@Aaron: Thanks, I might give it a try but at the moment I can't see myself returning to standard Heer anytime soon
@all: Thank you very much!
More support weapons:
Despite some rather busy weeks at work I've still managed to continue work on my my Fallschirmjäger platoon in the form of some more support weapons. The Fallschirmjäger list released in the "Duel in the sun" supplement for Bolt Action doesn't allow for support in form of vehicles and heavier anti-tank guns than the odd 3,7cm PaK 36 or schwere Panzerbüchse 41. Thus when wanting to field this list I'm rather limited when it comes to anti-tank capability. At least till the new Armies of Germany supplement for Bolt Action 2nd Edition is released in November that is.
As there's currently no PaK 36 with Fallschirmjäger crew out there, at least none I'm aware of, the choice for my anti-tank gun obviously fell on the tiny schwere Panzerbüchse 41 I already mounted on my captured Bren carrier. While it's just a small anti-tank gun in Bolt Action terms it still does pack some punch due to the "Squeeze-bore" special rule. At ranges below 12" its PEN value is increased to +6 giving it the theoretical chance of taking on even the heaviest of allied and russian tanks.
Of course there is also a drawback to this weapon in the form of its limited use at longe range as its PEN is reduced by two instead the usual one when firing at over half range. The rules only does give you a crew of two for this weapon but as Warlord Game sell these with three figures to a pack I felt the visual effect of a bigger crew was well worth the extra work.
If I'm not completely mistaken only the kneeling figure actually was sculpted by Paul Hicks while the other two were sculpted by someone else who, quite successful to be honest, tried to emulate Mr Hicks' style. These two figures also came with separate heads I replaced with some from the plastic Fallschirmjäger as the faces were in Warlord Games' more comical style which is definitely not my cup of tea.
Next in line is my sniper team. These too seem to be no Paul Hicks sculpts but still painted up quite nicely. Here too I replaced the separate head supplied with one of the figures with one from plastic. Actually I quite like how he (the prone guy) now seems to talk to his comrade in low voice.
While snipers are rather useful in Bolt Action that's not the reason I almost never field a force without one. It's just the fact snipers are cool! I guess most of you will have seen the movie "Enemy at the gates" so no further explanation is necessary I think. for all of you who don't but do have only a passing interest in WW2 I strongly recommend you give it a shot.
And last but not least a weapon of rather cruel reputation: The flamethrower. The figure usually comes with flames coming out the barrel but I don't like the look of such sculpted on effects and thus decided to simply cut it off. Again the flamethrower guys head was swapped for a plastic one while the SMG gunner recieved a captured russian PPSH 41 instead of his MP40.
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