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Mike's Batalion Puscasi
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Mike's Batalion Puscasi
with Mike Haught
When I got my copy of Stalin's Europe, I
was eager to field something new that I've never done before, both on the game
table and on the painting table. So looking through I became interested in the
Romanians.
In Stalin's Europe you have the option to
field a Batalion Puscasi, or Rifle Battalion. Unlike most other Flames Of War forces out
there, which you field as company-sized units, you field Romanians as
battalions. So the basic combat formation is quite large (25x Rifle/MG teams
before add-ons) and they have their own machine-guns and 60mm mortars.
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At this point in my painting schedule I'm
not a fan of painting a lot of infantry all at once. I’ve just got out of a
long-term relationship with an American Armored Rifle Company, so I'm not
terribly keen on fielding a full battalion of infantry. I’m looking for
something easy and fun. |
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Fortunately, the list is masterfully flexible, allowing me to field single platoons rather than full or partial companies. So effectively I'll be running a company-sized force, rather than a battalion by taking three minimum-strength combat companies.
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Mike's Batalion (Company) Puscasi
(1585 points)
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Battalion HQ – 25 points
(2x Command Rifle teams)
Puscasi Company
– 215 points
(1x Puscasi Platoon, 9x Rifle/MG teams)
add Command Panzerfaut upgrade: +10 points
add 3x 60mm Mortars: +60 points
Puscasi Company
– 155 points
(1x Puscasi Platoon, 9x Rifle/MG teams)
add Command Panzerfaut upgrade: +10 points
Puscasi Company
– 155 points
(1x Puscasi Platoon, 9x Rifle/MG teams)
add Command Panzerfaut upgrade: +10 points |
Puscasi Machine-gun Platoon – 110 points
(4x ZB53 HMGs)
Puscasi Anti-tank Company – 190 points
(9x TAC PaK38 50mm guns)
(Nine PaK38s!)
Heavy Anti-tank Battery – 285 points
(6x TAC 43 Resita 75mm guns)
Heavy Mortar Company – 185 points
(6x 120mm Resita mortars)
Soviet Assault Gun Company – 265 points
(5x SU-76 assault guns)
add Tankodesantniki tank-riders to each gun: +75 points
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Variant Option 1
Soviet Shturmovye Group – 315 points
(10x SMG teams, 3x 76mm obr 1927 guns, 2x Pioneer SMG teams OR 2x Maksim HMGs)
Total plus above, replacing 3rd Puscasi Platoon: 1745 points.
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Variant Option 2
Soviet Tankovy Company – 565 points
(10x T-34/76 obr 1942 add Tankodesantniki tank-riders to each tank: +150 points)
Total plus above, replacing Assault Gun Company & 3rd Puscasi Platoon: 1730 points. |
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Circumstances prevented me from heading
back to the States for Christmas this year, so I used the time to get cracking
on painting up my army. I managed to finish the three rifle platoons, one HMG
platoon, the heavy anti-tank guns, the Sturmovye group (whose SMG teams I can
use as tank riders) and the SU-76s. So, I managed to get quite a bit done
during the break!
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