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Monday, 26 June 2023

Some German artillery for my Eastern front/Great Patriotic War project

Having ensured that the Soviet forces had plenty of artillery to support thier infantry and armoured troops, I turned my attention to the Germans.

They now have three units of 105mm howitzers towed by halftracks.

Like the Russian 152mm howitzers, the German 105mm howitzers were also bought many years ago from Skytrex. The towing vehicles are a mixture of two ROCO Minitank vehicles and a modified Airfix German halftrack body mounted on the chassis and running gear of a broken ROCO Minitank sWS halftrack.

I think that the gun crew figures were all made by Raventhorpe Miniatures, but as I bought them many years ago, I cannot be sure.

6 comments:

  1. Bob,
    You are well equipped with guns and vehicles- the Germans look good. Enjoying seeing your figures and armor for your Project. How far away is a game Bob? I'm hoping to have a WW2 Battle soon to the basic Rules by Donald Featherstone- should be fun. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. Kev Robertson (Kev),

      I am hoping to use them in a tabletop battle in the not too distant future.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Superb artillery parks, all, Bob. One can never have too many guns, howitzers and mortars. It is, after all, with artillery that one makes war (games)...
    Cheers,
    Ion

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    1. Archduke Piccolo (Ion),

      You can never have too many guns (and I say that as the son and grandson of gunners) or too many trucks!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. Looks great! I'm looking forward to seeing them in action!

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    1. Mark Cordone,

      Hopefully you won’t have to wait too long.

      All the best,

      Bob

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