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Hello, and welcome back! This week I bring you a tank on tank slugfest using 15mm tanks on the Eastern Front. Here I will demonstrate some of the basic concepts and mechanics behind vehicle combat in Disposable Heroes II. The vehicle rules in this edition are a streamlined and updated version of the original vehicle rules (the Coffin for Seven Brothers of the original edition). They are, however, built on a very solid foundation provided by Chalfant Conley when we wrote the first edition so many years ago. The work he put into that system with regards to armor values, hit locations, weapon penetrations, and crew are still present. For his work, I am eternally grateful. The best thing about this is that no new vehicle data cards were needed for Disposable Heroes II. It was intended that all of the original vehicles from the first edition would be usable as is. Yet there have been some changes to the way vehicles play. I hope you find the changes to the original system quicker to play, and streamlined in a way that keeps the best parts of the original, while allowing for fast and challenging tactical games of armor combat. If you are new to the system, I hope that these changes make for a fun and challenging game based on years of feedback and development.

Best of all, when you use Disposable Heroes II for tank on tank combat you don't need to be a Tanker and buy a whole separate vehicle rules set. Disposable Heroes II doesn't just allow you to add a few vehicles to your platoon level infantry games, it adds a complete armored combat system that works great for all tank battles in a variety of scales, whether that is 28mm, 15mm, or even 1/285th (6mm) scale!

This game takes place on the Eastern Front in 1943, pitting a platoon of German Panzer IV Hs up against a platoon of T-34 76/Ds. The crew qualities are slightly different, but balanced for a good head to head meeting engagement. Hopefully this will show off the rules, without vast differences in armor and guns getting in the way of showcasing the mechanics.

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So button up your hatches and head to the front!
Here is our battlefield for this engagement. A typical Russian village and farm near Prokhorovka, possibly near the Psel River.
Here we have a platoon of Panzer IV Hs from the 1st SS under the command of a Lieutenant with a Guts score of 9 and a T&E of +2 for the platoon. The 9 Guts scale represents a platoon that is showing signs of fatigue, but has had excellent training and tactical skill, allowing it to have two Push Activations a turn.

Here we have a platoon of T-34s from the 24th Guards Tank Brigade under the command of a Lieutenant with a Guts score of 10 and a T&E of +1. This represents a motivated unit with a high morale due to being on the counterattack, but with a lower quality in training and tactical skill Demo!

And here are the various German Deployment Points, from 1-4 (the 5th is not pictured but is a far right flank position behind some woods which the Germans decide not to use).

Deployment Point 1 (skull) is on the far left German flank and has a nice view across to the enemy deployment zone, but whose view of the village is blocked by a small wooded rise in the middle.

Deployment Point 2 is towards the middle, with the wooded rise immediately to the front.

Deployment Point 3 is on the road into the village with a view partially disrupted by a bend in the road that goes around a spur on the wooded hill.

Deployment Point 4 is behind the farm, but with a good view towards the village.

On the Soviet side, Deployment Point 1 (not pictured) is behind a large woods. Deployment Point 2 is an open area slightly behind and to the left of the village, which also looks across to the farm on the German side. Deployment Point 3 is on the main road through the village leading to the farm.

Deployment Point 4 is in an open area with a good view to the farm and the wooded hill in the German center, but also features a large wood on the right that blocks the view to the German left.

The German deployment. Two Panzer IVs deploying from Deployment Point 1 (open area on the left), the platoon HQ tank from Deployment Point 2 (right up the road), and the remaining two Panzer IVs from Deployment Point 4 (behind the farm).

The Soviets deploy a T-34 from Deployment Point 1 (on the far left behind the woods), two from Deployment Point 2 (between the woods on the left and the village), the platoon HQ tank from Deployment Point 3 (also right up the road), and the final T-34 from Deployment Point 4 (on the far left behind the woods).

The turn begins with a roll for Initiative, which the Germans win.

On the first German Activation, two of the Panzer IVs share Tactical Points to move together towards the left flank, with one tank covering the other from a slightly concealed position behind some light scrub and trees. In Disposable Heroes II, tanks can share movement by sharing Tactical Points. Unlike infantry, which when sharing Movement Tactical Points, may move the same distance, vehicles must spend a Tactical Point for movement for each speed and each tank moved. In this case, the German player moves one of his Panzer IVs Slow Speed (4', costing 1 Tactical Point), and the other Panzer IV Medium Speed (8', costing 2 Tactical Points). The Germans also decide to immediately spend one of their Push Activations to get the jump on the Soviets and push their left flank into a forward position overlooking the Soviet center and right. The two Panzer IVs move the same distance as before and do a bounding over watch to their new position.
For the first Soviet Activation, a T-34 decides to push the far left flank and use the woods to screen its move. The T-34 moves Medium Speed (11', costing 2 Tactical Points). This places the Soviets within striking distance of the farm on the German table edge.

The Soviet player decides to share the 3rd Tactical Point with another T-34, which moves Slow Speed (6', costing 1 Tactical Point) and noses around the corner of the woods within sight of one of the Panzer IVs. The T-34 decides to try and Acquire the target. In the original Disposable Heroes, every vehicle had to Acquire their target before firing. This is carried over into the new edition, but has been made easier with a new set of modifiers. The Accuracy of all tank crews in this game is 5. The modifiers to the Acquisition roll are +1 for the target being a vehicle and +1 for being within coaxial MG range (48'). Target Acquisition is a free action, however, if a player decides to spend a Tactical Point for Acquisition, they also receive a +1 to their ACC for that Acquisition attempt. In this case, since the Soviet player had already spent their three Tactical Points, they try to Acquire the Panzer IV for free. This roll fails, but the Soviet player puts down a blue marker to indicate their attempt, which in future rolls will gain a +1 for each previous attempt (up to +3). This is a risky move by the Soviets as the Activation turns over to th

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