Sturm Platoon (Winter - Late War)
(GE843)
includes one Command Panzerfaust Assault Rifle team, one Panzerschreck team, two Assault Squads, one MG Squad, one Small three-hole base & seven Medium four-hole bases.
The Volksgrenadier divisions were formed in the Autumn of 1944 after the destruction of Army Group Centre by the Soviets in the east and of the Fifth Panzer Army in Normandy in the west. The new infantry divisions were designed to economise on personnel and to be primarily focused on defence.
The Volksgrenadier units were armed with a higher proportion of automatic weapons to create a higher volume of firepower. The Sturmgewehr 44 (or StG 44) assault rifle was used to arm two of the platoons in each Volksgrenadierkompanie, giving them devastating firepower, but only at short ranges. They were also issued with very large numbers of Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons, once again short-ranged, but still a powerful asset against Allied tanks. The highly efficient MG42 machine-gun still played an important role with the assault rifle armed Sturm (assault) platoons issued with two in the third squad.
The Panzerschreck in Flames of War
Panzerschreck
Range: 8”/20cm
Rate of Fire: 2
Anti-tank: 11
Firepower: 5+
Tank Assault 5
Panzerfaust Assault Rifle Teams in Flames of War
Assault Rifle Team
Range: 8”/20cm
Rate of Fire: 3
Anti-tank: 1
Firepower: 6
Full ROF when moving
Panzerfaust
Range: 4”/10cm
Rate of Fire: 1
Anti-tank: 12
Firepower: 5+
Tank Assault 6, Cannot shoot in the Shooting Step if moved in the Movement Step
StG44 Assault Rifles
The StG44 assault rifle (Sturmgewehr 44, Assault Rifle 44) is an amazingly innovative weapon that gave birth to a whole generation of modern infantry assault rifles used around the world today. It combined the ease of use of a carbine with the firepower of a submachine-gun.
Assault Rifle teams have a ROF of 3 and a Range of 8"/20cm. Like SMG teams, movement doesn't affect the ROF of Assault Rifle teams, so they shoot at a ROF of 3 even if they move, but drop to ROF 1 if Pinned Down.
Panzerfaust Assault Rifle teams are rated as Tank Assault 6.
Panzerfaust MG Teams and Panzerfaust Rifle/MG Teams in Flames of War
MG Team
Range: 16”/40cm
Rate of Fire: 3
Anti-tank: 2
Firepower: 6
ROF 2 when pinned down
Panzerfaust
Range: 4”/10cm
Rate of Fire: 1
Anti-tank: 12
Firepower: 5+
Tank Assault 6, Cannot shoot in the Shooting Step if moved in the Movement Step.
