1500 Point Ostfront Strelkovy
The Soviet Strelkovy are the typical swarm army of Flames of War. Cheap to field, Easy to kill with some devastating weapons, if they hit. When playing a Strelkovy army you expect a good number of your troops to be killed before you even engage the enemy. The good thing is you have so many troops that your strategy revolves around screening with infantry, hoping to keep your weapons moving up behind protected. This is a Mid War Ostfront Strelkovy army and is a great place to start if you are interested in an infantry force.
HQ 120 points
- HQ
- AT-Rifle platoon
- AT-Platoon obr 1942
Strelkovy Company I 305 points
- 3 rifle platoons
- 2 mortar squads
Strelkovy Company II 335 points
- 3 rifle platoons
- HMG
- 3 mortar squads
Strelkovy Flame thrower Platoon 320 points
- 4 sections
Rocket Mortar Battery 215 points
- 2 rocket mortar platoons
- AA
Assault Gun Company 200 points
- 4x SU-76M
You are going to expect a lot of losses. This is why there is a full rifle team who’s sole reason for existing is to protect your rifle/MG mortar teams. Any of the Rifle squads that survive long enough will join in assaulting your opponent. To deal with tanks from long range you get the full squad of assault guns and if you get your command HQ into assault range, the AT guns are there to punch holes in side armour.
The flamethrower unit is there to deal with deeply entrenched infantry and heavily armoured tanks. You need to keep these guys alive as long as possible as they will cause tremendous damage in close.
No Soviet force would be complete without rocket support. This unit will cause a tremendous amount of damage to your opponent forcing them to either keep on the move or face bombardment. You could change this unit for standard artillery, but nothing says Soviets like rockets do.
Take your losses strategically, swarm the enemy and overwhelm them at short range where your numbers will prevail. With soviets it is all or nothing and this army takes that approach with all but one platoon at full strength.
