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Greetings Almost all AFVs will get 3 actions (this was missing from the rules book). Poor formations get 2 and very good ones 4 but these are exceptions. If AFVs are acting on a platoon card they can take their actions in the normal way like sections (p18-19). Otherwise when the platoon Big Man card...

Greetings The focus is on divisional command of the constituent brigades (the C&C focus is on how the divisional commander gets the most out of his brigades) with the combat being undertaken by the constituent regiments. Regiments may be small (3-4), standard (5-6) or large (7+) bases. 3 base regime...

Greetings "Page 7. A leader is attached to a Group as long as he remains within 2" of it. He can only be attached to one Group at a time." A leader will therefore be attached to a Formation if the Group he is attached to is part of that Formation. The illustration on page 24 shows how this works. Ed...

Greetings I might play a solo game with part painted figures but for games with anyone else i have to have them painted - final details may not be on etc but coat, trousers, hat, flesh, weapons, belts and main equipment have to be in place. This is partly because I don't much like painting and so on...

Greetings A leader within 4" of a team is hit on a D6 roll equal to or less than the number of kills on the team. So one kill would mean a roll of 1 on a D6 hits the JL instead. You are exchanging a man dead for a wounded or killed leader. If a JL is hit for a 4.5,6 he removes a level (II to I) and ...

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A word of caution. I believe the French tanks were replaced in Pz-Div.21 before D-Day (though some may have remained 'on the books'). I believe some saw combat but not as part of that division.

Edward

I think Rothman is drawing from the combat regulations I quoted. I'll look up all the references to use of the observer tomorrow.

Edward

Greetings Looking at Charless Sharp's translation of the Combat Regulations of the Red Army (probably what is in the links posted above) 9 November 1942 replacing 1938 instructions. From this it is pretty clear that in most circumstances the squad operates as a single entity: "55. The rifle squad is...

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A really good report - thanks.

Edward

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I think Rich is basing the leaders on 2p coins - about 25mm? I picked up some war bases trays to test out today.

Edward