3

MAS 7.5MM RIFLE

SOLDIER

SPEED

1940
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

RENAULT R-35

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1940

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Close Assault 6 This unit has

an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Trench Crossing This unit

can cross streams without
making a movement roll.

The MAS-36, a rugged 7.5mm bolt-action rifle, was the

standard weapon of the French infantry.

The R-35s extension rails helped it cross trenches and

other obstacles at the expense of speed and firepower.

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COMMISSAR

SOLDIER COMMANDER

SPEED

1939

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Close Assault 6 This unit

has an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

COMMANDER ABILITIES
Initiative +1

Bravery Enforcement Friendly

disrupted Soldiers adjacent to this
unit dont suffer the 1 penalty to
their attack dice.
Commissars accompanied Soviet units into battle to ensure
that every officer and man fought with proper patriotic
zeal. Failure was not an option.

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32

KV-1

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1941

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 6/6

13

11

10

Exposed Transport This unit

can carry one Soldier. That
Soldier can be attacked while
its boarded on this transport.
(A friendly Soldier can board
or dismount this unit instead
of moving during your movement
phase.)
Heavy Armor Ignore the first Damaged counter this unit
receives each game.

On 19 August 1941, Lt. Zinoviy Kolobanov destroyed 22

German tanks at Krasnogvardeysk in his KV-1. His tank
was hit 135 times during the firefight, but not one German
shell penetrated the tanks heavy armor.

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MOSIN-NAGANT
1891/30

SOLDIER

SPEED

3
1939

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Command Dependent In
your movement phase, this unit
cant move unless it starts its
move adjacent to a friendly
Commander.

SPEED

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 5/5

13

11

10

Considered by many to be the best all-round tank of the

war, the T-34 outclassed its German rivals until the Tiger
and Panther appeared on the battlefield.

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6-POUNDER
ANTITANK GUN
0

Superior Armor 2 An attack must beat this units defense

by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

Soviet riflemen carried the Mosin-Nagant 1891/30, known

in the Soviet Union simply as the vintovka mosina,
or Mosin rifle. This cheap, simple, and rugged weapon
was of somewhat poorer quality than more modern rifles.

SPEED

1941

Exposed Transport This

unit can carry one Soldier. That
Soldier can be attacked while
its boarded on this transport.
(A friendly Soldier can board
or dismount this unit instead of
moving during your movement
phase.)

Close Assault 8 This unit

has an attack value of 8 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

SOLDIER ARTILLERY

28

T-34/76

VEHICLE TANK

7
1942

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 3/3

11

Relocate 2 This unit has

speed 2 during your assault
phase.

CHURCHILL
CROCODILE

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

35
1944

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 7/6

10

13

11

Hull-Mounted Flamethrower
This units short-range attack
ignores cover. If this unit rolls
three or more 6s on a shortrange attack, the target is
destroyed immediately. This
ability doesnt work against
enemy units that are behind this unit.
Superior Armor 2 An attack must beat this units defense
by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

On 20 September 1944, Lance-Sergeant Baskeyfield

and his crew destroyed two Tigers and at least one
self-propelled gun with their 6-Pounder from less than
a hundred yards. He won a posthumous Victoria Cross
for the action.

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Slow but very heavily armored, the Crocodile was a

Churchill Mk.VII fitted with a hull-mounted flamethrower
in addition to its 75mm main gun.

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CRUSADER II

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1941

VEHICLE ARMORED CAR

1941

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/3

HUMBER
SCOUT CAR

Vanguard After both armies

are deployed, this unit can
move at speed 4 before the
first turn begins.

SPEED

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 3/2

High Gear 2 If this unit makes

its entire move along a road, it
gets +2 speed.

Prone to Breakdown This

unit cant move while damaged.

Strike and Fade 2 In your

assault phase, this unit can
move at speed 2 after attacking.

Thanks to their speed, many Crusaders fought in the North

African campaign despite being mechanically unreliable.

The Humber saw action in North Africa, Burma, and Italy

with the famed 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats.

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INSPIRING
LIEUTENANT

SOLDIER COMMANDER

SPEED

10
1940

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Close Assault 7 This unit

has an attack value of 7 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

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M3 STUART

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1941

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/3

All Guns Blazing After this

unit attacks in your assault
phase, it can make one extra
attack against a Soldier.

COMMANDER ABILITIES

Initiative +2
Tally-Ho! In your movement
phase, friendly non-Artillery
Soldiers that start their move
adjacent to this unit get +1 speed.
The 42nd Division, or East Lancashire, was part of the
British Expeditionary Force that fought in France in
1940. Its soldiers were among the thousands evacuated
from Dunkirk.

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Some versions of the Stuart, the standard light tank of the

US Army until 1945, carried no fewer than five machine
guns. Many were sold to Britain and saw action in the
North African campaign.

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ROYAL ENGINEERS

SOLDIER

SPEED

1940
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Close Assault 16 This unit

has an attack value of 16 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

SMLE NO.4 RIFLE

SOLDIER

SPEED

1941
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Close Assault 6 This unit

has an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Bridge Demolition This unit

may attempt to destroy a bridge
or Obstacle in its hex instead of
moving or attacking in your assault phase. Roll a die. If you roll
a 4 or higher, destroy the bridge
or obstacle. (Units now need to make a
movement roll to cross
the stream or obstacle, and the road
is broken at that point.)
The No. 4 Short Magazine Lee Enfield .303 caliber rifle
replaced the Mark III early in the war.

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VICKERS
MACHINE-GUN TEAM

SOLDIER

SPEED

1940
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

BAZOOKA

SOLDIER

SPEED

1942
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Double Shot This unit

can make two attacks in your
assault phase. When making
a defensive-fire attack, this
unit makes two attack rolls
against the unit that provoked
the attack.

Close Assault 10 This unit has

an attack value of 10 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

The Vickers used in WW II, essentially the same weapon

that the British Army used in WW I, was a water-cooled
.303 caliber gun with a reputation for reliability.

The M1 rocket launcher, or bazooka, fired a 60mm

rocket. It was rushed into production for the North
African campaign in 1942.

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JEEP

VEHICLE CAR

SPEED

1941
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 1/1

SPEED

1942
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Transport This unit can carry

one Soldier. (A friendly Soldier
can board or dismount this unit
instead of moving during your
movement phase.)

Coordinated Fire This unit

rolls one extra attack die while
adjacent to a friendly
Commander.

Exactly how this little 4x4 reconnaissance car ended up

with the name Jeep has never really been determined.

The US M1 .30 caliber rifle was a semiautomatic

weapon and outclassed the bolt-action rifles used
by the Axis forces.

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M18 HELLCAT

24

VEHICLE TANK DESTROYER

1944

Close Assault 7 This unit

has an attack value of 7 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

High Gear 2 If this unit makes

its entire move along a road, it
gets +2 speed.

SPEED

M1 GARAND RIFLE

SOLDIER

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 3/2

14

12

10

High Gear 2 If this unit

makes its entire move along a
road, it gets +2 speed.
Flanking Attack This unit
rolls one extra attack die when
attacking a Vehicles rear.
Strike and Fade 1 In your assault phase, this unit can
move at speed 1 after attacking.

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M3 LEE

VEHICLETANK

SPEED

1942

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 5/4

Strike and Fade 1 In your

assault phase, this unit can
move at speed 1 after
attacking.
Additional Hull-Mounted
Cannon In your assault
phase, this unit can make an
extra attack at 12/10/8. The
target must be a Vehicle in
front of this unit.
Tall Silhouette This unit
fails cover rolls.

With a top speed of 55 mph, the Hellcat was the fastest

armored fighting vehicle of the war.

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The awkward location of the Lees sponson-mounted

75mm gun was a serious tactical drawback.

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M4A1 SHERMAN

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1942

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 5/4

13

11

SHERMAN
EASY EIGHT

M4A3E8

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

34

1944

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 5/4

14

12

10

Exposed Transport This unit

can carry one Soldier. That Soldier
can be attacked while boarded on
this transport. (A friendly Soldier
can board or dismount this unit
instead of moving during your
movement phase.)
Excellent Suspension This unit
can enter hill hexes as though they
were clear hexes.

The United States produced over 55,000 Sherman

variants during the warmore than twice as many tanks
as Germany produced in total during the same period.

Armor-Piercing Rounds Once per game, before you roll this

units attack against a Vehicle, you can declare you are
using these rounds. If you score two hits against that Vehicle
with this attack, score an additional hit.
Superior Armor 2 An attack must beat this units
defense by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

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MARINES M2-2
FLAMETHROWER

SOLDIER

SPEED

1944
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

10

Flamethrower This units

short-range attack ignores cover.
If this unit rolls three or more
6s on a short-range attack, the
target is destroyed immediately.

US Marines used flamethrowers to dig determined

defenders out of caves, bunkers, and other strongpoints.
The M2-2 used compressed nitrogen to throw a stream
of napalm up to fifty yards.

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MORTAR M2

SOLDIER

SPEED

1941
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 3/3

Inaccurate 1 This unit gets -1

on each attack die.
Shrapnel 2 Each success this
unit rolls against a Soldier counts
as two successes.

The M2 was a 60mm mortar that weighed only forty-two

pounds when assembled. A good crew could fire over thirty
rounds per minute.

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RED DEVIL
CAPTAIN

SOLDIER COMMANDER

SPEED

7
1942

SPEED

DEFENSE 6/4

Initiative +2
Pinpointer Units attacked
by friendly Soldiers adjacent to
this unit get -1 on cover rolls
for that attack.

18

15

13

Superior Armor 2 An attack

must beat this units defense by
2 or more in order to score two
hits against it.

The Red Diamond 5th Infantry Division fought their

way across France in the summer of 1944. The Germans
nicknamed them Die rote Teufelthe Red Devils.

Built on the Panthers chassis, the Jagdpanther was

equipped with the outstanding 88mm PAK 43 L/71 gun.

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LIGHT MORTAR
1

Extended Range 12 This

units long range against
Vehicles is 512 hexes.

COMMANDER ABILITIES

SPEED

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

No Turret This unit can

attack Vehicles only if they
are in front of this unit.

Close Assault 7 This unit

has an attack value of 7 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

SOLDIER

39

1944

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

JAGDPANTHER

VEHICLE TANK DESTROYER

1939
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 3/3

Inaccurate 1 This unit gets

-1 on each attack die.

MAUSER KAR 98K

SOLDIER

SPEED

1939
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Close Assault 6 This unit

has an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Shrapnel 2 Each success

this unit rolls against a Soldier
counts as two successes.
Limited Range 6 This unit can
only attack at ranges of 6 or less.

The standard German 50mm light mortar fired a

two-pound round.

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The typical German soldier carried the Kar 98k bolt-action

rifle, a weapon closely based on the famous 1898 Mauser.

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MG 42
MACHINE-GUN TEAM
SOLDIER

SPEED

10

1942
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

10

Double Shot This unit can

make two attacks in your
assault phase. When making
a defensive-fire attack, this
unit makes two attack rolls
against the unit that provoked
the attack.

PAK 38
ANTITANK GUN
SOLDIER ARTILLERY

SPEED

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 3/3

11

Seasoned Crew Units

attacked by this unit get -1
on cover rolls against this
units attacks.

The MG 42, widely regarded as the best machine gun of

the war, had an exceptionally high rate of fireover
1,200 rounds per minute.

The 50mm PanzerabwehrKanone (antitank gun) played a

key role in the famous Afrika Korps campaigns.

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PANZER II AUSF. C
VEHICLE TANK
3

Relocate 2 This unit has

speed 2 during your assault
phase.

Suppressive Fire This unit can

make any number of defensive-fire
attacks each phase.

SPEED

8
1941

1939

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 2/2

Excellent Suspension This

unit can move through hill
hexes as though they were
clear hexes.

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PANZER IV AUSF. G
VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1942

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 5/3

15

13

11

Extended Range 10 This

units long range against
Vehicles is 510 hexes.

Double Shot This unit

can make two attacks in your
assault phase. When making
a defensive-fire attack, this unit
makes two attack rolls against the
unit that provoked the attack.

The underarmored Panzer II played a key role in

Germanys early campaigns against Poland and France.
Its 20mm automatic cannon attained a high rate of fire.

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Sideskirts This unit gets

+1/+1 defense against units
that have the close assault
ability.

Also known as the Mark IV Special, the Ausf. G carried

an excellent long-barreled 75mm gun.

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PANZERFAUST 30
SOLDIER

SPEED

1943

VEHICLE ARMORED CAR

1939

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

10

Close Assault 11 This unit

has an attack value of 11
against Vehicles in its hex. This
attack ignores cover.

SPEED

DEFENSE 2/2

The 222 often provided support for other scouting vehicles

and engaged enemy reconnaissance vehicles.

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SD KFZ 251
4

Strike and Fade 2 In your

assault phase, this unit can
move at speed 2 after attacking.

The panzerfausts shaped-charge warhead could defeat

even the heaviest Allied tanks. This highly effective
rocket-propelled grenade fired from a disposable launcher.

SPEED

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

High Gear 2 If this unit

makes its entire move along a
road, it gets +2 speed.

Limited Range 2 This unit

can only attack at ranges of 2
or less.

VEHICLE HALF-TRACK

SD KFZ 222

7
1939

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 2/2

Gun Transport This unit

has the transport ability. It can
carry non-large Artillery.
High Gear 2 If this unit
makes its entire move along a
road, it gets +2 speed.
Fighting Platform A non-artillery Soldier carried by this
unit can attack during your assault phase if this unit doesnt
move during that phase.

Germany produced more than 15,000 Sd Kfz 251s and its

variants during WW II. It could carry up to ten soldiers and
was armed with two machine guns.

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SIG 33
VEHICLE ASSAULT GUN 1940

SPEED

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 2/2

Fixed Howitzer This unit can

attack only units in front of it.
Blast When this unit attacks,
make a separate attack roll
against each unit in the target
hex. (This includes friendly
units.)
Bombardment This unit cant
attack aircraft. This units
attacks ignore cover.
Open Back Enemy units can use their anti-soldier
attack values when attacking this unit from behind.
Enhanced Range 16 This units long range is 5-16
hexes.
The sIG 33 combined a 150mm howitzer and the chassis
of a Panzer I to create the first German assault gun.

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SSHAUPSTURMFHRER
SOLDIER COMMANDER

SPEED

1939

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

SS-PANTHER
AUSF.G
VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 6/4

Fanatic This unit ignores

face-up Disrupted counters.

SS Determination This unit

can move while disrupted.

COMMANDER ABILITIES

Extended Range 12 This

units long range against
Vehicles is 512 hexes.

Initiative +3
Exert Will At the beginning
of your movement phase,
remove all Disrupted counters
from friendly Soldiers adjacent
to this unit.

16

14

11

Superior Armor 2 An attack

must beat this units defense by
2 or more in order to score two
hits against it.

The 2nd SS Division saw action in some of the wars

biggest battles, including Kharkov and Kursk on the
Eastern Front and Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge
on the Western Front.

Germany responded to the T-34 by incorporating some

of the Soviet tanks featuresincluding wider tracks and
sloping armorinto the Panthers design.

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SSPANZERGRENADIER
SOLDIER

SPEED 1

42
1944

1940
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 5/5

10

Ruthless This unit gets +1 on

each attack die against disrupted
and damaged units.
Close Assault 7 This unit
has an attack value of 7 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

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TIGER I

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1942

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 7/6

17

15

12

Overrun Once per phase,

when this unit moves into
a hex, you may disrupt one
Soldier in that hex.
Extended Range 10 This
units long range against
Vehicles is 510 hexes.
Heavy Armor Ignore the
first Damaged counter this unit
receives each game.

The Waffen SS was created in 1940 and became a second

German army that fought alongside the Wehrmacht.
It eventually grew to a force of 600,000 elite soldiers.

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The Tigers dreaded 88mm gun routinely scored

first-round kills against Russian T-34s at ranges
of more than a thousand yards.

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CARRO ARMATO
M13/40
VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

12
1940

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/3

10

Overlapping Fire This unit

can make defensive-fire attacks
against Soldiers.

FUCILE
MODELLO 1891
SOLDIER

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

SPEED 1
DEFENSE 4/4

The most widely used Italian tank of the war, the M13
was armed with a good 47mm gun but tended to catch
fire and explode when hit.

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47MM TYPE 1
ANTITANK GUN
0

The Corpo di Spedizione Italiano (Italian Expeditionary

Corps) numbered more than 60,000 men when it arrived
in Russia in the summer of 1941.

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SPEED

Close Assault 6 This unit

has an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Highly Flammable When this

unit receives a Damaged counter,
roll a die. On a 3 or higher,
destroy it immediately.

SOLDIER ARTILLERY

3
1940

5
1942

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 3/3

Relocate 2 This unit has

speed 2 during your assault
phase.

ARISAKA RIFLE
SOLDIER

SPEED

1939
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Close Assault 6 This unit

has an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.
Hand to Hand 12 This unit
has an attack value of 12 against
Soldiers in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Japan developed the Type 1 after Soviet-Japanese border

fighting in 1939 showed that their 37mm guns were
inadequate at dealing with modern Soviet tanks.

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Japanese riflemen carried the bolt-action .25 caliber

Arisaka rifle. It was highly accurate in the hands of a
skilled shooter, but awkward because of its great length.

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IMPERIAL SERGEANT
SOLDIER COMMANDER

SPEED

1939

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

Hand to Hand 10 This unit

has an attack value of 10 against
Soldiers in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

TYPE 89 MORTAR
SOLDIER

SPEED

1939
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 3/3

Inaccurate 1 This unit gets -1

on each attack die.
Shrapnel 2 Each success this
unit rolls against a Soldier counts
as two successes.

COMMANDER ABILITIES

Initiative +2
Banzai Charge In your assault
phase, friendly non-Artillery
Soldiers adjacent to this unit can
move into an enemy units hex and then attack
that unit. They get +1 on each attack die for that attack.

Seasoned Crew Units attacked

by this unit get -1 on cover rolls.

The 14th Infantry Division of the Imperial Japanese Army

defended the island of Peleliu in the Palaus. The US
invasion of Peleliu in September 1944 had the highest
casualty rate of any amphibious assault of the war.

American soldiers often referred to this 50mm grenade

discharger as a knee mortar because it looked like it was
supposed to sit on the firers knee. The Japanese knew
betterthat was a surefire recipe for a broken leg.

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TYPE 92
MACHINE-GUN TEAM
SOLDIER

SPEED

1939
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

TYPE 95 HA-GO
VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1939

Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 2/2

Double Shot This unit can

make two attacks in your
assault phase. When making
a defensive fire attack, this
unit makes two attack rolls
against the unit that provoked
the attack.

Weak Suspension This unit

must make a successful movement roll to enter a hill hex
except along a road

The Type 92, a heavy 7.7mm gun, weighed over a

hundred pounds.

Fast but lightly armored, the Type 95 saw action in

virtually every campaign in Asia and the Pacific.

Forest Camouflage While

this unit is in a forest hex, it
automatically succeeds at cover
rolls against long-range attacks.

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