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By William Sariego and Wayne Turner

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General Franco owed his position as dictator to Benito
Mussolini and Adolf Hitler due to their support for the
Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
During that same confict, the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics had supported his Republican enemies.
Hitler had previously attempted to entice Spain into the war
after the fall of France. Te Generalissimo was unimpressed,
and Hitler said he would rather have a tooth pulled than
meet with Franco again! However, some Falangists in the
Spanish government and military wanted to participate in
Crusade against Bolshevism, having no love for the USSR.
Te idea of a volunteer division was a compromise solution.
When the volunteers frst mustered, the men wore the blue
uniforms of the Falangist Militia, hence the nickname of the
Blue division. General Munoz Grandes, a hero of the Civil
War and an ofcer known for his pro-Axis sympathies, was
chosen as commander.
Arriving in Germany during July 1941 for training, problems
began to develop. Some were quite basic such as the diferent
dietary preferences of the Spanish soldiers and their German
hosts. Others were cultural, refecting the Germans disdain
for what was seen as ill discipline in the Spanish troops. Te
latter resented the methodical German approach to combat.
Fraternization with local females was also an issue.
After a month of training the division entered the German
army as the 250. Infanteriedivision and began its long march
to the front, where it was to be assigned to von Kluges
Fourth Army in Army Group Centre. Problems with dis-
cipline continued, and the division was often paraded and
marched pointlessly to get them used to the German way of
doing things, which of course included not fraternizing with
local women.
Forced to undergo such a parade in Grodno, an entire
company marched with condoms stretched across their rife
muzzles. On the road to Minsk the Germans had enough.
While still on route the division refused to yield right of
way to some members of von Kluges staf. He refused the
Spanish unit, after which they were forced to march north to
join the Sixteenth Army in Army Group North.
Attached to the 39
th
Corps, in October and November the
unit participated in successful attacks on Soviet positions, im-
pressing General Busch (CO 16
th
Army) who once observed
them in combat. On 13 January 1942 the Soviets counterat-
tacked and routed some units of the 39
th
, yet the Spanish
held onto their hedgehog around Novgorod for over two
months without retreating until the Soviet attacks ceased.
Te division held its defensive positions until August, when
it was pulled out of line to re-equip and join von Mansteins
Eleventh Army for an assault on Leningrad.
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During the see-saw battles over the next few months the
Blue division gave a fne account of itself, often out per-
forming German units stationed on its fank. In December,
the division was dealt a blow when Grandes was recalled to
Spain. Franco feared his popularity with the Germans and
did not want to risk Spain being dragged further into the
confict. His replacement, Esteban Infantes, was not liked by
the Germans, but proved a capable leader, even if not up to
Grandes ability.
Te Soviets had fnally relieved the siege of Leningrad at the
end of January 1943. In an efort to expand its slender lifeline,
amounting to a fve mile corridor, the Soviets attacked on
February 10, hitting the Spanish at a town known as Krasni
Bor. Tis would be the Blue Divisions fnest hour, and its
death knell. Attacked by three Soviet divisions (43
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Rife,
72
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rife, and 63
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Guards), supported by nearly 400 artillery
and 60 tanks, the Spanish were threatened with encirclement
and destruction.
Te battle raged all day and night, with requested German
reinforcements not arriving until the waning hours after
midnight. Te battle was brutal, fought at close quarters,
more reminiscent of the Great War than WWII. As dawn
rose on the morning of the 11
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, fghting continued sporadi-
cally as both sides were too battered to continue. Sources on
Soviet losses vary, but place the number between 7,000 and
11,000. Te Spanish casualties were less than 2,500. Te
Soviets had gained a devastated ghost town and a few kilo-
metres of trenches.
For the balance of 1943 the mission of the unit became in-
creasingly questioned in Madrid. Te war was clearly turning
against the Axis and Franco did not want to risk alienating
the United States.
Te division continued to fght and hold the line, but morale
was starting to sufer, as most of the original line ofcers were
dead and replacements were not up to par. On 1 October
1943 Francisco Franco ofcially announced Spanish neutral-
ity and the division prepared to withdraw.
Still wanting to appease Hitler, as the Blue Division was
being repatriated, a Spanish Legion was being formed in
Madrid. With an initial strength of 1,500, this unit was
back in the line in December. Quality was poor, with some
former Socialists and other left-wingers volunteering only to
desert once in the Soviet Union. In May 1944, this rump
unit was withdrawn under political pressure. Some diehard
anti-Communists stayed on, joining the SS. Tey would be
present during the fnal fghting for Berlin.
Te Spanish Blue Division was trained and equipped by
the Germans. A Spanish Blue Division Grenadierkompanie
uses all the German special rules on page 166 to 167 of the
rulebook except Stormtroopers. Instead they gain the follow-
ing special rule.
German Heer and Luftwafe support platoons use all the
normal German special rules on pages 166 to 167 of the
rulebook.
Machotes
Machotes is Spanish for macho or manly. Te men of
Division Azul are not afraid of a fght and had a preference
for hand-to-hand and close fghting.
Spanish platoons may re-roll failed Motivation Tests to
Counterattack in assaults.
250. Infantry DIvIsIon organIsatIon, 1943
Grenadier
Regiment 262
I, 1-4
II, 5-8
III, 9-12
13 (IG)
14 (PaK)
Grenadier
Regiment 263
I, 1-4
II, 5-8
III, 9-12
13 (IG)
14 (PaK)
Grenadier
Regiment 269
I, 1-4
II, 5-8
III, 9-12
13 (IG)
14 (PaK)
Artillery
Regiment 250
I, 1-3 (10.5cm)
II, 4-6 (10.5cm)
III, 7-9 (10.5cm)
IV, 10-12 (15cm)
Tank-hunter
Battalion 250
1 PaK
2 PaK
3 PaK
Pioneer
Battalion 250
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Reconnaissance
Battalion 250
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It may also feld one Support Platoon from each Support box shown (Armour, Infantry, etc.).
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Rocket Launcher Battery
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Armoured Rocket
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Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon
antI-aIrCraft
Luftwaffe Heavy
Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon
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Grenadier Anti-aircraft
Gun Platoon
antI-aIrCraft
Luftwaffe Light Anti-aircraft
Gun Platoon
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Infantry
German Grenadier Platoon
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Luftwaffe Feld Platoon
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Fallschirmjger Platoon
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(Infantry coMpany)
Grenadier
Machine-gun Platoon
maCHIne-guns
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Grenadier
Machine-gun Platoon
maCHIne-guns
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A Grenadierkompanie can have Fallschirmjger and
Luftwafe as support options. Remember that these platoons
retain their own rules and ratings, and count as Allied
Platoons (see page 183 of the rulebook).
However, German Heer troops are not Allied Platoons, even
though they retain their own rules and ratings, because the
Spanish division is ofcially part of the German Army.
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Anti-tank Gun Platoon
antI-tank
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Grenadier Scout Platoon
reConnaIssanCe
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Pionier Platoon
Infantry
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Air Support
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Grenadier
Infantry Gun Platoon
artIllery
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Grenadier Heavy
Infantry Gun Platoon
artIllery
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armour
antI-tank
Anti-tank Gun Platoon
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Tank-hunter Platoon
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Assault Gun Platoon
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grenadierkompanie HQ
HAUPTmann
Unteroffizier
Anti-tank
Rifle Section
Anti-tank rifle team or
8.8cm RW43 launcher
HAUPTMANN
Company HQ
Company Command
SMG team
Motorcycle
and sidecar
2iC Command
SMG team
Kfz 15 field car
Mortar Section
8cm GW34
mortar
8cm GW34
mortar
Horse-drawn
wagon
Horse-drawn
wagon
Unteroffizier
Grenadier platoon
Leutnant
Unteroffizier
Mortar Squad
Light Mortar team
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Grenadier Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Grenadier Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Grenadier Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Grenadier Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
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Combat Platoons
GrenadIer platoon
headQuarters
Company HQ 45 points
optIons
Replace either or both Command SMG teams with
Command Panzerknacker SMG teams for +5 points
per team.
Add Anti-tank Rife team for +20 points or an 8.8cm
RW43 (Pppchen) launcher for +30 points.
Add Mortar Section for +50 points.
Add horse-drawn wagons at no cost.
Add Kfz 15 feld car and motorcycle, and replace
both horse-drawn wagons with one 3-ton truck or
RSO tractor for +5 points.
Add up to three sniper teams for +50 points per
team.

platoon
HQ Section with:
4 Grenadier Squads 200 points
3 Grenadier Squads 155 points
2 Grenadier Squads 110 points
optIons
Replace Command Rife/MG team with a Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +5 points.
Add Light Mortar team for +15 points.

WhIte pIoneers
If your Grenadierkompanie has three Grenadier Platoons,
you may upgrade the smallest Grenadier Platoon to a
Grenadier Pioneer Platoon for +15 points per squad. Tis
converts the Command team and every Rife/MG team into
Pioneer teams with the same armament. Te Grenadier
Pioneer Platoon may have a Pioneer Supply Truck for an
additional +25 points.
MotIvatIon and skIll
Te Spanish troops of Division Azul were all volunteers with a strong will to fght com-
munism. A Spanish Blue Division Grenadierkompanie is rated as Confdent Veteran.

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Te Grenadiers of Division Azul (the blue division, so named
for the blue shirts of the Spanish fascist Falange party, which
many of the volunteers wore) were all volunteers. Many of
them had fought in the Spanish Civil War, making for a
hardened core of veteran ofcers and NCOs.
Tey underwent brief, but intense, training in Germany
in August 1941 before being moved to Poland and then
marching to the front to join German Army Group North.
Tey deployed on the River Volkhov and took part in
ofensives around Leningrad before going on the defensive
against various Soviet attacks in the winter of 1941/42.
Division Azul served with Army Group North until October
1943 when they returned to Spain.

Grenadier Machine-gun Platoon

Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command SMG team
Unteroffizier
Machine-gun
Section
MG42 HMG MG42 HMG
Unteroffizier
Machine-gun
Section
MG42 HMG MG42 HMG
Grenadier Mortar Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command
SMG team
Unteroffizier
Mortar Section
Mortar
Observer Rifle team
Horse-drawn
wagon
Mortar Horse-drawn
wagon
Unteroffizier
Mortar Section
Mortar
Observer Rifle team
Horse-drawn
wagon
Mortar Horse-drawn
wagon
Unteroffizier
Mortar Section
Mortar
Observer Rifle team
Horse-drawn
wagon
Mortar Horse-drawn
wagon
GrenadIer MachIne-Gun platoon
WeaPons Platoons
platoon
HQ Section with:
2 MG Sections 135 points
optIons
Replace Command SMG team with a Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +5 points

Grenadier Machine-gun Platoons may make Combat

Attachments to Combat Platoons.
GrenadIer Mortar platoon
platoon
HQ Section with:
6 8cm GW34 185 points
4 8cm GW34 125 points
4 12cm sGW43 150 points
2 12cm sGW43 85 points
optIons
Replace Command SMG team with a Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +5 points.
Add horse-drawn wagons at no cost.
Replace all horse-drawn wagons with one 3-ton truck
or RSO tractor per Mortar Section for +5 points for
the platoon.
If you have 8cm GW34 mortars in the Company HQ,
you must upgrade the Mortar Platoon to 12cm sGW43
mortars

Te Spanish were greatly impressed by the German machine-

guns. During their service they used both the MG-34 and
MG-42 machine-guns.
On defence they put them to good use to provide
concentrated frepower. Te Spanish fought hard on defence,
often adopting a rigid line that the Germans often thought
cost the Spanish too high casualties.

Grenadier Infantry gun Platoon

Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Observer
Rifle team
Command
SMG team
Unteroffizier
Infantry gun
section
7.5cm leIG18 gun
Horse-drawn limber
Unteroffizier
Infantry gun
section
7.5cm leIG18 gun
Horse-drawn limber
Grenadier Heavy Infantry gun Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Observer
Rifle team
Command
SMG team
Unteroffizier
15cm sIG33 gun
Infantry gun
section
Horse-drawn limber
Unteroffizier
15cm sIG33 gun
Infantry gun
section
Horse-drawn limber
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Te need to provide direct fre support for the Grenadier-
kompanie was initially met by the 7.5cm leIG18 gun. Te
German infantry gun gave the Spanish soldiers an excellent
high-explosive round for taking out machine-gun nests,
dug-in guns and sections of trench.
regImental suPPort Platoons
GrenadIer heavy Infantry Gun platoon
Te heavy 15cm sIG33 is not as handy or as versatile as the
7.5cm leIG18, but nothing beats it for sheer destructive
power. Defences in buildings and bunker positions crumble
before its heavy shells.
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platoon
HQ Section with:
2 7.5cm leIG18 guns 70 points
optIons
Replace Command SMG team with a Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +5 points.
Add horse-drawn limbers at no cost.
Replace horse-drawn limbers with 3-ton trucks or
RSO tractors for +5 points for the platoon.

platoon
HQ Section with:
2 15cm sIG33 170 points
optIons
Replace Command SMG team with a Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +5 points.
Add horse-drawn limbers at no cost.
Replace horse-drawn limbers with 3-ton trucks or
RSO tractors for +5 points for the platoon.

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Grenadier Scout Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command Rifle team
Unteroffizier
Scout Squad
Rifle team Rifle team
Unteroffizier
Scout Squad
Rifle team Rifle team
Grenadier Anti-tank gun Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command SMG team Kfz 15 field car
Unteroffizier
Anti-tank
gun Section
Anti-tank gun
Truck
Unteroffizier
Anti-tank
gun Section
Anti-tank gun
Truck
Unteroffizier
Anti-tank
gun Section
Anti-tank gun
Truck
Unteroffizier
Anti-tank
gun Section
Anti-tank gun
Truck
GrenadIer scout platoon
platoon
HQ Section with:
2 Scout Squads 110 points
optIons
Replace Command Rife team with Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +15 points.
Replace all Rife teams with Assault Rife teams for
+15 points per team.
Replace Command Assault Rife team with
Command Panzerknacker Assault Rife team for
+5 points.

Scout Platoons are Reconnaissance Platoons.

Operate the scouts well ahead of your Grenadierkompanie,
reconnoitring and occupying important objectives by stealth
and then holding them until relieved by the rest of the
company.
Tey provide a unique weapon to help defeat the Red Menace,
preventing the enemy from surprising your company before
it is ready to fght.
GrenadIer antI-tank Gun platoon
platoon
HQ Section with:
4 3.7cm PaK36 105 points
3 3.7cm PaK36 80 points
Either: equip all 3.7cm PaK36 gun with Stielgranate
ammunition for +5 points for the platoon, or
Mount all 3.7cm PaK36 guns on Krupp Kfz 70
trucks as Portees at no cost.
3 5cm PaK38 120 points
2 5cm PaK38 80 points
3 7.5cm PaK40 220 points
2 7.5cm PaK40 150 points
optIons
Add trucks for +5 points for the platoon.
Replace all trucks with RSO tractors at no cost.
3.7cm PaK36 and 5cm PaK38 guns are towed by Kfz
70 trucks
7.5cm PaK40 guns are towed by 3-ton trucks.

Scout platoons are the eyes of the German army. Division

Azul was no diferent. Tey seek out enemy ambushes and
positions, and they protect the Grenadiers from inadvertent
danger such as enemy ambushes and hidden positions.
Te Spanish division was equipped with the very best of
German equipment, unlike other foreign divisions who were
often supplied old and captured guns.
Te anti-tank gun is well-suited to the Spanish mode of
defence where a rigid fxed line of mutually-supporting
weapons was used to halt any attacking enemy. Te 5cm
PaK38 gun could take on the Soviet T-34 tank, while the
7.5cm PaK40 gun could knockout the heavy KV tanks. Even
the small 3.7cm PaK36 gun could surprise Soviet tanks with
its efective Stielgranate round.
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pionier platoon
Leutnant
Unteroffizier
Pioneer Squad
Pioneer
Rifle team
Pioneer
Rifle team
Pioneer
Rifle team
Unteroffizier
Pioneer Squad
Pioneer
Rifle team
Pioneer
Rifle team
Pioneer
Rifle team
Unteroffizier
Pioneer Squad
Pioneer
Rifle team
Pioneer
Rifle team
Pioneer
Rifle team
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command
Pioneer Rifle team
Pioneer Supply
horse drawn wagon
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pIonIer platoon
platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Pioneer Squads 220 points
2 Pioneer Squads 155 points
optIons
Replace Command Pioneer Rife team with
Command Pioneer Panzerknacker SMG team for
+15 points.
Equip one Pioneer Rife team with a Goliath remote-
control demolition carrier in addition to its normal
weapons for +30 points.
Add Pioneer Supply horse-drawn wagon for
+20 points, or Pioneer Supply 3-ton truck or RSO
tractor for +30 points.

You may replace up to one Pioneer Rife team per Pioneer

Squad with a Flame-thrower team at the start of the game
before deployment.
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Anti-tank gun Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command SMG team Kfz 15 field car
Unteroffizier
Anti-tank
gun Section
Anti-tank gun
3-ton truck
Anti-tank gun
3-ton truck
Unteroffizier
Anti-tank
gun Section
Anti-tank gun
3-ton truck
Anti-tank gun
3-ton truck
Grenadier Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Unteroffizier
Anti-aircraft
Section
2cm FlaK38
3-ton truck
Unteroffizier
Anti-aircraft Section
2cm FlaK38 3-ton truck
Unteroffizier
Anti-aircraft
Section
2cm FlaK38
3-ton truck
Command SMG team Kfz 15 field car
platoon
HQ Section with:
4 5cm PaK38 160 points
3 5cm PaK38 120 points
2 5cm PaK38 80 points
4 7.5cm PaK40 290 points
3 7.5cm PaK40 220 points
2 7.5cm PaK40 150 points
optIons
Add Kfz 15 feld car and 3-tom trucks for +5 points
for the platoon.
Replace all 3-ton trucks with Sd Kfz 10 or Sd Kfz 11
half-tracks for +5 points for the platoon.

antI-tank Gun platoon

Te Spanish Blue Divisions anti-tank battalion was equipped
with the best of German equipment including the powerful
7.5cm PaK40 anti-tank gun and the versatile 5cm PaK38
anti-tank gun.
MotIvatIon and skIll
Te Spanish troops of Division Azul were all volunteers with a strong will to fght commu-
nism. Te divisional support platoons of the Spanish Blue Division are rated Confdent
Veteran.
Tey use the Spanish Blue Division special rules on page 3.

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GrenadIer antI-aIrcraft Gun platoon
platoon
HQ Section with:
3 2cm FlaK38 80 points
optIon
Add Kfz 15 feld car and 3-ton trucks for +5 points
for the platoon

Te Grenadiers have very little in the way of anti-aircraft

guns, just one company in the anti-tank battalion if they are
lucky. Fortunately, as infantry they can hide from aircraft
much better than the tanks and half-tracks of the armoured
divisions.
If the Red Air Force gets too troublesome for the Spanish
artillery though, the light anti-aircraft platoon will soon see
them of with its quick-fring guns. In addition, the rapid
fre capability of anti-aircraft guns can be readily trained on
advancing Soviet massed formations when there is little or
no threat from aircraft.
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LEUTNANT
GUN SECTION
Howitzer
Howitzer
Horse-drawn limber
Observer Rifle team
Horse-drawn limber
LEUTNANT
GUN SECTION
Howitzer
Howitzer
Horse-drawn limber
Observer Rifle team
Horse-drawn limber
HAUPTMANN
HQ Section
Staff team Horse-drawn wagen Command SMG team
artIllery Battery
platoon
HQ Section with:
4 10.5cm leFH18 245 points
2 10.5cm leFH18 130 points
4 15cm sFH18 430 points
2 15cm sFH18 225 points
optIons
Add horse-drawn wagon and limbers at no cost.
Replace all horse-drawn limbers and wagon with
3-ton trucks or RSO tractors for +5 points per
vehicle.

Artillery Batteries equipped with 15cm sFH18 howitzers

may not be deployed in Ambush.
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Te Spanish Division Azul had twelve batteries of artillery,
nine equipped with the 10.5cm leFH18 howitzers and three
heavy batteries with 15cm sFH18 howitzers.
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Assault gun Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command Sd Kfz 253 half-track
or Assault Gun
Unteroffizier
Assault Gun
ASSAULT GUN
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Unteroffizier
Assault Gun
ASSAULT GUN
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assault Gun platoon
platoon
Sd Kfz 253 and 2 StuG D 210 points
Sd Kfz 253 and 1 StuG D 120 points
3 StuG D 280 points
2 StuG D 190 points
3 StuG F 420 points
2 StuG F 280 points
3 StuG F/8, G, or StuH42 510 points
2 StuG F/8, G, or StuH42 340 points
2 StuG G and 1 StuH42 510 points
1 StuG G and 1 StuH42 340 points
optIon
Add Schrzen side skirts to any StuG F/8, StuG G
assault guns or StuH42 assault howitzers for
+5 points per gun.

MotIvatIon and skIll

Like the troops they support, the German Korps and Armee Support Platoons are experienced
soldiers that know their own worth. Tey fght hard and well, giving the Frontschwein
Trench Hogs the backing they need to win. German Heer support platoons for a Spanish
Blue Division Grenadierkompanie are rated Confdent Veteran.
Tey use all the normal German special rules on pages 166 to 167 of the rule book, but not
the Spanish Machotes special rule.

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Te Command Sd Kfz 253 half-track counts as a Tank
team in an Assault Gun Platoon.
Te artillery devised the concept of the Begleitbatterie (escort
battery) to support the advancing infantry better than the
towed infantry guns could. Te StuG assault gun ft this
need for an armoured self-propelled gun to work under
infantry control. Its tactical employment carried an infantry
attack forward by quickly eliminating the most dangerous
opposition through direct fre.
Tey did not fght in large numbers, being normally
employed in platoon strength. Te guns took troublesome
enemy machine-gun emplacements out of action with a few
rounds. Teir superior artillery optics allowed them to shoot
frst when faced with enemy tanks.
Assault guns were crewed by artillerymen. Teir uniforms
were feld grey rather than the black of the Panzer troops,
and their branch colour was the red of the artillery.
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Tank-hunter Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Unteroffizier
Tank-hunter
SECTION
Tank-hunter
Unteroffizier
Tank-hunter
SECTION
Tank-hunter
Unteroffizier
Tank-hunter
SECTION
Tank-hunter
Command tank-hunter
German Grenadier platoon
Leutnant
Unteroffizier
Mortar Squad
Light Mortar team
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Grenadier Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Grenadier Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Grenadier Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Grenadier Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
tank-hunter platoon
platoon
4 Panzerjger I 165 points
3 Panzerjger I 125 points
2 Panzerjger I 85 points
4 Marder I 290 points
3 Marder I 220 points
2 Marder I 150 points
4 Marder II 360 points
3 Marder II 270 points
2 Marder II 180 points
4 Marder III (7.62cm) 325 points
3 Marder III (7.62cm) 245 points
2 Marder III (7.62cm) 165 points
4 Marder III H 360 points
3 Marder III H 270 points
2 Marder III H 180 points
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HQ Section with:
4 Grenadier Squads 200 points
3 Grenadier Squads 155 points
2 Grenadier Squads 110 points
optIons
Replace Command Rife/MG team with a Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +5 points.
Add Light Mortar team for +15 points.

Often battalions of Division Azul were detached and fought

alongside other divisions within German Army Group
North, where they worked with German Grenadiers.
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Rocket Launcher Battery
3.7cm PaK36 gun
Kfz 70 truck
Observer
Rifle team
Kbelwagen Observer
Rifle team
Kbelwagen
rocket launcher Battery
platoon
HQ Section with:
6 15cm NW41 220 points
4 15cm NW41 160 points
3 15cm NW41 115 points
2 15cm NW41 80 points
optIons
Add Kfz 15 feld car and Sd Kfz 11 half-tracks to the
platoon for +5 points for the platoon.
Add Anti-tank Section for +25 points.
Equip 3.7cm PaK36 gun with Stielgranate ammu-
nition for +5 points.
Replace 3.7cm PaK36 gun and Kfz 70 truck with
5cm PaK38 gun and Sd Kfz 10 half-track for
+15 points.

In German, Nebelwerfer means Fog Launcher, as it was

intended for chemical warfare. However they are equally
efective fring high-explosive shells.
Rocket launcher batteries demoralise the enemy with
destructive rocket salvos, and lay covering smoke screens.
Teir only drawback is that rockets leave long smoke trails
in the sky, making the battery easy to locate.
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Armoured Rocket Launcher Battery
Armoured rocket launcher
Armoured rocket launcher
Armoured rocket launcher
Armoured rocket launcher
Armoured rocket launcher
Armoured rocket launcher
Armoured rocket launcher
Armoured rocket launcher
3.7cm PaK36 gun
Kfz 70 truck
AA section AA section
HEAVY Anti-aircraft GUN Platoon
arMoured rocket launcher Battery
platoon
HQ Section with:
8 Panzerwerfer 42 435 points
6 Panzerwerfer 42 335 points
4 Panzerwerfer 42 220 points
3 Panzerwerfer 42 160 points
optIons
Model Panzerwerfer 42 rocket launchers with 5 or
more crew and count each rocket launcher as two
weapons when fring a bombardment for +5 points
per rocket launcher.
Add Anti-tank Section for +25 points.
Replace 3.7cm PaK36 gun and Kfz 70 truck with
5cm PaK38 gun and Sd Kfz 10 half-track for
+15 points.

platoon
HQ Section with:
2 8.8cm FlaK36 235 points
1 8.8cm FlaK36 120 points
optIons
Add Kfz 15 feld car and Sd Kfz 7 (8t) half-tracks for
+5 points for the platoon.
Model 8.8cm FlaK36 guns with eight or more crew
and increase their ROF to 3 for +10 points per gun.

heavy antI-aIrcraft Gun platoon

Te Germans frequently used their heavy 8.8cm FlaK36
anti-aircraft guns in the anti-tank role to stop the otherwise
almost unstoppable Soviet heavy tanks.
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Te Panzerwerfer 42 rocket launchers are ready to signal the
beginning of the ofensive. Very little can withstand the fury
of a full Panzerwerfer battery!
An Artillery Bombardment fred by nine or more weapons
uses a double-width Artillery Template to determine which
teams can be hit and re-rolls failed To Hit rolls.
An Artillery Bombardment fred by fourteen or more
weapons, uses a template 12/30cm square to determine
which teams are hit and re-rolls failed To Hit rolls.
fIre and Manoeuvre
Panzerwerfer crews would fre a bombardment and then
quickly redeploy their vehicles to avoid counter battery fre
from enemy artillery.
When an Armoured Rocket Launcher Battery successfully
rolls a Stormtrooper move, it also removes any smoke trails
associated with the battery.
Mobile rocket launchers address the main vulnerability of
the near stationary NW41 rocket launcher. Tey can provide
the same devastating support while allowing you to move
them rapidly away from immediate counterbattery fre. Tis
survivability provides you the means to provide continuous
support without the fear of immediate enemy retaliation.
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Luftwaffe Feld platoon
Leutnant
Unteroffizier
Mortar Squad
Light Mortar team
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Jger Squad
Rifle/MG team
Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Jger Squad
Rifle/MG team
Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Jger Squad
Rifle/MG team
Rifle/MG team
Unteroffizier
Jger Squad
Rifle/MG team
Rifle/MG team
AA section AA section
Luftwaffe HEAVY Anti-aircraft
GUN Platoon
luftWaffe feld platoon
platoon
HQ Section with:
4 Jger Squads 155 points
3 Jger Squads 120 points
optIons
Replace Command Rife/MG team with a Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +5 points.
Add Light Mortar team for +15 points.

Division Meindl was an ad hoc force formed from Luftwafe

personnel trapped in the Demyansk pocket fghting under
the command of Generalmajor Meindl, a paratrooper. Teir
performance was sufciently good that Gring, the leader
of the Luftwafe, convinced Hitler to form twenty Luftwafe
feld divisions rather than incorporate excess air force per-
sonnel into the army. Te infantry battalions were lavishly
supplied with the latest infantry weapons such as the MG42
machine-gun, but were hastily trained and lacked in every
type of heavy weapons.
platoon
HQ Section with:
2 8.8cm FlaK36 180 points
1 8.8cm FlaK36 90 points
optIon
Model 8.8cm FlaK36 guns with eight or more crew
and increase their ROF to 3 for +10 points per gun.
Add Kfz 15 feld car and Sd Kfz 7 (8t) half-tracks for
+5 points for the platoon

luftWaffe heavy antI-aIrcraft Gun platoon

To replace the missing artillery and anti-tank guns, Luftwafe
feld divisions had a battalion of heavy 8.8cm FlaK36 anti-
aircraft guns. Tese keep both enemy aircraft and armour
away from your Luftwafe Feldkompanie.
MotIvatIon and skIll
During 1942 increasing numbers of Luftwafe feld and fak troops were used in the front
lines on the Eastern Front. German Luftwafe support platoon for a Spanish Blue Division
Grenadierkompanie are rated Confdent Trained unless noted under the platoon.
Tey use all the normal German special rules on pages 166 to 167 of the rule book, but not
the Spanish Machotes special rule.

reluCtant
ConfIDent
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ConsCrIPt
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luftWaffe
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Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Unteroffizier
Anti-aircraft
Section
Anti-aircraft gun
3-ton truck
Unteroffizier
Anti-aircraft Section
Anti-aircraft gun 3-ton truck
Unteroffizier
Anti-aircraft
Section
Anti-aircraft gun
3-ton truck
Command SMG team Kfz 15 field car
Flight
LEUTNANT
Flight
LEUTNANT
Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft
Fallschirmjger Platoon
Leutnant
Leutnant
HQ Section
Command
Rifle/MG team
Oberjger
Fallschirmjger
Squad
Rifle/MG team
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Oberjger
Fallschirmjger
Squad
Rifle/MG team
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Oberjger
Fallschirmjger Squad
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
luftWaffe lIGht antI-aIrcraft Gun platoon
platoon
HQ Section with:
3 2cm FlaK38 65 points
3 2cm FlaK38 (Quad) 80 points
3 3.7cm FlaK43 85 points
optIon
Add Kfz 15 feld car and 3-ton trucks for +5 points
for the platoon

As well as heavy 8.8cm anti-aircraft guns, the Flak (anti-

aircraft) battalion felded light 2cm and medium 3.7cm
anti-aircraft guns. Tese had a triple role. Not only are they
efective against aircraft, their high rate of fre can be efec-
tively used against advancing infantry and light tanks. Te
light 2cm FlaK38 gun has the most mobility and fexibility.
Although immobile, the higher rate of the four-barrelled
2cm FlaK38 and the greater frepower of the 3.7cm FlaK43
make them ideal defensive weapons.
aIr support
lIMIted aIr support
Ju 87D Stuka 135 points
Ju 87G Stuka 135 points
Hs 129B 155 points
Bf 109E or FW 190F 130 points
Te German Luftwafe rules the eastern skies and provides
the added punch needed to utterly destroy the weak Soviet
armies.
platoon
HQ Section with
3 Fallschirmjger Squads 265 points
2 Fallschirmjger Squads 185 points
optIon
Replace Command Rife/MG team with a Command
Panzerknacker SMG team for +5 points.

fallschIrMjGer platoon
Te German army learned early in the war against the Soviet
Union that the Fallschirmjger were the ones to call on when
a hole developed in the front line. Teir ability to rapidly
deploy and ultimately secure any breech paid dividends to
German commanders time and time again.
Te Fallschirmjger can be relied upon to arrive quickly,
fght continuously under any conditions, and still be standing
when the smoke has
cleared. Tey are rated

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Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower
assault-Guns
StuG D or E Fully-tracked 5 3 1 AA MG, Protected ammo.
7.5cm StuK36 gun 24/60cm 2 9 3+ Hull mounted.
StuG F Fully-tracked 5 3 1 AA MG, Protected ammo.
7.5cm StuK40 gun 32/80cm 2 11 3+ Hull mounted.
StuG F/8 or G Fully-tracked 7 3 1 Hull MG, Protected ammo.
7.5cm StuK40 gun 32/80cm 2 11 3+ Hull mounted.
StuH42 Fully-tracked 7 3 1 Hull MG, Protected ammo.
10.5cm StuH42 gun 32/80cm 2 10 2+ Hull mounted, Smoke.
artIllery (sp)
Panzerwerfer 42 (Maultier) Half-tracked 0 0 0 AA MG, Armoured rocket launcher.
15cm RW42 rocket launcher 64/160cm - 3 4+ Smoke bombardment.
tank-hunters
Panzerjger I Half-tracked 0 0 0 AA MG.
4.7cm PaK36(t) gun 24/60cm 2 7 4+ Hull mounted.
Marder I Fully-tracked 0 0 0 AA MG, Overloaded, Slow tank.
7.5cm PaK40 gun 32/80cm 2 12 3+ Hull mounted.
Marder II Fully-tracked 1 0 0 AA MG.
7.5cm PaK40 gun 32/80cm 2 12 3+ Hull mounted.
Marder III (7.62cm) Fully-tracked 1 0 0 Hull MG.
7.62cm PaK36(r) gun 32/80cm 2 11 3+ Hull mounted.
Marder III H Fully-tracked 1 0 0 Hull MG.
7.5cm PaK40 gun 32/80cm 2 12 3+ Hull mounted.
vehIcle MachIne-Guns
Vehicle MG 16/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 if other weapons fre.
tank teams
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Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Rife team 16/40cm 1 2 6
Rife/MG team 16/40cm 2 2 6
SMG team 4/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Assault Rife team 8/20cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Light Mortar team 16/40cm 1 1 4+ Can fre over friendly teams.
Anti-tank Rife team 16/40cm 2 4 6
Flame-thrower team 4/10cm 2 - 6 Flame-thrower.
Staf team cannot shoot Moves as a Heavy Gun team.
addItIonal traInInG and eQuIpMent
Panzerknacker teams are rated as Tank Assault 5. Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 4.
transPort teams
Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
trucks
BMW & Sidecar or Kbelwagen jeep Jeep - - - Optional Passenger-fred MG.
Horch Kfz 15 car Jeep - - -
Horch, Krupp, or Steyr Kfz 70 truck Wheeled - - -
Opel Blitz 3-ton truck Wheeled - - -
RSO Fully-tracked - - - Slow tank.
Horse-drawn wagon Wagon - - -
tractors
Sd Kfz 10 (1t), Sd Kfz 11 (3t),
or Sd Kfz 7 (8t) half-track Half-tracked - - -
Horse-drawn limber Wagon - - -
arMoured personnel carrIers
Sd Kfz 253 (StuG) half-track Half-tracked 1 0 1 AA MG.
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gun teams
Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
MG34 HMG or MG42 HMG Man-packed 24/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down.
8.8cm RW43 (Pppchen) launcher Man-packed 16/40cm 1 11 5+
8cm GW42 (Stummelwerfer) mortar Man-packed 32/80cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.
8cm GW34 mortar Man-packed 40/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.
12cm sGW43 mortar Light 56/140cm - 3 3+
7.5cm leIG18 gun Light 16/40cm 2 9 3+ Gun shield, Smoke.
fring bombardments 48/120cm - 3 6
15cm sIG33 gun Heavy 16/40cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Gun shield.
fring bombardments 56/140cm - 4 2+
2cm FlaK38 gun Light 16/40cm 4 5 5+ Anti-aircraft, Gun shield, Turntable.
2cm FlaK38 (Quad) gun Immobile 16/40cm 6 5 5+ Anti-aircraft, Gun shield, Turntable.
3.7cm FlaK43 gun Immobile 24/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft, Gun shield, Turntable.
3.7cm PaK36 gun Light 24/60cm 3 6 4+ Gun shield.
fring Stielgranate 8/20cm 1 12 5+
5cm PaK38 gun Medium 24/60cm 3 9 4+ Gun shield.
7.5cm PaK40 gun Medium 32/80cm 2 12 3+ Gun shield.
8.8cm FlaK36 gun Immobile 40/100cm 2 13 3+ Gun shield, Heavy anti-aircraft, Turntable.
10.5cm leFH18 howitzer Immobile 24/60cm 1 10 2+ Gun shield, Smoke.
fring bombardments 72/180cm - 4 4+ Smoke bombardment.
15cm sFH18 howitzer Immobile 24/60cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 80/200cm - 5 2+ Smoke bombardment.
15cm NW41 rocket launcher Light 64/160cm - 3 4+ Smoke bombardment.
aIrCraft
Aircraft Weapon To Hit Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Ju 87D Stuka Bombs 4+ 5 1+
Ju 87G Stuka Cannon 3+ 11 4+
Hs 129B Cannon 2+ 9 4+ Flying Tank.
Bf 109E or FW 190F Cannon 3+ 7 5+
Bombs 4+ 5 2+