"Flak Truck..." Topic
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| PiersBrand | 09 Sep 2015 4:37 p.m. PST |
Die cast vehicle from Altalya, Drilling mounts by S&S Models with AB and Foundry crew…
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| steveinns | 09 Sep 2015 5:19 p.m. PST |
Great to see it completed. Impressive paint job on figures & truck. That's some fearsome firepower there, I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end ! |
| Captain Cook | 09 Sep 2015 5:26 p.m. PST |
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| Silurian | 09 Sep 2015 8:29 p.m. PST |
Oh neat. I've never seen that double drilling mount before. Very nice conversion and painting.
Do you know where the photo was taken? |
| PiersBrand | 10 Sep 2015 1:57 a.m. PST |
Taken during the retreat from France into Belgium or Holland. I dont know if it was just transporting the Drillings for emplacement or in use as a gun platform, but it features in a series of pictures of various retreating trucks, so I do wonder if it was used as an ad-hoc convoy protection vehicle to give some defence against Allied air attacks. Certainly the picture doesnt seem to be a unit transporting Drillings to be fitted somewhere else, so Im going with the 'dakka-dakka-dakka' option as Im a wargamer! ;) |
| 45thdiv | 10 Sep 2015 3:55 a.m. PST |
How would this be used in a game? |
| PiersBrand | 10 Sep 2015 4:54 a.m. PST |
Well its gonna be a flak asset. So it will be sat at the back, well away from enemy ground troops, watching the skies. Pretty much used in the same way I use any flak vehicle in a game. Im also working on a 'lite & fun' scenario with a long column of vehicles retreating, and the German players have to get off the table, while the other players get a choice of ground attack plane each and score points based on what they take out… |
| Starfury Rider | 10 Sep 2015 5:12 a.m. PST |
Just a thought but there was an organisational table for a platoon with three 3-tonners, each mounting a single drilling. I wondered for a long time where it fitted in, then found it was just an add on to the Supply Coy for the Panther Bn in the weird and wonderful Panzer Brigades. |
| uglyfatbloke | 10 Sep 2015 5:14 a.m. PST |
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| Larry R | 10 Sep 2015 9:34 a.m. PST |
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examines another pre-painted building for WWII.
