Wehrmacht Panzershreck Standing/Kneeling

[Noktu]

It'd be great if we could have a german soldier operating a panzershreck from a more upward position.

[Sunray]

Hi Noktu

I have never had the pleasure of using the Panzershreck, but have soldiered with the Carl Gustav 84 (not a bazooka, but a RR) and the to a lesser degree other NATO and WP kit.
"Operating" = firing ? and that is not prudent in upright position for two reasons : First combat survival and secondly getting a black eye "A Charlie G shiner"
from the kick.

Could I suggest a more plausible pose would be "advancing with Panzershreck" similar to US para pose with bazooka ?  My US paras with bazooka kill as many AFVs as their prone counterparts - converted from the .30 Browning figures - so being upright works on the table.

Phil and I put the Korean War Bazooka teams in the prone position - perhaps an extra advancing figure  when the range justifies expansion ?

Does that help?

[Ithoriel]

Any of these poses would do me

[Noktu]

Spot on guys. And a point well made Sunray. I served in the anti-aircraft division in the finnish defence-forces so had very little to do even with modern anti-tank weaponry.

[Mako]

I'd like to see them carrying/advancing with them too, though I much prefer the prone, and/or kneeling poses when firing (prone, especially).

[John Cook]

It is easy enough to covert a model moving with one of these things.  Converting stuff to unique figures is very satisfying I find.  I've got moving and deployed versions most of my heavy weapons.  It's hardly a challenge in 10mm. 

Fortunately the my unit the heaviest thing I had to soldier with was an SMG, and later in my illustrious career it got even better when it was replaced by a Browning 9mm instead, which left both hands free for other things.  That is not to say that they came out of the armoury that often.  My daily 'weapons of choice' were a chinagraph pencil and a map-marking stencil.

[T13A]

Hi

I remember having to learn how to use a 'Charlie G' (and firing about 3 rounds if memory serves) during Op Banner training back in 1975 - go figure! :- Didn't seem quite fair as our normal anti-tank weapon was 120mm gun on a Chieftain. I do remember firing it from a kneeling position with the 'loader' physically supporting the firer.

Cheers Paul 

[Leon]

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