WW2-1979 Graphics Showcase

[Eivind IV]

Beutiful, FiGu!

[fairline]

If you'll wait a little you'll get the official versions, rather than recolours and cut'n'pastes.

[curtsibling]

That is a good hope for the future!

Excellent!

[curtsibling]

To celebrate the fact that this WW2 unit thread is the best ever:

A reworking of Fairline's amazing Bf109, made into a ToT Fw190...

And yes, this means a ToT Dictator 3 is in the works!

[Eivind IV]

Nice FW, Curt!

Were can I find winterized nemo-units?

[curtsibling]

Right here, old chap!

What do you need?

[Eivind IV]

Spanks, curt!

I can winterize the rest of what I need myself, but I'm lazy so we'll see

Attached: We've started a project over at CDG. Pablostuka, Jim Panse and myself are making a scenario together: The African Campain. More info will be given later, but here's a microscopical preview: some desertised units and a brand new Opel Blitz.

[Dr. Nick]

Did the Germans use trucks in the desert as troops transports? I think they only used sdfkz's

[Eivind IV]

I think you are correct.

[techumseh]

Nah. Everybody used trucks. 1/2 tracks were mainly used as assault vehicles and heavy equipment haulers. Too expensive, too much fuel/maintainence for use as the standard transport.

[Case]

Originally posted by El Awrence
Did the Germans use trucks in the desert as troops transports? I think they only used sdfkz's

I'm pretty sure that they would have used trucks - I doubt they had anywhere near enough sdkz's, and even German 'Armoured' formations generally had as many 'motorised' [truck-borne] troops as they had halftrack mounted troops.

Trucks did quite well in the North African desert, which shouldn't be suprising as rocky terrain is much more common then sandy terrain. While control of the main road was important for logistical reasons [as it was the only sealed road in the theatre and linked all the ports], trucks did OK during tactical movements, and often outpaced tracked vehicles - the British 7th Armoured Division's Support Group's charge to Beda Fomm being the most famous example of this. If you want another example, the British SAS and LRDG units traveled almost exclusively in modified versions of standard-issue trucks, and when issued with M-3 'Honey' light tanks, they generally left these back at base due to the tanks slowing them down!

From memory, one of the key reasons that the Australians besiged in Tobruk caused Rommel so much grief was that the main coast road lay within artillery range. As the German Army was dependant on trucks for both its logistics and tactical movement, the ability of the allies to dominate this road meant that Rommel's wheeled transport had to take a rather long route around Tobruk. If he'd had heaps of halftracks this would have been less of a problem.

[Pablostuka]

Yeah, the Afrika Korps used a lot of trucks to transport equipment and troops. The Opel Blitz was their workhorse for the task. But let me correct you, Eivind. The Opel Blitz has 4 wheels, not 6

[Eivind IV]

You are also correct, Pablo. I've been using the wrong model *embarrased* I was very tired yesterday

Just to close the discussion, I'll post a picture from a German desert Opel Blitz. I'll give it a shot later on.



And every Danny-experts has to come out of the closet and start producing quality Afrika Korps units! ASAP!

[Eivind IV]

And here's the result. One Desert Opel Blitz with troops and one with supplies.

EDIT: added more units with different desert colours

[Leonidas]

Originally posted by Kobra
Spanks, curt!

I can winterize the rest of what I need myself, but I'm lazy so we'll see

Attached: We've started a project over at CDG. Pablostuka, Jim Panse and myself are making a scenario together: The African Campain. More info will be given later, but here's a microscopical preview: some desertised units and a brand new Opel Blitz.

Kobra:

Great news that you and the gang are doing an Afrikan Campaign. I have been wanting someone to do one for quite some time now.

Since I am a big fan of desert warfare/Afrika korps, I went ahead and privately re-did J. Petroski's scenario "Afrika korps", with updated graphics, events, gameplay, new sounds, etc.

I even emailed him asking him if I could release this updated scenario. But I have never heard back from him. So I have been enjoying playing this scenario as the Afrika Korps and have been having a blast - I finally have a good, playable Afrika Korps scenario.

I also did a Battle of Britain scenario (playable only as the British) and the German AI whupped my butt. . .

Best of luck.

Cheers!