Strelkovy Company (Winter) (SBX28)

Strelkovy Company (Winter) (SBX28) includes Battalion HQ with one Company Command Battalion Komissar team & one 2iC Command Rifle team, one Rifle Platoon with Command Komissar team & ten Rifle team, one optional Light Mortar team, three Small three-hole bases, one Small two-hole base, five Medium four-hole bases & five Medium five-hole bases. Stalin’s great purge (1936 to 1938) took a punishing toll on the professional officers of the Red Army. Many talented, but outspoken, officers were dragged off to the gulags of Siberia for re-education, or in other cases simply shot as enemies of the state. This resulted in a state of perpetual fear among those remaining military officers. Check out the Strelkovy Company (Winter) in the online store here...

Rising Sun Rising Sun brings you into the Soviet Union’s wars with the Japanese and Finns on its borders in 1939. Take command of the Red Army’s tank forces, infantry or cavalry forces as you throw the Japanese back into Manchuria or fight the stubborn Finns to expand the Soviet border. Learn more about Rising Sun here...

Each company also had a political komissar, as part of the dual command. The climate of fear caused by the purges meant the military officers often deferred to the komissars, despite the komissars being civilian Communist Party officials with little or no military training. This resulted in some rather unsound military decisions. The Russian soldier has traditionally embodied stoicism. They were Tough, loyal soldiers able to endure the most extreme hardships of campaign and battle with not a word of complaint. This attitude has continued into the Red Army. Designed by Evan Allen Painted by Steve London

The Company Command Battalion Komissar Team

The Komissar Team in Flames of War
Team Range  ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes Komissar team 4"/10cm  1  1 6  -

The 2iC Command Rifle Team

The Rifle Team in Flames Of War
Team Range  ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes Rifle team 16"/40cm  1  2 6  -

The Command Komissar Team

The Komissar Team in Flames of War
Team Range  ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes Komissar team 4"/10cm  1  1 6  -

The Light Mortar Team

The Light Mortar Team in Flames Of War
Team Range  ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes Light Mortar team 16"/40cm  1  1  4+  Can fire over friendly teams.

The Rifle Teams

Optional Upgrade Replace up to one Rifle team in each Rifle Platoon with a Light Mortar team for +5 points per team.

Wave Attacks The one thing the Soviet Union had in 1939 was a seemingly inexhaustible reserve of manpower. New divisions were being created all the time. The new formations lacked training, but had a willingness to fight and die for the Soviet Worker’s Paradise. A Strelkovy Company uses the Wave Attacks special rule. See page 48 of Rising Sun for more detail on the Wave Attacks special rule.

The Russian soldiers were tough, loyal soldiers able to endure the most extreme hardships of campaign and battle with not a word of complaint. This attitude has continued into the Red Army.

The Strelkovy Company (Winter) March Forward