Based on experiences
at Day of Days, and using my gepanzerte at the World's last year, I've decided to take a serious look at my armoured panzer grenadiers. One weakness Ian and I
had at the weekend was a total lack of smoke capabilities and our pak 38s
struggling to keep up with our infantry- no artillery support was just silly, it really made us struggle to
make headway. Twin armoured PG forces wuold have been far more sensible.
.
That has led me to re-assess my own armoured infantry for Southcon- as a back up to the Staghound force for if I go axis- and I want to include the heavy platoon as under the new rules it will be far more useful.
make headway. Twin armoured PG forces wuold have been far more sensible.
.
That has led me to re-assess my own armoured infantry for Southcon- as a back up to the Staghound force for if I go axis- and I want to include the heavy platoon as under the new rules it will be far more useful.
I have
been looking at the force I used last year and last night painted up a heavy
platoon but am unhappy with it so am stripping them back completely and
starting again (oven cleaner being a wonder material for this! Simply spray on
oven cleaner, leave five minutes and take off with an old toothpaste, takes
less than a minute, then I wash in detergent).
Anyway in
3E I am considering adding some Quad AA half tracks (at the expense of my
recon) as they can now move and fire at half rate (RoF 3/6) so and will
be far more handy.
Usually
I run some panzer MkIIL/Ns as support with Marders but am considering some stugs
instead- the front armour of Ian's being handy last weekend, and with the Quad's i havve plenty of anti-infantry options.
1
|
Armoured PGs + Stugs
|
|
2x
|
HQ
|
70
|
7x
|
Armoured PGs
|
230
|
7x
|
Armoured PGs
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230
|
2x
|
251/9 (7.5cm) half tracks
|
125
|
3x
|
Marder II
|
270
|
2x
|
Stugs
|
340
|
3x
|
Nebelwerfers
|
115
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2x
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Quad AA (armoured)
|
120
|
1500
|
As you
can see there are no panzerknackers- unheard of I know! The
other option I am looking at replaces the Quad AA and adds some 8cm mortars
instead.
Craig
Hi Craig, should work well - SPAT is much better than the towed but I am determined to give it a try. I like the space taking the Nebs over the Panzerwerfers creates for that kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteI think the main thing though is for all of us to emulate you example and build a heap of roads in our chosen terrain scheme!
I look forward to your PG reports- I've always enjoyed using them, and seem to have become more of a mech player than an infantry one these days.
ReplyDeleteOven cleaner? I might try that on my WW2 armour from eBay splurges. Most are pretty terrible paint jobs and I was wondering how to start again...
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