/hwg/ - Historical Wargames General

Can I still reply if it's a halo novel. Oh wait I already did.

Tigers in the mud is up next after this trilogy.

Anybody know good suppliers of modern combat vehicles in 1/72 or 20mm? My favorite modern infantry supplier makes their stuff in 20mm but I don't know who makes vehicles that'd look good alongside them.

Trumpeter, Dragon, Zvezda, Revell, Italeri, ICM, ACE, S-Model, tons of plastics around. For metal/resin Grubby Tanks/Britannia, S and S, Elhiem, Sgts Mess, prolly a couple others as well.

Black tree miniatures. Unfortunately they mix rifles and SMGs. But since all of my other units are pure rifle or SMG they can be elite and be allowed to mix.

Hans Roth diaries for some light reading. Otherwise 'Northmen, the viking saga' which I feel is very slow.

What vehicles are you looking for specifically?

Have you checked Scalemates.com already? Its a huge kit database where you could just search for "Leopard 2 1/72" and it would list you any kit from any manufacturer.
Then you can check reviews for each to compare price/quality etc.

Alexander I Tsar of War and Peace.
Would recommend

I'm building myself a small defence of Berlin force. I've gotten myself a mix of Fallschimjaegers, blitzkrieg germans and late war soldiers. I do this because I know that sometimes the soldiers were given what uniforms were available.
My question is if you feel I should be able to sprinkle in some Waffen SS. Were normal soldiers ever given Waffen SS uniforms if none other were available? Is it unfeasible?

It's all about the lapels really. Wehrmacht had their Litzen (that distinctive double braid) while the W-SS of course had their famous patches. Same uniform (essentially) but significantly different insignia. The FJ are out (Luftwaffe insignia and helmets were very separate) and the Blitzkrieg-era guys would have clear Litzen. But if those Late War Soldiers have no obvious lapels you can call them SS, especially if it's some ad hoc/scratch unit that didn't even get insignia to wear. Certainly nobody from one branch would be issued the uniform of another; even Luftwaffe aircrew and Kriegsmarine sailors went into battle wearing their own uniforms.

Buy some separate Late War SS and paint them up as the SS-Charlemagne or something instead.

>Were normal soldiers ever given Waffen SS uniforms if none other were available?

Certainly happened. (and probably way more common than regular soldiers with Fallschirmjäger-gear which also happened, there even is a famous pic of a dead non-Fallschirmjäger in Berlin with an FG-42)

But why is this a concern? You can just paint one squad or just some soldiers with SS camo and play them with rules for whatever you like. Don't feel restricted by Warlord Games rules for certain units. Some SS were not veterans, some Osttruppen were not inexperienced shrinkers and some Volksgrenadiers actually performed better than elite SS units.

That being said, its certainly possible to mix in SS men within regular squads in a scenario like Berlin where the Kampfgruppentaktik was the rule and not the exception.