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Hammer & Sickle

AP Series	Panzer Grenadier
Designer	Stafford
Game Type	Expansion
Format	Book
Release Date	2013-04
Availability	Out of Print
Scenarios	39
Counters	77
Counter Type	Die-cut
Maps	0

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Overall Rating, 17 votes
5 4 3 2 1 3.47
Expansion Rank: 60 of 117

Popularity: Ownership & Activity
Status	Owned by 11%	Played by 4%	AAR'd by 3%	Medaled by 0%
Rank	77th of 168	75th of 156	79th of 153	TBD

Expansion Game Requirements & Playability
39/39	Hammer & Sickle
39/39	Road to Berlin
20/39	Elsenborn Ridge
18/39	Battle of the Bulge
13/39	Eastern Front
5/39	Airborne - IE
1/39	Edelweiss: Expanded
1/39	Red Warriors

Overall balance chart for Hammer & Sickle

	Total
Side 1	10
Draw	0
Side 2	6

	Total
Side 1	9
Draw	0
Side 2	5

	Total
Side 1	1
Draw	0
Side 2	1

	Three years after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States jointly vanquished Nazi terror, the two former allies began a four-decade-long Cold War. While it never ignited into a Third World War, both sides armed for it, trained for it, and planned for it. Hammer and Sickle explores the use of huge tanks and other weapons prepared for this war that never happened. Besides the 20 scenarios, players can take the role of the 11th Tank Corps, 8th Guards Army as it fights a hypothetical campaign to seize the American airfields at Rhein Main (Frankfurt am Main) and Wiesbaden. Note: In addition to the 20 new scenarios and campaign, this supplement includes 19 'Additional Scenarios' that require counters from Patton's Nightmare. These are 19 of the 20 scenarios from the out-of-print Iron Curtain (all except Scenario 19, "Thunder from Heaven").

Three years after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States jointly vanquished Nazi terror, the two former allies began a four-decade-long Cold War. While it never ignited into a Third World War, both sides armed for it, trained for it, and planned for it. Hammer and Sickle explores the use of huge tanks and other weapons prepared for this war that never happened. Besides the 20 scenarios, players can take the role of the 11th Tank Corps, 8th Guards Army as it fights a hypothetical campaign to seize the American airfields at Rhein Main (Frankfurt am Main) and Wiesbaden.

Note: In addition to the 20 new scenarios and campaign, this supplement includes 19 'Additional Scenarios' that require counters from Patton's Nightmare. These are 19 of the 20 scenarios from the out-of-print Iron Curtain (all except Scenario 19, "Thunder from Heaven").

Display Scenario List (39)

Scenario	Plays	AARs	Rating
01. Fulda Gap	0	0	---
02. Hof Gap	0	0	---
03. Flank Attack	4	4	3.5
04. Resisting the Tide	0	0	---
05. Roadblock or Roadkill	0	0	---
06. Breakout of the War Eagles	0	0	---
07. Over the River and Through the Americans . . .	0	0	---
08. Slugfest	0	0	---
09. Snatch	0	0	---
10. Riders on the Storm	1	1	4
11. Mainz Counterattack	0	0	---
12. The Mud and the Blood and the Beer	0	0	---
13. Radar Love	1	0	4
14. Battle Royale	0	0	---
15. Through a Goose	0	0	---
16. Ant Hill	0	0	---
17. Shooting Tin Cans	0	0	---
18. Chekhov's Lament	0	0	---
19. Quantity vs. Quality	4	2	3
20. Last Redoubt	0	0	---
21. Timberwolves	0	0	---
22. Spearhead	0	0	---
23. Fulda's Fury	0	0	---
24. Big Red One	0	0	---
25. North German Plain	1	1	5
26. All American	0	0	---
27. Always Ready	0	0	---
28. Whistling Dixie	0	0	---
29. Training and Doctrine	0	0	---
30. Crashing Satellite	0	0	---
31. Lone Star	0	0	---
32. Third Echelon	1	1	3
33. Smoking Lightning	0	0	---
34. Assault	0	0	---
35. Avtomat Kalashnikov	1	1	3
36. Heavy Metal	1	1	5
37. Order of the October Revolution	0	0	---
38. Shocked Troops	0	0	---
39. Insanity Laughs	2	1	3

Display Order of Battle

Romania Order of Battle

Armata Română
Foot Leader Motorized Towed

Armata Română

Foot

Leader

Motorized

Towed

Soviet Union Order of Battle

Army (RKKA)
Foot Leader Mechanized Misc Motorized Towed

Army (RKKA)

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Misc

Motorized

Towed

Guards
Foot Leader Mechanized Motorized Towed

Guards

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Motorized

Towed

United States Order of Battle

Airborne
Foot

Army
Foot Leader Mechanized Motorized Towed

Army

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Motorized

Towed

Display Relevant AFV Rules

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Game's Order of Battle
Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0). AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement. AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1). Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2). Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3) Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0). Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3). Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3). AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42). AFV's may Dig In (16.2). Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present. Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC) Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable Assault Gun: if closed-top, provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable Tank Destroyer: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB) Self-Propelled Artillery: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB) Anti-Aircraft Weapon Carrier: apply a -1 modifier to an air attack if within three hexes of the targeted hex (15.14). APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC). Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC). Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier. Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB) Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Game's Order of Battle

Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
Assault Gun: if closed-top, provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
Tank Destroyer: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
Self-Propelled Artillery: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
Anti-Aircraft Weapon Carrier: apply a -1 modifier to an air attack if within three hexes of the targeted hex (15.14).
APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)
Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)

Display Errata (12)

12 Errata Items
	Scenarios 2, 4, 12, 14, 16, and 17 have map arrangement errors. For the correct layouts, please download our Hammer & Sickle Map Corrections PDF. (Shad on 2013 May 07)
Scen 3	The scenario states for the US initiative reduction that "trucks don't count." There are no US trucks in this scenario, only halftracks. I took the rule to include them. (thomaso827 on 2015 Sep 12)
Scen 16	The set up instructions for both RKKA and Guards should say: "Set up second on Board 15. All eligible units may begin Dug In." (rerathbun on 2013 May 14)
Scen 18	The Soviets set up second. (rerathbun on 2013 May 14)
	The reduced direct fire value in Kursk: Burning Tigers is 4-4. (plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
	Kommissars never get morale or combat modifiers. Ignore misprints. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	These units should have a Direct Fire rating of 2-3, just like the RKKA and NKVD counterparts. (danradz on 2011 May 04)
	Direct Fire values should be 5-1. Ignore misprints. (danradz on 2011 May 04)
	All Guards JS-IIs should have AT fire values of 8-8. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	Kommissars never get morale or combat modifiers. Ignore misprints. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	All Guards T-34/85 tanks should have AT fire values of 7-7. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	The M18 has a special rule in Battle of the Bulge but it applies globally: "A two-step M18 unit can fire one anti-tank shot and move half its movement allowance (retain fractions) in a single impulse. The order in which it does these two actions is the player's choice." (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)

Display Nations (4)

Nations at War - Scenario Appearance Percentages
United States	100%	United States
Soviet Union	97%	Soviet Union
Germany	3%	Germany
Romania	3%	Romania

Display Battle Types (14)

Battle Types - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Urban Assault	56%	Urban Assault
Inflict Enemy Casualties	51%	Inflict Enemy Casualties
Road Control	46%	Road Control
Exit the Battle Area	21%	Exit the Battle Area
Meeting Engagement	21%	Meeting Engagement
Delaying Action	15%	Delaying Action
Hill Control	15%	Hill Control
River Crossing	13%	River Crossing
Rural Assault	13%	Rural Assault
Bridge Control	13%	Bridge Control
Surprise Attack	10%	Surprise Attack
Breakout	8%	Breakout
Rear Guard	3%	Rear Guard
Entrenchment Control	3%	Entrenchment Control

Display Conditions (10)

Conditions - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Off-board Artillery	44%	Off-board Artillery
Smoke	44%	Smoke
Hidden Units	28%	Hidden Units
Randomly-drawn Aircraft	28%	Randomly-drawn Aircraft
Illumination	26%	Illumination
Minefields	21%	Minefields
Entrenchments	15%	Entrenchments
Reinforcements	10%	Reinforcements
Terrain Mods	8%	Terrain Mods
Severe Weather	5%	Severe Weather

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