The ever-productive Colonel Mustard has just built a Marder III. You can see how he got on his blog.

Colonel Mustard

Marder III SdKfz 139

The Marder III SdKfz 139 is built using the Panzer 38(t) chassis and is fitted with the Pak36(r) – a rechambered Soviet 76mm Divisional Gun M1936 (F-22).

• Available: April 1942
• Number Built: 344
• Type: Light AFV (Tank Destroyer)
• Move: Average
  • Reliability: Average
• Reaction: 4D (O)
• Weapon: 76L48 Field Gun
  • Range: 8/16/32
  • FP: 3D AT: 6D
• Notes: 180° fire arc. Open-topped.

Colonel Mustard has built a 20mm Elefant from Trumpeter. You can read all about it on his blog and also catch up with his latest scratch-built farmyard project.

Colonel Mustard

Kampfgruppe Commander is now available on Amazon.

Kampfgruppe Commander is the first rules expansion for Combat HQ. Kampfgruppe Commander presents the Combat HQ Army Builder System. Using the battalion as the basic building block, the Army Builder lets you create a huge range of customized battle groups.

Go to the Kampfgruppe Commander page to find out more.

This Late War German Battle Group was created using the Army Builder System from Kampfgruppe Commander.

Battle Group Size

• Points: 2,500
• Total Units: 25
• Strength: 24.9

Battle Group Statistics

• Command Dice: 10
• Staff Orders: 6
• Morale: 23
• Rally Dice: 4

Artillery

• Artillery Response Dice: 4
• Artillery Supply: Poor
• Initial Barrage: -1

Core Units

Recon

• 1x Recon SdKfz 234/2 Puma – Regular

Composite Armour Battalion

• 3x Panzer IV Ausf H – Regulars
• 5x Panther Ausf A or G – Regulars
• 1x Panther Ausf A or G – War Weary Veteran

Artillery Battalion

• 2x 10.5 cm leFH 18 Batteries

Support Units

• 5x Rifle Platoons (panzerfaust) – Regulars
• 2x Rifle Platoons (panzerfaust) – Reluctant Regulars
• 1x Rifle Platoon (panzerschreck) – Regular
• 2x Medium Machine Gun Platoons – Regulars
• 1x sIG. 33 Infantry gun with tow – Regular
• 1x Sturmpanzer IV (Brummbär) – Regular
• 1x Jadgtiger – Regular

Marc Rebhun of HMGS South has sent me a battle report from a game he ran few years ago at the Recon Convention. The game features the 2nd Battle Of Kharkov, 19 May 1942, and uses the Rapid Fire rules.

One of the things Marc and I were chatting about was how he used pre-programmed orders in the games he runs at various conventions to play the defenders with other gamers taking on the role of the attackers. He sent me the report so that I could see it in action.  As I liked the report, I decided to share it

Here’s the link.