invisible officer

It’s a nice fun option.

And a good option to take pics of miniatures. 😉

Compared to R 53 boats very small

Thank you.

Being in the right mood I did two more, the small R1 – 16 pre war type. Used in Mediterranean, going via Rhone river south.   I did them in 39-41 style, just a single 2 cm AA. Later they got two twin ones.

I liked the rule suggestions. But as was stated it was a heavy affair and you had to dig a lot. The German army handbook for it gave a lot of rules how to choose the position. Ever in front of a ridge and the earth taken away so that there is no trace to be seen.

The 60° angle limited its use. So normally more than one was in an area, the MG…[Read more]

I waited for others to answer.

You find the  Rules in Campaign Battle of France page 96 for a unit of a Kriegsberichtserstatter and a cameraman.

These boats saw much service, mine clearing and laying, escort and anti submarine work and patrolling. Many got lost but a surprising number of these wooden hull boats survived. From my R 53 – 72 version seven got used post 45 for mine clearing and other jobs.Some strange, so  R 55 became a restaurant at Oldenburg for some time.

The two main lo…[Read more]

The intelligence officer is just an upgrade for a normal front officer.  So he is part of the unit anyway and his ability is the unit ones.

The chaplain is no ordinary company or battalion officer, he is from division. So he can have a different ability. The different cost spent give the ability he has, not the unit ones.

Nice Mimikri camo.

Iconic vehicle.   I was inside the Munster copy. Nothing for 1,83 m men……….

and a 77mm gun.  😉

Very nice force.   I love them,

I must. I have exactly the same miniatures.  And some more.  BA is good for the 1914 and 1918 mobile warfare.  Or for raids, my 42 cm Mörser makes a good objective.

If page 137 is not clear nothing will.

All you have to know for that scenario is there.  On top right the types allowed and below why there is no light, medium and heavy.   100 % clear for anybody willing and able to read more than a single sentence. Absolutely nothing interpretable.

Only if you bring other page / books  info into the dic…[Read more]

The French flags of 70/71 are mostly like in Crimean war.

The drapeau /  flag for the other battalions was similar

But it was a war of many….. . For example the 14.000 Marins Bretonique that fought on land had a white one with Black POTIUS MORI      QUAM FOEDARI  and heraldic hermelin.   Or the Voluntaires d’Alsace had a blue one with a white…[Read more]

That mid scale is nothing for me. I have literally thousands of Continental scale 1/1200 models und hundreds in 1/3000. So for that old collector and gamer that scale is neither fish nor fowl.   The smaller has the advantag of playing size with fleets, the larger that of quality. Some with edged brass parts are just incredible.

And in these s…[Read more]

So true.  And 1/300 is one of my most loved scales for Napoleonic ships and I love the Coastal WW II options we know have.

I only dislike that some models are not to  scale, like the German Minesweeper.  Claimed to be 1/300 its to small.

Isn’t it about page 137 and 138?    Selecor Special rules off map Battery?

Top right on 137 you have “artillery” allowed on western bank = the play area.  Someone not into WWII gaming and the rules will not even notice the missing of Artillery gun light, medium or heavy like in other scenarios , for example on p.136.  Only gamers.

If one read…[Read more]

Well Master Chief, that screenshot shows where to find the entry for a type. It does not say that all under one header are the same. Like the vehicles in that table that can be very different like tank and tow.

Nat, you write: ”   I read it when I got the Stalingrad book and went..’eh?? that doesnt make sense’ stopped looked at the spec…[Read more]

Well, for IO, the son of a WW II artillery officer the wording is 100 % clear.

I think that there had been a change in gamers, today old common knowledge is lost. In the rules we used in the 70’s nobody expected a wording that explain basics. The  Stalingrad page 135 tells everything you need for that scenario under Off-Map Battery  You can h…[Read more]

I can’t see any problem. The special rules tell the historic situation and most users will see that only the technically / tactical  non artillery AT and AA guns are for use on western bank.

No artillery units  on western bank here just means indirect firing true artillery that was served by the forward observer.

On p. 136 and other W…[Read more]

On the way …….   Hope you re not living on the continent. Brexit and/or snow block my UPS parcel since 28th.   Tracking a bad joke. Delivery announced for last monday. Still!

For 28mm storage I use second hand stuff.   For example plastic drawers that I got for free, one can put 30 of them one on another. Inside high enough for foot soldiers.

Others are in candle cardboard boxes. The big ones used on altar.  As professional historian I worked for old Templar church and that connection I got them as recycling. They ta…[Read more]