I want to build an army using the new German Veteran Infantry models. I’m far from knowledgeable of uniform history, but it looks like an obvious difference between early to late war German uniforms is the change from jackboots to boots with gaiters. What would the latest year I could use the new models for? Would they be suitable for a 1943 Sicily/Salerno army? Any insight is appreciated!

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What do you fellas think of the cover art?

I am new to the game and none of my local hobby stores sell this book. Does anybody know where i can find a pdf?

For context, my lad got BA Battle of The Bulge for Christmas and I also got him the new winter US and Fallschirmjäger starter armies, along with the extra heavy weapons add ons. We do have a few tanks too now as a result.

We have played around a dozen games, him playing the US, and me with the Fallschirmjäger, he has smashed me every time, so I know I must be either playing them wrong, or am building the wrong army composition to field.

Does anyone have a good list for the Fallschirmjäger that I could try, preferably using the starter army boxes, heavy weapons options, and the BOTB starter sets? Have I mentioned my lad is 11?

So, that's 1 near win for me, and in total, 12 losses 😀

Thanks, a nearly loser 😀

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I'm building my first tank (plastic Matilda II from Warlord) and I'm pretty torn on which barrel to give to it, and whether to put a commander on top of it or not.

I read that the howitzer's usually more useful, but I do like the idea of giving it the gun it actually had most of the time (though if I do put a commander on it, I guess I could go full HQ Matilda with the howitzer)

The commander looks cool (ignoring that he's looking a bit weird when next to infantry) but it would be nice to be able to put him on or off to mark which one is the command vehicle.

Is it possible to somehow make them variable? I do have some of the green stuff... stuff, that I never tried before.

If not, how did/would you build your Matilda?

Does anyone have a good place to source STL bits for STG rifles?

BASIS has been updated for 3rd edition rules! Happy Solo Gaming!

You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin'.

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If I’m creating a list using the Armies of Germany book, can I take selections from the “Common Transport Vehicles” section of the main rulebook p.278-280?

They don’t show up in the E/M/L Force Selection Guide of the AoG book p.116-126

I would imagine you wouldn’t mix between the Armies of Germany book and the Germany section of the main rule book, but assume you could still take common transport vehicles even though they’re not listed/mentioned in the AoG book.

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As i'm waiting till monday (tomorrow yay!! :) ) for my Armies of Germany book (not that we already know there are some errors there :D ) I have a question regarding stummel and the MMG add-on you can give it.
Im playing with the warlords app around a german list and ive added a stummel and added to it an mmg and from the stats i see it only has 4 shots including the hitler's buzzsaw rule. But it should be 6 right ?

Hello, I am new to bolt action, I am wondering what history accurate stuff I need to buy for my kit

For now I ordered Panzer IV G, and German Heer medium mortar team winter

I will also buy Croatian Legion (winter infantry)

What elso should I buy, what truck, what other forces?

Thank you in advance!

I was list building and wanted to take a sdkfz 250/4 as it says transport of 5 with 2xMMG and the flak rule.

I assume this is a miss print and it was meant to lose the transport capacity to convert from the 250/1 to the 250/4?

I think the 250/4 didn't have any transport capacity in previous editions.

What it says on the tin. Did I mess up?

1. When taking the MMG, it is 65 points and 3 men. Is an FJ MMG (Stubborn) 65 + 3 points. i.e. one point for each man?

2. In the example FJ force in the back of the book the Heavy Weapons command has 2 assault rifles. The HQ officer on pg. 26 can only take 2 Assault Rifles if it's SS. Is the sample force wrong or am I missing something? (i.e. is that from the HQ in the V3 rulebook maybe?)

Recently got a 3d printed panzer IV and tiger I for cheap off of eBay. Now that they have arrived they seem bigger than I would expect. I think they may be 1:48 scale. Does anyone know what the dimensions for that tanks should be?

Hi I'm returning to Bolt action after a hiatus, and the new force organisation rules has given me the opportunity to create an almost accurate panzer grenadier platoon.

The core idea is to have 3 sections each with 2 lmgs. However I'm considering splitting these up into 6 minimum squads with one lmg each. In order to do this I've had to add another rifle platoon, giving me an extra platoon leader. All the infantry can be loaded up in half tracks, and then I'm looking at adding an armored platoon with 2 Pumas and a 222..

I'm not aiming at winning tournaments, but I'd like to be able to put up a fight. So how bad is it? Is 6 5-man regular squads simply too fragile? Are the halftracks a complete waste of points? Should I field something else instead of Pumas and a 222?

Rifle platoon 1:

• Platoon leader + 1 guy (reg)
• 4x 5 grenadiers with lmg each (reg)
• Panzerschrek team (reg) *Sdkfz 251/10 with light AT (reg)
• 3x Sdkfz 251/1 (reg)

Rifle platoon 2:

• Platoon leader + 1 guy (reg)
• 2x 5 grenadiers with lmg each (reg)

Armored platoon:

• Sdkfz 222 + cmd vehicle (reg)
• 2x Sdkfz 234/2 Puma (reg)