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Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
with three Pionier Squads and one Command Rifle team, with optional flamethrowers (x3).

The pioneers of the Deutsche Afrikakorps are specialist assault engineers, who would prove particularly critical in the 1941 Tobruk battles. Here the Tommies were able to use minefields, miles of barbed wire and the fortifications previously built by the Italians to protect the vital port.

Left:
The Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) Command Rifle team.

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To defeat these elements and to assist the infantry in attacking the strongpoints that surrounded Tobruk, pioneers were needed.

The 5. Leichte Division had three Pionier companies to undertake these tasks, whilst later the 15th and 21st Panzer divisions each had a Panzerpionierbataillon which each had two Leichte Pionier companies.


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Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Josh Forrester

Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
The Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) in Flames Of War
Team
Range
ROF
Anti-tank
Firepower
Notes
Rifle team 16"/40cm
1
2
6
Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 3.
The Pioneer Squads
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747) Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)
"Remember you can replace up to one Pioneer Rifle team per Pionier Squad with a Flame-thrower team at the start of the game before deployment."
The Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) Ready For Action
Pioneer Platoon (Afrika) (GE747)


Last Updated On Thursday, October 20, 2011 by Chris at Battlefront