@shagakhan9442 thank you, I want a few extra bits to make a rifle platoon and pioneer platoon for the tractor factory assault, so need to get cracking with both the troops and the terrain! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
HUGE THANK YOU! Glad you enjoy the channel, we like to share so others can be inspired to play the game and see what can be created. Really appreciate the comment. Happy New Year!
Amazing news! They really are nice figures, so much so that I am going to get the starter set also to make sure I can field a rifle and pioneer platoon. Good luck with yours, you will love them 👍🏻
Thanks, I think there’s been a few comments about that… best I research the pistols! Unfortunately as they were sent out early I didn’t get the pdf with the illustration showing the components… I will need to change the holster and ammo on the officer to match the pistol though! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
Yes they are lovely figures, so much so I want to buy some more to make a full Rifle platoon and pioneer platoon with some spare flamethrowers… maybe some MMG’s too!
Lovely sculpts, with loads of options I would have loved for my current army. Have to say though, there’s a surprising amount of very pronounced mould lines for what is a brand new kit
@@grantus27 yes indeed, there is loads of kit, so kit bashing is a must… the spare flamethrowers will certainly be put to good use building up my pioneers for another pioneer platoon… DAK flamers anyone 😂😂 Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
I have to say they look fabulous!. Need some cleaning up but plastics always seem to need that and it might be that those were early runs? I know ive had plastics where one sprue had more lines pronounced than others. I always assumed it was dependant on how well the person running the machines matched up the 2 halves of the moulds. Maybe not tho. I have to say , love the rifle held with the sling stretched to held steady it. Very cool. Also the shovel for cqb in the stalingrad factories!!! Love also that rifle that has one side shaved so it can be put in a slung position on the back of an ammo carrier. Its always hard to make this look naturally done. Hopefully this will solve that. The mine is very nice, the binos seem quite cinematic. And it looks as tho theres enough arms to have short sleeves OR long sleeves for summer /autumn . The old german sprue was pretty much all the same so you had to kit bash to get a summer feel. All in all looks great. I just hope they eventually sell seperate sprues as i really dont need 30 new German soldiers! Just a dozen maybe(really , less if im honest!!) to add to what i already have, (sort of additional characters)
@@hazed1009 thanks, they are great sprues, usually Warlord do sell the separately once released, I already want to get some more so we can use a full platoon to assault the tractor factory 👍🏻 Thanks for the comment too
Yeah, the mold lines are egregious and unexpected for a new kit. I'm holding out the faint hope that this is just because they're early production or something.
@@HeadHunterSixI think my camera and the light makes them look worse than they actually are… before filming I thought they were pretty good, then the light and camera made them ping out! Hopefully easy to remove with a craft knife.
I wonder if Warlord Games have changed something about their process. It's odd to see such prominent mold lines on a brand new kit, nothing that can't be cleaned up with a hobby knife of course but it's still odd. Great models though and a great improvement on the blitzkreig hit, thanks for doing the comparison.
These are really nice, one thing I will say is that the lines are not that visible…. But on my camera, just like the other details they pop!!! Before I started the video I was going to say how few lines there were, that was until my camera made them shine out… a little cleaning should get them off. 👍🏻
The two-man MG team looks great with the rubble and the poses. How would you find painting that model setup though, getting the brush in around the details would be difficult? Kits look good, thanks for the great review!
Thanks, good question and I did wonder after I glued it together whether I should have left them separate, but I am sure I can give it a shot! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
Subassemblies are probably best, but my rule has always been "if you can't get a brush in there, it probably can't be easily seen either". So those areas get basecoat and wash but no need for fiddly details.
@HeadHunterSix great plan, I am similar minded, and have always gone for faces n bases… thats what makes the figures look good 👍🏻 (Got that from a GW manager many years ago and have stuck with it every since)
Finished best stalingrad book few months ago, Island of fire. Looks like this has good selection of germans from there including famous Pioneer battalion troops
I think you could, I now have both so once they are all painted up it will be less noticeable. The issue will be the body widths. Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
So looking at the A/T rifle you built, you didn't acknowledge it but that weapon looks like it has a grenade fitted to the barrel noting that there was no obvious muzzle on the weapon. How did the equipment list describe it?
Hi, It is the GrB-39 grenade launcher, In the game of Bolt action it is used as an in squad anti tank AND anti personnel launcher, it can fire grenades and has anti tank capability, so although not actually historically accurate to call it an anti tank rifle, for the purposes of the game and figures in a pioneer platoon it is as Warlord Games described it. Hope this helps!?
…As a Finnish player I would love Warlord Games to bring out a Finnish army in plastic, but I can’t see that happening. These Vets are great sprues, so good luck with your conversations to make them Finnish, I would be interested to see how they turn out👍🏻
Just looking at the A/T Rifle there is one thing that stands out as it does here. That is the attachment of the arms to the shoulders. There is a clear ling between the two, almost as if it was designed to look that way with the edges of the arms curling in a bit instead of forming a flush, flat edge. Any comments on how to hide this without getting into serious putty fillers.
@@theministryofminiatures What I meant was, and this is true of the Brit's I'm doing as well, is yes the attachment point is flat but the top of the arm curls in to the flat bit defining the join. Did get a chance to look?
@@Firedrake-f4gi did, I think it is my poor eye sight has meant I did line them up well… i am sure they would be okay if the top of the arm was aligned with the top of the shoulder when gluing them together… it might also be the glue taking longer to set has allowed gravity to let them slip down slightly whilst setting, I will have to keep an eye on that for future constructions.
@@theministryofminiatures It is more likely that I am conveying my message poorly, I mean I see it as a manufacturing fault not your modelling. Worry not.
@@Merlinmb100 you are correct, no spare MG barrels, but then I am not overly worried about that, I can get spares from the grenadiers, but probably won’t worry about putting it on the figures 🤷🏻♂️ I do like the spare bricks as I can use them to fit in with basing material
The miniature at 8:00: Look at the misplaced left arm. Why is this set for late war? No MG 42 and all uniforms are early/mid war. Did the Wehrmacht force their veterans to use outdated equipment?
@@asgarth6191 the misplaced left arm is probably due to my eyes letting me down, sorry! These troops (I believe) are based for Stalingrad and that early/mid war period, so perfect for our campaign!
Really!? I will have to Google it as it looks just like an anti tank rifle, either way I will use it as such, for me it looks close enough and I like the anti tank rifle rules! I didn’t get the sprue detail pdf so was going on what the weapons looked like.
@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em not really, I just didn’t realise but can still just use it as an anti tank rifle… I goggled it as I said I would and learnt about the grenade thrower, no stubbornness in that 🤷🏻♂️
@@theministryofminiatures do you also use a MP44 as a KAR98 ? Just admit you were wrong in your video by calling the grenade launched an anti-tank rifle. Only a stubborn person will not admit they were wrong.
In the Bolt Action rules I can run this as an anti tank rifle, so although it is actually a grenade launcher it can run as an anti tank rifle… The SMG is as intended, no mistake. I am building a tractor factory for the pioneers to assault, lots of close combat, so it is very much a case of grabbing what you can to fight the defending hoards. Hopefully in the new year it’ll come together for a video battle report 👍🏻
Yes, hopefully using a hobby knife blade should scrape it off… the camera has really made them ‘pop’ the flashing isn’t that bad to look at, but will Still need removing 👍🏻
Who cares!! It's a minor problem when figures look this good! What would you rather have - timmo quality figures without mould lines or these little beauties with the lines that can be filed or shaved off in few minutes?
Yes easily removed, but I am positive that the lines are more obvious on camera than in person, these really are great figures… I will be buying the starter set on release 👍🏻 Thanks for the comment
FYI - You put the wrong smg(mp40) pouch on your kneeling NCO, the first guy you showed us, on the sprue there is 1 round pouch which is a spare mag for the ppsh smg you gave him. It would be easy to pick the mp40 pouch off and replace it with the correct one, or I guess he might have just dropped HIS mp40 and picked up a soviet soldiers ppsh smg in a hurry? Then he would still have the old pouch, Kinda works either way I guess 😊
I don't think it matters. This German dude may have ran out of ammo with his MP40 and picked up a PPSH in a hurry as you rightly said, knowing full well he'll get another MP40 later so worth keeping his webbing. Plus, those drum mags could easily fit in a bread bag or satchel. OR he could have PPSH stick mags in the ammo pouch...who knows, desperate times on the Eastern front call for desperate measures! If anything, it looks more realistic to real life and makes them look more "veteran".
Thanks, as Grey wolf said, I went with the MP40 ammo pouch as it would be attached to his kit belt for some time and hard to remove in a rush… the idea was very much about picking up the soviet aSMG in the heat of the moment
@@TheGreyWolf94I doubt he’d be dropping his 9mm MP40, ammo or not, to uplift a 7.65mm PPSH41. Certainly not something I’d contemplate. Potentially he’s run out of ammo on the MP40, looked down and grabbed the PPSH to continue the engagement. I’d have put the MP40 on the base or had it slung to bolster the impression. Cheers 😊
@robertpearce2244 exactly, I see it as he has run out of ammo, or jammed and picked up the nearest weapon… putting the MP40 on the base is a great idea, I might do that after I add the basing 👍🏻
Thank you glad you liked it. The set covers the Battle of Stalingrad and we are actually doing an Ostfront campaign, so the idea is they are assaulting the tractor/tank factory and there was lots of close combat… so sometimes I guess you would have to use what is at hand! Thanks again
Both sides (well, all sides actually) used looted weapons if they found something better. So the Germans on the Eastern Front (or in Germany during the last days of the war) liked the PPSh-41 (and the Avtomat before the StG-44 was produced), and the Soviets and American Airborne went out of their way to collect looted Panzerfausts.
@HeadHunterSix indeed that is how I see it. We are working on a huge factory for Stalingrad to battle over and so in the thick of battle anything goes as it will be close combat and desperate fighting. Thanks for your comment 👍🏻
They're ideally meant to be used as mid-war troops, and even after the MG-42 was in widespread distribution, there surely were some gunners that preferred the more dependable and reliable MG-34.
Need to learn on assembling the figures. You have German officer with Luger wearing a MG 34/42 pouch and a German with a Soviet drum sub machine and MP40 magazine pouches.
@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em as a former infantry officer, my answer would be that some of your junior enlisted men are idiots and need you to show them the proper way to do their jobs. 🤣
I do actually quite enjoy the new rules, but I understand why people don’t like the idea of them… have you managed to get many v3 games in? If so what did see as positive and not so?
@theministryofminiatures The FUBAR table where units simply run off the table. Just like some recce vehicles that move backwards with a run order. Halftracks are completely missing from the index. Buildings offer less cover than a wall. Howitzers and light mortars cannot have an observer but can use every observer in the army. The rule about being in cover is completely contradictory. An armored wheeled vehicle cannot drive through a wooden fence, but an unarmored tracked vehicle can drive through stone walls. Light mortars with a range of 36" is ridiculous. Diagram 10 is wrong, as is diagram 14. MMG's on vehicles have fewer rounds than an LMG in a squad. Platoon leaders who can give orders to other platoons, regardless of experience. The company commander is completely over the top. You don't need lines of sight, experience doesn't matter. And way more.... The game should no longer be called a historical game. That's what happens when you take a good set of rules and change a lot under duress.
…to be fair what you have written is correct, I find those bits annoying too, but I see it as a game and just go with it. I have started playing Chain of Command too which is a great game 👍🏻
@theministryofminiatures In my opinion, it's just a shame. You could have built on V2 and had an incredibly good game. There are also a few positive changes. I would just be interested to know why Warlord Games decided to make such, sometimes very contradictory, rule changes. To me, the rulebook reads like a collection of ideas but nothing was really thought through to the end.
My biggest concern is the cover save. It doesn't "streamline" anything, contrary to their claims. And from the reps I've seen so far, it makes the games more drawn out, so when turn 6 comes, there are still a lot of models on the table. I see it as Priestly trying to "40K" the rules a bit more. I preferred when it affected to-hit rolls. But time will tell. Aside from that, I'm satisfied with the new edition.
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10:09 He has a grenade in his boot! Great box!
@@shagakhan9442 there are grenades everywhere!!!
Yes it is a great kit 👍🏻
Will look great when painted.
Thank you… I’m working out the city basing at the moment for Stalingrad 👍🏻
@@theministryofminiatures I can't wait to see them painted. They look great with your selections of bits.
@shagakhan9442 thank you, I want a few extra bits to make a rifle platoon and pioneer platoon for the tractor factory assault, so need to get cracking with both the troops and the terrain!
Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
Thank you for the review New to BA your Battle Reps are outstanding!
HUGE THANK YOU!
Glad you enjoy the channel, we like to share so others can be inspired to play the game and see what can be created. Really appreciate the comment.
Happy New Year!
Lots of cool SMGs like the PPD 34, and PPSh-4 in this box. I like all the unique German AT weapons.
@@shagakhan9442 yes some nice bits on the sprue 👍🏻
Great video thanks for that , am hopefully getting this set this weekend 👍
Amazing news! They really are nice figures, so much so that I am going to get the starter set also to make sure I can field a rifle and pioneer platoon.
Good luck with yours, you will love them 👍🏻
Not a Luger, it's a Wahlter P38. Nice video. Top notch channel...
Thanks, I think there’s been a few comments about that… best I research the pistols! Unfortunately as they were sent out early I didn’t get the pdf with the illustration showing the components… I will need to change the holster and ammo on the officer to match the pistol though!
Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
looks really cool!
Thanks - glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
looks great! nice video :)
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it
Outstanding video mate. Going up in the world. Looking forward to mine next month
@@darrensbattlebunker thank you, I was so excited when I got them I had to build them straight away!
best kit warlord ever made.
I think you are correct, I really do like this kit and the stuff that you get on the frame 👍🏻
These figures look so good, great details
Yes they are lovely figures, so much so I want to buy some more to make a full Rifle platoon and pioneer platoon with some spare flamethrowers… maybe some MMG’s too!
Lovely sculpts, with loads of options I would have loved for my current army. Have to say though, there’s a surprising amount of very pronounced mould lines for what is a brand new kit
@@Steve_Lorimer yes there are… it is a great kit… but will definitely need cleaning up with the lines!
These new sprues are really fantastic, and, with a bit of kit bashing and head swaps with other German kits, can make so many different formations.
@@grantus27 yes indeed, there is loads of kit, so kit bashing is a must… the spare flamethrowers will certainly be put to good use building up my pioneers for another pioneer platoon… DAK flamers anyone 😂😂
Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
I have to say they look fabulous!. Need some cleaning up but plastics always seem to need that and it might be that those were early runs? I know ive had plastics where one sprue had more lines pronounced than others. I always assumed it was dependant on how well the person running the machines matched up the 2 halves of the moulds. Maybe not tho.
I have to say , love the rifle held with the sling stretched to held steady it. Very cool. Also the shovel for cqb in the stalingrad factories!!! Love also that rifle that has one side shaved so it can be put in a slung position on the back of an ammo carrier. Its always hard to make this look naturally done. Hopefully this will solve that.
The mine is very nice, the binos seem quite cinematic. And it looks as tho theres enough arms to have short sleeves OR long sleeves for summer /autumn .
The old german sprue was pretty much all the same so you had to kit bash to get a summer feel.
All in all looks great. I just hope they eventually sell seperate sprues as i really dont need 30 new German soldiers! Just a dozen maybe(really , less if im honest!!) to add to what i already have, (sort of additional characters)
@@hazed1009 thanks, they are great sprues, usually Warlord do sell the separately once released, I already want to get some more so we can use a full platoon to assault the tractor factory 👍🏻
Thanks for the comment too
I love that officer sculpt
Thank you, they are lovely figures!
Great vid fella 👍 Quite visible mold lines from the molds unfortunately ! The figs otherwise are excellent 👍
Thank you, yes there are clear lines, but hopefully they will clear easily enough.
Thanks 👍🏻
Yeah, the mold lines are egregious and unexpected for a new kit. I'm holding out the faint hope that this is just because they're early production or something.
@@HeadHunterSixI think my camera and the light makes them look worse than they actually are… before filming I thought they were pretty good, then the light and camera made them ping out!
Hopefully easy to remove with a craft knife.
these look great
Thanks they are lovely figures 👍🏻
That's his last cigarette before deploying that a/t bomb 😮😢
Lol… he probably needs it!
Can’t wait to get mine hopefully they come earlier than next month
Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 they are great
I wonder if Warlord Games have changed something about their process. It's odd to see such prominent mold lines on a brand new kit, nothing that can't be cleaned up with a hobby knife of course but it's still odd. Great models though and a great improvement on the blitzkreig hit, thanks for doing the comparison.
These are really nice, one thing I will say is that the lines are not that visible…. But on my camera, just like the other details they pop!!! Before I started the video I was going to say how few lines there were, that was until my camera made them shine out… a little cleaning should get them off. 👍🏻
The two-man MG team looks great with the rubble and the poses.
How would you find painting that model setup though, getting the brush in around the details would be difficult?
Kits look good, thanks for the great review!
Thanks, good question and I did wonder after I glued it together whether I should have left them separate, but I am sure I can give it a shot!
Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
Subassemblies are probably best, but my rule has always been "if you can't get a brush in there, it probably can't be easily seen either". So those areas get basecoat and wash but no need for fiddly details.
@HeadHunterSix great plan, I am similar minded, and have always gone for faces n bases… thats what makes the figures look good 👍🏻
(Got that from a GW manager many years ago and have stuck with it every since)
Finished best stalingrad book few months ago, Island of fire. Looks like this has good selection of germans from there including famous Pioneer battalion troops
We are doing a campaign around the Barbarossa and stalingrad battles so might be a good read… I will check it out 👍🏻
@@theministryofminiatures got over 50 books and read 4 from stalingrad. This is best but mostly centered around barrikade battles
@AndyP998 thank you for the recommendation 👍🏻
I guess the $1,000 question is can you mix and match these with the earlier Blitz sprue to create even more possibilities with poses and weapons?
I think you could, I now have both so once they are all painted up it will be less noticeable. The issue will be the body widths.
Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
So looking at the A/T rifle you built, you didn't acknowledge it but that weapon looks like it has a grenade fitted to the barrel noting that there was no obvious muzzle on the weapon. How did the equipment list describe it?
Hi,
It is the GrB-39 grenade launcher, In the game of Bolt action it is used as an in squad anti tank AND anti personnel launcher, it can fire grenades and has anti tank capability, so although not actually historically accurate to call it an anti tank rifle, for the purposes of the game and figures in a pioneer platoon it is as Warlord Games described it.
Hope this helps!?
I'm considering getting this box to make my Finnish Army
…As a Finnish player I would love Warlord Games to bring out a Finnish army in plastic, but I can’t see that happening.
These Vets are great sprues, so good luck with your conversations to make them Finnish, I would be interested to see how they turn out👍🏻
Just looking at the A/T Rifle there is one thing that stands out as it does here. That is the attachment of the arms to the shoulders. There is a clear ling between the two, almost as if it was designed to look that way with the edges of the arms curling in a bit instead of forming a flush, flat edge. Any comments on how to hide this without getting into serious putty fillers.
I will look when I get home, it might be my poor eyesight/modelling skills as all the arms and bodies have flat areas to attach to each other.
@@theministryofminiatures What I meant was, and this is true of the Brit's I'm doing as well, is yes the attachment point is flat but the top of the arm curls in to the flat bit defining the join. Did get a chance to look?
@@Firedrake-f4gi did, I think it is my poor eye sight has meant I did line them up well… i am sure they would be okay if the top of the arm was aligned with the top of the shoulder when gluing them together… it might also be the glue taking longer to set has allowed gravity to let them slip down slightly whilst setting, I will have to keep an eye on that for future constructions.
@@theministryofminiatures It is more likely that I am conveying my message poorly, I mean I see it as a manufacturing fault not your modelling. Worry not.
Maybe a bit of both!!! 😂
Looking great,but were is the spare Mg barrel container ,2 extra dust glasses and 3 spare bricks,but no spare Barrel container , B+
@@Merlinmb100 you are correct, no spare MG barrels, but then I am not overly worried about that, I can get spares from the grenadiers, but probably won’t worry about putting it on the figures 🤷🏻♂️
I do like the spare bricks as I can use them to fit in with basing material
They're on the Grenadier sprue. 😉
The miniature at 8:00: Look at the misplaced left arm.
Why is this set for late war? No MG 42 and all uniforms are early/mid war. Did the Wehrmacht force their veterans to use outdated equipment?
@@asgarth6191 the misplaced left arm is probably due to my eyes letting me down, sorry!
These troops (I believe) are based for Stalingrad and that early/mid war period, so perfect for our campaign!
Warlord, Ridley Scott school of historical accuracy. Or close enough for us guv 😊
Yes, that old Hollywood wargaming, but I like it… and these 👍🏻
I don't think they ever called it a late war set, in fact the preview on Warlord Community specifically mentioned them as mid-war.
@@HeadHunterSix just the box then that says late war too.
It’s not an anti tank rifle it’s a grenade thrower conversion for Pioneers
Really!? I will have to Google it as it looks just like an anti tank rifle, either way I will use it as such, for me it looks close enough and I like the anti tank rifle rules!
I didn’t get the sprue detail pdf so was going on what the weapons looked like.
@@theministryofminiatures stubborn
@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em not really, I just didn’t realise but can still just use it as an anti tank rifle… I goggled it as I said I would and learnt about the grenade thrower, no stubbornness in that 🤷🏻♂️
@@theministryofminiatures do you also use a MP44 as a KAR98 ? Just admit you were wrong in your video by calling the grenade launched an anti-tank rifle. Only a stubborn person will not admit they were wrong.
In the Bolt Action rules I can run this as an anti tank rifle, so although it is actually a grenade launcher it can run as an anti tank rifle…
The SMG is as intended, no mistake. I am building a tractor factory for the pioneers to assault, lots of close combat, so it is very much a case of grabbing what you can to fight the defending hoards. Hopefully in the new year it’ll come together for a video battle report 👍🏻
Shame the mould lines look pretty pronounced.
I noticed that too, lots of flashing
xacto knife could remove that with some sanding, I’ve seen a guy get rid of those before on toy soldiers.
Yes, hopefully using a hobby knife blade should scrape it off… the camera has really made them ‘pop’ the flashing isn’t that bad to look at, but will Still need removing 👍🏻
Who cares!! It's a minor problem when figures look this good! What would you rather have - timmo quality figures without mould lines or these little beauties with the lines that can be filed or shaved off in few minutes?
Yes easily removed, but I am positive that the lines are more obvious on camera than in person, these really are great figures… I will be buying the starter set on release 👍🏻
Thanks for the comment
FYI - You put the wrong smg(mp40) pouch on your kneeling NCO, the first guy you showed us, on the sprue there is 1 round pouch which is a spare mag for the ppsh smg you gave him. It would be easy to pick the mp40 pouch off and replace it with the correct one, or I guess he might have just dropped HIS mp40 and picked up a soviet soldiers ppsh smg in a hurry? Then he would still have the old pouch, Kinda works either way I guess 😊
I don't think it matters. This German dude may have ran out of ammo with his MP40 and picked up a PPSH in a hurry as you rightly said, knowing full well he'll get another MP40 later so worth keeping his webbing.
Plus, those drum mags could easily fit in a bread bag or satchel. OR he could have PPSH stick mags in the ammo pouch...who knows, desperate times on the Eastern front call for desperate measures!
If anything, it looks more realistic to real life and makes them look more "veteran".
Thanks, as Grey wolf said, I went with the MP40 ammo pouch as it would be attached to his kit belt for some time and hard to remove in a rush… the idea was very much about picking up the soviet aSMG in the heat of the moment
@TheGreyWolf94 thanks, that is what I was thinking 👍🏻
@@TheGreyWolf94I doubt he’d be dropping his 9mm MP40, ammo or not, to uplift a 7.65mm PPSH41. Certainly not something I’d contemplate. Potentially he’s run out of ammo on the MP40, looked down and grabbed the PPSH to continue the engagement. I’d have put the MP40 on the base or had it slung to bolster the impression. Cheers 😊
@robertpearce2244 exactly, I see it as he has run out of ammo, or jammed and picked up the nearest weapon… putting the MP40 on the base is a great idea, I might do that after I add the basing 👍🏻
Awesome video!
Quick question, why do the Germans have Soviet guns?
Thank you glad you liked it.
The set covers the Battle of Stalingrad and we are actually doing an Ostfront campaign, so the idea is they are assaulting the tractor/tank factory and there was lots of close combat… so sometimes I guess you would have to use what is at hand!
Thanks again
Both sides (well, all sides actually) used looted weapons if they found something better. So the Germans on the Eastern Front (or in Germany during the last days of the war) liked the PPSh-41 (and the Avtomat before the StG-44 was produced), and the Soviets and American Airborne went out of their way to collect looted Panzerfausts.
@HeadHunterSix indeed that is how I see it. We are working on a huge factory for Stalingrad to battle over and so in the thick of battle anything goes as it will be close combat and desperate fighting.
Thanks for your comment 👍🏻
thats not a luger .. its a p38, which was hugely more common not to mention about 30 years more modern ..
I think several people have mentioned this, but at least now I know!
Why didn’t you give the flamer guy a cigarette?!
Now that would make sense 😂👍🏻🔥🔥🔥
"Not much fun at Stalingrad, no."
No, I don’t suppose there would be 👍🏻
Me again ,not trying to be to negative were is a MG 42,overall its a veteran Squad Box ???? May we will see a new Box on Weapons Teams ???
@@Merlinmb100 yes we will, the starter box has a couple of new MMGs in it to go with the new figures.
They're ideally meant to be used as mid-war troops, and even after the MG-42 was in widespread distribution, there surely were some gunners that preferred the more dependable and reliable MG-34.
Need to learn on assembling the figures. You have German officer with Luger wearing a MG 34/42 pouch and a German with a Soviet drum sub machine and MP40 magazine pouches.
Its not a luger, but a P38
@Wilcocliw ah, got you… there were no instructions with the sprues so I went with what I thought might be right… 👍🏻
@ well the machine gun tool kit won’t work on a P38 either. And why would an officer want a repair kit?
@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em as a former infantry officer, my answer would be that some of your junior enlisted men are idiots and need you to show them the proper way to do their jobs. 🤣
That made me smile 😊 at the thought of it, thank you 👍🏻
It's such a shame that the rules for V3 have become so bad.
I do actually quite enjoy the new rules, but I understand why people don’t like the idea of them… have you managed to get many v3 games in? If so what did see as positive and not so?
@theministryofminiatures The FUBAR table where units simply run off the table. Just like some recce vehicles that move backwards with a run order. Halftracks are completely missing from the index. Buildings offer less cover than a wall. Howitzers and light mortars cannot have an observer but can use every observer in the army. The rule about being in cover is completely contradictory. An armored wheeled vehicle cannot drive through a wooden fence, but an unarmored tracked vehicle can drive through stone walls. Light mortars with a range of 36" is ridiculous.
Diagram 10 is wrong, as is diagram 14. MMG's on vehicles have fewer rounds than an LMG in a squad. Platoon leaders who can give orders to other platoons, regardless of experience. The company commander is completely over the top. You don't need lines of sight, experience doesn't matter. And way more.... The game should no longer be called a historical game. That's what happens when you take a good set of rules and change a lot under duress.
…to be fair what you have written is correct, I find those bits annoying too, but I see it as a game and just go with it. I have started playing Chain of Command too which is a great game 👍🏻
@theministryofminiatures In my opinion, it's just a shame. You could have built on V2 and had an incredibly good game. There are also a few positive changes. I would just be interested to know why Warlord Games decided to make such, sometimes very contradictory, rule changes. To me, the rulebook reads like a collection of ideas but nothing was really thought through to the end.
My biggest concern is the cover save. It doesn't "streamline" anything, contrary to their claims. And from the reps I've seen so far, it makes the games more drawn out, so when turn 6 comes, there are still a lot of models on the table.
I see it as Priestly trying to "40K" the rules a bit more. I preferred when it affected to-hit rolls.
But time will tell. Aside from that, I'm satisfied with the new edition.