"Flytrap: Late War Germans 15mm (Battle of the Bulge onwards)" Topic

Gents
We would like to give you a quick glimpse at the first release for the new and upcoming Warfighter: World At War miniature ranges… Late War Germans (1944-45)… suitable for use in the Battle of the Bulge or any other late war conflict.

Warfighter : World at War is the first of many to come sister lines to the existing Warfighter: Near future/ultra modern line of miniatures.

These late war germans will suit any rule system presently on the market, blisters will be arranged in their respective platoons following closely to the guides stipulated in the new V3 Flames of War rulebooks.

The Rifle Platoon/Company Co blister is the first to hit the shelves next month (April) with the ancillary support options following close after.

For more updates, news and info drop by our website (www.flytrapfactory) which will receive its latest update this coming week or subscribe to our blog. Please note that the pics above (especially the Rifle Platoon which is displayed at half strength or thereabouts) are still very much WIP and there may be differences in the final blister contents

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Kind regards
The Baron

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they look very nice and I'll follow your stuff
It's about time someone takes charge.

The shroud of mystery, your NZ location and the delays we're observing from Battlefront are interesting to put together.

Hopefully talent is not lost

Thanks Helmet
This is just the beginning.

Baron

Go for it.

Interesting note also is that our figures are designed and manufactured/reproduced in New Zealand. Sculpting/casting and reproduction quality is our utmost prime concern.

Stay tuned!

these look very nice.. I wish u well and will be watching closely.

Richard.

Are the assault rifles mixed in with rifle armed troops?
I hope not because they weren't fielded in one and twos to a squad/section but by entire platoon.

They look impressive. It would be really great if they were made of plastic, but I suspect that they are metal.

Interesting product! By the way, your blog did not load properly in my browser (IE8).

Nice snow

look great

Are the assault rifles mixed in with rifle armed troops?
I hope not because they weren't fielded in one and twos to a squad/section but by entire platoon.

Can you elaborate? Pictorial evidence tends to show the opposite.

"Assault rifles" were issued to volksgrenadier companies. Each company had two assault platoons armed with machine pistols/automatic rifles and one armed with bolt action carbines

It makes far more sense to have all your weapons taking the same ammunition at least at platoon level than trying to figure out who needs what when it comes to resupply (which is also why US squads weren't bristling with carbines, Thompsons and grease guns)

What number4 wrote.

The idea was that the assault rifles would make up for the reduction in manpower in the Volksgrenadier battalions.

Also pictures by themselves tend to be more misleading than helpful.

jdg

I did some -very- quick math. Supposedly 78 volksgrenadiers divisions were created, assuming each with 6 battalions of 600 men. That's 280,000 infantrymen (we exclude support units, AT, artillery, etc…)

Knowing that around 425,977 StG 44 variants of all types were produced, that's more than enough to equip most if not all of them.

IIRC, only 30% of STG44 produced were distributed by wars end.

IIRC, only 30% of STG44 produced were distributed by wars end.

I'll dig through some of my references – I know I have a write up on them in a couple of my collectors' references…

… and I'd REALLY love to own a transferrable one… :D

Lets see, working on helmet's quick math: 280,000 volksgrenadiers, less around 30% who are armed with an LMG, carbine or MP40 works out at 196,000, and 30% of the 425,977 Stg's produced comes in around 127,973… so not everybody got one, but according to Gary Kennedy's excellent site the Germans did not differentiate between the MP40 and MP43 in their 'assault platoons', just that they were to be armed with 'machine pistols'.

However it's pretty clear the intent was to have two platoons armed entirely with automatic weapons, supported by one with longer range bolt action rifles, so the weapon types at squad and platoon level would have been standardized.

Standardized on paper anyway. What units did when they got the gear and how they employed it may have varried.

Best to allow customers to pick and choose the propertions they want – All the MP40s together – all the MGs and all the MP40s together…and then all the K98s etc in another pack.

But I don't know if marketing dictates gently squeesing the consumers by have mixed blister packs and forcing an element of redundancy.

Very nice figure BTW. Look like 20mm in some ways though they are 15s – right?

I want to buy these.

What happened to his WW2 range, did it never get off the ground? Shame, those models looked very good for 15mm.

any news about these?

I've always understood that there were two or three riflemen in a Volksgrenadier "Sturm" (MPi) squad… They helped load the lMG and carried ammo. Is that incorrect?

Edit: My mistake… looks like I was thinking of the Jägerkompanie, not the Grenadiers!

so, any word on how much the blisters will be?