Richard Clarke and Nick Skinner of the Two Fat Lardies must do a lot of moaning when wargamers want to stretch a perfectly fine set of rules to add yet more onto them. With that I have already seen examples by others the use of panzerfaust and bazooka armed infantry. Of course I will add the use of AT guns into the mix (if they haven't been already as they are a natural add-on. Basically a gun without the armor and the immediate ability to move!
As I am doing the Battle of Moscow with the Russians defending, and if we have too many German tanks or players wanting to play the baddies, I have constructed a AT gun emplacement as a means to even things out...or make them interesting....
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| foam core and wood dowel construction |
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| the inspiration from an advert in one of the 'glossies' |
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| With "weathering" added. More like a very heavy frost than snow. |
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| the gun is the inside tube of an ballpoint pen |
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| The two extra logs on the top add to the hasty construction look of the emplacement but actually serve as arc markers showing 60 degrees from the rear barrel of the gun. |
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| The rear showing the gun struts stuck into the foam core interior. Thin pieces of styrene are bent and glued to the ends of rod to simulate the AT gun. |
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| Glue infused paper is used to hide the lack of an actual gun model. Beads are used as shell casings. Pieces of balsa wood are ammo boxes. Obviously the boys have the blankets down in an attempt to stay warm.... |
