Out today is our SS-Sturmbataillon Charlemagne metal boxed set – Frenchmen who volunteered to fight for Germany against the Bolshevik Soviets. The Second World War saw many confusing contradictions as politics and ideals clashed in epic campaigns that were once thought inconceivable. One such oddity was the Charlemagne division, the 33. SS-Grenadier Division which fought…
By 1945 the German Army was a beaten force. It could not surrender, damned by Hitler’s orders to fight to the last man and the Allies’ demand for an unconditional surrender that the Nazi Party could not accept. The war ground on as the Russian armies approached from the east, targeting Berlin itself, and the western Allies fought through the…
Here’s a first look at a few of the models that will form our Fall of Berlin range. Here are three Waffen-SS soldiers from SS-Sturmbataillon Charlemagne. These French volunteers were one of the last German units to see action in battle during World War II, where they held central Berlin and the Führerbunker against the onslaught of Soviet…
More great converting and painting from Neil Burt (also known as Troop of Shewe) – a pair of Sd.Kfz 222 Armoured Cars, remodelled with open hatches and extra stowage:
Warlord Kommandant Stallard seems to have changed his muse and has gone from a British Army bronze green phase to a panzer grey period. At least that’s what he is banging out at a rate of knots from Schloss Stallard. This week its more, yet more, early German heavy stuff, ranging from the Adler armoured…
Mounting a 15cm 10-barrel rocket launcher atop an armoured Maultier halftrack truck, the Panzerwerfer 42 began production in 1943 with around 300 being made up to March 1945. The Sd.Kfz 4 Munitionskraftwagen was produced in a similar numbers and was the same vehicle minus the rocket launcher. It was used to resupply the Panzerwerfers as…
Our latest resin Panzer III variants to reinforce your Wehrmacht armies are the Ausf. L and Ausf. M. The Ausf L featured thicker armour than its predecessors, while the M added schürzen for added protection and a deep-wading exhaust making it capable of fording shallow rivers. The Ausf L had 20mm spaced armour on the plate…
The classic German Opel Blitz truck is now available with the 2cm FlaK gun mounted on the back to deal with the marauding Allied Jabos… This great conversion has been produced by our own Darek Wyrozebski, taking the existing Opel Blitz, up-armouring the cab and redesigning the rear to hold a 2cm FlaK gun. Good…
Following her excellent tutorial on painting a US Airborne figure, Christy Beall, from the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Youtube channel, has now turned her hand to Bolt Action German Fallschirmjäger and specifically the Splittermuster camo pattern. Christy also gives rave reviews here for the German Army Grenadier 1944-45 book lavishly illustrated by Stephen Andrew – we…
Warlord forum-dweller TMS has been posting up a series of great vehicles, and the latest are these great examples of our plastic Sd.Kfz 251 Ausf. C Hanomag half-tracks, with loads of additional details modeled on. We’ll let the models speak for themselves… You can see loads more models built, converted and painted by forum members…
Graham Davey