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Reply To: FoW Late war Soviet army list – request for input

October 28, 2020 at 6:13 pm #1577951

limburger

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@phaidknott thanks for the info. I suspected it wasn’t ‘historical’ 😀

// Engineer/Sapper

I think the ‘Engineer/Sapper’ company box has the same submachine gun armed infantry units as the other Soviet infantry boxes for v4 late war soviets. It’s the unit card that claims they have ‘body armour’.

I read he ‘body armour’ rule (which only gives a 1/6 chance to not die in an assault) as them simply having a bit more experience in dodging bullets while closing in for the assault.
It also shows one of the problems with a D6 system as there is very little you can change without introducing potential silly or overpowered rules.

// ‘decoy’ tank company …
yeah, I agree. That’s why I think I will pick just a few StuGs or Panzer IV’s to use as a distraction and a hobby challenge.
I doubt they could use Tigers when even the Germans had problems keeping those things running …

// more standard infantry and/or loads of T34’s…
I was kind of trying to avoid the T34 horde and wanted to create a more infantry focussed army with interesting/cool support units.
In hindsight having both Engineers and Recon in a single army is a bit overkill.
I still want an excuse to use either of them as they are kind of cool.

// — edit —
‘official’ listbuilding advice from Battlefront :
https://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=7145