My EW Germans press on! I've finished painting all the tanks (well, I think I have a spare Panzer I that'll get painted for use in my Leichte Pionier Kompanie and a couple of Panzer IIs that, if I can find a third one, will get repainted for some LW Berlin stupidity) and so, aside from crew for the SPGs, this army is close to done! I'm pretty happy with how it's come out and especially with the brown stripes. It's a little bit over the top but it shows up, which I think is the most important thing!
Leichte Panzers first - I've always enjoyed the mix of Panzer I and Panzer II and the new v4 book offering up the option of Panzer 38(t) and Panzer I has me also weirdly enthused. These platoons, along with the 4-tank HQ, are there to be a hard-to-stop assault force given that they're not really that much chop as anti-tank weapons!
The 8-rads aren't in the core list at this stage, they're just too pricey but then they are nearly tanks after all.
Mittlere Panzers second - I wasn't going to leave a platoon of Panzer IIIs out - they're iconic, provide some more mid-range AT and can see off many of the things they're likely to run into in the wild.
Self Propelled Guns - the Panzerjagers are just necessary in EW given the paucity of affordable mid-range AT otherwise. I've done a bit of foliaging as they are, after all, ambush weapons!
I've definitely been hit or miss with the army building in V4 (love the freedom, miss some of the more difficult choices and hilarious builds) but I do appreciate being able to get my Entes into this list. One, for some artillery support and two, because it's still AT7 and FP 1+!
Un-self Propelled Gun? Yeah. Gotta have the requisite 88. This one (and it's pair, still in the box) are cobbled together from a pair of BF scenic objectives and a bunch of old gun crews. They're Luftwaffe (because of the lack of gun shield, among other things) and they're pointed just perfectly to slot into the army.
Next Time
Some club day goodness. Not sure what that'll be at this stage.
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