2010-2011 New Releases

[stenna00]

2cm Flak 38. It is a SdKfz 11 with a partially armoured cab. It's number should be SdKfz 11/1 doubling the same designation for an early type of the tractor. It was realized from 1944.

Cheers TAMMY. In my books the sdkfz 11/1 does not have a 2cm AA gun or armoured cab. But I'll go with your explanation.

[TAMMY]

Try a search with its full name:

2cm Flak 38 Auf Selbstfahrlafette Leichter Zugkraftwagen 3t

It was relatively common as 644 were built startngfrom March 1944.

[ACWBill]

US ACW infantry in greatcoats. I shall buy an entire three corps army for Fredricksburg, Nashville, Murfreesboro and the like. Thanks Greg and Jim, great stuff. I am very happy to have added so much to the ACW 10mm line over the last two years. In fact, I have just painted a bunch of US infantry in frock coats and am off to buy a few other things I need for my upcoming Civil War Weekend for our club (SMG). The recent announcement of the release of Regimental Fire & Fury comes at the same time as the news from GHQ. A great day for me! Way to go guys!

[Theodore]

With all of that being said,...drum roll please... here are the 2010-2011 new releases:

N M-ATV Good choice, at least their are some Afghan figures to fight against it.

N M-19 SPAA W47 use and late WWII more than modern. I am sure surplus ones saw action in the hot wars of the cold war. Pakistan and probably some other armies could use it.

W T-72 M1 w/ reactive armour Great choice, might finally make me create a modern Iranian army wihtout having to use all those T80s w/RA and pretend they are T-72.

TW Sub-Saharan Irregular Infantry #1 Might be OK we'll see when we see them. Hopefully the second pack was put on hold so that some middle eastern irregulars can replace them in the line up. It would be great to have a single pack to fight the 100 packs of troops, vehicles, aircraft, civilians, and buildings GHQ makes that would be usable in scenarios to fight against them.

TW EE-11 Urutu Great choice, saw action with Iran and Iraq during their war, Desert Storm, OIF, and currently in the new Iraqi army if there was anybody for them to fight against.
TW EE-9 Cascavel Great choice, saw action with Iran and Iraq during their war, Desert Storm, OIF, and currently in the new Iraqi army if there was anybody for them to fight against.

TMB Wall Tents (2) Good choice but so many to choose from.

N M1 Armoured Breeching Vehicle It will probalby sell well since it is a new toy, don't know how much it is useful since it is fielded to clear IEDs and obstacles in insurgent set piece scenarios. Maybe can use it against Afghans which there are figures for.

N T-95 SP gun Assuming this is the T-28 heavy tank that was temporarily named the T-95. Good for W47.

W SA-15 Gauntlet Good choice not many AA weapons in 1/285 that are post cold war.

RC PLA Armoured Combat Team Don't get the PLA but some users on the board mention collecting them. After the fall of the wall in Berlin, I tired of collecting vehicles that never fought any wars to wargame and stick to historical forces. The PLA has fought one small border war with Vietnam as their only action in the last 50 years.

N US MRAP Combat Team Why would anyone field MRAPs if their are no insurgents for them to fight against.

N Ferret Mk 1 AC Very useful cold war vehicle for a lot of small wars.

RC ZBD-2000 IFV Can anyone imagine a realistic scenario where the PLA will actually fight a war? Other than their export stuff fighting in other armies.


N AMX-VCI Good choice, thousands of them saw service but I don't know enough to know what combat they saw.

IS Namer IFV Why would anyone field an APC designed to fight insurgents if their are no insurgents for them to fight against? Of course the same goes for any Isreali vehicle introduced post-1982, the last time they fought anyone in uniform.

W BTR-T Cool toy, have they seen action in Chechnya or were they just designed based on the need to have something that could survive fighting guys in tshirts with RPGs hiding among civilians.

[sultanbev]

The VCI saw service in the various Lebanese civil wars.

The BTR-T never entered Russian service as far as I know, the other one on the T-72 chassis, called BMO-T is in limited use with 2 flamethrower battalions equipped with RPO FAE rockets. Even though the BTR-T is not in service, I'd still buy the models, as I really like the idea of HAPCs, a Challenger Kangeroo was what the British infantry wanted, not the Warrior, way back in the 1980s. Whilst the uparmoured Warrior has proven to be a very tough beast in action, a Challenger variant would have been even tougher!
For the BMO-T see:
http://www.military-today.com/apc/bmo_t.htm

The EE-11 and EE-9 are ideal for various African armies as well as middle eastern ones and south American ones, just need an EE-3 to go with them.

M19 did see service with Pakistan in the 1965 war, and was used by Turkey in the 1950s. I think it was deployed in WW2 in small numbers.

The M1 ABV was used apparently very successfully in the recent surge ops in Afghanistan, and is just a fantastic looking vehicle, worth having models just for oddnes alone!

T-72 with ERA and Sa-15 were used in the Georgia-Russia war, and both are very welcome releases.

GHQ already do Afghan Mujadeen, which look just like Taliban, so am not sure what you mean for MRAPs when there is nothing to fight them against. Other manufacturers also make Afghan and African irregulars, which some purist collectors might not want to use, but for many gamers is not a problem. Similar comments re Namer, if you shop around you can find figures suitable for Hezbollah/Hamas/Lebanese.

We don't limit ourselves to purely historical wargames, but like fighting what-ifs, so models of modern AFVs that have seen or are in service are always welcome. Am building a current Chinese army force, and would be interesting to use against Russians, Indians, Pakistanis or even Thais or a UN expeditionary force.

Mark

[Schwerepunkt]

Congratulations, GHQ for an outstanding program of new relases for the upcoming year.
From all the jubilation, it seems you have truly pleased a great number of wargamers who were somewhat in the dumps last year with the Wehrmacht 47 releases.
It seems as well the number and eras of warship releases have pleased those enthusiasts as well.
I will buy plenty of the US T95 SP/Tanks to accompany the Tortoises into combat against E100s, E75s, MAUS and Jagdtigers. The JagdE50 will be interesting as well. I also would like to congratulate you on an outstanding Waffentrager fur Tiger 17cm SP/dismountable gun for Wehrmacht 47. It is a huge vehicle and probably the most powerful SP gun in the Wehrmacht inventory. Thanks again. Keep up the great work.
Schwerepunkt

[Donald M. Scheef]

"Waffentrager fur Tiger 17cm SP ... the most powerful SP gun in the Wehrmacht inventory"?

What about Geschutzenwagen Maus fur 28 cm/54.5 SK C/34?

Don S.

[kiasutha]

2cm Flak 38. It is a SdKfz 11 with a partially armoured cab. It's number should be SdKfz 11/1 doubling the same designation for an early type of the tractor. It was realized from 1944.

Cheers TAMMY. In my books the sdkfz 11/1 does not have a 2cm AA gun or armoured cab. But I'll go with your explanation.

This one had me scratching my head too, as there is no official SdKfz 11 variant class.
Try looking under it's other description/designation- SdKfz 251/23.
You can find a brief note (auf Deutsch) and a photo on the "lexikon der wehrmacht" website.
My understanding is it was a faster & easier to produce replacement for the SdKfz 251/17...

edit for spelling

[Theodore]

GHQ already do Afghan Mujadeen, which look just like Taliban, so am not sure what you mean for MRAPs when there is nothing to fight them against. Other manufacturers also make Afghan and African irregulars, which some purist collectors might not want to use, but for many gamers is not a problem. Similar comments re Namer, if you shop around you can find figures suitable for Hezbollah/Hamas/Lebanese.

Mark

Other the the M-ATV, all of the rest of the MRAPs were designed for Iraq and have seen use by the thousands there. Mujadin are fine for Taliban which is what I said, but no one does figures anywhere close to suitable for middle eastern irregulars and the entire microarmor industry has lost out all the people that want to game middle eastern wars to the larger scales.

[TAMMY]

For the SdKfz 11/1 SPAA see the following

http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_ ... __spg.html

The 251/23 was not a SPAA but a reconaissance variant wit the same turret of sdkfz 250/9. There is no evidence that is vere enterd service.

[Schwerepunkt]

Are you referring to P1000? If not, I have not heard of that particular MAUS prototype?
Please provide references if you are serious with this monster.
Edited 5 24 10: Ok, I notice the wink.

[pmskaar]

It looks like once again there is something for everyone on this list and probably some things we are still looking for. Overall it is a great list and some of the things I am looking for are on it.
My primary areas of interest are 1/285th WWII and the WWI and WWII Micronauts. I also have an interest in the 10mm Civil War era as well.

I was happy to see the "modernized" M4A1 Sherman on the list for starters. I hope this will be the right one for Normandy at last. I have been talking about this one for a while and I'm sure there are some that might be tired of my posts for more Shermans. This is a great start. I hope to see an M4 maybe next year.
By the way, once this comes out is it possible to take the hull for this one and the T-23 turret that is in the M4A3 76 and actually make an authentic M4A1 with 76mm gun? The one that GHQ currently makes is starting to show its age so I thought I would ask.

I am happy to see the new German releases as well, particularly the Pz IVF2 and the Horch 18. These are great additions to the line. GHQ has listed some other vehicles on the Pz IV chassis such as the Wirblewind, Ostwind, and the Jagdpanxer IV. I hope the gun on the shorter barreled Jagdpanzer IV will have the more common muzzle brake for this version than the one that looks like it came off a Hetzer. The Grille is also very welcome for a mid to late war SP gun. The 250-3 will be great for doing Rommel's HQ as well.
My one big disappointment is that there are no new Pz IVF1's or Pz IVD's on this list. Right now at least there are no short barreled Pz IV's in this years line up so I will need to make do with the older ones for now. Maybe next year on these.

The 6 Lbr. Portee is a very pleasant surprise and fills a gap for my British North Africa forces. I am very much looking forward to this one.

I am happy to see some new ship releases again. I haven't bought any ships for a while since my focus has been on 1/285th WWII. I may get around to picking some of these new micronaut releases in the future - I have got tons to paint already when I get around to it.

Okay, and now my short wish list for next year in the 1/285th WWII line. I know everyone has the things they want to see from GHQ and here are a few of mine.

1. Pz IIIL, M, N, with sideskirts for Kursk and beyond. I am not the only one to mention this before but I will add my voice to this request.
2. Pz IVF1 - Need a short barreled representative for this series of tanks being redone.
3. M4 Sherman for Normandy. I wouldn't mind seeing an early one as well but if I had to pick one...
4. M4A1 with 76mm. As stated, I think this one could be redone. I may be able to just get some additional turrets to make one in the meantime.
5. U.S. Heavy Weapons pack #2. This would include both the water cooled M1917 and the air cooled M1919 MGs. Be sure to have at least 2 man crews included just like the Germans get. I would also like to see the 81 mm mortar in this pack as well with a proper crew.
6. Russian Heavy Weapons pack #2. Maxim MG's with proper crews and some 82 and maybe some 120 mm mortars with proper crews as well.
7. Pz IIIJ with the short barrel. This was actually produced in greater numbers than the Pz IIIJ long barrel. This would give the Germans one more short barrel Pz III and would be great for doing scenarios in late 1941 through 42 and even into 1943. The G's and H's stopped production in 1940-early 41 so these were the replacements after that time.
8. Ju87 Stuka B. Nothing says Blitzkrieg like one of these babies.
9. British infantry in "tortise" helmets for Normandy and beyond.
10. CS versions of the Matilda and Crusader.

There are plenty of other things that I could list but I don't want this to become a laundry list of everything GHQ doesn't make in their great WWII line so this will do it for now. Great to hear about the M4A1 and the 6 Lbr Portee.

Pete - Binpicker, Out!

[kiasutha]

For the SdKfz 11/1 SPAA see the following

http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_ ... __spg.html

The 251/23 was not a SPAA but a reconaissance variant wit the same turret of sdkfz 250/9. There is no evidence that is vere enterd service.

TAMMY:
Apparently there is some dispute about this vehicle designation...
I am not refering to the recon vehicle with the armored car type turret.
If you check the German website I refered to, www.lexikonderwehrmacht.de you will find a photo of the Flak vehicle in question that is clearly labeled as SdKfz 251/23; it is the same vehicle you refered to in your first post.
It's in the section on weapons and equipment; APC's.

[TAMMY]

I think that the problem on the designation comes from the fact that the Sd Kfz 251 was built on the chassis of the Sd Kfz 11.

So, this particular version is a Sd Kz 11 with the addition of an armoured cab or a Sd Kfz 251 with an open back?

I lean on the first as the square lines of the cab are completely different from those of the SdKfz 251,

I have another problem with the designations of "Lexikon". It identiies as 251/22 both the one with 7,5cm PAK (as in any other source) and the prototype with the 8,8cm that usually has no number. Same thing for the "23", sometimes shown as an experimentall model to replace the 251/17 but always without a specific number.