The Last of the German Cossacks

Cossack with panzerfaust.  Strelets soldier converted.

Logistics, a good wargame army should have a balance of forces.

HaT guns and Revell limbers and horses.

Note the man in the back with the SMG.

Command group, Ykreol German Commanders with Cossack heads.

Orthodox Christian bishop with command group.

Full Units

I like full units when I can do them.

These troops wear a mixture of traditional and WWII German uniforms.

German helmets and stripped to the waist for heavy work.

German uniforms on the men on the horses.

The mortar crews also enjoy a quick dance to entertain the troops.

Cossack Conversions WWII

Cossacks wore a variety of uniforms, including German and traditional dress.

This battalion is small, but comes with infantry, anti-tank guns, command group, engineers and others.

Several clergy and you can see the dog mascot and radio operator.

There is also a small medical detachment.

Many of these troops have had their heads removed and replaced with more appropriate headgear.  There are also a couple dancers and a mandolin player to keep up morale.

Police Battalion Raid

Now the Police move in.

Even the back exits are covered.

Rifle butts knock in the doors.

Men with wooden batons standby to deliver heavy blows to anyone slow or stubborn.

Plenty of Police for any resistance.

An early morning knock on the door, a terrible sound.

Police Battalion Operation

A small village in Easter Poland.

A light dusting of snow on the ground.

A police battalion surrounds the village.

They move quickly and quietly.

Until all is ready

German Police Battalion

Anyone in an occupied nation who was willing to serve the Germans, and do anything, may have found their way into a Police Battalion.

Not the same as front line soldiers.

These men enforced German racial laws...

and hunted for guerillas...

and fought against regular enemy troops only when cornered.

Unsavory business.

Romainian Troops in the Snow

The snow is not too deep.

But if you get wounded and fall into it.

You could freeze.

Or new snow could fall and cover you up.

And you would never get rescued.

Romainians in the Woods

Romainian troops moving into the woods.

You never know what's in the woods.

Could be Germans.

Could be nothing.

Keep a sharp eye out.

Polish People's Army

Another useful set from the Eastern Front, Polish People's Army

After Russia and Germany conquered Poland in 1939, many Polish people ended up in the Red Army.

Still, they were often very nationalist and often wore bits of Polish uniforms with their Red Army uniforms.

Of course, most of the troops will wear the standard Soviet uniform.

Long ago, I set aside some of my Soviet troops and tanks for a Polish Army.

I am very pleased these guys came along because they will make it more distinctively "Polish."

Good poses, a reasonable mix of active firing and moving around in combat.

These are they type of figures I really like, and some I never thought I would ever see.