Germans for a What-if attack on Sweden in 1943

[Per Broden]

Just a shout out to the old but very characterful 15mm range you can find at Skytrex/Command Decision, they really scrub up well and are a joy to paint! More pictures on the blog here https://rollaone.com/2019/10/06/german-infantry-platoons-for-the-what-if-attack-of-sweden-in-1943/

[kyoteblue]

You did a wonderful job painting these figures.

[Chris Pringle]

Very nice work and characterful figures, indeed.

(Though: firing a Panzerfaust from the front of an inflatable assault boat – what could possibly go wrong?)

Chris

[deephorse]

A very atmospheric group of soldiers.  Well done.

Play is what makes life bearable - Michael Rosen

[DCRBrown]

Chris,

Good point!

One only hopes the man with the panzerfaust looking far too keen is not the platoon f**k-wit!

DB

[Per Broden]

All, many thanks for your kind comments, agreed on the Panzefaust.  On that note I still remember that scene in the Tali-Ihantala 1944 movie (illustrating the Soviet 1944 Summer offensive in Finland). Where the Swedish volunteer braces the Panzefaust against his chest having had the instruction in Finnish, with fatal outcome for both the tank and himself.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BobJlVCRINY

[deephorse]

In the same way you also shouldn’t fire a Panzerfaust at something that is close to you.  I remember seeing a piece of film taken during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising I believe.  A person wearing a German steel helmet is crouching behind a wall that’s maybe a metre or so tall.  He appears to be inside a building too, but the shot is fairly tightly framed around him so it’s difficult to tell.  Anyway, this man has a Panzerfaust which he proceeds to fire over this wall.  What he’s firing at cannot be seen.  What he hits though must be pretty close because within a second or so of him firing a cloud of dust etc. rapidly comes into frame from that direction and topples the wall he was behind on top of him.  There the clip ends.

Play is what makes life bearable - Michael Rosen

[vtsaogames]

I recall seeing a video clip of a Syrian rebel firing an RPG while one of his mates walked behind him. The mate went down hard.

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[Steve Johnson]

This was where the PIAT had the advantage in BUA fighting and for mouseholing through buildings etc.

[Patrice]

He doesn’t need to fire the panzerfaust from the boat, his friends can hope that he is just waiting to be ashore(?)

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