East German Mot.-Schützen Platoon
(TEG702)
includes four MPi KM Assault Rifle teams with RPG-18, four RPG-7 Anti-tank teams, four Medium four-hole bases, four Small two-hole bases and three Unit cards.
The Russian BMP-1 is the successor to Germany's ground-breaking Hanomag halftrack of the Second World War. It carries the Schützen into battle in relative safety, then gives them fire support as they launch their attack.
Mounting an AT-3 Sagger missile, the BMP-1 also protects the infantry from enemy panzers.
The company’s riflemen are armed with the classic AKM assault rifle, or MPi KM (Maschinenpistole Kalashnikow Modernisiert) submachine-gun as the East Germans called them. Each squad is also equipped with an RPK squad automatic weapon, disposable RPG-18 anti-tank rockets, and the powerful RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launcher.
The company is backed up by a platoon of six belt-fed PKM machine-guns, as well as AGS-17 30mm grenade launchers, all mounted in BMPs.
With the threat of war looming the companies have had their old Strela-2 anti-aircraft missiles replaced with newer Strela-3 (Arrow-3) aircraft missiles (known as SA-14 Gremlin in the West). These are deployed in a squad, mounted in another BMP, attached from the battalion’s air defence platoon.
The Mot.-Schützen Platoon in Team Yankee
Tactical – 8”/20cm
Terrain Dash – 8”/20cm
Cross Country Dash – 12”/30cm
Road Dash – 12”/30cm
Cross – Auto
MPi KM Assault Rifle Team
Range: 8”/20cm – 8”/20cm
Rate of Fire - Halted: 3
Rate of Fire - Moving: 3
Anti-tank: 1
Firepower: 6
Pinned ROF 1
or
RPG-18 Anti-tank
Range: 8”/20cm
Rate of Fire - Halted: 1
Rate of Fire - Moving: 1
Anti-tank: 14
Firepower: 5+
HEAT, Slow firing
RPG-7 Anti-tank Team
Range: 12”/30cm
Rate of Fire - Halted: 1
Rate of Fire - Moving: 1
Anti-tank: 17
Firepower: 4+
Assault 6, HEAT, Slow firing
The Contents of the Mot-Schützen Platoon Blister Pack
1x Commander figures with hand raised.
1x Standing NCO figure with MPi KM and arm out.
1x NCO figure with MPi KM slung and pointing.
1x Standing NCO figures with MPi KM and arm out.
2x Advancing rifleman figure with MPi KM and RPG-18.
2x Advancing rifleman figure with MPi KM and RPG-18.
2x Kneeling rifleman figures aiming MPi KM.
2x Kneeling rifleman figure with MPi KM.
1x Radio operator figure with MPi KM.
1x Standing rifleman figure with MPi KM.
2x Standing rifleman figure aiming MPi KM.
2x Standing RPK gunner figures.
2x Standing RPK gunner figures aiming.
2x Advancing RPG-7 gunner figures.
2x Kneeling RPG-7 figures.
The Bases
4x Medium four-hole bases.
4x Small two-hole bases.
Mot.-Schützen Platoon Unit Cards
BMP Mot-Schützen Kompanie (x1)
BMP-2 Mot-Schützen Kompanie (x1)
BTR-60 Mot-Schützen Kompanie (x1)
15mm, metal
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