Topic: British, German, Italian desert warriors 1940-1943

[Henerius]

After all this time almost done.

British 8th Army.


Red 1- Universal Carrier - Section of 5 LMG and SMG
Red 2- Universal Carrier - Section of 5 LMG and SMG
Red 3- Universal Carrier - Section of 5 LMG and SMG
Red 4- Truck CMP 60L - Section of 10 LMG and SMG
Red 5- Truck CMP 60S - Section of 10 LMG and SMG
Red 6- Truck CMP 60L - Section of 10 LMG and SMG
Red 7- Truck CMP 60S - Section of 10 LMG and SMG
Blue 1- Jeep - Artillery Observer + 1 man
Bleu 2- Jeep - Artillery Observer + 1 man
Bleu 3- Officer + 1 man – can hike with the section in CMP60L
Bleu 4- Officer + 1 man – can hike with the section in CMP60L
Bordeau 1- Daimler Dingo (armoured car)
Bordeau 2- Matilda II (infantry tank)
Green 1- 25pdr QF – observer – CMP FAT (field artillery tractor)
Green 2- 25pdr QF – observer – CMP FAT (field artillery tractor)
Green 3- 6pdr QF – Morris CS8 Field Tractor
Green 4- Medium Mortar team – Light Mortar team – Morris CS8 Field Tractor
Green 5- MMG team – AT Rifle team – Morris CS8 Field tractor
Purple 1- M5 Stuart light tank
Purple 2- M5 Stuart light tank
Purple 3- M5 Stuart light tank
Purple 4- M5 Stuart light tank
Purple 5- M3 Grant medium tank
Purple 6- M4 Sherman medium tank
Purple 7- M4 Sherman medium tank
Purple 8- M4 Sherman medium tank
 










German Afrika Korps


Red 1- Stug III
Red 2- Stug III
Red 3- Stug III
Red 4- Kubelwagen, Officer + 1 man
Red 5- SdKfz222
Red 6- Panzer II
Red 7- Panzer II
Red 8- Panzer III
Red 9- Panzer III
Red 10- Panzer III
Red 11- Panzer II (not on the photo)
Red 12- Panzer II (not on the photo)
Blue 1- Krupp Protze Heavy Field car, Pak36, Observer + 1 man
Blue 2- Horch Heavy Field car, Pak36, Officer
Yellow 1- Opel Blitz, Section of 8 LMG, SMG
Yellow 2- Opel Blitz, Section of 8 LMG, SMG
Yellow 3- Opel Blitz, Section of 8 LMG, SMG
Yellow 4- Opel Blitz, Section of 8 LMG, SMG
Yellow 5- Medium Machinegun Team
Yellow 6- Medium Machinegun Team
Yellow 7- Light Mortar Team
Yellow 8- Anti Tank Rifle Team






Italian African Army


Red 1- Semovente 75/18
Red 2- L3/35 2MMG
Red 3- L3/35 2MMG
Red 4- L3/35 1Anti Tank Rifle
Red 5- L3/35 1Anti Tank Rifle
Red 6- L3/35 2MMG
Red 7- L6/40
Red 8- M13/40, M14/41
Red 9- M13/40, M14/41
Red 10- M13/40, M14/41
Blue 1- TL37 Artillery Tractor, 20 Cannona da 75/27
Blue 2- TL37 Artillery Tractor, 20 Cannona da 75/27
Blue 3-  20mm AA gun
Blue 4- Fiat508, Officer + 1 man
Blue 5- AS37 Light Truck, Medium Mortar Team, Solothurn Anti Tank Rifle Team
Blue 6- AS37 Light Truck, Medium Mortar Team, Medium Machinegun Team
Blue 7- AS37 Light Truck, Medium Machinegun Team
Yellow 1- Section of 11 Bersaglieri, LMG, SMG
Yellow 2- Section of 11, LMG, SMG
Yellow 3- OM36 personel carrier, Section of 11, LMG, SMG
Yellow 4- OM36 personel carrier, Section of 11, LMG, SMG
Yellow 5- 47mm Elefantino Anti Tank gun
Yellow 6- Bersaglieri Officer + 1 man
Yellow 7- Bersaglieri Observer + 1 man
Yellow 8- Officer + 1 man
Yellow 9- Observer + 1 man
Yellow 10- Officer + 1 man

[GamesPoet]

Wow, this is great, thanks for sharing!

Have you been working on this project for awhile?  When folks put together an effort like this, it's definitely admirable.

[Rowsdower]

Those Italian tanks had even poorer reputations than Stuarts.
P.S Good luck, using those Stuarts against Tigers and or 88's

[Henerius]

In the entire desert campaign there were just a handful of Tigers.   

Stuarts have a very good reputation. Driving in front of 88mm's is a very silly tactic of the english, indeed.  Stuarts are not ment to fight Tigers.   At the time Germany had Tigers in Tunesia the brits knew that anti tank gun screens are the way to handle those, while the yanks learned it very fast the hard way too.

These Italian tanks are indeed... not good.    in early war the 47mm is a good cannon, but in the game they are not better than the 2 pounder.  so...   but I can field Italians during the campaign.  Further more it is possible with howitzers to 'shock' tanks to a standstill. Although I do not know if that works with Tigers yet to be truthfull.

[Gankom]

Awesome looking collection!

[Rowsdower]

Australian troops captured an abundance of those Italian tanks and used them briefly. I've heard the engines in them were ok but everything was a victim of cost cutting