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Te 50th (Northumbrian) Inantry Division was a erritorialDivision rom the north o England, mostly coal minersand workers rom the oundries and mills o Durham and

Yorkshire. Te divisions symbol was two s or the yneand ees rivers owing through the recruiting area.

FranceIn 1940 the division was sent to join the British ExpeditionaryForce (BEF) ghting alongside the French. Ater retreatingor nearly a week, two battalions o Durham Light Inantry

and two battalions o Matilda tanks counterattacked theGerman 7th Panzer Division under General Rommel at

Arras. Although ultimately unsuccessul, the attack boughttime or the Division to be evacuated rom Dunkirk. Backin England, the 50th division was rebuilt. Ten in 1941 they

were sent out to the Middle East to garrison rst Cyprus andthen Iraq and train or the coming battles.

Brigade BoxesIn 1942 the North Countrymen headed or Libya, whereGeneral Rommel had driven the Eighth Army back toGazala. Te 50th Division was deployed in three ortied

Brigade Boxes between the South Aricans to the north andthe Free French and Indians to the south. In theory theseislands o inantry scattered in a loose line across the desert

would restrict the enemys movements and provide saeharbours so that the British armour could sally orth anddestroy the enemy in a decisive battle.

gazalaAt the end o May 1942, RommelsArikakorpsdrove souththrough the desert around the Gazala line smashing mucho the British armoured strength in the process, but thenound itsel trapped in the Cauldron with no supply route.It appeared that the British plan was working. 150 InantryBrigade, supported by the Valentines o 44 RR, was astridethe vital righ Capuzzothe main supply line through tothe encircledArikakorps.

Ten, with everything set, the Eighth Armys commandersbickered and dithered. Rommel struck back with everythinghe had, desperately trying to break back through 150 Brigadeand open his supply line. For two days the outnumberedNorth Countrymen doggedly repelled every attack. On thethird day, 1 June, Rommel overran the brigade while Eighth

Army looked on.

Te deeat o the British armoured divisions and a gallant,but unsupported attack by 5th Indian Division over the nextew days let the rest o the Gazala line cut o. Te South

Aricans on the coast managed to slip past Rommel at thelast moment, but 50th Division was surrounded. With the

Arikakorpslying to the east, a conventional withdrawal wasimpossible. Instead, 50th Division broke out through thestartled Italian inantry to the west. Once clear o the Italianront line, the Division headed south into the desert. Ater aretreat o 300 miles, they made it back to riendly lines.

British FOrCEs iN thE MEditErraNEaN

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister.

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MersaMatrUh50th Division ell back to the new deensive line at MersaMatruh in Egypt. Once more, the North Countrymen werelet down by Eighth Armys inept high command. Along withthe New Zealand Division and the remnants o 10th IndianDivision, the North Countrymen again ound themselves cuto. In a conused attack, most o the division escaped and

make their way back to the nal deence line at Alamein.

First Battle oF alaMeinBy the start o July RommelsArikakorpswas exhausted, but

with Alexandria just 60 miles away and the Eighth Armyequally tired, they pushed on. Over the next three weeks,South Aricans, Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, andthe men rom Northumbria ought a series o desperatebattles stopping Rommels advance at a terrible cost.

Rommel made one more attempt to reach the Suez Canaland the oilelds beyond at the end o August, but this timeGeneral Montgomery (Monty to his men) was in charge o

the Eighth Army. All talk o retreat was banned, a good planstuck to, and Rommels attack was deeated.

Te 50th Division had meanwhile been withdrawn andreinorced. Monty initially planned on disbanding thedivision as since May it had lost an entire brigade, and itstwo other brigades were under-strength and exhausted.Fortune smiled however, as a new drat o Northumbrianreinorcements arrived just in time to save the division.

second Battle oF alaMeinAter nine months o disasters and retreats, the EighthArmys new general launched its own oensive, OperationLightoot, on 23 October, 1942. In the northern sector,the 9th Australian, 51st (Highland), 2nd New Zealand, and1st South Arican Divisions attacked the German and Italianlines preceded by a massive artillery barrage. In the south,44th and 50th Divisions made diversionary attacks, with50th Divisions 69 Inantry Brigade attacking positions heldby the elite Italian Folgore Division at Munassib Depression.Te initial attacks bit deep into the enemy deences, but didnot break through. For the next week, much o the ghting

was undertaken by the 9 th Australian Division on the northcoast, drawing the enemy away rom the centre where thebreakthrough would come.

By 2nd November, Rommels army was near breaking. Montylaunched Operation Supercharge. For this the Northumbrian151 Inantry Brigade and the Highland 152 Inantry Brigade

joined the New Zealand Division or the attack. Followinga creeping barrage, the North Countrymen seized theirobjectives, and opened the way or the ollowing Britisharmour to move through and engage Arikakorps in a tankbattle at el El Aqqaqir. A ew days later, the deeatedGerman and Italian orces began their retreat.

Over the next three months the Eighth Army regainedeverything it had lost, pushing Rommel out o Libya and

into unisia. Te Eighth Army were helped in this by a newarrival. Te First Army, a combined British, French and USorce, had landed west o unisia in Operation orch and

was closing in on Rommel rom the west.

tUnisiaIn March 1943, rested and rereshed, 50th Division wassummoned back to the ront. Rommel had ailed in anoensive against Eighth Army at Medenine. Now it was theturn o Eighth Army with Operation Pugilist. Montgomeryselected the 50th Division to make a rontal attack on the line,

while the New Zealand Division made a wide outanking

move. Te German deences proved too strong or the NorthCountrymen to overcome, but their erce attack enabled theNew Zealanders to orce open the ebaga Gap with OperationSupercharge II. Te 1st Armoured Division dashed through,

with Rommels Arikakorps narrowly escaping the trap.

Advancing on the next Axis position at Wadi Akarit,Montgomery again launched a combined rontal attack andoutanking manoeuvreOperation Scipio, this time with69 Brigade and 51st (Highland) Division attacking, while4th Indian Division made a brilliant night attack throughmountains to outank the position. Te Axis orces wererunning out o space to retreat. Te First and Eighth Army

had linked up. unis ell at the start o May, ending theNorth Arican campaign.

sicily50th Division landed on the south-eastern beaches oSicily on 10 July, 1943. Initially the North Countrymenmet only sporadic resistance rom the Italians. Inland,the 51st (Highland) and 1st Canadian Divisions drovethe Germans and Italians back across rugged terrain. Tedivisions rapid advance came to a halt when 151 Brigade raninto elite German paratroops around Primasole Bridge.

Montgomery continued with attacks urther inland to try and

turn the German deences around Catania and the southernslopes o Mt. Etna, but skilul rearguards and demolitionsallowed the German deenders each time to pull back toanother position. Eventually, 50th Division reached its nalobjective o Messinaonly to nd the last o the Germanshad been evacuated and the Americans already there.

italyIn the meantime, the other divisions o the Eighth Armycontinued the war in the Mediterranean, landing in Italyon 3 September, 1943 in Operations Baytown (Calabria)and Slapstick (aranto). Progress northwards up the Italian

peninsula or these troops was hampered by determinedGerman rearguards and demolitions. Operation Avalanche,the landing o a combined US and British Fith Army atSalerno almost came to disaster when the Germans rapidlycounterattacked, but by the end o 1943 the Allies had closedup to the Gustav Line anchored on Monte Cassino.

norMandyOn 6 June, 1944, 50th (Northumbrian) Division returned tobattle, landing on Gold Beach in Normandy. For the nextsix weeks the North Countrymen hammered at the Germandeences suering 4500 casualties in the process. In August,

German resistance collapsed and 50th Division advancedacross France into Belgium. Once the line stabilised, thedivision returned to England as a training ormation. Forthe 50th (Northumbrian) Division the war was over.


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eMpire

British

Te British Empire is the largest the world has ever seen. Itoccupies a quarter o all the lands o the Earth and includes aquarter o the planets population. Te sun never sets on theBritish Empire.

When war broke out volunteers rom throughout theEmpire ocked to the ag ready to ght. Australians,Burmese, Canadians, Englishmen, Indians, Irishmen, NewFoundlanders, New Zealanders, Nigerians, Rhodesians,Scotsmen, South Aricans, Ugandans, and Welshmen oughtside by side against Hitlers unounded aggression.

Although all once British colonies, the various countriesmaking up the Empire have very dierent characters.

All o the armies in the Empire were organised the same wayand all had the same basic training and equipment, yet thecircumstances o their employment, their ortunes in battle,and perhaps most importantly the backgrounds o theirsoldiers gave them all a distinct identity and character.

Tis section attempts to reect some o this character on thebattleelds oFlames O Warby providing various rules oryou to customise your orce as some o the various armiesmaking up the Empires armed orces.

O course, you dont have to use these variations i you dontwant to. Your Australians, Indians, or South Aricans can usethe normal rules or British troops instead.

Canada

Honduras

Bahamas

Jamaica West Indies

Trinidad

BritishGuiana

FalklandIslands

IrishFreeState

UnitedKingdom

MaltaGibraltar

Gambia

Sierra Leone

Ghana

Nigeria

South West Africa

South Africa

Bechuanaland ProtectorateSouthern Rhodesia

Northern Rhodesia

Tanganyika Territory

KenyaUganda

Anglo-EgyptianSudan British

Somaliland

AdenProtectorate

Egypt

Palestine

IndiaBurma

CeylonMalaya

Singapore

BruneiBorneo Solomon

Islands

BritishNewGuinea

Australia

New Zealand

Canada United Kingdom India

South Arica Australia New Zealand


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GPB PiP rOBErtsMajOr GENEral

Major-General George Philip (Pip) Bradley Roberts, MC,DSO and Bar, CB, was the British Armys youngest Major-General at 37, and perhaps their best armoured commander.

Roberts joined 3 Royal anks as a subaltern at the age o 19,spending 13 years in Egypt apart rom a stint instructing atthe ank Driving and Maintenance School. When the warbroke out in 1939, he was promoted to Deputy AssistantQuartermaster General (DAQG) to the Desert Rats. AsDAQG he was responsible or ensuring that they had enoughsupplies to ght.

By late 1940, Roberts was the Brigade Major o 4 th ArmouredBrigade winning the Military Cross against the Italians inOperation Compass. A year later he was Assistant Quarter-master General to 30 Corps or Operation Crusaderagainst Rommel. He then asked his Corps commander ora regiment, and to his delight was given his old regiment,3 Royal anks.

His rst task was to develop tactics or the new Grant tanks.Roberts contacts at HQ meant that he got his new tanksdelivered immediately! Roberts won the DSO commanding3 Royal anks at Gazala where he was unhorsed when histank brewed up.

Ater recovering rom wounds, Roberts was promoted to

Brigadier commanding 22nd Armoured Brigade. His brigadewas responsible or stopping Rommel at Alam Hala andthen took part in the pursuit ater El Alamein winning a barto his DSO.

Pip Roberts is a Warrior and a Higher Command team.He is rated as Confdent rained.

Pip Roberts can join any Heavy Armoured Squadron orArmoured Squadron or +135 points. Tis includes the costo a Grant tank as his mount. You may replace the Granttank with a Sherman II or Sherman III tank or +20 points.

Proessional: Pip Roberts is a no-nonsense proessional. Hehas trained his troops well and ghts them hard.

Any Heavy Armoured Platoon or Light Armoured Platoon inhis orce may re-roll ailed Platoon Morale Checks. Tis rulecontinues to apply even i Roberts is Destroyed.

Well In Hand: Pip Roberts has the battle well in hand. Evenwhen things seem to be alling apart, he retains control.

Pip Roberts may re-roll ailed Company Motivation Checks.

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Roberts next appointment was CO o 26th

ArmouredBrigade in unisia. He led the Brigade at Fondouk where theShermans o the Death or Glory Boys made their amouscharge.

His crowning achievement was leading the 11th ArmouredDivision to victory in Europe.


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CharlEs UPhaMCaPtaiN

Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham, Charlie to those who knewhim, is unique in the annals o the British Empire. He is

the only combat soldier to ever win two Victoria Crosses,the highest award or gallantry in the British Army. A sheepmusterer in the high country o New Zealands Southern

Alps beore the war, Charlie was a man o contrasts. He hadhis rough edges, swearing with the best, but also a Diplomain Farm Management and was a qualied valuer.

When war came, he was one o the rst to enlist, determinedto halt the Nazi menace as quickly as possible so that hecould return and settle on his own arm. By the time theNew Zealand Division went into battle, hed been promotedto Second Lieutenant, despite requent clashes with theinstructors over tactics. On his way back rom the course,he picked up his batman, Leggy Le Gros an expert on themysteries o horse racing and shady deals, but loyal and asrough and ready as his master.

Upham won his rst VC on Crete in May 1941. Tere overa period o a week, despite sickness and wounds, he led hismen again and again into the attack. He was always at theront, leading the way, tackling machine-gun nests single-handedly or with his Sergeant, Kirk, armed with as manyhand grenades as he could nd, looking out or his men andshepherding them to saety.

Captain Upham is an Inantry team, a Warrior and aCompany Command team rated as Fearless Veteran.

Upham is armed with an Eneld No. 2 revolver and No. 36MMills Bomb hand grenades. He has Range 4/10cm, ROF 2

whether he moves or not, Anti-tank 2, and Firepower 4+.

He may join any New Zealand Rie Company or +50 points.He becomes the Company Command team replacing theexisting Company Command team. Upham may have aFord V8 car, which counts as a jeep, or +5 points.

Cmon, into em: Upham is a truly inspirational soldier.

He and any Rie Platoon he is currently leading always passMotivation ests on a roll o 2+.

Ill Get Te Bugger: Upham always advanced ahead o hismen wiping out machine-gun nests and clearing the way.

Upham may launch a charge rom 6/15cm away rom theenemy and moves 6/15cm when Charging into Contact orCounterattacking. Te rest o his platoon still move 4/10cm,oten meaning that they dont get into the ght until the platooncounterattacks.

Keep Your Bloody Head Down: Although Upham tookmany risks himsel, he hated putting his men at risk.

Each turn one Inantry team within 6/15cm o Upham may

roll a die i Destroyed. On a roll o 5+, Upham alerts them to thedanger and they duck out o the way and survive unharmed.

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Charles Upham hated being in the limelight. He had to be

ordered to wear the ribbon o his VC on his uniorm andhated people bringing attention to it. He was very worriedthat he might be sent back to New Zealand or a public-ity tour and ought as hard to stay with his men as he hadagainst the Germans.

Upham won his second VC twice over as a Captain com-manding C Company, 20th Battalion. At Minqar Qaimoutside Mersa Matruh he was in the oreront o themidnight charge that saved the New Zealand Division, andthen again at Ruweisat Ridge in the Alamein line he led hiscompany into the teeth o the German deences, ghtingon with a shattered elbow until he and his men were nally

surrounded and captured, Upham unable to walk rom a legwound.

Uphams capture wasnt the end though. He was a bold andpersistent escaper and eventually ended up in Colditz, thecamp reserved or the most difcult prisoners. Even whenliberated, he still wanted to ght, joining an American unitor a ew days until ordered back to England.


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BriGadiEr

In 1939 Peter Young was commissioned into the Bedordshireand Hertordshire Regiment, with which he went to France

in 1940. He joined No. 3 Commando when it was oundedand soon became a Captain. His troops took part in raids onthe Channel Island o Guernsey, and Looten and Vaagso inNorway during 1941. It was during the later raid that he wonhis rst Military Cross (MC). Ater a period on the sta atCombined Operations HQ, he became second-in-commando No. 3 Commando under Colonel John Dunord-Slater.

In the Dieppe raid o August 19, 1942, Major Young nowcarrying a US Garand rie, ound himsel ashore with only18 commandos. Despite this, he managed to take his orceup the clis on a network o barbed wire which, as he putit, an over-conscientious German ofcer had inadvert-

ently provided or them to walk on. Young was the onlyCommando ofcer to reach his objective and bring back allhis men. At one point, when they were approaching enemymachine-guns through a corneld, he encouraged his soldiersby telling them not to worry about bullets as standing cornmade eective protection! He was awarded a DistinguishedService Order (DSO) or his part in this raid.

No. 3 Commandos next major battle was Operation Husky,the assault on Sicily. Tere, due to an inexperienced otillacommander, his orce was landed on the wrong beach behindthe inantry it was supposed to lead ashore! Dunord-Slateroered the rustrated Major Young a new challenge to gethis teeth into, a erce action against a ortied arm nearCassibile, taken at the cost o one casualty.

Youngs next battle was a raid to secure the Ponte dei Malatibridge ahead o 50th (Northumbrian) Divisions advance.Tis time the landing went according to plan, and the com-mandos seized the bridge. However, when dawn arrived

without any sign o the inantry and increasing pressure romGerman mobile reserves, the lightly-equipped commandosremoved the bridge demolitions and withdrew. Major Young

went back to rescue a number o wounded commandos orwhich he received a bar to his MC.

On August 1, 1943, Young was promoted to LieutenantColonel and given command o No. 3 Commando. He ledit through raids in Italy, receiving a second Bar to his MC inthe process. He missed the opening o the battle o ermoli(No. 3 Commandos biggest battle to date) being sick at thetime, but arrived beore the end o the battle.

He led No. 3 Commando in the D-Day landings inNormandy, beore taking over a brigade in Burma or therest o the war.

Ater the war Brigadier Young was a leading gure in Britishwargaming, writing Charge! Or How o Play Wargames,one o the rst books on wargaming.

Peter Young is a Commando Rie team, a Warrior and aHigher Command team rated as Fearless Veteran.

Young is armed with an M1 Garand rie. He has a Range o16/40cm, ROF 1 with no penalty or moving, an Anti-tankrating o 2, and a Firepower rating o 6.

He can join any Commando orce or +65 points

MC and Double Bar: No one wins three Military Crosseswithout being calm in the heat o battle.

Young and any Commando Combat platoon he is currentlyleading pass all Motivation ests on a roll o 2+ instead o theirnormal roll.

Contrary:When aced with the impassable cli at Dieppe,Young privately agreed that it was, but with a surly growl hetackled it anyway, making it up to his and everyone elsessurprise.

Young and any Commando Combat platoon he is currently

leading may re-roll any ailed Skill est to cross Impassableerrain using the Mind and Heart rule.

Cornfelds Stop Bullets: o inspire his mens condenceunder re, Young told them that 15 eet o standing corn

would stop a bullet. He may well have been right as nonewere hit. Either way, his men learned to make excellent useo any cover they could nd.

Young and any Commando Combat platoon he is currentlyleading can be Gone to Ground when shooting, as long as theyare Concealed and did not move.

Unharmed: Brigadier Young survived ve years o war

without taking a serious wound.

When rolling to destroy Brigadier Young using the WarriorCasualties rule (see page 78 o the rulebook), Te opposing

player needs to roll a 5+ to Destroy him.

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aFrica

italy

tUnisia

All the units in your force must have the same countrys symbol, unless other-wise noted. Where a platoon is not available with the same symbol, you maytake a platoon from the Eighth Army ( ) instead.

Te British Empire ought in three distinct areas o the Mediterranean during 1942 and1943: Arica, unisia and Italy. Each area had quite dierent orces and equipment. TeBritish section o this book is divided into three parts, one or each area. Your entireorce must be chosen rom the same part, either Arica, unisia, or Italy, unless otherwise

specied.

Arica covers the Eighth Armys battles in Egypt, Libya, and southern unisia romGazala in the middle o 1942, through the battles at El Alamein and the pursuit throughLibya into southern unisia in early 1943. Te Eighth Army contained an eclectic mix oveteran troops rom throughout the Empire and less experienced British ormations.

unisia covers the First Armys battles during the Operation orch landings in late 1942,the subsequent ghting in western unisia, and the battles leading to the capture o unisin May 1943. Te First Army had British units resh rom home with the latest equip-ment ghting alongside the rst o the American units to ace Germany.

Italy covers the Fith and Eighth Armies battles in Sicily and southern Italy rom mid1943 until the end o the year. Tis was largely a British and American aair. Te troops

were mostly veterans rom Arica and unisia, ably reinorced by the Canadians. By thisstage British tanks have given way to Lend-lease American models.

alloFthe coUntriesoFthe eMpireTe countries that ought in Arica, unisia and Italy in 1942 and 1943 sent whole divisions or even corps. As a result thesoldiers o these orces ought alongside their countrymen, supported by their countrymen. However, most o the countriescould not provide all the support their orces needed. British orces rom the First and Eighth Armies took up the slack andmade up the shortall. Your entire orce must be chosen rom the same country wherever possible.

Platoon entries in this section have multiple columns i they are available in the armies o more than one country. Eachcolumn shows the name and symbol o the country and the points values or a platoon rom that country. I any o the pointsvalues in the column are listed as -, that combination o equipment is not available or this country. I the platoon is notavailable to that country, it may be taken rom the First or Eighth Army as appropriate instead.

platoon ratingsTe dierent countries ghting in Arica, unisia and Italyhad very dierent backgrounds and levels o experience.Each country has its own special rules and Motivation andSkill ratings to reect this. A orce rom one o the coloniesis likely to have British troops in support, and may even

have troops rom another colony supporting it as well. Eachplatoon retains its normal rating when supporting anothercompany, so or example, a New Zealand Rie Companyrated as Condent Veteran can have Condent rained Heavy

Armoured Platoons rom the Eighth Army in support.

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eMpire

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gUards1st arMy indian

platoon

HQ Section with:

3 Rife Squads 110 points 120 points 175 points


Add Light Mortar team +15 points +15 points +25 points

Add Anti-tank Rife team +15 points +15 points +25 points

option

Make all Indian Rife Platoons into Gurkha RifePlatoons or +10 points per platoon.


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Te First Army under General Anderson was ormed inDecember 1942 rom Eastern ask orce set up or theOperation orch landings to liberate Algeria and unisia.

It was the rst army to combine British, American, andFrench troops under one commander. Unortunately, noneo its divisions or senior ofcers had any experience in thecurrent war. Worse still, they aced some o Germanys best,and initially suered accordingly.

First arMY

Despite this, they learned quickly and by April 1943 haddeeated two major German counterattacks and were readyor the nal advance on unis.

First Army orces use all o the British special rules on pages246 to 248 o the rulebook. Tey do not have any additionalspecial rules.

Conscription was never introduced into Northern Irelandand Britain couldnt conscript Irishmen rom the Irish FreeState (Eire)so the Irish regiments were largely volunteersrom all over Ireland.

As well as having the strong esprit de corps typical ovolunteer units, the Fighting Irish loved a good brawl. Tisghting spirit quickly gained them a reputation as close-inghters.

Irish orces use all o the British special rules on pages 246 to248 o the rulebook except the British Bulldog special rule. Inaddition they have their own Fighting Irish special rule.

Scottish regiments no longer wear their kilts on active service,

however they still have their bagpipes. Although the use obagpipes on the eld o battle was banned between the wars,numerous pipers ignored orders and piped the attack homeoten wearing their kilt.

Scottish orces use all o the British special rules on pages246 to 248 o the rulebook. In addition they have their ownBagpipes special rule.

BagpipesBagpipers have piped Scottish regiments into battle orcenturies. Te tales o pipers walking through a hail o re,pipes wailing, abound. Even the death o the ofcer they are

accompanying will not stop them.

IRISH

Fighting irishTe Irish love a good ght and dont take the enemysattempts to hold them at bay well. No matter how heavy there, the Irish will ollow their motto Faugh a Ballagh (Clearthe Way) and nd a way to get into the ght.

Irish Platoons do not use the British Bulldog special rule.Instead, any Irish Platoon that is Pinned Down may re-roll

ailed Motivation tests to rally rom being Pinned Down.

SCoTTISH

I a 2iC Command team with a Bagpiper is Destroyed byenemy shooting, the enemy rolls to Destroy the 2iC Commandteam using the Warrior Inantry eam Casualties rule on

page 106 o the rulebook. However, instead o requiring a4+ to Destroy the 2iC Command team, the enemy playerneeds to roll a 5+ to Destroy the team.

Any hits on the 2iC Command team do not count towardsPinning Down the platoon or making it Fall Back romDeensive Fire.

Te ve Regiments o Foot Guards are the most prestigiousinantry units in the British Army. Teir standards are veryhigh in all respects. Teir most outstanding quality on theeld o battle is their steadiness.

Guards orces use all o the British special rules on pages246 to 248 o the rulebook. In addition they have their ownUnappable special rule.

GUards

Unfaab

Te Guards are the senior regiments in the British Army. Teyare well known as being unappable, retaining their discipline

when things go wrong. Under circumstances where other unitsmight get themselves in a ap and become unsettled.

Guards Platoons ght to the last and may re-roll any ailed

Platoon Morale Checks. Your Company Command teammay re-roll Company Morale Checks.


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Te Indian Army is a separate entity rom the BritishArmy. It has its own ofcers, ranks, and traditions datingback to the days o John Company, the Honourable EastIndia Company, a British company that grew to dominatethe Indian subcontinent. Within one hundred years o its

creation in the early 1600s, the John Company already hadits own army and in the 1740s ought several wars withFrench troops.

By 1857, the John Company controlled much o India,either directly or through puppet rulers. However, in this yeardissatisaction with British rule boiled over into open war

with the Indian Mutiny. In the wake o the Mutiny, QueenVictoria dissolved the Honourable East India Company andassumed direct rule over India. Te Companys armed orcesbecame the Indian Army. Although prior to the Mutinyrecruiting had been widespread across Indias many cultural,religious and ethnic population, the new Indian Army

restricted recruiting to groups seen as martial races (andmore importantly reliably loyal to the Crown).

Te Indian Army provided troops or many o the Empirescolonial wars, acquitting itsel well in the process. Te bestgraduates rom the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurstvied or positions in the Indian Army where pay was higherand battle more likely.

Te Indian Army made a massive contribution in theFirst World War with over a million men in arms and115 battalions serving overseas, ghting in every theatre othat war rom France to Gallipoli, Palestine, and Persia.

In the Second World War, the Indian contribution was evengreater with nearly two million soldiers in arms. 4th and5th Indian Divisions deeated the Italians in the Western Desertand Somalia in 1940, then ought in Syria, Iran, and Iraq. Teyreturned to the desert in 1942, joining 10th Indian Divisionas Rommel launched his attack on the Gazala Line. Tere,abysmal British generalship saw brigade ater brigade overrunas they aced Rommels entireArikakorpsone at a time.

Under General Montgomery, 4th Indian Division went onto win acclaim at Alamein and in the unisian Campaignbeore handing the torch to 8th Indian Division or thebattles in Italy.

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GUrkha

Te Gurkhas o Nepal have a superb reputation as rst-classghting men. Tey are recruited rom hardy hill tribes in theHimalayan mountains. Teir erociousness when using theirheavy-bladed khukuri knives in close combat is legendary.So to is their determination not to abandon their weapon

while still alive.

Gurkha platoons are Indian platoons. Tey use all o theBritish special rules on pages 246 to 248 o the rulebook andthe War Cry and North-west Frontier special rules above. In

addition they have their own Khukuri special rule.

KhUKUriEvery Gurkha carries a heavy-bladed recurved knie called akhukuri. Tey use this or everything rom cutting ood and

wood to chopping o the heads o their oes.

I there are no enemy ank teams or Bunkers within 2/5cmo a Gurkha team, it hits on a roll o 2+ in assaults.

Indian forces use all of the British special rules on pages246 to248 o the rulebookexcept the British Bulldog special rule. Inaddition they have their own War Cry and North-west Frontierspecial rules.

WarcryIndians always charge shouting war cries to gain the blessingso the gods and intimidate their enemies. Weak-hearted oeshearing this earsome cry will ee without a ght.

Indian and Gurkha platoons do not use the BritishBulldog special rule. Instead, when enemy platoons rsttest their Motivation est to Counterattack Indian orGurkha platoons in assaults, they must re-roll the die andapply the re-rolled result to all platoons that passed on theoriginal roll.

north-West FrontierTe Indian Army ought continuous wars against rebelliousPathan tribes on the amous (and mountainous) North-westFrontier. At the same time they ought the Naga tribes othe equally mountainous (but less well-known) North-eastFrontier. As a result they were specialists at mountain warare.

All Indian and Gurkha Inantry and Man-packed Gunteams are Mountaineers.

indian pattern carrierIndia lacked a heavy vehicle industry, so when called uponto provide carriers or their inantry, they adopted a wheeledversion based on the Ford 15 cwt truck, known appropriatelyenough as the Indian Pattern Carrier.

theBritish

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Te First Army under General Anderson was ormed in December 1942 rom Eastern askForce set up or the Operation orch landings to liberate Algeria and unisia.

It was the rst army to combine British, American, and French troops under one commander.Unortunately, ew o its divisions or senior ofcers had any experience in the current war.

Worse still, they aced some o Germanys best, and initially suered accordingly.

Despite this, they learned quickly and by April 1943 had deeated two major German counterattacks and were ready or thenal advance on unis.

One o the oddities o war was that the First Army, having sailed directly rom Britain, was actually better equipped than the

Eighth Army and tended to eld newer equipment sooner. Tey had the heavy Churchill tank in place o the lighter Valentinein their inantry tank companies, and received the 17/25 pdr heavy anti-tank gun sooner. In contrast to the scruy sand-coloured equipment used by Eighth Army, First Army equipment was painted standard regulation dark-green and brown.

38 (Irish) Brigade provided the inantry component o the 6th Mailed Fist Armoured Division or much o the ghting inunisia. Te 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Te London Irish, and 1st Battalion, Te Royal IrishFusiliers (Princess Victorias) held o a major German attack in the Medjez Valley at the start o 1943 beore going on to drivethem back to unis three months later under the command o the 78th Battleaxe Division.

You may eld a First Army Rie Company as an Irish Rie Company ( ) at no cost. I you do so, all Headquarters andCombat Platoons become Irish Platoons with the Fighting Irish special rule (see page 10) in addition to the standard Britishspecial rules. In all other ways an Irish company remains a First Army company.

irish

tUnisia

All forces in Tunisia must come fromsections marked with this map

FIRST ARMy

Sir, it is my duty to report that the Tunisian campaign is over. All enemy resistance

has ceased. We are masters of the North African shores.General Harold Alexander.

Te British 1st, 4th, and 78th (Battleaxe) Divisions, and 4th (Indian) Division all have Scottish battalions ghting with themin unisia. Whether rom the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, the Gordon Highlanders, or the amous Black Watch, thehighland regiments maintained their tradition o hard ghting.

You may eld a First Army Rie Company as a Scottish Rie Company ( ) by adding a Bagpiper to your Company HQ(see page 10). In all other ways a Scottish Rie Company remains a First Army company rated as Confdent rained.

A Scottish Rie Company may have a Scottish, First Army, Indian, or Gurkha Rie Platoon as its Rie Platoon supportchoice and may take Indian Machine-gun Platoons. All remaining support comes rom the First Army.

scottish

Te First Army is equipped with the latest equipment rom Britain and has trained or twoyears or their trial by combat in unisia. While they expect to ace some hard battles, theyare ready and eager or battle.

First Army companies use the standard British special rules.

A First Army Rie Company may have a First Army, Indian, or Gurkha Rie Platoon asits Rie Platoon support choice. A First Army Recce Company may have a First Army, orGuards Rie Platoon as its Rie Platoon support choice and may take Indian Machine-gunPlatoons. All remaining support or First Army companies comes rom the First Army.

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CoNSCRIpT

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CoNFIdeNT

FeARleSS

CoNSCRIpT

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VeTeRAN

You may eld an Indian Rie Company as a Gurkha Rie Company ( ) by making your Rie Platoons into Gurkha RiePlatoons (see page 25). Gurkha Rie Platoons use the Khukuri special rule (see page 11) in addition to the Indian and Britishspecial rules. In all other ways a Gurkha company remains an Indian company rated as Fearless Veteran.

FirstarMyintUnisia

GUARdS

Te 4th (Indian) Division transerred rom the Eight Army to the First Army or the nalthrust on unis, having ought solidly since the First Battle o Alamein. One third o theIndian inantry in this veteran division was made up o Nepalese Gurkhas.

Indian companies use the Warcry and Northwest Frontier special rules (see page 11) inaddition to the standard British special rules.

An Indian Rie Company may have a First Army, Indian, or Gurkha Rie Platoon as itsRie Platoon support choice. All Machine-gun Platoons supporting Indian companies are Indian Machine-gun Platoons. Allremaining support comes rom the First Army.

INdIAN

gUrKha

Battalions rom the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards all added totheir regiments illustrious histories in the ghting in unisia. 1 Guards Brigade ought

with distinction in unisia with the 78th Battleaxe Division beore replacing 38 (Irish)Brigade in the 6th Mailed Fist Armoured Division or the later ghting in unisia andItaly. 24 Guards Brigade served alongside them with the 1st Inantry Division.

Guards companies use the Unappable special rule (see page 10) in addition to the standardBritish special rules. Guards companies get all o their support rom the First Army.

tUnisiaindian

CoNSCRIpT

TRAINed

VeTeRAN

RelUCTANT

CoNFIdeNT

FeARleSS

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CoMBATplATooNS

HeAdqUARTeR

S

SUppoRTplATooNS

Company HQ

HeAdqUARTeRS

15

ARMoUR

Tank Platoon47

Te 6th Armoured Divisionarrived in unisia with a unique mixture o Valentine andCrusader tanks. Its three armoured regiments were the16th/5th Lancers, the 17th/21st Lancers, and the 2nd Lothianand Border Horse. Te Lancers were both old regiments

with illustrious histories. Te 16th/5th were an amalgama-tion o the old 16th Lancers and the newer (and thereoreless senior and listed second) 5th Lancers. Likewise, the17th/21st Lancers were an amalgamation o the old 17th and21st Lancers. Te Lothian and Border Horse, on the other

hand, were a yeomanry regiment that only dated back to justbeore the turn o the century.

Te cap badge o the 17th/21st Lancers embodies the cavalryspirit o these regiments. It shows a skull and cross bones

with the motto Or Glory underneath.

Tey have earned their nickname Te Death or GloryBoys many times over. Perhaps their most amous exploit

was to lead the Charge o the Light Brigade at Balaklava inCrimea.

Te 6th Armoured Division began landing in North Arica inNovember 1942. Blade Force, based around 17th/21st Lancers,raced ahead to seize unis. Tey came close to taking theirgoal, but were orced back by strong German counterattacks.In February 1943, the 6th Armoured Division rushed southto stop the German breakthrough at Kasserine Pass. Here

they gallantly pitted their Valentines and Crusaders againstGerman Panzer IV and iger tanks.

In March 1943, the armoured regiments re-equipped withSherman III tanks. Ten they joined the armoured divisionso the Eighth Army or the nal drive on unis.

Scout PlatoonReCoNNAISSANCe

Armoured Car Platoon

22

31

ARTIlleRy

Royal Horse Artillery Battery45

ValentineArmoured Platoon

ARMoUR

15

ARMoUR

15CrusaderArmoured Platoon


ARMoUR

15

CrusaderArmoured Platoon

15

(tanKcoMpany)


ARMoUR

15

26 ARMOURED BRIGADE

Motor PlatoonINFANTRy 21

Parachute Platoon41

AIRCRAFTAir Support

43

Light Anti-aircraft Platoon43

British companies have USsupport options. Rememberthat these platoons retaintheir own rules andratings, and count as AlliedPlatoons (see page 70 o therulebook).

Us allies

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

ANTI-TANk

Anti-tank Platoon, Royal Artillery42


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1st arMy

1st arMy

1st arMy

Death or Glory Squadron HQ

Major

Major

Company HQ

Company Command tank 2iC Command tank

Tank Tank

Valentine Armoured Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Tank

Command Valentine

Sergeant

Tank

Valentine

Corporal

Tank

Valentine

Crusader Armoured Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Tank

Command Crusader III

Sergeant

Tank

Crusader III

Corporal

Tank

Crusader III

HeAdqUARTeRS

Valentine arMoUred platoon

CoMBAT plATooNS

deathorg

lorysqUadrontUnisia

coMpanyhq

Although the Valentine was originally designed as an inantrysupport tank, the lack o other tanks has put it in the cruisertank role. Here its thick armour compensates or its lack ospeed. Te regiments preerred the Valentines, despite their2-pounder guns, because o their thicker armour. So, ratherthan totally re-equipping with the lighter Crusaders, theyused the Crusader tanks as heavy gun tanks making up oneor two platoons in each squadron.

crUsaderarMoUred platoon

Te 6th Armoured Division arrived in unisia with mixedsquadrons o Valentine and Crusader tanks. Tis unusualarrangement came about when the Valentine-equipped regi-ments were oered the new Crusader III tanks armed with6-pounder guns.

Tese 6-pounder armed Crusader tanks give the Death or

Glory Boys a decent punch against enemy tanks. Teir bigweakness is their light armour, so use cover and speed toprotect them.

MotiVationand sKillTe men o the 26 Armoured Brigade have spent years training or battle, but still lack

practical experience. Death or Glory Squadrons are rated asConfdent rained.

headqUarters

2 Valentine III and 2 Crusader II CS 220 points

2 Valentine III and 1 Crusader II CS 170 points

2 Valentine III 120 points

3 Grant (Lee turret) 295 points

platoon

3 Valentine III 185 points

platoon

3 Crusader III 170 points

Te British never made a Valentine CS (Close Support) tank,so the 6th Armoured Division made do with Crusader II CS

tanks. Ater the disastrous American retreat rom ebourba,the 6th Armoured Division were able to recover three

Abandoned M3 medium tanks and press them into service.

RelUCTANT

CoNFIdeNT

FeARleSS

CoNSCRIpT

TRAINed

VeTeRAN


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Sherman III

CoMBAT

plATooNS

HeAdqUARTeRS

SUppoRT

plATooNS

Company HQ

HeAdqUARTeRS

17

WeApoNS

plATooNS

Armoured Platoon

ARMoUR

17

Armoured Platoon

ARMoUR

17

Armoured Platoon

ARMoUR

17

Scout PlatoonReCoNNAISSANCe


22

31

ARTIlleRy


Armoured Platoon

ARMoUR

17

Field Battery, Royal Artillery45

(tanKcoMpany)

Recce Patrol

ReCoNNAISSANCe

17

INFANTRy

Motor Platoon21

AIRCRAFTAir Support

43


ANTI-TANk




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1st arMy

1st arMy

Armoured Squadron HQ

Major

Major

Company HQ

Company Command Sherman III

Sherman III

2iC Command Sherman III

Sherman III

Recce Patrol

Sergeant

Sergeant

HQ Tank

Command Honey Stuart

Lance Corporal

Tank

Honey Stuart

Corporal

Tank

Honey Stuart

Armoured Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Tank

Command Sherman III

Sergeant

Tank

Sherman III

Corporal

Tank

Sherman III

As the Stuarts 37mm gun was ineective against Germantanks, many Stuarts were converted into jalopies by havingtheir turret removed and a .50 cal MG mounted instead.

HeAdqUARTeRS

arMoUred platoon

CoMBAT plATooNS

arMoUredsqUadrontUnisia

MotiVationand sKillHaving traded their Valentine and Crusader tanks or Shermans, 26 Armoured Brigadeis ready or battle. An Armoured Squadron isConfdent rained.

coMpanyhq

recce patrol

WeApoNS plATooN

Recce Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.

headqUarters

4 Sherman III 455 points



optionArm any or all Sherman tanks with a .50 cal AA MGor +5 points per tank.

platoon


optionArm any or all Sherman tanks with a .50 cal AA MGor +5 points per tank.

platoon

3 Honey Stuart III 155 points

optionsArm any or all Stuart III tanks with an AA MG or+5 points per tank.

Modiy any or all Stuart III tanks into Stuart IIIJalopies or +5 points per tank.

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CoNFIdeNT

FeARleSS

CoNSCRIpT

TRAINed

VeTeRAN

26 Armoured Brigade replaced its Valentines and Crusadersater the ghting around Kasserine Pass. Tis annoyedtheir allies rom the US 1st Armored Division as the tankshad originally been intended to replace the American M3medium tanks beore being diverted to the British! BrigadierPip Roberts took command o the brigade when the changeover was made.


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CoMBAT

plATooNS

HeAdqUARTeRS

SUppoRT

plATooNS

Company HQ

HeAdqUARTeRS

19


Support platoons from a Rifle Company must all have the same symbol.

(tanKcoMpany)

Infantry Tank Platoon

ARMoUR

19


ARMoUR

19


ARMoUR

19


ARMoUR

19

ReCoN

Carrier Platoon26

ARTIlleRy

Field Battery, Royal Artillery

45

Rife PlatoonINFANTRy 25

Rife PlatoonINFANTRy

Commando Company

25

37

Churchill

AIRCRAFTAir Support

43


Commando Company37


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1st arMy

Infantry Tank Company HQ

Major

Major

Company HQ

Company CommandChurchill III

Churchill I Churchill I

2iC CommandChurchill III


Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Tank

Command Churchill III

Sergeant

Tank

Churchill III

Corporal

Tank

Churchill III

HeAdqUARTeRS

inFantrytanKplatoon

CoMBAT plATooNS

inFantryta

nKcoMpanytUn

isia

coMpanyhq

headqUarters

2 Churchill III and 2 Churchill I 485 points

2 Churchill III and 1 Churchill I 380 points

2 Churchill III 275 points

MotiVationand sKillTe tank brigades have trained hard and long in the United Kingdom. Now they areeager or action. Inantry ank Companies are rated asConfdent rained.

platoon

3 Churchill III 410 points

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25 Army ank Brigade had three regiments o Churchill Itanks in unisia. Teir capture o Longstop Hill in April1943 conclusively demonstrated the value o the Churchill

tank. Tey were joined by 21 ank Brigade o the 4th

MixedDivision (an unusual ormation with two inantry and onetank brigades) or the nal attacks o the campaign. Tisbrigade earned ame at Cactus Farm where the Churchilltanks overran all opposition.

Te heavy armour o the Churchill tanks means they arevirtually impervious to enemy re. While they are a slowtank, the Churchill tanks are able to clamber up steep slopesthe Germans thought were impassable. Teir role in battleis to survive enemy deensive re with their thick armourand crush the enemy deences, a role that they perormedadmirably.


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plATooNS

HeAdqUARTeRS

SUppoRT

plATooNS

Company HQ

HeAdqUARTeRS

21

0

(inFantrycoMpany)

WeApoNS

plATooNS

ANTI-AIRCRAFT

Light Anti-aircraft Platoon

43

Motor Platoon

INFANTRy

21

Valentine Armoured PlatoonARMoUR 15

17

Crusader Armoured PlatoonARMoUR 15

17Motor Anti-tank Platoon

ANTI-TANk

23

Armoured Platoon

Armoured Platoon

Motor Platoon

INFANTRy

21

22Scout Platoon

ReCoN

Motor Platoon

INFANTRy

21

22MotorMachine-gun Platoon

MACHINe-GUNS

ANTI-TANk


ReCoNNAISSANCe

Armoured Car Platoon31

Field Battery, Royal ArtilleryARTIlleRy

Royal Horse Artillery Battery

45

45

Having secured Algeria, the Anglo-American commandsent Blade Force, a combined British and American

orce to capture unisia. Tis ad hoc brigade was beatento the punch by German troops arriving rom Italy.

British companies have US support options. Tese platoonsretain their own rules and ratings, counting as AlliedPlatoons (see page 70 o the rulebook).

aMerican allies

Tank Platoon47

Field Artillery Battery46

AIRCRAFT

Air Support43



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1st arMy

Motor Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Light Mortar teamCommand MG team 15cwt truck

Corporal

Motor Squad

MG team

Anti-tankRifle team 15cwt truck

Corporal

Motor Squad

MG team

Anti-tankRifle team 15cwt truck

Corporal

Motor Squad

MG team Anti-tank Rifle team 15cwt truck

Motor Company HQ

Major

Corporal

Mortar Section

3 mortar 15cwt truck 3 mortar 15cwt truck

Major

Jeep 15cwt truck

Company HQ

Company CommandRifle team

2iC CommandRifle team

PIAT team

HeAdqUARTeRS

CoMBAT plATooNS

MotorcoM

panytUnisia

coMpanyhq

Te 10th Battalion, Te Rie Brigade, provides the inantrysupport or the armoured regiments o 6th ArmouredDivision. Teir task is to hold the ground taken by the tanks

while the tanks rearm and prepare or the next advance.

headqUarters

Company HQ 25 points

options

Replace either or both the Jeep and 15 cwt truck inthe HQ Section with White scout cars or +5 pointsor the platoon.

Add a Mortar Section or +20 points per mortar.

Add PIAT team or +20 points.

I you feld the PIA team you may not feld any Anti-tank Rie teams in your orce.

Motorplatoon

platoon

HQ Section with:

3 Motor Squads 80 points

options

Add a Light Mortar team or +15 points.

Add Anti-tank Rife teams or +15 points per team.

MotiVationand sKillTe 10th Rie Brigade, or the Green Jackets as they called themselves, are well trained, but

resh into battle. A Motor Company isConfdent rained.

RelUCTANT

CoNFIdeNT

FeARleSS

CoNSCRIpT

TRAINed

VeTeRAN

10th Rie Brigade was part o Blade Force, the joint Britishand American orce that attempted to take unis by coup de

main in November 1942. Despite gallant eorts, the orcewas halted just 19 miles (30km) short o their goal.

Later C Company under Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Gorejoined Goreorce along with tanks rom the 17th/21st Lancers,anti-tank guns rom 93rd Anti-tank Regiment, and artilleryrom 12 RHA. Goreorce was thrown into battle at Tala tostop the German breakthrough at Kasserine pass.

Ater losing many o their tanks and guns, things lookedgrim until the artillery o the US 9th Inantry Division joinedthem or their nal stand. ogether they halted the thrustand helped turn the tide in the battle or unisia.


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1st arMy

1st arMy

Scout Platoon

Captain

Captain

Scout Patrol

Command

Universal Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Sergeant

Scout Patrol

Command

Universal Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Sergeant

Scout Patrol

Command

Universal Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Motor Machine-gun Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team 15cwt truck

Sergeant

Machine-gun

Section

Vickers HMG 15cwt truck


Sergeant

Machine-gun

Section



Scout Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.

Scout Patrols operate as separate platoons, each with theirown command team.

Te motor companys scout platoon advances ahead o thecompany seeking out the enemy and covering the anks. Indeence they orm the mobile reserve.

MotorMachine-gUn platoon

Vickers HMG teams rom Motor Companies are not trainedin indirect re techniques, so they cannot re ArtilleryBombardments.

Te Vickers medium machine-guns o the machine-gunplatoon pin the enemy down while the motor platoons ma-noeuvre to deliver the knock-out blow. On the deensive,no enemy inantry can approach the Vickers without rst

weathering a storm o lead.

WeApoNS plATooNS

platoon

3 Scout Patrols 210 points



options

Arm any or all Universal Carriers with an extra hull-mounted MG or +5 points per carrier, or .50 calMG or +15 points per carrier.

Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG perScout Patrol with a Boys anti-tank rife at no cost.

platoon

HQ Section with:

2 Machine-gun Sections 110 points

option

Replace 15 cwt truck in HQ Section with TroopCarrier and all other 15 cwt trucks with MMGCarriers or +30 points or the platoon.

scoUt platoon


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1st arMy

Motor Anti-tank Platoon

Subaltern

Sergeant

Anti-tank Section

Sergeant

Anti-tank Section

Anti-tank gun portee




Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team Jeep

Motoranti-tanKplatoon

Te anti-tank platoons in the 10th Rie Brigade arrived inunisia equipped with 2-pounder anti-tank guns. Teseproved next to useless against the heavily-armoured Germanpanzers, so the gunners were relieved when they werereplaced with 6-pounder guns ater the Kasserine Pass battlesin 1943.

platoon

HQ Section with:

4 2 pdr portee 100 points



option

Replace Jeep with an unarmed Dingo scout car or+5 points. I this is done, the Dingo scout car countsas a Transport team rather than a Tank team.

MotorcoM

panytUnisia

Dismounted 6 pdr portee.

British

Portee anti-tank guns use the ip and Run special rule onpage 246 o the rulebook.


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Rifle Company HQ

Major

Major

Company HQ

Company CommandRifle team

2iC CommandRifle team

Troop Carrier PIAT team

Rifle Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Light Mortarteam

Anti-tank Rifleteam

CommandRifle/MG team

Corporal

Rifle Squad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Corporal

Rifle Squad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Corporal

Rifle Squad

Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team

HeAdqUARTeRS

riFle platoon

CoMBAT plATooNS

riFlecoMpa

nytUnisia

coMpanyhq

headqUarters

Company HQ 25 points 25 points 35 points

platoon

HQ Section with:



Add Light Mortar team +15 points +15 points +25 points

Add Anti-tank Rife team +15 points +15 points +25 points

options

Add a Scottish Bagpiper to an First Army 2iCCommand team or +10 points.

Add Jeep or Troop Carrier or +5 points.

Add PIAT team or +20 points.

I you feld the PIA team you may not feld any Anti-tank Rie teams in your orce.

option

Make all Indian Rife Platoons into Gurkha RifePlatoons or +10 points per platoon.

MotiVationand sKillFirst Army Rie Companies are rated asConfdent rained.See pages 12 and 13 or the ratings o other countries Rie Companies.

Each nationality has its ownMotivation and Skill rating.See pages 12 and 13.

Ater two years o drill, training, and exercises in the UK,the inantry o First Army are at last going into action. Aseach resh division is sent into action, they are subject to abaptism o re at the hands o the veteran Germans. Each in

turn learns it lessons. By April 1943 it is the Germans whoare learning how to ght a modern combined-arms battle atthe hands o First Army.


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Pioneer Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command PioneerRifle team

15cwt truckPioneer Rifle team

Corporal

Assault Squad

Pioneer Rifle team

Jeep with trailer

Corporal

Assault Squad

Pioneer Rifle team

Jeep with trailer

Carrier Platoon

Captain

Captain

Carrier Patrol

Command

Universal Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Sergeant

Carrier Patrol

Command

Universal Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Sergeant

Carrier Patrol

Command

Universal Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Sergeant

Carrier Patrol

Command

Universal Carrier

Universal

Carrier

Universal

Carrier

pioneerplatoon

Pioneers were initially the battalions labourers and in thedesert the platoons were disbanded to reinorce the rieplatoons. In unisia mineelds and ortications werebecoming much more common, so the pioneer platoons tookon the role o mine-clearing in assaults and similar work.

Carrier Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.

Carrier Patrols operate as separate platoons, each with theirown command team.

WeApoNS plATooNS

carrierplatoon

options


Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG perCarrier Patrol with a Boys anti-tank rife at no cost.

Replace all Indian Universal Carriers with IndianPattern Carriers at no cost.

platoon

4 Carrier Patrols 280 points 320 points 400 points

3 Carrier Patrols 210 points 240 points 300 points2 Carrier Patrols 140 points 160 points 200 points

1 Carrier Patrols 70 points 80 points 100 points

platoon

HQ Section with:

2 Assault Squads 65 points 75 points -

Te carrier platoon is used or scouting ahead o the battal-ion during mobile warare. In the static warare prevailing inthe mountains o unisia or much o the winter, the carriers

were instead used or more mundane tasks such as deliveringammunition and ood to the ront line.


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Mortar Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team

15cwt truck

Sergeant

Mortar Section

15cwt truck

3 mortar

15cwt truck

3 mortar

Observer Rifle Team

Sergeant

Mortar Section

15cwt truck

3 mortar

15cwt truck

3 mortar

Observer Rifle Team

Sergeant

Mortar Section

15cwt truck

3 mortar

15cwt truck

3 mortar

Observer Rifle Team

Anti-tank Platoon

Subaltern

Sergeant

Anti-tank Section

Sergeant

Anti-tank Section





Sergeant

Anti-tank Section



Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team

Jeep

Te battalion anti-tank platoon has six 2 pdr anti-tank guns.It is quickly apparent that these are inadequate against theheavily armoured panzers, and in 1943 they are replaced

with 6 pdr guns.

Te 6 pdr was available as a design beore the out-break othe war, but was shelved in 1939 until required. Its arrivalon the battleeld was urther delayed in 1940 when it wasdecided to continue producing the 2 pdr anti-tank gun. It

was thought that the delay in the change over in production

and re-training o crews would hinder the supply o gunswhen there was already a severe shortage. Te rst guns wereproduced in November 1941 ater the experiences in thedesert proved it was nally required to deal with the increas-ingly well-armoured German tanks.

Mortarplatoon

options

Add 15 cwt trucks or +5 points or the platoon.

Replace 15 cwt truck in HQ Section with TroopCarrier and all other 15 cwt trucks with MortarCarriers or +5 points or the platoon.

Indian and Gurkha Mortar Platoons may not takeMortar Carriers as they did not receive them.

anti-tanKplatoon

riFlecoMpa

nytUnisia

platoon

HQ Section with:

3 Mortar Sections 140 points 150 points 205 points

2 Mortar Sections 95 points 105 points 140 points

platoon

HQ Section with:

6 2 pdr portee 145 points 155 points -



4 6 pdr portee 140 points 150 points 210 points

2 6 pdr portee 75 points 85 points 110 points

Te plunging re o the battalion 3 mortars is useul inthe tangled terrain o unisia. For carrying mortars up rockyhills mules are oten used.

Te British 3 Mortar was a urther development o theStokes rench Mortar used with great success during WWI.It red a n-stabilised bomb by means o a charge in the tailo the projectile. Dropping the bomb down the tube red it;the primer was struck setting o the charge and propellingthe bomb back out.

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Machine-gun Platoon

SubalternSubaltern

HQ Section


Sergeant

Machine-gunSection



Sergeant

Machine-gunSection



Transport Section

Corporal

Corporal

Command 3-ton lorry

3-ton lorry

Lance Corporal

Transport Squad

3-ton lorry

3-ton lorry

Lance Corporal

Transport Squad

3-ton lorry

3-ton lorry

Lance Corporal

Transport Squad

3-ton lorry

3-ton lorry

Transport Squad

Machine-gUn platoon

optionAdd 15 cwt trucks or +5 points or the platoon.

BRIGAde SUppoRT plATooNS

platoon

HQ Section with:

2 Machine-gun Sections 120 points 130 points 175 points

1 Machine-gun Sections 60 points 70 points 90 points

Battalions in First Army ormed their own machine-gunplatoons with our Vickers machine-guns. Te Vickersguns provide important re support or the rie companies,oten using long-range plunging re to hit targets shelteringbehind the crest o a ridge.

In the rugged terrain o unisia the guns and their heavyammunition boxes are oten carried by mules.

A ransport Section ollows the rules or ransport Platoonsin the rulebook.

transport section

platoon4 Transport Squads 25 points - -

3 Transport Squads 20 points - -

2 Transport Squads 15 points - -

1 Transport Squad 10 points - -

During the winter their was little need o motorised trans-port or the inantry. Even i the terrible roads hadnt beenreduced to muddy bogs, the static ghting in the mountainsmeant the inantry could walk anywhere they needed to go.

Once Spring arrived and the German line was broken, thetransport companies were called into service to move theinantry orward in bounds or the rapid advance on unis.

Machine-gun Platoons in a Rie Company may re Artillery

Bombardments, as shown in the Arsenal.


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Heavy Mortar Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team 15cwt truckObserver Rifle Team

Sergeant

Mortar Section

4.2 mortar 15cwt truck


Sergeant

Mortar Section



heaVyMortarplatoon

option


platoon

HQ Section with:

2 Mortar Sections 135 points - -

Four mortar companies o the Royal Engineers ght inunisia. Despite the sappers complaints that their 4.2 heavymortars are short-ranged, cumbersome and inaccurate, theydeliver a powerul shell and the inantry always welcome theextra re support.

Te 4.2 mortar was introduced in 1942 and it became thestandard British heavy mortar o World War II. Te 4.2

mortar can be broken into three loads or transport (barrel,tripod, baseplate) and also had a light wheeled carriage avail-able so the mortar could be moved short distances by thecrew or towed behind a light vehicle.

riFlecoMpa

nytUnisia

British

dIVISIoNAl SUppoRT plATooNS


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Humber I armoured car

CoMBATp

lATooNS

HeAdqUARTeRS

SUppoRTp

lATooNS

Company HQ

HeAdqUARTeRS

31

0

(Mechanised coMpany)

ARMoUR

Armoured Platoon

Valentine Armoured Platoon15

17

INFANTRy

Motor Platoon

2

1


ReCoNNAISSANCe

31


ReCoNNAISSANCe

31


ReCoNNAISSANCe

31


ReCoNNAISSANCe

31

INFANTRy

Motor Platoon21

Infantry Tank Platoon19


ReCoNNAISSANCe

31

Crusader Armoured Platoon15

Tank Platoon47

ANTI-TANk




45

45

Having secured Algeria, the Anglo-American commandsent Blade Force, a combined British and Americanorce to capture unisia. Tis ad hoc brigade was beatento the punch by German troops arriving rom Italy.

British companies have US support options. Tese platoons

retain their own rules and ratings, counting as AlliedPlatoons (see page 70 o the rulebook).

aMerican allies

AIRCRAFTAir Support

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1st arMy

1st arMy

Armoured car squadron HQ

Major

Major

Company HQ

2ic CommandHumber III

Humber III

Company CommandHumber III

Humber III


Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ armoured car

Command Daimler I

Corporal

Armoured car

Daimler Dingo

Sergeant

Armoured car

Humber III

HeAdqUARTeRS

headqUarters

4 Humber III 105 points



coMpanyhq

Te teams o an Armored Car Squadron HQ are Recceteams.

CoMBAT plATooNS

platoon

Daimler I, Humber III and Dingo 85 points

arMoUred carplatoon

Te Derbyshire Yeomanry have a unique organisationtheDingo scout car usually heads the advance, ollowed by theHumber, with the Daimler sitting back to provide coveringre when they nd the enemy.

Armoured Car Platoons are Reconnaissance Platoons.

arMoUredcarsqUadrontU

nisia

MotiVationand sKillOnly soldiers o the highest calibre are chosen or the dicult and dangerous job o intelligence gathering. An Armoured Car Squadron is rated asConfdent rained.

RelUCTANT

CoNFIdeNT

FeARleSS

CoNSCRIpT

TRAINed

VeTeRAN

Te 1st

Derbyshire Yeomanry provide armoured reconnais-sance or the 6th Armoured Division. In the initial advanceon unis and the nal advance they scouted ahead o thedivision, but most o their work in unisia was patrolling.Te wide rontages held by the division meant that battalions

were widely separated by gaps o up to 20 miles (30km), andit is the armoured cars which patrolled these wide spaces,making sure the Germans were not inltrating through.


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Marmon Herrington III armoured car

CoMBATplATooNS

HeAdqUARTeR

S

SUppoRTplATooNS

Company HQ

HeAdqUARTeRS

33


Support platoons from a Rifle Company must all have the same symbol.

(Mechanised coMpany)

WeApoNSplATooNS

Recce Anti-tank Platoon

ANTI-TANk

3533

Recce Mortar Platoon

ARTIlleRy

3335

34

ANTI-TANk




45

45

ARMoUR


33

Recce Platoon

ReCoNNAISSANCe


Air Support43AIRCRAFT

Rife Platoon25

Recce Platoon

ReCoNNAISSANCe

Recce Platoon

ReCoNNAISSANCe

Assault Platoon

ReCoNNAISSANCe

INFANTRy


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1st arMy

1st arMy

Recce Squadron HQ

Major

Major

Company HQ

Company Commandarmoured car

Recce Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

LRC Patrol

Sergeant

Carrier Patrol

CommandUniversal Carrier

UniversalCarrier

UniversalCarrier

Sergeant

Carrier Patrol

CommandUniversal Carrier

UniversalCarrier

UniversalCarrier

CommandHumber LRC

Light Recce Car Light Recce Car

Light Recce Car Light Recce Car

HeAdqUARTeRS

headqUarters

1 Humber LRC III 25 points

coMpanyhq

Te Company HQ o a Reconnaissance Squadron is aReconnaissance Platoon.

Te Reconnaissance Corps was established to be the eyesand ears or the inantry divisions. Te 56th ReconnaissanceRegiment (nicknamed Chavasses Light Horse ater theirColonel) provides reconnaissance or the 78th BattleaxeDivision, while the 46th Recce Regiment is with the 46thDivision.

CoMBAT plATooNS

platoon



options

Replace up to hal o the Humber LRC recce cars withHumber III armoured cars or +5 points per car.

Add Carrier Patrols or +70 points per patrol.


Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG perCarrier Patrol with a Boys anti-tank rife at no cost.

recce platoon

Te LRC Patrol and Carrier Patrols operate as separateplatoons, each with their own Command team.

LRC and Carrier Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.

reccesqUadrontUnisia

MotiVationand sKillTe Reconnaissance Corps prides itsel in its skill and esprit de corps. Its troopers know their

job like the back o their hands. A Recce Squadron is rated asConfdent rained.

RelUCTANT

CoNFIdeNT

FeARleSS

CoNSCRIpT

TRAINed

VeTeRAN


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1st arMy

ASSAULT Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command MG team 15cwt truck

Corporal

Assault Squad

MG team

15cwt truck

Corporal

Assault Squad

MG team

15cwt truck

Corporal

Assault Squad

MG team

15cwt truck

Corporal

Assault Squad

MG team

15cwt truck

Anti-tank Rifle team

or PIAT team

platoon

HQ Section with:

4 Assault Squads 100 points

3 Assault Squads 80 points

option

Add Anti-tank Rife team or +15 points, or PIATteam or +20 points.

assaUlt platoon

When enemy positions cannot be bypassed, the AssaultPlatoon can be called upon to clear them out, allowing thesquadron to keep rolling orwards rather than waiting or theRie battalions to catch up and do the job.


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1st arMy

1st arMy

Recce Anti-tank Platoon

Subaltern

Sergeant

Anti-tank Section

Sergeant

Anti-tank Section





Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team Jeep

Recce Mortar Platoon

Subaltern

Sergeant

Mortar Section

15cwt truck

3 mortar

15cwt truck

3 mortar

Subaltern

HQ Section


Sergeant

Mortar Section

3 mortar3 mortar 15cwt truck15cwt truck

Observer Rifle Team

Sergeant

Mortar Section

15cwt truck

3 mortar

15cwt truck

3 mortar

Observer Rifle Team

Observer Rifle Team

recce anti-tanKplatoon

recce Mortarplatoon

WeApoNS plATooNS

platoon

HQ Section with:




platoon

HQ Section with:

3 Mortar Sections 140 points


options


Replace 15 cwt truck in HQ Section with TroopCarrier and all other 15 cwt trucks with MortarCarriers or +5 points or the platoon.

reccesqUadrontUnisia

British

Te Recce Squadron needs mobile anti-tank to deal withenemy counter-reconnaissance. Te highly mobile 2-pounder Portees troops ull this role with skill, whetherthey are ring rom the back o their trucks or dismountedto take advantage o concealing terrain.

Te mortars o the Recce Squadron are ideal or providingsmoke concealment or the reconnaissance troops o thesquadron.

When the squadron has done its job and needs to withdrawthe mortars can also provided heavier re against anypursuing enemy. Inantry ormations are easily broken up

with accurate and well directed mortar barrages.



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CoMBAT

plATooNS

HeAdqUARTeRS

Commando HQ

HeAdqUARTeRS

37

(inFantrycoMpany)

Commando Company

INFANTRy

37

Commando Company

INFANTRy

37

CommandoMachine-gun Platoon

MACHINe-GUNS

38

CommandoMortar Platoon

ARTIlleRy

38

Commando Company

INFANTRy

37

Commando Company

INFANTRy

37

Commando Company

INFANTRy

37

Fairbairn-SykesFighting Knie

TUNISIA

SUppoRTplA

TooNS

ARMoUR


INFANTRy

Rife Platoon (Guards)25

ARTIlleRy

Field Battery, Royal Artillery45


Support platoons must be from the First Army ( ) apart from the Rifle Platoon which must beGuards ( ).


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coMMando

coMMando

Commando Company

Captain

Commando Section

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle/MG team

Lance Sergeant

CommandoSquad

Rifle/MG team


Lance Sergeant

CommandoSquad

Rifle/MG team


Commando Section

Captain

Captain

HQ Section

Command Rifle/MG team

Lance Sergeant

CommandoSquad

Rifle/MG team


Lance Sergeant

CommandoSquad

Rifle/MG team


Commando HQ

Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel

Company HQ

CompanyCommand Rifle team

HeAdqUARTeRS

headqUarters

Company HQ 25 points

option

Add up to three Sniper teams or +50 points perteam.

coMMando hq

CoMBAT CoMpANIeS

A commando has six small company-sized troops, includingthe heavy weapons troop. Each commando troop is made upo two platoon-strength commando sections. Commandosare well armed, however it is their daggers and silent-killing

techniques which make them such a terriying orce in closeassaults.

CoNSCRIpT

TRAINed

VeTeRAN

RelUCTANT

CoNFIdeNT

FeARleSS

platoon

2 Commando Sections 390 points

1 Commando Section 195 points

coMMando coMpany

At the start o the game beore deployment you may makeany or all o the ollowing changes to each Commando

Section:Replace up to two Rie/MG teams with SMG teams.

Replace one Rie/MG team with a Light Mortar team.

Replace one Rie/MG team with an Anti-tank Rieteam.

Te Platoon Command team may not be replaced with aLight Mortar or Anti-tank Rie team.

MotiVationand sKillCommandos are highly trained, experienced and motivated volunteers who know that Hitlerhas ordered them executed i captured. A Commando roop is rated asFearless Veteran.

coMMando

tUnisia

Commando Sections operate as separate platoons, each withtheir own command team.


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coMMando

coMMando

Commando Machine-gun Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team

Corporal

Machine-gunSection

Vickers HMG

Corporal

Machine-gunSection

Vickers HMG

Corporal

Machine-gunSection

Vickers HMG

Commando Machine-gun Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team

Corporal

Machine-gunSection

Vickers HMG

Corporal

Machine-gunSection

Vickers HMG

Corporal

Machine-gunSection

Vickers HMG

coMMando Machine-gUn platoon

Each commando has a machine-gun platoon that gives theirmates heavy re support to cover them in the last phase oassaults. Tey also break up enemy counterattacks with theirsustained re.

Commandos were specialists in quick attacks. Tey neitherhad the ammunition nor the time or prolonged machine-

gun bombardments.

Te Vickers HMG teams o a Commando Machine-gunPlatoon may not re Artillery Bombardments.

Te commandos heavy weapons troop has a mortar platoonto go with its machine-gun platoon. Te mortar platoon

gives the commando light artillery support o its own.

headqUarters

HQ Section with:



coMMando Mortarplatoon

headqUarters

HQ Section with:




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Ater the withdrawal o all British units rom mainland Europeater Dunkirk, Prime Minister Winston Churchill orderedthe ormation o irregular raiding units or Commandos to

take the ght back to the German enemy in occupied Europewith butcher and bolt raids. Te Commandos conductedmany small raids against the French and Norwegian coasts,but their most successul action was Operation Chariotby No. 2 Commando, which wrecked the dry dock at St.Nazaire, orcing the giant battleship irpitz to return toGermany or repairs.

Te Commandos urther distinguished themselves at Dieppein August 1942, where No. 3 and No. 4 Commandos werethe only units to successully complete their assignments,despite initial setbacks.

Later that year, No. 1 and No. 6 Commandos were in the

vanguard o the Operation orch landings in French NorthArica on 8 November, 1942. Te Commandos ought theirway to within miles o unis beore being turned back by thenewly arrived 10th Panzer Division.

Te next big action by the Commandos in the Mediterraneanwas Operation Husky, the liberation o Sicily on 10 July 1943.Tere No. 3 Commando, and No. 40 (orty) and No. 41

(our-one not orty one!) Royal Marine Commandosled the Canadian and British invasion orce ashore. No. 3Commando was then assigned to take the Ponte dei Malatibridge ahead o 50th (Northumbrian) Division who wouldthen go on to relieve 1 Parachute Brigade dropping onPrimosole bridge, key to the advance to Catania. TeCommandos succeeded, but German counterattacks orcedthem o the bridge beore the delayed 50th Division arrived.

No. 3 and No. 40 (RM) Commandos then took part inOperation Baytown, the Eighth Armys landings on the toeo Italy early in September, 1943. Later, on 9 September,No. 2 and No. 41 (RM) Commandos covered the let ank

o the Salerno landings near Naples in Italy. At the start oOctober, No. 3 Commando was in action again, landingto seize the town o ermoli on the Adriatic coast ahead o78th Battleaxe Division.

CoMMANdo SpeCIAl RUleS

coMMando

tUnisia

British

no British BUlldogCommandos are earless, but they are also raiders. Teir

job is to get in, strike hard, and get out. Prolonged combatssimply delay their mission, so the British Bulldog rule does

not apply to Commando platoons.

Ignore the rst Destroyed Commando Section, Commando

Machine-gun Platoon, or Commando Mortar Platoon ina Commando when determining i it is necessary to take aCompany Morale Check.

yoU are not aloneCommandos are small, hard-hitting strike orces. As eachcommando troop has only two small platoons, they mustoperate together to win. Every commando knows that nomatter what happens, they are not alone. Even i their troopruns into insurmountable trouble, another troop will bethere to help them out.

Mindand heartWhile in Scotland, the commandos trained in all sorts odifcult terrain, rom ooded bogs to sheer clis.

Commando Inantry eams hit on a roll o 2+ in anassault.

FairBairn-syKesUnder Captains W E Fairbairn and A E Sykes, a pair otough Shanghai policemen, Commandos were trained inevery imaginable method o killing and avoiding being killedin close combat. Te Fairbairn-Sykes dagger they designedor the Commandos is still in use today.

Commando Platoons use the German Mission acticsspecial rule on page 242 o the rulebook.

All commando Inantry and Man-packed Gun teams areMountaineers (see page 61 o the rulebook).

KnoWthe planCommandos are expected to be independent-minded (i notdownright unconventional) sorts and every man is drilled inthe plan beore an attack. Tat way i the ofcers are killed,an NCO, or even a private can take over as needed.


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CoMBATplATooNS

HeAdqUARTeRS

parachUte

0

Parachute Company HQ

Major

Major

Company HQ

Company CommandSMG team

2iC CommandSMG team

Sergeant

Mortar Section

3 mortar 3 mortar

Corporal

Anti-tank Section




(inFantrycoMpany)

Company HQ

HeAdqUARTeRS

40

WeApoNSpl

ATooN

Parachute Platoon

INFANTRy

41

Parachute Platoon

INFANTRy

41

Parachute Platoon

INFANTRy

41

ParachuteMortar Platoon

ARTIlleRy

41

HeAdqUARTeRS

headqUartersCompany HQ 65 points

options

Add Anti-tank rife teams or +25 points per team.

Add Mortar Section or +60 points.

Add up to three Sniper teams or +50 points perteam.

Para ofcers are selected to lead their men into battle knowingthat they will be isolated, surrounded, and out-numbered.

Tey will ght on until they win or die trying.

coMpanyhq

TUNISIA

SUppoRTplATo

oNS

Crusader Armoured PlatoonARMoUR 15

15Valentine Armoured Platoon

INFANTRy

Rife Platoon25

ARTIlleRy


parasin tUnisia1st Parachute Brigades service in unisia was the rst major commitment o the edgelingBritish airborne arm. Te brigade ought in the mountains with little support ater someinitial battles alongside 6th Armoured Divisions Blade Force during the dash to unis.

Several small limited airborne drops were executed to secure or sabotage a ew critical aireldsahead o the Allied advance.


Support platoons must be from the First Army ( ).


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parachUte

parachUte

Parachute Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

CommandRifle/MG team

Corporal

Rifle Squad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Corporal

Rifle Squad

Rifle/MG team

Rifle/MG team

Corporal

Rifle Squad


Parachute Mortar Platoon

Subaltern

Subaltern

HQ Section

Command Rifle team Observer Rif le Team

Sergeant

Mortar Section

3 mortar 3 mortar

Sergeant

Mortar Section

3 mortar 3 mortar

parachUte platoon

CoMBAT plATooNS

platoon

HQ Section with:

3 Rife Squads 210 points

2 Rife Squads 150 points

option

Replace all Rife/MG teams in one Rife Squad withSMG teams at no cost.

gaMMon BoMBsLieutenant Gammon devised the No. 82 Gammon Grenade.Tis is just a cloth bag with a use. Since every para carriesp

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