Critical Hit is proud to bring you the Battle of Stalingrad on an intense and detailed level. Our new Combat! Stalingrad advances the Combat! system into the labyrinth of Russian defenses in the doomed city, depicting the battle from the perspective of the individual soldier and NCO.   My orders are clear and I shall slam the hatch and order my company of Sturmgeschutz across the rail yards to advance order a copy of Combat! Stalingrad Combat! Stalingrad brings all of these new units to the system... Russian Guards Infantry Panzer III H KV-1 A StuG III C Molotov Cocktails Stukas Polikarpov I-16 Demolition Charges Flamethrowers T34 76B 76.2mm 'Crash Boom' Guns T 70 tanks OT-34 Flame throwing AFV PSW 222 PzkwIV F1 Katyushas PzkwIV F2 SPW 251/1 Halftracks StuG IIIF 82mm BM 37 Mortars Grtwfr 34 81mm Mortar BA 20 Armored Car Komsomolets Artillery Tractor GAZ AA anti-aircraft truck Staff Cars for those ultra-important officers (c'mon, what game gives you Ford staff cars delivering Commissars to threatened sectors!!!)  and exciting new rules... AT Trenches Spotter Planes Random Events Combat Engineers Railyards Wooden fences Stalingrad Factories Rubbled Buildings Battlefield Debris Fanatic Resistance Nests Soviet Commissars Aircraft Recognition Flags NEW 'Sector' Campaign System What is ahead for the Combat! game system? Your feedback has been instrumental and we're still weighing the choice for the next battlefield to bring you to. Please cast your vote here to let us know if you'd rather have a Kursk tank battle or the Battle of Arnhem on your plate next. You could also mention Wake Island, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Cassino, Anzio... Drop us a line and make your influence count. And read a response by designer Ray Tapio on the issue of Combat! and tank warfare in pdf format. Product Information... Part No. CMBT-3 Retail Price: $55.95 Series Rules: Combat! Contents: 560 color die-cut counters, 22" x 35" historical map, Combat! Stalingrad rulebook, charts, play aids, two ten-sided dice, boxed. Shipping Date: July 31, 2000 (Special release for Origins - July 14, 2000)  I am your best Marine, Comrade Khoyzyanov and will stand fast until further orders, now let me reserve my place in The Grain Elevator Ongoing SUPPORT... Ongoing support is provided in the form of clarifications here at our web site and GZ NEWS free to customers and covers the latest release information for you! Place an order Return to the main page

The Battle of Stalingrad ALL IN ONE BOX -  nothing more to buy! (actual counters on the game map depicted above) The place is The Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works... What must it have been like to be part of a German squad, poised to dash across the street, a street covered by an unseen Russian machine gun? Or among the crew of a buttoned-down Sturmgeschutz IIIB, rattling across the railyards, the smoke and dust of battle obscuring your view through the periscope? Part of a platoon of desperate Soviet Guardsmen, dug into a partially collapsed factory with a Commissar making his orders to hold to the death stand up by aiming his Tokarev Model TT33 at your back? Combat! Stalingrad contains everything you'll need to find your way into the hell of Stalingrad to find out, first hand, what it was like. And we don't expect you to spend your time on some sterile game map. The battlefield provided in Combat! Stalingrad is one of the most detailed maps ever presented in a wargame. What's more, it is the only game to provide everything you need to recreate the battle at this scale. All the counters, rules, and play aids are provided. All the famous units are there, from several varieties of Panzer to the dreaded KV and T34 model tanks, not to mention flame-throwing OT-34 models of the famed medium. We're giving the people what they want in this wargame experience. We listened and move the system forward with the following enhancements in Combat! Stalingrad: 1016 die-cut counters Large hex map New charts and play aids, a total of 14 cards! More chrome with little additional rules overhead Just plain "drool factor" orders of battle Campaign game rules using Area Movement Play Aid of the map Short playable campaign and longer, meaty TOTAL BATTLE Two-part boxed set shipped in sturdy container worldwide 10 scenarios; 2 CG plus FREE "The Grain Elevator" 2nd map Click below to download the rulebook (in four parts): CS1-12.PDF    CS13-24.PDF   CS25-36.PDF   CS37-48.PDF Download the new Combat! Bootcamp page to build your own Field Manual with this link: Combat! Bootcamp Page Mama, just picture this map with large hexes and 5/8" four-color tanks roaming around... The scene is set for intense small unit action... The Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works, Stalingrad, 14 October 1942: As the German infantrymen and panzers crossed the railroad embankment Russian machine-gun fire smacked into the debris around them, and men began to fall. Mortar fire crashed down among the exposed attackers. The Panzergrenadiers soon found themselves so close to the enemy that friendly artillery and aerial bombs only added to their danger. The German soldiers were forced to fight on in small fire-teams of tanks and riflemen, clearing one position after another against bitter resistance. No sooner did they crush one outpost than another lashed out, just yards away. Although the Russian artillery was strangely silent during this first day of the battle, Infantry Division 389 suffered hundreds of casualties. Just one of the never before published archival photos used in the research for Combat! Stalingrad. This is a German reconnaissance photo of the Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works at 1:9500, detailing the locations of the major buildings. Our game map lists all the major buildings by name, allowing you to fight your battle block by bloody block. The Combat! system has been put through its paces thanks to you and the new rulebook is our best yet... We can't say enough about the job that volunteers Bill Ramsay and Ellis Simpson have done with the Combat! rules system! They joined the development team, led by our own Kurt Martin, and shook the system, kicked it and made it what you so clearly communicated you wanted it to be. The good stuff stays and the entire set is ready for the years of gaming action. We're not hanging our hats on any hook, though, and seek to improve and enhance the system with your input. The goal is to make this your tactical level game system and we're grateful for your pro and con feedback. Secure your copy of Combat! Stalingrad and receive a special bonus, The Grain Elevator expansion module FREE... The Grain Elevator sector of Stalingrad, 14 September, 1942: One of the Stalingrad terrain features that upset the German timetable was a huge grain elevator that stood just south of Tsaritsa Gorge. A group of valiant Soviet Marines were holed up in the corrugated metal side-tower, defying the men and guns of three divisions for nearly a week. The fighting inside the grain elevator typified that which raged all over Stalingrad; the effort to drive the enemy out of the tower involved knives, fists and bullets. The Soviet Marines were finally driven out by thirst during the night of September 20. Even in withdrawal the Marines continued to do battle against their enemies; a Marine platoon leader, Lieutenant Khoyzyanov, and his men, stumbled upon and drove off a German mortar battery located in a nearby gully... This is The Grain Elevator, the expansion module for Combat! Stalingrad. The module allows you to examine urban warfare in Stalingrad, and this battle, a microcosm of the entire campaign, in the ultimate detail. You will receive an 11" x 17" historical map, utilizing large hexes for ease of play, plus two new firefights and a Grain Elevator Campaign. This module will only be available as a special incentive to pre-order customers. Reserve your copy now and just wait to see the 3D version of this historical battlefield in astounding photos in Combat! Diary #2, devoted to enthusiasts of The Battle of Stalingrad.