Fire support arrives for the German Armoured Grenadiers as they bring forward their mortars mounted in the ubiquitous Hanomag. View in Store The Sd. Kfz (abbreviation for the German word Sonderkraftfahrzeug that means ‘special motor vehicle’) 251/2 was used for mobile mortar support. The vehicle was a simple expedient conversion of the standard Sd Kfz…
HEAD FOR THE TREES… woods have often been a major part of so many battlegrounds throughout history. It was the trees that enabled Germanic Warbands to ambush the advancing Romans in the Teutoburg Forest and screen the German advance centuries later in the Ardennes. DEVELOPED FOR WARGAMES… each 4Ground Fir Woodlands pack comes with enough…
If you’re not as lucky as the guy below, and you don’t have access to an airbrush, don’t despair about painting German tanks with the late war camo, Andy Singleton is here to help! From very early 1943 all German tanks were delivered in a base coat of a colour called Dunkel Gelb. This has…
There’s never been a better time to get started playing Bolt Action, our World War II wargame, with our two awesome starter sets! Each set contains two opposing forces with dice and the full rules: Right now we are offering a free plastic M4 Sherman or Panzer IV with every D-Day Firefight boxed set, on…
RichC of the Warlord web team recently started looking at building a Kampfgruppe using the new plastic Fallschirmjӓger. Having looked at planning a force RichC now has a look at his first models View part 1 Bedraggled, weary and fighting a desperate defense the German forces in Italy fought to the very end. I’m following…
Battle for Iwo Jima (19th February to 26th March 1945) During their ‘island hopping’ campaign, the US Marines were tasked to take the heavily fortified island of Iwo Jima, in the Volcano Islands, the first area that was universally considered Japanese home territory. This battle was to become arguably the most famous engagement in the…
The fearsome King Tiger with the Porsche turret is now available for action at the frontline, giving you a choice from three versions! – Choose your flavour with either the New Porsche variant or the two Henchel variants, one coated with zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste the other plain steel armour. View in Store The Königstiger…
Looking at a brief history of the conflict often forgotten as Empires erupt in flames across the Pacific A brief history of the Pacific theatre in World War II In late 1941 the war between Japan and China, began in 1937, was drawing to a bloody stalemate. The Japanese invaded French Indo-China to further surround…
The Web team’s RichC has been planning a small Bolt Action force based on our lovely plastic Fallschirmjӓger and looks at the idea & planning behind building a Kampfgruppe. View in Store RichC: It’s been a short while since the release of our new plastic Fallschirmjӓger and after reading Mark Barbers article Rules: Fallschirmjager Army Lists I…
No Engine – No Problem – just dig a pit, tow one out of commission panther into pit, and voila! Big gun – Hard target! View in Store By the later stages of the war the lack of any production or repair facilities let alone any raw materials, meant a huge loss of equipment and little…
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