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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Lysander on 07 October 2012, 11:25:00 PM
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I am considering purchasing the Wargames Factory WWII Late War Germans platoon. Can anyone tell me what the weapon mix is in the box?
Even better - how would you set up the platoon based on what's available in the box?
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Pictures of the sprues are on the website:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/webstore/world-war-2/wwii-german-infantry-platoon (http://www.wargamesfactory.com/webstore/world-war-2/wwii-german-infantry-platoon)
You get 2 of the Weapons sprue (though you can arm all the figures from only 1) and 3 of the bodies/heads sprue.
They are excellent models and perfect for converting.
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Cheers!
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The WF minis are good, & obviously excellent value. I can confirm that they're very convertable, (I gave mine torsos from Mantics Corporation Marines for my Secrets of the Third Reich Germans, the WF parts fit perfectly) & as good as the Warlord Bolt Action plastics (though they're more 'realistically' proportioned - more slender than the more 'heroically' proportioned BA stuff).
Each arm/weapon sprue if you haven't seen it contains;
16 GW98's (4 with attached rifle grenades, 2 loose with sniper optics)
7 GW43's (1 loose)
4 MG 42's
4 Panzerfaust's (2 loose)
10 MP 40's (2 loose)
4 pistols (look more like Luger's than P38's)
2 arms holding grenades
+ left arms needed to support each weapon (the guns are mostly attached to the right arms)
As to setting up a platoon, that would probably depend on which ruleset you're using, they'll all have slightly different loadouts/restrictions, but will state them clearly. You can probably generalise & say that each squad would have mostly GW 98's, (with perhaps a few GW 43's thrown in) with NCO's having the MP 40's (sadly no SGW 44's in this box) & perhaps one MG 42.
Hope that helps!
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One platoon should have...
NCO with either SMG or rifle + pistol
2 x LMG gunners + pistols
Rest should have Kar98 and or GW43
Mix in one or more SMGs if SS for sure, at least I would.
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Gentlemen - thank you so much.