French Expeditionary Corps

By Ken Camel, Jonathan Forsey, and Wayne Turner

Updated on
14 Feb 2013

BRASIL

The Cobra is Smokin

BRASIL

The Brazilian 1st Expeditionary Infantry Division (1st DIE, for Diviso de Infantaria Expedicionria) in WWII.
One of the lesser known contributors to the allied cause, the
Brazilian Division fought in Italy in the 1944-45 period.

started in early 1943 with the goal of fielding three Infantry

Divisions to be deployed in three echelons.

The Brazilian Army

However, the sheer size of the task in recruiting, training,

equipping, and shipping, with a lack of sea transport,
ultimately resulted the FEB being one Infantry Division
(Diviso de Infantaria Expedicionria, or 1st DIE for
short), under General Mascarenhas de Moraes, and a fighter
squadron of 25,334 men. Though small by most Allied
country standards it represented a major effort for Brazil.

Brazil sent observers to the French Army in World War I

subsequently establishing a French Military Mission to assist
the Brazilian Army modernize towards the French model.
The mission was terminated in 1939 with the start of the
war.
The between war years saw the politics of Brazil move
economically towards both the United States and Germany.
Getulio Vargas came to power with the backing of the Army
in 1929. As a dictator, Vargas was sympathetic to the economic
woes of Germany and during the thirties commerce between
Brazil and the new Nazi regime quadrupled.
The wars outbreak saw Brazil torn between its more traditional
economic ties to the US and its new found friend in Nazi
Germany. It was not until the Germans declared an economic
blockade against the North and South American countries
that Brazilian sympathies turned towards the Allies.

Brazil Enters the War

When the Japanese attacked the US and Germany followed
with its declaration of war, the Germans began to attack
Brazilian merchant ships along the Brazilian coast. This
together with diplomatic agreements moved Brazil towards
the Allied camp.
With the early Axis victories in France and North Africa, the
Brazilian bulge became a strategic concern of the US. Naval
agreements with the US and Brazilian inclusion in LendLease further solidified Brazilian inclusion within the Allied
circle.
The Brazilian declaration of war was preceded by a politicalmilitary agreement with the US on 23 May 1942. The
agreement established the employment of Brazilian troops in
war operations outside of South America. The US promised
naval support for Brazilian coastline defence and provided aid
for the arming and equipping of the Forca Expedicionaria
Brasileira (FEB, Brazilian Expeditionary Force).

Forca Expedicionaria Brasileira

The FEB was organized as a standard American infantry
division, complete in all aspects, down to its logistics tail,
including postal and banking services. Its manoeuvre units
included the 1st, 6th and 11th Regimental Combat Teams
(RCT), each of about 5,000 men in three battalions plus
supporting units. Each battalion consisted of four companies
each.
Made up of regional regiments equipped with German small
arms and French artillery, the FEB had to be totally
reorganized, expanded from 66,000 to 150,000 men and reequipped and trained in the American model. Mobilisation

The Division comprised the following Infantry Regiments:

1st Infantry Regiment (Sampaio) from the area of Rio de

Janeiro

6th Infantry Regiment (Ipiranga) from the area of So

Paulo

11th Infantry Regiment (Tiradentes) from the area of Minas

Gerais

Each Regiment had 3 Battalions, numbered I to III with

consecutively numbered companies for a total of 12 per
Regiment with the heavy weapons companies comprising the
4th, 8th and 12th.
Each Regiment formed its own Regimental Combat Team
(RCT) comprising an Infantry Regiment, a Battalion of
towed 105mm Howitzers and an Engineer company from
the 9th Engineer Battalion. The Sampiao Regiment had the
2nd Artillery and 3rd Engineers, the Ipiranga the 3rd Artillery
and 2nd Engineers and the Tiradentes the 1st Artillery and
1stEngineers.
In addition, the Division had at its disposal the 4th Artillery
comprising towed 155mm Howitzers and the Divisional
Reconnaissance Squadron. The US 751st Tank Battalion
(Sherman and Stuart tanks) and 894th Tank Destroyer
Battalion (M10 tank destroyers) were placed under command
of the 1st DIE from time to time, creating a combined arms
force.

FEB in Italy
The first echelon of Brazilian troops arrived in Italy totally
unequipped on 16 July 1944. They spent the next two
months equipping and training finally entering combat on
15 September. Units of the Division were initially involved in
reconnaissance and clearing operations in Tuscany, Massarossa,
Bozzano, Camaiore, Monte Prano and others.
For the next 45 days the Brazilian first echelon, which
included the 6th Infantry Regiment, parts of the 11th Infantry
Regiment, one company of engineers, and a platoon from the
Reconnaissance Squadron, penetrated forty kilometres into
the Serchio valley. The 6th Regiment then fought against
German positions in the vicinity of Castelnuovo di
Garfagnana. There they succeeded in surprising and routing
units of the German-trained Italian fascist army (elements of
the Monterosa Alpini Division of the Esercito Nazionale

Repubblicano (National Republican Army), only to be beaten

back by a counterattack by nearby elements of the German
148. Infanteriedivision. By the end of October the first echelon
was pulled from the line and reunited with the 2nd and 3rd
echelons from Brazil. By November the entire division was
together and returned to the line.
In November 1944, the Division moved south of Bologna, in
subzero temperatures (with men not used to snow) where
alongside Task Force 45 and Gardiner Force of the US Army,
they were pitted against German positions on Monte Castello
and Monte Belvedere. Following these operations, the 1stDIE
took part in the offensive operations into the Po Valley,
including the bloody struggle for the town of Montese in
1945.
The Allied advances into the Po Valley saw the Brazilians
taking heavy casualties when teamed with lower rated
divisions, but performed quite well when paired with the
highly trained 10th US Mountain Division.
By April the FEB was operating independently which resulted
in the surrender of the entire German 148.Infanteriedivision
to the Brazilians at Collecchio, the very same division that
had halted their advance in October. When hostilities ended
in Italy the FEB was returned to Brazil.

BRASIL

Brazilian Special Rules

The Brazilian Army went from a regional militia force to

the Forca expeditionria Brasiliera (FEB) in a little over a
year. This expansion left little time for training and the
few officers available were quickly promoted above their
experience. Some were lucky enough to have had
additional training in the US prior to being deployed to
Italy.
A Brazillian Companhia de Infantaria uses all of the
normal US special rules on pages 236 to 240 or the
rulebook except for Truscott Trot and Automatic Rifles.
Instead they use the following special rules:

Foxhole Poets
The Brazilians dug-in quite often, so much so that the experience
of laying in trenches and foxholes is a common theme in the
memories of the veterans. Foxhole Poets was the name of the
literary section in the troop newspaper, where poems and chronicles
written while inside the foxholes were published. Advancing
under heavy fire on the Gothic Line defences in the rocky hills of
Italy, the Pracinhas became expert diggers.

BRASIL

E A Cobra Fumou!
While Brazilian psyche centred on Karnival with little
thoughts of fielding an Expeditionary Force the E A Cobra
Fumou or When the Cobra Smokes, became the euphemism
for when they would go to war. When the cobra smokes.
Once the FEB was formed and shipped to Italy the Smoking Cobra
became their motto and when Brazilian troops were cornered and
alone, they fought with a new-found Brazilian pride.
Essential to their morale was the constant presence of high-ranking
officers who would add what they could to keep the mens fighting
spirits up.
When the 2iC Command Rifle team joins a platoon, it may
re-roll all Motivation Tests as though it was a Company
Command team.

Brazilian platoons may re-roll failed Skill Tests to Dig In.

French Expeditionary Corps

Generally, the men of the 1st DIE acquitted themselves well,

gaining the trust of Italian civilians and combat experience in
unfamiliar terrain, though at some cost. They were proud to
represent their country and of their divisional patch, a snake
smoking a cigar (said to have stemmed from German
comments saying that the day Brazilians would join the
fighting would be the day snakes started to smoke).

Companhia de Infantaria

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Infantry Company

You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each box
shaded grey.

Headquarters

Your Company HQ must be from either the 6th Regiment (marked

) or rest of the division
(marked ). All Combat, Weapons, and Regimental Support Platoons must be of the same type as
your Company HQ. Support platoons may be of any type and may be different from the Company HQ.
BRASIL

Companhia de
Infantaria HQ

Headquarters

(Infantry Company)

15

Artillery
Infantry

15

Infantry

Anti-aircraft Artillery Platoon

AOP

Infantry
12

11

Aircraft
Transport
Infantaria Anti-tank
Platoon

US Platoons in your force

are Allies and follow the
Allies rules on page 70 of
the rulebook.

Infantaria Cannon
Platoon

Cavalry Recon Platoon

10

Artillery

Reconnaissance

12

Infantaria Intelligence
& Recon Platoon

Air Support
Truck Section

13

Reconnaissance

Regimental Support Platoons

AOP
Engineer Combat
Platoon

Anti-tank

12

Italian Partisan Platoon

13

Infantaria Ammunition
& Pioneer Platoon

Infantaria Platoon

Infantry

Allied Platoons

Anti-aircraft

Infantaria Anti-tank
Platoon

Field Artillery
Battery (155mm)

11

Rifle Platoon

Field Artillery Battery

10

Infantaria Mortar
Platoon

Weapons Platoon

10

Field Artillery Battery

Tank Destroyer
Platoon

10

Artillery

Armour

Anti-tank

Infantaria Weapons
Platoon

Field Artillery Battery

Artillery

Infantry

Infantaria Platoon

US Tank Platoon

Machine-gun

Infantaria Machinegun Platoon

Infantaria Platoon

Infantaria Machinegun Platoon

Artillery

Armour

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Infantry

Machine-gun

Infantaria Platoon

Weapons Platoons

Infantry

Combat Platoons

Support Platoons

Motivation and Skill

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6th Infantry Regiment

A Companhia de Infantaria from the 6th Infantry

Regiment, and the rest of the BEF in 1945 is rated as
Confident Trained.

Reluctant

Brazilian Expeditionary Force

Conscript

Reluctant

Confident

Trained

Confident

Trained

Fearless

Veteran

Fearless

Veteran

A Companhia de Infantaria from the early campaigns of

the BEF is rated as Confident Conscript.

Conscript

Headquarters
Companhia de Infantaria HQ
Headquarters
Company HQ
Add:
Bazooka teams each

BRASIL

25 points 20 points
+15 points +10 points

Options

Replace Command Rifle teams with Command

SMG teams for +5 points per team.
Add up to three Sniper teams for +50 points per team.

Combat platoons
Infantaria Platoon

HQ Section with:
3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle Squads

French Expeditionary Corps

Tenente

Platoon

Tenente

BRASIL

140 points 105 points

100 points -

Command
Rifle team

Bazooka
team

Option

Replace the Command Rifle team and up to three

Rifle teams with SMG teams for +5 points per
team.
Only one Infantaria Platoon in your Companhia de
Infantaria may have SMG teams as your assault platoon.
Supported with good troops the Brazilians can advance and
hold nearly any position. Keep their numbers up and you will
sweep the enemy before you.
Brazilian companies sometimes used a Pelotao de Choque or
assault platoon to force a gap in the enemy defences through
which the rest of the platoons could break through.

Sargento

Rifle team

Sargento

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle Squad

Rifle Squad
Sargento

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle Squad

Infantaria platoon

Infantaria Weapons Platoon

Tenente

Platoon

Tenente

HQ Section with
Mortar Section and:
2 Machine-gun Sections
1 Machine-gun Section

BRASIL

Jeep with
.50 cal AA MG

Command
Rifle team

120 points 90 points

90 points 70 points

Option

Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG for +5 points.

Infantaria Weapons Platoons may

Attachments to Combat Platoons.

make

Combat

Sargento

Sargento

M2 60mm mortar

M1919 LMG

M2 60mm
mortar

Brazilian weapons platoons are key to success in both offence

and defence. The ability to provide cover fire is crucial to the
companys ability to accomplish their mission.
The M2 60mm mortar is particularly adept at digging out
enemy machine-gun and anti-tank nests to open the way for
both infantry and armour assaults.

M1919 LMG

M2 60mm
mortar

machine-gun
Section

Mortar Section
Corporal
M1919 LMG

M1919 LMG

machine-gun
Section

Infantaria Weapons platoon

Weapons platoons
Infantaria Machine-gun Platoon
Tenente

Platoon
HQ Section with:
2 Machine-gun Sections

Tenente

BRASIL

100 points 80 points

Command
Rifle team

Jeep with
.50 cal AA MG

Options

Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG for +5 points.

Add Jeeps with trailers for +5 points for the platoon.

Heavy machine-guns supported with bazookas marry high

rates of fire with bunker busting abilities. Attaching a
machine-gun section to an infantry platoon in assault will
increase their firepower immensely while adding to the antitank and bunker assault capability of the infantry platoon.
Assaulting enemy defences is a team effort and these teams in
support will ease that effort considerably.

Sargento

Sargento

M1917 HMG Jeep with trailer

M1917 HMG Jeep with trailer

M1917 HMG Jeep with trailer

M1917 HMG Jeep with trailer

machine-gun
Section

machine-gun
Section

Infantaria Machine-gun platoon

Infantaria Machine-gun Platoons may make Combat

Attachments to Combat Platoons.

Infantaria Mortar Platoon

Tenente

Platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Mortar Sections
2 Mortar Sections

Tenente
BRASIL

120 points 90 points

85 points 65 points

Command
Rifle team

Jeep with
.50 cal AA MG

Options

Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG for +5 points.

Add Jeeps with trailers for +5 points for the platoon.

A platoon of the larger M1 81mm mortars brings additional

indirect support as well as smoke to light infantry in the field.
They are very effective against enemy infantry positions and
fortifications. Keeping an enemy held in position under cover
of smoke or bombardment provides maximum protection for
your assaulting infantry platoons.
When facing fortifications, a full smoke bombardment upon
any supporting infantry will most probably protect your
infantry from enemy fire generated from their fortifications
as well. Keep your axis of attack so that enemy infantry is
between you and the fortifications and you mortars can do
the rest.

Sargento

Sargento

M1 81mm Jeep with trailer

mortar

M1 81mm Jeep with trailer

mortar

M1 81mm Jeep with trailer

mortar

M1 81mm Jeep with trailer

mortar

Mortar Section

Mortar Section
Sargento

M1 81mm
mortar

Jeep with trailer

M1 81mm Jeep with trailer

mortar

Mortar Section

Infantaria Mortar platoon

Infantaria Anti-tank Platoon

Platoon
3 M1 57mm

BRASIL

70 points 55 points

French Expeditionary Corps

HQ Section with:

Options

Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG for +5 points.

Add 1-ton trucks for +5 points for the platoon.

The M1 57mm anti-tank gun is best used to support your

infantry company in either defence or while advancing. Its
light weight enables it to keep up with your infantry while
still providing over-watch against enemy armour in the area.

Infantaria Ammunition & Pioneer Platoon

Tenente

Platoon

Tenente

HQ Section with:
3 A&P Squads
2 A&P Squads

BRASIL

120 points 90 points

85 points 65 points

Command Pioneer
Rifle team

Bazooka
team

Bazooka
team

Pioneer Supply
3
/4-ton truck

Options

Add Bazooka teams for +15 points per team.

Add Pioneer Supply truck for +25 points.

The pioneers are trained to both create and destroy

fortifications. The work they do is important to keeping the
advance moving.

Corporal

Corporal

Corporal

Pioneer Rifle team

Pioneer Rifle team

Pioneer Rifle team

Pioneer Rifle team

Pioneer Rifle team

Pioneer Rifle team

A&P Squad

A&P Squad

A&P Squad

Infantaria Ammunition & Pioneer platoon

Regimental Support platoons

Infantaria Intelligence & Recon Platoon
Tenente

Platoon
HQ Section with:
3 I&R Squads
2 I&R Squads

Tenente
BRASIL

70 points 55 points
50 points -

Jeep with
.50 cal AA MG

Command
Rifle team

Options

Add Jeep with .50 cal AA MG and unarmed Jeeps to

the platoons for +5 points.
Arm any or all unarmed Jeeps with an AA MG for
+5points per Jeep.

An Infantaria Intelligence & Recon Platoon is a

Reconnaissance Platoon.
Discovering the enemys positions and defences is the role of
the Intelligence & Recon Platoon. They probe the routes of
advance looking out for hidden enemy.

Sargento

Sargento

Sargento

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Jeep

Jeep

Jeep

I&R Squad

I&R Squad

I&R Squad

Infantaria Intelligence & Recon platoon

Infantaria Cannon Platoon

Capito

Platoon
HQ Section with:
3 Gun Sections
2 Gun Sections

Capito
BRASIL

155 points 120 points

105 points 80 points

Command
Rifle team

Jeep

Observer
Rifle team

Jeep

Option
Add Jeep and 1-ton trucks for +5 points for the
platoon.

The M3 105mm light howitzer in support of light infantry

brings big-gun firepower to those in need. If your mortars are
having a tough time digging out enemy infantry then try the
cannon platoon. Lots of firepower close at hand.
A smoke mission from this platoon can also keep the enemy
completely oblivious to your infantrys movement on the
battlefield. They can get your infantry close enough to sweep
through the defences and on to the objective.

Tenente

Tenente

M3 105mm light howitzer

M3 105mm light howitzer

1-ton truck

1-ton truck

M3 105mm light howitzer

M3 105mm light howitzer

1-ton truck

1-ton truck

Gun Section

Gun Section
Tenente

M3 105mm light howitzer

M3 105mm light howitzer

1-ton truck

1-ton truck
Gun Section

Infantaria Cannon platoon

French Expeditionary Corps

BRASIL

Divisional Support

Motivation and Skill

Divisional Support

Newly trained, but inexperienced, the Brazilian soldiers of the Diviso de Infantaria
Expedicionria (1st Expeditionary Infantry Division) fought bravely gaining much experience
during the Italian Campaign. Divisional Support Units are rated as Confident Trained,
unless noted otherwise.

Cavalry Recon Platoon

Platoon
3 Cavalry Recon Patrols
2 Cavalry Recon Patrols
1 Cavalry Recon Patrol

210 points
140 points
70 points

Cavalry Recon Patrols operate as separate platoons, each

with their own Command team. Although its patrols count
as separate platoons for all other purposes, a Cavalry Recon
Platoon deploys all at the same time as a single platoon. For
example, the entire Cavalry Recon Platoon is treated as a
single platoon when calculating the number of platoons held
in Ambush or Reserve.
Cavalry Recon Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons.

Field Artillery Battery

Platoon
HQ Section with:
4 M2A1 105mm howitzer
2 M2A1 105mm howitzer

140 points
175 points

Option

Add -ton trucks and 2-ton trucks for +5 points for

the platoon.

The Brazilians used all American weapons and equipment,

and their artillery was no different. The 105mm M2A1
howitzer is a proven weapon in the hands of the Americans,
now the Brazilians have a chance to prove its worth.
Using American methods they keep the enemys heads down,
plotting concentrated fire down on them and pinning them
down so the infantry can advance on them unhindered.

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Reluctant

Conscript

Confident

Trained

Fearless

Veteran

Field Artillery Battery (155mm)

Platoon
HQ Section with:
4 M1 155mm howitzers
2 M1 155mm howitzers

210 points
110 points

Option

Add -ton trucks and M5 high-speed tractors at +5

points for the battery.
You may not field a Field Artillery Battery (155mm)
equipped with M1 155mm howitzers unless you are also
fielding a Field Artillery Battery with at least as many
M2A1 105mm howitzers.
The divisional artillery includes an artillery regiment organized
in three battalions set-up like the Americans, therefore there
is three battalions of 105mm howitzers and a fourth battalion
is equipped with 155mm howitzers.
The heavy M1 155mm howitzer is an extremely powerful
gun. Its shells will dig out even the most determined defender
and leave their fortifications a tangled mess of wire and
mud.

Engineer Combat Platoon

French Expeditionary Corps

Platoon
HQ Section with Weapons Squad and
2 Operating Squads
1 Operating Squad
No Operating Squads

145 points
110 points
75 points

Options

Add M3 37mm gun for +15 points.

Replace the M3 37mm gun with a Bazooka team at
no cost.
Add Bazooka team for +15 points per team.
Add Pioneer 2-ton Supply Truck for +25 points.
Add a Bulldozer for +5 points, or a turretless M4
Sherman dozer for +10 points.
Arm up to two 2-ton trucks with .50 cal AA MG
for +10 points per truck.

You may replace all Pioneer HMG teams with Pioneer Rifle
teams at the start of the game before deployment.
Each Brazilian Regiment formed its own Regimental Combat
Team (RCT) comprising an Infantry Regiment, and included
an Engineer company from the 9th Engineer Battalion.

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Anti-aircraft Artillery Platoon

Tenente

Platoon

Tenente

HQ Section with:
4 M1 Bofors
2 M1 Bofors

95 points
50 points

Jeep

Command
Rifle team

Option

Add Jeep and 2-ton trucks for +5 points for the

platoon.

The anti-aircraft artillery has a quiet time of it in Italy. The

German Luftwaffe seldom makes an appearance over the
heads of the Brazilians. But if they do appear, the M1 Bofors
guns of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force are waiting for
them.

Sargento

Sargento

M1 Bofors gun

M1 Bofors gun

M1 Bofors gun

M1 Bofors gun

2-ton truck

2-ton truck

2-ton truck

2-ton truck

Automatic
Weapons Section

Automatic
Weapons Section

Anti-aircraft Artillery Platoon

Air Observation Post

Tenente

AOP
L-4 Grasshopper AOP

Tenente

25 points

An Air Observation Post used the rules for Air Observation

Posts on page 139 of the rulebook. An Air Observation Post
does not use the Column Security special rule.
The 1 Esquadrilha de Ligao e Observao (1 Flotilla of
Communication and Observation) flew over 680 missions in
Italy. During their missions they did not lose a single plane to
a

st

L-4 Grasshopper AOP

AOP

Air Observation Post

enemy fire, despite flying very low-altitude missions to spot

targets as small as single German mortars!

Air Suprort
Tenente

Priority Air Support

P-47 Thunderbolt

Tenente

190 points

Limited Air Support

P-47 Thunderbolt

P-47

150 points

Flight

Air Support

The Brazilians supplied an air group of 500 men who joined

US 357 Squadron, equipped with P-47 fighter-bombers.

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Truck Section
Sargento

Platoon
8 2-ton trucks
6 2-ton trucks
4 2-ton trucks
2 2-ton trucks

30 points
25 points
20 points
15 points

Sargento

Command 2-ton truck

2-ton truck

HQ Squad

A Truck Section is a Transport Platoon (see page 47 of the

rulebook).
Although the FEB had to use creative methods to form a full
transport group, the did so by transferring many of their
trucks from their Artillery to the Infantry).

Corporal

Corporal

2-ton truck

2-ton truck

2-ton truck

2-ton truck

Truck Squad

Truck Squad
Corporal

2-ton truck

2-ton truck

Truck Squad

Truck Platoon

Italian Partisan Platoon

Tenente

Platoon
3 Partisan Squads

Command Rifle team

65 points

Options

Replace one Rifle team with an M2 60mm Mortar

team for +5 points.
Replace one Rifle team with an M1919 LMG team
team for +5 points.
Replace up to two Rifle teams with SMG teams for
+5 points per team.

An Italian Partisan
Platoon
is
rated
Confident Conscript.

Sergente

Sergente

Sergente

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Partisan
Squad

Partisan
Squad

Partisan
Squad

Italian Partisan platoon

Confident

Conscript

The presence and actions of the Italian Partisans, or Partigiani,

had great impact in the long months of combat on the Gothic
Line, especially for the FEB, whose had many soldiers that
were Italo-Brazilians (and spoke Italian). The FEB had the
irregular support of these men and women.

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French Expeditionary Corps

tenente

HQ Section with:

US Support
Motivation and Skill

US Support

The Brazilians were supported by American units during their time in Italy. US Support Units
are rated as Confident Veteran, and follow all of the US Special Rules found in the Flames
Of War rulebook.
US Platoons in your force are Allies and follow the Allies rules found on page 70 of the Flames
Of War rulebook.

Reluctant

Conscript

Confident

Trained

Fearless

Veteran

US Tank Platoon
Lieutenant

Platoon
5 M4 or M4A1 Sherman
4 M4 or M4A1 Sherman
3 M4 or M4A1 Sherman

450 points
360 points
270 points

5 M5A1 Stuart
4 M5A1 Stuart
3 M5A1 Stuart

310 points
250 points
190 points

The US 751st Tank Battalion (Sherman and Stuart tanks)

were placed under command of the 1st DIE from time to
time, creating a combined arms force.

Lieutenant

Command tank

Sergeant

Sergeant

Tank

Tank

Tank

Tank

Tank Section

Tank Section

US Tank Platoon

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US Tank Destroyer Platoon

Lieutenant

Platoon

Lieutenant

Security Section and Tank Destroy Section with:

4 M10 3in GMC
2 M10 3in GMC

415 points
260 points

Command .50 cal Recon Jeep M20 scout car

M20 scout car

Security Section
Lieutenant

The US 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion, armed with M10

tank destroyers, also fought with the 1st DIE.
Tank Destroyer Platoons use the US Tank Destroyer special
rules on page 238 of the rulebook.

Command M10 3in GMC

M10 3in GMC

Tank Destroyer Platoons are Reconnaissance Platoons (see

pages 193 to 195 of the rulebook).

M10 3in GMC

M10 3in GMC

Tank destroyer Section

Tank destroyer Platoon

Rifle Platoon
Lieutenant

Platoon

Lieutenant

3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle Squads

200 points
145 points

Command
Rifle team

Bazooka
team

The Brazilians could rely on help from nearby American

troops wherever the two nations objectives overlapped.

Sergeant

Sergeant

Sergeant

These veterans of the Italian theatre were always a welcome

addition to the roughly trained Brazilian Expeditionary
Force.

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle team

Rifle Squad

Rifle Squad

Rifle Squad

French Expeditionary Corps

HQ Section with:

rifle platoon

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BRASIL

Brazilian Arsenal

BRASIL

TANK TEAMS

Name
Weapon

Mobility
Range

Front
ROF

Armour
Side
Top
Anti-tank Firepower

Light Tank
24/60cm

4
2

2
7

1
4+

Co-ax MG, Hull MG, AA MG.

Stabiliser.

Standard Tank
32/80cm

6
2

4
10

1
3+

Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG.

Smoke, Stabiliser.

Standard Tank
32/80cm

4
2

2
12

0
3+

.50 cal AA MG.

Slow traverse.

Wheeled
24/60cm

1
2

0
7

0
4+

Co-ax MG, .50 cal AA MG.

Slow traverse.

Jeep

Jeep
24/60cm
32/80cm

-
2
-

-
1
1

-
3+
6

Hull mounted, Portee, Can fire over friendly troops.

3
3

2
4

6
5+

ROF 1 if other weapons fire.

ROF 1 if other weapons fire.

Equipment and Notes

Tanks
M5A1 Stuart
M6 37mm gun
M4 or M4A1 Sherman
M3 75mm gun

Tank Destroyers
M10 3in GMC
M7 3in gun

Reconnaissance
M8 armored car
M6 37mm gun
Recon Jeep
Mortar Jeep
M2 60mm Mortar
Firing Bombardments

AA MG.

Vehicle Machine-guns
Vehicle MG
.50 cal Vehicle MG

16/40cm
16/40cm

GUN TEAMS
Weapon

Mobility

Range

ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes

M2 .50 cal MG

Man-packed

16/40cm

5+

M1919 LMG team

Man-packed

16/40cm

ROF 2 when pinned down or moving.

M1917 HMG team

Man-packed

24/60cm

ROF 3 when pinned down or moving.

M2 60mm mortar
Man-packed
Firing bombardments

24/60cm
32/80cm

2
-

1
1

3+
6

Minimum range 8/20cm.

M1 81mm mortar
Man-packed
Firing bombardments

24/60cm
40/100cm

2
-

2
2

3+
6

Minimum range 8/20cm, Smoke.

Smoke bombardment.

M1 Bofors gun

Immobile

24/60cm

4+

Anti-aircraft, Turntable.

M3 37mm gun

Light

24/60cm

4+

Gun shield.

M1 57mm gun

Medium

24/60cm

10

4+

Gun shield, No HE.

M3 105mm light howitzer

Heavy
Firing bombardments

16/40cm
56/140cm

1
-

7
4

2+
4+

Breakthrough gun, Smoke.

Smoke bombardment.

M2A1 105mm howitzer

Immobile
Firing bombardments

24/60cm
72/180cm

1
-

9
4

2+
4+

Breakthrough gun, Gun shield, Smoke.

Smoke bombardment.

M1 155mm howitzer
Immobile
Firing bombardments

24/60cm
88/220cm

1
-

10
5

1+
2+

Bunker buster, Gun shield, Smoke.

Smoke bombardment.

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INFANTRY TEAMS
Team

Range

ROF

Rifle team

16/40cm

SMG team

4/10cm

Full ROF when moving.

Bazooka team

8/20cm

10

5+

Tank assault 4.

Staff team

Anti-tank Firepower Notes

cannot shoot

Moves as a Heavy Gun team.

Additional Training and Equipment

Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 3.

TRANSPORT TEAMS

Armour
Vehicle
Mobility
Front Side

Top

Equipment and Notes

Trucks
Jeep
Dodge -ton or GMC 2-ton truck
M5 high-speed tractor

Jeep
Wheeled
Standard Tank

-
-
-

-
-
-

-
-
-

Optional Passenger-fired AA MG or .50 cal AA MG.

Jeep

Passenger-fired .50 cal AA MG.

Standard Tank
Very Slow Tank
Wheeled

6
-
-

4
-
-

0
-
-

Bulldozer.
Bulldozer.

.50 cal AA MG.

Armoured Personnel Carriers

M20 utility

Engineer Vehicles
Turretless M4 Sherman dozer
Bulldozer
Pioneer Supply Truck

Aircraft
P-47 Thunderbolt

Weapon

To Hit

Anti-tank

Firepower

MG
Bombs

2+
4+

6
5

5+
1+

Notes

French Expeditionary Corps

Aircraft

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