Panzergrenadiers

 5x 4 figures 

Panzerschreck team could be 1 so could an SMG 

MG teams 

3x SdKfz 251

I got all the gear

Spring 2024

Now that the spring is coming I'm hoping to get started on some games in my garage. I have some smaller scenarios in mind. 

Western Germany April 1945

 A British Recce section advances to contact with a German Stug section

7.5cm Armoured Cannon

 7.5cm  gun mounted in a SdKfz 251. When I get the chance I will get a second one to make a platoon.

It's a fire support weapon for the Panzergrenadiers 

8cm Armoured Mortar

 2 SdKfz 251s that fire mortars. Once I get some extras I build them

PUMA

 One of the more interesting armor cars my Dad got when he started my collection was the Puma.

A 50mm gun armed afv with MG. A platoon would be 2 but I just have one unless I can find another

Grenadier company HQ and platoon

 Right. So our HQ is made up of 2 SMG teams, so 6 figures. Officer types and SMG armed.

I have a few done up but I shall look over them and see what needs to be redone

Grenadiers are 5x 4 figures making 20 figures 

Smg team, rifle with MG and Panzerfaust or Panzerschreck can also be taken

FOW German Scout platoon

 Scout units can  be basic Rifles between 9-15 figures.

Or they could be armed with Assault Rifles and Panzerfausts

Sweet.

So now I have something for my prone figures.

Flames of War Version 4 Late War German Unit cards

 Right. So my Germans.

Same arguement i put forth for my British, CanadianForces

The Germans have some more flavor.

So I can choose to field a Panzergrenadier company, or a Grenadier company 

What's the difference 

SdKfz 251, which is the transport 

Germans get MMGs the MG 42, mortars, 7.5cm infantry guns, 7.5 Pak40 Anti-tank 

Flames of War British Unit cards Late War

 So these cards are for FOW 1944-45. Battlefront Minatures put these cards out for their Version 4 of the rules.

So, how then can my 1/72 collection fit in.

Well actually...

For example, a Motor Company HQ an officer with 2 Rifle teams.

The Motor company itself

2-3 Motor platoons

1-3 Universal carrier patrols 3 carriers per patrol. These can either be as reccee, or can transport 2 teams each.

1 Vickers MMG (optional) 2-4 guns

1 3-inch Motar section (optional) 2 tubes

2 6pdr Motor AT platoon (optional) 2-6 guns for 1 platoon

Hmmm, meaning that say I have a box of 50 figures, 

4 MG teams Bren gunner with a Sten gunner and 2 rifleman. Total 16 figures 

1 PIAT team 2 figures

1 2-inch Motor 2 figures.

So if my calculations are correct, I could field  2 platoons.

Support options 

Vickers MMG: up to 4 teams but could be just 2

Mortars x 2. 

Now let's say put of that box I build a Motor platoon and the rest as a Rifle company

Rifle Company HQ 2 Rifle teams total 6 figures

5 Rifle/MG teams 20 figures

1 PIAT, 1 2-inch Motor

Support the same as a Motor platoon.

So. Usually a figures box gives 50 figures. Meaning that depending on the manufacturer, I'll have to see about distribution of PIATs and Brens

Valiant Minatures definitely had enough of what I would need.

Revell Sets, a bit of a stretch

The old Esci/Italeri, probobly

For transportation, I could thrown in M3 Half-tracks, Universal carriers or Kangaroos. 

I've run a game using these and it went well. I just have to take a look at how to organize what I have based with the cards. Fun fun.

For Mother Russia, Soviet troops for The Great Patriotic War

 Back in the 1980s, I was collecting nearly every plastic soldier kit to build my wargame collection.

My collection at one point consisted of Esci, Revell.

Overtime, I have downsized, and traded bits of this force, but after many years, I'm finally getting back to painting these troops up.

D-Day Scenario 3: Villiers-Bocage

 

 ignoring the large figures The Germa s take position in the town

the Panthers painted up, .Ore to follow