Staff Armies at the New Zealand Grand Tournament With the New Zealand Late-war Grand tournament being held this weekend, we take a look at some of the armies being fielded by the participating Battlefront staff members. Learn more about the New Zealand Late-war Grand tournament here...

Mark Hazell's Soviet IS-85 Guards Heavy Tank Regiment Gvardeyskiy Tyazhelyy Tankovy Polk Headquarters Battalion HQ 1x IS-85 115 points Combat Companies   5x IS-85 575 points 4x IS-85 460 points Corps Support   Artillery Battalion 150 points HQ Section with 2 Howitzer Platoons Reserve Heavy Artillery Battalion  190 points HQ Section with 4 152mm obr 1943 howitzers Total Points: 1490 points Learn how to field your own IS-85 Guards Heavy Tank Regiment here...

Artillery is the theme of my army. With this army there is no need for tanks to clutter up the battlefield, just stoic in defence and able to blast the enemy apart with indirect firepower. And if I am forced to attack then there's plenty of smoke to help conceal the infantry as they advance. Learn more about Dogs and Devils here...

Mike Haycock's US 3rd Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters Company HQ 80 points with two Bazooka teams   Combat Platoons   Rifle Platoon 200 points with three Squads   Rifle Platoon 200 points with three Squads   Weapons Platoons   Machine-gun Platoon 70 points with one Machine-gun Section   Anti-tank Platoon 105 points with three Gun Sections   with Jeep (.50cal MG) + 1½-ton trucks   Anti-tank Platoon 80 points with two Gun Sections   with Jeep (.50cal MG) + 1½-ton trucks   Support Platoons   Cannon Platoon 140 points with 4 M3 105mm light howitzers   US Divisional Support   Limited Air Support 130 points with P-40 Warhawk   Air Observation Post 25 points with L4 Grasshopper AOP   Field Artillery Battery 190 points with four M2A1 105mm howitzers   Field Artillery Battery 280 points with four M1 155mm howitzers   Total Points: 1500 points

Victor Pesch's German Fallschirmjägerkompanie

6. Fallschirmjäger Regiment Headquarters Company HQ 255 points with one Panzerschreck team   with three Mortar teams   with two Sniper teams   Combat Platoons   Fallschirmjäger Platoon 185 points with two Fallschirmjäger Squads   with Command Panzerfaust upgrade   Fallschirmjäger Platoon 185 points with two Fallschirmjäger Squads   with Command Panzerfaust upgrade   Weapons Platoon   Fallschirmjäger Machine-gun Platoon 170 points with two Machine-gun Sections   Heer Support Platoon   Heavy Tank-hunter Platoon 705 points with three Jagdpanthers   Total Points: 1500 points

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Mark Owen’s British Armoured Squadron I originally started this for my first Flame Of War tournament back in 2008, and at the time, I got everything painted to a very basic level pretty quickly. Earlier this year, I decided to revisit them, and work in as much organisational detail as I could, while finally working out the details of the British army's 'arm of service' numbering system works at the same time. Learn more about Fortress Europe here... To that end, what was a generic Armoured Squadron chosen from Fortress Europe is now:

3rd Hussars of the 11th Armoured Division, A Squadron Headquarter Company HQ 225 points with two Sherman   with Sherman ARV   with two Crusader A/A   Combat Platoons   Armoured Platoon 280 points with three Shermans   with one Firefly VC   Armoured Platoon 280 points with three Shermans   with one Firefly VC   Weapons Platoon   Reece Patrol 145 points with three Stuart V   with AA MG   Brigade Support Platoon   Armoured Car Platoon 90 points with two Daimler I   with one Daimler Dingo   Divisional Support Platoons   Anti-tank Platoon (SP), Royal Artillery 260 points with M10C 17pdr SP self-propelled guns   Field Battery (SP), Royal Artillery 220 points with two Gun Sections   with White scout car   Total Points: 1500 points

Wayne Turner's Hungarian Rohamágyús Üteg Learn about Wayne's Hungarian Rohamágyús Üteg from Stalin's Europe that he is using at the Grand Tournament here...