Panzer IV F1/F2's

Continuing with my DAK tanks, I've added some Panzer IV F1/F2's with modifications I made to the Panzer III J's for barrel swapping.

Panzer III J's

To help grow my DAK army, I've painted up some Panzer III J's. Rather than settle with a specific gun for each model, I made them modular. I was toying with the idea of using magnets, but I thought that the size of magnets needed to keep the barrels in place would be too large. So after thinking about the situation for a while, I came up with a simple solution - pegs.

DAK Marder III (7.62cm)

After looking at my Marders that I painted several years ago and deciding that their paint job didn't do they justice, I stripped them down and repainted them. Since I've been using my DAK army a lot lately, I wanted to add them to my force (since this specific model was used in North Africa).  The paint scheme needed to match that period, not to mention my current DAK theme, so Desert Yellow was called upon once more.

DAK Pioneer and HMG platoons

Continuing with my DAK army, I've finished the Pioneers and HMG platoons I needed to help round out my army. It seems that every time I try to use my DAK list, my opponents always seem to be running tank lists. To help beef up the survivability of my 15. Panzerkompanie, I decided I needed some pioneers.

Swappable Infantry

I've been asked a few times on Facebook how I've used magnets to create hot-swappable infantry on my bases. Since this seems to be an interesting subject people want to know about I thought I'd come up with a tutorial on why and how I do this.

DAK Kradschützen Platoon

Continuing to add to my DAK army, I've added the DAK Kradschützen!

Photo courtesy: Flames of War

Rommel !!

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a German field marshal of World War II. He earned the respect of both his own troops and his enemies.

7.5cm leIG18 gun

The 7.5cm leichte Infantriegeschutz 18 (7.5cm le.IG 18), during World War II, was an infantry support gun of the German Wehrmacht.

Sd.Kfz.6/3 'Diana'

The SdKfz 6 was a half-track that was utilized by the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Schützen Platoon (Afrika)

The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of their African colonies, the formation fought on in Africa, under various appellations, from March 1941 until its surrender in May 1943. The term "Afrika Korps" is actually pseudo-German, deriving from an incomplete German title, which was in any case written as a single word. The German term referred solely to the initial formation, the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK), which formed part of the Axis command of the German and Italian forces in North Africa. However, the name stuck, with both news media and Allied soldiers, as the name for all subsequent German units in North Africa. The reputation of the Afrika Korps is closely associated with that of its original commander, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel.

Captured Honey Stuarts

I've started to construct a DAK army, more specifically the 15. Panzer  German Schutzen list from North Africa. Since I wanted to bring Rommel along in this army, I figured he needed some support, so I picked up a Honey Armoured Platoon (BBX25) box set.