I have this box set too and it's certainly a thematic force rather than a highly competitive force. Just a few observations. The 21st Panzer was in North Africa as part of the Afrika Korps but was rebuilt from next to nothing for Normandy. The 'B' on the dice/tokens is their divisional symbol. I agree it would have been better to have a 3rd assault gun platoon, rather than an extra 3 artillery pieces. I've bilt my artillery as 3 of each type but the 10.5cm is the one to use, mainly because of the smoke. These artillery pieces (15cm) can also be used in an Afrika Korps army, so if you didn't want 6 of them for late war, you could use 3 in your mid war force. I think the best way to expand is to get another assault gun platoon and the armoured multiple rocket launchers, I've ordered some 3d printed ones, as they are are about 1/3 less than the official models and with cheaper postage. I've gone for more 7.5cm ones, although historically, the extra platoon would have been teh 10.5's. If you wanted a tank platoon in support, the 21st were mostly equuipped with late Pz IV's along with some old French Somua S35's and a few PzIII's (not sure what model), which they use for recce (they still had armoured car recce). I did also get the Panzer Lehr box, as I wanted to start again with Panzer Grenadiers, so I wanted the infantry and halftracks, plus the dice/token set. I think you should do a battle report at some point using the 21st Panzer assault guns. The historical opponents would have been the British, as they were fighting around Caen, so break out those Sherman V's!
Thanks for the comments. I eventually decided on 3 x 10.5cm and 3 x 15cm as well for the most flexibility. I ended up kitbashing some 3d printed Rocket launchers and found a decent count as for the 2cm AA tracks. Also found a decent STL for the Hotchkiss so printed out a 3rd platoon for the formation. I'll have a separate video for that as well.
@@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall Nice, I'll see if I can find that, I don't have a 3d printer, so ordered my other bits ready printed. I already had the armoured cars and AA halftracks. Also note that the 21st panzer Panzergrenadier force can have the recce grenadiers in the little 250 halftracks as a 2nd platoon, so you don't need more of the funny French halftracks to run those either
Amazing box set, super happy to see the OP vehicle back in print. Already started on 21st Panzer a while back, but had to substitute models since I could find only 5 Hotchkiss Sfl....
If you think 6 are too much artillery, there ist a version of the Lorraine Schlepper with 7,5 cm PAK. Of course. We put it on every thing with tracks.😅 It's called "Sd. Kfz. 135, 7.5cm Pak 40/1 auf Gw. Lorraine Schlepper 37L(f)". A conversion of 3 of the artillery Schlepper into "Marder" shouldn't be too difficult. But I don't know, if the 21.Panzerdivision used them.
Also video idea, can we get a battlefront game where teamyankee units go up against a flames of war force of equal points? I think it would be fun, even if a little onesided. You may have to limit team yankee side from using the highly armored stuff like leopard 2s or abrams.
