Osprey Publishing has been providing books for enthusiasts since 1968 and since then it has grown, evolved and taken on new challenges until it stands today as one of the most successful examples of niche publishing around. Given their beautifully illustrated full colour plates, it’s easy to see how they have become a favourite of…
If you have recently treated yourself to our new plastic German Grenadiers then you need this book! It is the complete and definitive reference works on the uniforms, equipment, weapons and insignia of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) in the latter years of World War II. This particular book features and explains all that is…
View in Store The US Rangers, during the Second World War, will forever be remembered for their daring assault on the cliff-top German gun battery at Pointe du Hoc, the guns of which could have potentially decimated the troops landing on the beaches on D-Day. Companies D E and F of 2nd Rangers Battalion would scale 100…
The Marder was a series of German World War II tank destroyers built from 1942 to tackle the new Soviet KV1s and T-34s. From the start of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the need for a vehicle to take on the soviet tanks was apparent. The German army was fielding comparatively light tanks during this time and suffered considerably…
Due to the success of the StuG III and the Marder series, the idea of using pre-existing chassis for self-propelled guns would continue with the Jagdtiger. It was in 1943 that a mock-up of the Jagdtiger was shown in Prussia to Hitler. With the Führer’s approval, the vehicle went into production. The Jagdtiger was based on…
With the recent release of our Senegalese Tirailleurs box set, we thought we’d shed a little more light upon some of the French Colonial troops which fought during the Second World War, with the help of Sam Phillips and Alessio Cavatore. Senegalese Tirailleurs The Senegalese Tirailleurs (Senegalese riflemen) were a military corps of West African…
Our Hail Caesar miniatures range covers a huge swathe of the Ancient period – and with such an array of modes on offer, Cutting Edge Miniatures owner Peter Womack has kindly offered some help to those looking to represent the specific armies of this age. This week, we take a closer look at Zagros, Taurus, and…
The mainstay of the armies of the era, the roles of the musketeer and firelocks were pivotal in this new age of warfare. The pike blocks of infantry were usually supported on each flank by ranks of handgun armed men. The role of the musketeers was to pour as much firepower at the opposing enemy…
The early war grenadiers were the elite of the German army, later the term would be used more widely and would come to represent the generic German infantry. They were renamed in honour of Fredericks the Great’s army by Adolf Hitler. This was a moral boosting tactic by linking them to their elite counterpart units…
By the summer of 1943, Soviets tank commanders desperately needed a new tank to take on the heavier German Panthers and Tigers, complaining that the current generation of T-34 and KV tanks were virtually ineffective. With this in mind, two prototypes were created and paraded in front of Stalin himself. The KV-85 went straight into…
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