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armored platoons

Admit it, ever since you rst saw those wonder-

ful walkers you’ve wanted to eld entire pla-toons of them. I can’t blame you, I’m a tread-

head (Walker-head?) at heart. As the Warfare

rules stand right now, there is no way to do that.

So we here at Dust Chronicles present to you

these Experimental Rules: Armored Platoons.

As is implied by the ‘Experimental’, these rules

are not ofcial, cannot be used in tournaments

and really shouldn’t be used without your op-

ponent’s consent. We hope to bring you moreExperimental Rules articles in the future and

what we really hope for, is to hear from you, the

community. Let us know what works and what

doesn’t, if something needs a tweak speak. You

can drop us a line at dustfanzine@hotmail.com

or on Facebook on the Dust Chronicles group.

new rules:

Platoon Upgrade: Tank HuntersA platoon that is NOT an Armored Platoon may

take this upgrade. All units in the platoon gain

the Tank Killer Weapons from the Dust Warfare

Rulebook (p.58). The upgrade costs 5 points per

unit and must be applied to all units that have at

least one weapon which can harm an armor 3

vehicle. For instance, Recon Boys and Grim

Reapers would have to take the upgrade but 13

Foxtrot would not.

Tank CommanderThis rule applies to the Command Section of all

Armored Platoons.

- The Walker or Tank chosen as the mandatory

command section has the Command Squad rule

(Dust Warfare rulebook page 54).

- The Command vehicle counts as a radioman

(Dust Warfare rulebook page 56).

Note that this applies weather or not your force

is lead by a hero piloted vehicle or a vehicle

without a hero at the controls.

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Platoon StructurePlatoons are purchased in the normal manner.

The command and rst section being manda-

tory. However, this is not a combined arms en-

deavor! Armored Platoons may not be paired

with other platoons, if you are going to have one

Armored Platoon then all Platoons in your army

must be Armored Platoons!

Furthermore, SSU armies may only include KV

Walker lead platoons OR IS Tank lead Platoons

but not both. If you want to combine arms, then

there are perfectly good lists already in the Dust

Warfare: Zverograd and Hades books.

the platoons:

SSU Armored PlatoonCommand Section (mandatory)

-Any Hero with the Pilot skill and any KV

walker (KV 47 aero walker/KV 3)

OR

-Any Hero with the Pilot skill and any IS Tank.

OR

-Any IS Tank or KV walker. See the ‘Inexible

Command Structure’ rule below.

1st Section (mandatory)

-Any KV 47 walker (not aero)

OR

-Any IS Tank

2nd Section (optional)-Any KV 47 walker (not aero)

OR

-Any IS Tank

3rd Section (optional)

-Any KV 47 walker (not aero)

OR

-Any IS Tank

4th Section (optional)

-KV 3 Heavy Walker-KV 47 Aero Walker

OR

-Any IS Tank

-MIL MI 47 Ground Attack Helicopter

Support (one per two sections)

-SSU Observer Team

-MIL MI 46 Walker Transport

-MIL MI 47 Ground Attack Helicopter

OR

-SSU Observer Team

-MIL MI 47 Ground Attack Helicopter

SSU Armored Platoons have access to

the following Special Order:

Onward Comrades!This order can be issued once per game in the

command phase to any units that do not alreadyhave a reaction marker. The order does not ap-

ply to helicopters or iers of any sort.

The ordered SSU units may make a 6” move

and change their facing by 90 degrees. This ap-

plies to all ground units regardless of weather

they are IS Tanks or KVs. All units moved in

this way receive a reaction marker.

SSU Armored Platoons have the fol-

lowing special rule:

Inexible Command StructureThe command and control of SSU Platoons is

rigid and unbending. To reect this, an Ar-

mored Platoon lead by a KV walker may not

include any IS tanks and an SSU Armored Pla-

toon lead by an IS tank may not take any KV

walkers.

Platoon Upgrades:SSU Armored Platoons may use the following

Platoon Upgrades from the Zverograd Rulebook

(page 43) at the costs described there:

Train Support(As per the Zverograd book page 43.)

Improved CommandInstead of adding a radio equipped model, it

is assumed the individual leading the platoon

is well trained and able to issue multiple com-

mands and has an upgraded communications set

in his vehicle.

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Allied Armored Platoon

Command Section (mandatory)

-Any Hero with the Pilot skill and any Walker

OR

-Any Walker

1st section (mandatory)

-Any Walker of the same ‘weight’ as the com-

mand tank. i.e if the command tank is a me-dium walker then your 1st section walker must

also be a medium walker.

2nd Section (optional)

-Any walker

3rd Section (optional)

-Any walker

4th Section (optional)

-Any walker

Support (one per two sections)

-Any walker

-Ranger Observer Team

-Any Allied Flier

Allied Armored Platoons have access

to the following Special Order:

You’re gonna be alright son!Once per command phase the Command vehi-

cle of the Armored Platoon may issue this order

to a (non-ier) vehicle that has not yet received

an order.

The Commander of the platoon is able to lean

on his years of experience and talk a walker pi-

lot through a quick eld repair.

Choose a vehicle within command range (or use

the radio) that is suffering an on-going effect

from the Vehicle Damage Table (Dust Warfare

page 44) and/or has lost at least one but not all

of it’s Damage Capacity points. Immediately

remove the on-going effect. This order can-

not effect the Ammunition Detonation or Hull

Breach results, that amount of damage is simply

not repairable on the battleeld. In addition,

the ordered vehicle may roll a dice, if a ‘hit’ is

scored, a single Damage Capacity point is re-

stored. The ordered vehicle receives a reaction

marker.

Allied Armored Platoons have the fol-

lowing special rule:

Rosie Donovan-Rosie Donovan has the ‘Pilot’ skill when tak-

en as part of an Allied Armored Platoon. Her

Tank Head skill applies to the You’re gonna be

alright son! order. Rosie may only pilot a me-

dium walker.

Platoon Upgrades:Allied Armored Platoons have access to the fol-

lowing Platoon upgrades at the points listed in

the Dust Warfare rulebook page 87:

Additional ResourcesInstead of issuing the You’re gonna be alright

son! Order you may call down a Long Tom ar-

tillery strike.

Air DropAs per the Dust Warfare rulebook page 87.

Improved CommandInstead of adding a radio equipped model, it

is assumed the individual leading the platoon

is well trained and able to issue multiple com-

mands and has an upgraded communications set

in his vehicle.

Aeronca GB-9 StrikeAs per the Dust Warfare rulebook page 87.

Preparatory BarrageAs per the Dust Warfare rulebook page 87.

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p                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      l                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      t                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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Axis Armored Platoon

Command Section (mandatory)

-Any Hero and any Walker

OR

-Any Walker

1st Section (mandatory)

-Any Walker

2nd Section (optional)

-Any Walker

3rd Section (optional)

-Any Walker

4th Section (optional)

-Any Walker

Support (one per two sections)-Any Walker

-Any Axis Flier

-Beobachter Team

Axis Armored Platoons have access to

the following Special Order:

Blitzkrieg!This rule functions exactly as per the Dust War-

fare rulebook page 116.

Axis Armored Platoons have the fol-

lowing special rules:

Sigrid Von Thaler-Sigrid Von Thaler has the ‘Pilot’ skill when

taken as part of an Axis Armored Platoon. Her

Berserk skill applies to her walker. She may

pilot any medium walker or a Konigsluther.

PanzerGrenadiersIf you take a PrinzLuther as your command

vehicle you may also take a Kommadotrupp.

For Sections 1-4 you may take a PrinzLuther

or SturmPrinz. If you do so, you may also take

one of the following squads for each of the Prin-

zLuther/SturmPrinz walkers at the cost listed in

the Dust Warfare rulebook;

-Battle Grenadiers

-Recon Grenadiers-Laser Grenadiers

-Heavy Recon Grenadiers

-Heavy Laser Grenadiers

The squads must be deployed in their transports

at the beginning of the game.

Platoon Upgrades:Axis Armored Platoons have access to the fol-

lowing platoon upgrades at the points listed inthe Dust Warfare rulebook page 115:

Improved CommandInstead of adding a radio equipped model, it

is assumed the individual leading the platoon

is well trained and able to issue multiple com-

mands and has an upgraded communications set

in his vehicle.

Nebelwerfer BarrageAs per the Dust Warfare rulebook page 115.

Lightning WarAs per the Dust Warfare rulebook page 115.

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Example of an

Axis Armored Platoon

1st platoon (recce)Command Section

-Hans (25)

1st Section

-Heinrich (20)

2nd Section

-Heinrich (20)

3rd Section

-Herman (20)

4th Section

-Herman (20)

Subtotal: 105

2nd platoon (tank destroyer)Command Section

-Sigrid + Ludwig (60)

1st Section

-Ludwig (40)

2nd Section

-Konigsluther (95)

Total: 300

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