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

Grampies war: the human cost.

Every community big or small in Canada has monuments to their war dead.

Noel has a particular poinent one.

The Harvie family sent 8 of their sons off to war.

6 came home. 2 didn't. One buried in the Netherlands the other in the UK.

This monument pays tribute to this family.

It dwarfs the more famous Sullivan family or the story of the film Saving Private Ryan.

This family lost more members than any other in ALL of North America.

And they all came from the very small community of Noel. 

8!

The mother relieved the Silver Cross.

Small comfort for such a sacrifice. 

Lest we Forget.

 

 

Soviet Cards

 

My Soviets now have cards for their units. So i now have the stats for my Rocket, Scout car, Valentine tanks 

Battle for Berlin 1945

 So I got myself an early birthday present. The Italeri Reichstag battle set.

Sure it was 165.00, but it's something that I can afford and do up.

Fallcimjager

 Well I've gotten most of the German Paras mounted. I just need to get them printed.

6th Airborne weapons companies

 

Panzer IV with side skirts

 A few more tanks i got in trade which shall get some much needed paint.