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Make Volksturm/Partisan options have all the weapons options the British Home Guard gets as a baseline (pistols, shotguns and more stuff). Half the fun of fielding such irregulars is being able to give them weird mixes of weapons and still make sense.

A minor one that just occurred to me: Make US Paratroopers (and maybe late war marines in a…[Read more]

Similar guidelines in the FAQ:

Can armies use captured vehicles? For example, the Russians used
captured German vehicles and vice-versa

“No, they cannot, at least by a strict application of the rules about forming reinforced platoons.
However, we have used ‘captured vehicles’ (or indeed ‘allied vehicles’)
in many friendly games, and it’s ve…[Read more]

<h3>Ostfront: Barbarossa to Berlin, page 91</h3>
In terms of Bolt Action, a strict application of the rules for force selection does not normally allow you to field tanks and guns from other forces – however, you can use captured vehicles and equipment as long as you pay the right points for them and they are taken simply to replace an equi…[Read more]

I’ve seen a picture of one with the top plated over and a crude MG turret plonked on top- there is a photo on p63 of “Making Tracks”  by Chamberlain and Ellis.

I don’t think that very many were captured, as the Divisions defeated in Malaya were quite underequipped

Originally I was going to use the newer kit with old arms but it didn’t look right so bought another box of the older models (actually I got 30 as it came with an extra sprue and weapons frame).

I can relate to this. In another thread I had mentioned, “… but more importantly this makes their newer plastic figures less compatible with their e…[Read more]

I would like to see some of the ideas mentioned above, but for sure I would like to see added:

1) Vehicle MGs reduced in effectiveness – especially co-axial and hull mounted MGs on tanks and other enclosed vehicles.

2) Forward observer units (Artillery and Air) are given the following restrictions: Not front-line combat units: Forward observer u…[Read more]

It can be both inferior in every way and still be both adequate. If there’s a cartridge so bad it merits difference in rules, it’s the 8mm Lebel the French still have not totally gotten rid of by the start of the war.

In-fact, I could totally see Early War French infantry getting the “option” to have Sea Lion’s “stoppages” rule (which better…[Read more]

Russian regiments arent any bigger, they just have a higher stamina to represent the hardyness and stoic nature of the Russian peasantry

@lordnat Yes I’d agree that is the place of TLs. I was meerly commenting that many nations used light mortars extensively.

@agiletek I’d disagree the British .303 is a “much worse cartridge”. True it was an older design rimmed cartridge but it was an Accurate, Reliable  and Powerful (perhaps not as powerful as some but some may argue more suited…[Read more]