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Hello all!

A friend of mine has got me into Bolt Action. I normally play Chain of Command, so was wondering roughly how much the following platoon would cost in Bolt Action points terms:

Panzergrenadier Platoon:

Platoon Commander
Radio team (two riflemen - also runners)
Medic

Panzerschreck team (two men)

Three rifle squads, each:

NCO with MP40
Grenadier with MP40
2-man MG-42 team
4 riflemen with K98 and/or G43.

I'm going to add their half-tracks (one SdKfz 251/10 and three SdKfz 251/1s, all Ausf Ds) later, along with some more support - Panzer IV and the like.

The main issue is that it seems that would be quite a large army... I don't have any of the books yet.

No idea about points, but there is this (free) army builder

http://boltaction.easyarmy.com/

You have to sign up, but seems to work and is up to date in points costs AFAIK.

Have a look at: http://boltaction.easyarmy.com/PlatoonSelector.aspx

Brilliant, thanks!

The platoon, with its SdKfz transports, comes in at 1,120 points (assuming Veteran). throw in a Panther and it jumps up to 1,561 which is a decent size I reckon.

Thanks again, chaps!