Early war German army

Hello and welcome to my third gallery featuring armies of world war two. The following troops feature a fair mix of the options available to the Germans in the CoC Blitzkrieg handbook. For this photoshoot, I have grouped the infantry into sections with this ruleset in mind. However, there are more than enough figures here to build a good-sized bolt action force as well.

1st Infantry section. Six-man rifle team, junior leader and three-man MMG team.
Crusader miniatures (close up)
Crusader miniatures (close up)
2nd Infantry section. Six-man rifle team, junior leader and three-man MMG team
3rd Infantry section. Six-man rifle team, junior leader and three-man MMG team

Most of the figures here are from the Crusader miniatures range. With some Artizan and Warlord figures thrown in to help bulk out the army. Size-wise I think they all mix pretty well together.

Crusader miniatures (close up)
Crusader miniatures (close up)
4th Infantry section. Six-man rifle team, junior leader and three-man MMG team

For ease of identification, my senior leaders were given red bases. Junior or section leaders are marked with yellow.

StUG III AUSF D (Model)

Okay, if you’re a rivet counting world war two purest, now’s the time to look away. When I started collecting this army, I couldn’t find the earlier models of some armoured vehicles I was after. So to satisfy the requirements of particular army lists, there will be some fudging involved.

A triad of paints called German early field grey from Wargames Foundry was used for the uniforms and vehicle base coats. Considering I don’t own an airbrush, I’m quite happy with how the vehicles turned out.

The bulk of the army is now finished but, I will be adding some more MG34 teams and maybe some more support options at a later date.

It will probably hit the table as part of army group A (STUG IIIA)
SdKfz 222 armoured car
I will use this for earlier models as well
Tripod mounted MG34 machine gun
Five-man crew no junior leader (CoC)
Engineers & flamethrower team
Ie.18.7cm Infantry gun
Five crew and a junior leader (CoC)
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