Karsten wrote: "Fighting over a Maus as an objective in a game adds something new." This sounds like an interesting idea. Tell us more about what you have in...
Hi all, I was commenting on the fact that people were complaining these miniatures were out - I would possibly only buy the Mäuse as static objectives for a ...
Someone just asked me the following questions in a letter sent via snail mail. I thought I'd paste my replies here as well. 1) Q: How do you assign morale to...
There is also a morale method described in the files section, along with some other optional rules. Cheers, Gregory ... snail mail. I thought I'd paste my...
I just finished reading G. H. Bidermann's memoir "In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's memoir of the Eastern Front." Interestingly, he writes that during...
Even if the Germans had more factories, they would have had trouble finding energy and raw materials to make more vehicles, and fuel to run them. There is a...
I'm reading Ian Hogg's book "The Guns: 1939-45" (the old Ballantiner paperback from 1970). He mentions that late in 1942 fifty 17 pounders were mounted on...
I am currently reading a book by Steven Zaloga on the KV and IS tanks. He mentions that while the IS-3 never saw action in the west, a small number were used...
I have added a link to the Surviving Panzers website. It contains pdf files with pictures and locations for all known surviving WWII tanks from Germany,...
I am currently reading "Iron Hulls Iron Hearts: Mussolini's Elite Armoured Divisions in North Africa" by Ian W. Walker. He mentions that in November of 1941...
Wow, it turns out that Armstrong Models actually makes the 102mm portees in 6mm: http://www.armstrongmodels.org/ They make a lot of interesting vehicles that...
I'd like to welcome all of the new members you joined the Panzertruppe user group during the past few months. Also, I'd like to apologize to Shawn, our newest...
I just finished reading "Cutthroats: The Adventures of a Sherman Tank Driver in the Pacific," by Robert C. Dick, recommended to me by Bryan B. It was an...
Chris, The 75mm gun mounted in the hull of the French Char B series was both aimed and fired by its driver. Thankfully he didn't have to load the weapon...
That's interesting. I didn't realize that the 75mm on the Char B had no traverse. I'd be interested to see what the sight looked like. I don't think that...
They had a driver, a loader and the commander in the turret. The sight was in front of the driver, and he had a fancy electric steering rig to aim the gun...
I just uploaded two figures that Doug sent in. Both show the instrument panel that the driver used to lay the 75mm. The caption for one of them states that the...
The action in this game was a Russian attack against the flank of the German 17 Pz. Div. near Orsha on 7/10/41. The rules really show the effects of German...
Rick, Thanks for posting the pics. Your table looks great. I like the effect that you get with the different shades of felt squares. If it seem that the rules...
I have updated the Variants file and the Notes file that are available in the Files section of the Panzertruppe Yahoo group web site. In case you didn't know...
I was looking through the Osprey book on the T-34/76, and it mentions that the one on display at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds is the oldest surviving T-34. ...
I am currently reading Mario Rigoni Stern's The Sergeant in the Snow, which is about an Italian infantryman on the eastern front. Does anyone know of any other...
Dear Chris, Luca Marini on the Classical Hack Group might be able to help. His Grand Father was an Italian pilot during the War. You can contact him from the...
While returning from Southern Front yesterday I spotted a SdKfz 250 on a flatbed truck. It was on I-40 between Greensboro and Raleigh, NC. It was headed in the...
well... after doing some testing. It looks like the problem is that the problem is just me at work. It works fine at home. The network & the pc, I use at work...
This looks interesting. I wonder what AFV you get to drive. -Chris P. SPECIAL SILENT AUCTION: If you've ever dreamed of driving an armored vehicle or flying in...
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