Panzer Expansion 2
The Final Forces on the Eastern Front 1941 to 1944
Designed by Jim Day
Available from GMT Games
MSRP $40.00
The Panzer Game Expansion Set #2, The Final Forces on the Eastern Front 1941 to 1944, continues along where Panzer Game Expansion Set #1 left off and adds new units and capabilities for the German and Soviet players to deploy. The situation is continuing and there is still fighting taking place around Kursk and other salients. To read the reviews previously published on the website referencing the Panzer Games click here for the Core Panzer Game and click here for the Panzer Expansion Set #1.
Game Content
When you pick up the box for the 2nd Panzer Expansion you immediately feel that it is much lighter than the other boxes in the series. That is correct as you do not receive as much material as was previously distributed. The items in the Panzer Expansion Set #2 are:
- 2 two-sided 10”x27” geomorphic maps with 1” hexes
- 2 full color countersheets
- 24 two-sided Unit Data Cards
- 1 Reference and Scenario Book
In the Reference and Scenario Book you receive 2 new Soviet TO&E’s (Table of Organization and Equipment). These TO&E’s represent Soviet Corps units that received Lend-Lease Equipment to fight the Germans. The units that are represented in this area are:
- 18th Tank Corps, 1 July 1943
- 1st Guards Mechanized Corps, early 1945
To provide the reader with how detailed the breakdown of information is presented, these are the units that make up the 18th Tank Corps. The 18th Tank Corps consisted of:
- 110th , 170th , and the 181st Tank Brigades
- 32nd Motorized Rifle Brigade
- 36th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment (Over Strength)
- 52nd Motorcycle Battalion
- 1000th Anti-Tank Regiment
- 736th Anti-Tank Battalion
- 1694th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
- 115th Sapper Battalion
The breakdown of each of these organizations is presented in the book for you to read and enjoy while using them to create your own scenarios.
Scenarios
A total of 7 new Scenarios have been provided to the gamers to play. These 7 Scenarios are:
Scenario 18 – Beginning of the End: Kursk, 12 July 1943
Scenario 19 – Battle of Brody Pt. 1: June 1941
Scenario 20 – Battle of Brody Pt. 2: June 1941
Scenario 21 – Pakfront: Kursk, 5 July 1943
Scenario 22 – The Rhino’s Horn: Vitebsk, June 1944
Scenario 23 – The Cauldron: Southern Russia, late-1942
Scenario 24 – Operation Typhoon: Bryansk Pocket October 1941
Each of these Scenarios offers the player unique challenges to overcome and in some cases, the decision of who wins is not decided until the last turn.
Unit Data Cards
Forty-eight new units are introduced into the game. The 14 new Russian Data cards below cover the following Tanks, Vehicles, or Guns that are used to expand the base and 1st Expansion game. The Soviet Unit Data Cards included with Panzer Expansion 2 are:
| T-38 M37 | T-40 M40 |
| T-60 M41 | BT-7 M37 |
| Sherman III (76) | Sherman III (75) |
| M3 Lee | Stuart III |
| Valentine VIII | Churchill III |
| Matilda II | Valentine II |
| 12.7mm AAMG | GAZ-AA |
| Komsomolyets | BA-10 M38 |
| BA-20M M36 | SU-76i M43 |
| SU-57 M43 | KV-1 M41 |
| KV-1 M40 | T-35 M35 |
| T-34/76 M40 | T-28E M38 |
| T-28 M34 | T-26S M37 |
| BT-8 M38 | BT-7A M37 |
The 10 new German Data cards below cover the following Tanks, Vehicles, or Guns that are used to expand the base and 1st Expansion game. The German Unit Data Cards included with Panzer Expansion 2 are:
| PzKpfw IB | PzKpfw IIC |
| PzKpfw 35(t) | PzKpfw 38(t)C |
| PzKpfw IIIF | PzKpfw IIIJ |
| PzKpfw IVD | Grille 33/1 |
| PSW II Luchs | PzKpfw 38(t) Aufjlarer |
| PSW 234/1 | PSW 234/2 Puma |
| PSW 234/3 | PSW 234/4 |
| SPW 250/11 | SPW 251/22 |
| Ostwind | 2cm Flakvierling Zgkw 8t |
| 3.7cm FlaK Zgkw 8t | Flakpanzer 38(t) |
Summary
With this module you are expanding the Panzer system at a nice pace with new ordnance. You are also being given the chance to create your own scenarios. All it takes is a bit of research and I am sure that possibilities of scenarios will just pop up into your mind. With Panzer and the first two Panzer Expansions released, you have a nice basis for a large game. You now have 6 geomorphic maps that can be arranged and rearranged and you have 79 Soviet Tanks, Guns, Vehicles, Planes or Infantry and 98 German Tanks, Guns, Vehicles, Planes or Infantry to create your own battles or to battle the scenarios provided. Panzer, with its expansions, breathes new life as new maps and units are added to spice up the game. Moving forward I am sure we will see more expansions following the same excellent format and providing detailed unit organization and information that the gamer can use to spice up his own game of Panzer.
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