Table of Contents... xi Introduction... xi Intended Audience... xi Equipment Needed... xi Author s Notes and Acknowledgements... xii Section 1. Assuming the Duties of Game Master... 1 Spreadsheet...2 Section 2. Generating Characters... 5 Character Attributes...5 Table 2.1 Character Attributes... 6 Saving Throws...8 Attribute Modifiers...8 Table 2.2 Attribute Modifiers... 8 Enhance a Character s Attributes...8 Encumbrance...9 Table 2.3 Encumbrance... 9 Life Points...9 Table 2.4 Life Point Bonus... 10 Fatigue...10 Exhaustion...10 Coma...10 Troop Quality...10 Experience Points...12 Table 2.5 Troop Quality Modifiers... 12 Table 2.6 Experience Award Points... 12 Generic or Non-Player Character...13 Skills and Levels...13 Table 2.7 Skill Levels by Troop Quality... 13 Table 2.8 Description of Skills... 14 Section 3. Preparing for the Game... 15 Action Cup...15 Action Phase & Turn...15 Action Chits...16 Command Chits...16 Random Event & Off Board Artillery...16 iii
Precise Time...16 Section 4. Using Morale... 19 Morale...19 Table 4.1 Morale Modifiers... 20 Table 4.2 Morale Failure Results... 20 Leadership...21 Rally Broken Troops...21 Field Promotion...21 Section 5. Moving Your Character... 23 Ground Scale...23 Speed Conversion...24 Table 5.1 Speed Attribute Conversion Chart... 24 Combat Time...25 Table 5.2 Combat Time... 25 Length of Exposure...26 Doors...26 Time Management...26 Section 6. Acquiring and Hearing Other Characters... 27 Line of Sight...27 Reason to Look...27 Table 6.1 Reason to Look (RTL) Chart... 28 Acquisition of Targets...28 Night Time Optical Device...28 Table 6.2 Target Acquisition (Human)... 29 Table 6.3 Target Acquisition (Vehicle)... 30 Hearing...31 Communications...31 Sniper Fire Detection...31 Quick Glance...31 Table 6.4 Hearing and Detecting... 32 Section 7. Conducting Combat Operations... 33 Laser Sights...34 Scopes...34 Table 7.1 Small Arms Target Modifiers (Aim Attribute)... 35 Initiative...36 Area Suppression...36 Intervening Cover...36 iv
Hand Held Anti-Tank Weapons...36 Table 7.2 RPG Penetration... 36 Table 7.3 Hand-Held Anti-Tank/Vehicle Hit (Aim Attribute)... 37 Snapshot...37 Fire Zone...37 Ambush...38 Weapon Ranges...38 Table 7.4 Weapon Ranges... 38 Automatic Weapons Rate of Fire and Recoil Penalties...38 Weapons Reliability...39 Clear a Weapon Jam...39 Change a Machine Gun Barrel...39 Hit Location and Damage...39 Table 7.5 Hit Location... 40 Called Shot Option...40 Table 7.6 Called Shot Modifiers... 40 Damage & Penetration...40 Table 7.7 Projectile Damage Chart... 41 Instant Death...41 Hollow Point...41 Bleeding...42 First Aid...42 Impact...42 Penetration...42 Table 7.8 Cover Penetration Value... 43 The Interceptor Flak Vest...43 PASGT Helmet...44 Table 7.9 Armor Protection Threat Levels... 45 Table 7.10 Armor Level (AL) Penetration %... 46 Section 8. Engaging in Melee (Hand-to-Hand Combat)... 47 Weight Advantage...48 Martial Arts...49 Attack from Behind...49 Multiple Opponents...49 Section 9. Using High Explosives... 51 Indirect Fire...51 Blind Fire...51 Table 9.1 Artillery... 52 High Explosive vs. Armored Targets...52 v
Table 9.2 Artillery vs. Armor... 52 Blast Radius...53 Table 9.3 High Explosive Indirect Fire... 53 AC-130H Spectre Gun Ship...54 Direct Fire...54 Table 9.4 High Explosive Direct Fire... 54 Damage Index...55 Direct Fire Mortars...55 Kill Zone...55 Table 9.5 KZ Modifiers... 55 Casualty Zone...56 Table 9.6 CZ Modifiers (add to Base 10 for CZ)... 56 Concussion Effect...56 Smoke...56 Fire...56 Star-shell...57 Grenades...57 Table 9.7 Grenade To Hit (Power Attribute)... 58 Throwing a Grenade Without Acquisition...59 Flash Crash...60 Destruction of Buildings...60 Table 9.8 Vertical Direct Fire Deviation... 60 Satchel Charge...60 M18 Claymore...61 Characteristics: M-18A1 (Claymore)... 62 Section 10. Accomplishing Tasks... 63 Table 10.1 Difficulty of Task Modifiers... 64 Escape & Evade/Pursuit...64 Table 10.2 Escape & Evade/Pursuit Modifiers... 64 Barbed Wire...64 Navigation...64 Table 10.3 Navigation Modifiers... 65 Stealth...65 Table 10.4 Stealth Modifiers... 65 Intercept Messages...66 Table 10.5 Intercept Modifiers... 66 Interrogate...66 Table 10.6 Interrogation Modifiers... 66 Set/Disarm Explosive or Non-Explosive Devices or Traps...66 Table 10.7 Setting/Disarming Explosives Modifiers... 66 vi
Repair of Electrical Device/Radio/Engine...67 Table 10.8 Repair Modifiers... 67 Driver/Pilot Control of Craft...67 Table 10.9 Control of Craft Modifiers... 67 Airborne...67 Table 10.10 Airborne Modifiers... 68 Table 10.11 Drop Zone Failure... 68 Fast-Rope Insertion/Hook and Climb...68 Table 10.12 Fast-Rope... 68 Table 10.13 Hook & Climb... 69 Table 10.14 Fall Consequences... 69 Jumping...69 TOW (Command to Line of Sight Guidance)...69 Table 10.15 Line of Sight Guidance... 69 Section 11. Deploying Armor... 71 Sequence of Play...71 Movement...71 Table 11.1 Vehicle Movement... 72 Movement Terrain Reduction...72 Collisions...72 Fire Control and Observation...72 Table 11.2 AFV Acquisition Procedure... 73 NOTE: If not using individual crew activation, select the commander as the acquisition perspective... 73 Combat Procedure for Armored Fighting Vehicles...74 Table 11.3 AFV To Hit... 74 Table 11.4 Weapon Ranges for AFV (yards)... 74 Table 11.5 AFV To Hit Modifiers... 75 Table 11.6 Hit Location... 75 Hull-Down Facing...76 Table 11.7 Hull-down Hit Location... 76 ATGM (Anti-tank Guided Missiles)...76 Table 11.8 ATGM Top-Attack Hit Location... 76 Cars, Trucks and Humvees...77 Armor Class...77 Reactive Armor...77 Angle of Attack...78 Table 11.10 Attack Angle Facing... 78 Penetration with Sabot and HEAT...78 Table 11.11 12.7mm-14.5mm AP Penetration... 79 Table 11.12 20-30mm AP Penetration... 79 vii
Table 11.13 75-90mm Sabot/HEAT Penetration... 79 Table 11.14 100-115mm Sabot/HEAT Penetration... 80 Table 11.15 120-125mm Sabot/HEAT Penetration... 80 Table 11.16 AT Missile Penetration... 80 Damage Assessment...81 Table 11.17 Damage and Casualty Percentages... 81 Explosive Damage...81 Crew Morale...82 Table 11.18 AFV Crew Morale Modifiers... 82 Rate of Fire...82 Table 11.19 Rate of Fire... 82 Turret Rotation...82 Flank/Hull Hits...83 Bogging...83 Close Infantry Assault...83 Table 11.20 Tank Assault Weapons... 83 Spall Rating (SR)...83 Smoke Dischargers...83 An Abram s Triumph...83 Appendix A... 85 Armored Fighting Vehicle Data Sheets... 85 M1A2 Abrams MBT U.S....87 Challenger 2 U.K...88 T-72S (export version of T-72B) Russia...89 Merkava Mark 4 Israel...90 LeClerc MBT France...91 Chieftain Mk 5 MBT U.K....92 T-80B MBT Russia...93 Leopard 2 MBT Germany...94 M60A3 U.S...95 T-90S Russia...96 T-62 MBT Russia...97 T-54/55 MBT Russia...98 T-84 MBT Ukraine...99 Scorpion 90 Reconnaissance Vehicle U.K... 100 M2A3 Bradley IFV U.S... 101 Stryker LAV III (Light Armored Vehicle) U.S... 101 M113A2 APC U.S... 102 LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle) U.S.... 102 viii
AAV7A1 U.S... 103 Warrior MCV (Mechanized Combat Vehicle) U.K.... 103 BMP 2 IFV Russia... 104 BMP 3 IFV Russia... 104 BTR 60 APC Russia... 105 BTR 80 APC Russia... 105 Marder 1 IFV Germany... 106 AMX-10RC (Giat) France... 106 Appendix B.... 107 Small Arms Reference Tables... 107 Small Arms Reference Table: Pistols... 109 Small Arms Reference Table: Sub-Machine Guns... 110 Small Arms Reference Table: Assault Rifles... 111 Small Arms Reference Table: Sniper Rifles... 112 Small Arms Reference Table: Machine Guns... 113 Small Arms Reference Table: Grenades (reliability: 50%)... 114 Small Arms Reference Table: Shotguns... 115 Machine Gun Dice... 116 Appendix C.... 117 15mm Range Conversion Chart... 117 15mm Range Conversion Chart... 119 Appendix D... 121 SOF Delivery Systems... 121 Clandestine Infiltration and Extraction... 123 Patrol Coastal Class Ship... 123 MK V Special Operations Craft (SOC)... 123 River Patrol Boat (PBR)... 123 Mini-Armored Troop Carrier (MATC)... 124 Light Patrol Boat (PBL)... 124 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat... 124 SEAL Delivery Systems... 124 Desert Patrol Vehicle... 124 Scuba and Underwater Dive Systems... 124 Appendix E.... 125 ix
Anti-tank Weapons Systems... 125 Javelin Anti-Armor Missile... 127 RPG-7 Anti-tank Grenade Launcher... 127 M136 AT4 Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW)... 127 M3 Carl Gustav (MAAWS)... 128 Mk 153 SMAW... 128 Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided missile... 128 MILAN Portable Anti-Tank Guided Weapon... 129 Kornet E Anti-Armor Missile... 129 Eryx Heavy Anti-Armor Missile, France... 130 SWIG (Swingfire with Improved Guidance)... 130 Hellfire Missile... 130 AT-3 SAGGER Anti-Tank Guided Missile... 131 Appendix F... 133 Sample Scenario... 133 Custer to the Rescue by Steve Fliss... 135 2 nd Platoon, C Company, 4-7 Infantry (Mechanized)... 135 2 nd Platoon, C Company, 4-7 Infantry (Mechanized)... 136 US Army Delta Force SOF E&E Team, Task Force Quebec... 139 Al-Anbar Province AQI Cadre Element... 141 Al-Makmin Jihadi Force... 143 Al-Gharz Tursaq Village Fighters... 145 Legend... 146 Appendix G... 149 Reproducible Forms... 149 x