[;)] Here’s doogs take on it.
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/144480.aspx?page=1
(Thanks to our new and glorious forum format, the link above shows active when composed, but does not show as a live link when posted. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. You’ll just have to copy and paste)
“New is better isn’t it, yeah”
Right, you’d probably need the spade in the back. Although with the photo Bish posted I’d be afraid firing from the side like that would flip the whole thing over! [:|]
Thanks for the link there DM, I sorta remembered Karl doing something like that but three years ago- I can barely remember what I did yesterday…
Lol, you’re probably right!
Another question for everyone…if I were to add figures to the Waffentrager, what branch of the service should I add? Sturmartillerie, Panzerwaffe, what? I’m sure by 1946 the Germans could have cared less about appearances, but just as a starting point, what would be the correct branch or sub-branch of the military for the Waffentragers?
I would go for Anti Tank units. Rose pink, same as tank crew.
Sorry, could you clarify there? What is rose pink?
Rose pink is the Waffenfarbe colour worn by panzer troops, AT troops and other. Sorry, I assumed that what you were trying to find out for the figures as that would be the main indication of the branch of service.
Or are you thinking of the actual uniform colour, as this would be different.
Just to elaborate on what Bish said (hope I’m not stepping on any toes!) the uniform as a tank destroyer unit would be a tank uniform but in field grey instead of black. The piping or trim on the collar tabs would be pink.
Or so I understand, Bish or someone correct me if I’m wrong here.
As far as I know, that is correct. Same uniform, but field grey.
Affirmative, thanks to all three of you.
G, not at all. Field Grey it was, not to be confused with the Reed Green uniform of the same style again, but worn by tank crews intended for summer use. Nice of the Germans to make these things nice and easy.
What’s this then? Waffen SS? Pardon the ignorance, I haven’t started geeking out about uniforms yet
I think they’d work Moff, though Bish and some of the others here would be more knowlegdable (grrr, I really need spellcheck).
You’d probably have to move the guy on the left’s arms around though to fit those monster shells that beast flung. [:D]
Yeah, you’re right. They are SS though, aren’t they? The camo and cap insignia gives it away, right?
Splinter pattern camouflage is Heer, not SS. All four wear the reversible, padded, splinter-pattern / white winter suit, although it appears the one receiving the shell wears field grey pants.
Ok, thanks. Like I said, I don’t know that much about uniforms. [:(DD]
It gets complicated. Publishers like JJ Fedorowicz and Schiffer, print large, lavishly illustrated…(and expensive) books on German uniforms, I have only a few of them, some are hard to justify the cost…[:(] unless you collect uniforms, which is way outta my league.
Well, you know more than me. So the SS didn’t have splinter camo? I thought they were the only German uniforms that had camo at all. They just had that pea dot stuff then?
Well, I was hoping I wouldn’t be writing my Ph.D. thesis on German uniforms right here and now…[;)] But in simple terms the Waffen SS had a great variety of camouflage uniforms throughout the war. Several patterns of “Blurred-Edge”, “Palm Tree”, “Oak Leaf”, “Plane Tree”, “Dot” or “Peas” Pattern and others, in a bewildering number of summer or fall color and pattern variations. Heer camouflage uniforms are much more limited to variations of “Splinter Pattern” or the closely related “Water Pattern” styles, but still with a large number of fabric types, color schemes and production variants.
I see. The Germans were the first to find widespread use for camo on uniforms, correct? I can’t think of any other nations that did that. Unless you count white ponchos as a camouflage “pattern”.