All Units are Experienced.

Experienced Troops benefit from a +1D bonus to their Reaction Dice. This bonus is included in the following statistics.

Reaction Dice

An asterisk following a unit’s Reaction Dice indicates the unit is a Firepower target. EG 5D*. Units without an * are targeted by AT.

5D* – the unit has five Reaction Dice and is a soft target.

5D – the unit has five Reaction Dice and is an armoured target.

SG-43 Machine Gun Platoon*

Anti-Tank Rifle Platoon*

82mm Mortar Platoon

ZiS-2 Anti-Tank Gun Platoon + Horse-Team

Rifle Platoon

Sub-Machine Gun Platoon

Platoon*: Denotes a Soviet Guards Platoon. Because of its increased size, the platoon has better statistics than a Line Infantry Platoon.

RD: Reaction Dice

FP: Firepower

AT: Anti-Tank

You are in command of a Guards Rifle Battalion supported by a second battalion’s two rifle companies and a sub-machine gun platoon.

Training: All units are Experienced.

Battle Group Statistics

Battle Group Units

Support Group Units

This is the first of three ready-to-play missions from the Combat HQ Rulebook expanded for use with Soviet units. In these missions, the Germans are facing an experienced Soviet Guards Rifles Battle Group in July 1944.  First up is the Soviet Battle Group and Mission Briefing for Mission 1.

 

Soviet Briefing

Divisional Command has identified two objectives: one located on the central hill and the other in the field to the east. German infantry are in front of your position. You are to seize the two objectives and then drive the enemy from the table.

An objective is controlled when you move a unit onto it and there are no enemy units within 4” of it. You continue to hold an objective until the enemy moves onto it and there are no friendly units within 4” of it. Control then passes to the enemy.

At the end of each turn that you control an objective and you do not have Zero Morale, you receive one Morale (two Morale for both). If you have Zero Morale you suffer a Morale Collapse instead and the game ends.

Initial Forces

All your units are present on the table.

Deployment

The German player deploys one of his Command Groups first. You then deploy one Command Group. Continue to alternate Command Groups until all have been deployed. Units are deployed anywhere in your Deployment Zone.

First Command Pulse

The first Command Pulse goes to the player who rolls the most 6s, etc.

Victory or Defeat

You win by causing an enemy Morale Collapse.

Updated versions of the Soviet Rifle Battle groups with revised statistics and rosters are now available for download.

http://wargamesdesign.com/rulebooks/late-war-soviet-rifles-roster/

http://wargamesdesign.com/rulebooks/late-war-soviet-guards-rifles-battle-group/

Here are a few photos courtesy of Maurizio Marini from his latest game of Armour Battles.