Category: Burma Campaign


Japanese Leg Battalion – Revised Organisation for Crossfire

Crossfire Order of Battle Logo

John Moher’s post Modelling Japanese in Crossfire prompted me to think about the Crossfire order of battle for the Japanese. John highlights some ways where the official Crossfire order of battle is incorrect but he doesn’t write it out in full. So I set out to document a new Crossfire organisation for a Japanese Leg Infantry Battalion. Turns out it was more complicated than I anticipated. And I ended up diverging from John’s suggestions a bit.

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15 Sep 2018 | Categories: Burma Campaign, Crossfire, Crossfire Orbat, Japan in WW2, Pacific War, Soviet–Japanese War, World War II | Leave a comment

Musing on Japanese HMG in Crossfire

Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun In use during Battle of Changsha 1941

I’ve been musing about Japanese HMG under Crossfire. The official rules make them expensive rifle squads. Personally I challenge both the reduced firepower and increased close combat ability of these heavy machine guns.

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8 Sep 2018 | Categories: Burma Campaign, Crossfire, Crossfire Musing, Crossfire Orbat, Japan in WW2, Pacific War, Soviet–Japanese War, World War II | 7 comments

Musing on Japanese Knee Mortars in Crossfire

Japanese 5cm Type 89 grenade discharger - Knee Mortar - Square

In World War II the Japanese issued three 5cm Mortars to every Rifle Platoon. Standard Crossfire makes the Knee Mortar rather useless. John Moher reinstates them as an effective piece of combat kit. And I do the same, but in a much simpler fashion.

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1 Sep 2018 | Categories: Burma Campaign, Crossfire, Crossfire Musing, Crossfire Scenario Design, Japan in WW2, Pacific War, Soviet–Japanese War, World War II | 5 comments
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