Guards Tank Squadron

GUARDS Tank
Squadron

HEADQUARTERS

Guards Tank Squadron

HQ

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

HEADQUARTERS

(Infantry COMPANY)

ARTILLERY

Field Battery,
Royal Artillery

Medium Battery,
Royal Artillery

INFANTRY

WEAPONS PLATOONS

Glider Rifle Platoon

AIRCRAFT

RECONNAISSANCE
5

Parachute Platoon

Parachute Rifle
Platoon

Glider Rifle Platoon

Rifle Platoon

Air Support

Airlanding Platoon

Humber Recce Platoon

AOP

Air Observation Post

ARMOUR

Guards Tank Platoon

Parachute Rifle
Platoon

Field Battery,
Royal Artillery

Guards Tank Platoon

Anti-tank Platoon (SP),

Royal Artillery

ARMOUR

Airlanding Platoon

Guards Tank Platoon

Parachute Platoon

Rifle Platoon
4

ARMOUR

ARMOUR

ARTILLERY

Guards Tank Platoon

Guards Tank Recce

Platoon

INFANTRY

ARMOUR

RECONNAISSANCE

Guards Tank Platoon

BRIGADE SUPPORT PLATOONS

ARMOUR

COMBAT PLATOONS

SUPPORT PLATOONS

Guards Tank Squadron

Guards Tank Squadron

The 6th Guards Armoured Brigade (previously known as the 6th Guards Tank Brigade) has
a distinguished record, starting with the hard hedgerow fighting in Normandy. A Tank
Squadron is rated Confident Veteran.

RELUCTANT

CONSCRIPT

CONFIDENT

TRAINED

FEARLESS

VETERAN

Headquarters
Guards Tank Squadron HQ
Headquarters
2 Churchill V CS
1 Churchill V CS

190 points
95 points

Options
Add a Churchill VI tank for +105 points.
Add a Churchill ARV recovery vehicle for +5points.
Upgrade any or all Churchill V CS or VI tanks with
applique armour increasing the Front armour rating
to 9 for +10 points per tank.

Company Command
Churchill V CS

2iC Command
Churchill V CS

Churchill ARV

Churchill VI

Guards Tank Squadron hq

Combat Platoons
Guards Tank Platoon
Platoon
2 Churchill VI and
1 Churchill IV (late)

305 points

Command Churchill VI

Option
Upgrade any or all Churchill IV (late) or VI tanks
with applique armour increasing the Front armour
rating to 9 for +10 points per tank.
Replace up to one Churchill VI tank in your Tank
Squadron with a Churchill VII tank for +55 points.

Churchill VI

Churchill IV (late)

Guards Tank Platoon

Weapons Platoons
Guards Tank Recce Platoon

Sergeant

Platoon
3 Stuart V or VI
2 Stuart V or VI

145 points
100 points

Command Stuart

Option
Arm any or all Stuart V or VI tanks with AA MG for
+5points per tank.
A Tank Recce Platoon is a Reconnaissance Platoon.

Lance Corporal

Stuart

Stuart

Guards Tank Recce Platoon

Guards Tank Squadron

Motivation and skill

Anti-tank Platoon (SP),

Royal Artillery

Platoon

4 M10C 17 pdr SP
2 M10C 17 pdr SP

370 points
185 points

Part of the Guards Tank Brigades task force included a

battery of M10C 17 pdr SP guns. These gave the group a
solid anti-tank weapon in the event that an enemy armoured
counterattack developed.

Command M10C 17 pdr (SP)

M10C 17 pdr (SP)

M10C 17 pdr (SP)

M10C 17 pdr (SP)

Anti-tank Platoon (SP),

Royal Artillery

Recce Platoon
Platoon
Recce Patrol with:
3 Humber IV and 2 Humber LRC III

190 points

Add:
3 Scout Patrols
2 Scout Patrols
1 Scout Patrol

Command Humber IV

+270 points
+180 points
+90 points

Options
Arm any or all Universal Carriers with an extra hullmounted MG for +5 points per carrier.
Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG per Scout
Patrol with a .50cal MG for +5 points per carrier.
Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG per Scout
Patrol with a Boys anti-tank rifle or PIAT anti-tank
projector at no cost.

Humber IV Humber LRC III

Humber IV Humber LRC III

Command
Universal Carrier

Universal Carrier

Universal Carrier

Command
Universal Carrier

Universal Carrier

Universal Carrier

Command
Universal Carrier

Universal Carrier

Universal Carrier

Recce and Scout Patrols operate as separate platoons, each

with their own command team.
Recce and Scout Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.
The Guards tanks and paratroopers also had an element of
armoured cars to screen their advance. These included the
trusty Humber armoured cars and light reconnaissance cars
as well as venerable universal carriers.

Recce Platoon

Guards Tank Squadron

Brigade Support Platoons

Motivation and skill

The dedication of the Guards tanks was matched by the brave Red Devils paratroopers.
Support platoons from the 6th Airborne Division are rated Fearless Veteran.

RELUCTANT

CONSCRIPT

CONFIDENT

TRAINED

FEARLESS

VETERAN

Parachute Platoon
Platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle Squads

230 points
170 points

240 points
180 points

Option
Replace Command Rifle/MG team with a Command
Panzerfaust SMG team for +20 points.
Operation Varsity was the divisions second combat jump,
following the D-Day landings. British and Canadian parachute battalions were landed opposite the Rhine to secure
the region ahead of the main Plunder crossings. Unlike
Normandy and Market Garden, the air drops were done
after the main assault was launched and efforts to resupply
were sent in straight away to ensure success.
The battles were tough and costly, but the paras succeeded
in their mission and then led the British advance across
Northern Germany.

Airlanding Platoon
Platoon
HQ Section and Scout Squad with:
2 Rifle Squads
1 Rifle Squad

220 points
160 points

Option
Replace Command Rifle/MG team with a Command
Panzerfaust SMG team for +20 points.
Gliderborne troops offered the division the ability to deliver
a lot of troops in a concentrated area. This concept was
spectacularly demonstrated by the 2nd Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire (2nd Oxs & Bucks) Regiment when they
captured Pegasus Bridge in Normandy.
These elite troops went into action again during Varsity,
landing under fire in the operations toughest landing zone.

corporal

corporal

corporal

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Canadian Special Rules

A Canadian Parachute Platoon (marked
) uses all of the
British special rules, except for British Bulldog. They also
use the Assault Troops and Woodsmen special rules found
on page 10.

Guards Tank Squadron

6th Airborne Division

Support

Motivation and skill

The US 17th Airborne and the 6th Guards worked well
together and made significant advances.

RELUCTANT

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RELUCTANT

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CONFIDENT

TRAINED

CONFIDENT

TRAINED

FEARLESS

VETERAN

FEARLESS

VETERAN

Parachute Rifle Platoons are rated Fearless Veteran.

Glider Rifle Platoons are rated Confident Veteran.

507TH OR 513RD
PARACHUTE INFANTRY
BATTALIONS

194TH GLIDER
INFANTRY BATTALION

Parachute Rifle Platoon

Platoon
HQ Section and Mortar Squad with:
3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle Squads

Command Rifle team

320 points
240 points

Options
Replace Command Rifle team or Command Rifle/
MG team with a Command SMG team at no cost.
Replace all Rifle teams and M1919 LMG teams with
Rifle/MG teams for +10 points per Rifle Squad.
The Paratroopers are all volunteers with high morale and
excellent training. The men of the 17th Airborne had to
meet the same rigorous recruitment standards as the 82nd
and 101st Airborne. After two years of preparation they are
itching to prove themselves as good as their famous peers.
With their Garand semi-automatic rifles, mortar, bazookas
and Gammon bombs, they are ready to take on any foe.

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

M1919 LMG team

Rifle team

Rifle team

M1919 LMG team

Rifle team

M1919 LMG team

Glider Rifle Platoon

Lieutenant

Platoon

Lieutenant

HQ Section with:
3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle Squads

210 points
155 points

Options
Replace Command Rifle team with a Command SMG
team for +5 points.
Replace up to one Rifle team in one Rifle Squad with a
Bazooka team for +5 points.
The troops of the glider units take nearly as many risks
getting to the ground, and lose as many men, as the paratroops. The Glider units are made up of regular infantry
transferred into theses units. They have the same weapons
as the PIR platoons and are larger in manpower. Though
not volunteers, they are anxious to prove that they are just
as good as the paratroops. At Bastogne and in Operation
Varsity they will do just that.

Command
Rifle team

Bazooka
team

Sergeant

Rifle team

Sergeant

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle Squad

Rifle Squad
Sergeant

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle Squad

Glider rifle platoon

Guards Tank Squadron

US 17th Airborne
Division Support

Motivation and skill

The British Army has a vast amount of experience built up after several years of battle. They
are prepared and willing to put the last effort in to finally crush their enemy. Unless otherwise
noted, Corps Support platoons are rated Confident Veteran.

RELUCTANT

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CONFIDENT

TRAINED

FEARLESS

VETERAN

Rifle Platoon
Platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle Squads

180 points
140 points

The infantry tanks of the Tank Brigades were ideally

suited for supporting the rifle companies. They are heavily
armoured to protect them from enemy fire as they go in
and eliminate threats to the infantry. Together this team
conquered the battlefield.

Rifle Platoon

Air Support

Flight Lieutenant

Priority Air Support

Typhoon

Flight Lieutenant

220 points

Limited Air Support

Typhoon

170 points

The Typhoons of the Royal Air Force now reign supreme over
Germany with the Luftwaffe vanquished. They attack any
exposed German infantry or armour unit with no warning.

Air Observation Post

AOP
AOP

Typhoon
Flight

Air Support

Flight Lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant

25 points

The little Auster AOP air observation plane is in its element

in the Rhine crossing battles. There is no longer any Luftwaffe
to worry about and the Auster is not delayed by the Rhine
or its banks. Its crews are able to respond very quickly to fire
requests from the ground troops below.

Auster AOP
AOP

Air Observation Post

Guards Tank Squadron

Corps Support

Platoon
HQ Troop with:
Two Gun troops with a total of:
8 OQF 25 pdr

315 points

One Gun troop with:

4 OQF 25 pdr
2 OQF 25 pdr

185 points
105 points

Options
Add Jeep, 15 cwt trucks and Quad tractors for
+5points per Gun Troop.
Replace the HQ Troop jeep with a White scout car for
+5points.
Replace any or all Observer Rifle teams and their
OP Carriers with Observer Sherman OP tanks for
+10points per tank.

OQF 25 pdr gun

OQF 25 pdr gun

OQF 25 pdr gun

OQF 25 pdr gun

OQF 25 pdr gun

OQF 25 pdr gun

OQF 25 pdr gun

OQF 25 pdr gun

Each Gun Troop operates as a separate platoon with its own

Command team.
The Command team and Staff team of the HQ Troop must
be attached to a Gun Troop from its battery at the start of
the game before deployment (see page 248 of the rulebook).
Montgomery assembled over 4000 guns to bombard German
defenders at the start of Operation Plunder, more than at El
Alamein or any of his Normandy battles. Artillery support is
readily available in overwhelming strength to any assaulting
unit.
The Royal Artillery 25 pdrs can easily range across the Rhine
and support attacking units on the eastern bank for several
miles beyond the landing sites. They have a high rate of
fire and plentiful ammunition. Any German defences will
quickly be smashed.

Field Battery,
Royal Artillery

Guards Tank Squadron

Field Battery, Royal Artillery

Platoon
HQ Troop with:
Two Gun Troops with a total of:
8 BL 5.5
One Gun Troop with:
4 BL 5.5
2 BL 5.5

540 points
310 points
170 points

Option
Add Jeep, 15 cwt trucks and Matador trucks for
+5points per Gun Troop.
You may not field a Medium Battery, Royal Artillery unless
you are also fielding an artillery battery with at least as
many OQF25pdr guns or Sexton self-propelled guns.

BL 5.5 gun

BL 5.5 gun

Each Gun Troop operates as a separate platoon with its own

Command team.

Matador truck

Matador truck

The Command team and Staff team of the HQ Troop must

be attached to a Gun Troop from its battery at the start of
the game before deployment (see page 248 of the rulebook).

BL 5.5 gun

BL 5.5 gun

Matador truck

Matador truck

BL 5.5 gun

BL 5.5 gun

Matador truck

Matador truck

BL 5.5 gun

BL 5.5 gun

Matador truck

Matador truck

When the light 25 pdrs of the field batteries, Royal Artillery

are not sufficient, the big guns of corps-level BL 5.5" gun are
called in. Their heavy shells will cave in reinforced positions
up to ten miles away. A battery can take out anything, even
the fearsome German King Tiger.

Medium Battery, Royal Artillery

Guards Tank Squadron

Medium Battery,
Royal Artillery

A Guards Tank Squadron uses all of the British special rules found on pages 246-248 of the rulebook. It also use the
Unflappable special rule below.

Unflappable

Platoon, Debus!

The Guards are the most prestigious regiments in the British

Army. They are well known as being unflappable, retaining
their discipline when things go wrong. Under circumstances where other units might get themselves in a flap and
become unsettled.

The 6th Armoured Brigade made exceptional time on its

advances into Germany. This was due, in large part, to the
close cooperation with the infantry they were assigned.
British riflemen and paratroopers and US airborne platoons
made an excellent team with the hard-fighting Guardsmen.

Guards Tank Platoons may re-roll any failed Platoon

Morale Checks. Your Guards Company Command team
may re-roll Company Morale Checks.

Infantry teams have a 3+ Save while Mounted on a

Churchill tank team as Passengers instead of the normal 5+
Save (see page 101 of the rulebook).

All On the Same Page

Learning from the failures of Operation Market Garden, the
6th Guards Armoured Brigade sent its officers to plan every
aspect of the link-up and breakout operations with the US
17th and British 6th Airborne Divisions. This assured co-operation and mutual respect between all Allied comrades.
British and American platoons in your force are not rated
as Allies.

Airborne Special Rules

Gammon Bombs

Thunder from Heaven

Lieutenant Gammon devised one of the airborne forces

most useful weapons, the No. 82 Gammon Grenade. This
clever but simple device consists of a cloth bag with a fuse
attached. Since every para carries sticks of plastic explosives
that can be pooled for demolition work when needed (or
used to start cooking fires!), all they require for a devastating
anti-tank grenade is a way to detonate it. With the Gammon
bomb they insert sticks of explosive, close the bag, pull the
fuse, and throw.
All Rifle, Rifle/MG, and SMG teams in a Parachute Platoon,
an Airlanding Platoon, and a US Parachute Rifle Platoon
carry Gammon Bombs giving them Tank Assault 3.

US Parachute and US Glider Rifle Platoons with a

Command team may attempt a Thunder from Heaven
move at the start of the Shooting Step instead of shooting. If
a platoon attempts to make this move, it may not shoot even
if it fails to make the move.
Roll a Skill Test for each platoon:
If the test is successful, the platoon may move another
4/10cm,
Otherwise the platoon cannot move this step.
All normal rules apply for this movement. A Platoon cannot
make this move if it is Pinned Down or has moved At the
Double. Bogged Down gun teams cannot make this move.

Canadian Special Rules

Assault troops

Woodsmen

The Canadians have maintained their enviable reputation as

aggressive assault troops, unwilling to be stopped by enemy
fire, no matter how heavy.

Although Canada has been settled for centuries, it was not

until the Nineteenth Century that its population underwent
significant growth and it remains a largely rural country.
Canadian soldiers are typically a little more independent
(and unruly) than British soldiers.

Canadian Platoons do not use the British Bulldog special

rule. Instead any Canadian Platoon that is Pinned Down
may re-roll failed Motivation tests to rally from being
Pinned Down.

Canadian Platoons use the German Mission Tactics special

rule.

Guards Tank Squadron

Special Rules

Tank Teams

Armour
Name
Mobility
Front
Side
Top
Weapon
Range
ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Equipment and Notes

Light Tanks
Stuart V or VI
M6 37mm gun

Light Tank
24/60cm

4
2

2
7

1
4+

Co-ax MG, Hull MG , optional AA MG.

Churchill IV (late)

Slow Tank

OQF 6 pdr gun (late)

24/60cm

11

4+

Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo,

Towhook, Wide tracks.

Churchill V CS

Slow Tank

OQF 95mm CS howitzer

Firing bombardments
Churchill VI

24/60cm
48/120cm
Slow Tank

2
-
8

7
4
7

3+
5+
2

OQF 75mm gun

32/80cm

10

3+

Churchill VII

Slow Tank

13

OQF 75mm gun

32/80cm

10

3+

Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo,

Towhook, Wide tracks.
Semi-indirect fire, Slow traverse, Smoke.

Standard Tank

Hull MG.

Standard Tank
32/80cm

4
2

2
15

0
3+

.50 cal AA MG.

No HE, Slow traverse.

Humber IV
M6 37mm gun

Wheeled
24/60cm

1
2

0
7

0
4+

Co-ax MG, Recce.

Humber LRC III

Boys anti-tank rifle

Jeep
16/40cm

0
2

0
4

0
5+

AA MG, Recce.
Hull mounted.

Half-tracked
8/20cm
16/40cm
16/40cm

0
1
2
3

0
10
4
4

0
5+
5+
5+

Hull MG, Recce.

Hull-mounted.
Hull mounted.
Hull-mounted.

ROF 1 if other weapons fire.

Infantry Tanks

Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo,

Towhook, Wide tracks.
Smoke.
Smoke bombardment.
Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo,
Towhook, Wide tracks.
Semi-indirect fire, Smoke.

Observer Tanks
Sherman OP

Self-propelled Anti-tank Guns

M10C 17 pdr SP
OQF 17 pdr gun (late)

Reconnaissance

Universal Carrier
With PIAT anti-tank projector
Boys anti-tank rifle
With .50 cal MG

Vehicle Machine-guns
Vehicle MG

16/40cm

Gun Teams
Weapon

Mobility

Range

ROF

Anti-tank Firepower

Notes

OQF 25 pdr gun

Heavy
Firing bombardments

24/60cm
80/200cm

2
-

9
4

3+
5+

Gun shield, Smoke, Turntable.

Smoke bombardment.

BL 5.5 gun
Immobile
Firing bombardments

32/80cm
88/220cm

1
-

13
5

1+
2+

Bunker buster.

Artillery

Aircraft
Aircraft
Typhoon

Weapon
To Hit
Anti-tank
Firepower
Cannon 3+ 8 5+
Rockets
3+
6
3+

Notes

Guards Tank Squadron

British Arsenal

Range

ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes

Rifle team

16/40cm

Rifle/MG team

16/40cm

Light Mortar team

16/40cm

4+

Smoke, Can fire over friendly teams.

PIAT team

8/20cm

10

5+

Tank Assault 4.

Staff team

16/40cm

Moves as a Heavy Gun team.

5+

Tank Assault 6, Cannot shoot in the Shooting Step if moved in the

Movement Step.

Additional Training and Equipment

Panzerfaust

4/10cm

12

Pioneer teams and teams equipped with Gammon Bombs are rated as Tank Assault 3.

Transport Teams
Armour
Vehicle
Mobility
Front
Side
Top

Equipment and Notes

Jeeps, Trucks, and Tractors

Jeep
15 cwt truck
Matador or Quad tractor

Jeep - - Wheeled
-
-
Wheeled
-
-
-

Armoured Personnel Carriers

White scout car
OP Carrier

Jeep
Half-tracked

1
0

0
0

0
0

Slow Tank

Recovery Vehicles
Churchill ARV `

Recovery vehicle, Wide tracks.

US Arsenal
Gun Teams

Weapon

Mobility

Range

ROF

Anti-tank Firepower

Notes

Man-packed

16/40cm

ROF 2 when pinned down.

M2 60mm mortar
Man-packed
Firing bombardments

24/60cm
32/80cm

2
-

1
1

3+
6

Minimum rage 8/20cm..

Machine-guns
M1919 LMG

Mortars

Infantry Teams
Team

Range

ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes

Rifle team

16/40cm

Rifle/MG team

16/40cm

SMG team

4/10cm

Full ROF when moving.

Bazooka team

8/20cm

10

5+

Tank Assault 4.

Additional Training and Equipment

Teams equipped with Gammon Bombs are rated as Tank Assault 3.

Automatic rifles.

Guards Tank Squadron

Infantry Teams
Team