"WW2 Hungarian Proxies" Topic

Hi folks,

as there are currently no plastic 15mm WW2 Hungarians out there, I just wondered whether WW1 or WW2 Germans could do the job? And if, which set (Grenadiers, FJ, normal Inf.) ?

Cheers
a WW2 newbie

The usual stand-in for WW2 Hungarians are WW1 Germans in steel helmets and puttees.

So, any old late WW1 line will do – Peter Pig, Minifigs, Irregular etc.

I wasn't aware there were any plastic WW1 Germans in 15mm. Closest 15mm WW2 Germans in plastic would be early war/Blitzkreig infantry. If you are handy with craft knife/file you can modify the jackboots to ankle boots and the top of the boots to cloth puttees. A google image search will show you what it looks like.
You can, of course, buy Hungarian 15mm infantry from Battlefront and others in metal.

As far as weapons are concerned the Hungarians used the Soluthurn M31 LMG, which looks a lot like the MG34. Tripod MG's were the Maxim type in 8mm.

I hadn't realised the OP wanted plastic Hungarians.

The only option then are the WW1 German figures provided in the 'Great War' boardgame. Or just paint early WW2 Germans as Hungarians as Fred suggests.

In 15mm, you probably won't notice the footwear looking different, to be honest. On a gaming table, the only thing people will notice is the jacket colour and the helmets.

Use the East Front Hungarians and Rumanians. True north /command decision makes Hungarians foot and vehicles.

15mm plastic WW1 Germans

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Hungarians are available in 15mm metal from QRF
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You are going to have to fill in a few things with metal, possibly WW1 Austro Hungarian ranges (or WW2 ranges).

The Hungarian Light Machine gun look just like an MG34, but fed by a curved box magazine on the left side of the gun.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_30 that could be an easy mod in plastic

The Schwarzlose was the standard MMG, a Maxim will do at a push, but the cone "accelerator" is a must (And note the rear housing).
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Their sub machine-gun is interesting, almost beretta like profile as well. The Magazine folds forward a feature liked by troops as with the standard rifle being a short Manlicher, NCOs and specialist were not distinguished at range link

As you can see from the image in the article, it is a relatively large weapon, so you can probably modify a rifle for that

The close fit of the trousers below the knee could be replicated by a paint conversion of the puttees of a Late WW1 German in puttees, or trimming a little away from the classic jack boots.

2 helmets seemed to be in service, the (then) Current issue German helmet, the typical WW1 German style helmet and in very small numbers (small enough to be ignored), the WW1 Austrian Berndorfer. So a mix and match approach would be suitable.

Late war, they adopted their own Zelt (and unique cammo pattern) and some issues of the trousers became baggier (so late war Germans can be used then).