Tag Archives: World War Two Wargame Rules

Howitzers were fitted to vehicles to provide close support in the form of smoke screens and High Explosive fire.       Direct Fire: Roll the unit’s FP or AT Dice depending on the target as usual. Apply modifiers based … Continue reading →

By the time of Operation Brevity, Commonwealth units are no longer classed as veterans. Following the success of Operation Compass, many veteran units were transferred to Greece where they mauled by the advancing Germans and forced to evacuate to Crete … Continue reading →

Support Unit Dividers Use the following dividers when recalculating battle group statistics after adding support units.   Command Dice Divider: 3 Staff Order Divider: 4 Support Groups Cruiser Squadron A13 Cruiser A13 Cruiser A13 Cruiser Cruiser Squadron A15 Crusader Mk … Continue reading →

Units: 14 Command Dice: 5 Staff Orders: 4 Rally Dice: 4 Artillery Response Dice: 4 Morale: 12 Artillery Supply: Average Initial Barrage Round Modifier: +1 Core Units Recon Mark VIb HQ A13 Close Support Cruiser Squadron A10 Cruiser A10 Cruiser … Continue reading →

Under pressure from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, General Wavell launched two attacks against the Germans in 1941. They were Operation Brevity and Operation Battleaxe.     Operation Brevity 15-16 May 1941 After some initial success, Commonwealth forces were counter-attacked … Continue reading →