Fire! Ogon! Feuer!
WWII Skirmish Rules

Vehicle Reference:
Introduction and Transports

by Rudy Scott Nelson


VEHICLE REFERENCES

Non-Vehicle Point Costs
100 = One Airstrike ... One Naval Salvo ... Off-Board Batteries
10 = Infantry Fireteam ... LMG
15 = Inf AT team Mortars 20-110mm MMG
20 = Mortar 111mm+...HMG...500 yd section of Barbwire
20 = 200 yd section of Trenches
50 = Bunkers-MGs or AT guns cost extra
50 = 100 yd deep X 300 yd wide section of GP minefield
60 = 100 yd deep X 300 yd wide section of AP minefield
60 = 100 yd deep X 300 yd wide section of AT minefield

Special Tanks cost the basic vehicle rate plus the modification. Example : Crocadile = Tank + Flamethrower Tanks without main guns cost the same as a halftrack plus specie equipment. Example : Bridgelayer = HT + LMG + Bridge Most halftracks were used as weapons' platforms. Many German HT variants are listed on the reference chart. US HTs also wounted various AA and Artillery systems. Also every country had some variant equiped with mortars. 5 points = Flamethrower ... Fascine ... Mineclearer 5 points = Carpetlayer .... Swim Ability 25 points = Bridgelayers..Anti-Bunker Mortars Dustbins and UK Rams are rated as Halftracks.

Reference Code Definitions
PTS..Vehicle Cost
SIL..Silhouette
C-C..Cross-Country
RD...Road
AV...Average
H...High
L...Low
SM...Small
(#)..AT gun pt cost

Turret and Hull AC codes: One number is same AC for all sides.

#/# = Front/ Side and Rear;
#/#/# = Front/ Side/ Rear

Common Names for vehicles
Pzkw V Panther
Sdkfz 234/2 Puma
Jgpz 38 Hetzer
Sdkfz 164 Nashorn
Sdkfz 138 Marder III
Pzkw VI Tiger
A11 Matilda
A12 Matilda III
A15 Crusader
M4 Sherman
M7 Priest
M24 Chaffee
M5 Stuart
M26 Pershing
M10 Wolverine
M18 Hellcat
M36 Jackson
M8 Greyhound
M3A1 Grant/Lee
M12 King Kong

Transport Vehicles
(Add Pts if Armed with MGs)
VehiclePTSSILRDC-CTurret HullMGsLoad
Motorcycles10NoneGE.. LMG-
Wagons5SmAA... 2 FTs
2 Axle Truck5LFB... 2 FTs
3 Axle Truck5AvEA... 4 FTs
Jeeps5SmGE... 1 FTS
Kubelwagen5SMGD... 1 FT
Schwimwagen5SmGD.. 1 FT
BREN (UK)10SmFC.1 ?1 FT
Sdkfz 75HFC... 2 FTs
Sdkfz 250-HT10LFD11 MMG1 FT
Sdkfz 251-HT10AvFC11 MMG2 FTs
US M3 HT10AVFD11 HMG2 FTs
US DUKW-Swim15HAA11 HMG6 FTs
Buffalo-Swim15HAA11 HMG2 FTS

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