Armoured infantry are trained to fight with armoured vehicles. Armoured infantry include German panzergrenadiers (gepanzerte), US armoured infantry and Commonwealth infantry equipped with universal carriers or half-tracks.

Armoured infantry are listed as a platoon, plus their armoured carrier. E. G. Panzergrenadier Platoon + 251/1 SPW.

Targeting Armoured Infantry

Armoured infantry are targeted with FP, not AT fire. Their transports are part of the infantry unit and cannot be targeted separately. If the infantry are Dispersed, their transports are Dispersed along with them.

Reaction Dice

Armoured infantry have higher Reaction Dice than normal infantry.

No Going to Ground

Armoured Infantry cannot Go to Ground.

Armoured Infantry Example

Panzergrenadier Platoon + SdKfz 251/1 SPW

The 251/1 SPW improves the panzergrenadiers’ Reaction Dice and FP Dice.

Type: Armoured Infantry

Move: Average

Reliability: Average

Reaction: 4D

Weapon: Rifles and machine guns.

• Range: 4/8/16
• FP: 6D AT: –

Weapon: Panzerfaust

• Range: 1/2/3
• FP: – AT: 5D

Notes: Firepower Suppression. Deployed Anti-tank Teams.

Firepower Suppression: Panzergrenadiers have more machine guns per platoon than normal German infantry giving them the Firepower Suppression ability.

Deployed Anti-tank Teams: Panzergrenadier (gepanzerte) may deploy their Anti-tank Teams.

Welcome to the first Armoured Infantry post covering armoured and motorized infantry.

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Armoured and Motorized Infantry

The widespread use of tanks is one of the greatest changes to warfare in World War Two. As tanks could advance rapidly, infantry needed to be transported in vehicles if they were not to be left behind. Motorized infantry, transported in trucks, were used by most nations. While motorized infantry could keep up the tanks, infantry were vulnerable to enemy fire.

The Germans pioneered the use of armoured infantry. Armoured infantry are transported in armoured carriers which allows them to move rapidly and provides some protection from small arms fire. By 1942-43 the Germans were combining tanks and armoured infantry at the battalion and company level. But Germany never had sufficient resources to deploy all of its panzergrenadiers in armoured carriers. In 1944-45 trucks were still used to transport eighty percent of panzergrenadiers.

It’s taken a while, but I’m nearly there on the Armoured and Motorised Infantry rules and army rosters. These will be published later this year as Armoured Infantry.

Between now and then, I’ll be posting the current version of Armoured Infantry as a series of blog posts.

I posted some work-in-progress rules and stats back in July. Some of these have been revised following playtesting and feedback; the updated versions will be posted again as part of this series.

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