"German Paratroop Heavy Weapons" Topic

"Having already made a set of German paratroops, it would have been logical for Valiant to follow that up with a set of support weapons such as this. When dropping into combat, the carrying of weapons could be positively dangerous, and those that were taken had to be as light as possible while still being effective. The initial wave of paratroops would have limited weaponry (which they might have to seek out in separate containers) and even more limited ammunition, so it was essential that they were supported by air-landing infantry with larger weapons and more ammunition as soon as possible. However later in the war the dropping of paratroops fell out of favour with the German High Command, and they were increasingly used as elite infantry, when they could use the full range of weapons available to any infantry in the Army.

This set not only builds on the previous set of German Paratroops, it actually incorporates that earlier set in its entirety, as one of the three sprues in this box is exactly the sprue found in the first. Therefore everything we said in that earlier review applies equally here. What is new are two new sprues which between them offer three new figures and some new equipment (see sprue mage). The new figures are the two-man mortar team shown in the middle of our second row, plus a new kneeling figure. As with the old sprue, there is a good deal of separate arms and heads, so a wide variety of different poses can be achieved, and since the new sprue includes still more bodies and arms, that range is much increased here…"

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