Legkiy Tankovy Batalon
Legkiy Tankovy Batalon
Legkiy Tankovy Batalon
BATALON
Legkiy Tankovy Batalon - Barbarossa
Light Tank Battalion
(Tank Company)
HEADQUARTERS
HEADQUARTERS
You must field one company or platoon from each box shaded black and may field one company
or platoon from each box shaded grey.
Legkiy Tankovy
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Batalon HQ
WEAPONS PLATOONS
ARMOUR ARMOUR
INFANTRY ARMOUR AND
ARTILLERY
Motostrelkovy
Light Tankovy Company Flame-tank Company
9
6
7 Company
Fast Tankovy Company
14
10
Scout Tankovy Company Sapper Company
8
ARMOUR
Medium Tankovy
14
Anti-aircraft Company
10
Company
ANTI-AIRCRAFT
Tank Destruction KV Tankovy Company
15
11
Company
Light Tankovy Company Heavy Tankovy
6
16
Company
ARTILLERY
Armoured Car
15
Anti-aircraft Company
8
17
Motorised Artillery 12 Artillery Battalion
ARTILLERY Battalion
AIRCRAFT
Light Tankovy Company
6
ARTILLERY
Tankovy Company
7
Self-propelled Gun
8
Battery
17
Air Support
Guards Rocket Mortar
The bulk of the Mechanised Corps tanks forces are made
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Battalion
up of light BT and T-26 tanks. Though lightly armoured
they are armed with the excellent 45mm gun. The BT fast
tanks in particular have good speed that can be utilised by
brave patriots to out manoeuvre the enemy and get behind
hit flank to take advantage of their week rear armour.
The T-26 is slower, but better armoured. These tanks can
concentrate formidable firepower against the enemy, and
prove especially effective against enemy infantry and light
armour.
Units were big, with up to 16 tanks in each company.
However, many of them did not arrive on the battlefield due
to mechanical breakdowns, so it was more common to see
companies of eight, nine, or ten tanks in the field.
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Soviet forces use the Soviet National Special rules on pages 249 to 252 of the rulebook, and the following additional
special rules.
INFANTRY
Wave Attacks Whenever a Platoon Command team from a Strelkovy
The one thing the Soviet Union had in 1939 was a seemingly Company is Destroyed, mark the location where it was
inexhaustible reserve of manpower. New divisions were being Destroyed.
created all the time. These new formations lacked training,
but had a willingness to fight and die for the Soviet Worker’s Place the new Strelkovy Company anywhere on the table such
Paradise. that it is In Command and closer to your closest Deployment
Area than the location where the Platoon Command team
Strelkovy Companies can undertake Wave Attacks in which was Destroyed. If you do not have a Deployment Area, use
new companies replace the existing ones as they are destroyed. the closest table edge that your Reserves arrive from instead.
In the Starting Step after a Strelkovy Company is Destroyed, No team in the new Strelkovy Company may be placed
but before Company Morale Checks, roll a die. within 12”/30cm of an enemy team or within 16”/40cm
of an enemy Recce team. Any teams that cannot be placed
• On a score of 4+ the Strelkovy Company will Wave
are removed from the platoon, but are not Destroyed. Ignore
Attack and is replaced with a new Strelkovy Company
enemy Independent teams, Warrior teams and any teams
from the next wave.
that Moved at the Double when placing the new Strelkovy
• On a lesser roll, the company is not replaced and is Company. Such teams do not limit the placing of the new
permanently Destroyed and cannot roll again. Strelkovy Company’s teams at all.
You do not need to wait for a Strelkovy Company to be Treat the new Strelkovy Company as a totally new platoon.
Destroyed. In your Starting Step, immediately before taking The old Strelkovy Company still counts as being Destroyed
Company Morale Checks, you may elect to Destroy any or for Company Morale Checks. If a Strelkovy Company is
all Strelkovy Companies that are below half strength. You Destroyed multiple times, it counts as multiple platoons
may immediately roll to bring the Destroyed Strelkovy being Destroyed.
Companies on again as the next wave.
A Strelkovy Company only counts as Destroyed for calculat-
The new Strelkovy Company starts at the original strength ing Victory Points once it has failed a roll to Wave Attack.
of the Destroyed Strelkovy Company. Only teams that
are actually part of the Strelkovy Company return in the In a Mission with the Strategic Withdrawal mission special
new Strelkovy Company. All Attachments, Warriors, and rule a Strekovy Company Destroyed during a withdrawal
Independent Teams Destroyed with the Strelkovy Company cannot be replaced using the Wave Attacks special rule.
are permanently lost and do not return.
A Command Komissar team is both a Command team and Guns and machine-guns mounted in Deck Turrets have
a Komissar team and follows all the rules for both. an all-round Field of Fire, except where their rotation is
A Company Command Komissar team is both a Company blocked by the vehicle’s superstructure. Ignore the facing of
Command team and a Battalion Komissar team and follows Deck Turrets when determining if a shot hits the Front or
all the rules for both. So a Company Command Komissar Side armour (see page 98 of the rulebook).
team may re-roll a Motivation test first as a Company
Command team before attempting a re-roll as a Battalion Turret-front MG
Komissar team.
A turret-front MG is mounted beside the main gun, but
If a Company Command Komissar or 2iC Command team unlike a co-ax MG the gunner must shift positions in the
appoints a new command team, the appointed team is a tank to operate it.
Command Rifle team, rather than a Command Komissar Team.
A Turret-front MG has an all-round Field of Fire, but
cannot fire at the same time as the vehicle’s Main Gun.
Close Supervision
With Komissars interfering at every level of command,
officers rely on direct contact to get their orders carried out. Turret-rear MG
While not very practical for long-range shooting, a ma-
A Company Command team or Battalion Komissar chine-gun mounted in the back of the turret is perfect for
Company Command team must be within Command discouraging boarders in an assault.
Distance of the Platoon Command team of the platoon
(Soviet Company) it has joined in order to re-roll failed A Turret-rear MG may not shoot, it is purely defensive.
Motivation Tests using the Command Leadership rule on In assault combat, if a hit from an Infantry or Gun team is
page 69 of the rulebook. allocated to a Tank team armed with a Turret-rear MG, the
team that scored the hit must take another Skill Test.
Offensive Doctrine • If they pass the second Skill Test, the assaulting team
Soviet tank doctrine was based around them being the ag- gets past the machine-gun to hit the tank and the tank
gressor in any future war. Soviet tank forces had no defensive must take an Armour Save as normal.
methods or plan to fall back on. • If they fail the second Skill Test, the machine-gunner
managed to keep the infantry at bay and protect the
A Soviet Legkiy Tankovy Batalon uses the Always Attack tank, and the assaulting team fails to score a hit.
special rule on page 257 of the rulebook.
Bailed Out Tank teams do not benefit from their Turret-rear MG.
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HEADQUARTERS
Headquarters Podpolkovnik
Options Battalion HQ
• Arm T-26 obr 1939 tank or T-26E tank with AA Legkiy Tankovy Batalon HQ
MG for +5 points.
• Add Turret-rear MG to T-26 obr 1939 tanks for
+5 points.
COMBAT COMPANIES
Company KAPITAN
Tankovy Company
WEAPONS COMPANIES
The chemical or flame-tanks are used to clear the enemy out The KhT-26 (KhT = Khimicheskiy Tank, or Chemical Tank)
of trenches and bunkers, where a quick burst of liquid fire was based on the twin turret T-26 obr 1932, which removed
is sure to send even the most determined defender running. one turret and mounted the flame-thrower in the remaining
turret. The second model used was the KhT-130, which was
Two types of flame-tanks were used by the Red Army in
based on the T-26 obr 1933 and mounted the flame-thrower
1941, both based on the T-26 light tank.
in its larger turret.
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Scout Tankovy Company KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN
10 T-38 225 points
9 T-38 195 points Command tank
8 T-38 165 points HQ Section
7 T-38 140 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
6 T-38 115 points
5 T-38 90 points
Tank Tank Tank Tank
The little T-38 amphibious light tank was used by the Red
Army as a scout tank. However, this was scouting in the Tank Tank
Soviet manner. The scout tanks would go forward and engage Tankovy Platoon Tankovy Platoon
the enemy, if the enemy was weak they would continue to
LEYTENANT
advance. If the enemy was strong, their destruction and the
sounds of battle would alert the Soviet commanders to the
strength of the enemy in that sector. Tank Tank Tank
Tankovy Platoon
Scout Tankovy Company
Anti-aircraft LEYTENANT
Machine-gun Platoon LEYTENANT
Platoon
3 Quad Maksim
AA on truck 55 points
Command AA truck
3 DShK on truck 55 points HQ Section
Serzhant Serzhant
For anti-aircraft protection the Red Army uses truck
mounted machine-guns. The trucks give them mobility to
keep pace with rapid advances, while on the defensive they
can be dismounted and dug-in with the riflemen.
AA truck AA truck
AA MG Section AA MG Section
HQ Section with:
3 Motor Rifle Platoons 260 points Rifle team
Command
2 Motor Rifle Platoons 175 points Komissar team
HQ Section Rifle team Rifle team
Add 2 Maksim HMG teams +40 points
Serzhant
Add 1 Maksim HMG team +20 points
Rifle team Rifle team
Maksim HMG Maksim HMG
The Motostrelkovy Company is versatile; it can either attack
Machine-gun Rifle team Rifle team
alongside the tanks, or it can hold a position and cover their Platoon
flanks. With their rifles and heavy machine-guns they can
stop even the most determined enemy assaults, pumping out Rifle team Rifle team
enough firepower to halt the advance and leave the enemy Motor Rifle Platoon
exposed and vulnerable to the Red Army tanks.
On attack manpower is not a problem and they can easily LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
absorb any casualties the enemy may inflict during an assault.
They will strike back with sheer weight of numbers to ensure Rifle team Rifle team
the success of their attack. With their Komissar leading them
into battle their morale is sure to hold as they sweep across
the battlefield clearing all before them! Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
They fight alongside fast, light and heavy tanks and have the
support of artillery, sappers and anti-aircraft guns. Each bat- Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
talion also has its own platoon of 45mm obr 1937 anti-tank
guns to defend against enemy tanks. Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
HQ Section with:
3 Sapper Platoons 235 points Command Pioneer Komissar team Pioneer Supply wagon
2 Sapper Platoons 160 points HQ Section
1 Sapper Platoon 85 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Options
• Add Pioneer Supply horse-drawn wagon for
Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
+20 points Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
• Downgrade Pioneer Rifle teams to unarmed Pioneer
teams for -50 points per platoon. Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
Like the riflemen, the sappers get their tasks done with the
minimum of fuss or complaint. These dedicated special-
Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
ists clear minefields, dig fortifications, and assault enemy Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
strongpoints. They can also lay down wire and mines to help Sapper Platoon Sapper Platoon
strengthen the riflemen’s defence.
LEYTENANT
HQ Section with:
4 37mm obr 1939 140 points Command Komissar team
2 37mm obr 1939 70 points HQ Section
Though limited in number the men and women of the Anti- Anti-aircraft gun Anti-aircraft gun
aircraft Companies work had to hold off enemy attacks.
They guard the command, artillery and supply echelons,
protecting them from the roaming enemy ground-attack
Anti-aircraft gun Anti-aircraft gun
aircraft.
Anti-aircraft Company
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Tank Destruction Company KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN
HQ Section with:
4 85mm obr 1939 490 points Command Komissar team
HQ Section with:
12 76mm obr 1902/30 520 points Command Staff team Observer Truck
Komissar team Rifle team
8 76mm obr 1902/30 410 points
HQ Section
4 76mm obr 1902/30 235 points
KAPITAN LEYTENANT
8 76mm obr 1902/30
and 4 122mm obr 1910/30 510 points
4 76mm obr 1902/30 Gun Gun
and 4 122mm obr 1910/30 355 points
4 122mm obr 1910/30 140 points
Truck Truck
12 76mm obr 1936 740 points
8 76mm obr 1936 580 points
Gun Gun
4 76mm obr 1936 330 points
8 76mm obr 1936
and 4 122mm obr 1910/30 680 points Truck Truck
4 76mm obr 1936 Gun Platoon Gun Platoon
and 4 122mm obr 1910/30 450 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
8 76mm obr 1936
and 4 122mm obr 1938 705 points
4 76mm obr 1936 Gun Gun
and 4 122mm obr 1938 475 points
4 122mm obr 1938 175 points Truck Truck
12 76mm obr 1939 620 points
8 76mm obr 1939 490 points Gun Gun
4 76mm obr 1939 275 points
8 76mm obr 1939 Truck Truck
and 4 122mm obr 1938 570 points Gun Platoon Gun Platoon
4 76mm obr 1939
and 4 122mm obr 1938 405 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Options
• Add an Observer Rifle team for +15 points. Gun or howitzer Gun or howitzer
HQ Section and:
12 BM-13 Katyusha 190 points Command Komissar team Observer Rifle team Truck
8 BM-13 Katyusha 160 points HQ Section
4 BM-13 Katyusha 95 points
2 BM-13 Katyusha 60 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Option
KV KV
• Replace any or all KV-1 obr 1939 tanks with
KV-1 obr 1940 tanks for +100 points per tank.
• Replace any or all KV-1 obr 1939 tanks with
KV-1e tanks for +110 points per tank. KV KV
Tankovy Platoon Tankovy Platoon
• Replace any or all KV-1 obr 1939 tanks with KV-2
tanks at no cost. LEYTENANT
KV KV KV
Tankovy Platoon
KV Tankovy Company
Flight
Air Support
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TANK TEAMS
Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower
Light Tanks
T-38 Half-tracked 0 0 1 MG, Amphibious, Limited vision, Unreliable.
T-26 obr 1932 Slow Tank 1 1 1 Twin MG turrets, Limited vision, Unreliable.
T-26 obr 1933 or 1939 Slow Tank 1 1 1 Co-ax MG, Limited vision, Unreliable.
45mm obr 1934 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
T-26E Very Slow Tank 3 2 1 Co-ax MG, Limited vision, Overloaded, Unreliable.
45mm obr 1934 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
BT-5 Standard Tank 0 0 1 Co-ax MG, Fast tank, Limited vision, Unreliable.
45mm obr 1938 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
BT-7 Standard Tank 1 1 1 Co-ax MG, Fast tank, Limited vision, Unreliable.
45mm obr 1938 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
Medium Tanks
T-28 obr 1933 Standard Tank 3 2 2 Two Deck-turret MG, Turret-front MG, Turret-rear MG,
Limited vision, Unreliable, Wide-tracks.
76mm obr 1927/32 gun 16”/40cm 2 5 3+
T-28 obr 1938 Standard Tank 3 2 2 Two Deck-turret MG, Turret-front MG, Turret-rear MG,
Limited vision, Unreliable, Wide-tracks.
76mm L-10 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 3+
T-28E Slow Tank 4 3 2 Two Deck-turret MG, Turret-front MG, Turret-rear MG,
Limited vision, Unreliable, Wide-tracks.
76mm L-10 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 3+
T-34 obr 1940 Standard Tank 6 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Fast tank, Limited vision, Unreliable,
Wide-tracks.
76mm L-11 gun 24”/60cm 2 8 3+
T-34 obr 1941 Standard Tank 6 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Fast tank, Limited vision, Unreliable,
Wide-tracks.
76mm F-34 gun 32”/80cm 2 9 3+
T-34/57 obr 1941 Standard Tank 6 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Fast tank, Limited vision, Unreliable,
Wide-tracks.
57mm ZIS-4 gun 32”/80cm 2 11 4+
Heavy Tanks
T-35 Slow Tank 3 3 2 Two Deck-turret MG, Turret-front MG, Turret-rear MG,
Land battleship, Overloaded, Unreliable.
76mm obr 1927/32 gun 16”/40cm 2 5 3+
45mm obr 1934 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+ Deck turret, Co-ax MG.
45mm obr 1934 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+ Deck turret, Co-ax MG.
KV-1 obr 1939 Slow Tank 8 7 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Turret-rear MG, Limited vision,
Unreliable.
76mm L-11 gun 24”/60cm 2 8 3+
KV-1 obr 1940 Slow Tank 8 7 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Turret-rear MG, Limited vision,
Unreliable.
76mm F-34 gun 32”/80cm 2 9 3+
KV-1e Slow Tank 9 8 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Turret-rear MG, Limited vision,
Unreliable.
76mm F-34 gun 32”/80cm 2 9 3+
KV-2 Slow Tank 8 7 2 Hull MG, Turret-rear MG, Limited vision, Unreliable.
152mm obr 1938/40 howitzer 24”/60cm 1 10 1+ Bunker buster.
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Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower
Flame Tanks
KhT-26 Slow Tank 1 1 1 Turret MG, Limited vision, Unreliable.
ATO obr 1933 flame-thrower 4”/10cm 2 - 6 Flame-thrower.
KhT-130 Slow Tank 1 1 1 Turret MG, Limited vision, Unreliable.
ATO obr 1938 flame-thrower 4”/10cm 3 - 6 Flame-thrower.
Self-propelled guns
SU-12 Wheeled - - - Gun shield.
76mm obr 1927 gun 16”/40cm 2 5 3+ Volley fire.
Firing Bombardments 64”/160cm - 3 6
BT-7A Standard Tank 1 1 1 Turret-front MG, Turret-rear MG, Fast tank, Limited
vision, Unreliable.
76mm obr 1927/32 gun 16”/40cm 2 5 3+ Volley fire.
Firing Bombardments 64”/160cm - 3 6
Armoured Cars
BA-20 Wheeled 0 0 0 MG.
BA-6 Wheeled 0 0 0 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Limited vision.
45mm obr 1934 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
BA-10 Wheeled 1 0 0 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Limited vision.
45mm obr 1934 gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
Rocket Launchers
BM-8 Katyusha Wheeled - - -
BM-8-36 rocket launcher 56”/140cm - 2 6 36-rail launcher, Concentrated fire, Rocket launcher.
BM-13 Katyusha Wheeled - - -
BM-13-16 rocket launcher 64”/160cm - 2 4+ Concentrated fire, Rocket launcher.
Anti-aircraft Machine-guns
Quad Maksim AA MG on truck Wheeled - - -
Quad Maksim AA gun 16”/40cm 6 2 6 Anti-aircraft.
DShK AA MG on truck Wheeled - - -
DShK AA gun 16”/40cm 4 4 5+ Anti-aircraft, Portee.
Vehicle Machine-guns
Vehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 if other weapons fire.
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GUN TEAMS
Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Machine-guns
Maksim HMG Man-packed 24”/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 3 when pinned down or moving.
Anti-aircraft Guns
DShK AA MG Man-packed 16”/40cm 4 4 5+ Anti-aircraft, Turntable.
37mm obr 1939 gun Immobile 24”/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft, Turntable.
85mm obr 1939 gun Immobile 32”/80cm 2 12 3+ Heavy anti-aircraft, Turntable.
Anti-tank Guns
45mm obr 1937 gun Light 24”/60cm 3 7 4+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
57mm ZIS-2 gun Medium 32”/80cm 3 11 4+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
76mm obr 1936 anti-tank gun Heavy 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
Field Artillery
76mm obr 1902/30 gun Heavy 24”/60cm 2 9 3+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 72”/180cm - 3 6
76mm obr 1936 gun (FK36(r)) Heavy 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 3 6
76mm obr 1939 field gun Heavy 32”/80cm 2 9 3+ Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 3 6
Heavy Artillery
107mm obr 1910/30 gun Immobile 24”/60cm 1 9 2+ Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 72”/180cm - 4 4+
122mm obr 1910/30 howitzer Immobile 16”/40cm 1 6 2+ Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 64”/160cm - 4 3+
122mm obr 1938 howitzer Immobile 24”/60cm 1 7 2+ Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 4 3+
152mm obr 1910/30 howitzer Immobile 16”/40cm 1 8 1+ Bunker buster, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 72”/180cm - 5 2+
152mm obr 1931 gun-howitzer Immobile 32”/80cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Gun shield, Volley fire.
Firing bombardments 88”/220cm - 5 2+
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INFANTRY TEAMS
Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Unarmed team - - - - Can still fight in assaults.
Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 2 6
Komissar team 4”/10cm 1 1 6
Staff team 16”/40cm 1 2 6 Moves as a Heavy Gun team.
TRANSPORT TEAMS
Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower
Trucks
ZIS-5 3-ton truck Wheeled - - -
Horse-drawn wagon Wagon - - -
Tractors
STZ-3 tractor Fully-tracked - - - Slow tank.
AIRCRAFT
Aircraft Weapon To Hit Anti-tank Firepower Notes
I-153 Chaika MG 3+ 3 6
Rockets 4+ 6 3+
Il-2 Shturmovik Cannon 3+ 9 5+ Flying tank.
Bombs 4+ 5 1+
Rockets 3+ 6 3+