| Murvihill | 02 Feb 2016 4:35 p.m. PST |
I'm reading another account of Stalingrad and the story about the mice that disabled 24th(?) Pz division by eating the insulation on the electrical wires of the tanks came up again. Does anyone have any figures on how many tanks and how long they were out? Or is it apocryphal? |
| PiersBrand | 02 Feb 2016 4:42 p.m. PST |
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| Louie N | 02 Feb 2016 4:53 p.m. PST |
Wonderful figures and painting |
| Weasel | 02 Feb 2016 5:19 p.m. PST |
This may be a rare case where the topic of the bug and the actual topic are at least in the same period :) |
| PiersBrand | 02 Feb 2016 5:26 p.m. PST |
Two for the price of one! |
| War Panda | 02 Feb 2016 7:24 p.m. PST |
Piers, ok so as expected you have a magnificent paint job on the Jerries. But, and I think this is a first but I'm sorry I'm seriously disappointed with the lack of detail on these models: ie where are the marvelous black ops mice that are mentioned in the wonderful narrative? Poor stuff Piers, very poor… |
| PiersBrand | 03 Feb 2016 12:44 a.m. PST |
Durrr… Their black ops mice! You cant see them! Their in stealth mode… |
| MajorB | 03 Feb 2016 4:46 a.m. PST |
They're very nicely painted figures. |
| Jemima Fawr | 03 Feb 2016 8:30 a.m. PST |
A similar thing happened to the British 29th Armoured Brigade in December 1944. They had handed their Shermans in at a depot near Brussells, prior to receiving their spanking-new Comets at Gravelines. However, when the Ardennes crisis erupted, they had to rush back to Brussells to pick up their old Shermans. However, during those brief weeks, a lot of tanks had been stripped of their radios and MGs and the mice had nibbled at the electrical wiring. |
| 45thdiv | 03 Feb 2016 8:49 a.m. PST |
What base color and highlight color do you use for the flesh? Matthew |
 Mister Tibbles  | 03 Feb 2016 8:52 a.m. PST |
We need to watch out for scale creep in those commando mice models, else we'll be left with commando rats. Wait. That might not be a bad idea….  What base color and highlight color do you use for the flesh? The mice or the infantrymen? |
| Martin Rapier | 03 Feb 2016 9:43 a.m. PST |
"I'm reading another account of Stalingrad and the story about the mice that disabled 24th(?) Pz division by eating the insulation on the electrical wires of the tanks came up again. Does anyone have any figures on how many tanks and how long they were out? Or is it apocryphal?" 22nd Panzer Div. Out of 104 tanks only 42 were available for combat against the Russian breakthrough and only 30 actually made it into action. Many of them had been damaged by mice eating the wiring and couldn't be started, but it was quickly repaired. The bigger problem was the the division had worn out old Pz 38s which fell apart (part of the reason they had been parked up for months in the first place) and the operational ones they did have were poorly handled. |
| 45thdiv | 03 Feb 2016 10:28 a.m. PST |
The infantry. I did not see any pictures of mice. 😉 |
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