HERO Gvardeyskiy

tyazhelyy tANKOVY Polk

Hero Guards Heavy Tank Regiment
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HERO Gvardeyskiy tyazhelyy tANKOVY Polk Hero Guards Heavy Tank Regiment

Tank Company
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS
You must field one company from each box shaded black and may field one company or
platoon from each box shaded grey.
Support Companies for your Hero Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy Tankovy Polk must be from a Guards
division (marked ) or a Red Army division (marked ). All support companies or platoons
Hero Gvardeyskiy
Tyazhelyy Tankovy with either of these symbols must be from the same division.
3

Polk HQ

SUPPORT COMPANIES
COMBAT COMPANIES

ARMOUR
ARMOUR ARTILLERY

Hero Artillery
Guards Hero Heavy

9
Guards Hero Heavy Battalion
Tank Company
3

4
Assault Gun Company

ARTILLERY
ARMOUR
ARMOUR & RECON

Guards Hero Heavy Hero Reserve Artillery

10
Tank Company Battalion
3

Hero Tankovy Company

4
Hero Strelkovy Heavy

10
Hero Flame-tank Mortar Company
ARMOUR Company 5
Hero 160mm Mortar

11
Hero Strelkovy Scout Battalion
5

Platoon

ARTILLERY
Guards Hero Heavy ANTI-TANK
Tank Company
3

Hero Tank Destruction

Guards Hero Rocket
6

Company

12
Mortar Battalion

INFANTRY
ANTI-AIRCRAFT

Hero Strelkovy
6

Battalion
Hero Submachine-gun Hero Anti-aircraft
13

Company
7

Battalion
Hero Shturmovye
7

Group AIRCRAFT

INFANTRY

Air Support
13

Hero Sapper Company

8

Hero Inzhenerno-
Saperniy Company
8

INFANTRY

Hero Strelkovy
9

Flame-thrower Platoon
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Motivation and Skill RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
The Guardsmen of the heavy tank regiments have been smashing their way through German CONFIDENT TRAINED
defences since July 1944 in near continuous warfare. Now their final goal is in sight. A Hero FEARLESS VETERAN
Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy Tankovy Polk is rated Fearless Trained.

HEADQUARtERS
Hero Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy Polkovnik
Tankovy Polk HQ Polkovnik

Headquarters
1 IS-2 obr 1943 140 points
1 IS-2 obr 1944 150 points Company Command IS-2
Regiment HQ
Options
HERO Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy tANKOVY Polk HQ
• Equip IS-2 tank with .50 cal AA MG for +5 points.
• Add Bed Spring Armour to IS-2 tank for +5 points.
• Mount a SMG Tank Escort on Company Command
tank for +10 points.

COMBAt COMPANiES
Guards Hero Heavy KAPITAN
Tank Company KAPITAN
Company
3 IS-2 obr 1943 415 points
2 IS-2 obr 1943 275 points Command IS-2
3 IS-2 obr 1944 450 points HQ Section
2 IS-2 obr 1944 300 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Options
• Equip any or all tanks with a .50 cal AA MG for
+5 points per tank.
IS-2 IS-2
• Add Bed Spring Armour to any or all IS-2 tanks for
Tank Platoon Tank Platoon
+5 points per tank.
• Mount SMG Tank Escorts on all tanks for +10 points Guards Hero Heavy Tank Company
per tank.

The powerful IS-2 tanks of the Guards Heavy Tank The hard fighting over the last few months has left many
Regiments lead every attack. In Berlin these massive beasts infantry units depleted, meaning that the mechanised troops
plow through German road blocks and pound the buildings have had to take on more of the fighting in Berlin.
with 122mm shells.
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Guards Hero Heavy KAPITAN
Assault Gun Company KAPITAN

Company
3 ISU-122 355 points
2 ISU-122 235 points Command Heavy Assault gun
HQ Section
3 ISU-152 315 points
2 ISU-152 210 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

Options
• Equip any or all ISU-122 or ISU-152 heavy assault
guns with a .50 cal AA MG for +5 points per gun. Heavy Assault Gun Heavy Assault Gun

• Mount SMG Tank Escorts on all assault guns for Assault gun Assault gun
Platoon Platoon
+10 points per assault gun.
Guards Hero Heavy Assault Gun Company

HERO CORPS SUPPORt

Motivation and Skill Guards Division Red Army Division
Hero support platoons and companies from a Guards division
(marked ) are rated as Fearless Trained. RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT
CONFIDENT TRAINED CONFIDENT TRAINED
Hero support platoons and companies from a Red Army
FEARLESS VETERAN FEARLESS VETERAN
division (marked ) are rated as Confident Trained.

Hero Tankovy Company Leytenant

Company LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

4 T-34 obr 1942 260 points 230 points

3 T-34 obr 1942 195 points 170 points
Command Tank Tank
4 T-34/85 obr 1944 375 points 330 points
HQ Section Tankovy Platoon
3 T-34/85 obr 1944 280 points 250 points
Serzhant Serzhant
4 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 245 points -
3 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 185 points -
4 M4 76mm
(M4A2 Sherman) 395 points - Tank Tank
Tankovy Platoon Tankovy Platoon
3 M4 76mm
(M4A2 Sherman) 295 points - Hero Tankovy Company

Options Large numbers of tanks were used by the Red Army during
• Upgrade all T-34 obr 1942 to have Cupolas for the Battle for Berlin, much more than had been used in
+5 points for the company. other city assaults. This reflected the limited infantry re-
sources of the Soviets and their desire to take the city as
• Replace any or all T-34 obr 1942 with T-34/85 obr quickly as possible to bring this bloody war to an end.
1944 tanks for +30 points per tank.
• Add Bed Spring Armour to any or all T-34 obr 1942 By April 1945 most of the medium tanks were T-34/85 obr
or T-34/85 obr 1944 tanks for +5 points per tank. 1944 with its improved turret layout. However, large numbers
of 76mm gun armed T-34 obr 1942 tanks were still in use, as
• Arm any or all M4 or M4 76mm tanks with .50 cal well as Emcha lend-lease Sherman tanks of the independent
AA MG for +5 points per tank. 64th Guards Tank Brigade of the 1st Guards Tank Army.
• Mount SMG Tank Escorts on all tanks for
+10 points per tank.
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Hero Flame-tank Company Leytenant
Company LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

4 OT-34 200 points 180 points

3 OT-34 150 points 135 points
Command Flame-tank Flame-tank
4 OT-34/85 235 points 210 points
HQ Section Flames-tank Platoon
3 OT-34/85 180 points 160 points
Serzhant Serzhant
Option
• Upgrade any or all OT-34 to have Cupolas for
+5 points for the company.
Flame-tank Flame-tank

Flames tanks are in their element in city fighting. Flame- Flame-tank Platoon Flame-tank Platoon
throwers scorch enemy-held buildings, demoralising and Hero Flame-tank Company
terrorising the occupants before sending in the infantry to
finish them off.

Hero Strelkovy leytenant

Scout Platoon LEYTENANT
Platoon
HQ Section with: Command SMG team

2 Scout Squads 165 points 165 points HQ Section

1 Scout Squad 100 points 100 points

Serzhant Serzhant

Option
• Replace up to one SMG team per Scout Squad with SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
a Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points per team. Scout Squad Scout Squad
Hero Strelkovy Scout Platoon

Hero Strelkovy Scout Platoons are an exception to the Red Army (marked ) and Guards (marked ) Hero
Centralised Control special rule. They operate as a normal Strelkovy Scout Platoons are rated:
platoon.
FEARLESS VETERAN

A Hero Strelkovy Scout Platoons is a Reconnaissance

The scouts are outstanding individuals chosen from
Platoon.
throughout the division. Equipped with submachine-guns,
camouflage smocks, and even skis in winter, they are used
A Hero Strelkovy Scout Platoon is a Infiltration Platoon. to gather information before attacks, then either infiltrate
They may Infiltrate a Hero Shturmoyve Group or Hero behind enemy lines or reconnoitre routes along which they
Strelkovy Battalion. See the Infiltration rules on page 250 lead troops forward to launch a surprise attack.
of the rulebook.
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Hero Tank KAPITAN
Destruction Company KAPITAN
Company
HQ Section with: Command Rifle team
HQ Section
4 45mm obr 1942 110 points
4 57mm ZIS-2 215 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

4 76mm ZIS-3 anti-tank gun 145 points

Anti-tank gun Anti-tank gun
4 100mm BS-3 380 points
2 100mm BS-3 190 points
Truck Truck
Option
• Add trucks for +5 points for the company. Anti-tank gun Anti-tank gun

A Hero Tank Destruction Company is rated Fearless Truck Truck

Veteran. Anti-tank Platoon Anti-tank Platoon

FEARLESS VETERAN Hero Tank Destruction Company

Hero Strelkovy Battalion KAPITAN

Company KAPITAN Serzhant

HQ Section with:
Maksim HMG
3 Rifle Platoons 275 points 230 points Command Rifle/MG team
Machine-gun
2 Rifle Platoons 190 points 160 points HQ Section Platoon

Options LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

• Add Maksim HMG team for +25 points.
• Replace all Rifle/MG teams with SMG teams in one Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Rifle Platoon at no cost.
• Replace up to one SMG or Rifle/MG team per Rifle
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Platoon with a Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points
per team. Rifle Platoon Rifle Platoon
LEYTENANT
The casualties of the continuous fighting starting from the
opening of Operation Bagration in July 1944 have left the
Red Army’s rifle divisions much reduced in man-power. Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Many divisions are down to only the size of a battalion or a Rifle Platoon
small regiment. However, these men are able to call on their Hero strelkovy Battalion
experience during the fighting for Berlin.
Once the Shturmovye Groups have taken their objective and
While the division’s Shturmovye Groups lead the attack on the have moved on to their next objective, the Strelkovy Battalion
enemy positions, the rest of the Strelki (riflemen) follow behind can move forward to take over the captured ground and
as the reserve and to mop up isolated pockets of resistance. prepare to defend against counterattacks.
The Strelkovy Battalions retain all their standard weapons.
Their Mosin Nagant rifles, DP light machine-guns, and
Maksim heavy machine-guns are ideal for the reserve role
where they provide covering fire for the assaulting Shturmovye
Groups.
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Hero Submachine-gun Battalion KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN

HQ Section with:
3 SMG Platoons 275 points 230 points Command SMG team

2 SMG Platoons 190 points 160 points HQ Section

1 SMG Platoon 105 points 90 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

Option
• Replace up to one SMG team per SMG Platoon with SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
a Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points per team.
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
The industrious workers of the Soviet Union produce
SMG Platoon SMG Platoon
thousands of PPSh submachine-guns and millions of rounds
of submachine-gun ammunition each month. This means LEYTENANT
the Red Army can arm whole companies of soldiers with
these deadly close-range assault weapons. SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
Use your submachine-gun companies to assault the enemy SMG Platoon
ahead of your strelkovy. The high rate of fire of their guns will
Hero SUBmachine-gun Battalion
keep the cowardly Germans pinned in their holes.

Hero Shturmovye Group KAPITAN

Company KAPITAN

HQ Section with:
Assault Group and Command SMG team
Reinforcement Group 300 points 255 points HQ Section

Add LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

Reserve Group for +130 points +110 points

SMG team Storm team SMG team Storm team

The Assault, Reinforcement, and Reserve Groups are made
up of Storm teams. There is no actual team called a Storm
Storm team Storm team Storm team Storm team
team. Instead these can be any of the following types of teams:
Assault Group Reinforcement Group
• SMG team, • Maksim HMG team, LEYTENANT

• Pioneer SMG team, • 82-BM-41 mortar,

• Panzerfaust SMG team, • 45mm obr 1942 gun, SMG team Storm team Storm team Storm team
Reserve Group
• MG team, • 76mm obr 1927 gun, or
Hero Shturmovye Group
• PTRD anti-tank rifle • Heavy Gun team (see
team, below). A Hero Shturmovye Group is unusual in that the com-
position of the company can change from game to game.
Each Shturmoyve Group cannot have more then four Storm
You must choose the composition of your Hero Shturmovye
teams of the same type.
Group for each game before deployment begins.
Up to four Heavy Gun teams can be taken. These can be up
to two each of the following teams.
A Red Army (marked ) Hero Shturmovye Group Platoon
76mm ZIS-3 anti-tank gun, or
is rated:
FEARLESS TRAINED
203mm obr 1931 assault howitzer and Stalinets tractor.
Each 76mm ZIS-3 anti-tank gun replaces two Storm A Guards (marked ) Hero Shturmovye Group Platoon
teams. Each 203mm obr 1931 assault howitzer replaces is rated:
FEARLESS VETERAN
three Storm teams.

A Hero Shturmovye Group uses the Smoke Pots special rule

on page 15.
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Hero Sapper Company KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN

HQ Section with:
3 Sapper Platoons 225 points 185 points Command Rifle team Pioneer Supply horse-drawn wagon
2 Sapper Platoons 155 points 130 points HQ Section

Options LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

• Add a Pioneer Supply horse-drawn wagon for
+20 points or a Pioneer Supply truck for +25 points.
Pioneer Rifle team Pioneer Rifle team
• Replace up to one Pioneer Rifle team per Sapper
Platoon with a Panzerfaust SMG team for +10 points
per team. Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team

In this grand offensive, there will be no shortage of things to SAPPER Platoon SAPPER Platoon
blow up, bridges to build, or German positions to reduce. LEYTENANT
The sappers have borne the brunt of the war on their backs,
but now they, like your other troops, have an opportunity to
exact revenge. Pioneer Rifle team Pioneer Rifle team Pioneer Rifle team
Sapper Platoon

Hero Sapper Company

Hero Inzhenerno-Saperniy KAPITAN

Company KAPITAN

Company
HQ Section with: Command Pioneer Supply
Pioneer SMG team Truck
3 Assault Sapper Platoons 445 points
HQ Section
2 Assault Sapper Platoons 310 points
1 Assault Sapper Platoon 170 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

Option
• Add Pioneer Supply truck for +25 points. Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

A Hero Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company is rated Fearless Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer

Veteran. SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

FEARLESS VETERAN Assault Sapper Assault Sapper

Platoon Platoon
LEYTENANT

A Hero Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company is unusual in that

the composition of the company can change from game to game. Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Each Assault Sapper Platoon can replace up to two Pioneer SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
SMG teams with teams from the following list: Assault Sapper Platoon

Pioneer MG team Hero Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company

PTRD anti-tank rifle team

A Hero Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company, including any
Maksim HMG team attached Flame-thrower teams, is equipped with Sapper
82-BM-41 mortar team Body Armour (page 15).

Pioneer Panzerfaust SMG team

A Hero Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company uses the Smoke Pots
The teams swap one team for another single team. Each Hero special rule on page 15.
Inzhenerno-Saperniy Company cannot have more than four
teams of each type listed above. The specialist brigades of Engineer-Sappers are the elite arm
You must choose the composition of your Hero Inzhenerno- of the Red Army’s engineer corps. These well-trained engi-
Saperniy Companies for each game before deployment begins. neering assault troops are often called on to overcome the
most difficult enemy defences.
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Hero Strelkovy LEYTNANT
Flame-thrower Platoon LEYTENANT Serzhant
Platoon
2 Flame-thrower Sections 200 points 200 points Flame-thrower team Flame-thrower team
1 Flame-thrower Section 100 points 100 points
Flame-thrower team Flame-thrower team
Flame-thrower Flame-thrower
A Hero Strelkovy Flame-thrower Platoon must make Section Section
Combat Attachments to Hero Shturmoyve Groups, Hero Hero Strelkovy Flame-thrower Platoon
Strelkovy Battalions, or Hero Inzhenerno-Saperniy
Companies with all of their sections. Flame-thrower teams
may be distributed among any of the above companies or
attached to a single company. Flame-thrower teams adopt
the rating of the company they are Combat Attached to.

Hero Artillery Battalion PODPOLKOVNIK

Company PODPOLKOVNIK

HQ Section with:
8 76mm ZIS-3 field gun Command Staff team Observer Horse-drawn
and 4 122mm obr 1938 345 points 305 points Rifle team Rifle team wagon

8 76mm ZIS-3 field gun 260 points 230 points HQ Section

4 76mm ZIS-3 field gun Kapitan LEYTENANT

and 4 122mm obr 1938 285 points 255 points
4 76mm ZIS-3 field gun 155 points 140 points
76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun
HQ Section with:
4 122mm obr 1938 185 points 170 points Horse-drawn limber Horse-drawn limber

Options
76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun
• Add Observer Rifle team for +15 points.
• Add horse-drawn wagon, horse-drawn limbers and
Stalinets tractors for +5 points per battery. Horse-drawn limber Horse-drawn limber

Like many things in the Red Army, the artillery lacks subtlety. 76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun
On the other side of the equation, the ‘Red God Of War’
makes up for this in sheer weight of fire.
Horse-drawn limber Horse-drawn limber
With an entire artillery battalion firing on a target, the effect
is usually the rapid end of hostile activity, and the quivering 76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun
survivors are to be mopped up by the infantry.
The lightweight and mobile 76mm ZIS-3 gun forms the
Horse-drawn limber Horse-drawn limber
mainstay of the artillery, with the heavier 122mm obr 1938
GUN Battery GUN Battery
giving the battalion’s bombardments destructive force.
Kapitan

122mm obr 1938 gun 122mm obr 1938 gun

122mm obr 1938 gun 122mm obr 1938 gun

Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets

tractor tractor tractor tractor
Howitzer Battery

Hero Artillery Battalion

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Hero Reserve PODPOLKOVNIK
Artillery Battalion PODPOLKOVNIK

Company
HQ Section with: Command Staff team Observer Truck
Rifle team Rifle team
8 122mm obr 1938 320 points 280 points HQ Section
4 122mm obr 1938 190 points 165 points
Kapitan LEYTENANT
8 152mm obr 1943 415 points 365 points
4 152mm obr 1943 240 points 215 points
8 122mm A-19 490 points 435 points Howitzer Howitzer
4 122mm A-19 285 points 255 points
8 152mm ML-20 510 points 450 points Howitzer Howitzer
4 152mm ML-20 295 points 265 points
8 203mm obr 1931 610 points 540 points
Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets
4 203mm obr 1931 335 points 310 points tractor tractor tractor tractor

Options
• Add an Observer Rifle team for +15 points.
Howitzer Howitzer
• Add a truck and Stalinets tractors for +5 points per
Gun Battery.
You may not field a Hero Reserve Artillery Battalion Howitzer Howitzer
unless you are also fielding a Hero Artillery Battalion
with at least as many guns in total.
Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets
The reserve artillery is always with us, and its devastating tractor tractor tractor tractor
bombardments are a boon to our spirits. The heavy howit- Gun Battery Gun Battery
zers and guns of the Red Army wipe away the enemy’s care- Hero Reserve Artillery Battalion
fully planned positions in an instant and leave little for your
motostrelkovy and tankovy to deal with when the dust settles.

Hero Strelkovy Heavy KAPITAN

Mortar Company KAPITAN
Company
HQ Section with: Command Rifle team Observer Rifle team

6 120-PM-38 180 points 160 points HQ Section

4 120-PM-38 125 points 110 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

Options
• Add Observer Rifle team for +15 points. 120-PM-38 Truck 120-PM-38 Truck
mortar mortar
• Add trucks for +5 points for the company.

Immediate artillery support for the Strelkovy Battalions 120-PM-38 Truck 120-PM-38 Truck
mortar mortar
comes from the 120-PM-38 heavy mortars.
Mortar Platoon Mortar Platoon
These heavy mortars are ideal weapons to follow the street LEYTENANT
fighting infantry into the city. They can be set up in squares
and parks to provide heavy firepower from just a few streets
away from the battling Red Army riflemen. 120-PM-38 Truck 120-PM-38 Truck
mortar mortar
Mortar Platoon
Hero Strelkovy Heavy MORTAR Company
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Hero 160mm Mortar Battalion PODPOLKOVNIK
Company PODPOLKOVNIK

HQ Section with:
8 160mm obr 1943 250 points 220 points Command Rifle team Observer Rifle team Truck

6 160mm obr 1943 205 points 180 points HQ Section

4 160mm obr 1943 145 points 130 points

Kapitan LEYTENANT
2 160mm obr 1943 75 points 70 points

Options 160mm obr 1943 mortar 160mm obr 1943 mortar

• Add an Observer Rifle team for +15 points.
• Add a truck and Stalinets tractors for +5 points per
160mm obr 1943 mortar 160mm obr 1943 mortar
Mortar Battery.

The Red Army’s new 160mm obr 1943 heavy mortar equips
Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets
the artillery’s heavy mortar brigades. The 160mm mortar tractor tractor tractor tractor
was originally designed by scaling up the 120-PM-38 heavy
mortar, but it soon became obvious that drop loading a
40kg mortar bomb would be difficult due the bomb weight 160mm obr 1943 mortar 160mm obr 1943 mortar
and the length the firing tube. To overcome this problem a
breach loading mechanism was adapted to the weapon. The
whole mortar weighs in at a hefty 1170kg, but to make it 160mm obr 1943 mortar 160mm obr 1943 mortar
easy to adjust for firing and to move over short distances it
is fitted with wheels.
Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets Stalinets
The key advantages of the 160mm obr 1943 (also known tractor tractor tractor tractor
as the MT-13) is its ability to deliver a hefty payload up Mortar Battery Mortar Battery
to 5000 metres and to fire 10 rounds per minute. It was
also less costly and resource intensive to manufacture than Hero 160mm Mortar Battalion
similar calibre guns and howitzers.
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Guards Hero Rocket PODPOLKOVNIK
Mortar Battalion PODPOLKOVNIK LEYTENANT

Company
HQ Section with: Command Observer
Rifle team Rifle team
8 BM-13-16 Katyusha 215 points 215 points DShK AA truck

4 BM-13-16 Katyusha 135 points 135 points

2 BM-13-16 Katyusha 75 points 75 points Truck
HQ Section DShK AA truck
8 BM-31-12 Katyusha 375 points 375 points
Anti-AIRCRAFT
4 BM-31-12 Katyusha 225 points 225 points platoon
2 BM-31-12 Katyusha 120 points 120 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Options
• Model all BM-13-16 Katyusha or BM-31-12
Katyusha rocket launchers with five or more crew
and count each rocket launcher as two weapons when Rocket launcher Rocket launcher
firing a bombardment for +10 points per Rocket
Mortar Platoon.
• Add Anti-aircraft Platoon for +50 points. Rocket launcher Rocket launcher
• Replace all DShK AA trucks with 37mm obr 1939 Rocket mortar Rocket mortar
guns towed by trucks for +15 points for the platoon. platoon platoon

LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
A Guards Hero Rocket Mortar Battalion is rated Fearless
Trained.
FEARLESS TRAINED Rocket launcher Rocket launcher

Super Heavy Rockets

A Guards Hero Rocket Mortar Battalion equipped with Rocket launcher Rocket launcher
BM-31-12 Katyusha rocket launchers uses the Super Heavy Rocket mortar Rocket mortar
platoon platoon
Rockets special rule.
Guards Hero Rocket Mortar Battalion
At the start of the game, place a Full Salvo marker with
a Guards Hero Rocket Mortar Battalion equipped with Mobile Rocket Launchers
BM-31-12 Katyusha rocket launchers. Remove this marker
Guards rocket mortar battalions used ‘shoot n’ scoot’ tactics
after firing an Artillery Bombardment.
like their German counterparts.
If a battalion with BM-31-12 Katyusha rocket launchers
does not have a Full Salvo marker when it fires an Artillery A Guards Hero Rocket Mortar Battalion that fired may
Bombardment, roll a Skill Test for each Rocket Launcher take a Skill Test in the Assault Step instead of taking part
able to fire in the Bombardment. Only those that pass the in an Assault:
Skill Test can fire as part of the Bombardment. • If it passes the Skill Test, remove all Smoke Trail markers
Place a Full Salvo marker on a battalion with BM-31-12 from all Rocket Launcher teams in the battalion.
Katyusha rocket launchers at the end of any Shooting Step • Otherwise, they are too slow in getting away, leaving
in which every Rocket Launcher in the platoon was able to them vulnerable to counterbattery artillery fire using the
fire an Artillery Bombardment, but none did so. Fire In the Sky rule on page 138 of the rulebook.
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Hero Anti-aircraft Company KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN

HQ Section with:
Command Rifle team
6 37mm obr 1939 180 points 160 points
HQ Section
4 37mm obr 1939 125 points 110 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Option
• Add trucks for +5 points for the company.
37mm obr 1939 gun 37mm obr 1939 gun
The Luftwaffe’s aircraft grow ever rarer as the campaign
grinds to its inevitable conclusion. In these final days, your
gunners are best used to support the infantry. Deploy your Truck Truck
guns up along the jump-off line and let loose with your high
rate-of-fire.
37mm obr 1939 gun 37mm obr 1939 gun
After the infantry has gone in to deal with what remains,
keep a vigilant eye on the skies just in case the Germans
try to launch an attack from the air. If they do, your expert Truck Truck
gunners will quickly dispatch them before they can inflict Anti-aircraft Anti-aircraft
any damage on our troops. Platoon Platoon
LEYTENANT

37mm obr 1939 gun 37mm obr 1939 gun

Truck Truck
Anti-aircraft Platoon

Hero Anti-aircraft Company

Air Support LEYtenant

Priority Air Support Leytenant

Il-2M Tip 3M Shturmovik 290 points

Il-2 Shturmovik 270 points Shturmovik
Flight
Limited Air Support
Air Support
Il-2M Tip 3M Shturmovik 225 points
Il-2 Shturmovik 200 points
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HEROES OF tHE SOViEt UNiON
‘Only the luckier, smarter, sharper crews made it out alive.’
— Vasili Pavolovich Bryukhov
The tireless advances from Operation Bagration to the very borders of Germany have severely depleted our heroic brigades.
Replacement soldiers and crews are rare, and time to develop new tactics is even more so. However, in an army where initia-
tive is often punishable, there are remarkable exceptions, adapting and leading crews or platoons toward final victory. Those
men that remain have become professional soldiers along the way and are determined to end this terrible war.

Hero companies and platoons from a Hero Gvardeyskiy Smarter

Tyazhelyy Tankovy Polk use all of the normal Soviet special
Many years of war have made the Soviet soldiers veterans.
rules on pages 249 to 252 of the rulebook (except for Hen
Once in combat, they know what to do and how best to
and Chicks). In addition they also use the Luckier, Smarter,
do it. They persevere, though still plagued by incompetent
and Sharper special rules.
leadership and an influx of poorly trained or ill-prepared
replacements.
Luckier
Your men have come through the cauldron of war. Most have Teams from Hero platoons and companies pass all Skill
been in action non-stop since Operation Bagration, nearly a year Tests on a result of 3+. In addition, when firing bombard-
ago. They have learned to survive, and the luckiest, smartest, ments, Hero companies roll to hit as though they were rated
and sharpest of these have become Heroes of the Soviet Union. as Veteran.

If the Company or 2iC Command team is Destroyed, your

opponent must roll a 5+, rather than the normal 4+, when Sharper
rolling for Warrior Team Casualties (see page 106 of the Years of training on the job means that tank crews have
rulebook). become familiar with their tanks and they know how to get
the most out of them.

Hero platoons and companies do not use the Hen and

Chicks special rule.
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Soviet Special Rules
In addition to the normal Soviet rules and the Heros of the Soviet Union rules, Soviet companies also use the following
special rules.

Smoke Pots Sapper Body Armour

Assault Groups and Engineer-Sappers used smoke pots and The engineer-sappers wore body armour to protect themselves
smoke grenades to mask their assaults against enemy strong- during close combat against the enemy in trenches and bunkers.
points. Special teams within each platoon bravely placed the Their steel body armour also gave good protection from knives,
smoke screen for their advancing comrades. bayonets, and spades wielded as weapons, as well as grenade
fragments and ricocheting bullets.
A platoon (Soviet company) with Smoke Pots may ­designate
Rifle, Rifle/MG, MG or SMG teams as Smoke Pot teams A team with Sapper Body Armour rolls a die when hit
to lay smoke for an assault. A Smoke Pot team cannot shoot during an Assault.
in the Shooting Step and is a Non-assaulting team during
If they score a 6, they are unharmed, but still count as hit
the Assault Step.
for the purposes of requiring a Motivation Test to Carry on
When the platoon (Soviet company) launches its assault, with the Assault or Fight Back.
roll a Skill Test for each Smoke Pot team within 4”/10cm of
If they roll any other score, they are Destroyed and removed
a platoon being assaulted. If any Smoke Pot team passes the
from the table as usual.
Skill Test then all teams from that platoon (Soviet company)
participating in the assault are Concealed.
Building Destroyer
Bed Spring Armour In Berlin the Soviets brought their 203mm heavy howitzers
In 1945 the Soviets began to fit mesh spaced armour to the forward to support the infantry in the city. These big guns
side of their tanks and assault guns to give added protection were used to clear buildings of German defenders, often
against weapons such as the Panzerfaust. This quickly became demolishing the building the process.
known as bed spring armour, due to it looking like the sprung
In addition to the normal Bunker Buster rules, if a 203mm
metal base of a bed.
obr 1931 howitzer Hits a team in a large building with
If a tank protected by Bed Spring Armour fails an Armour multiple rooms, all the teams in rooms adjacent to the
Save against a weapon with a Firepower of 5+ or 6 hitting target team’s room and those rooms above and below the
its Side armour, roll a special 4+ Bed Spring Armour save: target team’s room are also Hit.
• If the save is successful the Bed Spring Armour protects
the tank from the side shot. Cat Killers
• If the save is not successful the shot penetrated the Side The SU-100 self-propelled guns used their accurate long-
armour as normal. range anti-tank weapons to support Soviet troops against
German tanks.

SU-100 assault guns from a Assault Gun Company do not

use the Volley Fire special rule. Instead, SU-100 assault
guns from a Assault Gun Company that did not move in
the Movement Step may re-roll failed rolls To Hit when
shooting their main guns at platoons with all teams more
than 16”/40cm away.
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SOViEt ARSENAL
tANK tEAMS
Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Medium Tanks
T-34 obr 1942 Standard Tank 6 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Fast tank, Limited vision,
Wide-tracks.
76mm F-34 gun 32”/80cm 2 9 3+
T-34/85 obr 1944 Standard Tank 7 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG.
85mm ZIS-53 gun 32”/80cm 2 12 3+
M4 (M4A2 Sherman) Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+
M4 76mm (M4A2 Sherman) Standard Tank 7 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected ammo.
M1 76mm gun 32”/80cm 2 12 3+

Heavy Tanks
IS-2 obr 1943 Slow Tank 10 8 2 Co-ax MG, Turret-rear MG.
122mm D-25T gun 32”/80cm 1 15 2+ Breakthrough gun.
IS-2 obr 1944 Slow Tank 11 8 2 Co-ax MG, Turret-rear MG.
122mm D-25T gun 32”/80cm 1 15 2+ Breakthrough gun.

Enginering Tanks
OT-34 Standard Tank 6 5 1 Co-ax MG, Fast tank, Limited vision, Wide-tracks.
76mm F-34 gun 32”/80cm 1 9 3+
ATO-42 flame-thrower 4”/10cm 2 - 6 Flame-thrower, Hull mounted.
OT-34/85 Standard Tank 7 5 1 Co-ax MG.
85mm ZIS-53 gun 32”/80cm 1 12 3+
ATO-42 flame-thrower 4”/10cm 2 - 6 Flame-thrower, Hull mounted.

Assault Guns
SU-76M Standard Tank 3 1 0 Wide-tracks.
76mm ZIS-3 gun 32”/80cm 2 9 3+ Hull mounted, Volley fire.
SU-100 Slow Tank 9 5 1 Overloaded.
100mm D-10S gun 40”/100cm 1 16 2+ Hull mounted, Cat killer.
ISU-122 Slow Tank 9 7 2
122mm D-25S gun 32”/80cm 1 15 2+ Breakthrough gun, Hull mounted, Volley fire.
ISU-152 Slow Tank 9 7 2
152mm ML-20S gun 32”/80cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Hull mounted, Volley fire.

Rocket Launchers
BM-13-16 Katyusha Wheeled - - - Mobile rocket launcher.
BM-13-16 rocket launcher 64”/160cm - 2 4+ Rocket launcher.
BM-31-12 Katyusha Wheeled - - - Mobile rocket launcher.
BM-31-12 rocket launcher 48”/120cm - 3 1+ Rocket launcher, Super heavy rockets.

Anti-aircraft Vehicles
DShK AA truck Wheeled - - -
DShK AA gun 16”/40cm 4 4 5+ Anti-aircraft, Portee.
ZSU M17 MGMC (quad .50 cal) Half-tracked 1 0 0
M45 quad .50 cal gun 16”/40cm 6 4 5+ Anti-aircraft.

Vehicle Machine-guns
Vehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 if other weapons fire.
.50 cal Vehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 4 5+ ROF 1 if other weapons fire.
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GUN tEAMS
Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes

Machine-guns
Maksim HMG Man-packed 24”/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 3 when pinned down or moving.

Infantry Anti-tank
PTRD anti-tank rifle Man-packed 16”/40cm 2 5 5+ Tank Assault 3, Volley fire.

Mortars
82-BM-41 mortar Man-packed 24”/60cm 2 2 3+ Minumum range 8”/20cm, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 40”/100cm - 2 6
120-PM-38 mortar Light 56”/140cm - 3 3+
160mm obr 1943 mortar Heavy 56”/140cm - 4 2+

Infantry Guns
76mm obr 1927 Light 16”/40cm 2 5 3+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 64”/160cm - 3 6
203mm obr 1931 assault howitzer Immobile 24”/60cm 1 14 1+ Bunker buster, Building destroyer, Volley fire.

Anti-aircraft Guns
DShK AA MG Man-packed 16”/40cm 4 4 5+ Anti-aircraft, Turntable.
37mm obr 1939 gun Immobile 24”/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft, Turntable.

Anti-tank Guns
45mm obr 1942 gun Light 24”/60cm 3 8 4+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
57mm ZIS-2 gun Medium 32”/80cm 3 11 4+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
76mm ZIS-3 anti-tank gun Medium 32”/80cm 2 9 3+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
100mm BS-3 gun Immobile 40”/100cm 1 16 2+ Gun shield, Volley fire.

Artillery
76mm ZIS-3 field gun Medium 32”/80cm 2 9 3+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 3 6
122mm obr 1938 howitzer Immobile 24”/60cm 1 7 2+ Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 4 3+
122mm A-19 obr 1931/37 gun Immobile 32”/80cm 1 15 2+ Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 88”/220cm - 4 3+
152mm obr 1943 howitzer Immobile 24”/60cm 1 10 1+ Bunker buster, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 5 2+
152mm ML-20 obr 1931/37 Immobile 32”/80cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 88”/220cm - 5 2+
203mm obr 1931 howitzer Immobile 24”/60cm 1 14 1+ Bunker buster, Building destroyer, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 88”/220cm - 5 1+
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iNFANtRY tEAMS
Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Weapons and Notes
Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 2 6
Rifle/MG team 16”/40cm 2 2 6
MG team 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 2 when Pinned Down.
SMG team 4”/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Flame-thrower team 4”/10cm 4 - 6 Flame-thrower.
Komissar team 4”/10cm 1 1 6
Staff team 16”/40cm 1 2 6 Moves as a Heavy Gun team.

Additional Training and Equipment

Panzerfaust 4”/10cm 1 12 5+ Tank Assault 6, Cannot shoot in the Shooting Step if moved in the
Movement Step.
Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 4.

tRANSPORt tEAMS
Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes

Trucks
ZIS-5 3-ton, ZIS-6 4-ton, Dodge ¾-ton, or
Studebekker 2½-ton truck Wheeled - - -
Horse-drawn wagon Wagon - - -

Tractors
Horse-drawn limber Wagon - - -
Stalinets Slow Tank - - -

AiRCRAFt
Aircraft Weapon To Hit Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Il-2 Shturmovik Cannon 3+ 9 5+ Flying tank.
Bombs 4+ 5 1+
Rockets 3+ 6 3+
Il-2M Tip 3M Shturmovik Cannon 3+ 12 4+ Flying tank.
Bombs 4+ 5 1+
Rockets 3+ 6 3+