At the Frontline - WW2 in 20mm

[has.been]

Me too.

[Seb]

So some tests to see how the Italian Front might look...

Looks ace!

[V]

Cracking game last night – Delaying Action with 350 points aside using Battlegroup Tobruk. First WW2 game in a while...

 

Italians took heavy losses but managed to breach the British defence line and manage to break the British BR… though not within 9 turns. We play on however, and in turn 10 it all went wrong for the British.

 

Highlight was the 2 Pounder, down to one crewman, despatching two tankettes with one Open Fire order – VC for him. For the Italians their single sniper did sterling work, while their infantry failed to assault! Runner-up prize goes to the Vickers MMG team who cut down the section of Italian Engineers as they reached the barbed wire…

 

The Italians however managed in the final turn to drop a mortar shell on the Wire Team, causing a 5 chit to be pulled, then a dead 2″ mortar after that resulted in another 5 being pulled! Up to that point, the British were in good form, hardly any casualties (except the FHQ!), the trenches doing the job and the Italians on the edge of their BR…

 

Clearly with the communication to Battalion HQ gone, my plucky British had to withdraw… so all over on turn 10, but they had held past turn 9. So an Italian victory, but at high cost, and the British withdrawing successfully to their second line.
 


Italians by my chum to face my own British troops.

[gamer Mac]

Lovely photos

[Captain Blood]

Great stuff Piers. Sounds like an exciting game 

[V]

Finally finished the final batch of infantry from AB Figures using their new range wearing the M43 Uniform to go with their Greatcoat wearing range to give me a nice rag-tag looking bunch for late WW2 battles over the Autumn/Winter of 1944 and into 1945 to the wars end.









This new batch, with the previously finished greatcoat wearing guys, go together to form the infantry core of this army.

Vehicles next…

[gamer Mac]

Lovely   

[Mindenbrush]

Excellent work 👍

I started my WWII early War forces using 28mm figures but then had my first CoC games using 20mm figures and immediately saw the advantages of 20mm.
So, I have just purchased the AB Early War British and German packs  🫣

[jon_1066]

Those Americans look like a hard fighting bunch of desperados.  Great job.

[V]

Photoshoot this weekend for Battlegroup Westwall, so had to quickly bash out some scenery… not much, but enough for the pics!

[V]

Quick job on this 3d printed house by Vulcania3D/Plana Mayor.

This is the building that served as Dakota Command Post in Krinkelt during the Ardennes fighting in late 1944, but I've painted it up in a more generic style. It comes with a second, more ruined 2nd floor to allow it to be in various states of destruction!

[V]

Metal 20mm samples due to be released very soon by PSC in a new WW2 Red Army range covering the earl period 1941-42. Nice range with good variety and alot of poses.

 

[hayeswauford]

All gorgeous work as always! Love those new Russians!

[Grumpy Gnome]

Brilliant work, mate! 👍

[V]

A little 500 point clash using Battlegroup Westwall. Very close battle, but the US managed to push the Germans past their Battle Rating and force the to withdraw, but it was very close.

The US had the better of the tank fighting, losing one M10, while the StuH42 and the Panther went down to 76mm rounds from the Shermans. The Germans though had the better of the infantry fighting where the MG42 teams excelled in ambushing enemy units among the village buildings, pinning them down and causing casualties.

It wasn't enough though, and German losses, coupled with the US holding on too several objectives, was enough to force the German withdrawal. Nice to be back playing games again, especially WW2!