Heavy SP Artillery Regiment Starter Force

On the eve of an attack, Soviet scouts crept out into no-man’s-land to map the German front line in detail, marking where anti-tank guns and machine-gun nests were situated. They then rushed their detailed maps to the assault gun regiments, who would then assign targets to specific companies for the next day. When the offensive began, Soviet assault guns compared the maps with the horizon, identifying key landmarks and targets and then blasted the enemy guns with intense barrages. 

Once the enemy guns were silenced, they moved on to their next target, following the infantry as they advanced. Whenever the infantry reported enemy anti-tank guns and machine-gun emplacements, the assault guns would help deal with the problem, blasting the enemy out of their holes before moving on again always pressing forward.

Though still somewhat cumbersome and slow, the mobile heavy self-propelled guns were infinitely more flexible than trying to bring up the massive Soviet artillery formations. The heavy guns, consolidated in independent Heavy Self-propelled Artillery Regiments, provided the necessary heavy fire support to the mobilised forces leading assaults.

The troops greatly appreciated the heavy assault guns, describing them as "Nekrasivo, no spasibo!" ("Not pretty, but thanks!") 

THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS:

• 4x Plastic IS-2 Tanks
• 2x Plastic ISU-122 Assault Guns
• 2x Plastic ISU-152 Assault Guns
• 4x Plastic SU-76 Assault Guns
• 3x Plastic BA-64 Armoured Cars
• 4x Plastic T-34 Tanks
• 9x Plastic DPMG & M1891 Rifle Teams
• 1x Plastic Komissar Team
• 2x Plastic Maksim HMG Teams
• 1x Complete A5 Rulebook
• 2x Decal Sheets
• 9x Unit Cards

• Starter Forces provide an excellent way to get in to the Flames Of War hobby and include an entire army, ready to build, paint and play with
• In addition to a range of plastic miniatures, Starter Forces also include the complete Flames Of War rulebook in a handy A5 size
• This box set includes the models needed to start building a Heavy SP Artillery Regiment, supported by self-propelled guns, tanks, artillery, infantry and recon
• Contains 19 Plastic Vehicles and 12 Plastic Infantry Teams