Flames of War German HQ

Recent replacements for my Late War German Panzers.

Left, PzIV-J, right PzIV-F for HQ.

Vallejo Model Colors and Daler-Rowney FW Acrylic Inks.

I favor the PzIV variants and the PzIII’s. I do not need Tigers or Panthers. I will however take a few Luchs (Lynx) if anyone is passing out “cats”.

Flames of War Late War Germans

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Battlefront(TM) Late War Germans are excellent little castings. I favor the resin and metal versions but their plastic minis are very detailed and I must add very satisfying to my methods and tastes.

I have completed a company of Panzer IV H’s for France and Northwestern Europe Theatre of Operations. I needed some reconnaissance (Aufklärungs) options, so I built three (3) of the 8-wheeled, or “8-rad” SdKfz 234/1 & 234/2 Puma.

The 234/2 Puma carries a 50mm L/60 main gun. I can use 3 or 6 models in my army. Sometimes a Colonel just wants his Aufklärungsabteilungen troops to go with the 20mm auto-cannon option. I have the turrets that fit onto the same chassis to make two squadrons of 234/1 “8-rads”. Not as much ‘bite’ as a tank gun 50mm L/60 but plenty of fire-power.

These machines are quick and have a good punch too.

The SdKfz 234’s are fast, power weapons, but they lack very much in the armor department. I have to keep the 8-rads clear of Allies’ tanks and bazookas.

The Puma is good to find troops ‘gone to ground’; dislodge them; then scoot out of harms way before reinforcements or the ‘heavies’ arrive to twist their tails