HANDSCHARSTRIKE This Range of Figures Enables You to Recreate The
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HANDSCHARSTRIKE WAFFEN-SS GRENADIERS This range of figures enables you to recreate the struggle for These Waffen SS figures depict the WWII grenadier in mix Muslim independence in WWII Bosnia, against the communist smock and M43 jacket partisans and nationalist Cetniks on the wargaming battlefield. BBG1 Officer advancing with MP40, The 13 th Waffen SS Division “Handschar” was raised in the Officer crouching with MP40 £3.00 spring of 1943 from Muslim and Croatian volunteers as part of NCO advancing with MP40 and panzerfaust, an ambitious plan to create a Muslim state in the Balkans NCO crouching with grenade and MP40 under the control of the SS. Trained to the highest standards in France and Germany (to escape Croatian interference) the Infantry jager advancing with panzerfaust men of the Handschar entered the terrible battlefield of Bosnia Infantryman advancing with K98 BBG2 £2.25 early in 1944. Wearing the traditional fez and observing Infantryman advancing with K98 and traditional Muslim religious customs, they gained a fearsome demolition charge reputation in combat, giving and expecting no quarter as they cleared Bosnia of their traditional enemies. Panzerjager advancing with 38Kg magnetic mine £2.25 As the tide of war turned on the axis occupiers in the Balkans BBG3 Sniper prone firing K98 the men on the Handschar found themselves fighting a bitter Sniper advancing with K98 war outside their security zone. This led to some desertions by some elements fearing for the security of their families, many Infantryman kneeling firing GWR43 Muslim volunteers were released from service and continued a Infantryman advancing with GWR43 and guerrilla war in Bosnia in a vain hope of keeping the idea of a £2.25 BBG4 panzerfaust Muslim state alive. Infantryman advancing with K98 and panzerfaust HAN1 Infantry Pack – 3 K98 / 2 MP40 in fez £3.75 HAN2 Infantry Pack – 3 K98 / 1 MP40 /1 MG42 £3.75 MG34 crewman advancing moving Tripod mounted MG34 and crewman firing £3.00 HAN3 Support Pack – MG42 firing and No.2 in fez £2.25 BBG5 NCO with telephone crouching HAN4 Command Pack – 3 Officers / radio / runner £3.75 Crewman with ammunition HAN5 Pioneers Pack – explosive charge / 4 riflemen £3.75 HAN6 Support Pack – 81mm mortar / 3 man crew £2.25 Panzerschreck crewman crouching firing £2.25 HAN7 Infantry Pack – 5 figures with climbing ropes £3.75 BBG6 Panzerschreck loader with rocket HAN8 Infantry Pack – 1 K98 / 2 MP40 £2.25 Panzerschreck crewman advancing HAN9 Karstjager – 3 riflemen with rope £2.25 Assault Engineer with flame-thrower Assault Engineer with grenade pouches and This exciting range contains figures wearing a mixture of Fez, £2.25 BBG7 K98 M43 cap and helmets. Some are also equipped with mountain Assault engineer with charges strapped to backpacks, giving you the opportunity to form the battlefield board units of the ‘Kama’ and ‘Karstjager’ Waffen SS divisions. Remember we also supply a range of Waffen SS figures that Signal operator with Fu.b2 radio crouching can be used as SS ‘Prinz Eugen’ division. Signal man with battery pack for Fu.b2 £3.00 BBG8 Officer reading map with telephone Signal man with telephone and cable drum 1940-45 MARINE KUSTEN POLIZEI 8cm GRW 34 Mortar & loader A new set of eagerly awaited individually designed WWII Crewman crouching sighting £2.25 figures depicting a guard detachment of the German BBG9 NCO with telephone Kriegsmarine, Navy. This unique collection includes (please note mortar is not shown in photo but Kriegsmarine military police and sailors on shore patrol of the is included in pack) type found at all German Naval bases and docks in Germany and occupied Europe during the war. GERMAN FALLSCHIRMJAGER HEAVY SUPPORT WEAPONS 1939-45 KG1 Officer wearing schirmutze, gorget and reefer £2.25 jacket standing with arm in air The light flexible role given to the German Fallschirmjager in Warrant Officer wearing schirmutze, gorget the early part of the war made heavy support difficult to and reefer jacket standing holding board provide. Many weapons were dropped by parachute (in NCO standing on guard with K98k rifle containers) and some were damaged on landing due to their wearing landing rig and M38 cap weight. This and other difficulties with moving the weapons KG2 Seaman walking with K98 rifle, wearing £2.25 around meant they were less popular with the troops and were landing rig and side cap rare on the battlefield, but such weapons did exist. Seaman standing with MP40 holding soldbuch, wearing landing rig and steel helmet FJ1 7.5 cm PAK 38 and three crew £6.93 Seaman on shore leave having his papers FJ2 50mm PAK 38 and three crew £6.95 checked before leaving naval base FJ3 7.5 cm PAK40 and three crew £6.95 FJ4 Three PAK crewmen and ammunition £2.25 FJ5 Standard 8cm GRW34 mortar and three crew £2.25 FJ6 2cm PZB 785(s) (I) with two crew £3.50 FJ7 2cm PZB 785(s)(h) with 4 crew £6.95 FJ8 2cm MG 151/20 ground mounting with crew £6.95 FJ9 Special 8cm GRW34 mortar and three crew £2.25 FJ10 Tripod Heavy MG34 and two crew £2.25 2cm PZB 785(s),(i) 1939-42 GERMAN LATE WAR FALLSCHIRMJAGER 1942-45 Swiss made gun obtained in small numbers for Fallschirmjager troops. It was broken down and dropped by parachute in In the late stages of the war the Luftwaffe Field Division pulled three canisters and assembled on landing. It was fired from into the parachute armies all available men from airfields and the shoulder on blood legs in either full-auto or semi-auto mode anti-aircraft units to bolster the front units. Many of these from a 5 or 10 round magazine. Heavy recoil and inaccuracy combined units fought with great elan and determination, in full – auto mode meant that it would normally be fired on despite the fact that the war was all but lost when they were semi–auto. It was effectively a long range sniper and anti – called upon. The combination units fought on the entire front tank gun with a heavy punch. (When using it in a game you from 1944 onwards. This range depicts the varied and different should take into account that the gunner was liable to break his types of uniforms that the Fallschirmjager acquired in the later collarbone when firing full – auto.) part of the war. It can be added to the Eben Emael range to give you a comprehensive Fallschirmjager range. £2.25 2cm PZB 785(s)(h) 1939-42 BFJ1 NCO advancing with FG42 This was the better (Glider) version and was dropped in two NCO walking with panzerfaust and MP40 parts: carriage and gun. It came with wheels and was much NCO advancing with FG42 and panzerfaust more portable than the parachute dropped (i) version. The £3.75 gun was normally fired on its carriage but without wheels for Private advancing with K98 and ammunition greater stability and better full-auto mode use. The difficulty Private advancing with K98 of transport and firing it means that it too was seldom used but Private advancing with K98 and grenade BFJ2 gives a nasty surprise. Private kneeling with grenade launcher on K98 Private standing firing K98 2cm MG151/20 Fallschirmjager mounting 1944-45 These weapons were Luftwaffe aircraft guns stripped from Private crouching with radio £4.50 grounded and damaged aircraft to give the newly raised Private advancing with FG42 Fallschirmjager Armies for use as heavier weapons, as they Private crouching, firing panzerfaust BFJ3 were always in desperate need. The gun was placed on a Private advancing with FG42 variety of mountings in an effort to give better and more stable Private crouching firing FG42 gun platforms as this weapon could only fire full-auto. The Private carrying extra ammunition 151/20 is belt fed or drum fed and can fire all the special Luftwaffe ammunition: Tungsten-core Armour piercing, high explosive and phosphorus rounds to name but a few. This BFJ4 MG32 firing using broken wall for support £1.60 weapon could, in the hands of experienced gunner, be very deadly. Also, with its light carriage, the weapon can be moved around quickly. Panzerschrekcrewman firing prone £1.60 BFJ5 No2 prone with rockets GERMAN FALLSCHIRMJAGER IN TYPE 1 & 2 SMOCKS (Operation ‘Granite’ Against Eben Emael 1940) LUFTWAFFE FIELD DIVISION Operation ‘Granite’ was the most daring of all the early war operations using Paratroops. The ‘impregnable’ fortress of FJ27 Officer in service cap advancing with MP40 £2.25 Eben Emael guarded the Dutch-Belgium frontier, which the Officer in helmet walking with MP40 Germans had to cross for the assault across Europe. In the NCO in helmet advancing with MP40 fortress were 2000 experienced troops manning and defending FJ28 NCO walking with MP40 £2.25 the Guns ranged-in on the surrounding area. Specially trained Infantryman pointing carrying K98 rifle German Fallschirmjager used a mixture of weapons all Infantryman crouching firing K98 rifle designed for the destruction of casements. FJ29 3 Infantryman with K98 rifle, kneeling, £2.25 advancing and throwing grenade FJ11 Officer advancing with MP38 £2.25 FJ30 NCO running with Panzerfaust £2.25 Officer crouching with flare pistol and MP38 Infantryman standing firing MP44 NCO advancing with MP38 Infantryman walking with K98 rifle FJ12 3 Paras with K98 rifles, advancing, running £2.25 FJ31 MG15 and gunner firing £2.25 and crouching No.2 crouching with ammunition drums FJ13 MG34 and crewman prone firing £2.25 Gunner advancing with pistol MG34 and no. 2 advancing with ammo FJ32 MG34 on tripod and gunner firing, No.2 with £2.25 FJ14 Two men advancing with 25kg hollow charge £2.25 ammunition FJ14A Two men advancing with 50kg hollow charge £2.25 FJ33 3 Infantryman with K98 rifle, 1 advancing