75 PstK/40 Guns (x2)

SKU: BF-FI520
GTIN: 9420020219083
Category: Guns

includes two 75 PskK/40 guns with crew, one Korpraali Toivo Ilomäki figure, one Command SMG team, one Small base & two Large bases

16,65 €

incl. 19% VAT , plus

Old price: 18,50 €

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Description

75 PstK/40 guns (x2)
(FI520)
includes two 75 PskK/40 guns with crew, one Korpraali Toivo Ilomäki figure, one Command SMG team, one Small base & two Large bases.

Toivo Ilomäki was born in 1917 and worked as a storeman before the Winter War. He participated in the Winter War and the early Continuation war as a member of an anti-tank gun crew initially as an ammunition carrier.
However, in the middle of a battle in 1941 when the gunner did not seem to be able to hit anything, he went to the platoon commander and said he would be a better shot. With the permission of the platoon commander he then demonstrated this by shooting into a tree that fell on Soviet infantry.
In 1944 he was the gunner of a PaK40 and destroyed a total of 21 tanks. At the Battle of Sammatus alone he destroyed 16 Soviet tanks over three days, many of them at close range in the middle of a Soviet artillery barrage. These included T-34 tanks and IS-2 heavy tanks. He was the only man in the Finnish army to get all four additional stripes to the tank killer badge and received the Mannerheim Cross for his valour.
After the war Ilomäki returned to his job as a storeman and died in 1965, aged just 48. His gun (with 21 kill marks) is preserved in the armour museum in Parola.

Korpraali Toivo Ilomäki in Flames Of War
Characteristics
Toivo Ilomäki is a Warrior who may be added to upgrade one anti-tank gun team of an Heavy Anti-Tank Platoon for +10 points. He is a Fearless Veteran team armed with the same anti-tank gun as the rest of the platoon.

Special Rules
Nerves of Steel
Ilomäki was a calm, phlegmatic character whose response to difficult situations was to simply keep doing his job.
Toivo Ilomäki’s Gun team is never Pinned Down, regardless of the platoon’s status.

One Shot, One Kill
Ilomäki is a crack shot, who not only hits his targets, but knew the vulnerable spots to aim for on Soviet tanks.
Toivo Ilomäki’s Gun team may re-roll any failed To Hit rolls.
Warrior Gun Team
Ilomäki is a Warrior Gun team.
If the enemy Destroys Ilomäki’s Gun team by Shooting or assault (but not as a result of a failed Platoon Morale Check), they roll a die.
On a roll of 4+ Ilomäki is killed or seriously wounded and the team is Destroyed.
Otherwise, the Finnish player replaces any other friendly Gun team equipped with the same weapon that is within Command Distance of Ilomäki with Ilomäki’s Gun team. The Gun team Ilomäki takes over is Destroyed.

The 75 PsK/40 Gun in Flames of War
75 PsK/40 gun
Mobility: Medium
Range: 32”/80cm
Rate of Fire: 2
Anti-tank: 12
Firepower: 3+
Gun shield

Description of Components
1x Prone rifleman figure.
1x Kneeling rifleman figure.
1x Officer figure with pistol.
1x Korpraali Toivo Ilomäki figure.
2x Gun trail stradling figures.
1x Kneeling gunner figure.
2x Kneeling loader figures.
2x Standing figures.
2x Gun trails.
2x Ammo sprues.
2x Gun shields
2x Gun barrels.
4x Gun trail wheels.
1x Small bases.
2x Large bases.

15mm, metal
Battlefront Miniatures