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Thursday 24 June 2021

20mm WW2 German artillery tows

I wanted some artillery tows, able to tow light weapons like the PAK 36, 20mm AA gun and 75mm infantry gun, so the SdKfz 10 fits the bill.  I also wanted to provide tows for a pair of 105mm howitzers, that would also be able to tow heavier PAK AT guns such as the PAK 38 and PAK 40 and a heavy tow for the 88mm FLAK gun, so SdKfz 11s seemed appropriate.  Finally, I wanted a tow for the 88mm FLAK gun, so an SdKfz 7 seemed called for.  All are available in resin from Britannia Miniatures from Grubby Tanks.

A pair of Britannia Miniatures SdKfz 11 medium artillery rows, suitable for towing weapons like the 105mm howitzer.  Britannia SS drivers and a couple of the SS vehicle crew.  These can tow a pair of 105mm howitzers or Pak 38 or 40 AT guns.


Painted in middlestone with a little Iraqi sand and stripes of WW2 German field grey with a little refractive green.  Black grey for tires, black brown for tracks.


A Britannia Miniatures SdKfz 7 tow for heavy artillery, best known as the tow for the 88mm FLAK.  Driver is from the Britannia SS driver set and the three passengers are from the Britannia SS passengers set.  Paint scheme as the SdKfz 11s with the addition of some armour brown, diluted with WW2 German camo mid-brown.


The casting on this model wasn't particularly crisp and took a lot of filling with modelling paste.  I'm very happy with the final result though.


A Britannia Miniatures SdKfz 10 light artillery tow, suitable for the 20mm AA gun, infantry guns, etc.  Paint scheme similar to the SdKfz 7 above.



Nicely detailed models, a few bubbles to fill and some make good work around the headlights and grills mainly, but overall quite pleased with these.  They fill a gap in my late war German forces to get towed artillery mobile, so do the job.

As ever, thanks for looking.

8 comments:

  1. Those look great, Andy.

    V/R,
    Jack

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    1. Thanks Jack, just been looking at your 15mm kit - very nice.

      Cheers, Andy

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  2. Very nicely finished and painted!

    Regards, Chris

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  3. More great additions to the collection Mr C. Once the unit is up and running later this year we will have to organise a big 20mm WW2 weekend.

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    1. Sounds good to me. Been talking with Will about trying the new Rapid-Fire combined KG Oppeln and Rausch counter-attacks by 21st Panzer on D-day. Would need to be a weekend game just because of the scale of the thing. should be fun and look great on table.

      Cheers, Andy

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    1. Absolutely. Could organise a Saturday game at the Community Centre if you fancy it.

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