George

@Nanashi – one shot (or limited number of shot) weapons dont have to be used when a unit fires, nor do they have to fire at the same target….

From the ONE SHOT rules.  (sorry cant give a pg ref)
“If a unit of infantry includes a proportion of men armed with one-shot weapons, then each of these models is allowed to direct its fire against a…[Read more]

From first BA that question came again and again.  Naturally Katyusha units and Nebelwerfer used spotters.  Not wasting amo firing blind in indirect fire.

The rule writers tried to make the Multi launchers weaker for game reasons  but in reality a Feuerschlag from a Werfer Regiment was devastating. Round 1 –  Game end.  Just a few surv…[Read more]

Hmmm, sorry to say but that Volkssturm pistol stuff is historical fantasy.

Being and old professional historian and worse, from Berlin, I spoke for museum with many former Volkssturm men and former boys.  Pistols had been relatively rare and got used by NCO and officers and MG teams as secondary arms.

The pics showing organised Volkssturm…[Read more]

The French formed for example provisional Regiments of horse like 1st – 3rd Cuirassiers . Formed from escadrons drawn away from regular units.   The 1st later became the 13th Cuirassier.   At first the men wore the uniforms from the one they came from. Only at next replacement they got new dress.

Same with 1st – th Prov. Drag.

Same with inf…[Read more]

I use oil washes for decades now, never using a tutorial. Just because I started long before Internt time.

And there are many different ways.  For example I prime and paint in acryl and then use fitting oil colours or a wash.  For brown a Kasslerbrown, for blue a black or dark blue one. And later setting lights, mostly by acryl.

look for S gauge /s-scale model railway bicyle STL /models….

Cavalry – (FAQ allows you to upgrade the officer to have a horse if you have a couple of squads on horses)
motorbikes –

bicycles – this isnt clear if they need a transport… but most people will allow it!

1) yep, all vehicle mounted MGs need looking at… espically the quad maxim!
2) not sure on this as they’re not really used that much any way…. are they?
3) removes about the only reason to take an inexperiance one :p
4)agree
5)agree
6)give models in a squad a 4+ bounce? (ie on a 4+ you get to ignore the exceptional and pick as normal) along…[Read more]

Senior Officers – If you could take them instead of a junior officer as opposed to in addition you’d see more of them… as it is they are surpless to requirements in most games
AT Grenades – The ‘issue’ is the hitting of tanks… I’ve used them a fair bit… more against open topped vehicles though… so prehaps the lowering of points (down to 1…[Read more]

RE: light AT & Light howitzers – instead of making them better you decrease the avaliblity of the heavier tanks…and /or split the war into early mid & late so their cost makes them more attractive.

Alter HE to a flat +1 PEN v Infantry except if under the centre of the template

RE AA:  again I’d look at either RoF or making airstrikes more of…[Read more]

The ‘new’ waterloo suplement is geared for the EPIC system they have released as opposed to the tired old BP v1 Ablion Triumphant book 2

However I too would like a new BP supplement focused on Austerlitz etc…. but ( I blame the lack of clarity and bredth in British school history lessons)  UK companies all seem obsessed with 2 or 3 battles…[Read more]

The steel cases got used in WW I and in 1918 the problems in rifles had been no more existing in larger scale. The trick was a reduction of the charg and a special “legierung” – It was not to be used im MG. It was possible to do a special MG Version but it was prefered to reserve brass cases for them.

Being an old German military historian I was…[Read more]

Core rulebook – pg 35
“Sailing in Lines”

basically they are all bow to wave marker & activate when the slowest /last ship would with the ship at the head of the line going first… if they dont end the turn touching the wave marker then they arent in line next turn so activate normally.

With a medium howitzer… not that I can think of…. closest I can think of is

SU76i – soviet book pg 51, DV 8+, light howitzer / med AT

<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]

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

And there (germanys lack of hardward, US excesses of hardware) you have the difference between pickup game & simulation :p

Limited number of equipment is NO reason not to put it in the list (how many vehicles already in the game were limited… a lot :p)…. and as for flamethrowers, I’d put one in – if someone invaded Sweden they’d pretty soon…[Read more]

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So short version – SA80, I’m going off the armourers and not reports!… The Bren, that is just what Ive read, so if its wrong fair enough…

Ranges of engagement are only part of what generates the rules,  in v1 LMGs had 6″ less range and 1 less shot but got buffed to V2 because they werent being used… so at 6″…[Read more]

As Nat stated there should be no longer Swedish rifle range.   That it is 19th century is the reason for the range, in that time technical doctrine in all countries asked for amo able to break a cavalry charge starting fire at long range.

Svedish cavalry still trained in mid of war the mounted charge, strange because most had dropped the s…[Read more]

@generaljimbo81 – I’d have said thats covered by the TLs having extra slots