Armed Merchant Cruisers

[Eric Harvey]

I too have to throw my hat in the ring for really wanting some German AXs; even just one (e.g., the Atlantis) would be neat. Considering how outgunned the Kriegsmarine was (numerically speaking), for those of us that want to do some campaign gaming, a German Auxiliary Cruiser goes a long way to tying down Allied assets. True, they don't stand up too well in a fight against a real warship (except against Australians, apparently ), but they can force the RN to spread out, strategically speaking.

Anybody else here ever do any campaign gaming with naval miniatures?

Considering that GHQ would probably prefer to build a host of other 'real' warships before doing a whole line of AXs, I would be happy with just the Atlantis; I could stomach using a dozen Atlantis' as substitutes for the other Auxiliary Cruisers (Thor, Komet, Widder...etc, etc, etc.)

(are ya listening GHQ? Just the 'Atlantis' for now, that's all I ask)

By the way, for those of you interested in AXs, I highly recommend the book "The German Raider Atlantis" (written by the Captain of the "Atlantis"). It might be difficult to get a hold of, but it's an excellent non-fiction account of the Atlantis' exploits during the war. A very good read on the subject.

Anyway, Auxiliary Cruisers are so under-represented in wargaming (particularly miniatures), they warrant at least a representative model, I would submit.

Eric

By the way, Will, excellent looking Italians! I plan to buy much of the Italian navy this year if all goes well; I don't relish the idea of painting the barber-pole stripes though. Nice, nice work.

[Donald M. Scheef]

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