reinforced its posi-

tions with the 5th Guards Tank Army. The reinforced defences

stopped all of the German divisions after advances of just six to

twenty kilometres (four to twelve miles). The German attacks

were called off and much of the ground won was given up.

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Sd Kfz 251/2(8cm)

3. KomPanie

2101. PanzeraBteilung

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Sd Kfz 251/1Stuka zu Fuss

Sd Kfz 251/9(7.5cm)

MbelwagenPanther G

Aufklrungs PlatoonPanzerpionier Company Panzergrenadier Platoon 12cm sGW43


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The Red Army, thinking that the

Germans had given up, withdrew the

5th Guards Tank Army, only to be caughtby surprise when the German Third

Army launched a concentrated attack

from Doblen (Dobele) a week later. This

succeeded in widening von Stachwitzs

corridor to 30km, but left the highway

and rail line in Soviet hands.

On 24 August, Oberst(Colonel)

Meinrad von Lauchert took over from

von Strachwitz, who had been injured

in a car crash. Panzerverband von

Lauchertas it was now known, moved

north into Estonia, defending Tartu

near Lake Peipus. When the Red Armylaunched their operation to clear Estonia

on 17 September, the Panzerverband

formed the rearguard as the German

Army Group Narva was evacuated

through Pernau, nally leaving on

26 September. When it arrived back in

Riga, the SS-Panzerbrigade Gross was

disbanded, leaving 101. Panzerbrigade

to ght on alone.

Now just a shadow of its former self,

the panzer brigade formed the rearguard

in early October, ghting across the old

battleelds of Schaulen, Kelm, andsouth to Tauroggen, counterattacking

at Skaudvil and Kvederne on the 8

and 9 October. Retreating through

Tilsit (Sovetsk), it fought at Godap,

Wirballen (Virbalis) and Nemmersdorf

(Mayakovskoye) on the East Prussian

border in mid October. By this time

the brigade was almost completely

destroyed and at the end of the month,

the survivors were used to reform the

20th Panzer Division.

Despite its small size, 101. Panzer-

brigade had formed an important part of

the German defence of the Baltic States

at a critical time, vindicating the panzer

brigade concept in combat against the

Red Army.

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You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from eachbox shaded grey.

InFAntry

ArtIllery

AIrcrAFt

InFAntry

VerbAndSuppOrtplAtOOnS

cOmbAtplAtOOnS

HeAdquArterS

Panzerkompanie HQ

HeAdquArterS

7

Panther Platoon

ArmOur

7

WeApOnSplAtOOnS

Panther Platoon

ArmOur

7

Panther Platoon

ArmOur

7

Anti-aircraft GunPlatoon

AntI-AIrcrAFt

7

Panzerpionier Platoon12

Aufklrungs Platoon13

Volksgrenadier Platoon13

SS-Grenadier Platoon15

Naval Gunfre Support15

SS-Artillery Battery14

Air Support14

Panzergrenadier Platoon9

reIcH dIVIded

Heer and SS Platoons in your orce are Allies and ollow theAllies rules on page o 70 rulebook.

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tRained

VeteRan

motivationand sKillWith the Red Army on the borders o East Prussia, it is do-or-die time or the German Army.Despite its hasty ormation, the new Panzerbrigade is perorming well, throwing back theRussian spearheads wherever it ghts. Te Panzerkompanie is rated asCofdet Traied.


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Panzerkompanie HQ

HAUPTmann

HAUPTMANN

Company Command Panther

Company HQ

2iC Command Panther

Leutnant

Panther Platoon

Command Panther

HQ Section

Leutnant

Panzer Section

Unteroffizier

Panzer Section

Unteroffizier

Panther Panther

headQuarters

2 Panther A or G 290 points

PanzerKomPanie hQ

Platoon

3 Panther A or G 430 points

PantherPlatoon

101. Panzerbrigadeis equipped with the latest model o thePanther tank, the steel core o the battlegroups that were sosuccessul against Soviet spearheads earlier in the year.

anti-airCraft gun PlatoonPlatoon

4 Mbelwagen (3.7cm) 170 points



Leutnant

Anti-aircraft gun platoon

Command Mbelwagen (3.7cm)

HQ Section

Leutnant

Mbelwagen (3.7cm)

Mbelwagen (3.7cm)

Anti-aircraft section

Unteroffizier

Mbelwagen (3.7cm)

Te Allied bombing campaign against Germany has drawnthe ghter orce back to deend the homeland, strippingthe ront lines o air cover. Te Red Air Force is responding

with increasingly vigorous air strike against the panzers. Teboxy sides o the Mbelwagen (Furniture Van) anti-aircrattank disguise its deadly 3.7cm anti-aircrat gun, an eective

weapon to keep the Red attack aircrat at bay.

Te Panther tank has shown itsel to be Germanys best tank.As long as it can control the pace o the battle, the Panthersarmour and gun are as eective as those on the heavy igertank, and its mobility is ar better. Even in the hands onewly-trained crews, the Panther gives an excellent accounto itsel against the Red Armys -34 tanks, and can out ma-noeuvre the heavy IS-2 tanks to deeat them in detail.


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You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from eachbox shaded grey.

VeRbandsuppoRtplatoons(Chooseoneplatoonfrome

achbox)

ArmOur

InFAntry

ArmOur

FlAme-tHrOWerS

ArtIllery

AIrcrAFt

combatplatoons

HeadquaRteRs

Panzergrenadier-kompanie HQ

HeAdquArterS

9

PanzergrenadierPlatoon

InFAntry

9

Weaponsplatoons

Heavy Platoon

ArtIllery

10

Mortar Platoon

ArtIllery

11


InFAntry

9


InFAntry

9

Panther Platoon7

SS-Panzer Platoon14

Panzerpionier Platoon12

Aufklrungs Platoon 13

Volksgrenadier Platoon13

SS-Grenadier Platoon15

Panther Platoon7

Armoured Flame-thrower Platoon12

Naval Gunfre Support14

SS-Artillery Battery15

Air Support14

reIcH dIVIded

Heer and SS Platoons in your orce are Allies and ollow theAllies rules on page o 70 rulebook.

Cannon Platoon

ArmOur

11

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tRained

VeteRan

motivationand sKillFully equipped with armoured hal-tracks, the panzer grenadiers o the new panzer brigade orm

a small, but potent, inantry strike orce. With the ate o Germany in their hands, these bravesoldiers are determined to do their duty, being rated asCofdet Traied.


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PanzergrenadierKompanie HQ

HAUPTmann

HAUPTMANN

Company HQ

Company CommandPanzerfaust SMG team

2iC CommandPanzerfaust SMG team

Sd Kfz 251/1 D half-track Sd Kfz 251/17 D (2cm) half-track

Panzergrenadier platoon

Leutnant or Oberfeldwebel

UNTERoffizier

Sd Kfz 251/1 D half-track

PanzergrenadierSquad

PanzerfaustMG team

PanzerfaustMG team

UNTERoffizier


PanzergrenadierSquad

PanzerfaustMG team

PanzerfaustMG team

Panzergrenadier Squad

UNTERoffizier

Leutnant or Oberfeldwebel

HQ Section

Command Panzerfaust MG team Sd Kfz 251/17 D (2cm) half-track

Panzerfaust MG teamPanzerfaust MG team Sd Kfz 251/1 D half-track

headQuarters

Company HQ 65 points

Panzergrenadier-KomPanie hQ

eams rom the Company HQ o a Panzergrenadier-kompanie may use the Mounted Assault special rule on

page 243 o the rulebook.

Panzergrenadier Platoons may use the Mounted Assaultspecial rule on page 243 o the rulebook.

PanzergrenadierPlatoonPlatoon

HQ Section with:

3 Panzergrenadier Squads 220 points

2 Panzergrenadier Squads 160 points

oPtion

Replace Command Panzeraust MG team withCommand Panzeraust SMG team at no cost.

An Sd Kz 251/17 D (2cm) hal-track is a ank team, butcan carry one Passenger team as i it was a ransport team.

Te panzer grenadier platoons have large numbers oPanzeraust anti-tank launchers, allowing them to take onthe Red Armys tank hordes. Teir Sd Kz 251/17 D anti-aircrat hal-track neutralises the Red Air Force as well.


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Panzergrenadier Heavy Platoon

Leutnant

Unteroffizier

machine-GunSection

Unteroffizier

Mortar Section

Sd Kfz 251/17 D(2cm) half-track



Leutnant

HQ Section

Sd Kfz 251/1 D half-trackCommand SMG team

Unteroffizier

Gun Section

Sd Kfz 251/9 D (7.5cm) half-track

Sd Kfz 251/2 D (8cm) half-track

Sd Kfz 251/2 D (8cm) half-track


PanzergrenadierheavyPlatoonPlatoon

HQ Section with:

Machine-gun Section 185 points

oPtions

Add Mortar Section or +60 points.

Add Gun Section or +60 points.

Te brigades Panzergrenadier Bataillon is small, but welldesigned. Te two inantry companies each have their ownheavy weapons platoon. With anti-aircrat guns, heavymachine-guns, mortars, and assault guns, the heavy platoongives the company the tools to tackle most problems. Teplatoon is rarely used as a single unit. More normally, com-ponents are assigned to panzergrenadier platoons as needed.Te assault guns are ideal or knocking out enemy machine-guns. Te mortars pin down the enemy beore assaults, andthe heavy machine-guns massacre enemy attacks.

A Heavy Platoon may make Combat Attachments toPanzergrenadier Platoons and uses the Mounted Assaultsspecial rule.

An Sd Kz 251/17 D (2cm) hal-track is a ank team, butcan carry one Passenger team as i it was a ransport team.


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Mortar Platoon

Leutnant

Leutnant

HQ Section

Command

SMG team

Unteroffizier

Mortar Section

Unteroffizier

Mortar Section

ObserverRifle team

12cm sGW43mortar

12cm sGW43mortar

KbelwagenSd Kfz 251/1 D half-track

Sd Kfz 251/1 D (Stuka) half-track Sd Kfz 251/1 D (Stuka) half-track

Sd Kfz 251/1 Dhalf-track


12cm sGW43mortar

12cm sGW43mortar



Unteroffizier

Launcher Section

Cannon Platoon

LeutnantLeutnant

Gun Section

Command Sd Kfz 251/9 D(7.5cm) half-track

Sd Kfz 251/9 D(7.5cm) half-track

Unteroffizier

Gun Section



Unteroffizier

Gun Section



Each Sd Kz 251/1 D (Stuka) hal-track res a bombard-ment completely separate rom the rest o the Mortar Platoonusing the Stuka zu Fuss rules on page 245 o the rulebook.

A Sd Kz 251/1 D (Stuka) hal-track cannot act as theSpotting team or the 12cm sGW43 mortars, nor can themortars or the Observer team act as the Spotting team or aSd Kz 251/1 D (Stuka) hal-track.

mortarPlatoonPlatoon

HQ Section with:

4 12cm sGW43 120 points

oPtions

Add Sd Kz 251/1 D hal-tracks and Kbelwagen or+25 points or the platoon.

Add up to two Sd Kz 251/1 D (Stuka) hal-tracks or+35 points per hal-track.

Te brigades only integral artillery is the two platoons isthe two platoons o heavy mortars in the battalions heavy

weapons company.

Cannon PlatoonPlatoon6 Sd Kz 251/9 D (7.5cm) 185 points

4 Sd Kz 251/9 D (7.5cm) 125 points

Te inantrys reserve o repower came rom the Stummel(Stump) guns o the cannon platoon. Te Sd Kz 251/9assault guns mounted stubby 75mm guns to knock outmachine-gun nests and anti-tank weapons that are holdingup the inantrys advance. Te hal-tracks are lightlyarmoured, so need to be cautious, but pack a punch way

above their weight.


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Panzerpionier Platoon

Leutnant

Unteroffizier

Pioneer Squad

Leutnant

HQ Section

Command PioneerPanzerfaust MG team

Pioneer SupplyOpel Maultier


Unteroffizier

Pioneer Squad


PioneerPanzerfaust

MG team


PioneerPanzerfaust

MG team


PioneerPanzerfaust

MG team


PioneerPanzerfaust

MG team

Armoured Flame-thrower Platoon

Leutnant

Unteroffizier

Flame Section

Unteroffizier

Flame Section

Sd Kfz 251/16 D(Flamm) half-track

Leutnant

Flame Section

Command Sd Kfz 251/16 D(Flamm) half-track





Reluctant

confident

feaRless

conscRipt

tRained

VeteRan

motivationand sKill101. Panzerbrigade has a scout platoon and a small pioneer company to support the tanks and

inantry: . Like the rest o the brigade, and theVolksgrenadiere they ought with, they make upor their lack o combat experience with determination, and are rated asCofdet Traied.

Panzerpionier Platoons may use the Mounted Assaultspecial rule on page 243 o the rulebook.

PanzerPionierPlatoonPlatoon

HQ Section with:

2 Pioneer Squads 160 points

oPtions

Replace Command Pioneer Panzeraust MG teamwith Command Pioneer Panzeraust SMG team atno cost.

Add an additional Sd Kz 251/7 D hal-track to eachsquad or +15 points or the platoon.

Add Pioneer Supply 3-ton Maultier or +30 points.

Platoon

6 Sd Kz 251/16 D (Flamm) 240 points



armoured flame-throwerPlatoon

Te brigade pioneer company has a platoon o armouredassault engineers backed up by a whole platoon o armouredfame-throwers. Te Sd Kz 251/16 fame-throwing hal-track mounts two fame-throwers, one on each side o the

vehicle. Tey race up to an enemy position, smother the op-position in fame, and pull back as the panzer grenadiers rollin to mop up the remains.


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Volksgrenadier platoon

Leutnant

Leutnant

HQ Section

Unteroffizier

MG Squad

Unteroffizier

Assault Squad

Unteroffizier

Assault Squad

Panzerfaust MG team

Panzerfaust MG teamCommand Panzerfaust

Assault Rifle team

PanzerfaustAssault Rifle

team


team


team


team

volKsgrenadierPlatoonPlatoon

HQ Section with:

2 Assault Squads and 1 MG Squad 210 points

When the Red Army launched its oensive against Memel,the attacked a weak section o the line deended by threeVolksgrenadier(Peoples Grenadier) divisions with no armourand little artillery in support. Tese newly-ormed divisionsrely on massed repower, including the new StG44 assault

rife, to oset their lack o numbers.Te Volksgrenadiereought hard, but were pressed back, andtheir lines broken. Panzerverbandvon Lauchert is amongstthe rst armoured orces to race to their support.

Auklrungs Platoons may use the Mounted Assault specialrule on page 243 o the rulebook.

aufKlrungs PlatoonPlatoon

HQ Section with:

3 Auklrungs Squads 215 points

2 Auklrungs Squads 155 points

oPtions

Replace Command Panzeraust MG team withCommand Panzeraust SMG team at no cost.

Add an additional Sd Kz 251/1 D hal-track to eachsquad or +10 points per hal-track.

Aufklrungs Platoon

Command Panzerfaust MG team

PanzerfaustMG team

PanzerfaustMG team




PanzerfaustMG team

PanzerfaustMG team



PanzerfaustMG team

PanzerfaustMG team



Te panzer brigade lacks a long-distance reconnaissanceelement, relying on the Auklrungs (Scout) platoon as acoup de main orce to seize critical ground ahead o the main

body. Fortunately, the Red Army doesnt undertake a lot oreconnaissance, so rapid attacks into their spearheads dontrun into too many surprises.


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SS-Panzer Platoon

Command tank

HQ Section

Panzer SectionPanzer Section

Tank Tank

Obersturmfhrer

Unterscharfhrer Unterscharfhrer

Air Support

LEUTNANT

Flight

LEUTNANT

Aircraft

Naval GunFire Support

Kapitn Zur See

Heavy Cruiser

Kapitn Zur See

Prinz Eugen

naval gunfire suPPortI you have Naval Gunre Support, your orce will eld anObserver Rie team that can spot or an artillery batteryo our Condent rained Naval Guns. Te guns are notdeployed on the table, but have the range to hit any targeton the table. Tey do not have a Staf team.

Weapon Range ROF Anti-Tank FirepowerNaval Guns - - 6 1+

Platoon

3 Panzer III L or M 180 points

oPtions

Replace up to one Panzer III L or M tank with aPanzer III J (Early) tank or -15 points.

Replace up to one Panzer III L or M tank with aPanzer III N tank or -10 points.

Replace up to one Panzer III L or M tank with aPanzer IV G tank or +10 points.

Replace any or all Panzer III L or M tanks withPanzer IV J tanks or +15 points per tank, withPanther G tanks or +105 points per tank, withStuG G assault guns or +25 points per assault gun,

with T-34 obr 1942 tanks or +5 points per tank,

or with T-34/85 obr 1943 tanks or +30 pointsper tank.

ss-PanzerPlatoon

Panzer III J, L, M, or N tanks and Panzer IV G tanks in theSS-Panzer Platoon are Unreliable.

naval gunfire suPPort

airsuPPortsPoradiC airsuPPort

HS 129B 115 points

HS 129B3 115 points

Ju 87D Stuka 100 points

Ju 87 G Stuka 100 points

naval gunfire suPPort

Prinz Eugen 200 points

Reluctant

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VeteRan

motivationand sKillTe soldiers oSS-Panzerbrigade Gross have been pulled out o training schools to orm emergencycombat units. Tey lack in experience, but are thoroughly indoctrinated with Nazi ideology andwill ght anatically to deend their land. SS Support Platoons rated asFearless Traied.

Te Kriegmarine (Navy) supported Panzerverband vonStrachwitz attack at ukums with long-rang naval gun rerom the 200mm (8) guns o the heavy cruiser, the PrinzEugen, amous or its role in the Bismarcks last cruise.

When the situation in the Baltic States became desperate, the Lutwafe(Air Force) sent Hans Rudel, their top tank-killer ace,and their best ground-attack units to slow down the Soviet advance and support the panzer counterattacks.

SS-PanzerbrigadeGross includes a scratched-together armoured battalion o two companies, both initially equipped withworn-out training tanks. As the campaign progressed, they picked up a wide variety o other tanks.


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OberSturmFhrer

SS-Artillery Battery

Obersturmfhrer

Unterscharfhrer

10.5cm leFH18 howitzer


Unterscharfhrer



SS-grenadier platoon

Untersturmfhrer

Untersturmfhrer

HQ Section

Unterscharfhrer

Rifle Squad

Panzerfaust

Rifle/MG team

Panzerfaust

Rifle/MG team

CommandPanzerfaust MG team

Unterscharfhrer

Rifle Squad

Panzerfaust

Rifle/MG team

Panzerfaust

Rifle/MG team

Unterscharfhrer

Rifle Squad

Panzerfaust

Rifle/MG team

Panzerfaust

Rifle/MG team

Panzerverband von Strachwitz includedtwo batteries o artillery rom the Latvian19. Wafengrenadierdivision der SS (LettischeNr. 2), the 19th (2nd Latvian) Armed SS-Grenadier Division, ormed rom a mix oLatvian volunteers and conscripts.

Having suered horribly under the Soviet occupationin 1940 and 1941, their attitude was rst well beat theRussians, then well beat the Germans, an echo o their ghtor independence ater the First World War.

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PlatoonHQ Section with:

4 10.5cm leFH18 185 points

2 10.5cm leFH18 100 points

ss-grenadierPlatoonPlatoon

HQ Section with:

3 Rife Squads 200 points

2 Rife Squads 145 points

SS-Panzerbrigade Gross also included two battalions oinantry rom SS training schools. Like the troops o101. Panzerbrigade, the troops are determined to protectGermany rom the Red Menace, and make up or their lacko experience with anatical determination.

Facing large numbers o Soviet tanks, they are heavily-armedwith Panzeraust anti-tank launchers, a orm o one-shotbazooka. Te Panzeraust may have a short range, but itis devastating to tanks and ideal or the deence o theirhomeland.


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Armourname Mobility Frot Side Top Equipmet ad notes

Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

tanksPanzer III J (early) Standard Tank 5 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo.

5cm KwK gun 24/60cm 3 7 4+

Panzer III L or M Standard Tank 6 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Schrzen.5cm KwK39 gun 24/60cm 3 9 4+

Panzer III N Standard Tank 6 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Schrzen.7.5cm KwK37 gun 24/60cm 2 9 3+ Smoke.

Panzer IV G Standard Tank 5 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo.7.5cm KwK40 gun 32/80cm 2 11 3+

Panzer IV J Standard Tank 6 3 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo, Schrzen.7.5cm KwK40 gun 32/80cm 2 11 3+ Slow traverse.

Panther A or G Standard Tank 10 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Wide tracks.7.5cm KwK42 gun 32/80cm 2 14 3+

StuG G Standard Tank 7 3 1 Hull MG, Protected ammo, Schrzen.7.5cm StuK40 gun 32/80cm 2 11 3+ Hull mounted.

captUred tanksT-34 obr 1942 (captured) Standard Tank 6 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Fast tank, Wide tracks, Limited

vision, Unreliable.7.62cm KwK(r) gun 32/80cm 2 9 3+

T-34/85 obr 1943 (captured) Standard Tank 7 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Unreliable.8.5cm KwK(r) gun 32/80cm 2 12 3+

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Sd Kz 251/2 D (8cm) Hal-tracked 1 0 0 AA MG.8cm GW34 mortar 24/60cm 2 2 3+ Hull mounted, Smoke, Portee, Minimum range 8/20cm.Firing Bombardment 40/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.

Sd Kz 251/9 D (7.5cm) Hal-tracked 1 0 0 Co-ax MG.7.5cm KwK37 gun 24/60cm 2 9 3+ Hull mounted.

Sd Kz 251/16 D (Flamm) Hal-tracked 1 0 0 Hull MG.Two 1.4cm Flammenwerfer 4/10cm 3 (each) - 6 Side mounted, Flame-thrower.

Sd Kz 251/17 D (2cm) Hal-tracked 1 0 0 Carry 1 Passenger, Passenger-red AA MG.2cm FlaK38 gun 16/40cm 4 5 5+ Anti-aircraft.

Sd Kz 251/1 D (Stuka) hal-track Hal-tracked 1 0 0 Hull MG.28cm sW40 Rocket Launcher 40/100cm - 3 1+ Hull mounted, Stuka zu Fuss.

anti-aircraFt

Mbelwagen (3.7cm) Standard Tank 0 0 03.7cm FlaK43 gun 24/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft.


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Team Rage ROF Ati-tak Firepower notes

Rife/MG team 16/40cm 2 2 6

MG team 16/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 2 when Pinned Down.

SMG team 4/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.

Assault Rife team 8/20cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.

Flame-thrower team 4/10cm 2 - 6 Flame-thrower.

Sta team 16/40cm 1 2 6 Moves as a Heavy Gun team.

additional traininGand eqUipmentPanzeraust 4/10cm 1 12 5+ Tank Assault 6, Cannot shoot in the Shooting Step i moved in the

Movement Step.

Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 4.

Weapo Mobility Rage ROF Ati-tak Firepower notes

MG42 HMG Man-packed 24/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 3 when pinned down or moving.

8cm GW34 mortar Man-packed 24/60cm 2 2 3+ Smoke, Minimum range 8/20cm.

Firing bombardments 40/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.

12cm sGW43 mortar Light 56/140cm - 3 3+

10.5cm leFH18 howitzer Immobile 24/60cm 1 10 2+ Gun shield, Breakthrough gun, Smoke.

Firing bombardments 72/180cm - 4 4+ Smoke bombardment.

ArmourVehicle Mobility Frot Side Top Equipmet ad notes

Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Kbelwagen jeep Jeep - - -

Opel Maultier Hal-tracked - - -

Sd Kz 251/1 D hal-track Hal-tracked 1 0 0 Hull MG, Passenger-red AA MG.

Sd Kz 251/7 D (Pioneer) hal-track Hal-tracked 1 0 0 Hull MG, Passenger-red AA MG, Assault bridge.

Aircraft Weapo To Hit Ati-tak Firepower notes

Ju 87D Stuka Bombs 4+ 5 1+

Ju 87G Stuka Cannon 3+ 11 4+

Hs 129B Cannon 2+ 9 4+ Flying tank.

Hs 129B3 Cannon 4+ 15 3+ Flying tank, No HE.

MG 3+ 6 5+

Weapo Rage ROF Ati-tak Firepower

Prinz Eugen - - 6 1+

Germa heavy cruiser Priz Euge.Photo from Bret Joes collectio,

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