In games of Cruel Seas, players assemble boats of all shapes and sizes – today, we’ve got some Explosive new choices for your fleets! Fairmile B Minesweeper The Fairmile B class Motor Launch weighed in at 85 tonnes and 112 feet long. Crewed by 16 men it could make in the region of 20 knots…
Ahoy! Warlords Head of Product Design, Paul Sawyer, recently asked Warlorder Darek to pull together details of which paints he used to paint various fleets… He’s gone further than that and has, with graphic designer Adam’s help, produced a series of painting guides – Royal Navy and Kriegsmarine guides attached here. More will be on…
The Kriegsmarine will use any craft available to support the German armies advance, The Luftwaffe Siebel Ferry will prove vital to your forces victory! View in Store The Siebel ferry Dubbed the Kleine fähre (small ferry) the Siebel ferry would prove it’s self a highly useful and adaptable vessel. Aircraft designer Fritz Siebel (A…
Add a new coastal patrol craft to your Kriegsmarine fleet! Sneak up the fjords of Norway or patrol the Mediterranean coastline with the new R-Boat! View in Store The R-boat, also known as Räumboote in German, was a class of naval vessels originally designed as minesweepers, but their role evolved under fire. Prized for their…
As one of the Kriegsmarine’s most produced classes of ship, R-boats proved to be real workhorses, acting as minesweepers, patrol craft and rescue vessels. Designed during the inter-war period, these sleek, low-profile minesweepers were intended for in-shore work. Famed for their speed and manoeuvrability, the R-boot flotillas would serve in every theatre of the war…
Appearing from the harbour mouth glides the low-profile of the Kriegsmarine Marinefährprahm F-lighter, bristling with weapons to protect its Cruel Seas convoys… View in Store The Marinefährprahm F-lighter Originally a converted tank landing craft that was being developed for the Kriegsmarine, The Marinefährprahm F-lighter was up armoured and equipped with the extremely accurate 88mm…
Sound the air raid sirens! Three new flights of aircraft are taking off over Cruel Seas! Ju 87D Stuka flight View in Store The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (Sturzkampfflugzeug meaning “dive bomber” in translation), was a dive bomber for the Luftwaffe. This is also the infamous aircraft that was equipped with its wailing sirens,…
The small harbours of North Africa were impassable to larger merchantmen. Enter the F-Lighter, half landing craft, half gunboat. Humble Beginnings “An MFP could hold its own with a destroyer, let alone a PT which had nothing more powerful than a 20-mm machine gun to shoot with.” – Samuel Eliot Morison The Marinefährprahm (Naval ferry barge,…
Trumpeter is a world-renowned company when it comes to Naval models and these particular ships are crammed with detail! Challenge your skills with the German Zerstorer Z-25 1944, Z-30 1942 and Z-43 1944. German Zerstorer Z-25 1944 View in Store Z-25, a Type 1936A destroyer, was commissioned on November 30th, 1940. During the war, her…
Highly detailed Naval model maker AFV Club produce an excellent range of naval vessels, including these German U-boats; Type, XXI, VII B, VII C, VII C/41 and D Minenleger. German U-boat Type VII B In March 1935, as the chancellor and the head of state Adolf Hitler repealed Part V of the Versailles treaty. Three months…
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