OB Brazilian Intelligence Briefing
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By Ken Camel, Jonathan Forsey, and Wayne Turner
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BRASIL BRASIL
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The Cobra is Smokin
started in early 1943 with the goal o elding three InantryDivisions to be deployed in three echelons.
However, the sheer size o the task in recruiting, training,equipping, and shipping, with a lack o sea transport,ultimately resulted the FEB being one Inantry Division
(Diviso de Inantaria Expedicionria, or 1st DIE orshort), under General Mascarenhas de Moraes, and a ghtersquadron o 25,334 men. Tough small by most Alliedcountry standards it represented a major eort or Brazil.
Te Division comprised the ollowing Inantry Regiments:
1st Inantry Regiment (Sampaio) rom the area o Rio de
Janeiro
6th
Inantry Regiment (Ipiranga) rom the area o SoPaulo
11th Inantry Regiment (iradentes) rom the area o Minas
Gerais
Each Regiment had 3 Battalions, numbered I to III withconsecutively numbered companies or a total o 12 perRegiment with the heavy weapons companies comprising the4th, 8th and 12th.
Each Regiment ormed its own Regimental Combat eam(RC) comprising an Inantry Regiment, a Battalion otowed 105mm Howitzers and an Engineer company rom
the 9th Engineer Battalion. Te Sampiao Regiment had the2nd Artillery and 3rd Engineers, the Ipiranga the 3rd Artilleryand 2nd Engineers and the iradentes the 1st Artillery and1st Engineers.
In addition, the Division had at its disposal the 4th Artillerycomprising towed 155mm Howitzers and the DivisionalReconnaissance Squadron. Te US 751st ank Battalion(Sherman and Stuart tanks) and 894th ank DestroyerBattalion (M10 tank destroyers) were placed under commando the 1st DIE rom time to time, creating a combined armsorce.
FEB in italyTe rst echelon o Brazilian troops arrived in Italy totallyunequipped on 16 July 1944. Tey spent the next twomonths equipping and training nally entering combat on15 September. Units o the Division were initially involved inreconnaissance and clearing operations in uscany, Massarossa,Bozzano, Camaiore, Monte Prano and others.
For the next 45 days the Brazilian rst echelon, whichincluded the 6th Inantry Regiment, parts o the 11th InantryRegiment, one company o engineers, and a platoon rom theReconnaissance Squadron, penetrated orty kilometres intothe Serchio valley. Te 6th Regiment then ought against
German positions in the vicinity o Castelnuovo diGaragnana. Tere they succeeded in surprising and routingunits o the German-trained Italian ascist army (elements othe Monterosa Alpini Division o the Esercito Nazionale
Te Brazilian 1stExpeditionary Inantry Division (1stDIE, or Diviso de Inantaria Expedicionria) in WWII.
One o the lesser known contributors to the allied cause, theBrazilian Division ought in Italy in the 1944-45 period.
thE Brazilian armyBrazil sent observers to the French Army in World War Isubsequently establishing a French Military Mission to assistthe Brazilian Army modernize towards the French model.Te mission was terminated in 1939 with the start o the
war.
Te between war years saw the politics o Brazil moveeconomically towards both the United States and Germany.Getulio Vargas came to power with the backing o the Armyin 1929. As a dictator, Vargas was sympathetic to the economic
woes o Germany and during the thirties commerce between
Brazil and the new Nazi regime quadrupled.Te wars outbreak saw Brazil torn between its more traditionaleconomic ties to the US and its new ound riend in NaziGermany. It was not until the Germans declared an economicblockade against the North and South American countriesthat Brazilian sympathies turned towards the Allies.
Brazil EntErsthE WarWhen the Japanese attacked the US and Germany ollowedwith its declaration o war, the Germans began to attackBrazilian merchant ships along the Brazilian coast. Tistogether with diplomatic agreements moved Brazil towards
the Allied camp.With the early Axis victories in France and North Arica, theBrazilian bulge became a strategic concern o the US. Navalagreements with the US and Brazilian inclusion in Lend-Lease urther solidied Brazilian inclusion within the Alliedcircle.
Te Brazilian declaration o war was preceded by a political-military agreement with the US on 23 May 1942. Teagreement established the employment o Brazilian troops in
war operations outside o South America. Te US promisednaval support or Brazilian coastline deence and provided aidor the arming and equipping o the Forca Expedicionaria
Brasileira(FEB, Brazilian Expeditionary Force).
ForcaExpEdicionariaBrasilEiraTe FEB was organized as a standard American inantrydivision, complete in all aspects, down to its logistics tail,including postal and banking services. Its manoeuvre unitsincluded the 1st, 6th and 11th Regimental Combat eams(RC), each o about 5,000 men in three battalions plussupporting units. Each battalion consisted o our companieseach.
Made up o regional regiments equipped with German smallarms and French artillery, the FEB had to be totally
reorganized, expanded rom 66,000 to 150,000 men and re-equipped and trained in the American model. Mobilisation
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Brazilian Special Rules
Te Brazilian Army went rom a regional militia orce tothe Forca expeditionria Brasiliera(FEB) in a little over ayear. Tis expansion let little time or training and theew ocers available were quickly promoted above theirexperience. Some were lucky enough to have hadadditional training in the US prior to being deployed toItaly.
A Brazillian Companhia de Inantaria uses all o the
normal US special rules except or ruscott rot andAutomatic Rifes. Instead they use the ollowing specialrule:
E a coBraFumoE!While Brazilian psyche centred on Karnival with littlethoughts o elding an Expeditionary Force the E A CobraFumoeor When the Cobra Smokes, became the euphemismor when they would go to war. When the cobra smokes.
Once the FEB was ormed and shipped to Italy the Smoking Cobrabecame their motto and when Brazilian troops were cornered andalone, they ought with a new-ound Brazilian pride.
Essential to their morale was the constant presence o high-rankingocers who would add what they could to keep the mens ghtingspirits up.
Repubblicano (National Republican Army), only to be beatenback by a counterattack by nearby elements o the German148. Inanteriedivision. By the end o October the rst echelon
was pulled rom the line and reunited with the 2nd and 3rdechelons rom Brazil. By November the entire division wastogether and returned to the line.
In November 1944, the Division moved south o Bologna, insubzero temperatures (with men not used to snow) where
alongside ask Force 45 and Gardiner Force o the US Army,they were pitted against German positions on Monte Castelloand Monte Belvedere. Following these operations, the 1st DIEtook part in the oensive operations into the Po Valley,including the bloody struggle or the town o Montese in1945.
Te Allied advances into the Po Valley saw the Brazilianstaking heavy casualties when teamed with lower rateddivisions, but perormed quite well when paired with thehighly trained 10th US Mountain Division.
By April the FEB was operating independently which resulted
in the surrender o the entire German 148. Inanteriedivisionto the Brazilians at Collecchio, the very same division thathad halted their advance in October. When hostilities endedin Italy the FEB was returned to Brazil.
Generally, the men o the 1st DIE acquitted themselves well,gaining the trust o Italian civilians and combat experience inunamiliar terrain, though at some cost. Tey were proud torepresent their country and o their divisional patch, a snakesmoking a cigar (said to hve stemmed rom German commentssaying that the day Brazilians would join the ghting wouldbe the day snakes started to smoke).
When the 2iC Command Rie team joins a platoon, it mayre-roll all Motivation ests as though it was a CompanyCommand team.
I the Company Command team is Destroyed, the 2iCCommand team may take Company Morale Checks.
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(inFantrycompany)
You must eld one platoon from each box shaded black and may eld one platoon from each boxshaded grey.
Your Company HQ must be from either the 6 th Regiment (markedBRASIL
) or rest of the division(marked
BRASIL
). All Combat, Weapons, and Regimental Support Platoons must be of the same type asyour Company HQ. Support platoons may be of any type and may be different from the Company HQ.
BRASIL
15Tank DestroyerPlatoon
Armour
15Rie Platoon
InFAntry
Cavalry Recon Platoon
rEConnAIssAnCE
10
Infantaria Platoon
InFAntry
5
Engineer CombatPlatoon
InFAntry
11
14US Tank Platoon
Armour
US Platoons in your forceare Allies and follow the
Allies rules on page 183of the rulebook.
alliEd platoons
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support plAtoons
Air Support
AIrCrAFt
12
Co
mbAtplAtoons
HEAdquA
rtErs
Companhia deInfantaria HQ
HEAdquArtErs
5
Infantaria Platoon
InFAntry
5
WEAponsplAtoons
Infantaria WeaponsPlatoon
WEApons plAtoon
6
Infantaria Machine-gun Platoon
mACHInE-gun
6
Infantaria Platoon
InFAntry
5
Infantaria Platoon
InFAntry
5
Infantaria Machine-gun Platoon
mACHInE-gun
6
Infantaria MortarPlatoon
ArtIllEry
7
Infantaria Anti-tankPlatoon
AntI-tAnk
7
Infantaria Ammunition& Pioneer Platoon
InFAntry
8
Infantaria Anti-tankPlatoon
AntI-tAnk
7
Infantaria Intelligence& Recon Platoon
rEConnAIssAnCE
8
Infantaria CannonPlatoon
ArtIllEry
9
Field Artillery Battery
ArtIllEry
10
Field Artillery Battery
ArtIllEry
Anti-aircraft Artillery Platoon
AntI-AIrCrAFt
12
rEgImEntAlsupportplAtoons
10
Field ArtilleryBattery (155mm)
11
Chi IfiIfa Ca
AOP
Aop
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Company HQ
Capito
Companhia de Infantaria HQ
Capito
Company CommandRifle team
2iC CommandRifle team
Bazookateam
Bazookateam
Infantaria platoon
Tenente
Tenente
Bazooka
team
Command
Rifle team
Rifle Squad
Sargento
Rifle teamRifle team
Rifle team
Rifle Squad
Sargento
Rifle teamRifle team
Rifle team
Rifle Squad
Sargento
Rifle teamRifle team Rifle team
motivationand skillA Companhia de Inantaria rom the 6th InantryRegiment is rated asConfdent Trained.
A Companhia de Inantaria rom the rest o the BEF israted asConfdent Conscript.
inFantariaplatoon
Supported with good troops the Brazilians can advance andhold nearly any position. Keep their numbers up and you willsweep the enemy beore you.
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Brazilian ExpEditionaryForcE
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ConFIdEnt
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6th inFantryrEgimEnt
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Headquarters
companhiadE inFantariahQ
hEadQuartErs
Company HQ 25 points 20 points
options
Replace Command Rife teams with CommandSMG teams or +5 points per team.
Add Bazooka teams or +15 points per team.Add up to three Sniper teams or +50 points per team.
Combat platoons
platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Rife Squads 140 points 105 points
2 Rife Squads 100 points -
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Infantaria Weapons platoon
Tenente
Tenente
CommandRifle team
Jeep with.50 cal AA MG
machine-gunSection
Sargento
M1919 LMG
M1919 LMG
machine-gunSection
Corporal
M1919 LMG M1919 LMG
Sargento
Mortar Section
M2 60mm mortar
M2 60mmmortar
M2 60mmmortar
inFantariaWEapons platoon
Brazilian weapons platoons are key to success in both oenceand deence. Te ability to provide cover re is crucial to thecompanys ability to accomplish their mission.
Te M2 60mm mortar is particularly adept at digging out
enemy machine-gun and anti-tank nests to open the way orboth inantry and armour assaults.
Infantaria Machine-gun platoon
Tenente
machine-gunSection
Sargento
M1917 HMG Jeep with trailer
machine-gunSection
Sargento
Tenente
CommandRifle team
Jeep with.50 cal AA MG
M1917 HMG Jeep with trailer
M1917 HMG Jeep with trailer
M1917 HMG Jeep with trailer
inFantariamachinE-gun platoon
Heavy machine-guns supported with bazookas marry highrates o re with bunker busting abilities. Attaching amachine-gun section to an inantry platoon in assault willincrease their repower immensely while adding to the anti-tank and bunker assault capability o the inantry platoon.
Assaulting enemy deences is a team eort and these teams insupport will ease that eort considerably.
Inantaria Weapons Platoons may make CombatAttachments to Combat Platoons.
Inantaria Machine-gun Platoons may make CombatAttachments to Combat Platoons.
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Weapons platoons
platoon
HQ Section withMortar Section and:
2 Machine-gun Sections 120 points 90 points
1 Machine-gun Section 90 points 70 points
option
Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG or +5 points.
platoon
HQ Section with:
2 Machine-gun Sections 100 points 80 points
options
Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG or +5 points.
Add Jeeps with trailers or +5 points or the platoon.
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Infantaria Mortar platoon
Tenente
Tenente
CommandRifle team
Jeep with.50 cal AA MG
Sargento
Mortar Section
Sargento
Mortar Section
M1 81mmmortar
Jeep with trailer
M1 81mmmortar
Jeep with trailer
M1 81mmmortar
Jeep with trailer
M1 81mmmortar
Jeep with trailer
Sargento
Mortar Section
M1 81mmmortar Jeep with trailerJeep with trailer M1 81mmmortar
inFantariamortarplatoon
A platoon o the larger M1 81mm mortars brings additionalindirect support as well as smoke to light inantry in the eld.Tey are very eective against enemy inantry positions andortications. Keeping an enemy held in position under covero smoke or bombardment provides maximum protection oryour assaulting inantry platoons.
When acing ortications, a ull smoke bombardment upon
any supporting inantry will most probably protect yourinantry rom enemy re generated rom their orticationsas well. Keep your axis o attack so that enemy inantry isbetween you and the ortications and you mortars can dothe rest.
Infantaria Anti-tank platoon
Tenente
Tenente
CommandRifle team
Jeep with.50 cal AA MG
Sargento
Gun Section
Sargento
Gun SectionM1 57mm gun 1-ton truck
Sargento
Gun Section
M1 57mm gun
1-ton truck
M1 57mm gun
1-ton truck
inFantariaanti-tankplatoon
Te M1 57mm anti-tank gun is best used to support yourinantry company in either deence or while advancing. Itslight weight enables it to keep up with your inantry whilestill providing over-watch against enemy armour in the area.
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platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Mortar Sections 120 points 90 points
2 Mortar Sections 85 points 65 points
options
Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG or +5 points.
Add Jeeps with trailers or +5 points or the platoon.
platoon
HQ Section with:
3 M1 57mm 70 points 55 points
optionsAdd Jeep with .50 cal AA MG or +5 points.
Add 1-ton trucks or +5 points or the platoon.
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Infantaria Ammunition & Pioneer platoon
Tenente
Corporal
A&P Squad
Pioneer Rifle team
Pioneer Rifle team
Corporal
A&P Squad
Pioneer Rifle team
Pioneer Rifle team
Corporal
A&P Squad
Pioneer Rifle team
Pioneer Rifle team
Tenente
Command PioneerRifle team
Bazookateam
Bazookateam
Pioneer Supply3/
4-ton truck
inFantariaammunition & pionEErplatoon
Te pioneers are trained to both create and destroyortications. Te work they do is important to keeping theadvance moving.
Infantaria Intelligence & Recon platoon
Tenente
Tenente
CommandRifle team
Jeep with.50 cal AA MG
Sargento
I&R Squad
Rifle team
Jeep
Sargento
I&R Squad
Rifle team
Sargento
I&R Squad
Rifle team
JeepJeep
inFantariaintElligEncE & rEcon platoon
Discovering the enemys positions and deences is the role othe Intelligence & Recon Platoon. Tey probe the routes oadvance looking out or hidden enemy.
An Inantaria Intelligence & Recon Platoon is aReconnaissance Platoon.
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platoon
HQ Section with:
3 A&P Squads 120 points 90 points
2 A&P Squads 85 points 65 points
optionsAdd Bazooka teams or +15 points per team.
Add Pioneer Supply truck or +25 points.
platoon
HQ Section with:
3 I&R Squads 70 points 55 points
2 I&R Squads 50 points -
options
Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG and unarmed Jeeps to
the platoons or +5 points.Arm any or all unarmed Jeeps with an AA MG or+5 points per Jeep.
regImental support platoons
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Infantaria Cannon platoon
Capito
Capito
CommandRifle team
JeepJeep ObserverRifle team
Tenente
Gun Section
M3 105mm light howitzer
1-ton truck
M3 105mm light howitzer
1-ton truck
Tenente
Gun Section
M3 105mm light howitzer
1-ton truck
M3 105mm light howitzer
1-ton truck
Tenente
Gun Section
M3 105mm light howitzer
1-ton truck
M3 105mm light howitzer
1-ton truck
inFantariacannon platoon
Te M3 105mm light howitzer in support o light inantrybrings big-gun repower to those in need. I your mortars arehaving a tough time digging out enemy inantry then try thecannon platoon. Lots o repower close at hand.
A smoke mission rom this platoon can also keep the enemycompletely oblivious to your inantrys movement on thebattleeld. Tey can get your inantry close enough to sweepthrough the deences and on to the objective.
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platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Gun Sections 155 points 120 points
2 Gun Sections 105 points 80 points
option
Add Jeep and 1-ton trucks or +5 points or theplatoon.
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motivationand skillNewly trained, but inexperienced, the Brazilian soldiers o the Diviso de InantariaExpedicionria(1stExpeditionary Inantry Division) ought bravely gaining much experienceduring the Italian Campaign. Divisional Support Units are rated asConfdent Trained,unless noted otherwise.
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divisional support
Observer
Rifle team
Command Rifle team
Field Artillery Battery
M2A1 105mm howitzer
M2A1 105mm howitzer
M2A1 105mm howitzer
M2A1 105mm howitzer
Capito
Capito
Tenente Tenente
FiEld artillEryBattEry
Te Brazilians used all American weapons and equipment,and their artillery was no dierent. Te 105mm M2A1howitzer is a proven weapon in the hands o the Americans,now the Brazilians have a chance to prove its worth.
Using American methods they keep the enemys heads down,plotting concentrated re down on them and pinning themdown so the inantry can advance on them unhindered.
Cavalry Recon platoon
Tenente
Tenente
CommandM8 armored car
Mortar Jeep Recon Jeep
Cavalry ReconPatrol
Sargento
Command M8 armored car
Recon Jeep
Mortar Jeep
Cavalry ReconPatrol
Cavalry Recon Patrol
Sargento
Command M8 armored car
Recon Jeep
Mortar Jeep
cavalryrEcon platoon
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Cavalry Recon Patrols operate as separate platoons, eachwith their own Command team. Although its patrols countas separate platoons or all other purposes, a Cavalry ReconPlatoon deploys all at the same time as a single platoon. Forexample, the entire Cavalry Recon Platoon is treated as asingle platoon when calculating the number o platoons heldin Ambush or Reserve.
Cavalry Recon Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.
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platoon
HQ Section with:
4 M2A1 105mm howitzer 140 points
2 M2A1 105mm howitzer 175 points
option
Add -ton trucks and 2-ton trucks or +5 points orthe platoon.
platoon
3 Cavalry Recon Patrols 210 points
2 Cavalry Recon Patrols 140 points
1 Cavalry Recon Patrol 70 points
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ObserverRifle team
Field Artillery Battery (155mm)
M1 155mm howitzer
M5 high-speed tractor
M1 155mm howitzer
M5 high-speed tractor
M1 155mm howitzer
M5 high-speed tractor
M1 155mm howitzer
M5 high-speed tractor
Capito
Capito
Tenente Tenente
Command Rifle team
FiEld artillEryBattEry(155mm)
Te divisional artillery includes an artillery regiment organizedin three battalions set-up like the Americans, thereore thereis three battalions o 105mm howitzers and a ourth battalionis equipped with 155mm howitzers.
Te heavy M1 155mm howitzer is an extremely powerulgun. Its shells will dig out even the most determined deenderand leave their ortications a tangled mess o wire andmud.
Turretless M4
Sherman Dozer
Engineer Combat Platoon
Tenente
Tenente Sargento
SargentoSargento
Sargento
EnginEErcomBat platoon
Each Brazilian Regiment ormed its own Regimental Combateam (RC) comprising an Inantry Regiment, and includedan Engineer company rom the 9th Engineer Battalion.
You may replace all Pioneer HMG teams with Pioneer Rieteams at the start o the game beore deployment.
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platoon
HQ Section with:
4 M1 155mm howitzers 210 points
2 M1 155mm howitzers 110 points
optionAdd -ton trucks and M5 high-speed tractors at +5points or the battery.
You may not eld a Field Artillery Battery (155mm)equipped with M1 155mm howitzers unless you are also
elding a Field Artillery Battery with at least as manyM2A1 105mm howitzers.
platoon
HQ Section with Weapons Squad and
2 Operating Squads 145 points
1 Operating Squad 110 points
No Operating Squads 75 points
options
Add M3 37mm gun or +15 points.
Replace the M3 37mm gun with a Bazooka team atno cost.
Add Bazooka team or +15 points per team.
Add Pioneer 2-ton Supply ruck or +25 points.
Add a Bulldozer or +5 points, or a turretless M4Sherman dozer or +10 points.
Arm up to two 2-ton trucks with .50 cal AA MGor +10 points per truck.
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Air Support
Tenente
Flight
Tenente
P-47
P-47P-47
Anti-aircraft Artillery Platoon
Tenente
Tenente
CommandRifle team
Jeep
AutomaticWeapons Section
Sargento
M1 Bofors gun
M1 Bofors gun
2-ton truck
2-ton truck
AutomaticWeapons Section
Sargento
M1 Bofors gun
M1 Bofors gun
2-ton truck
2-ton truck
anti-aircraFt artillEryplatoon
Te anti-aircrat artillery has a quiet time o it in Italy. TeGerman Lutwafe seldom makes an appearance over theheads o the Brazilians. But i they do appear, the M1 Boorsguns o the Brazilian Expeditionary Force are waiting orthem.
Te Brazilians supplied an air group o 500 men who joinedUS 357 Squadron, equipped with P-47 ghter-bombers.
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priorityairsupport
P-47 Tunderbolt 190 points
limitEd airsupport
P-47 Tunderbolt 150 points
airsuprort
platoon
HQ Section with:
4 M1 Boors 95 points
2 M1 Boors 50 points
optionAdd Jeep and 2-ton trucks or +5 points or theplatoon.
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Air Observation Post
AOP
L-4 Grasshopper AOP
Tenente
Te 1a Esquadrilha de Ligao e Observao (1st Flotilla oCommunication and Observation) few over 680 missions in
Italy. During their missions they did not lose a single plane toenemy re, despite fying very low-altitude missions to spottargets as small as single German mortars!
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Air Observation Aircrat use many o the aircrat rules.However, one o the primary diferences is that the AirObservation Aircrat starts the game on the table andremains there or the rest o the game until it is shot down orchased of, at which point it is permanently removed romthe game.
In the Starting Step o each turn, you reposition your AirObservation Aircrat anywhere on the table (even within16/40cm o riendly troops) when you would position anyother aircrat. I your opponent has air support, they can roll
or Fighter Interception as usual and use this to attempt toshoot your Air Observation Aircrat down instead o intercepting Ground Attack Aircrat.
Te opposing player can re anti-aircrat re at your AirObservation Aircrat at the end o the Shooting Step, aterall other shooting is complete, but just beore aircrat maketheir attacks, just as they can at any other aircrat. Tis isconducted just like ring at Ground-attack Aircrat,including the limits on anti-aircrat guns ability to see over
terrain.A team ring anti-aircrat re must choose between ring atthe Air Observation Aircrat or at Ground-attack Aircrat.
A single team cannot shoot at both in the same turn.
Since the Air Observation Aircrat isnt actually attackinganything, Sel-deence Anti-aircrat Weapons cannot shoot at it.
Te Air Observation Aircrat carries no weapons and cannotmake attacks by itsel. Instead an Air Observation Aircratcounts as an Observer team that can act as the Spottingteam or any artillery platoon that has a Staf team.
reat it as an Observer team on the ground (although themodel sits just above the table) when determining what itcan see, as the Air Observation Aircrat y low attemptingto avoid enemy ghter interception and cannot see overterrain.
Te Air Observation Aircrat does benet rom its height byallowing it to re-roll the third attempt to range in i it ailedon that attempt.
airoBsErvation post
anti-aircraFt FirEliaison aircraFt
aop
L-4 Grasshopper AOP 50 points
airoBsErvation post
I an L-4 Grasshopper AOP is Destroyed by enemy anti-aircrat re, roll a die:
On a result o 3+ the pilot expertly avoids the enemy reand the L-4 is not Destroyed.
On any other result, the L-4 is Destroyed as normal.
pErFEct rEcord
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motivationand skillTe Brazilians were supported by American units during their time in Italy. US Support Unitsare rated asConfdent Veteran, and ollow all o the US Special Rules ound in theFlamesO War rulebook.
US Platoons in your orce are Allies and ollow the Allies rules ound in the Flames O Warrulebook.
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us support
Tank
Tank
Tank Section
Sergeant
Tank
Tank
Tank Section
Sergeant
US Tank Platoon
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Command tank
us tankplatoon
Te US 751st ank Battalion (Sherman and Stuart tanks)were placed under command o the 1st DIE rom time totime, creating a combined arms orce.
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platoon
5 M4 or M4A1 Sherman 450 points
4 M4 or M4A1 Sherman 360 points
3 M4 or M4A1 Sherman 270 points
5 M5A1 Stuart 310 points4 M5A1 Stuart 250 points
3 M5A1 Stuart 190 points
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US Tank destroyer Platoon
Lieutenant
Tank destroyerSection
Sergeant
Carbine team M20 util ity
Tank destroyer
Tank destroyer
Tank destroyerSection
Sergeant
Carbine team M20 utility
Tank destroyer
Tank destroyer
Lieutenant
CommandCarbine team
Jeep with.50 cal AA MG
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Te US 894th ank Destroyer Battalion, armed with M10tank destroyers, also ought with the 1st DIE.
rifle platoon
Lieutenant
Rifle Squad
Sergeant
Rifle team
Rifle team
Rifle team
Lieutenant
Bazooka
team
Command
Rifle team
Rifle Squad
Sergeant
Rifle team
Rifle team
Rifle team
Rifle Squad
Sergeant
Rifle team
Rifle team
Rifle team
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Te Brazilians could rely on help rom nearby Americantroops wherever the two nations objectives overlapped.
Tese veterans o the Italian theatre were always a welcomeaddition to the roughly trained Brazilian ExpeditionaryForce.
BRASIL
platoon
HQ Section with:
4 M10 3in GMC 420 points
2 M10 3in GMC 220 points
platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Rife Squads 200 points
2 Rife Squads 145 points
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tAnk tEAms Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and NotesWeapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower
tanks
M5A1 Stuart Fully-tracked 4 2 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, AA MG, Light tank.M6 37mm gun 24/60cm 2 7 4+ Stabiliser.
M4 or M4A1 Sherman Fully-tracked 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG.M3 75mm gun 32/80cm 2 10 3+ Smoke, Stabiliser.
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M10 3in GMC Fully-tracked 4 2 0 .50 cal AA MG. M73ingun 32/80cm 2 12 3+ Slowtraverse.
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M8 armored car Wheeled 1 0 0 Co-ax MG, .50 cal AA MG. M637mmgun 24/60cm 2 7 4+ Slowtraverse.
Recon Jeep Jeep - - - AA MG.
Mortar Jeep Jeep - - - M260mmMortar 24/60cm 2 1 3+ Hullmounted,Portee,Canreoverfriendlytroops. FiringBombardments 32/80cm - 1 6
vEhiclE machinE-guns
Vehicle MG 16/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 i other weapons fre.
.50 cal Vehicle MG 16/40cm 3 4 5+ ROF 1 i other weapons fre.
gun tEAmsWeapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
M2 .50 cal MG Man-packed 16/40cm 3 4 5+
M1919 LMG team Man-packed 16/40cm 5 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down.
M1917 HMG team Man-packed 24/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down.
M2 60mm mortar Man-packed 24/60cm 2 1 3+ Can re over friendly troops.Firing bombardments 32/80cm - 1 6
M1 81mm mortar Man-packed 40/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.
M1 Bofors gun Immobile 24/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft, Turntable.
M3 37mm gun Light 24/60cm 3 7 4+ Gun shield.
M1 57mm gun Medium 24/60cm 3 10 4+ Gun shield, No HE.
M3 105mm light howitzer Heavy 16/40cm 1 7 2+ Smoke.
Firing bombardments 56/140cm - 4 4+ Smoke bombardment.
M2A1 105mm howitzer Immobile 24/60cm 1 9 2+ Gun shield, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 72/180cm - 4 4+ Smoke bombardment.
M1 155mm howitzer Immobile 24/60cm 1 10 1+ Bunker buster, Gun shield, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 88/220cm - 5 2+ Smoke bombardment.
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InFAntry tEAms
Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Rife team 16/40cm 1 2 6
SMG team 4/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Bazooka team 8/20cm 1 10 5+ ank assault 4.
Sta team cannot shoot Moves as a Heavy Gun team.
additional trainingand EQuipmEnt
Pioneer teams are rated as ank Assault 3.
AicafAircraft Weapon To Hit Anti-tank Firepower Notes
P-47 Tunderbolt MG 2+ 6 5+
Bombs 4+ 5 1+
trAnsport tEAms
Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
trucks
Jeep Jeep - - - Optional Passenger-red AA MG or .50 cal AA MG.
Dodge -ton or GMC 2-ton truck Wheeled - - -
M5 high-speed tractor Fully-tracked - - - .50 cal AA MG.
armourEd pErsonnEl carriErs
M20 utility Jeep 1 0 0 Passenger-red .50 cal AA MG.
EnginEErvEhiclEs
urretless M4 Sherman dozer Fully-tracked 6 4 0 Bulldozer.
Bulldozer Fully-tracked - - - Bulldozer, Very slow.
Pioneer Supply ruck Wheeled - - -