Pocket Panzers

  This week, I finished up the rest of my Soviets, giving me a full four-squad platoon to go along with my three-squad (for now) winter Soviet platoon . Always more, more, more with these Red Army types, isn't it? This marks the end* of a rather large project for me. As with the winter Soviets, many of these figures have been hanging around unpainted or poorly painted since I got into the hobby several years ago. It feels good to see them done, and as my main interest right now is the Eastern Front, this means most of the infantry for one side is done. And my Germans only need basing, which I have been putting off for quite a while. * okay, so there will be some more support options to come... always more I am thinking of finding a more expressive figure for the platoon leader, but this fellow will do for now. Like all of these figures, he is made from the Warlord Games plastic Soviets. These squads are all laid out the same for Chain of Command - a Junior Leader with submachine gu...

  Got down to the local gaming store Sunday to play a game of Chain of Command. My opponent, Alec, was generous enough to let me text out an experimental list for my Soviets. I was using the Soviet Fortified Region platoon list written by Andy over at TinyHordes. I'm not aware of how much Andy has tested it, or what results he's had. I certainly haven't seen any battle reports. "Strong in artillery and machine guns and weak in riflemen, the fortified region was used as an economy of force minor formation for purely defensive tasks such as the holding of passive sectors or the flank of a penetration." - Charles Dick, From Defeat to Victory Essentially, the platoon is two squads with a Maxim MMG and a DP-27 LMG each - 13 men total. They start entrenched, and that's factored into their force rating, and have a lot of defensive support options like bunkers and artillery. No tanks, not a lot of infantry. I highly recommend you check out Andy's full post on the...