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LEAD PRODUCERZACH TEWALTHOMAS

CONTENT DEVELOPMENTMACK MARTIN

ADDITIONAL WRITINGADAM BAKER, DAVID HANSEN,

AND SAM STEWART

EDITING & PROOFREADINGADAM BAKER, MICHAEL GERNES,

AND DAVID HANSEN

GRAPHIC DESIGNSHAUN BOYKE

INTERIOR ARTDAVIDE FABBRI, MATHIEU HARLAUT, MATTHIAS HADDAD, KARL KOPINSKI, LAURENT LECOCQ,

MIKE NASH, DOMENICO NEZITI, ALESSIA ZAMBONIN, AND PAOLO PARENTE

TERRAIN AND TABLESBEXLEY ANDRAJACK

PHOTOGRAPHYRYAN THOMPSON

PRODUCTION MANAGERERIC KNIGHT

LICENSING COORDINATORDEB BECK

EXECUTIVE GAME DESIGNERCOREY KONIECZKA

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERMICHAEL HURLEY

PUBLISHERCHRISTIAN T. PETERSEN

DUST STUDIOGAME DESIGN & CONTINUITY

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INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION .....................4CAMPAIGN BOOKS ......................................... 4

HISTORY OF THE SSU ...................................... 5

SSU TIMELINE .................................................. 5

CHAPTER 1: NEW RULES ........ 14AIRCRAFT MINIATURES ..................................14

AIRCRAFT RULES ............................................15

AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT ...................................15

ATTACK ACTIONS ...........................................15

FLYING LOW ...................................................16

AIRCRAFT CARRY CAPACITY ...........................16

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE ........................................16

NEW SPECIAL ABILITIES .................................17

NEW SPECIAL WEAPON ABILITIES .................19

3 PLAYER SCENARIOS ................................... 22

CHAPTER 2: REINFORCEMENTS .32USING NEW UNITS ....................................... 32

M3 SERIES MEDIUM COMBAT WALKER ......... 33

SCHWER PANZER KAMPFLÄUFER III ............ 34

CHAPTER 3: THE SSU ............. 35LEADERS ........................................................ 36

THE SECRET OF ZVEROGRAD ........................ 36

ARMED FORCES ..............................................37

THE SOVIET GUARD .......................................37

THE SOVIET PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIATE........37

SSU ARMY LIST ...............................................37

SSU WEAPONS .............................................. 38

PLATOONS .................................................... 42

PLATOON UPGRADES ................................... 43

DEFENSE PLATOON ....................................... 44

POLITICAL PLATOON .................................... 46

SSU INFANTRY .............................................. 48

KV47 WALKERS ............................................. 52

KV47-AERO WALKER ..................................... 54

AIRBORNE TRANSPORTS .............................. 55

MIL MI-47 ATTACK HELICOPTER ................... 56

SSU HEROES .................................................. 58

Hauptmann Schneider,

This is the complete volume of our intelligence on the current SSU forces. Much of

it was acquired through our assets within ASOCOM, who have recently engaged

the SSU threat in the northwestern-most area of the North American continent

(Alaska) as well as the southeastern-most peninsula (Florida).

It is clear that the Allied forces are having more success against the SSU low-air

superiority tactics, and I highly recommend training Heavy Recon Grenadiers in

maneuvers for this purpose.Oberst Fischer

SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRISTOPHER SEEFELD, AND OUR PLAYTESTERS!Andy Coffman, Thomas Deuell, Andrew Fischer, Tim Flanders, Alex Friedrich, Chris Gerber, Jay Paul, Drew Peterson, Wade Piche, Simon Radecki, Jake Richards, Matt Root, Matt Running, Christopher Seefeld, Jeremy Stomberg, Ken Thomas, Joe Veen, and Dennis Walter

TO FELD, TERS!

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INTRODUCTION

“History shows that there are no invincible armies.”

–Joseph Stalin

Welcome to Campaign: Zverograd, the first Dust Warfare campaign book. Within these pages lie the histories of the Sino-Soviet Union, the specs and design details of its most closely-guarded technologies, and the profiles of its leaders and heroes.

This book also includes Aircraft units, an armory of additional weapons and special abilities for the SSU, Axis, and Allied war efforts, and describes in detail the rules governing every addition.

CAMPAIGN BOOKS

Dust Warfare campaign books provide rules and background for Dust Warfare as the game expands and updates. Each one will present players with new scenarios, rules, and Dust history to keep Dust Warfare up to date with the ever-expanding selection of Dust Miniatures.

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HISTORY OF THE SSU“No nation in the world has endured such hardship. No nation has given as many of her men, her lands, and her spoils to the cause of justice. Long have we suffered this nightfall of the Motherland. But a new year dawns, and the waning tide now

be as red as the blood that runs in her gutters.”

--SSU operative codename “Winter Child,” 1947

1941With the launch of Operation “Barbarossa” in the summer of 1941, the German war machine began its invasion of the Soviet Union. So fast and efficient was the German advance that Soviet high command dismissed the initial report of it as a hoax. By winter of 1941, Kharkov had fallen, and the Germans were at the gates of Moscow.

The defense of Moscow was brave but desperate; Soviet infantry, initially outnumbered but better equipped against the increasing cold, did not capitulate; constant harassment by Soviet ski troops confounded the German advance; and by the end of December “General Winter” had ground the siege of Moscow to a standstill.

Despite tremendous Soviet valor, losses were catastrophic. By the dawn of the new year, Soviet command knew that the Motherland’s survival would be dearly paid in blood. In the bitter cold, the Soviet Union began preparations for the most protracted armed resistance in history.

1942As the early months of 1942 elapsed, the Eastern Front grew

and Soviet armies whole. Trains from the far east, where Axis threat was minimal, ran day and night, supplying Soviet armies with men and materiel; the German effort seemed limitless and matched the Soviets man for man.

In May of 1942, the Soviets attempted to recapture Kharkov.

advance. This was called the Second Battle of Kharkov; there would be many more.

The infamous Battle of Stalingrad began in August. After heavy bombing by the Luftwaffe, German and Soviet divisions poured into the city, which quickly fell into ruin

odds against, the Soviets offered uncanny resistance; after

a strip of land on the western bank of the River Volga, from which they launched daily counterattacks against the Germans who occupied the city proper.

By October, the Germans deployed the Panzer KampfLäufer

walker moved marvelously over the broken terrain, and its

the help of their KampfLäufers, the Germans slowly turned the tide of the battle in their favor.

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SSU TIMELINE1941June: The German invasion of the USSR begins with Operation “Barbarossa.”

October: The First Battle of Kharkov begins.

December: The Battle of Moscow begins. Winter conditions, Soviet ski troops, and Soviet infantry equipped for cold conditions repel the German invasion.

1942May: The Second Battle of Kharkov begins. Soviet armies fail to liberate the city.

August: The Battle of Stalingrad begins.

October: The Germans debut the Panzer KampfLauer in the assault on Stalingrad.

November: Operation “Uranus” begins with a massive Soviet attempt to surround German-occupied Stalingrad.

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In November of 1942, the Soviets launched Operation “Uranus,” a massive counterattack to surround Stalingrad.

impressing upon German command the depths of Soviet devotion, the encirclement failed; Soviet T34 tanks proved utterly useless against the German walkers, and Russian

in the ruins of the city.

Not only did the Germans hold large districts of Stalingrad at the beginning of winter, but German high command now saw that their walker technology would irrevocably change the face of the war.

1943

for the Soviets. Despite the Red Army’s perseverance, the Wehrmacht decisively captured Stalingrad in February of 1943. It was a Pyrrhic victory for the Germans; the assault on Stalingrad cost the Germans more men than all other battles on the Eastern Front combined and demanded an overcommitment of German forces.

Despite the fall of Stalingrad, all was not lost for the Soviets. After a series of daring raids, they managed to capture a brand new Pz. KpfL and a team of German engineers. With these acquisitions, the USSR began to rapidly bridge the technological gulf between themselves and the Germans.

The Third Battle of Kharkov began in February. A merciless Soviet offensive won them control of the city only to lose it once again, along with 52 Soviet divisions, a few days later. Despite the Soviets’ technological acquisitions in Stalingrad, they were unable to develop a countermeasure to the German walker, against which no Soviet tank or soldier could stand.

The worst was yet to come. Soviet troops participating in the Third Battle of Kharkov encountered divisions of reanimated corpses

the Soviet troops was catastrophic; veterans

ghastly fate at the hands of the Axis Zombies.

In the aftermath of this grotesque defeat, the Kremlin and the Stavka launched a slew of programs to promote similar advances of their own. Among these initiatives was the foundation of a centralized military intelligence and counterintelligence agency in Moscow, called SMERSH. Rumors of its

founding much earlier in the war persisted

parties disappeared or expired, and the few

refused to comment. In any case, the prowess of SMERSH assassins was no rumor, and they quickly grew infamous for placing a Queen of Hearts card in the hands of their victims.

In August, the Soviets dealt two crucial defeats

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walkers revealed vulnerability on open terrain, and the second at Kharkov, where the Soviets

prevailed in a fourth battle for the city. Despite these injuries to the German

advance, the Eastern Front stabilized, allowing the Germans to fortify their positions and staunch their losses.

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