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| Afrika Korps 2cm Flak from Battlefront - 15mm figures |
A scary little support weapon for my
15mm DAK troops - a 2cm flak gun with four crew. The model and figures are from Battlefront.
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| Not as nice as Peter Pig, but they still look the business |
Of course AA weapons are pretty silly for a skirmish game, but if you are like me, you immediately see these things and imagine their sinister application to the poor ground troops. Firing a heavy shell at a high rate of fire, weapons that do bad things to aircraft do terrible things to the ground pounders.
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| I did half of the crew on separate bases so they could be removed as casualties, and also so the gun itself could fit into modeled defensive positions on the table |
The quality of the Battlefront castings are nowhere near the quality of the Peter Pig sculpts. But the Battlefront castings have a quirky character all their own - they seem kind of lanky, and low on long-term hope. It looks right for the setting, even if they are not as nice at the Peter Pig figures.
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| Watching the skies...but likely to open fire on infantry too |
The 2cm gun itself is a fine model. This sucker will make a fine objective for skirmish games, as well as a fairly horrifying participant in the ground skirmishes for rules like Chain of Command, Bolt Action, and Dallas' home-grown Blitzkrieg rules. Heads up, Desert Rats...
I seem to remember this weapon from "Saving Private Ryan", where its effects were catastrophic against infantry in the open.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I feel like Battlefront models might sometimes lack quality, but are cheaper and more available than other makers', which is a virtue all on its own.
Nice work again.
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