17'S 1985 AND THE COLO WAR JUST GOT HOT! (Oberteutnant Fritz Fischer strode to his crew wating patienty beside their T-72M tank, “Guten Morgen Kameraden” he greeted them, "were going west! Gab your gear and mount up Fischer had just retumed from a bataion briefing. It looked ike ths years Warsaw Pact ‘manoeuvres were about to morph into something mo ‘German frontier. Once there they were to await further orders, ompany and move tothe Wes He'd just received orders to assemble his but rumours were already circulating that war was imminent ‘Ashe and his crew got the T-72 on the raad on the morning of 3 August 1985, fhe pondered what was to come, and how he and his crew would fare. Fhe Esc German Vllarie, or People’ Army, has the rputacion of being the mot well-trained ofall the Warsw Pact armies. I has a high proportion of By profesional soldiers and is wellequipped. ter bet Bees ee Spiny with T.728 or 72M tks Band BMP-1 and BMP? inacary Sighting vehicles resent wd cenpcl wih Bay Irodernised T-5SAM2 tank, BMP-Is, and BTR6O Beeld APC, The Conch Po bps vil ie the Di Bs2im eclepropelle gn, the RM.70 malpe rocket Hauncher and dhe O64 8 wheled APC “he Polish People’s Amy fight alongside the Soviets Ider cpt, Ta Polk po sr athard ging matin throughou dl = Acopy the Wir Wr ATTEERONT) © Coy titi BATTLESRONT) INSIDE YOU WILL FIND: + Background on the Eat German army, 9. 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AUTOLOADER ERAARMOUR nme whee MANUAL TRACKING ni 1 RADAR me epeily tg np sipped th‘THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Aer defen the Sd Weld Wa, G apie by th sito Alle Powe. Them emakeatiche Republit (Germ ‘THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S ARMY Bech Eat aa exblied ther pos-wat ely ‘ORGANISATION AND EQUIPMENT Grit equipment tend abe the sacking Wana P | f OCU OAM AeTe DL GERMAN PiMelad eh tev 4 Seyaaa ted \GERMAN Y Schlampere| van, soy: muttered Oberleutnant Fits Fischer ashe watched his ‘ben late in executing tel ums and were racing to catch up to thelr aslgned sitions trang clouds of ese fumes. There was no way hi men woul ever be “Tey were Germans and proud of it, When it came to fhting the Kepitalsten, they would do right, ke awel-oled machine the way they had been trained LUberating hs German brothers in the West would unfortunately involve many ace fr everyone pani to advance. Herised his han, then dropped it prcisaly on time. "Panzers Vor he spoke ave ver the aco. Moments ater he was proud to re his tn aon willbe fighting fora, Soon we wlhavea chance to show these Russians how to fight. and perhaps, once Germany is whol again, it wil have a chance to become reagan, leading the proletariat ofthe word in their strug [As Marx once sid Macht und Freie sind identich’~ Power and Freedom are denial PANZER BATAILLON 2, PANZER REGIMENT 21BAD BEVENSENemt GEPANZEREDIMISION ‘As Oberleinant Fitz Flecher's-72M tanks approached the outskirts ofthe Dutch town of Risen he called ‘ha and stopped betind a tree line marking the Boundary of field He climbed ou of his tret and made is way to the tree fie with his inacuars A few minutes ater he wasjinedby his good friend Obefeutrant Dieter Bender, whose BMP-1 mounted riflemen were flowing Fit’ company, andthe commander of the BMP scouts Leutmane Weber What do you 00? asked Bender. “Nothing yet. thought saw some movement to the let but no more 35 yet" Fit responded before outing his thinking“ thinkwe shuld sing around tothe right ofthe town, go tough the industrial area where itis more open and the Dutch have less concealment" Bender and Weber nodded n agreement Aer return to his tank Faz gained quick approval for hs pan from the battalion headquarters and ten mines ater the formation was underway again, with Weber scouts racing head. ‘The lne of T-72Ms burst through the te ine nd headed tothe right, ating across flds before entering vide streets lined with warshoutes, factories, and workshop. Benders men had dlsmounted. escorting the tanks as they moved cautiously through the indus parkland, wl the scouts covered the eft flank. ‘dln of suniht caught Flt’ eye ashe pered forward from his cupolas Vision blocks. AS he searched to fied what it was, the agjacent 72M rocked and was enveloped in cloud of dus. He quik sped a tank of Inthe stance, amongst some sos. Ponce, sos he bared to his gunner. His eunner quickly acquired he target and retuned with aang, "1300 metres: “Fever free ordered and his gunner sent around towards the target Inthe distance there wae a butt of flame and dust. rite watched asthe Dutch crew scrambled out of thelr Leopard 1 tank “Stay alert he eile over the ato to his company, there are bound tobe mora" “he previous Minizer of Naonal Def, Heine Carnation spell how io otsaen, was verano fe Spnth Ci War ad was the ay bao B21 Hal cer cers the honoured ser sd whe the esaupp omavon ike ateaion. and N24 Hind coer arin he inehe WVAwas lel Par Dron Hone Hef cba Beleopc sano Thedvisin had been enc quipped mith -72M tanks Ath lod of war ame moe apparent, dhe East ving one of the ESSANE tne found inher dt Gormine iter reinorced 9. Parer Dison with Sonia aon. to of emotes aralion doe mame shin pment ore ieregnen) Faker compune equipped wth ie aoe BMP rym A Nowrbew Sclcen iron Ths einen was Figuingschglesticeay example ths pore weapon upped wit) be BTRLGD amour ranpor " sich cold ke alvntage ofthese ped he Trealtheuph le opel on te suake moereay ‘Wes Carman, Tay a ade wn SAND nk, ad infy Bhi ei, the re wewpone were much de nes any SetT-72B PANZER BATAILLON Ag NAS a eM a Fae a Ss sre exmp sre «ump ber onal ibe abled spline ee fn auch WARSAW PACT TANKS Thee ae va fir mde of Sri ‘Thee ified bt hep oe phe gtk for ho : : T5sAM2 ess Front Armour 18 Fron Araewn 15 entree 14 Fed 18 Side drmonr: 9 with ERA (eve Hear "Sedma 8 ‘Susarmonn 9 Sister 9 32" /80cm Waipu Rune 32°/80cm Weapon ane 32°/80¢m ap Rng, 327806 "ion: 22 "tata 7 "itso 7 ‘Our. Bazooka skits “uke, Bazooka Skirts ‘ier Optional T-1 mile = je 15T-72M PANZER BATAILLON T-72M PANZER KOMPANIE ‘You mis eh ation Ha one Combat Ln rm ech Blac oe cf Jin raw — ‘TM srw enum The P72 anki easy wo bull tne for he older 39 tnk Both Cahoon nd oan produc he 72M serson of heT72, and ld he dl inline Ns ears The T.72M lacks sme of he more sophia wl ofthe Sie ui "E72 nk and nr eguiped with the bo high esh nak ammni Despite he sl ig sep frat fo the NVA, bing ft, sue ad dal een when moving stoped I slate lcs uth ‘members ign proven fr sal amy Hee NVA along a Eaeastoe coe Thehigh-ained German revs ko how ake avrg of ens and wesknens and bow co combine sopra with supportng ms w orrcome ‘rent ear ATO kan exp le ou dein ep ini ca my ie eer sian poe cis The Guchaanuticred 17 tak fhe db dive the BDD snore er mol 72 unk ed by the Sori To omen ths the 72M wa, Fed wih tos sie pce smut ope he om ‘el unk weapons Thome with Baebes Sti hve Sie erm ming of 10 agent HEAT weapon "Panzers Vor! Oberleutnant Fischer's excitement 195 hard to hide, even aver the rac, Thi was “The moment hold spent years alin for. He was about to face the enemy forthe fst tne With a rong. moaning, earsplting how, the rocket launchers behind filed the air with smoke tells Méments ater the woods that hid the Wiestdeutsche seemed orienta the ar before ‘appearing In 2 oud of smoke and ist a his tanks raced towards it Surely nothing could emsinof the Wissies ate sucha pounding, ‘The thous ied along with tveeof his men when one ois panzrs oti cap, its ure pong over and overasitspun though the a, “Achtung! Feuer Fre Fischer ordered 26 moce mis sles begpn steskng from the clearing dust coud ‘Schmit, Sprengaranate, 890m, Feuer! he baked 2 fre order to his own gunner. The rate of the Sutoloader was losin the rar ofthe lank’ ee, engine, but nothing could block out the cash of 3 125mm gun asi fred. ‘Wieder, 700m: Fischer ordered another shot, the ‘ange closing quickly. His men were good, but the targets were hard to Spot. There were explosion ll song the tee tne and the second volley of missiles was weaker than the fst. Wieder, 600m gan, he ‘ordered, the tank throwing him agains his cupola sigh sit rocked tough a smal clitch His padded helmet tok the blow, but he hry noticed ‘ompanio, Halt The tank rocked to hal as the ‘BMP Schitzenpanzers raced pas. "Achtsam Schmidt he bellowed careful. Now wasn't the time for stoppiness, fora rushed shot to hit one ofthe BMP fighting vehicles dashing forward. Any ‘moment now they too would stop sn i would be the infantry etT-55AM2 PANZER BATAILLON is tank might have been ode than he was, but Untrofsr Meyer was proud ait nonetheless. That made his urent predicament even more galing Het ériven nto the ith at the side ofthe road and as stuck, Worse, he was blocking the road andhe could fe! the eyes of everyone behind him boringint the bck of Ms hes ‘Dump he mattered to hse a he gestured this ve to sing hard le Wit a clash of gears and 2 loud of ese smoke, the T-55 tank eased itself out ofthe etch and back onto the ‘oad, Meyer climbed back aboard, clambering over theeyebrows'on the fon ofthe turet and winging back int his position asthe tank commande, "Meyer, shen His gunners shout drew his eyes up from the oad ahead as ee West Leopard fanks moved ‘ut trom te vilage. positioning themselves to ambush the rest ofthe battalion a=W continued its advance. They did't Seem to have seen him andthe rest ofthe column stuck behind him, ‘Meyer smiled. Hs tank may be old, bu tha the latest ek and the best crew, ‘Range 985m: His gunner’ glee at geting to use the laser rangefinder against 2 el enemy tank was cea. ake the front one! Meyer ordre confuse the other two! Switching tothe platoon cel. Meyers curt Form ie!” quickly haa his ater two tanks ofthe road ani ne beside him. The Westies would know what hie the! 5AM2 PANZER KOMPANIE ea | eo Eosana las —_9 — (OF he 21005 nko suppl we |pamae Sic to: Cacia Pd supa hneteenpeatai ica indole FSSt sone chop mane a ane Sonal nem nhl pany clings tng a pane a ron ih of main, mda eee atandaronWaskofocd Ma MC) mea witha le anabder aie seurreeaeeesi cei Aiera0ean KOMPANIE See WAras son Penle hs SS = PAE 4 SHILKA FLAK ZUGSA-13 GOPHER FLAK ZUG =="BMP-1 MOT-SCHUTZEN KOMEANIE ‘SmP-1 MoT-SCHUTZEN WOMPANE WEAPONS CARD rary af weapons fen tm ie 10 ar addon cal un, wh he pled wh neve Sole} (Anew 3) a toed in nue Pe rnin ieee plato Eile _MOT. SCHUTZEN elie nls an ado adr ithe da fr sap EN ead eaeBTR-60 MOT-SCHUTZEN BATAILLON BTR-60 MOT-SCHUTZEN KOMPANIE [ sian onan) ’ . ree : ‘pak et7mpt omens)EASTIGERMANISUPPO ] PV BUR CALLAN IW nll aaMI-24 HIND BATTLE HELICOPTER SQUADRON = sae | = ease cussECHOSLOVAK eee (CZECHOSLOVAK 1" ARMY gee aCZECHOSLOVAK FORCE =a), ay Ero vou tee comicon | AEN E ea ANTON AOIPAS Podblukownlk Jan Hajek watched asthe tanks of his command advanced before him. They had crossed the bord jst an hour ago in darkness, and 3s dawn peoked over he haizon his bataons advance had remained relatively unmolested so far. Podpukovrk Hajek had strested to hie subordinate commanders to keep alr, the hil country ofthe Czechoslovak West Germany border was sattere with woods, farms and vilages and would provide the US forces ahead of them wih numerous ambush opportunities [Ashe watched the fst ine of his T-72M tanks push across the thin Blt of farmind toward the fils onthe ‘othe side of thet vale, he noticed flash of othe lf Suddenly, one of send tanks erupted in ames _asitsplutered toa hale. Theest ofthe company inmedately suns their tretsinthe direction ofthe teat. ‘A second fash was followed by another of Hales -72Ms exlodng hing up the eal moming Ske a Roman candle rework et ammunition cooked off. The esto that flank’ tank company auch responded Sending volley of 125num roundsinthe dretion ofthe shat a the edge ofthe wood on the other sie ofthe valley. Soon the wood edge wast up with explsions asthe rounds found the mars Hajek looked acros the valley at the ememy vies burringin the wood on the far sde "Lets get moving” he ordered, satisfied thatthe immed threat had been eliminated and keen to keep movin westwards. He ban suing orders this subordinates and soon the bttaon was advancing nce again (CSLA fal fink vs Ac Winaw Pac sae ‘ry mani spirale py the Dales plas were oss he ily ae sou War ned one temo the Tran Iter dvnsforacha wo Cschnoak smi Wet Germany esi tv well» hee ly be dat ack ewe Waray Pc fas hac ‘ine rch Catal me vogh Aue ental NATO tn th he Caco bod, CGchoora Arm (I 8 4 and he (eth ice the 20° Mooi Rie Di 1. Henk Diss hes ak rine +21 hn P21 Tk Regn) 35‘2B TANK BATTALION «aam| «ump)coi Podporuik Kael Tomasek calle his river to halt and his T-72M slow sé toa rest onthe soft ground afew ‘entimetres behind the frm wal “Wcly done Pave” Tomasek prised his driver With the -72M' 125mm gun pking across the wal Tomasek scanned the distant ees for movement and othe tla sigs the enemy. His gunner, Rott Jan Radek, had already loaded the main gun with an an-tank ound and was on the lookout Alin of to the right caught Tomasek’s eve. "Target. 2 o'dock, 1500 metres, Fie, Fire!" ordered Temasek, Radecki quickly swans the turret around and sighted the enemy tank nthe tre line near the intersection of ‘we secondary re2ds. An ant-ank round was qucky Sent towards the target and second ound was ced heough the autooader aint the gin, The frst ound struck nearby, sending clos of dt into the afew metres from the font f the enemy tank Radecki wasnt gin o miss agin! Te second round flew true, 3 brs flint gested Tomek trough his \slon block, flowed by the sgh of enemy cew clambering out of the ture to Sek coverinthe trees. CIT NK COMPANY Soa =m) (Baurdstetegiree | asm |e | 3 log with Pld, Cichoni ao manic the F72M exper mel of At lick the more avanedeutfthoigluch Lee 35 Homer er Cech Bul mod T7261} Mie S017 ve incorporated ar fares, and ad rbber ad wel ok skin co ge 2275 provide dional pectin fm HEAT ann weapon me sn attipe, “The -72M mount these powefl 125mm 2AM6 um the Sve del Fem erg ut the Cech don ave ace othe mon tk ond The ape pt opt, ‘pu horace by» ae ager an ece le ‘cop nt Ther and 2 TPS. 149.25 igh sn gairT -9 GASKIN SAM PLATOON ZSU-23-4 SHILKA AA PLATOON55AM2 TANK COMPANY (ic a S|BMP MOTOR RIFLE BA JON BMP-1 MOTOR RIFLE COMPANY(a2 2 ami)Wirisa ea ence Mstiaelyvarveren TTT eat TaiEZECHOSLOVAKSSUPPORT: | [secs PN Xer ey Mee ani SQUADRON SU-22 FITTER FIGHTER-BOMBER FLIGHT ASSAULT LANDING COMPANY. 52 53Ait NETHERLANDS ae fab om 7a haeOOS AIPA Ne N SCT PdpukownikPateyk Gorecki wat notin 2 good mood. While his tank battalion was able to quly cots the TraveRivernorthf Labeck, tle le had gone ight. His rece and motorized fe support were nowhere tobe found, and the sky was lea, with no sign of his promised Mi-24 support. At the casing hi supporting Shikas were able to div of two West German helicopters but the antarrat vehicles were now out of contact. Following his orders, he rapidly moved his batalion of 31 -72Ms forwardto secure Gundesstrae 422 and cut off the NATO forces that clung tthe iane- German border. she ordered hi unit forward some of his ead tanks suddenly came under missile fre from 2 smallopse of woods to thet font POLISH FORCE : Gorecki keyed his microphone and ordered his tanks to quickly engage the barely visible NATO infantry. In j Anson mort ofthe 7-726 125mm gun bared oe an poured HE ound ato te dense Gennan woos. ! “The fre ofthe Poh an wa fective and soon the wood fl sent. with Gorecki order the formation ies | tomato fn the road that aster obectve oad Snel : Just as his ea elements informed him that they had found the objective, a trop of enemy tanks made ther presence known Three Danish Leopard tanks, movin nthe open fom the north opened ire on the lead Pash tanks. The older Leopard tanks were no match for his T-72Ms, and within minutes the thee Danish ¢anks were urouly burning with their surviving crewmen ling tothe ear. Gorecki knew that forthe Danes tobe this fa south mean the road ahead would be even tougher than what he thought when he received his orders. After a ref pause, Gorecki was back on hi command net: they were -alng 0 advance tothe northwest. Fetal ; TEE ERIN aa Pennants ee he The 20 Wa Armoured Divison (20 Dyes era) ss bad in worn Pot abd wa de up of de nk ‘epents an one mechned infin penn nc ing ihe 24" Dende Tak Regent. 38 Sa Tas Rien, 64” Tank Repent and the 6 Warm Mechanised Infney Repent Beng cnr the ner {NATO and the Waaw Pathe ri bad bigher ‘ean sandud uh ot he eter Ph xrmoed tks neh TW. Thi os on edn ened ht dhe ‘anki in the dion had the E724 sale fre Monge te les T53AM3 kB tte ee Ia io Polad, however x of dead ben pg Foran ih dhe LR The 49" Warr mechan fey ad wo Batalon. mounted intake Pl BWP [BMP=1) armour personel carn ih the cid ak ei ante the whee OT, wich wa prac Sy Pind and Cashak Dion por fr the 20* Wana wi i her Waren Pa ite with suport le ata Silt and reonmiane sew srl fo he aos ‘he, Boond the don lve he 20° Warr cold cll {i ado ata support and abn sdeton ‘faa prof pret comp Avato supe ‘r= provid bythe M24 Hd flea of he don tbe S25 Pofor and S22 Fer aera of th he Feith and St At Fe, (20 wig rons ek ms $F Drees Tink Rpment |= 2a Set nt Ramen | = ae tnt time 37(4:3 NK BATTALION ‘Alas rocked the tank Siertant Tanck Kowalsh popped his commanders ture and swung the AA machine ‘gun around and poured a burst offre into the stand trees of to the ight fram where the rocket had come, Not for the fst tne, the ERA blocks of his new T-726 had deflected an opportunist shot rom some West ‘German local forces. The Geman light anti-tank weapons HEAT warhead ely a Panzerfast #4, had been ‘As Kowalski suppressed the German postion with more fir, Kapa Jacek Dabrowt the tank's gunn, sun the turret and main gun around and pumped 2 HE-Frag round into the res. Kowals! ducked down and closed up the hatch and ordered his driver, Sreegowy Wd Dude, to bring the tank’ hull around to face the enemy. The right side sit has already lost 3 coupe of ERA blocks and twas beter to have the tank thicker rot armour take ny mare shots As Kowal watched through his periscope,» Mash appeared frm the res andthe tank wa rocked asin, but this te with substantial more fore "Géwno!" Exlimed Dabrowski ashe ined up 2 HE-Fag round onthe location of the fash “Ws everybodyin oe piece” Kowal checked in with is crew “Tak” his crewmen acknowledged positively n unison. Another shot defected, the new tank was proving Aas worth Bel ae) Lah vo ra enm | x 1728 enn = amp * emp an eam} ps equim | * emp = eam | once 7 thes nd hecho gu sept mon thie cnet gh Wa Rtn he le redacng beter gat tank hn she made the Sov acer With oe hy hve pli thse slo proce ths iprved Soa with ee. fein ofthe P72 ha deal improved the ghT-72M TANK BATTALION ‘The turet ofthe T.72M was quiet as Stas Slertant Dymkowski peered out ofthe commander's view port looking fr another target. The NATO counterattack aught the advancing Plsh tanks by surprise, but now they were reacting and fring ther 125m guns sft a the gunners coud see an enemy tank. semed to DDymkowsk that while many ofthe shots were dong damage an equal number bounced af the tough exterior ofthe Leopard 2 tanks they were engaging. The Posh tankers needed to use their numbers to overcome the ‘ate of fre ofthe Dutch tanks ‘The T-72M nearest to Dymkowskl suddenly exploded in rebl and the Siertantylled a his crew otrget the Leopard tank that just fire. The gunner qucly found his target and sent a 125mm round downeange The round extracted sme measure of revenge a5 the enemy tank started to bur. As suddenly as the enemy fire had stared the ld fel quiet again nthe quiet pause, Dymkows breathed 2 huge sigh of ele. T-72M TANK COMPAI (Taam tac comma Joe nat ‘exmp aia «ump ee eam) ‘cer tank Formations The Pash version Feature the sme Soviet gus Kove th Sct sem ad np ave bn tized mods The Bt rion sre more han lg rae he geBMP-1 SCOUT PLATOON eel rates Puke "AA PLATOON Ty SA-13 GOPHER SAM PLATOON 2 SA-9 GASKIN SAM PLATOON‘Kapitan Cholewczynskicouldbarly Se the road ahead ofhis-5SAM2asItmoved westboundon Bundesstase 206, After three days of tough ting his company had been whitled down to only fe tanks, However, thei main objective, the Elbe River runing west of Hamburg. as only 4 Klometes away. ‘The dark woods that stad the road ahead suddenly burst oe, Enemy tanks were sornggan ambush “Failn behind me Cholewe2ynsk shouted ove the command net nd 300 the tank company was the road ‘Already seasoned tank commander he knew he hi oir the flank ofthe enemy wiere his 100mm gun had a falechance against what he took tobe Leopard 2 tanks nthe woods Using the tees beside the road, they raced ahead. When they finaly broke concealment his gunner Por lary See anne ‘saw the shape of « Leopard 2 with its turret turning towards the Polish company. Potr got his shot off frst and {he enemy tank rocked hack before the turret hatches Rew open andthe crew scrambled out to take cove. be TO However, more enemy tanks could now be seen inthe trees, The rest of Cholewczynsks alt 000 joined inthe fray, with many shots bouncing ofthe Leopard 2 tank's tough exterior. However, enough shots were fiding ther mark With the Leopards ether destroyed or pling ‘back twas time to move again. T-55AM2 TANK COMPANY f. 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Soe B seem teat on East GERMAN CAMOUFLAGE ‘ =. ee) Hinges, te WEBBING EQUIPMENT ne BE) OS = ae MPI KM, vz. 58, AKM, & RPK ASSAULT RIFLES BASING WARSAW PACT INFANTRY a1g Es Ei Fe Pe CENARIOS Tw Mins yon Cate Hy er ep your inagiase, you eons WO Bet ot even Gen ill ria tangent inc oes rls pint 4 WT rahe the diene co haw sepa, The flowing sean bon te acon of ih UniMon impor fl, ae in and el ie omit err th bok ws corel ecm "na nye aoe GOET eh ea ON Pad sca ‘Dsmount dismount Bender fantall ordered over his radio at the schtzen of his company "out. out” Quick his men serambled out of thei BMP-2' reat doors and fared out on ether side oftheir vehicles to advance onthe Wessis inthe woods ahead AS they advanced across the the felts, the BMPs andthe Wiessiew Marders exchanged autocannon fire, with vehicles on bth sides erupting in lames the tok it The rapid thumps ofthe autocannons were soon joined by the rate of machine-gun fire as Bender’ men approached the enemy posits along the woodine. Some ofthe Wesies had taken positions inthe rade ten that ined the rad that an along the Wood's eae. Bender an over to his PRM LMG section and ected them to concentrate onthe itch. before gathering up several squads for an assault. Fist they would clear the itch, then the woods adrance towards Vecha day come under Be from thee Sor Gk Tey taco Gd wth the enero Your 72M Pazer Bln mse ers enemy fn tir ambuh potion se scurethe vison rnc SPECIAL RULES SETTING UP DEPLOYMENT. The Wo German player hol se Leped Arua The esr ofthe Fo spaced STARTING THE GAME WINNING THE GAME ‘CONSEQUENCES Iodide Ens Goma gem oe tnober yi tera WHAT HAPPENED ern Fcc wa ble cone enough damage thr the Wes Geran forces with aig the tie the sex der 172M Pane Billon HQ. iTvaM BMP Atieang Zag Ds BMP 7 MPA KM tcam with RPG-18 an-ank Made Panna Kempani HQ Marder Pansergrenair Zag Marder Panzer Zp "Se M3 sum with Pome 44 ant ance 2s Milani eam nnTHE FIGH EPRPESRASSS The T-72M rumbled along the fl Slerdant Ggcskowicz had his head out of his commander’ tut hatch, scanning ahead. He watched 3s the lad tank company pushed though a ee-ned stream, nating the swaying ofthe willows athe powerful -72Ms pushed though them. Aloud crack up ahead alerted Bgcowlz to the centre ofthe lead company. AT-72M stated tallow black smoke, It seemed the enemy ha also noticed he ‘movement ofthe Pls tank batalon Baczkowicr's company commander started bellowing odes ove the radi. Baczkowie’s platoon wat sent lett cos the stream south of the lad company's postion As they reached the stream Baczkowicz sowed is platoon autieusly pushing though the wilow sapings and across the stream. On clescng the willows on the other bank he was greeted with he sight of several burning Posh tanks and the Mash of gunfire from the ‘wooded area tothe north-west He halted his tanks among the wilows and immediately engaged the concealed enemy tanks. His gunner fest shot hit nome anda Nash of an explosion could be seen through the tres. The tanks of Baczkowicr’s platoon kept up asteady stream of fre andthe enemy re petered out scout platoon was sent forward and advanced ‘on the ambush position unchallenged. It sems the West Genmans had withdrawn yet agin, The Fh 72 Tak Baton of Ppl Pag Gore hs svaning sr he Wes German sane of Schleig Hoc The objctve Bander 32 3 trad ht so th Bli etothe Ciyof Hamburg Ty ings rif ned dying poo ante by bth We Geman and Duh phy ek hog the detest exch dove SPECIAL RULES * Ambush (Wer German) (page 85 of Weld Wir Team Yn ge 86 of ide SETTING UP Layout there on 3 618m + 120m) eae ‘Shown on temp he floing po Pace Obj onthe pa ated D. DEPLOYMENT The Wet German played the fps 2 gdp Zag, Aan snd de Leopard Ptr Zug in Rares, The tema ofthe Forte placed onthe tbe the We {Geman deployment Inti hal of dhe te, Wen ‘Gem ny Tear may sath amen Fools ie fa and 94 of Wr ar Ts ane. STARTING THE GAME The Pl player eth Aacker and hah fs, WINNING THE GAME the Ploh payer wins the pane they end se Holding nti Oeste CONSEQUENCES Jadand penis and solace NATO fons there If the ‘Woe German plier win the oe ba wed sh Rh vce, cling wifes ob epoatne WHAT HAPPENED Fedplenit Gore’ fore, dete deemined Wes (Geran an Dah reinnce, eee Breer ae hyped vans he Neth Sex re of SSPE TE72M Tank Baton HQ 1eT7aM “FACT Gonpey “172M Tank Company 7 T7M, 542 Tn Cm 2SU-234 Sila AA Platoon ‘n 7SU25-4 Silks Fe AKM ava ie ean 281 Camaton Arley Bary 24251 Curation Leopard 1 Pazera ‘Se Leopard Aeopatd 1 Pane Zag “feleopad Maree Panzer Zp "Se MG nm wih Patt anes ick 2 Milan mn eam SeManer ac Spb Trapp rcs eS Japa 2 Jaane Zag ‘agar? eee Leopard 2 Zag “feLeopard2 (qm) SS| fae ayareels } —,Czechoslovak East German ATTA GAMING SET. | ae : 28 jee gS 9) a os ws ae aT GAMING SET "TTK22 Fass German Gala Set WW3-066 East German Unit Cady PrN Peduo] pl z not ree Pe nag 72,TANK BATTALION STARTER FORCE CONTAINS: 5x T-SSAM Tanks + 2x BROM-2,SA-9 ashi or + Be M26 Hind Helicopters + 2x SU-17 Fitter Fighter bombers + 4 Flight stands +8 Rare arth Magnets + 1% Complete AS Rulebook + x *Start Here” Boo Weld Wr www. TEAN- VANE: OMhu [Uae ae , eed oad Puryear aeons + be "Start Here” Booklet World War Its Tex Vane WWW.TEAM-VANKEE.conee nc [Feaxoa #2THE T-55 TANK THE T-72 TANK ‘toe P54 and 786 take were ¢zeeult of the artinuing developaent proces forthe T'34 rd ‘P4) during the clocng yous of World War I Ds eeriee of developnente and inprovenante eat the design go into production inthe Inte 1940 ‘ver the Sntarvening year the T64/18 would be Continuously updated and uperedod with Improved freien, UBC Olen, Biologia, Cooma) protection sight, radice sn oo on The end reeutt this ty the 190 wae the TSAI Sn Soviet eorvicn, the TA manutactured Sn Casshoelovebis, end the Polis TA "deri fevter allies The United Kington developed snow tank fim ee nae ch a "ty arma on ie re 1 at 3odma gun woe corr as dangerous thrent tothe HATO ‘hn 224/86 we ot eley Soviet tank, tha has Ieee i le re ct a ee and 196, afore ovtangt proiuce 1000 Pete ‘TSSAM2 ‘&connander, sumer, Loader, driver as tonne {oom D300 cif gun options INE Staves OMIT Bastion ATCA Jay an Dene 30 ‘ea eas Composit len RHA equivalent a8 V2 dino) engine LSBU C20 bl sost oing for pot ‘ee and 172, while WATO continued to develop bewvily ‘tv vce cra erin exten ‘angina, aprovs surperaion, roy win sr, in sone ssa testy ize We Hao abe (pn? Sarton anton guid aioe through te 172K '-connendes, gunner, driver 900 81" 2 ‘0m 03? ‘20m 2 2446 gun satan avers ‘ann FA WS 32cm RHA equivatent 0 n/a 7 ao 2 700) 700 490 ee) ‘the 9.78 sane out of an Sen for nobilestion otal’ of the 1-64 Atank that could be quickly Drodvond under war tine conditions However, evelopment snvolvsd tho ure of iden iitia}ty Sntended for upgrading the 72 by the ‘Urnlvagonanvod docign team They etartd with fs powerful bull and running gear combination Sntended forthe 742, thie gave the 172 it {familias lenge rubber rianed roed whoela * wee ‘powered by the older, but roledle, 48 engine. ‘Tooues tha tursot design as based on tet of the T4, the tel docgn taun nade nunter Aacign changes tases cn work done for the T<2 Uperede The autodader mar ebargw 9 that the lanmunttion, conlating of» separate peojcto Sanda propellant charge, nae etorod horioontally on tro Irvola (unis tha I-64 which mas vertu] ‘on one Iovell Tao T-2 upgrade nic Fitted the ib gun, end the factory ma alrondy Fropored ‘toe 172 me Gosgnod a a eimplo, coer to the 14, Ie utlind n number of Zoature Fiswt ‘ngroduod with the P64 eu sa sn autolonder, bm gun, an conpocite exnour. However, ue fo fisrerent doeign proves Str hull, etponeon, snd fngine have nore Sp sonacn wits tho older T-2 Mowover, tesauce of St ainpicity end neaslality ‘Seas adopt ty al of the Buropean Marco ‘ta handle this gun for tho ‘noihiation noel? project 4p 972 Ura factory mas officially changed fron ‘odueing the T24A tothe nen Object 172 projet, the 14 nobilieation soda’ ed tosone krown, fn 19TS the Fina prototype was acepted Sat cnrvie a the P72 Ue took tine fr the Factory to ‘converted over, but production started in exall 112979 « now upgraded 7724 not bogs tnd electronie fixe control. Its turret front and tap had boon reintoreed with comoette s=Bou sa shad moke grenade Launches sed. A toditied vereion of the 1724, derignates 772, fre danigned for export apd wae also menursctizod {y both Goachoelovakin a Feat, The 7724 2a lee arnoured du6 to St not vtibieing BOD conponitaarsourss 17'S 1985 AND THE COLD WAR JUST GOT HOT! ‘Oberleutnant Fitz Fischer strode ove “Guten M Fischer had just returned from a battalion bicing. It looked lke this year's Warsaw Pact ‘manoeuvres were about to morph nto something more. Hed just received orders to assemble fis Pr LMT theT-72 on the road on the morning of 3 August 1985, he pondered what was to come, and how he ad his crew would fare Se prin of bin the Warne Pact ae ha bigh popertion of cfenoad oie and e woberereet te Cissus ar csipped wich 1728 or 72M ta fu BMPs and BMP ian Bight weil She motor sll dvsons ate equipped with fly odenneh T5 SoM te sad BTR Bvhsed APC “he Cochoorak Peoples. Army Gilde simie eeipecs bck up by sige wick th Dana props gun the RMC70 mull rocket Ihuncher andthe OT 64 8 hell APC “he Plsh Pope Army ght alongside the Sovis ins cilia. The Pais people hve a epeon shard ging mation tugboat long ng — BATTEGRON