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Afrika Korps Support Group

By: Warlord Games

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Bolt Action - German - Afrika Korps (28mm)

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10 figures

MSRP old price: $47.00


Product Info

Title
Afrika Korps Support Group
Publisher
Publish Year
2019
Dimensions
4.5x6x1.75"
NKG Part #
2147745670
MFG. Part #
WLG402212005
Type
Miniatures Box Set

Description

This set contains:

  • 1 x DAK HQ
  • 1 x DAK Machine Gun Team
  • 1 x DAK 8th Army Medium Mortar
  • Afrika Korps HQ
Miniatures are supplied unpainted and some assembly may be required.

German officers were capable and often experienced leaders. Junior officers were trained to undertake the role of their immediate superiors, enabling them to use their initiative to take control of situations when necessary. The Afrika Korps (DAK) proved this through consistent victories as well as elusiveness in retreat.

Afrika Korps Medium Machine Gun

The Germans were equipped with two excellent machine guns in the MG34 and rapid-firing MG42 - known to Allied troops as 'Hitler's Buzz Saw' because of its distinctive noise, or 'Spandau'. Unlike other armies, the Germans used the same machine gun both as a squad weapon from its bipod and as a tripod-mounted support weapon. The tripod mounted provided a much more stable firing platform and made it easier to keep up a sustained fire using a belt feed.

Afrika Korps Medium Mortar

The standard German medium mortar of the war was the 80mm Granatwerfer 34. It was a very effective and accurate weapon that could provide longer range, on-call fire support. It had a maximum range of 2,400 meters and could maintain a rate of fire of 15-20 rounds per minute. It was carried by its crew in three pieces: a base plate, tube and bipod.