My second WWII Pocket Army is now complete and it pretty much mirrors the German force in content.
9 x Rifle Sections (a company)
1 x 82mm mortar platoon
2 x 45mm A/T guns deployed
2 x Maxim machine guns
1 x observer and radio
2 x SU 122 self propelled gun
Above - the rifle sections are on 45mm x 20mm bases, with 6 figures per base. this one just has 5 as the flag adds a bit.
This is the basis of a mid-war Soviet force and over time I will increase the infantry element to battalion size, so that it fits with both the Rapid Fire rules and ‘O’ Group rules.
The figures are very nicely sculpted 12mm in hard plastic from Victrix, the two vehicles are SU 122’s (ABOVE), which are 3D prints from Anschluss Wargames and the pair of anti-tank guns are metal from pendraken.
One of the advantages of this scale and period are that the forces are relatively easy and quick to paint, so these ‘starter’ sized forces can be expanded alongside painting other things.
(ABOVE) As with the German force, I like to have something at the front of the anti-tank gun bases, so that their barrels have something to rest on, protecting them from handling and being dropped! here I have used a ‘fallen tree’ which has been formed from part of a plastic tree frame that Woodland scenics sells.
(BELOW) The mortar teams have positioned themselves behind a wall, which I cut (outside in fresh air because of resin dust) from a section of 10mm resin wall made by the wonderful Battlescale and sold by Pendraken.
Anyway, I now have the beginning of my two Pocket Armies, so time to get some action to the table. I have been researching some actions that involved the SU 122.
Keep an eye out at the Commanders site (link below) as more content is added for these fellows. I have some Soviet lorries on the way to me, so that I can create a motorised platoon.
