I had a chance to play some of the river of heroes campaign and have found it quite enjoyable. The Soviets have a lot of great new additions in this campaign such as sappers and flame tanks to lead the assault. This follows up on hammer and sickle as the Soviets make their push towards the heart of Germany.
There have been a few artillery re releases in the last couple of waves. Artillery is one of those essential pieces in many armies so it makes sense that they are ones to receive an update. Both the Royal Artillery 25 pounders and the German 10.5 cm artillery pieces have had a face lift. Each of these re releases comes with a new staff team which I must admit look very nice.
The Sturmtiger in Flames of War is a fearsome weapon mounted on a tiger chassis. Imagine dropping a house packed with explosives on an enemy and you’ll start coming close to the destructive power of this unit.
This weapon fires bombardments but it only gets 1 chance to range in on the enemy. Should you hit though any infantry or unarmoured vehicles caught in the blast is killed outright on a 5+ with no chance to save. If a tank is unlucky enough to be caught there it is hit with an AT6 hit to its top armour.
You can field these bad boys in the River of Heroes Handbook which is a follow up to Hammer and Sickle.
This is quite possibly the coolest army transport case I’ve seen in awhile. Who wouldn’t want to carry their Flames of War army around in an ammo box?
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The Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer
is a specialized tank. It is only available to Hammer and Sickle veteran tank hunters platoon but if you are playing the list it is a nice addition. Being veterans they get access to the abilities “shoot and scoot” and “manuvre and fire”.
Their stats are decent too.
Fully-tracked with Armour Front 7, Side 2, Top 1. It is armed with Hull MG and 7.5cm PaK39 gun. The 7.5cm PaK39 gun has a range of 32”/80cm, ROF 2, Anti-tank 11 and Firepower 3+.
The only downside is they are overloaded.
Since the Soviets just got a new heavy tank list the germans were bound to get a model to help deal with that threat. The Pak43 is that answer. Able to penetrate any armour this anti tank gun is what you want if you’re going to be running up against very heavy armour.
This gun has an AT rating of 16. Yes that isn’t a typo 16. This is enough to make even an IS-2 commander think twice. If you’re running a late war german force that sees a lot of enemy heavy tanks, pick this unit up. Its a monster.
The April 27th releases for flames of war include the Soviet Assult Gun Company. These guys have decent AP but their strength lies in their firepower. at 2+ they pretty much guarantee they will kill anything dug into bulletproof cover. They are also going to force bailouts more often making them effective against medium tanks. The ISU-122’s are a great addition If you are running a late war Soviet force consider adding these guys in for some massive support.
There are 5 new releases coming on April 11th for Flames of War. 4 of them are for the soviets and one for the Germans. If you’re a fan of big guns, American armour on lease to the soviets, amphibious vehicles or nasty AA guns then there is something for you in this release.
For those of you wanting to play with the British Commandos in Flames of War, your wish has been granted. The Commandos were just made an official list for late war Britain. You can grab the Intelligence Briefing here.
The first addon mission for Hammer and Sickle has been released and you can grab it here. The Thing I really like about Flames of War is that they are constantly putting out new scenarios to play even after the main books have been released. This looks like a fun mission. I can’t wait to try it out.
