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LESSONS FROM THE FRONT
Frequently Asked Questions
November 2021
iLESSONS FROM THE FRONT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON FLAMES OF WAR
November 2021
During the time that the fourth edition of Flames Of War has been out, players have asked questions about
the game. The questions and their answers have been gathered into this document. Please note that this is
an on-going project. To help players who have read earlier versions of Lessons From the Front, new material is
marked with a line in the left margin. — Phil Yates, Game Designer
FORCES, Can my Formation Commander give following all the rules for moving. Then,
Command Leadership re-rolls if his once it has finished its movement, it no
FORMATIONS, UNITS, tank is Bailed Out? longer counts as having moved.
AND TEAMS Yes. Whether the Formation Commander This means that it must take any Cross
What’s a Sherman Team? Is it a single is Bailed Out or not has no effect. tests necessary, roll to cross Minefields
vehicle or a group of vehicles? as usual, and leaves any Foxholes it has
There are four levels in Flames Of War: Most Command Leadership re-rolls dug behind.
• Force - everything you have in the require the Formation Commander to
game (a Force card is where you find be close to the Unit Leader. However, If I move through several pieces of
Support Units). when Remounting a Bailed Out tank, Difficult Terrain, do I have to take a
the rules say the tank itself has to be Cross check for each of them?
• Formation - a Western company or close to the Formation Commander. Is
Soviet battalion, the core of your Yes.
this right?
Force (a Formation card tells you
which Units you can have in the Yes it is. If the Formation Commander If I moved into a wood last turn (and
Formation). wants to motivate a Bailed Out tank to took my Cross check then), do I need
Remount, they have to be close to that to take another Cross check this turn
• Unit - a Western platoon or Soviet tank, rather than the Unit Leader. to move out of it?
company, the smallest grouping of
stuff (a Unit card tells you what Yes. If you start your Movement in
Does the Command Leadership re-roll Difficult Terrain, you need to take a
Teams are in the Unit and what
apply to the Remount test needed when Cross check at that time.
their characteristics are).
a Bailed Out Tank is Bailed Out again?
• Team - a single playing piece,
Yes. It applies to all Remount tests for If a Unit Leader issues a Cross Here
either a single vehicle or a fire team
any reason. order, can they use it to cross multiple
of infantry.
pieces of Difficult Terrain?
What is an Artillery Unit? MOVEMENT Yes they can. Any team from the Unit
Some Movement Orders only affect crossing any of the Difficult Terrain
It is a Unit with a weapon capable of
teams in Line of Sight of the Unit within 6”/15cm of where the Unit
firing a Bombardment, i.e. one with a
Leader. Do friendly teams block Line Leader crossed will benefit.
ROF of Artillery or Salvo.
of Sight for Movement Orders?
No. Ignore friendly teams when determin- Does a Dig In or Mine Clearing move-
COMMAND ing Line of Sight for Movement Orders. ment order prevent teams that are not
If a team ended its Movement so digging foxholes or clearing mines
that it was In Command at the from moving?
If my Unit fails a Blitz Move movement
end of the Movement Step, does it No. Teams that are not using the
order, does it have to Move, or can it
remain In Command until its next Movement Order can act as they wish.
remain where it is and Go to Ground?
Movement Step?
It doesn’t have to Move. However, if it
Yes. In Command is defined by its posi- Can a team move through a
Shoots, it must shoot with the +1 penalty.
tion at the end of the Movement Step. friendly team?
When a team moves using a Blitz Move No. The Moving Through Gaps rule
The Command Leadership rules give applies. If the gap isn’t big enough, then
movement order, do they follow all
re-rolls if the Formation Commander you can’t move through it.
the normal Movement rules? Are they
is close enough and in Line of Sight.
actually moving? Remember, Infantry ignore their base
Do friendly teams block Line of Sight
Yes. A team using a Blitz Move movement when using this rule, so can move through
for command?
order doesn’t suddenly teleport to the new pretty small gaps, and Tanks Teams can
No. Ignore friendly teams when determin- easily move through them.
location. It moves 4”/10cm as normal,
ing Line of Sight for Command purposes.
1Can my models end their movement If an infantry unit is Mounted The purpose of the rule is to make it look
on top of other models? in Transports, does it remain like your toy soldiers are actually shooting
No. Pinned Down? at their target, so they need to turn to
Yes, it remains Pinned Down. However, face them.
TRANSPORT this does not stop the Transports from
Are Transport Teams Tank Teams? moving towards the enemy, but when the After rotating to face my target, other
infantry Dismount, they will have to do enemy teams are now in my field of
Yes. All Teams are either Tank, Infantry,
so away from the enemy if they are still fire. Can I shoot at them now?
Gun, or Aircraft Teams. Transport
Teams are Tank Teams with additional Pinned Down. No. You determine your field of fire before
capabilities. you pick your target. The rotation does
Some infantry (such as Soviet not change this.
If a Unit is being carried as Passengers, Tankodesantniki) are allowed to
can they use the Blitz Move movement Dismount to Charge into Contact What do I do if there isn’t enough space
order to Dismount? in the Assault Step. Can they do this to rotate a team to face the target?
after the Tank they are riding moved at If the team can rotate by moving slight-
Yes, as long as all the rules for Dismounting Dash Speed?
(such as you can’t do it after the Transport ly away from the obstacle, then do so.
has moved) are obeyed. No. They have effectively moved at Dash Otherwise, it just rotates as far as it can
Speed themselves, so cannot Charge and shoots anyway.
into Contact.
Can a Passenger Dismount using a
Shoot and Scoot movement order from CONCEALMENT
a Transport vehicle that did not move What if the Tanks they were riding Do the general Concealment rules
in the previous Movement Step? Moved more than 10”/25cm at Tactical for Tall terrain apply to Hills and
Speed or used a Movement Order other Buildings? Is my tank concealed simply
No. You can only Mount and Dismount than Follow Me? by being on a hill?
in the Movement Step.
Since that would stop them from Hills and Buildings do not follow the
Charging into Contact if they had done rules for Tall Terrain as they have their
Can I use a Movement Order to
it, they cannot do so. own rules for Concealment.
Dismount my infantry from a
Transport after it has moved?
No. Teams cannot Dismount after their SHOOTING Infantry teams that are stationary in
Why does a heavy Gun team like an Flat Terrain are Concealed. Teams in
Transport has moved.
8.8cm AA gun have a Moving ROF of Short Terrain are Concealed unless
1 when it doesn’t have a Tactical speed? the team looking at them is on a Hill
Can Passengers in a Transport take or
or other high ground. Is an Infantry
dispute an Objective? When it is Pinned Down it shoots using
team that is stationary in Short Terrain
Yes they can. its Moving ROF rating, getting only one
Concealed to a team looking at it
shot. Likewise, at the start of a Meeting
from a Hill?
The Unit Transport rule requires that Engagement, if the 8.8cm gun belongs to
the first player, it will shoot as moving, Yes. While the Hill cancels the benefit of
a Transport Attachment’s Unit Leader the Short Terrain (essentially making it
remain within 6”/15cm of the Infantry i.e. using its Moving ROF, so it will get
one shot in this case as well. the same as Flat Terrain), it doesn’t make
Unit’s Leader. What happens if the stationary Infantry teams any more visi-
Transport Attach ment’s Unit Leader ble. They are still Concealed.
can’t do this? My M4 Sherman tank has three
machine-guns. The .50 cal AA MG has
Then the Transport Attachment has to GONE TO GROUND
ROF 3, while the other two only have a
be Sent to the Rear (see page 45 of the Is there any benefit to having my teams
combined ROF 2. Why is that?
rulebook). Gone to Ground if I’m not Concealed?
Adding more machine-guns after the
first has diminishing returns. The first No. Only teams that are Concealed
Does the Unit Transport rule apply to
machine-gun has the most effect, while benefit from the additional +1 to be hit
the Formation HQ transports?
each additional machine-gun adds a (taking the bonus from +1 to +2) for
Yes. They must remain near the smaller increment. being Gone to Ground.
Formation Commander.
ROTATE TO FACE So why can my teams be Gone to
Can a Pinned Down infantry unit Ground in the middle of an open field?
Do all Teams need to rotate to face?
Mount their Transport?
What about Infantry teams that have Suppose you have a tank behind a hedge.
Yes they can. However, they can’t move an all-round field of fire? It doesn’t want to shoot or move, so is
towards visible enemy while doing so. Gone to Ground. To teams looking at it
All Teams, including Infantry teams,
That means that their Transports need from across the hedge, it is Concealed,
need to rotate to face their target.
to be behind them so they can fall back so gets the +2 bonus to be hit for being
into them. Concealed and Gone to Ground.
2On the other hand, a team that is behind If I shoot Smoke at a team in the upper Does a Passenger in a vehicle destroyed
the hedge looking at it will see it sitting storey of a building, where do I place by a Brutal weapon like the 150mm
in the open in the middle of the field, the Smoke Marker? main gun of a Hummel re-roll its save?
without concealment. In this case, there As per the rules, you place the Smoke Yes. Passengers of a Destroyed vehicle need
is no benefit from being Gone to Ground, Marker on the target team, in to make an Infantry Save, and Brutal
and the team shoots at it with no penalty. the building. forces them to re-roll any Infantry Saves.
Can my Tank teams be Gone Can a Team on a hill or in the What if the transport vehicle was
to Ground? upper story of a building see over a Destroyed by a Repeat Bombardment
Yes. Infantry, Gun, and Tank teams can Smoke Marker? (which also requires any Infantry teams
all be Gone to Ground. In the case of a No. Teams beyond a Smoke Marker that it hits to re-roll successful Saves).
Tank team, this represents the crew find- always benefit from the effect of the smoke. Yes. The Repeat Bombardment also
ing the best concealment available and The only exception is Aircraft, which are forces the Passengers to re-roll their
doing things like covering their tank in only affected by Smoke Markers within Infantry Saves.
branches to make it harder to see. 4”/10cm of the teams on the ground.
MISTAKEN TARGET
LINE OF SIGHT MIXED TARGETS You have to assign one of the hits from
Do the general Line of Sight rules My tanks are shooting at a unit of three a shooting team to the team that it was
for Tall terrain apply to Hills and enemy tanks, one standing in the open, targeting. Does this restriction also
Buildings? one concealed at the edge of a wood, apply to the opponent when they use
No. The specific Line of Sight and and one out of sight behind the woods. the Mistaken Target rule?
Concealment rules for Hills cover the What score do I need to hit them if No. It is possible to use the Mistaken
special case of Hills. they are within 16”/40cm and have a Target rule to swap hits between the
Is Hit On number of 3+? target team and a team that had no hits
If I have a team on a high hill trying to If your tanks target the tank in the open, assigned, resulting in the targeted team
shoot at a team on the far side of a low they’ll need 3+ to hit. They could target not having any hits on it.
building, can It do so? the tank in the woods (needing 4+ as it
The height of a hill is exactly the height it is Concealed), but would normally gain BULLETPROOF COVER
is modelled. The only way to know what little from doing so. Does an Infantry team need to be
you can see from that hill is to get down immediately behind a stone wall or
to the level of the model and see if there is I’ve just scored three hits rolling 3, similar bulletproof terrain to be in
a Line of Sight over the building or other 3, and 5. How are my hits allocated? Bulletproof Cover?
intervening obstacle to the opposing team. Which hits can I allocate to the tank No. So long as it is Concealed by the
in the woods? Can I allocate hits to the bulletproof terrain, it is in Bulletproof
A shooting team has line of sight to tank behind the woods? Cover and the opponent needs to make a
a window into a building containing The score you rolled to get the hit has no Firepower test to Destroy it.
several infantry teams. Which ones can impact on how the hits are allocated.
I shoot at? Think of it this way. The hardest part of KILLING COMMANDERS
You can’t shoot through walls, so you’ll hitting a target on the modern battlefield If my Formation Command team is
need to see the target team through a door is finding it without being hit first. A Destroyed, but succeeds in switching
or a window to be able to hit it. lone tank sitting in the open is a dead to a Team from another Unit, does the
The Terrain Table has a bit of an oddity giveaway. Where there’s one, there’ll be Formation HQ Unit still exist?
where it says that doors and windows are more. Now that you know where the
Since the Formation HQ Unit is defined
Short Terrain while the walls they are enemy are, it’s a lot easier to find the rest
as the Formation Command team (and
in are Tall Terrain. It makes more sense of the unit that’s trying to hide.
possibly other teams as well), and the
to view the doors and windows as Tall So, in game terms, having figured out Formation Commander still exists, the
Terrain too. where the enemy is, you’ve scored three HQ Unit still exists.
That means that you’ll be able to see any hits. The first hit has to go to the target
teams in the building that you have line tank, and all hits have to be allocated If my Formation Commander was
of sight to through a door or a window, to valid targets, so the tank behind the Destroyed, but switched to a Team
and that are within 2”/5cm of the door woods can’t be hit. That leaves two more from another Unit, does that Unit
or window. hits to be allocated. They have to be allo- count the Team taken by the Formation
cated evenly, so one has to go to the tank Commander as being Destroyed?
The converse applies for teams looking out
in the woods, leaving you the choice of
of the building at your troops too. No. That Team is simply is no longer part
which of the two will take the second hit.
of the Unit. The Unit continues on with
one less Team.
3What if the Unit no longer has any Anti-aircraft weapons shooting in ARTILLERY
Teams left because the Formation the enemy turn shoot immediately
Mortars like the 3-inch mortar don’t
Commander switched to the last Team before the Aircraft shoots. Can you be
have a direct-fire line. Does that mean
in the Unit? Is the Unit Destroyed? more specific?
that they can only fire bombardments?
A Unit that has no Teams left is not a As it says, the AA weapon shoots imme-
Yes it does.
Unit, so yes, it is Destroyed. diately before the Aircraft, so whenever
the player declares that they are going to
DANGER CLOSE
ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHOOTING shoot with their Aircraft, the AA player
Do Aircraft prevent you from firing a
If a Tank Team shooting at aircraft is can jump in and try to shoot them down
Bombardment near them?
at the very edge of a wood, does it see first. You can wait to shoot your Aircraft
the aircraft unconcealed, as it would an until after your tanks have knocked out Yes. Pilots really don’t like their own
enemy tank? the enemy AA weapons if you want to, side firing explosive projectiles into
which would limit the amount of AA fire their airspace.
Yes, terrain works the same for aircraft
as for any other team, with the excep- they would take.
RANGING IN
tion that all Short Terrain and any Tall
If my Anti-aircraft weapon shot in If my Artillery Battery fails to Range
Terrain more than 4”/10cm from the
my previous turn, can it shoot at an In, can it Shoot with direct fire? Can it
ground Team is ignored.
Aircraft in the enemy turn? still be Gone to Ground?
If my Anti-aircraft team is in the Yes it can. You don’t need to predict when No. It fired ranging shots for the
middle of a wood, can it still shoot enemy Aircraft will appear. However, Bombardment, preventing it from
at aircraft? once it shoots at an Aircraft in the enemy Shooting and revealing its position.
Yes, although the Aircraft will be turn, it cannot shoot in its own next turn.
If I fail all my attempts to Range In
Concealed. Nothing ever blocks Line of
If my Anti-aircraft weapon shoots at an with a One Use weapon, can I try
Sight to Aircraft. Presumably the Anti-
Aircraft in the enemy turn, the rules say again later?
aircraft Unit is set up in a small clearing.
the Weapon cannot shoot in Defensive Yes you can. Until you actually fire the
Does Smoke ever block Line-of-Sight Fire or Assault in its next Assault step? Artillery Bombardment, you still have
to and from Aircraft? How does that affect a Team? the ammunition to try again.
No, however it does provide Concealment. If the weapon cannot shoot, the Team The same applies with other artillery
Smoke is in effect treated as Tall Terrain can fire its other weapons in Defensive limitations such as the 30cm Nebelwerfer
for the purpose of Line-of-Sight to Fire. For example, a Sherman shoots its Command Card’s three Bombardment
Aircraft, meaning if within 4”/10cm of .50 cal AA MG at some helicopters, then limitation. If you don’t actually fire
anti-aircraft team or target, but is still is assaulted by some enemy infantry. It the Bombardment, you don’t use the
just Smoke for Concealment. can shoot its MG in Defensive Fire, but ammunition.
not its .50 cal AA MG.
Does my Sherman have to point However, because one of its weapons An Artillery Battery started with game
its turret at a Aircraft to shoot its shot at an Aircraft in the enemy turn, with its Ranged In marker on the
AA MG at it? the Sherman cannot Assault in its next table. Does it force enemy teams to
Assault Step. re-roll their Saves using the Repeating
No. The AA MGs can engage targets in
Bombardments rule on the first turn.
different directions from the main 75mm
gun. Since they cannot easily be reposi- My Anti-aircraft team fires during Yes it does. It is firing on its existing
tioned on the model and would have no the enemy turn at some aircraft, then Ranged In marker, so it is a Repeated
effect if you could, you do not need to doesn’t do anything in their own next Bombardment.
point them at the target. turn, are they Gone to Ground in the
next enemy turn? I have an Artillery Battery that is firing
AA IN THE ENEMY TURN No, it effectively grabbed its shooting a Repeat Bombardment. I also have
What ROF do Anti-aircraft weapons from its own next turn. another Artillery Battery that I want to
use when shooting at Aircraft in the The basic concept is it can’t be Gone to Range In on a new target. Can I use
enemy turn? Ground if it shot in or since its last turn. the same team as the Spotting team for
both Bombardments?
They use their full ROF. If shooting in
their own turn, this is whatever ROF they If it is Night and my Anti-aircraft Yes you can. However, although the
would normally have, Moving ROF or weapon shoots at an Aircraft in the Repeat Bombardment automatically
Halted ROF depending on whether they enemy turn, does the enemy need to Ranges In on its first attempt, that
moved if Dedicated AA, otherwise 1 die. roll on the Night Vision Table to see it? still counts as the Spotting Team’s first
No. It will be visible at night until the Ranging In attempt. You can then use
In the enemy turn, the fire with their
beginning of the next enemy turn. the Spotting team’s second (and third if
best ROF. That is normally their Halted
necessary) attempt to Range In the other
ROF, but if they have no Halted ROF,
Artillery Battery.
that will be their Moving ROF, but
once again, with ROF 1 if they are not
Dedicated AA.
4Can I do it the other way around, with Can a Team on a hill or in the upper My teams need to be within 4”/10cm
the Spotting team Ranging In the new story of a building see over a Smoke to Charge into Contact. Does that
Artillery Bombardment first? Screen from a Bombardment? allow an Infantry team that is 4”/10cm
Yes you can. However, if the Spotting No. The only things that can see or be seen behind another Infantry team that
team doesn’t Range In the new over a Smoke Screen are Aircraft, since charged to charge as well?
Bombardment by their second attempt, nothing blocks Line of Sight to Aircraft. Yes. As long as its 4”/10cm move brings
they won’t be able to Spot for the repeat it into Contact with the enemy (wheth-
Bombardment as their third attempt will ASSAULTS er directly or through a fellow Infantry
be taken up still trying to Range In the team), it can charge.
CHARGE INTO CONTACT
new Bombardment.
An Infantry team has Contacted the
Can a Tank contact the enemy by
enemy if ‘its front edge is as close as it
My Spotting team is Ranging In two moving into contact with another tank
can get to the enemy team’ or ‘its front
Repeat Bombardments, then attempt- that is in Contact with the enemy?
edge is as close as it can get to another
ing to Range In a third Artillery No. Only Infantry teams can Contact
Infantry team from its own Unit that
Battery. How does this work? the enemy through a friendly team,
is directly in Contact with an enemy
Each time they Range In uses up one team.’ What does the phrase ‘as close as and only if that friendly team is also an
of their attempts, so they’d use the first it can get’ mean? Infantry team.
two attempts Ranging In the repeat
This phrase is used to cover all the phys-
Bombardments, leaving their third Do I have to Charge into Contact with
ical things that can prevent a team from
attempt to try to Range In the third the closest enemy team?
being placed physically in contact with
Artillery Battery. No you don’t. You can Charge into
another, such as a wall or hedge between
them, or even irregularities in the table Contact with any enemy team that is
A Spotting team must have Line close enough, but you must take the short-
surface. Basically, if you can’t fit them any
Of Sight to the Aiming Point when est route to Contact that team.
closer together than they are, then they
Ranging In. Do friendly teams block
are in Contact.
Line of Sight for spotting? If an enemy team Charged into
No. Ignore friendly teams when determin- If my Infantry team doesn’t have Contact with the rear of my team, is
ing Line of Sight for Spotting purposes. enough movement to physically touch that team in Contact with the team
the enemy team, but moves as close that Charged it when I Counterattack?
Can a Transport team that is part of the as it can given its charge move, is it Does the team move when Charging
Formation HQ Spot for an Artillery in Contact? into Contact?
Bombardment? If an enemy team is in Contact with
No. It is still not as close as it can pos-
No. An HQ Transport cannot Spot for an sibly get to the enemy team, so it is not your team, then your team is already
Artillery Bombardment. in Contact. in Contact with that enemy team.
That means that it does not move when
ARMOUR SAVES If I can just get a corner of my team Charging into Contact.
Do tanks get a +1 to their Armour Save into Contact is that enough?
for being more than 16”/40cm from an No. The rules require the front edge to be
DEFENSIVE FIRE
Artillery Battery that hit them with an in contact, not a corner. The reprinted (Late War) rulebook has
Artillery Bombardment? a change to how Defensive Fire forces
No. That bonus only applies to Armour Do I have to Contact the front edge back Armoured Tank teams. The rule
Saves from Shooting, not to Artillery of the enemy team, or can I contact now reads:
Bombardments. it anywhere? If all the Assaulting teams are
You can Contact any part of the enemy Armoured Tank teams, they only Fall
SMOKE BOMBARDMENTS team with the front edge of your team, Back if two or more of them (or all
If I’m attempting to fire a Smoke the front, side, or rear of its base, or even of them if fewer) are Bailed Out or
Bombardment (and it’s a once per a corner of its base. Destroyed by Defensive Fire, regardless
game option) and fail to Range In, can of the number of hits they take.
I try again later? Do I need to be square to the enemy This means that all Armoured Tank
Yes you can. Until you actually fire the team’s base when I Contact them? teams, even those with Top Armour
Smoke Bombardment, you still have the 0, require two vehicles to be Bailed
No. You stop when you Contact them,
ammunition stocks to try again. Out or Destroyed to prevent them from
and may or may not be square on to them
assaulting.
at that point.
Can I use an existing Ranged In
marker from a previous turn to fire a If my Infantry teams are stationary in
Smoke Bombardment without needing Flat Terrain, and therefore Concealed,
to Range In again? can they use the Sneaking Up on Tanks
Yes you can.
5rule to prevent the Tank teams that If I have an Infantry team and a Tank When my Unit Counterattacks, can I
they are Assaulting from performing team, both in Contact with an enemy move teams that have been Contacted
Defensive Fire? rifle team and an enemy bazooka team, by the enemy?
No. The Infantry must be Concealed by can I allocate the bazooka hit to the No. A team that is in Contact with the
Short or Tall Terrain. Infantry team and the rifle team’s hit to enemy, either because the enemy Charged
the Tank team? into Contact with them, or because the
Does getting Pinned Down by some- Yes. Presumably the Infantry team were team Charged into Contact with the
thing like being hit by a Minefield or attempting to protect the Tank team from enemy, cannot move. It is already in
the Defensive Fire of a Flame-thrower the bazooka, and kept it away from the Contact with the enemy (because the
force my assaulting Unit to Fall Back Tank team, but died in the process. enemy is in Contact with it), and must
and end the assault? fight the enemy it is in Contact with
No. The only thing that forces you to Fall My Bazooka anti-tank teams have before seeking out other targets.
Back is taking a sufficient number of hits the Assault 6 special rule. What does
from Defensive Fire. A single hit that this mean? BREAKING OFF
Pins Down a Unit will not do that. It means that instead of hitting on a 5+ I have two Units ready to launch
in Assaults like the larger M1 Garand assaults on an enemy Infantry unit. My
If a tank charges a gun with the rifle teams, the small Bazooka teams hit first Unit assaults and is forced to Break
Forward Firing rule from slightly off to on a roll of 6. Off. My other Unit is within 6”/15cm
the side, it will hit the front at an angle of the victorious defending Infantry
and, because a small part of the tank is How do my infantry kill tanks unit. Does it have to Break Off as well,
behind the front of the gun, it will now in assaults? or can it still launch its own assault?
technically be out of the gun’s Field of Infantry that hit a tank in an Assault Only Units that were part of the assault
Fire, preventing the gun from shooting may either use their normal Anti-tank can be forced to Break Off. Since you
in Defensive Fire. Is this right? rating against a tank’s Side armour or cannot assault with two Units at the
While it is technically correct, it makes Anti-tank 2 against its Top armour. same time, your second Unit cannot have
no sense as it would essentially prevent Using weapons like the Bazooka can been part of the assault, so does not need
Forward Firing guns from shooting in be very effective against lighter vehicles to Break Off.
Defensive Fire in most situations. like the Panzer IV, but have limited Unless the defenders Consolidate away
A better interpretation of the rule is that effect against heavy tanks like the Tiger. from your second Unit (so that it can
if the tank was a valid target at the start Against these infantry in the open can no longer Charge into Contact), it can
of its Charge into Contact, and is still at only endure and hope the tanks break off launch its own assault once the first is over.
least partly in front of the gun’s base when before the infantry’s own determination
it makes Contact with a defending team, to counterattack fails. An enemy Tank Unit assaults my
then the gun can shoot in Defensive Fire. infantry and forces them to Break
COUNTERATTACK Off. I have tanks within 6”/15cm of
Can the gun then use its Anti-tank I have passed my roll to Counterattack. the assaulting teams, do my tanks also
rating against the tank’s Side Armour Can I add additional teams into the need to Break Off?
rating when it counterattacks, or does Assault, or am I limited to those teams Yes they do. As the defender in the assault,
it have to use the default Anti-tank already involved? all of your teams within 8”/20cm of an
2 against Top Armour? You are limited to those teams already assaulting team are part of the assault.
Again, while the tank is not technically involved in the assault. That means only That makes your tanks part of the assault
in its Field of Fire (the requirement for the teams that originally assaulted on the (and thus able to shoot in Defensive Fire)
using the gun’s Anti-tank rating), if the attacker’s side and those originally within even though the assaulting tanks cannot
tank was in the gun’s Field of Fire for 8”/20cm of them on the defender’s side. directly attack them. So, when their
Defensive Fire and still has at least part infantry support falls back, they do too.
of the tank in front of the gun’s base, then If my defending Unit passes its
it should be in the gun’s Field of Fire for Motivation test to Counterattack, can My tanks failed their Counterattack
this purpose as well. it Charge into Contact with teams test and are Breaking Off. Directly
from other Units on the attacking behind them there is a hedge, but just
ASSAULT COMBAT player’s side? off to the side is a gate. Do they have to
If I have two teams in Contact with No. Neither player may bring additional go back over the hedge and risk failing
two enemy teams and both of enemy teams into the assault. On the attacking their Cross test and getting captured,
teams score hits, can I allocate both player’s side, only the teams that initially or can they detour through the gate”
hits to the same team? assaulted are in the fight. On the defend- The rules are deliberately somewhat soft
No. You must spread the hits around if er’s side, only those within 8”/20cm of on the matter. It would be silly to require
there are multiple teams that are eligi- them at the start of the assault are in the tank to cross the hedge if it could
ble targets. the fight. move a few millimetres to the side and go
through the gate, for instance.
6If a team can dodge an obstacle, it may The phrase ‘only count teams that dawn to move forward to support the
if you want it to. Whichever choice you are In Command’ under In Good attack. Their opponent’s Units are free to
make, though, it must take the shortest Spirits in Unit Last Stand only refers move as they like.
path to do so. to the second part of the rule that lists
how many teams you need to be In I have a spotter who is attempting to
My troops are surrounded by enemy Good Spirits if you’ve taken casual- Range in three 25 pdr Field Troops.
infantry when they need to Break Off. ties, correct? These artillery batteries have the Mike
Can they move through the infantry Yes. Driving away from them doesn’t Target special rule that allows the
to get away? make the morale effect of the casual- spotter to immediately roll to Range
If that is the shortest path to safety, then ties go away. In another battery when they succeed
yes they can. in Ranging In another. How does
My unit had three tanks at the end of this work?
When I assault troops in a building, my last Movement Step and they were An example might be the best way to
do I have to go through the doors all In Command. My opponent shot explain this. Let’s say that your spotter
and windows? two of them, leaving just one alive. succeeds in Ranging In the first battery on
Yes. The walls are Impassable Terrain, so Are the two Destroyed tanks still In the first attempt. Normally, they would
you can’t move or fight through them. Command? Do they stop me from now move on to their second attempt and
needing to take a Last Stand test? try to Range In another battery.
If I Counterattack against a team in a They aren’t In Command, they’re dead! Instead, the Mike Target rule allows them
Minefield, do I risk getting hit by it? The unit only has one tank In Command, to make another first attempt to range In
Yes, even if the models didn’t move, they so needs to take a Last Stand test. another battery. Let’s say that they fail
are still moving around in a minefield. to Range In that battery. Now, having
A Transport Unit with just one team used the bonus attempt allowed by the
CONSOLIDATION remaining would need to take a Unit Mike Target rule, they move on to their
Last Stand test at the start of each turn. second attempt.
Can an Infantry Unit that is Pinned
Does it still need to do so if I Send it Let’s say they fail again, and move on
Down Consolidate towards visible
to the Rear? to their third attempt. This time they
enemy teams?
Yes. They are still disturbed by the succeed and Range In the second battery,
Yes it can. The restriction against moving
number of casualties they’ve taken and which will suffer a +2 penalty to hit for
towards visible enemy teams while
are likely to be reluctant to return to the having Ranged In on the third attempt.
Pinned Down does not apply while
front when called upon. Having successfully Ranged In another
Consolidating.
battery, the Mike Target rule comes into
A Formation is In Good Spirits if it has effect again, allowing the spotter to make
BUILDINGS
two Units still in existence. Can the another third attempt to Range In the last
How should I handle multiple storey
HQ be one of those? battery. Again they succeed, so the third
buildings?
Yes it can, although it doesn’t have to be. battery is also Ranged In on the third
The easiest way to handle it in the case attempt and suffers the +2 penalty to hit.
of small buildings is just treat them as
Do the Units need to be In Good
one space that can fit more Teams than a GERMAN RULES
Spirits to keep their Formation In
single-storey building.
Good Spirits? The German Stormtroopers rule allows
If the building is particularly large, you them to attempt a second Movement
No, they just have to still be in existence.
might want to break it up into a series of Order after succeeding in the first.
rooms, treating each room as a separate Can I use this to take a Blitz Move and
Can Independent Teams be part of
building that can either be reached direct- then Dig In?
a Formation? Can you count them
ly from the outside (although moving into
as Units to keep the Formation In No. You cannot Dig In if you’ve moved
an upstairs room from outside will not
Good Spirits? in any form, including using a Blitz
normally be possible) or from the rooms
No, they are never part of a Formation. Move order.
beside, above, or below it.
The Mounted Assault rule gives
LAST STAND SPECIAL RULES German half-tracks a bonus for their
I have a Unit that started the game BRITISH RULES Passengers when assaulting. If the half-
with one tank. When does it have to The British Night Attack rule stops track is Bailed Out and the Unit fails
take a Unit Last Stand test? Units that don’t have the Night Attack its Counterattack roll, so has to Break
A Unit only needs to take a Last Stand rule from moving out of their deploy- Off, can the Passengers dismount and
Test at the start of a turn when it had ment area. Isn’t this a rather harsh Break Off, or are they stuck in the half-
at least one team Destroyed or Bailed restriction on the opponent? track and Destroyed?
Out. So, your Unit would only need to The rule only applies to the player making A Bailed Out half-track cannot Break
test if the tank was Bailed Out and failed a Night Attack. Any of their formations Off, so it is Destroyed. Passengers in a
to Remount. that can’t Night Attack have to wait until Transport that is Destroyed in an Assault
are also Destroyed.
7TANKODESANTNIKI & Can my Motor Company take a In missions like Free-for-All that have
TANK ESCORTS Honey Armoured Troop from a Honey alternating deployment, can I ‘deploy’
The Tankodesantniki and Tank Escorts Armoured Squadron as Formation my Aircraft to effectively skip my turn
rules allow Passengers to Dismount Support, and then a second Honey to deploy?
when Charging into Contact. Does Armoured Troop from a Grant No. Aircraft must be your last deployment
this allow them to Charge into Contact Armoured Squadron as another after all other Units have been deployed.
at the same time as the Tank Unit they Formation Support?
are riding? No. You may not take a Unit that you HOLDING OBJECTIVES
No. The rule allows them to Dismount already have in your Force as Formation The reprinted (Late War) rulebook has
when Charging into Contact, but Support. If you want two Honey a change to how Holding Objectives
does not change when they can Charge Armoured Troops, then you can buy a works. The rule now reads:
into Contact. Honey Armoured Squadron HQ and You are Holding an Objective if you
make them into a second Formation in start your turn with a Tank, Infantry,
Assaults are launched by one Unit at
your force. or Gun team within 4”/10cm of an
a time. If the Tank Unit launches an
Assault, the Passengers remain aboard, Objective, and end it with no opposing
If I take two Formations, can I take Tank, Infantry, or Gun teams within
unable to do anything. If the Passengers
Support Units for both of them? Could 4”/10cm of that Objective.
launch an Assault, they Dismount and
I take two lots of aircraft for instance?
Charge into Contact, leaving the Tanks This is the same method of taking and
behind to assault separately later. No. You must choose a Force Diagram as Holding Objectives that was introduced
the basis of your Force. This determines in More Missions in 2017.
Do the Tankodesantniki and Tank what Support is available to you. You
Escorts rules allow Passengers to can take as many Formations as you like When do you check if a Unit is
Dismount when the Tank Unit within this Force, but they all share the Holding an Objective? Can a Team
Counterattacks? same Support. that started the turn Bailed Out, but
No. The Passengers cannot Charge into then Remounted Hold an Objective?
If I take an Allied Formation, can I take
Contact as they are not an Assaulting A Team triggers the Holding the
Support Units from both nationalities?
Unit (the only Assaulting Unit is the Objective rule after you have Checked
Tanks they are riding). Since they No. You must choose a Force Diagram Victory Conditions. If its still there and
are not Charging into Contact, they from one country or the other to base your not Bailed Out, then you’ve met the first
cannot Dismount. force on, and can only take options shown criteria of starting the turn with a Team
on that diagram (including the Allied on the Objective. Now all you need to
If a Tank Unit with Passengers that Formation option). Since Support Units do to Hold the Objective is end the turn
have the Tankodesantniki or Tank are only found in the Force Diagram with no opposing teams within 4”/10cm
Escorts rule launches an Assault, (and not in Formation Diagrams), the of the Objective.
can it be Forced Back by five Hits in only Support Units available are those
Defensive Fire? from the principal nationality. The Holding Objectives rule says that
No. The Passengers are not an Assaulting a Team that moved at Dash speed
What happens when a Command cannot take an Objective nor prevent
Unit, only the Tank Unit is Assaulting.
Card changes the teams of a Unit into the enemy from taking it. How does
The Passengers are only along for the ride.
Independent Teams? this work?
It is better to either dismount the
Each Team in the Unit becomes a sepa- What it means is that an opposing Team
Passengers in the Movement Step before
rate Independent Team and thus its own that only came within 4”/10cm of the
the Tank Unit assaults, or use their spe-
separate Unit. They deploy and operate Objective in its turn by moving at Dash
cial rule to Dismount and Charge with
completely independently. speed cannot stop you from Holding the
the Passengers before later assaulting with
the Tank Unit, as being a Passenger on Objective in your turn. If you end your
a Tank in an Assault is dangerous (since MISSIONS turn with no other enemy teams within
every defensive fire hit on a Tank will also All infantry are in Foxholes at the start 4”/10cm, you Hold the Objective.
hit all of its Passengers, and all passengers of the game. Does this include infantry
are Destroyed if the Tank is Destroyed). that deployed in No Man’s Land using How do I Hold or contest an Objective
the Spearhead rule? if it is surrounded by Destroyed tanks
and I can’t get within 4”/10cm of it?
BUILDING A FORCE Yes it does.
Can I take an M4 Sherman Tank If the Objective is such a tank graveyard
Platoon Unit as part of an M4 Sherman Can passengers in a Transport take or that your models cannot be placed within
Tank Company Formation, and then dispute an Objective? 4”/10cm of it, treat them as being within
take another M4 Sherman Platoon as Yes they can. 4”/10cm of it if they are as close to the
Formation Support? Objective as they can get.
No. You may not take a Unit of the same
type (that is the same name) as you already
have in your Force as Formation Support.
8AMBUSH In Late War, a Battle Tank Unit is one If my Spearhead Unit were armoured
When I place a Gun Unit in Ambush with Front Armour of 4 or more. In Mid cars (which cannot enter a building),
with its Transport, do the Gun teams War, a Battle Tank Unit is one with can I place an Infantry Unit in a build-
have to be Mounted when they are Front Armour of 3 or more. In Early ing beside the Spearhead Unit?
placed from Ambush? War, a Battle Tank Unit is one with Top Yes. Although the armoured cars cannot
Armour 1 or 2 that is not a Transport. actually enter the buildings, infantry
Yes. Like Infantry teams, Gun teams
Regardless of their armour, Observer following their spearhead can deploy in
ambushing with their Transports must
Teams are never Battle Tanks. the buildings.
be Mounted. If they don’t want to
Ambush mounted in their Transports, the Are Formation HQ Units affected by
Transports must be Sent to the Rear. the Deep Reserves special rule? MINEFIELDS
Yes. The restriction applies to all Units If a Team starts its Move in a Minefield
RESERVES (apart from Observer Teams), regardless (as opposed to moving into it), does it
How do I work out my Reserves if I of their function. still need to roll a Skill test?
have spent less then the permitted Yes. Any time a Team Move into, through,
maximum points on my force? My opponent has ended up with or out of a Minefield, it needs to roll a
The important point to remember is Infantry teams all along the area where Skill test to avoid being Hit by it.
that you are allowed 60% of the per- my Reserves arrive, leaving no room
mitted maximum points value on table for my Reserves to arrive without going
When a team moves using a Blitz Move
at the start of a game with Reserves. So, within 2”/5cm of their teams. What
movement order, do they still need to
if your force is smaller, it just means happens to my Reserves?
take Cross tests and test to see if they
that your Reserves will be less than the Since the battlefield doesn’t suddenly end got hit by a Minefield?
remaining 40%. at the edge of the table, the obvious solu-
Yes. All the normal movement rules apply
tion is to move some of the opposing teams
while making a Blitz Move. The only
If I have a Unit that counts as 0 points back just enough to allow the Reserves on
difference is that once you’ve finished the
for Reserves (such as an FFI Platoon to the table so that they can try to fight
Blitz Move, you don’t count as having
supporting a D-Day American force), their way through the infantry.
moved for things that happen afterwards.
how does this work?
You can have 60% of your points on STRATEGIC WITHDRAWAL When a team removes a Minefield
table, so if the game is 100 points, you When in the Starting Step do I with- (instead of Moving) using a Mine
can have 60 points on table. Since this draw a Unit in a game of Rearguard? Clearing Order, is that Minefield
Unit is counted as 0 points, you can have Can I still withdraw it if it failed a Last removed right away or at the end of the
it and 60 more points on table. Stand Check? Movement Step?
Withdraw Units after Checking Victory It is removed immediately.
How do my troops arrive from
Conditions. If a Unit is still on table at
Reserves? Can I just place them on the When I place Minefields, can I overlap
that point, you can withdraw it.
edge of the table and begin shooting? them to make a Unit trying cross them
Teams arriving from Reserve move on roll a Skill test for each Minefield?
from the edge of the table. Simply pick a SPEARHEAD
No. Teams also only roll one Skill Test
point on the table edge and measure their A Spearhead Unit was deployed in
to cross the Minefields safely. However,
movement from there. No-Man’s Land close to another
a Team who successfully removes a
Spearhead Unit, rather than moving
Minefield, only removes one, even if they
How does a Unit of Guns enter the there from it’s Deployment Area. Can
are in several.
table from Reserves if it doesn’t have a other Units use the Spearhead rule to
Tactical speed? deploy near it?
Can I deploy a Unit in a Minefield? If
It must move onto the table at Dash Yes. The Spearhead rule does not remem- so, what happens?
speed. In addition, some Gun teams have ber how a Unit got where it is when
deploying further Units. Yes you can. Presumably they are dug in
a Tactical speed that is too slow to allow with minefields surrounding their posi-
them to move onto the table, so they too tion, and the paths through the minefield
need to move at Dash speed. When deploying a Unit in the area
that they use for supply and other neces-
around a Spearhead Unit, what does
sary activities are too difficult to negotiate
As the war progresses, the definition the rule prohibiting placing the unit
under fire.
of a tank changes. The Deep Reserves in a place that the Spearhead Unit
cannot go mean? The Unit is fine as long as it remains
rule needs to change to match this
in its foxholes. However, if it moves or
as follows: Units deploying around the Spearhead
counterattacks if assaulted, it will have
In a mission with Deep Reserves, you may Unit need to be able to move from the
to test for casualties like any other Unit
only place one Battle Tank Unit or one Spearhead Unit’s location to their deploy-
crossing a Minefield.
Aircraft Unit on the table at the start of ment location. So you can’t deploy your
the game. All remaining units of these Unit across impassable terrain like a
types must be held in Reserves. river or cliff.
9If a Unit deployed in a Minefield, how
does it go about clearing it?
It moves ‘into’ the Minefield (i.e. out of
its carefully prepared defences) testing to
do so as normal. Then in the next turn
(having moved into the Minefield on a
previous turn as required by the rules),
the Unit Leader issues a Mine Clearing
order and the Minefield is removed.
If I Counterattack against a team in a
Minefield, do I risk getting hit by it?
Yes, even if the models didn’t move, they
are still moving around in a minefield.
CITY FIGHTING RULES
How does Smoke work when targeting
city buildings?
Direct-fire smoke just affects one team
in the building, and only as long as it
remains in the same room.
Smoke Bombardments affect a single
room (regardless of how many weapons
are firing). Line of Sight in or out of
that room is restricted to a maximum of
6”/15cm.
10Book and Card Updates
This section has updates to the various Flames Of War army books and their associated cards.
RULEBOOK
The reprint of the rulebook has two Destroyed by Defensive Fire, regardless DOWNLOAD
significant changes: Forcing Armoured of the number of hits they take. For a complete list of all changes
Tanks to Fall Back from Defensive between the original (Mid War)
Fire, and Holding Objectives. HOLDING OBJECTIVES printing and the reprint (Late War),
You are Holding an Objective if you download: https://www.flamesofwar.
DEFENSIVE FIRE start your turn with a Tank, Infantry, com/Portals/0/all_images/4 thEdition/
If all the Assaulting teams are or Gun team within 4”/10cm of an Changes.pdf
Armoured Tank teams, they only Fall Objective, and end it with no opposing
Back if two or more of them (or all Tank, Infantry, or Gun teams within
of them if fewer) are Bailed Out or 4”/10cm of that Objective.
LATE WAR JOURNEY
COMBINING BOOKS to determine the Support Units that you Defence Grenadier Company represent-
I want to field a force that I read about, can field. Then pick any Formations from ing a poor-quality infantry formation on
but to build it I need to include forma- books from the same nationality to com- the defensive in Ukraine.
tions from multiple books. How do I plete your force.
go about doing that? As an example, you could field a German
The first step is to pick the book that best force from Fortress Europe as an Eastern
reflects the place you want to fight and Front force with a Panzer III & IV
use the Force Diagram from that book Mixed Tank Company and a Beach
BULGE: AMERICAN
COMMAND CARDS The Tank Destroyer Hyper-Velocity Can Formations in the Force, even
The Tank Destroyer Hyper-velocity AP card refers to M10 Tank Destroyer if they are coming from other Book
AP, 76mm Hyper-velocity AP, M36B1 Platoons. Is that correct? (American or Allied), benefit from
Tank Destroyer Platoon, and Tank The card should refer to the Veteran M10 George S. Patton Jr. card’s rules as well?
Telephones are Upgrades. That means Tank Destroyer Platoons on page 82. Patton affects any and all American
that I can’t take them with other Formations in the Force.
Upgrades like the Uparmoured M4 The Glider 37mm Anti-tank Platoon However, he cannot affect an Allied
Sherman (late). Is this correct? command card costs -1 point per two Formation as they obey all the rules for
No. Remove the Upgrade Keyword from guns to change from 57mm guns. its own nationality.
the Tank Destroyer Hyper-velocity AP, What happens if I want to change all
76mm Hyper-velocity AP, M36B1 Tank three guns to 37mm guns? Does Patton’s card benefit American
Destroyer Platoon, and Tank Telephones It actually costs -1 point or part thereof, Support Units?
command cards. so changing three guns will cost -2 points. Yes. Since any Formation Commander
can lead a Support Unit, an American
Can I take 76mm Hyper-velocity AP The M4 Shermans card replaces M4 Support Unit within 8”/20cm of any
with my Veteran M4 Sherman (late) Sherman (late) tanks in a Unit with American Formation Commander would
Tank Company HQ or M4 Sherman M4 Sherman tanks from the D-Day Rally or Remount on 2+.
(late) Tank Company HQ? Veteran M4 Sherman Tank Platoon
Yes, you can. These Units got missed off (LU160). Does this change the Unit’s
the list of units you can take this com- Motivation, Skill, or Is Hit On ratings?
mand card with. No. The Unit’s characteristics remain
the same. The only things that change
are the Armour, Movement, and
Weapons ratings.
11Some Bulge: American command Units. However, you can use any other
cards are used on D-Day: American appropriate Bulge: American command
Formations and Units, can I still use cards with them.
D-Day: American command cards
with them?
No. By applying the Bulge: American
command card to them they have now
become Bulge: American Formations or
BAGRATION: GERMAN
UNIT CARDS Which Units does this does the Which Units are affected by the
What is the Road Dash speed and 20th Panzer Division NCO Shortage 3rd & 5th SS-Panzer Division SS Heavy
Cross rating of an Sd Kfz 250 OP? Command Card apply to? Weapons Command Card?
The Road Dash speed is 32”/80cm and It applies to the Armoured Panzer It applies to the Armoured sMG42
the Cross rating is 4+. gren
adier Company HQ, Armoured Machine-gun Platoon, sM34 Machine-
Panzergrenadier Platoon, Panzer gun Platoon, 8cm Mortar Platoon, 7.5cm
COMMAND CARDS grenadier Company HQ, Panzer Gun Platoon, 12cm Mortar Platoon,
Are the Kampfgruppe Von Saucken grenadier Platoon. 15cm Gun Platoon, 7.5cm Tank-hunter
Reserve Grenadier and Sperrverband Platoon, and 2cm Light AA Platoon.
Command Cards Title Cards? Do the 3rd & 5th SS-Panzer Division
SS Panthers, SS Panzer IVs and SS Which Units are affected by the 3rd &
Yes they are.
StuGs Command Cards apply to all 5th SS-Panzer Division SS SP Heavy
of the Units in the Formation or just Weapons Command Card?
How many Sperrverband Panzer those listed?
grenadier Platoons can I field? Do they It applies to the Armoured 8cm Mortar
all deploy on the table in a mission They only apply to the HQ and Tank or Section, Armoured 7.5cm Gun Platoon,
with Reserves? Assault Gun Platoons listed. Grille 15cm Gun Platoon, Armoured
Flame-thrower Platoon, Sd Kfz 10/4
The Sperrverband card is not Limited, so Light AA Platoon, Reconnaissance 8cm
Which Units are affected by the
you can field as many as you like. They Mortar Section, and Reconnaissance
3rd & 5th SS-Panzer Division SS Panzer
are all Support Units, so not part of any 7.5cm Gun Platoon
grenadiers Command Card?
Formation. In a mission with Reserves,
they all deploy on table. It applies to the Armoured Panzergren
adier Company HQ, Armoured Panzer Does Ludwig Windgruber’s improved
grenadier Platoon, Panzergrenadier Assault rating apply to weapons with
Can I field a Sperrverband if I am not a specified Assault rating, like sMG42
using the Bagration: German Force Company HQ, Panzergrenadier Platoon,
Reconnaissance Company HQ, & Recon HMG teams and Panzerschreck teams?
Diagram for my Support?
naissance Platoon. No. His special rule only changes the
No. You can only take Support Units from Unit’s basic Assault rating. Weapons
Bagration: German, like a Sperrverband with their own separate Assault rating
Unit, if all of your Support Units come retain them.
from Bagration: German.
12BAGRATION: SOVIET
UNIT CARDS Do the Flame-throwers in an Engineer- COMMAND CARDS
Can Engineer-Sapper Companies Sapper, Hero Shock Rifle, and Rifle What is the points cost of the HQ
choose which heavy weapons they Companies and the Storm Group T-70 tank in a T-70 Reconnaissance
replace their PPSh SMG teams with at have Pinned ROF 2 like those in the Tank Company?
the start of the game? SMG Company?
The HQ Unit of 1x T-70 tank
Yes, you can choose which weapons you Yes they do. All Soviet Flame-thrower costs 1 point..
field for each game. teams have Pinned ROF 2.
What is the Tactical Speed of an OT-34
flame-tank?
The Tactical Speed is 12”/30cm.
BAGRATION: AXIS ALLIES
SPECIAL RULES ing on their Motivation rating (Units Field a German Panzer IV Tank Platoon
Are tanks affected by the Armoured already with worst Counterattack remain (LG167) of 3 or 4 tanks instead of a
Reserve special rule Battle Tanks for the same): T-26 Armoured Platoon (LFI102) with
the purpose of the Deep Reserves and This means that units already with lower the following characteristics and points,
similar rules? Counterattack ratings are not changed and remove the Stormtrooper special rule.
Yes they are Battle Tanks. and do not deduct -1 point.
The Anti-tank and Firepower rating on
Can my Lapinsota Finnish force have the Hungarian 149mm howitzer are
COMMAND CARDS
German Allies? worst than the 100mm howitzer firing
How does the Lapinsota The Lapland
A Finnish Force made with the Lapinsota as artillery, is that correct?
War command card effect the
Counterattack rating of my Units? The Lapland War command card cannot No, these two rating have been trans-
have German Allies. posed. The 149mm howitzer should have
The first paragraph of the card
Anti-tank 3 and Firepower 2+ when
should read;
Do Finnish Panzer IV tanks get the firing an Artillery Bombardment.
“All Infantry, Gun and Tank Units in your German Stormtroopers rule?
force have the following Characteristics
No, the Finns do not use the German
for -1 point per Unit changed, depend-
Stormtrooper rule. The text should read:
13D-DAY: AMERICAN
SPECIAL RULES The Crocodile Support card from the The HQ and Security Sections have
What does the Rockets rule on the D-Day British command cards allows the descriptor Scout rather than SP
P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter Flight do? a US player to take British Crocodile Gun. Do they still get the modified
flame-tanks as support for ‘any Rifle Assault rating?
It is the same as the Bombs rule on
Company’. Does this include Parachute Yes they do.
page 93 of the rulebook, so Rockets
Rile Companies and Armoured Rifle
do not need to re-roll successful To Hit
Companies? BEACH DEFENCES
rolls for having 1 or 2 weapons firing,
and only the aircraft can Spot for their No it doesn’t. The any refers to any vari- Are Bunkers and Nests treated as
Bombardments. ant on the normal Rifle Company such as Gun teams?
the Veteran Rifle Company. They are Gun teams in all respects (except
UNIT CARDS for Turret Bunker Saves see below).
What are the points for a Green The Sherman DD card increases the
Armoured 57mm Anti-tank Platoon? tanks’ MGs ROF to 3, yet a DD has Are Bunkers and Nests always
less machine-guns than a normal tank. Concealed?
• 2x 57mm gun & 2x M3 half-track
What should it be?
(.50 cal MG) 4 points Yes. As per the rules on page 107, they are
• 3x 57mm gun 5 points The Sherman DD card should decrease always Concealed.
the MGs ROF to 1.
What are the points for a Green The French Turret Bunker has Armour
Armoured 57mm Anti-tank Platoon? The FFI and FTP Platoon cards have ratings rather than a Save like most
a fixed cost for a Rifle Platoon. How Gun Units. How does this work?
The Veteran Armoured 57mm Anti-tank does this work? Can I take the option-
Platoon is costed as follows: al upgrades? The French Turret Bunker takes Armour
• 3x 57mm gun & 3x M3 half-track Saves like an Armoured Tank team,
When you use these cards, you get a rather than Gun Saves. That means
(.50 cal MG) 9 points Rifle Platoon (LU116 or see page 43 of
• 3x 57mm gun 6 points that it can be Bailed Out like a Tank
D-Day: American). This can be at full team rather than Pinned Down like
• 2x 57mm gun 4 points strength or reduced strength, whichever a Gun team.
you choose. You can add the options to
In the Assault Boat Section and Veteran this platoon if you wish, paying the usual Likewise, in Assaults it is treated as an
Assault Boat Section, what is the Range points to upgrade them. immobile Armoured Tank team, so will
of the Flame-thrower? get an Armour Save and the assaulting
The range is 4”/10cm like all other infan- team might need to pass a Firepower test
Norman ‘Dutch’ Cota allows a Unit
try flame-throwers. if they are using a weapon like a Bazooka.
whose charge was stopped by Defensive
Fire to Charge into Contact a second
How many Jeeps does an Armoured time. Does the opponent get another Do the Fortifications Rules on
Rifle Company HQ or a Veteran round of Defensive Fire? page 107 apply to Command Card
Armoured Rifle Company HQ have? fortifications like a Pakfront?
Yes. The assaulting Unit goes back to the
It has either one M3 half-track or Charge Into Contact part of the assault No. These rules are specific to the massive
two Jeeps. and everything begins again. concrete fortifications of the Normandy
coastal defences. Field defences like the
COMMAND CARDS Pakfront do not us these rules.
The Div Arty, All In! card gives me
The 4.2-inch Chemical Mortars card additional artillery bombardments.
allows you to field an additional Mortar How many guns are firing?
Platoon (LU118) of four 4.2-inch These Bombardments do not have any
mortars as a Support option. Do I have re-rolls for the number of weapons firing.
to have a normal Mortar Platoon in In effect, they are treated as having four
my force to field a 4.2-inch Chemical weapons firing.
Mortar Platoon?
No. You simply need to be able to field The Desert Regulars Card upgrades
a Mortar Platoon (LU118) to field a an M10 Tank Destroyer Company.
4.2-inch Chemical Mortar Platoon. Do I have to upgrade all units in the
However, you may also field a 4.2-inch Formation, including the HQ and
Chemical Mortar Platoon if you can field Security Sections?
a Parachute Mortar Platoon (LU127) or Yes. Every Unit in the Formation
Ranger Mortar Platoon (LU136). is upgraded.
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