This week's post is a double feature of an army list and a new report into a painted platoon for Pineland!
First things first the list
1250
HQ
2 Cmd SMG/Panzerfaust Teams
Combat
1 Full Panzergrenadier Platoon with Cmd SMG/Panzerfaust, 1 3.7cm Track
1 Full Panzergrenadier Platoon with Cmd SMG/Panzerfaust, 1 3.7cm Track
Weapons
3 Pak40 Tracks
4 Reihenwerfer Mortar Tracks
Support
4 Beute StuHs
1 8.8 with extra crew
Now for Red Platoon in all of their glory, ready to do battle for Pineland!
Right off the bat I needed a firefly and another Daimler 1. I was using Littlejohn adapters on one Daimler 1 in each Platoon, so I put that barrel option on. I painted them up in LW Firefly Green. I wound up painting 2 Fireflys. I tried some pigment washing on one. I liked the pigment, I just didn't like the color of the pigment. It looks more like rust than mud. I painted a second firefly and just went with my usual light dusting weathering with the Tamiya Weathering Kit.
I then needed some Infantry. I panted up a short platoon with only 4 stands of infantry. I will be adding to that this week with another 2 stands of infantry. I tried a new technique of basing them in German Camo Black Brown and then drybrushing English Uniform over that. I really like how it looked. I also used a bright grey green on the webbing in such to make it stand out.
I also painted up 3 Ram Kangaroos to use as Sherman Kangaroos. BF doesn't make a Sherman Kangaroo model. I really liked how the Ram Kangaroo looked versus using a Sherman tank without the turret.
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I have also been facing infantry and AT gun heavy lists, so I have enough points now to switch from the Daimler 1 platoons to Staghound Platoons, each having a CS version. This should help in addition to my 75mm halftracks with digging out infantry and guns.
I added two more stands to my Maori Infantry. They ride into battle with their front armor 6 sherman kangaroos. One of the V4 changes I like is the transports stick around after the infantry gets out. So they help the pre assault pinning fire with an extra 12 dice, 9 of which are .50 cals.
I also added another Sherman V because why not.
My List is:
HQ: 2 Staghound 1s with AA MG.
2X Combat Platoons of 2 Stagnound 1s and 1 Staghound II CS each plus AA MGs all around.
1X Heavy Armored Car Platoon of 1 Dingo and 2 75mm Halftracks.
1X Armored Platoon of 3 Sherman V's with .50 Cal AA MG's and One Sherman Firefly.
1 X NZ Commonwealth Infantry Platoon cinsisting of 1 Unit Leader, 1 Light Mortar, 1 Piat Team, and 6 Infantry Stands. All have sticky Bombs and are turned into Maori which requires a re roll for successful enemy counterattack rolls in assaults.
1X Transport Section of 3 Sherman Kangaroos each with an additional >50 Cal AA MG in addition to a Hull MG.
Got a 8-1 victory on my husband (Austin).
I played my soviet T-34 horde, which contains 21 T-34's (two platoons of 10, and one command platoon)
Austin played a Romanian stug G company.
mission was "breakthrough" it was based off of "operation Uranus"
You can basically follow my turn by turn movement by the trail of destroyed T-34's lol
I lost two tanks turn 1
Lost 2 tanks turn 2
Lost 2 tanks turn 3 (one from each side)
Lost 2 tanks on turn 4
And 4 tanks turn 5 (2 from each side)
My one remaining T-34 from the platoon on the left ran away on his immediate moral test on turn 5.
I finished the game with 7 of my 10 T-34's from my second platoon and my command T-34.
I think we spent more time arguing about rules than we did moving...
Canadian Armored Cars
HQ 4 Staghounds with AA MGs
1st Platoon Daimler 1, Daimler 1 with Littlejohn Adapter, and Dingo
2nd Platoon Daimler 1, Daimler 1 with Littlejohn Adapter, and Dingo
3rd Platoon 2 Sherman V with .50 cal AAMG and 1 Sherman Firefly.
For this round I needed to paint up 1 Firefly and 1 Daimler 1. My force was originally for MW so they are Khaki with black mickey mouse camo. I decided to go with LW Green for these two vehicles. Oddly enough when I opened up the Daimler 1, I had three Daimler wheels and a Dingo Wheel. Evidently a dingo ate my wheel. One email to BF and a few days later I had two daimler 1 wheels in the mail box.
HQ-80-2 Panzerfaust SMG Teams, 2 U304F Halfracks
Combat Platoon-225-1 Panzerfaust SMG Team, 6 MG Teams, 3 U304F Halftracks, 1 U304F Halftrack with 3.7
Combat Platoon-160-1 Panzerfaust SMG Team, 4 MG Teams, 3 U304F Halftracks, 1 U304F Halftrack with 3.7
Weapons-190-3 S307F Pak40 Halftracks
Weapons-90-2 S307f Reihenwerfer Halftracks, Observer with Kubelwagen