Description

East German Mot-Schtzen Platoonincludes four MPiKM 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 toGermany’s ground-breaking Hanomag halftrackof the Second World War. It carries theSchtzeninto battle in relative safety, then givesthem fire support as they launch their attack.

Mounting an AT-3 Sagger missile, the BMP-1also protects the infantry from enemy panzers.

The companys 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 companieshave had their oldStrela-2anti-aircraft missilesreplaced with newerStrela-3(Arrow-3) aircraftmissiles (known as SA-14 Gremlin in the West).These are deployed in a squad, mounted inanother BMP, attached from the battalions air defence platoon.