Sd.Kfz. 251/16 – Flammpanzerwagen. Fitted with two flame projectors and initially a rear-mounted flamethrower, detachable but still connected to the vehicle, to be operated by dismounted infantry.
This was in addition to the standard forward machine gun mount. Six Sd.Kfz. 251/16 Flammpanzerwagens were authorised for issue to each Panzergrenadier regiment or in the Pioneer battalion.
Though vulnerable, they were used very successfully at night to quickly attack enemy infantry who had just captured German trenches, hitting the enemy before they could consolidate and bring up the heavy weapons that would make them much costlier to defeat later.
Late ausf. D versions had larger gun shields.
In game terms they are also very vulnerable, but players generally overestimate their ability and concentrate forces to destroy it. This is its real value. With attention directed towards it you can concentrate elsewhere.
More German vehicles, Greek WW2, and Midlam Miniatures figures coming.
In the tank attack, mortar, machine gun, and artillery support platoons the command units had additional men to provide close fire support and replacement gunners as required.
In a game sense, five men with Owen guns mounted in a Universal Carrier can be a very flexible and useful unit.
I will make another one of these for the Captains support squad.
Eenie, meenie, miney, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe, If he hollers, let him go, Eenie, meenie, miney, moe
I am not sure if grabbing it by the tail would do any good but a good kick up the backside with a 17pdr might do the trick!
Versions of the children’s rhyme have existed since before 1820. But, some folklorists propose it goes back much further, suggesting that counting-out rhymes like Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe originate from Ancient Celtic rituals of sorting out who would be chosen to die as a punishment or, perhaps, a sacrifice. In this theory, the words Eenie, meenie, miney, moe are thought to come from the Celtic words for the numbers “one, two, three, four.”
I will gradually work through the German vehicles I have to support my Fallschirmjaeger.
The terrain was in a valley with some scattered farmhouses. The river was a dry wadi which provided cover but did not inhibit movement.
The valley showing the wadi running through the centre of it.
British Line Infantry and a Field Gun deployed behind sandbags.
The Gun Limber and some Natal native horse deployed towards the rear
More British Line deployed behind rock-walled fields.
The first Zulu Impi moves forward
The Second Zulu Impi moves at the double and crosses the wadi trying to outflank the British.
Sweeping through the farm the First Impi comes under British fire and the unit of the Zulu King becomes pinned.
The farmlet at Rorke’s Drift protected by a “not so thin red line”.
At this stage the British were worried but as a seasoned Zulu player I knew the impact of the British firepower. The two Zulu unit just failed to contact the British behind their sandbags and were reduced to below half strength and pinned by artillery and front and flank rifle fire.
Things were initially looking good for the Second Impi but again the British rifle fire decimated the three front Impi’s. I could have gone to ground but this would have meant that I would have been unable to reach the British and would have suffered much the same fate but only taking a little longer.
The First Impi has become unpinned and is ready to attack next turn.
Having just smashed through two of the First Impi’s remaining units the Natal Light Horse is preparing to charge the Second Impi. At this stage a roar of voices was heard from the redcoats:
Men of Harlech, march to glory, Victory is hov’ring o’er ye, Bright-eyed freedom stands before ye, Hear ye not her call? At your sloth she seems to wonder; Rend the sluggish bonds asunder, Let the war-cry’s deaf’ning thunder Every foe appall.
At this stage with the Zulu King dead and only two remaining Zulu units intact the Zulu’s retired. It becomes a very different outcome if the Zulu’s can close quickly on British in the open. Ahhh……..next time!
A great game which demonstrated the power of British firepower behind fortifications.
See, they now are flying! Dead are heap’d with dying! Over might hath triumph’d right, Our land to foes denying; Upon their soil we never sought them, Love of conquest hither brought them, But this lesson we have taught them, “Cambria ne’er can yield!”
These Reaper models I think are more villagers from the Reaper Village of Kullhaven” range but I have been unable to find the contents of any box set other than set Rm10029.
They are certainly Reaper figures, just not positive on the box set.
I have been swapping and changing projects almost everyday. Today is no exception – back to finish off one of the German vehicles that I have partially completed.
I now have a Panzer IV and this to provide some heavy support for my Fallschirmjaeger. With the “big cats” still to come.
