MarkAMorin  | 11 Feb 2019 10:12 p.m. PST |
The Germans get some Italian help link |
| Gerard Leman | 12 Feb 2019 8:32 a.m. PST |
Very nice. I see you included crew in your Semevente 47's. Gotta think that it must have been cozy in the fighting compartment of one of those, given that the vehicle had a 3 man crew. Not so bad in Russia – perhaps a tad "odiferous" in North Africa, where shower facilities would have been non-existant. |
 Legion 4  | 12 Feb 2019 9:00 a.m. PST |
Great paint jobs ! As far as the Italians on the Russian front, it always surprised be a bit, they never deployed any of their "best" AFV there. No M13/40s ever were deployed. Not that they were much of a match for T34s, etc. But the other older light AFVs the Italians deployed there were really over matched. |
| MarkAMorin | 13 Feb 2019 9:34 a.m. PST |
Thanks and yes, the 47/32 did get sent to the Eastern front from what I understand. I have used the Italians M13/40 in an Eastern front scenario ahistorically, but now I can sent the unwashed Semovente. T-34 crews must have loved going up against Italian armor. |
| Legion 4 | 16 Feb 2019 10:01 a.m. PST |
It would be more like target practice than a tank on tank engagement …  |
| MarkAMorin | 18 Feb 2019 12:34 p.m. PST |
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| Murvihill | 18 Feb 2019 4:07 p.m. PST |
If the Italians used them shoot-and-scoot it wouldn't be too bad. The Russians had T-70's too. |
| Legion 4 | 18 Feb 2019 4:49 p.m. PST |
But they had a whole lot of T-34s, KV-1s, etc., etc., too … |
| MarkAMorin | 24 Feb 2019 4:57 p.m. PST |
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| von Schwartz | 05 May 2019 6:25 p.m. PST |
Looks really nice, but what is the white stuff and where can I get some? |
| MarkAMorin | 05 May 2019 6:42 p.m. PST |
The poster tack? Michael's! or Amazon: link |
| Mark 1 | 06 May 2019 11:43 a.m. PST |
As far as the Italians on the Russian front, it always surprised be a bit, they never deployed any of their "best" AFV there. No M13/40s ever were deployed. They never deployed their armored divisions to the Russian Front. So the M13/40s and M14/41s never went. They did deploy "Fast" Divisions and Cavalry Divisions to the Russian Front. So L3/35s, L6/40s and Semoventi 47s went. I am not entirely surprised that they didn't deploy their armored divisions. Quite aside from the threat of T-34s and KV-1s (which wargamers appreciate), their logistics were precarious at best. Armored divisions eat log at a prodigious rate, which is not often quite as easily appreciated by wargamers. What surprises me is that they never deployed any Semoventi 75 batteries. I would think these were small enough units (mostly independent batteries AIUI), that seem to have performed quite well in infantry support roles. -Mark
(aka: Mk 1) |
| von Schwartz | 18 Jun 2019 6:47 p.m. PST |
The poster tack? Michael's! or Amazon: link Is that the white puffy stuff? Looks like he uses it to mask areas when painting? |
| MarkAMorin | 26 Jun 2019 4:37 a.m. PST |
Yes, that is the white stuff- very useful for mounting stuff for painting |
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