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The Command Card
February 25th, 2026
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Play Smarter. Strike Harder.
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Memoir '44 News
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Attention Memoir ’44 Commanders!
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Your battlefield intelligence just got an upgrade. The new Scenario Guides are here—designed to help you plan, play, and prevail with confidence.
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1️⃣ Field Manual 44: Tactics, Tenacity & Triumph – A collection of hard-won battlefield wisdom and proven strategies for seasoned and new commanders alike.
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2️⃣ Field Manual 17: Base Game Scenarios – Every official base game mission summarized and organized for quick reference at the table.
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3️⃣ Individual Scenario Guides – Focused, printable briefings for each battle—perfect for studying tactics or sharing with your opponents.
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Sharpen your strategy, master every map, and lead your troops to victory. Your next campaign begins here!
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STRATEGY & TACTICS
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Weapons Focus: Armored Trains
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Memoir 44's weapon, Armored Trains, (or Railway Artillery) refers to some massive weapons that were actually built and used just a bit in WW2, and is used in some scenarios.
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The Battle of Kiev (August–September 1941) was one of the largest encirclements in military history and a major German victory during Operation Barbarossa. The Kiev scenario is found in the Campaign Book, Volume 1.
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One of the interesting elements of this scenario is that the Allies / Russians have use of an Armored Train or Railway Gun.
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The term “railway gun” (or railroad gun) refers to large artillery pieces mounted on rail platforms so they can be transported and fired from railways.
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The Train can move, and the Artillery can still fire.
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It was framed after a gigantic gun called the "Swerer Gustav", or "Heavy Gustav. It could fire 7 ton projectiles 29 miles!
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From General Howitzer:
Some History of Railway Guns
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The Germans were masters of railway artillery during World War II — both in scale and engineering complexity.
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Here’s a breakdown of how and where it was used:
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🇩🇪 Overview: German Railway Artillery
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Railway guns were enormous heavy cannons mounted on railcars so they could be moved along tracks. Their size made them too heavy for roads or normal artillery transport. Germany inherited and expanded this technology from World War I, developing it to extraordinary levels during the Second World War.
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🧱 Key Types of German Railway Guns
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1. Schwerer Gustav ('Heavy Gustav") & Dora
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Used at: Sevastopol (Crimea, 1942) — fired 48 rounds destroying coastal forts.
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Range: ~29–47 km (18–29 miles)
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Dora was its twin gun, later deployed near Stalingrad but withdrawn before use.
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Range: ~62 km (39 miles) with special rocket-assisted shells
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Anzio (Italy, 1944) — known as “Anzio Annie” or “Robert”
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Normandy (1944) — several guns were positioned near Cherbourg and Calais
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Channel Coast batteries — used to fire across the English Channel toward Dover
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Standard field artillery calibers adapted for rail use, mainly for coastal defense or siege operations.
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Strategic bombardment of fortified targets (Sevastopol, Leningrad, Verdun Line, etc.)
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Coastal defense batteries in France and Norway
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Psychological warfare — their thunderous blasts and crater impacts caused massive morale shock
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Fixed railway positions — they were almost immobile once deployed; required curved “firing tracks” to aim horizontally.
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⚙️ Rules Summary – Railway Gun Artillery
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Range: 5-8 hexes (far longer than standard artillery).
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Dice: 3 / 2 / 1 depending on range band.
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Movement: None — it’s fixed to its track location.
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Targeting: May fire over friendly units, but not over terrain blocking LOS.
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Representation: Usually a special artillery model on a railroad hex (or custom piece if you own the Equipment Pack).
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Fan-Created and Expert Scenarios:
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Several official “Expert” scenarios on the Memoir ’44 Online platform or in the Scenario Editor database (memoir44.com) use the Railway Gun, often in:
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Sevastopol (1942) – simulating the German Dora railway gun.
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St. Nazaire Raid (1942) – as coastal heavy artillery.
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Cherbourg Assault – fan-made or tournament variants sometimes include it.
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GNU Free Documentation License
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Recent Updates to the General Howitzer Community
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Capture of Sapun Ridge
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6 VP'sCard Balance: Allies (Soviet Union) - 6 Axis (Germany) - 5Complexity: 2Conditions: Countryside Context: HistoricalLocation: CrimeaYear: 1944Theater: EasternCampaign: Codename: Summary: Objectives: 6 VP's Battlefield: Countryside with trees and hills Troops: Allies - 11 Infantry, 2 Armor, 1 Artillery Axis - 9 Infantry, 1 Artillery Special Rules: 1. Sniper 2. Special Weapons 3. Night Attacks 4. Steep Hills Allied Strategy: …
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Capture of Asosa
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Listen up—this is how wars are won. In March of ’41, a hard-fighting outfit from the Belgian Congo—the 11th Battalion of the Force Publique—marched into Abyssinia to take the fight straight to the Italians. No hesitation, no excuses. They clawed their way up the brutal high ground of Mount Kirin, took their hits in ambushes near Asosa and Megale, and …
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Easy Company - Paradrop in the Night
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They dropped our boys all over hell and back—but that didn’t stop them. The 506th Parachute Infantry hit the Normandy bocage scattered, disorganized, and under fire. But Americans don’t wait for perfect conditions—we make them. Lieutenant Richard Winters pulled together what he had—35 men—and went looking for the fight. Through hedgerows thick as walls and Germans lurking in every field, …
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Scenario Field Guide: Braskir Offensive
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Scenario Field Guide: Soviet Raid on Grigorevka [Ukraine]
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Scenario Field Guide: Knightsbridge [Battle of Gazala]
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Keep track of wins & losses for Axis vs. Allies in each scenario!
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Battlefield & Strategy Tips
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Events, Sitelinks, & Resources
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Upcoming Memoir 44 EVENTS!
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Dutch Open
February 21-22, 2026, Klundert, Netherlands
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