German horsedrawn field wagon
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Hmm, “to use it to carry a mortar/MMG Team” sounds like you intent to use it as troop transport like a lorry. It was None. The Heeresfeldwagen carried some amo and the baggage. Sometimes some footsore Or hitched a ride but it was not allowed to travel on it if the feet are OK.
It was no vehicle that would be seen in first line. Just in retreats……… I love the Warlord model anyway
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Yes, I should maybe have been clearer. As IO just said the Hf2 wagon was a supply and ammunition carrier and not really for use in the front line. The wagon issued to carry mortar or MG sections/detachments was the If8. It is possible that in a retreat where a section’s If8 carts were destroyed or abandoned that the crew might man pack the weapons and if they were lucky enough to find an Hf1 or Hf2 with space they might chuck the heavy weapon on board. Not likely but remotely possible.
Much as I like adding odd units in our games I’d not use the Bolt Action Hf2 other than in a retreat scenario, as an objective in an ambush or raid by partisans or Maquis or as “eye candy” in a rear area.
The German Army book and some of the Campaign books list horse draw carts or something as transports, which is historical really, but one of the reasons I think that not a lot of players use them is that they are not easy to find. Good news is that Rubicon Models will be releasing a cart and horse kit in 28mm (1:56 scale) with options to build it as a one or two horse system. This kit will also be easy to modify as need. We might see more horse drawn artillery units in our games soon.
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