Category: Modern Wargaming

Bouht some of the new 1/100th Zvezda tanks to see if they would do as a cheap source of tanks for Flames of War. The Panzer III is pretty much exactly the same scale as the Battlefront one, so I assume the Panzer II is similarly accurate. The detail is very fine and they assemble easily. The the only downside is that they are slightly soft plastic, and not the completely hard plastic of Games Workshop figures, and but once assembled their flex isn’t that noticeable. The only question is how well they will take the paint.

A picture from the summer here, that I found when looking for something else in my photo archive. Its the WW2 German K5 railway gun at a museum on Cap Gris Nez near Calais. I dragged the family there when we were early for our ferry.
The K5 is seriously impressive just for its sheer scale – the guns at the entrance of the Imperial War Museum are on a similar scale but aren’t mounted, so lack the impact.
For those who want technical details, its a 283mm calibre gun (~11″) that fired shells weighting 255 kg up to 50 kilometres.

An updated photo of the gepanzerte panzergrenadier company. I think that I am still one Sdfkz 251/1 short though…

I was going to put up some pictures of my Ottomans, but there seems to be a monsoon outside and the figures are in the garage. Since my Panzer Lehr FoW figures are actually in the house, I will put up some pictures of them instead.

First up, a platoon commander 251/10 with a 37mm AT gun. Fairly useless against tanks at this stage of the war but very handy against enemy half tracks.

Second, some organic fire support, in the form of two Grille H. Basically a modified Pz II chassis with a 150mm heavy infantry gun mounted in an armoured box. Hopefully these will be useful for knocking dug-in enemy infantry out of their fox-holes, while still being able to keep up with the rest of the company.

And finally, some divisional support, in the shape of an attached platoon of Panzer IV(H). The last version of the Panzer IV and still fairly handy although seriously outclassed by the Panther. Perfectly capable of handling itself against the Sherman or T34, but showing its age against the Firefly or T34/85.