KUOMINTANG

MACHINE-GUN TEAM

SOLDIER

SPEED

1939
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.

KUOMINTANG
OFFICER

SOLDIER COMMANDER

SPEED

5
1939

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

DEFENSE 4/4

COMMANDER ABILITY

Initiative +1

Overheat If this unit rolls three or more 1s on a single

attack, put a face-up Disrupted counter on it. This counter
isnt removed at the beginning of the next casualty phase.

Feuding warlords and a lack of industry caused many of the

supply problems that plagued the Nationalist Chinese Army.

The most well-trained and best-equipped Kuomintang

units were held in reserve for the expected Chinese civil
war, leaving the relatively untrained units to lead the fight
against Japan.

1/45

2/45

KUOMINTANG
RIFLEMEN

SOLDIER

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Lack of Determination If this

unit gets a face-up Disrupted
counter, destroy it immediately.

Each Chinese rifleman carried one of a variety of weapons.

The Nationalist Army made little effort to standardize
equipment or training.

3/45

11

T-26 SERIES 1933

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1939

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

DEFENSE 2/2

Unreliable Face-up Disrupted

counters arent removed from
this unit at the beginning of the
casualty phase.

In February 1938, Russia delivered eighty-two of these

tanks to the Chinese. They didnt last very long.

4/45

7TPDW

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1939

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

DEFENSE 2/2

All Guns Blazing After this

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

CAVALRYMEN

SOLDIER CAVALRY

SPEED

1939

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

DEFENSE 3/3

Determined Charge This

unit doesnt immediately end
its movement when hit and
disrupted by a defensive-fire
attack.
Hand to Hand 9 This unit
has an attack value of 9 against
Soldiers in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Although armed only with machine guns, the 7TPdwone

of the Polish Armys more modern tanksequaled early
German tanks.

On a number of occasions during 1939, Polish cavalry

effectively charged non-armored German units. Stories
of doomed Polish lancers charging tanks on horseback,
however, are myths.

5/45

6/45

COSSACK CAPTAIN

SOLDIER COMMANDER

SPEED

1939

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Limited Range 2 This unit can

attack Soldiers only at ranges of
2 or less.

COMMANDER ABILITIES

Initiative +2
Intimidation Enemy Soldiers
adjacent to this unit get 1 on
each attack die.

Renowned horsemen and fierce fighters, Cossacks fought

both for Germany and the Soviet Union during the war.

7/45

FANATICAL SNIPER

SOLDIER SNIPER

SPEED

1941

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

DEFENSE 3/3

Crack Shot This unit gets +1

on each attack die.
SS Hunter This unit rolls
two extra attack dice when
attacking an SS unit.
Superior Camouflage While
this unit has cover, enemy units
cant attack this unit at medium
or long range.

Mila Mikhailovna Pavichenko recorded 309 confirmed kills

during the warincluding thirty-six enemy snipersusing
her Mosin-Nagent rifle fitted with a 4-power scope.

8/45

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GUARDS T-34/85

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1944

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

DEFENSE 6/5

14

12

10

Guard Crew After rolling

attack dice for this unit,
you may reroll a single die
result of 1.

61

IS-2 MODEL 1944

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1944

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

DEFENSE 7/7

18

15

12

Superior Armor 2 An attack

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

Superior Armor 2 An attack

must beat this units defense
by 2 or more in order to score
two hits against it.
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.)
The Soviet Armys elite Guards divisions operated an
improved version of the T-34/76, featuring a larger turret
and an 85mm gun.

The IS-2s 122mm main gun had a slow rate of fire.

Luckily, this well-armored and well-equipped heavy
tank didnt need to fire often.

9/45

10/45

PPSH-41 SMG

SOLDIER

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 4/4

10

PTRD-41
ANTITANK RIFLE

SOLDIER

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Limited Range 2 This unit can

attack Soldiers only at ranges of
2 or less.

The rugged, reliable Pistolet-Pulemyot Shpagin submachine

gun could put out a lot of rounds in a hurry. The Soviet Army
sometimes deployed infantry in large formations armed
with nothing but SMGs for overpowering assaults.

11/45

This single-shot rifle fired a big 14.5mm bullet powerful

enough to punch through many German light tanks at
close range. While the slug rarely destroyed a tank,
a lucky hit sometimes struck fuel or ammunition and
knocked out a target.

12/45

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T-70 MODEL 1942

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1942

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

DEFENSE 4/3

ZIS-2 57MM
MODEL 1943

SOLDIER ARTILLERY

SPEED

7
1943

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

DEFENSE 3/3

11

Undermanned This unit

cant attack while disrupted.

Relocate 2 This unit has speed

2 during your assault phase.

This fine light tank had one drawbackits two-man crew.

The tank commander also served as the loader and gunner,
which significantly reduced the T-70s effectiveness.

The ZIS-2 antitank gun saw action in Operation Zitadelle,

at the critical Battle of Kursk in July 1943. It was the largest
tank battle in history and one from which the German Army
in Russia never really recovered.

13/45

14/45

ARCHER

21

VEHICLE TANK DESTROYER

1944

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 3/3

15

13

11

Fixed Rear Gun This unit can

attack Vehicles only if they are
behind this unit.
Extended Range 10 This
units long range against
Vehicles is 510 hexes.

22

CROMWELL IV

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1944

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

DEFENSE 5/4

14

11

Vanguard After both armies

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

Strike and Fade 1 In your assault phase, this unit can

move at speed 1 after attacking.

The Archer mounted a powerful 17-pounder antitank gun

facing toward the rear of its Valentine chassis. Often it fired
from a concealed position and fled before the enemy could
return fire.

15/45

Crews favored the fast and mobile Cromwell in spite of the

fact that its opponents invariably outgunned it.

16/45

PIAT GUNNER

SOLDIER

SPEED

1943
Short
Medium Long
ATTACKS 0-1
2-4 5-8

DEFENSE 4/4

16

VALENTINE II

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1941

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

DEFENSE 5/5

Robust This unit gets +1

on movement rolls. While
disrupted, this unit has
speed 1.

Close Assault 10 This unit

has an attack value of 10
against Vehicles in its hex.
This attack ignores cover.
Hard to Spot This unit gets
+1 on cover rolls.

The PIAT, which stands for Projector Infantry Anti-Tank,

was a spring-propelled antitank grenade.

Well armored and very reliable, the Valentine served with

distinction during the North African campaign.

18/45

17/45

10

3 GUN M5

SOLDIER ARTILLERY

SPEED

1943

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

DEFENSE 3/3

14

12

10

Relocate 1 This unit has speed

1 during your assault phase.
Large This unit is treated as a
Vehicle for stacking purposes.

Standardized in December of 1941, the M5 was an excellent

weapon despite its weight.

19/45

BAR GUNNER

SOLDIER

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Covering Fire Soldiers

attacked by this unit cant make
defensive fire attacks this turn.

The Browning Automatic Rifle was first introduced in 1918

and saw action in WW I. In WW II, the U.S. Army issued
one BAR to each squad.

20/45

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M24 CHAFFEE

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

1945

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

DEFENSE 4/3

13

11

10

Superior Armor 2 An attack

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

M5 HALF-TRACK
VEHICLE HALF-TRACK

SPEED

1943

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

DEFENSE 2/2

Gun Transport This unit can

carry one Soldier. 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.

The M24 Chaffee was arguably the best light tank

of the war.

The U.S. produced 43,000 half-tracks in a variety of

models during WW II.

21/45

22/45

SCREAMING EAGLE
CAPTAIN

11

SOLDIER PARATROOPER
COMMANDER
1944

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Paratrooper This unit doesnt

get placed on the map during
deployment. At the end of any
of your movement phases, you
may deploy this unit on the map
in any hex that isnt adjacent
to an enemy unit. It cant move
that phase.

COMMANDER ABILITIES

Initiative +3
Paratrooper Commander Friendly Paratroopers adjacent
to this unit roll one extra attack die when attacking.
The Screaming Eagles first parachuted into combat on
D-Day. They held Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge
and captured the Eagles Nest by the wars end.

23/45

SCREAMING EAGLE
PARATROOPERS
SOLDIER PARATROOPER

SPEED

1944

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

DEFENSE 5/5

Paratrooper This unit doesnt

get placed on the map during
deployment. At the end of any of
your movement phases, you may
deploy this unit on the map in any
hex that isnt adjacent to an enemy
unit. It cant move that phase.
Close Assault 8 This unit has an
attack value of 8 against Vehicles
in its hex. This attack ignores cover.
Hard Charger At the end of your movement phase,
remove any face-up Disrupted counters from this unit.
The 101st Airborne Division was surrounded at Bastogne
during the Battle of the Bulge. When asked to surrender,
General McAuliffe replied with a single word, Nuts!

24/45

VETERAN M4
SHERMAN RHINO

VEHICLE TANK

SPEED

26

1944

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

DEFENSE 5/4

13

11

62

KING TIGER
VEHICLE - TANK

SPEED

1944

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

DEFENSE 8/6

Brushcutters This unit can

enter forest hexes without
making a movement roll.

Extended Range 12 This

units long range against
Vehicles is 512 hexes.

Veteran Crew While

disrupted, this unit can still
move and doesnt suffer the 1
penalty to each attack die. (It still suffers the 1 penalty to
defense and cant make defensive-fire attacks.)

Superior Armor 2 An attack

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

During the war, Lafayette G. Pool and his Sherman tank

crew destroyed 258 enemy vehicles, killed over a thousand
enemy soldiers, and took over 250 prisoners.

NASHORN

40

1943

18

15

13

26/45

VEHICLE TANK DESTROYER

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

DEFENSE 3/2

The King Tiger wielded the superior KwK 43 88/71,

an 88mm gun with a long 71-caliber barrel. Its thick,
well-sloped armor made it impervious to all but the
most powerful antitank rounds.

25/45

SPEED

18

16

14

Superior Optics While this

unit is in a hill hex, it can
ignore the terrain in any one
hex when determining line
of sight.

PAK 40
ANTITANK GUN
SOLDIER - ARTILLERY

SPEED

11
1942

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

DEFENSE 3/3

15

13

12

Relocate 1 This unit has speed

1 during your assault phase.
Extended Range 10 This
units long range against
Vehicles is 510 hexes.

No Turret This unit can

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

Large This unit is treated as a Vehicle for

stacking purposes.

Extended Range 20 This units long range against

Vehicles is 520 hexes.
Tall Silhouette This unit fails cover rolls.
On December 23, 1943, Nashorn ace Lieutenant Albert
Ernstnicknamed the Tiger of Vitebskdestroyed
fourteen Soviet tanks near Vitebsk in a single day using
only twenty-one rounds of ammunition.

27/45

The PAK 40s outstanding 75mm design proved effective

throughout WW II.

28/45

PANZER II (F)
FLAMINGO
VEHICLE - TANK

SPEED

14
1941

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

DEFENSE 3/2

11

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.

VEHICLE - TANK

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 3/3

10

30/45

PANZERGRENADIER
1

The Panzer III Auf. Fthe main Wehrmacht tank for the
invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941was outclassed by
the excellent T-34. Earlier versions armed with a 37mm
gun were refurbished to carry 50mm guns.

29/45

SPEED

1940

Smoke Screen Once per

game, at the end of your
movement phase, you may put
a smoke screen in this units
hex. A smoke screen blocks line
of sight into, out of, and through
its hex. Remove the smoke
screen at the end of the turn.

A limited production model, the (F) variant only saw action

during Operation Barbarossa. This flamethrower-armed
tank was designed to work as a close-combat weapon.

SOLDIER

13

PANZER III AUSF. F

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Mechanized Tactics At the

end of your movement phase,
this unit can dismount from a
unit with Transport.

SS-PANZER IV
AUSF. F2
VEHICLE - TANK

SPEED

27
1942

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

DEFENSE 5/3

15

13

11

SS Determination This unit

can move while disrupted.

Close Assault 8 This unit

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

The German panzergrenadiers were the infantry units of

the mechanized panzer divisions.

31/45

Extended Range 10 This

units long range against
Vehicles is 510 hexes.
Battlefield Awareness This unit
can make defensive-fire attacks against Vehicles
that move out of hexes adjacent to this unit.
(The defensive-fire attack must be made while
the target is still in an adjacent hex.)

The Panzer Mk. IV carried an excellent high-velocity

75mm gun.

32/45

STURMPANZER IV
BRUMMBR

23

VEHICLE - ASSAULT GUN 1943

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 7/4

Fixed Howitzer This unit

can attack only units in front
of it.

WEHRMACHT
EXPERT SNIPER
SOLDIER - SNIPER

SPEED

11
1939

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

DEFENSE 3/3

Crack Shot This unit gets +1

on each attack die.
Superior Camouflage While
this unit has cover, enemy units
cant attack this unit at medium
or long range.

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.

Headshot Once per game, instead of attacking a

Vehicle, you may roll six attack dice. If you roll three or
more successes, put a face-up Disrupted counter on that
Vehicle.

Sideskirts This unit gets +1/+1 defense against units

that have the close assault ability.
Built on the same chassis as the Panzer IV, the Brummbr
(or Grizzly Bear) was designed for street fighting and
assaulting dug-in infantry.

Most German snipers used the same Mauser rifle issued to

the infantry with the addition of a telescopic sight.

33/45

34/45

WEHRMACHT
OBERLEUTNANT
SOLDIER - COMMANDER

SPEED

12
1943

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.

BLACKSHIRTS
SOLDIER

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Ruthless This unit gets +1 on

each attack die against disrupted
and damaged units.
Close Assault 6 This unit
has an attack value of 6 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Limited Range 2

COMMANDER ABILITIES

Initiative +2
Angriff 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.
The early successes of the German Army were due as much
to the small-unit officers, and the superior tactics they
employed, than to better equipment and weaponry.

35/45

Much like Germanys SS, Italys paramilitary fascist militia,

the Camicie Nere (literally, black shirts), fielded front-line
fighting units alongside the Italian Army.

36/45

IMPERIAL SNIPER

SOLDIER - SNIPER

SPEED

1939

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

DEFENSE 3/3

Crack Shot This unit gets +1

on each attack die.

SOLDIER - COMMANDER

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Japanese snipers exacted a heavy toll in Allied officers and

soldiers in every theater they fought in.

The Special Naval Landing Force was Japans equivalent

of a Marine Corps.

37/45

38/45

SNLF
PARATROOPERS
1

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

Superior Camouflage While this unit has

cover, enemy units cant attack this unit at medium
or long range.

SPEED

1939

COMMANDER ABILITIES

Commander Hunter This unit

rolls two extra attack dice when
attacking a Commander.

SOLDIER PARATROOPER

SNLF CAPTAIN

5
1942

12

VEHICLE TANK DESTROYER

1942

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

DEFENSE 4/4

TYPE 1 HO-NI

Paratrooper This unit doesnt

get placed on the map during
deployment. At the end of any
of your movement phases, you
may deploy this unit on the map
in any hex that isnt adjacent
to an enemy unit. It cant move
that phase.

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 3/3

13

11

No Turret This unit can

attack Vehicles only if they
are in front of this unit.
Open Back Enemy units
can use their anti-Soldier
attack values when attacking
this unit from behind.

Close Assault 6 This unit

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

Special Naval Landing Force soldiers trained as

paratroopers conducted the first paradrop of the Pacific War
at Manado, on the island of Celebes, on January 11, 1942.

39/45

The Type 1 self-propelled gun combined the chassis of a

Type 97 tank with a 75mm antitank gun.

40/45

TYPE 2 KA-MI
AMPHIBIOUS TANK
VEHICLE - TANK

SPEED

1942

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

DEFENSE 2/2

Amphibious This unit can

cross streams without making
a movement roll. This unit can
enter water hexes as though
they were double-cost-terrain
hexes.

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 3/3

10

42/45

TYPE 97
TE-KE TANKETTE
4

This vehicle could defeat light tanks with its 57mm gun,
but it wasnt strong enough to defeat the Sherman.

41/45

SPEED

1942

Surprise Fire This unit rolls

one extra attack die when
attacking from a forest hex.

Crews often removed the pontoon-like extensions on the

forward and rear parts of this tanks hull when it no longer
needed extra buoyancy.

VEHICLE - TANK

12

TYPE 97 CHI-HA

VEHICLE - TANK

1939

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

DEFENSE 2/2

ANTITANK
GRENADIER

SOLDIER

SPEED

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

DEFENSE 4/4

Close Assault 9 This unit

has an attack value of 9 against
Vehicles in its hex. This attack
ignores cover.

Infantry reconnaissance regiments got the most use out of

this small, two-man tank.

43/45

On June 22, 1941, German armies with Romanian support

attacked the Soviet Union. After recovering Bessarabia,
Romanian units fought with the Germans onward to
Odessa, Sevastopol, and Stalingrad. The Romanian
contribution of troops was enormous, exceeding all
of Germans other allies combined.

44/45

R-2 LT-35

VEHICLE - TANK

SPEED

1941

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

DEFENSE 3/2

Built at the Skoda works in Czechoslovakia, the LT-35 also

saw service in the German and Hungarian armies.

45/45