OMPANY C E L IF R ORRIED L Company Rifle Lorried 1 LORRIED RIFLE COMPANY (Mechanised COMPANY) OMPANY HEADQUARTERS You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each box shaded grey. C E L 3 IF HEADQUARTERS R SUPPORT PLATOONS INFANTRY INFANTRY ARMOUR ARTILLERY ORRIED 3 10 4 L 7 11 COMBAT PLATOONS PLATOONS COMBAT WEAPONS PLATOONS PLATOONS WEAPONS 6 INFANTRY RECONNAISSANCE ARTILLERY RECONNAISSANCE 3 4 10 7 11 INFANTRY ARTILLERY 8 12 3 5 MACHINE-GUNS AIRCRAFT ANTI-TANK 9 13 9 5 AOP ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARMOUR 13 9 6 6 ARMOUR BRIGADE SUPPORT PLATOONS SUPPORT BRIGADE 6 6 2 MOTIVATION AND SKILL RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT th The 159 Infantry Brigade has a long tradition of courage and skill in service of the CONFIDENT TRAINED 11th Armoured Division. A Lorried Rifle Company is rated Confident Veteran. FEARLESS VETERAN OMPANY HEADQUARTERS C E LORRIED RIFLE COMPANY HQ Major L HEADQUARTERS Major IF R Company HQ 30 points Company Command 2iC Command Troop Carrier OPTION Rifle team Rifle team • Add Jeep or Troop Carrier for +5 points. Company HQ Lorried Rifle Company HQ ORRIED COMBAT PLATOONS L LORRIED RIFLE PLATOON Subaltern PLATOON Subaltern HQ Section with: Command PIAT team Light Mortar 3 Rifle Squads 180 points Rifle/MG team team 2 Rifle Squads 140 points HQ Section Corporal Corporal OPTION • Add a Transport Squad for +5 points. Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team The 159th Infantry Brigade is paired up with the th 29 Armoured Brigade to offer strong infantry support. Its Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team battalions are paired up with an armoured battalion and sent Rifle Squad Rifle Squad into battle to help keep the enemy's panzerfausts at bay. Two companies would ride atop the leading tanks, while the Corporal Corporal third company followed up in lorries to reinforce the line or clear tough enemy stongpoints. Rifle/MG team 3-ton lorry Rifle/MG team Rifle Squad 3-ton lorry Transport Squad Lorried Rifle Platoon 3 WEAPONS PLATOONS LORRIED PIONEER PLATOON Subaltern PLATOON Subaltern OMPANY HQ Section with: 2 Assault Squads 90 points Command Pioneer Pioneer Rifle team 15cwt truck C Rifle team E 1 Assault Squad 65 points HQ Section L Corporal Corporal IF You may replace up to one Pioneer Rifle team with a Flame- R thrower team at the start of the game before deployment. Pioneer Rifle team Pioneer Rifle team The pioneer platoon is an important component of your march column. They provide your tanks with immediate Jeep with trailer Jeep with trailer pioneer support, clearing minefields and wire, freeing up Assault Squad Assault Squad your combat platoons to charge up Hell’s Highway. Lorried Pioneer Platoon ORRIED When confronted by a particularly stubborn enemy use L the pioneers’ flame-thrower to clear them out. Call on the flame-thrower to pin the enemy and prepare the way for your infantry platoons to assault. This platoon is the perfect utility to keep your tanks moving forward towards Arnhem! LORRIED CARRIER PLATOON Captain PLATOON Captain 4 Carrier Patrols 345 points 3 Carrier Patrols 260 points Command Universal Universal 2 Carrier Patrols 175 points Universal Carrier Carrier Carrier 1 Carrier Patrol 90 points Carrier Patrol Sergeant OPTIONS • Arm any or all Universal Carriers with an extra hull-mounted MG for +5 points per carrier. Command Universal Universal • Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG with Universal Carrier Carrier Carrier a hull-mounted .50 cal MG per Carrier Patrol for Carrier Patrol +5 points per carrier. Sergeant • Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG with a PIAT anti-tank projector per Carrier Patrol at no cost. • Replace all Universal Carriers in up to two Carrier Command Universal Universal Universal Carrier Carrier Carrier Patrols with Wasp flame-thrower carriers for +25 points per patrol. Carrier Patrol Sergeant Carrier Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons. Carrier Patrols equipped with Wasp Carriers are not Command Universal Universal Reconnaissance Platoons. Universal Carrier Carrier Carrier Carrier Patrol Carrier Patrols operate as separate platoons, each with Lorried Carrier Platoon their own command team. The rifle company’s carrier platoon provides much needed reconnaissance, mobility and supporting fire to the infantry platoons. As the German army becomes more dispersed, the carrier’s ability to cover ground quickly becomes invaluable to keep the attack moving and to prevent any hastily erected defensive positions from delaying the advance. 4 LORRIED MORTAR PLATOON Subaltern PLATOON Subaltern HQ Section with: 3 Mortar Sections 175 points Command Rifle team Troop Carrier OMPANY 2 Mortar Sections 120 points HQ Section C 1 Mortar Section 65 points Sergeant Sergeant E OPTION L • Add Troop Carrier and Mortar Carriers for +5 points Observer Observer IF Rifle Team Rifle Team for the platoon. R As with the carrier patrols, your battalion’s mortars have been ML 3” Mk II Mortar Carrier ML 3” Mk II Mortar Carrier split up into small two-tube sections amongst the march Mortar Mortar column to offer fast-response artillery and smoke anywhere along the road. When more tubes are needed another pair ML 3” Mk II Mortar Carrier ML 3” Mk II Mortar Carrier Mortar Mortar isn’t too far down the road and is brought forward to help ORRIED Mortar Section Mortar Section put down larger bombardments. L The smoke and high explosive shells of our 3” mortars Sergeant provide cover and keep the Germans’ heads down as we launch our attack. This invaluable close support artillery ML 3” Mk II ML 3” Mk II frees the division’s artillery regiments to concentrate on Mortar Mortar Observer Rifle Team higher priority targets. Mortar Carrier Mortar Carrier Mortar Section Lorried Mortar Platoon LORRIED ANTI-TANK PLATOON Subaltern PLATOON Subaltern HQ Section with: 6 OQF 6 pdr (late) 205 points Command Rifle team Troop Carrier 4 OQF 6 pdr (late) 140 points HQ Section 2 OQF 6 pdr (late) 75 points Sergeant Sergeant OPTION • Add Troop and Loyd Carriers for +5 points for the OQF 6 pdr (late) OQF 6 pdr (late) platoon. The infantry battalions in an armoured division Loyd carrier Loyd carrier were always very well equipped with anti-tank guns. Your company has access to the battalion’s OQF 6 pdr (late) OQF 6 pdr (late) excellent 6-pdr anti-tank guns. You can set up a deadly ambush with their high rate of fire and low silhouette. Loyd carrier Loyd carrier While attacking, place them wisely to halt an enemy Anti-tank Section Anti-tank Section armoured counterattack, keeping your combat platoons focused on securing their objectives. You can also move them Sergeant forward and shell enemy foxholes and gun teams. OQF 6 pdr (late) OQF 6 pdr (late) Loyd carrier Loyd carrier Anti-tank Section Lorried Anti-tank Platoon 5 BRIGADE SUPPORT PLATOONS ARMOURED PLATOON Subaltern PLATOON Subaltern Sergeant OMPANY 4 Comet 580 points 3 Comet 435 points C Command Comet Comet E HQ Tank Tank L The 11th Armoured made the fastest and deepest penetration IF of German lines after the Normandy breakout. These men Lance Corporal Corporal R are eager to take the fight into the Germany, and with their new Comet tanks, they finally have the perfect tools to do it. The Comet is the finest British tank of the war. It is faster Comet Comet across country and better armoured than any Allied medium tank, and its new 77mm gun packs as much of a punch as Tank Tank a Panther's gun, while still firing a good HE round as well. Armoured Platoon ORRIED L CHALLENGER PLATOON Subaltern PLATOON Subaltern Sergeant 4 Challenger 570 points 3 Challenger 430 points 2 Challenger 285 points Command Challenger Challenger HQ Tank Tank The A30 Challenger is the counterpart to the armoured Lance Corporal Corporal platoons’ Sherman Firefly. It carried a 17 pdr anti-tank gun in a purpose built turret, mounted on a modified Cromwell tank chassis. The turret is rather bulky and lightly armoured, but the extra room greatly improves gunnery. Its powerful Challenger Challenger engine ensures that it can easily keep up with the fast moving Tank Tank armoured recce units. CHallenger Platoon CROMWELL PLATOON Subaltern PLATOON Subaltern Sergeant 4 Cromwell IV 380 points 3 Cromwell IV 285 points Command Cromwell IV Cromwell IV HQ Tank Tank Armoured recce squadrons have been equipped with Cromwell tanks since Normandy. The Cromwell was a late Lance Corporal Corporal development of the British Cruiser tank series. Though now outclassed by the Comet, it remains an excellent tank. It has a low silhouette, all-purpose gun, reasonable armour, Cromwell IV Cromwell IV and the powerful Meteor engine – based on the Rolls Royce Tank Tank Merlin aircraft engine. On road, the Cromwell is faster even Cromwell Platoon than the Comet. The Cromwells are also reliable and their crews love them. 6 SUPPORT PLATOONS ANTI-TANK PLATOON (SP), ROYAL ARTILLERY PLATOON OMPANY 4 M10C 17 pdr SP 370 points C 2 M10C 17 pdr SP 185 points Command M10C 17 pdr (SP) M10C 17 pdr (SP) E L The towed 17 pdr anti-tank gun has been retired from front IF line use due to its bulky size. The crews have been reassigned M10C 17 pdr (SP) M10C 17 pdr (SP) R to rear-security, however, the self-propelled M10C 17 pdr tank destroyers have been retained to offer immediate heavy Anti-tank Platoon (SP), Royal Artillery anti-tank support when needed. RMOURED AR LATOON Subaltern A C P ORRIED PLATOON Subaltern L Subaltern Armoured Car Patrol with: 2 Scout Car Patrols 235 points 1 Scout Car Patrol 175 points Command Daimler I No Scout Car Patrols 115 points HQ Armoured Car OPTIONS Sergeant Corporal • Fit Littlejohn adaptor to one Daimler I armoured car at no cost.