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Hi all

I just brought the PDF and I'm trying to figure out how many US AT guns I need to buy and paint. I'm hoping I don't have to deploy more than 2 of any type for a game? How have others gone?

Cheers
Kieran

Hi Kieran,

In theory, you could need 4 + 2 for a total of 6 but I think that very unlikely as it would need you to allocate all your ATG to one route and risk being hit from another direction with little to counter the German armour.? Should you get to the last table with all 6, then that would need them but I can't see that happening very often at all.? I also generally allow proxies in cases such as this, as long as it is made clear on deployment. That also reduces the requirement. Personally, 2+2 would sound good to me.

Kind regards,

Richard

That depends on how many AT guns the US player has deployed in a sector.
We are playing this currently and (I am figuring you mean the 3” AT Guns although there are the 57mm guns as well) at this point
the US player has not deployed more than one 3” gun in any engagement - but could.
So, you need 4 total but probably, at least at first, will not use more than 2.
Hope that helps.
BTW, if you are the umpire (like me) you will know what the deployment is before the German player(s) pick their attacking sector so you should not be caught off-guard
Best,
Mitch

Thanks guys for the responses. I will go with 2 of each type.

Looking around in the 20mm scale there isn't a lot of US AT gun models out there in that scale. I found Ace makes a 3in AT gun which will work.

Cheers
Kieran

Just a caution, but if you haven't worked with Ace kits before, they can be very fiddly and frustrating. MY experience is that while they can be made up into nice kits, unlike modern Revell or similar, they often lack precise locating lugs, parts may be slightly warped, or the instructions miss bits out. They do some very interesting models though.

Patience, photographs and dry-fitting are your friends.

Doug

Found 3 sources in my existing book marked suppliers - FAA in the States do both guns and a crew pack; SHQ in the UK also do both guns and a crew pack and finally, EWM do the guns only (twin model packs)

HTH

check shapeways.com? ?and search for 1/72 scale. I purchased an excellent 1/87 57mm gun from there.