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We're into Day 6 of the '10 Days of Shiny!'
We're back to Pendraken and some 10mm goodies today with some revamped and expanded Opel Blitz trucks! We've replaced our original truck, AA and Maultier models as well as adding radio trucks, ambulance and a command version of the Maultier for good measure. The revamp process is a long-term commitment to upgrading our models and keeping them up to modern standards, so it's good to get these ticked off. Next on the revamp schedule will be the Pz IIIs which should be ready towards the end of the year.
For anyone wanting any of the old models to finish off existing projects, we'll still be able to supply them for a short period of time.
WWII
German Vehicles - https://pendraken.co.uk/world-war-ii/german/vehicles/
GRV96 Opel Blitz truck, low sides £3.20
GRV97 Opel Blitz truck, office body £3.20
GRV98 Opel Blitz, 20mm Quad AA £3.20
GRV99 Opel Blitz truck, high sides £3.20
GRV100 Opel Maultier £3.20
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GRV122 Opel Blitz radio truck, Kfz.305/18 £3.20
GRV123 Opel Blitz radio truck, Kfz.305/22 £3.20
GRV124 Opel Blitz ambulance £3.20
GRV125 Opel Maultier, office body £3.20
And some pics:
GRV99 - Opel Blitz truck, high sides
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/2661/GRV99.JPG)
GRV100 - Opel Maultier
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/2662/GRV100.JPG)
GRV122 - Opel Blitz radio truck, Kfz.305/18
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5046/GRV122.JPG)
GRV124 - Opel Blitz ambulance
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5048/GRV124.JPG)
Day 7 will be a rather large Minibits release, so watch out 6mm WWII gamers...
You know when I said a few days ago that I'd completely and utterly finished NW Europe 1944?
Are you trying to make a liar out of me? :P
Hmmm. Perhaps I could add some more softskins to the Germans in Italy? :-\ There's the makings of a nice HQ group there.
They are cool. Nice updates and additions.
Might add a radio truck - what is the difference between the two variants?
18
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22
(https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/media/managed/large/6575-1.jpg)
Hope that clears it up.
The 18 is a Funkkraftwagen (Kzw. / Lgw.) - radio motor vehicle (SW/LW), the 22 is a Funkpeilkraftwagen - radio bearing motor vehicle. http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Miscellaneous/Kfz-Numbers/Kfz__Numbers/kfz__numbers.html (http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Miscellaneous/Kfz-Numbers/Kfz__Numbers/kfz__numbers.html)
That radio truck is rather nice and perfect for command stands etc :).
Looking good
So thoughtful of Leon - already he is banging out kit to compliment the new Gestapo and Milice figures ! :)
Which he hasn't said he is going to do !!!! :d
Going to grab a few maultiers! Awesome!
Quote from: fsn on 06 June 2020, 07:32:58 AM
Hope that clears it up.
The 18 is a Funkkraftwagen (Kzw. / Lgw.) - radio motor vehicle (SW/LW), the 22 is a Funkpeilkraftwagen - radio bearing motor vehicle. [u
Thanks for looking it up. In summary they have different numbers in the names, and one possibly has a slightly higher roof.
Got to love the German military- much better to have many slightly different versions of everything so you don't have enough to go round, rather than just have lots of one model, but at least you have lots of it.
Quote from: fred. on 06 June 2020, 10:21:05 AM
Got to love the German military- much better to have many slightly different versions of everything so you don't have enough to go round, rather than just have lots of one model, but at least you have lots of it.
Brought a smile to my face. This culture survived post war.
Quote from: fred. on 06 June 2020, 07:07:06 AM
Might add a radio truck - what is the difference between the two variants?
Quote from: fsn on 06 June 2020, 07:32:58 AM
The 18 is a Funkkraftwagen (Kzw. / Lgw.) - radio motor vehicle (SW/LW), the 22 is a Funkpeilkraftwagen - radio bearing motor vehicle. http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Miscellaneous/Kfz-Numbers/Kfz__Numbers/kfz__numbers.html (http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Miscellaneous/Kfz-Numbers/Kfz__Numbers/kfz__numbers.html)
From what I had on my notes, the 18 was a regular radio communication truck, whereas the 22 had the ability to interept enemy transmissions as well, hence the second aerial on the back.
Thanks Leon
Quote from: ianrs54 on 06 June 2020, 08:47:29 AM
Which he hasn't said he is going to do !!!! :d
Knowing Leon, he will observe response and calculate demand. Pendraken does not commission and produce figures for the fun of it.
We have to balance what we "desire" with what will generate enough sales to make a profit, and pay wages and bills.
The Gestapo and counter resistance types have a few things going for them:
1. They are WW2. The bread and butter of figure sales and part of an enormous range of existing kit and scenery.
2. What I call the "Tiger boredom factor". We all started with "popular" German forces. Eventually one gets tired of hunting Tigers. We desire a little variety from 1944 games. We do the desert, Arnhem, Italy, the Eastern Front, and finally the BEF 1940.
3. With talent like Techno sculpting, personality types are possible- and can be factored dice wise into the game.
Quote from: Sunray on 06 June 2020, 10:47:32 PM
2. What I call the "Tiger boredom factor". We all started with "popular" German forces. Eventually one gets tired of hunting Tigers. We desire a little variety from 1944 games.
I don't have any Tigers or Panthers in my entire 10mm WW2 collection. :) Because its all pre 1941.
I do have a short platoon each of Tiger 1's and Tiger 2's and Panthers in my 20mm WW2 though.
I know what Sunray is saying. Tigers and Panthers are the "glamorous" vehicles. If you think Soviet, you'll probably go for T34s; if you think late war British/American then the Sherman is first on the shopping list.
Would "Fury" have been the same if a Pz IV had come charging out against those Shermans instead of a Tigger?
Quote from: fsn on 06 June 2020, 11:49:44 PM
Would "Fury" have been the same if a Pz IV had come charging out against those Shermans instead of a Tigger?
No Idea, I have yet to get round to watching it. I still have the shrink wrapped DVD on the shelf
Quote from: Orcs on 06 June 2020, 11:57:25 PM
No Idea, I have yet to get round to watching it. I still have the shrink wrapped DVD on the shelf
I shouldn't bother to watch it, poor plot, improbable combat scenes. The only good thing is seeing a tank run but there's plenty of tank film on YouTube.
Regards,
Martin
I'd say watch it and form your own opinion.
It's a big budget, blockbuster movie. It's not a historical documentary and doesn't pretend to be. It's not aimed at history nerds but still manages to get rivet-counting details mainly right.
Why would a Tiger commander drive out of cover to engage three Shermans? I don't know. But then I don't know why a real world Jagdpanther commander decided to turn his vehicle around when repositioning, offering his weakest armour to enemy fire and leading to the very destruction he sought to avoid ... but he did.
Why didn't the final battle in the film end abruptly with a panzerfaust shot being pumped into "Fury" at close range? Narrative imperative. There again why didn't one of the many attacking Germans not use an MG42 to sweep Audie Murphy off the engine deck of the burning M10 he was standing on hosing them with MG fire and calling in artillery fire on them?
If what I've seen and read about war tells me anything it is that people do the most incredibly stupid things in war. Some of which get them medals and some just get them or their comrades dead.
"Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed. You can look it up later." Joss Whedon, Serenity.
"Fury" isn't a film about small unit tactics it's a film about how horrible, morally corrosive and wasteful war is. It doesn't do badly at that, for a popcorn movie.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 June 2020, 03:27:36 PM
It's a big budget, blockbuster movie. It's not a historical documentary and doesn't pretend to be. It's not aimed at history nerds but still manages to get rivet-counting details mainly right.
Why would a Tiger commander drive out of cover to engage three Shermans? I don't know. But then I don't know why a real world Jagdpanther commander decided to turn his vehicle around when repositioning, offering his weakest armour to enemy fire and leading to the very destruction he sought to avoid ... but he did.
Perhaps because an inexperienced crew lacked training in driving backwards. We do tend to think of war films as documentaries but they have to be watched as drama, with all the limitations that imposes; I think nowadays they get much correct when in the past film makers took scant regard to reality when making films.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 June 2020, 03:27:36 PM
I'd say watch it and form your own opinion.
"Fury" isn't a film about small unit tactics it's a film about how horrible, morally corrosive and wasteful war is. It doesn't do badly at that, for a popcorn movie.
Agreed. It took a lot of flak from the hobby when it came out but when I finally watched it I thought it okay but not terribly inspiring. Where they did have a winner was in setting it in Germany in the last days; an overlooked period in which a lot of dying was still going on.
It's sad that Hollywood doesn't listen to its historical advisers.
I doubt any Tiger commander would forsake cover and sacrifice his advantage in thick frontal armour, long range gunnery, and firing at the halt - to charge a platoon of Shermans.
It's a bit like any shield wall that immediately dissolves into one on one sword fights with horsemen clumping in.
Or in
Saving Private Ryan when Tom Hanks sticks a Tommy Gun through a vision slit of a Tiger.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 June 2020, 03:27:36 PM
I'd say watch it and form your own opinion.
It's a big budget, blockbuster movie. It's not a historical documentary and doesn't pretend to be. It's not aimed at history nerds but still manages to get rivet-counting details mainly right.
Why would a Tiger commander drive out of cover to engage three Shermans? I don't know. But then I don't know why a real world Jagdpanther commander decided to turn his vehicle around when repositioning, offering his weakest armour to enemy fire and leading to the very destruction he sought to avoid ... but he did.
Why didn't the final battle in the film end abruptly with a panzerfaust shot being pumped into "Fury" at close range? Narrative imperative. There again why didn't one of the many attacking Germans not use an MG42 to sweep Audie Murphy off the engine deck of the burning M10 he was standing on hosing them with MG fire and calling in artillery fire on them?
If what I've seen and read about war tells me anything it is that people do the most incredibly stupid things in war. Some of which get them medals and some just get them or their comrades dead.
"Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed. You can look it up later." Joss Whedon, Serenity.
"Fury" isn't a film about small unit tactics it's a film about how horrible, morally corrosive and wasteful war is. It doesn't do badly at that, for a popcorn movie.
I agree with most of this. Soldiers do unexplained things in combat. The Tiger crew could be convinced of their own invincibility especially against puny Shermans.
A similar mindset was observed in Korean, when 8 Royal Irish Centurion crews realised how impervious they were - I have shared the combat reports with Nobby (fsn). They added a new word to the tanker's vocabulary - "they
swanned around the killing ground".
The key factor is that for the popcorn movie to work, Pit's Sherman has to survive the tank battle. Hence the script for the Tiger crew to break cover. :)
Ahem...
SPOILER WARNING WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE!
:P
C'mon. Fury was 2014.
If you haven't seen it by now, I have no sympathy.
Besides the Tiger charge scene has been on everything.
Quote from: mad lemmey on 07 June 2020, 08:39:35 PM
Ahem...
SPOILER WARNING WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE!
Yes It would. I stopped at the first bit, but still read more than I wanted too. >:(
Just a quick note, I've split the 'Goodies vs Baddies' posts into a new topic in General Discussion: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,19838.0.html