German Musician

[Phil Robinson]

An old Renegade Miniatures German converted to a musician with the a addition of Milliput swallows nests and bugle cord. The bugle is from the bits box, I can't recall who made it.

[Yankeepedlar01]

A splendid Hun and a certain target in our next game!

[Will Bailie]

Fantastic! 

[traveller]

Very nice! Great job!

[marianas_gamer]

Great conversion and nicely painted!

[Metternich]

Very, very well done.  One of the Ospreys shows two battalion musicians - who had been trained as stormtroopers - attacking a British tank with a grenade bundle.

[vodkafan]

Very, very well done.  One of the Ospreys shows two battalion musicians - who had been trained as stormtroopers - attacking a British tank with a grenade bundle.

If that doesn't work he can deafen the driver with bugle blasts through the vision slits! 

[monk2002uk]

Very, very well done.  One of the Ospreys shows two battalion musicians - who had been trained as stormtroopers - attacking a British tank with a grenade bundle.

Sturmtruppen -stormtroopers - was a generic term for assault troops. It was often used to describe British and French infantry as well. The training is the key point, which you have highlighted rightly. I don't know of any examples where specialist stormtroopers in the German army, such as Sturmbataillon Rohr, included musicians operating in that role. That doesn't mean it did not happen. More likely I suspect, musicians in a non-specialist infantry unit received training in Stosstaktiken - shock tactics - including training in Nähkampfmittel - close quarters combat with the likes of the grenade bundles.

Robert

[Sparrow]

What a brilliant idea!

[Metternich]

Robert, per the account your surmise about the two musicians is exactly what did happen.  They weren't part of a Stormtrooper unit, but had received the training and utilized it to mount the bundle charge attack on the tank. From Osprey's Campaign 187, The Battle of Cambrai,  "The Crippling of Bandit II" by Peter Dennis:

  https://www.ospreypublishing.com/media/_osprey-blog-legacy/Tank_1_wallpaper.A_1440x900.jpg

[monk2002uk]

Ah, thank you for that update. Much appreciated, Metternich.

Robert

[fred]

A great figure!