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BITTER ENEMIEs
The Finns are a stubborn people used to adversity. The survival of their country is at stake. All Finnish troops are prepared to ght at close quarters if needed to see o the invading Red Army. Finnish forces gain the British Bulldog special rule when ghting against any Soviet force.
HUNTERs
Finland is a country of forests and lakes and the natives know their country well. They are able to quickly move through this dicult terrain with ease. Skiing is the national sport in Finland, as well as a necessity for travelling cross-country. Finnish platoons are ski-equipped, increasing their mobility during winter. Finnish Infantry and Man-packed Gun teams treat Woods as Cross-country Terrain instead of Dicult Going and Forests as Dicult Going instead of Very Dicult Going (see page 31 of the rulebook), allowing them to move At the Double through Woods, but not denser Forests. In the winter Finnish Infantry and Man-packed Gun teams treat deep snow as Cross-country Terrain instead of Dicult Going (see page 244 of the rulebook), allowing them to move At the Double across deep snow covered terrain.
INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONs
During their ghting against the Soviets the Finns would often intercept Soviet radio communications. This gave them prior knowledge of the Red Armys attacks and where their troops were massing. The Finns would use this information to bring down very accurate artillery bombardment on the enemy positions. Because of the excellent quality of the Finnish radio interception, Finnish Artillery Bombardments red by an Artillery Battery may re-roll the third failed attempt to range in. If it still fails on the re-roll you have failed to bring in your bombardment. The Artillery Battery does not get a re-roll on their rst and second attempts.
KAPTEENI
Lauri Allan Trni was born in Viipuri in 1919 where his family had a large home. He learned from an Olympic boxing champion and already had a reputation as a tough, disciplined ghter and a ne skier before he joined the Finnish Army in 1938. During the Winter War he proved a brilliantly eective soldier in Sissi ski-guerilla units. By the end of the Winter War he had earned the rank of Sergeant. Despite this, his home in Viipuri was part of the Finnish territory lost to the Soviet Union. This only added to Trnis hatred of communism.
LAURI TRNI
During the Continuation War (1941-1944) Trni proved an excellent combat leader, rst with armour and then with light infantry, and was promoted to Captain. His long-range missions were so successful that the Red Army put a price of 3 million Finnish Marks on his head. In 1944 he was transferred to the Karelian Isthmus, scene of the nal Soviet oensive. He led a Jkri unit which made a decisive counterattack and helped stabilise the line after the Soviet breakthrough. He was awarded the Mannerheim Cross, Finlands highest medal for bravery. Tornis life in the military did not end there. After the war he journeyed to the United States, became a citizen and enlisted in the US army as Larry Thorn. He served with US Special Forces and led missions in places ranging from Iran to Vietnam, being decorated several times. He served two tours in Vietnam before being killed in Laos in 1965. He was the basis of the character played by John Wayne in the movie Green Berets.
After the Winter War, Trni was determined to continue the ght against the Soviet Union, and travelled to Germany to train with the Waen-SS. In Operation Barbarossa, Trni again proved an excellent soldier, and was decorated with the Iron Cross Second Class. After Finland declared war on the Soviet Union again in the Continuation War, he returned home and re-enlisted in the Finnish Army.
ChARACTERIsTICs
Captain Lauri Trni is a Warrior and Command team rated as Fearless Veteran. Lauri replaces the Command team of a Jkri Platoon for a cost of +50 points. Lauri counts as a Recce team. He is armed with a Suomi SMG and Satchel Charges with the following ratings: Range: 4/10cm, ROF: 3, Anti-tank: 1, and Firepower: 6. Like an SMG team, Lauri res at full ROF when moving and his Satchel Charges give him Tank Assault 3.
SPECIAL RULEs
Implacable: Lauri and the Jkri Platoon he is leading pass all Motivation Tests on a 2+. Skilled Soldier: Lauri and the Jkri Platoon he is leading may re-roll any failed Skill Tests, applying the new result instead.
(INFANTRY COMPANY)
HEADQUArTErS HEADQUArTErS
A Jkrikomppania must field a Company HQ and two or three Jkri Platoons, and may field one of each of the Weapons Platoons shown. It may also field one Support Platoon from each box shown (Armour, Infantry, etc.).
Company HQ
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CoMBAT PLATooNS
WEAPoNS PLATooNS
INfANTrY
MACHINE-GUNS
ArMoUr T-26 Panssari Platoon KV-1 Panssari Platoon T-34 Panssari Platoon
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ArMoUr T-26 Panssari Platoon T-28 Panssari Platoon Assault Gun Platoon
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ArTILLErY
INfANTrY
ANTI-TANK
RECoNNAISSANCE
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ArTILLErY
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ANTI-AIrCrAfT
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Anti-aircraft Platoon
AIrCrAfT
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Air Support
JkRIkOMPPANIA
HEADQUArTErS
COMPANY HQ
HEADqUARTERs
Company HQ 45 points
Kapteeni
Kapteeni Kersantti
OPTIONs
Add Lahti anti-tank rie teams for +25 points per team. Replace all Lahti anti-tank rie teams with Closedefence Rie teams at no cost. Add Light Mortar team for +20 points.
A Jkrikomppania (Light Infantry Company pronounced yay-kar-ree komp-pa-nee-a) is led by a Kapteeni (Captain) who has been selected for his skill, courage and initiative. The Jkri provide much of the cutting edge of the Finnish army. Their tactics emphasise speed and mobility.
Jkrikomppania HQ
A high proportion of their leaders are volunteers or former regular army ocers.
CoMBAT PLATooNS
JkRI PLATOON
PLATOON
HQ Section with: 4 Jkri Squads 3 Jkri Squads 170 points 130 points
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
OPTIONs
Replace the Command Rie team with a Command Close-defence SMG team for +15points. Replace all Rie teams with SMG teams for +20points per Jkri Squad. Upgrade a Jkri Platoon to be a Reconnaissance Platoon for +70 points for the platoon. Add Light Mortar team for +20 points.
Kersantti
HQ Section Kersantti
Rifle team
Rifle team
Jkri (pronounced yay-kar-ree) means hunter as well as scout, and these units perform both roles. Whether they are ghting alongside an infantry unit or a Panssari unit, they are always at the vanguard. Often composed of men from rural areas, they have excellent eldcraft skills.
Rifle team
Rifle team
Jkri Platoon
WEAPoNS PLATooNS
JkRI MAChINE-GUN PLATOON
PLATOON
HQ Section with: 2 Machine-gun Sections 1 Machine-gun Section 150 points 85 points
Kersantti Maxim HMG Maxim HMG
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
Using surprise and quick repositioning of their machine guns, the Jkri are able to make better use of them in mobile battles. The Finns use the Soviet Maxim, a reliable weapon that will keep ring until the job is done. Jkri Machine-gun Platoons use the Fire and Relocate special rule on page 2. A Jkri Machine-gun Platoon may make Combat Attachments to Combat Platoons.
Machine-gun Section
Machine-gun Section
LUutnantTi
LUutnantTi Command Observer Rifle SMG team team HQ Section Kersantti Tampella M/35 81mm mortar Mortar Section Kersantti Tampella M/35 81mm mortar Mortar Section
OPTION
Add Observer Rie team for +10 points. The Jkri mortar men use the Tampella M/35 81mm mortar, which can re smoke to assist in attack.
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
OPTION
Replace all Lahti anti-tank rie teams with Closedefence Rie teams at no cost.
To keep with their reconnaissance role the immediate antitank support for the Jkri was the Lahti 20mm anti-tank rie. This man-portable, hard hitting, anti-tank weapon could be easily moved through the forests by its crew of three.
Lahti Anti-tank Lahti Anti-tank Rifle team Rifle team Anti-tank Rifle Section
Lahti Anti-tank Lahti Anti-tank Rifle team Rifle team Anti-tank Rifle Section
A Jkri Anti-tank Rie Platoon may make Combat Attachments to Combat Platoons.
Captured Soviet armour has been used to equip the Finnish tank battalions. They have managed to press large numbers of tanks into service, unfortunately they are mostly obsolete T-26 light tanks of various models. However, by 1942 the Finns had captured over 80 T-26 tanks of various models. Combined with the other captured vehicles it was enough allow them to form an armoured division.
T-26
T-26
The Finns captured a handful of operational medium and heavy tanks. Amongst these were enough up-armoured T-28 medium tanks to give two companies a platoon each. The T28 is an unusual design dating from 1933. As was common in that period, it has a main turret and two machine-gun turrets. If thats not enough, the main turret has machineguns both front and rear!
The Finnish 6th Panssarikomppania had two KV-1 tanks which fought alongside four T-28 tanks.
The Finns captured four T-34 medium tanks and two KV-1 tanks between 1941 and 1943. The Finns managed to get three T-34 tanks operational and assigned them to the 3rd Tank Company for use against the Red Army. With their excellent mobility, good armour and eective gun, the T-34 is perhaps the best tank in the Finnish arsenal. All three were used against their former owners.
Our forces captured many Soviet BT-7 tanks in the Winter War and 1941 oensive that were too lightly armoured for service as tanks. Instead they have had howitzers added to form the BT42, our rst assault gun! In the ghting on the Syvri River in the spring of 1943, the conversion proved a little unwieldy for tank combat, but very useful for infantry support.
JALkAVkI PLATOON
PLATOON
HQ Section with: 4 Jalkavki Squads 3 Jalkavki Squads 2 Jalkavki Squads 225 points 175 points 125 points
Kersantti
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
OPTION
Replace the Command Rie/MG team with a Command Close-defence SMG team for +5points.
Rifle/MG team
Rifle/MG team
Jalkavki platoons are the strength of the Finnish Army. The troops were not regular soldiers but all had reserve training before the war. Now three years of combat has made them unmatched ghters. There can be no question of retreat, for they are ghting for their very homes. No other infantry defend better than dug-in Jalkavki as the Soviets have discovered to their cost. In attack they are not afraid to take on any foe, even hunting down the invaders tanks.
Rifle/MG team
Rifle/MG team
Jalkavki Platoon
FINNIsh
PIONEER PLATOON
PLATOON
HQ Section with: 4 Pioneer Squads 3 Pioneer Squads 2 Pioneer Squads 235 points 185 points 135 points
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
DIVIsIONAL SUPPORT
OPTIONs
Replace the Command Pioneer Rie team with a Command Pioneer SMG team for +5points. Add Pioneer Supply horse-drawn wagon for +20 points.
The large number of foresters in the Finnish army means there is no shortage of soldiers familiar with explosives and engineering equipment. These units are now amongst the best trained in the whole army, and have the full range of pioneer abilities, as well as satchel charges for use against fortications or tanks. You may replace up to two Pioneer Rie teams with Flamethrower teams at the start of the game before deployment.
Pioneer squad
Pioneer squad
Pioneer Platoon
ANTI-TANk PLATOON
PLATOON
HQ Section with: 2 37 PstK/37 (3.7cm PaK36) 2 45 PstK/37 (45mm obr 1937) 2 50 PstK/38 (5cm PaK38) 2 75PstK/97-38 (7.5cm PaK97/38) 2 75PstK/40 (7.5cm PaK40) 60 points 65 points 90 points 100 points 170 points
37 PstK/37 gun 37 PstK/37 gun Kersantti
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
OPTIONs
Add up to two Close-defence Rie teams per section, for +25 points per team. Add 3-ton trucks for +5 points for the platoon.
3-ton truck 3-ton truck
Anti-tank guns are precious. In addition to the 37mm and 45mm anti-tank guns, there are now a few heavy 50mm and 75mm guns purchased from Germany. Finland still does not have enough however, and close-defence teams equipped with satchel charges continue to be used to bolster anti-tank defences.
Anti-tank Platoon
Some of the many Soviet armoured cars captured in the Winter War are now used for reconnaissance in both Jalkavki and Panssari units. The BA-10 is the preferred model, with the lighter Soviet vehicles being discarded. An Armoured Car Platoon is a Reconnaissance Platoon.
ARTILLERY BATTERY
PLATOON
HQ Section with: 4 76 RK/27 (76mm obr 1927) 2 76 RK/27 (76mm obr 1927) 4 76 K/02 2 76 K/02 4 105 H/33 (10.5cm leFH18) 2 105 H/33 (10.5cm leFH18) 4 122 H/38 (122mm obr 1938) 2 122 H/38 (122mm obr 1938) 4 150 H/40 (15cm sFH18) 2 150 H/40 (15cm sFH18) 4 152 H/43 (152mm obr 1943) 2 152 H/43 (152mm obr 1943) 120 points 75 points 170 points 95 points 270 points 145 points 270 points 145 points 475 points 225 point 420 points 220 points
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
Staff team
Horse-drawn wagon
Gun
Gun
Horse-drawn limber
Horse-drawn limber
Gun
Gun
OPTIONs
Add horse-drawn wagon and limbers at no cost. Replace all horse-drawn vehicles with 3-ton trucks for +5 points for the battery.
GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
Artillery Battery
Artillery Batteries equipped with 122 H/38, 150 H/40, or 152 H/43 howitzers may not be deployed in Ambush.
Reorganised under the brilliant General Vilho P Nenonen, Finnish artillery is now very capable. It is well trained, no longer suers from the ammunition shortages which plagued it in the Winter War, and has been re-equipped with captured Soviet eld guns and modern German howitzers.
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FINNIsh
HEAVY MORTAR PLATOON
PLATOON
HQ Section with: 3 Mortar Sections 2 Mortar Sections 130 points 95 points
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
DIVIsIONAL SUPPORT
OPTIONs
Add horse-drawn wagons at no cost. Replace all horse-drawn wagons with 3-ton trucks for +5 points for the platoon.
Kersantti
HQ Section Kersantti
The Tampella 120mm mortar put into production after the Winter War, and plenty of captured Soviet weapons ensure that each infantry regiment now has a company of these excellent infantry support weapons.
Kersantti
ANTI-AIRCRAFT PLATOON
PLATOON
HQ Section with: 2 20 ItK/38 (2cm FlaK 38) 2 40 ItK/38 (40mm Bofors) 65 points 85 points
Kersantti Anti-aircraft gun
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
OPTIONs
Add 3-ton trucks for +5 points for the platoon. Most Finnish anti-aircraft guns are deployed to defend cities and rail centres, leaving few for the front lines. Fortunately, Finnish woods provide plenty of cover against marauding Soviet aircraft, so their absence is not so important.
Anti-aircraft Platoon
AIRCRAFT
SPORADIC
Fokker CX 90 points
Luutnantti
Luutnantti
The Finnish Air Force has its hands full keeping Soviet bombers from devastating Helsinki and other cities, leaving few resources to support the infantry on the front lines. A handful of outdated Fokker biplanes are all that are available. However, the determination and courage of their pilots allow them to achieve much with so little.
Fokker CX
Fokker CX Flight
Fokker CX
Flight
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TANK TEAMS
Name Weapon Mobility Range Front ROF Armour Side Top Anti-tank Firepower Equipment and Notes
TANks
T-26 45mm obr 1934 gun Fully-tracked 24/60cm 1 2 1 7 1 4+ Co-ax MG, Limited vision, Slow tank, Unreliable. Two Deck-turret MG, Turret-front MG, Turret-rear MG, Limited Vision, Slow tank, Unreliable. Co-ax MG, Fast tank, Hull MG, Limited vision, Wide-tracks. Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Turret-rear MG, Limited vision, Slow tank, Unreliable. T-28 Fully-tracked 4 3 2 76mm L-10 gun 24/60cm 2 7 3+ T-34 76mm F-34 gun Fully-tracked 32/80cm 6 2 5 9 1 3+
AssAULT-GUNs
BT-42 114 Psv.H/18 howitzer Firing bombardments Fully-tracked 16/40cm 48/120cm 1 1 - 1 7 4 1 2+ 4+ Limited vision.
ARMOURED CARs
BA-10 45mm obr 1934 gun Wheeled 24/60cm 1 2 0 7 0 4+ Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Limited vision.
VEhICLE MAChINE-GUNs
Vehicle MG 16/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 if other weapons re.
INfANTrY TEAMS
Team Rie team Rie/MG team SMG team Light Mortar team Flame-thrower team Range 16/40cm 16/40cm 4/10cm 16/40cm 4/10cm ROF 1 2 3 1 2 Anti-tank Firepower Notes 2 2 1 1 - 6 6 6 4+ 6 Full ROF when moving. Can re over friendly teams. Flame-thrower. Moves as a Heavy Gun team.
Sta team
cannot shoot
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FINNIsh ARsENAL
GUN TEAMS
Weapon Maxim HMG Lahti anti-tank rie Tampella M/35 81mm mortar Tampella M/40 120mm mortar Mobility Man-packed Man-packed Man-packed Light Range 24/60cm 16/40cm 40/100cm 56/140cm 24/60cm 8/20cm 24/60cm 24/60cm 24/60cm 32/80cm 16/40cm 24/60cm 24/60cm 64/160cm 16/40cm 64/160cm 24/60cm 72/180cm 24/60cm 80/200cm 24/60cm 80/200cm 24/60cm 80/200cm ROF 6 3 - - 3 1 3 3 2 2 4 4 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - Anti-tank Firepower 2 5 2 3 6 12 7 9 10 12 5 6 8 3 5 3 10 4 7 4 13 5 10 5 6 5+ 6 3+ 4+ 5+ 4+ 4+ 3+ 3+ 5+ 4+ 3+ 6 3+ 6 2+ 4+ 2+ 3+ 1+ 2+ 1+ 2+ Smoke bombardment. Smoke bombardment. Gun shield. Gun shield. Gun shield. Gun shield. Gun shield. Anti-aircraft, Turntable. Anti-aircraft, Turntable. Gun shield, Smoke. Smoke bombardment. Gun shield. Gun shield, Smoke. Smoke bombardment. Gun shield. Bunker buster, Smoke. Smoke bombardment. Bunker buster, Gun shield. Notes ROF 2 when pinned down.
37 PstK/37 (3.7cm PaK36) gun Light Firing Stielgranate 45 PstK/37 (45mm obr 1938) gun 50 PstK/38 (5cm PaK38) gun 75 PstK/40 (7.5cm PaK40) gun 20 ItK/38 (2cm FlaK38) gun 40 ItK/38 (Bofors 40mm) gun Light Medium Medium Light Immobile
76 K/02 gun Heavy Firing bombardments 76 RK/27 (76mm obr 1927 gun) Light Firing bombardments 105 H/33 (10.5cm leFH18) howitzer Immobile Firing bombardments 122 H/38 (122mm obr 1938) howitzer Immobile Firing bombardments 150 H/40 (15cm sFH18) howitzer Immobile Firing bombardments 152 H/43 (152mm obr 1943) howitzer Immobile Firing bombardments
TrANSPorT TEAMS
Vehicle Mobility Wheeled Wagon Wagon Front - - - Armour Side - - - Top - Equipment and Notes
TRUCks
3-ton truck Horse-drawn wagon
TRACTORs
Horse-drawn limber
AIrCrAfT
Aircraft Fokker CX Weapon MG Bombs To Hit 3+ 4+ Anti-tank 3 5 Firepower 6+ 2+ Notes
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