R22Re Universal Carrier

 

More Sherman

 I meant to get a shot from the front but my phone lost power. This tank is a memorial to a Canadian Forces member who died on the Vietnam mission in the 1960s.

Battle of Templehof Airport Berlin, April 1945

 

Germans holding the road to the airport 

Germans hold on to the road and rail crossing 

Soviets advanced on the control tower

So far some interesting situations in this game have come up.

While the Soviets came in with plenty of armour and artillery they are light on infantry.

The Germans are light in tanks, have plenty of Anti-tank guns and infantry. 

However, as the Germans loose more infantry it keeps them from holding objectives, and from counter attacking.

So far the Soviets are holding the church but have lost most of their IS-2 Regiment. The T-34/85 battalion is still operable but they are starting to loose their artillery to German mortar fire.

Some Soviets I did for my Russian friend

 

Class of Steel Starter set for Eastern Front

 The Easter Bunny found me, or I found my way to Lantzelot Games in Blockhouse, Nova Scotia where I got the set. So i now have More Germans and Soviets.

Best part, I now have infantry

So far I have built

Jagtiger

Jagpanzer

T-34/85

BA scout car

Ive based most of the Germans and most of the Russians. However I'm not sure if I dropped some of the bases in my car. Since I'm off this weekend I'll work on them.

The Raiders Desert Strike Force

 

So, another force I'd like to build from Battlefront Minatures once they sort out early and mid war ranges.

Soviets vs Germans Spring 1945

 

So after watching a few videos of All Minatures Great and Small, I decided to run a game on my painting table with a Soviet force against a German force.

The Soviets came on woth an IS-2 battalion a T-34/85 battalion, an SU-100 company, and Scout car company, 76mm gun platoon, an SU-122mm gun battery, a rocket battery

Against 

Tiger 1 platoon

Panzer IV platoon

A Panther

A Scout car platoon 

A mortar platoon

A Panzergrenadier platoon with 251

An MG42 platoon

The Soviets advanced on the German town which was in ruins. The Soviets advanced without infantry. This would prove to be a fatal error.

The first probe by the Russians sent theor Scout cars in to see who would fire on them. Followed by the T-34/85 battalion. The Germans replied with their Panzer IVs and used their infantry to swarm the tanks. While this led to severe casualties on the Germans, it ground down the Russians. Despite a last charge by the IS-2 to try and flank the last Tigers, the German Scout platoon rushed ahead and eliminated the Soviet artillery. The final Soviet IS-2 platoon were swarmed by Germans. Amazing that the Germans beat back the Russians.

They need infantry