I made and updated the pegasus bridge scenario featuring the british airbornes drop on the eve of dday 5 june 1944. The campaign game scenarios in this dlc portray three different historical battles during the german summer campaign 1943, more commonly known as operation citadel. On the afternoon of day 2, perhaps daring to think that they were stabilising the situation, the men of these kg then watched with dread as the skies filled with the gliders and parachutes of the 2nd lift, bringing in hacketts 4th parachute. A book supplement for fire in the steppe and only fire in the steppe with 98 diecut pieces and 20 scenarios. The map creator took the base map and expanded it to 250 meter hexes from the original 1km. The first report of our four games held this month is set in the early years of the american war of independence and was a fictitious encounter that saw a british and american force clash at a small hamlet serving as an american arms depot on a river crossing.
The battle of campbells crossing awi using british grenadier. Wehrmacht panzergrenadier training battalion under capt. And within the same pdf are two additional articles with variants and some errata. The map consists of rural countryside with some hills and forest, as well asthe southern part of the city of prokhorovka. Partizan historical main series special edition series army guide series. The panzer grenadier series launched in the year 2000, with the original edition of panzer grenadier.
Hq ghq, 1 x pg inf, 1 x sdkfz2511 support units panzer platoon 45 x pziiij or45 x pzivf2h or45 x pzvad panzer company 3 x panzer platoon, 1 x panzer, 1 x panzer hq medium panzer platoon 45 x pzivf2h heavy panzer platoon 34 x pzvia. Scenarios for great battles of wwii wargame campaign. Kursk is a dlc containing three campaign game scenarios for the tigers on the hunt game toth. Also includes sizes of the converted panzerblitz scenarios in progress. The ss units must capture the key positions on the way towards prokhorovka. Afv rules pertaining to this games order of battle. British grenadier american war of independence rules moderator. And for the first time in panzer grenadier, the french foreign legion. Financial support for panzergrenadier website and publication. Pa n z e r gr e n a d i e r fo u r t h edition ru l e s. Panzer grenadier supplements eastern front full inventory. Click on one of the four names for the pdf scenario.
Panzer grenadier deluxe stavelot scenario sgt steiners. Jan 22, 2015 dave roped me in to sort out the army lists and some scenarios. Each game in the series includes many scenarios, allowing players to simulate a number of company, battalion, and regimentallevel actions. Panzer grenadier is built on a number of principles. Armored panzergrenadier 3 x armored pg company, 1 x armored pg heavy company, battalion 1 x inf. It has become the most popular game series produced by avalanche press ltd. The booklet is packed full of information all in full color. First and foremost, as the name implies, infantry is a key component of the combined arms approach to war. The entire map is used including the expanded sections on the east, west and south map edges.
They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this. Ive always been interested to see how all these panzerblitz situations would play out with a system that truly captures. As an example, the first panzer grenadier division listed is the 3. Boxed games contain a rulebook, scenarios, counters, and one or more maps.
Panzer armywhich was composed of various depleted units such as the 11th and 21st panzer divisions. On the eastern flank of this operation is the village of rots, which is occupied by elements of the sspanzergrenadierregiment 26 and a company of panthers from sspanzerregiment 12. This group is dedicated to discussion of the panzergrenadier system and its games, published by avalanche press. The paved road represents the rail road into prokhorovka.
Clarifications are an inescapable part of the cardboard wargamers life and panzer grenadier players are no exception. Tough scenario for krauts as all crosscountry movement by vehicles is subject to bog tests due to soft ground and the ambleve is an unfordable. During the second world war, italian tank units matched brave crews with decrepit vehicles. This is a series of games covering world war 2 and immediate postwar platoonlevel combat. Plus you get a set of 12 scenarios thats more than some publishers will give you in what they call a complete boxed game. Panzer grenadier division leibstandarte adolf hitler drive towards prokhorovka. Armata romana the royal romanian army invades the soviet union in summer 1941. Whenever i think of this attack, my stomach turns over.
The final forces on the eastern front completes the remainder of the german and soviet units with a focus on the earlier war, less common and the critical soviet lendlease units in the form of. Avalanche press panzergrenadier system consimworld. Provides 25 new scenarios requiring elsenborn ridge to play, all focused on the crack 3rd spearhead armored division, with 4 campaigns that link scenarios. The decisive battles around arracourt commenced on 15 september 1944 when elements of the german 15th panzer grenadier division clashed with the reconnaissance units of the usa 2nd cavalry group. Appendix b provides a listing of the unit formations that formed each significant panzer grenadier formation. The final forces on the eastern front completes the remainder of the german and. Despite having accumulated almost 7,000 play results enough to play every scenario in the panzer grenadier universe at least three times pghq still has a great many unplayed scenarios. Panzer grenadier supplements assorted full inventory.
Panzer leader theme has given us a om the back of the box. Watermarked pdf tanktotank combat on a tactical level. Converted panzerblitz scenarios literally the only advantage that the old panzerblitz system has over tank leader is the larger number of scenarios although the three tl games together provide a respectable 45 scenarios i certainly have not completely fathomed that set. This site is dedicated to the development of german motorcycle rifleman, motorized infantry and panzergrenadier during second world war. The map used for the battles of kursk scenarios is based off a section of the panzer campaigns kursk 43 map. Panzer grenadier the first game to start the series, had german and soviet counters, 4 hard mounted maps and was replaced with eastern front game a much better product.
After initially withdrawing, the germans again advanced near the town of luneville, with the 111th panzer brigade committed as reinforcements. Vulnerable to results on the assault combat chart 7. Panzer division came from both thomas jentzs panzertruppen and ospreys panzer divisions 1941 1943. Twenty new scenarios for broken axis and only for broken axis focused on the german armys elite panzer grenadier division grossdeutschland, with four battle games linking them together plus 88 diecut, silky smooth playing pieces showing the grossdeutschland division in its own special livery. Like my october war and panzer grenadier lists, the tables below show the relative. It features german pioneers and armor from the 7th panzer division facing off against elements. The panzer miniatures rules is a modular game system designed for small unit actions using microarmor, 1285th or 0th scale troops. These modules can be purchased printed or can be purchased as a pdf. Battle of kasserine pass commenced on february 14th, kampfgruppe schuette, coming through the maizla passt approached sidi bou zid from the southeast. Thanks to the monopolies held by the fascist states favorite corporations, badly outdated tanks caused the deaths of hundreds of tank crewmen trying to combat much more capable allied tanks with their italian iron coffins. Ill drop dave a line, so hopefully hell chip in here. Ten scenarios cover the fierce fighting around the hurtgen forest in november 1944. In the panzer divisions there was great variation in the motorised. Division sub units panzer and panzer grenadier divisions.
The german player places the following units of panzer lehr in 0410. The great patriotic war saw both sides deploy troops steeped in political ideology and dedicated to committing crimes against humanity. Each section of the rules is numbered, and paragraphs within each section that discuss important concepts are. Kreml designer notes h document john tiller software. The maps are fully compatible with all others in the panzer grenadier series and those from panzer grenadier modern and infantry attacks, too. Unlike squad leader and other squadlevel wargames, which panzer grenadier is commonly compared to, panzer grenadier is based at the platoon level. While the original document does not indicate the effective date of this data, it seems representative of around 1944. Panzergrenadier pronunciation help info, shortened as pzgren modern or pzg wwii, is a german term for motorised or mechanized infantry that is, infantry transported in combat vehicles specialized for such tasks as introduced during world war ii. The overall firepower of the regiment was slightly raised as compare with previous one table 8.
This document identifies the actual organic units subordinated to panzer and panzer grenadier divisions. The included scenarios will allow players to answer that question. Unplayed scenarios catalog panzer grenadier headquarters. Panzer grenadier is a series of games simulating tactical combat during world war ii. Two star general ww2 scenario gross deutschland at kursk 89 july 43 background the germans launched a major offensive to destroy the russian salient at kursk. They are playable by themselves and do not require any additional games.
The kokoda campaign boxless known as australias thermopylae, the battles along the kokoda track raged up and down the single trail crossing the junglecovered mountains. There are ten scenarios, or separate game situations, based on the battles of september 1944 between vii corps and the german seventh army. Requires many new counters which can be found on the imaginative strategist website. Look for the cruz set in the french and the britsh. Like my october war and panzer grenadier lists, the tables below show the relative size of scenarios, enabling a guess at playing time, using the simple measure of turns times number of units in a scenario tu. When selecting the forces for scenarios, use the formations and lower echelon. The intended purpose expose and train players in using vassal to play panzer grenadier, particularly in the use of panzer gernadier uber.
North of elsenborn is a supplement for the panzer grenadier series. Weve created this tool in order to facilitate their discovery and encourage our members to help us reach 100% play completion. Additional stuff to increase your panzer grenadier fun. May 09, 2017 here are 4 scenarios made by fans of the game all free of charge. This panzer grenadier supplement looks at germanys waffen ss and the soviet unions nkvd, with background articles, over two dozen new scenarios, and 165 new diecut and mounted playing pieces.
The heavy grenadier company no longer contained heavy machine guns and distributed them among the other three grenadier companies. The map the map used for the fall kreml scenarios is the summer version of the moscow 42 map. Below is a list of spi games that had scenarios added after the game was printed generally, in moves magazine. That said, i dont see any problems with using the old bgpzg scenarios as written.
It is used in the armies of austria, germany and switzerland additionally, in the german army, panzergrenadier pzg is also the. The rules for our afternoons entertainment were british grenadier bg, a set i have a first edition copy of in my library but that until yesterday had never played and so this report will allow a first impressions look at this well established set of rules, with all the caveats. When first released few expected to see this system expand so quickly, returning tactical gaming to the platoon level. The scenario book comes as a pdf file that youll need to print or read off the screen in order to play the scenarios. The article includes a number of rules updates for the other game scenarios. Panzer leader lets you recreate all of the fast, furious. Karrptgruppo stenkhoff hooked wide and attacked from the southwest the 10th and 21 st panzer kampfgruppen directly forced the faid pass the germans were first met by a screen of light tanks. Game with panzer grenadier deluxe formerly battlegroup panzer grenadier rules. Antitank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon 7. This position sticks like a thorn in the side of 3rd canadian division and must be seized if the planned operation is to be successful. This is very helpful for those who play miniature wargames and want to recreate accurate scenarios or campaigns. The infantry game is an integral part of panzer grenadier, and many exciting scenarios include only foot soldiers. Panzer grenadier supplements assorted full inventory from.
The panzer grenadier series of board wargames is avalanche presss series of world war ii. Basic organization of grenadierregiment mot in type 43 panzergrenadierdivision. A pass was then made to add more geographic details as well as name points of interest. Pdf contains his wec and movement chart on one sheet, his original text of. Divisione corazzata is sold exclusively via pdf download. You can field everything from elite pionier battalions to volks grenadier regiments. Panzer grenadier continues the invasion of germany. The scenarios cover the battle from beginning to end plus other areas of conflict. On the eastern flank of this operation is the village of rots, which is occupied by elements of the ss panzer grenadier regiment 26 and a company of panthers from ss panzer regiment 12. The german gross deutschland panzer grenadier division was part of. Stephen picked the stavelot scenario from western scenarios book fielding his yanks against my germans of kg peiper. Its available in two formats just like the popular roer river battles.
This makes it much more similar to the panzer leader and panzer blitz games published by avalon hill. Flames of war armoured rifle platoon scale ubx41 new. These are a small collection of training scenarios created and developed by mike perryman and peter lloyd. The deluxe edition of panzergrenadier ww2 rules is finally nearing completion.
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