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The Third Reich

The Third Reich

Postby OWCriminal » Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:32 pm

Hi Fellas,

I am fairly new to the system and have just bought a load of Germans late war. I plunged in to a Gepanzerte Panzergrenadier, with PzIV support and some StuG III's. In support of this I have a machine gun platoon, a mortar (81cm), a battery of 150mm howitzers a flight of stukas and a platoon of PAK 40's. Okay I also have 1 Tiger I and 1 Tiger II....oh and a Panther...and a StuG IV....there that's better!!

Through getting my butt kicked by British Infantry and American Infantry, a lot, I have re-designed the list, it's now more about Panzer Company with Heavy support a Gepanzerte Platoon and PAK 40's.

The most important being the 40's, a great footprint for anti tank and cheaper than my PzIV's they're a must have.

What do you guys favour?
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby Weyco » Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:10 pm

Assault Terminators
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby timewizard » Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:29 pm

Weyco wrote:Assault Terminators


I like em too, but he is posting in the "flames of war" forum!
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby KInG » Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:02 pm

lol I fear he knew he was posting in the FoW forum ;)

OWCrimiinal, your 1st mistake was picking Germans ;) hihi. j/k

Thanks for kick starting our forum Mark. So you are Germans eh.... well from what I've gleamed so far from these fellas, you don't get much in any list, but waht you do get is sh*t hot.

Are you playing them Fearless Veterans, or some lesser combination... and which book are you making your list from? I would advise getting Fortress Europe, the book is a summary of all the Normandy books, with less history and paint guides etc. This is the book I'm currently compiling my new German list from.

Gav went all tanks at 1st, but that will never do well, as he's come to find out. You have to have infantry supporting them, not unlike in real life. I'm currently thinking of Panzer heavy, or Stugs, and these cheaper tanks allow you to take the infantry you need. Atrillery is always good if used well, if not, its a waste of points. But I would always advise Germans take some decent dedicated AA to protect their tanks. They have a dual role, aircraft or infantry. The 3.7cm cannons with 24" AA can even take tanks in the side armour!

Tactics for Germans: try this onefor now... Remember the 40K Tau Crisis suits little trick about moving from behind cover, shooting and jumping back in the assault phase. :) Try using your Stormtrooper special rule to do the same thing with your Germans. You'll soon have your opponents crying cheese and all buying Germans very soon.
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby Weyco » Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:09 pm

clicked View New Post, read a bit and saw "What do you guys favour?" :)
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby KInG » Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:25 pm

lol not too worry Weyco. The forum that the post is sat in is in smaller print, just under the post or beside it ;)
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby cgra1 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:58 pm

Canadians for me, they have cheesy re-rolls and are a nice assault landing force
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby Taumaul » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:33 pm

The Canadians also carry chainsaws and wear checked shirts!!!:)
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby cgra1 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:39 pm

they dress in frilly clothing...... just like there dear mama........
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby OWCriminal » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:59 pm

I can see where this is going with the Canadians!!
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby Taumaul » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:08 pm

OW, what size games do you play? And do you play Wehrmacht or SS?
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby OWCriminal » Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:11 pm

Taumaul wrote:OW, what size games do you play? And do you play Wehrmacht or SS?


I play Wehrmacht mate, I can play SS as I have the variants, however I prefer the "real" soldiers of the era! Well that's my preference...just in case I offend anyone :oops: .

We have found that 2,000 pts makes for a better game as 1500 just goes to quickly, usually an hour and a half.

I would like to get an all infantry force just to see how they fare, but the Germans really excell at the mixed forces. :)

I have just finished my PAK 40's as these are probably better than tanks with the same guns, once deployed around the table the foot print of 32" and anti tank of 12, coupled with dug in and bulletproof make these babys hard to shift.

I have just put the photos on my clubs Blog.
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Re: The Third Reich

Postby KInG » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:34 pm

link to piccies?

u can always post piccies to your gallery on here if it makes life any easier OWC
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