I will mix the italians from A&AE40 and A&A Anniversary.
I don’t care about the french game pieces.
If you have money then just buy the FMG Italian pieces, they are all unique, problem solved.
Most casualties in WWI and WWII would disagree with you.
Artillery was the biggest killer in those two wars.
Of cores, they were, I’m talking about the game.
I completely agree with you, Zehkaiser, the Italian panther looks very out of place they should have given them the Japanese sculpt. Though I don’t know why they couldn’t of used the AA 50 Italian mold. Have they given an actual reason for this? They should also have given them the Jap art since it is more of a generic older model artillery gun. The french tank doesn’t really matter that much, but I guess I would have preferred the british model, at least they got a cool infantry model.
If you have money then just buy the FMG Italian pieces, they are all unique, problem solved.
They look sure nice, don’t they? My only complaint is that they used a turreted armored recon car for the mech inf. Italy did actually have a an open top APC (though it was wheeled, not a half-track) that was used in the balkans as a command vehicle. Not perfect, but it would have made a better choice IMHO. Still…gotta have those minis!
Strongly disagree with the previous poster’s comment. A “command vehicle” is not mech inf. Arguably, neither is an armored car, but it is closer to a halftrack in function. I like the choice very much - adds variety to the board.
Strongly disagree with the previous poster’s comment. A “command vehicle” is not mech inf. Arguably, neither is an armored car, but it is closer to a halftrack in function. I like the choice very much - adds variety to the board.
Actually it was an APC(armored personnel carrier). It was just employed as a command vehicle as they had so few. As the game is about “what ifs”, the assumption would be more were made and they didn’t have to be kept back. I’m not sure a why you think a recon vehicle with absolutely no passenger capacity “is closer to a halftrack in function”, but I’ll respect your opinion. IIRC, the set also includes trucks, which will work just as well. If I can work with the game using a german AA gun as artillery, I can work with this too. :-D
Strongly disagree with the previous poster’s comment. A “command vehicle” is not mech inf. Arguably, neither is an armored car, but it is closer to a halftrack in function. I like the choice very much - adds variety to the board.
By the way, here’s a pic of it. It ain’t pretty, lol:
http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Axis/Axis/1-Vehicles/Italy/9-LightVehicles/S.37/S.37.htm
If I can work with the game using a german AA gun as artillery
you know the 88mm gun was a good aa gun anti armor and artillry so why would you not be ok with that? it was the best anti tank gun in ww2. so really it should get plus 1 attack or defence if the enyme force is all vehicles.
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If I can work with the game using a german AA gun as artillery
you know the 88mm gun was a good aa gun anti armor and artillry so why would you not be ok with that? it was the best anti tank gun in ww2. so really it should get plus 1 attack or defence if the enyme force is all vehicles.
It was a great AA gun and a tip top AT gun (and was purpose built in both roles). It was an ad hoc artillery gun. Still good, but a 105mm would have been more appropriate. I guess my point is it’s not necessary to use stuff that “kind of” works when there are so many choices that were a perfect fit. It just strikes me as odd that there were so many complaints about the stuka being used as a fighter but few about this. On the other hand, perhaps the 88 was chosen as it had a more distinctive look than a 105 would have. The distinctive look was the reason Rob Daviau gave me for using the stuka, so I’m guessing this is it. My favorite A&A odd choice though is the German tank on the cover of the original AAE. It’s the 3 turreted prototype tank. Only 3 were made and they saw action only in Norway and were not considered successful. Didn’t take away from the game at all, but I guess the art department folks are not WW2 buffs.
