New 1947 Range Listed

[David F]

Come on E-Series (crosses fingers)
Come on IS-3's (crosses toes)
Come on T-28 and Tortoise (darn, no digits left!)

Dave

[Mk 1]

Come on IS-3's (crosses toes)

But we already have IS-3's!

My fingers or toes might cross at the hint of IS-4's! Or maybe even IS-7's!!

Oh, and some T-44's to go with them. And maybe even models of the initial version of the T-54. Shore would be nice to role against the Germans with heavies that could resist 128's, and mediums that could resist 88's...

[David F]

Mark,

I feel silly for having missed the IS-3s

I have not been a huge poster to this board (notice my count) but I have tried to stay out of the '47 debate. I do have some hopes for the range, for a long time ago I wrote on one of the [way too many] wishlist threads that I would like to see the E-Series models produced. I profess to be a historicals gamer, and yes the line is not true to history, but it is about the closest to sci-fi that I am willing to dabble. And I do desire to dabble...just as long as it doesn't go the way of GearKrieg or Weird War II.

A thread on TMP was concerning gaming and "fun," and as I see it, it has the possibilities of being fun! We get huge tanks without all the devastation of Leo2A6s and M1A2s getting a hit and a kill with every shot fired. I think it can be agreed that modern rules are always 'dumbed-down' so as to give the non-western forces a chance.

Well, let's wait and see.

Dave

[Harlan]

GHQ should move the Coelion, Kugelblitz, Panther 2, Panther 1F, Maus, and the E-100 in their existing WWII German line to the new 1947 line catalog. These items are more appropriate in the '47 line.

[Harlan]

I vote for the following:

American
M-18 Hellcat with 90mm
M-19 SPAAG
M-26 Super Pershing
M-26A1
M-37 SPH (105mm Self Propelled Howizer to replace the M-7)
M-41 SPH (155mm Self Propelled Howizer)
M-43 SPH (8" Self Propelled Howitzer)
M-45 Pershing (M-26 Pershing with a 105 Howitzer in lieu of 90)
T-34 - Heavy Tank armed with 120mm
T-95 (US Assualt Tank)

British
Centurion Mk1 & Mk2
Charioteer - Built on the Cromwell chassis and armed with 20 pdr
Tortoise A-39

German
E-5 - Light Tank with 50L60 gun
E-5 - Jagd E-5 with 80mm
E-5 Wanze - APC version of the E-5
E-10 - Light Tank with 80mm or 100mm gun
E-10 - Jagd E-10 with 75L70
E-10 - Jagd E-10 with 105L28
E-10 - SPH variants with 105L28, 128L55, or 150L30
E-10 - MRL variant armed wtih 280mm Rocket
E-25 - Jagd E-25 with 75L70
E-25 - SPH variants with 105L28, 128L55, or 150L30
E-50 - Medium Tank with 88L71
E-50 - Jagdpanzer with 88L71
E-75 - Heavy Tank with 88L71 or 88L100
E-75 Heavy Jagdpanzer Variant with 128L55
E-100 Super Heavy Tank with 150L38 or 170L37 gun
E-100 Super Heavy Tank Destroyer with 128L55 or 210L55
Flakdrilling 37 auf Panther - Armed with 3x 37L57
Flakpanther II - Armed with 4x 20L65
Grille Panther - Armed with 105L18 or 150L12
Grille TIger - Armed with 170L50, 210L31, 305L16, or 420L16
Jagdpanther II - armed with 128L55
Panzerfaust 250 Teams
Sdkfz 222/6 - Armed with the Puma turret (50L60)
Sdfkz 251D/23 Recon Halftrack
Sdfkz 350 - Tracked Recon Vehicle
Sdfkz 351 - Tracked APC
Stug-3H - Armed with 88L71
Sturmpather - Armed with 150L12
Sturmpather Bear - Armed with 305L16
X-7 Team - Antitank missile that may have been used at the defense of Berlin

French
ARL-44 - French Heavy Tank Built immediately after the war

Hungarian
Turan III - Armed with 75L43
Zriyni I 44M - Armed with 75L43

Italian
Carro Celere Sahariano Tank - Armed with 75L48
Semovente M43 IV - Armed with 149L40

Romanian
Maresal MO-6 - 75L43 armed tank destroyer
Maresal MO-0 - 122mm assualt gun
Maresal Flakpanzer - 2x 37L57

Soviet
JS-4
JS-7 Armed with 130mm Naval Gun and infra-red sights
JSU-130
T-44
T-54 Early Model

This should keep the discussion going for a long time.

[pmskaar]

Although GHQ does make the IS-3 model, it is an old model and in my opinion needs to be revised to be brought up to the current state of the art. It does not look that great compared with the stuff GHQ has been doing in the last 20 years. I would definitely vote for doing this one again and putting a "new" IS-3 into the line.
I also vote for the T-44 as well and the early Centurion. There is no reason not to do the allied late war and early post war vehicles as well.
As far as infantry goes, I would like to see British infantry in "tortise" helmets for 1944 and later.

Pete - Binpicker, Out!