My New Model Corsair

On April 18th of this year, I was gifted a small wooden F4U Corsair. Over the course of the next two weeks,  I built it up, and I now feel that it is now at a point where it looks almost finished, and at the point where I can show you.

I don't think that it has much potential use for in wargames, but it sure does make quite a nice decoration.

MY PRUSSIAN ARMY

Hello! In this post I will be writing about my Prussian army.

I got these Prussians in mid 2017 and they first saw combat in a battle of Austerlitz I had with Thomas just two days after getting them in the post.
Recently, I've been repainting them to get them more historically accurate and to fix mistakes made by my sloppy painting hand. Here they are in the midst of battle.

 The quality of this image is poor, but you get the general idea.
Here is a much clearer photo of them in peacetime!

THE BIRTH OF GEBHARD LEBERECT VON BLUCHER

Recently I started painting one of my horse mounted officers that came with my kit of Prussian infantry  (http://www.italeri.com/scheda.asp?idProdotto=49&idCategoria=34&idSottocategoria=0) like the Prussian Field Marshall Gebhard Leberect von Blucher.

Here is one of the three sprues included in the kit. The horse mounted officer is clearly seen in the bottom row and the horse on the top left.
Here is Blucher:

NEEDED KITS FOR WARGAMING

1. 1:72 AIRFIX CIVILIANS
2. 1:72 EMHAR GERMAN ARTILLERY WW1
3. 1:72 ITALERI PANZER III KIT - COMES WITH TWO PANZER 3'S

IF ANYONE KNOWS WERE TO FIND THESE PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST.
THANKS A LOT 😀

CLASH OF THE LAND IRONCLADS - THE A7V AND OTHER TANKS IN RECENT BATTLES

In recent battles between Thomas and I, tanks have played a major part in determining victory or defeat. This is later part in a game between American and German tank forces:

My A7Vs(Nixe, Elfriede, Mephisto, Gretchen, Faust and Baden 1)were advancing mercilessly through a small village in the French countryside. They knocked down and/or flattened any obstruction in their way as they advanced towards Thomas' mostly-dead army. However, Thomas had tanks too, and they were racing forward to intercept mine.
After inflicting losses on multiple dazed troops, Gretchen was lost to a 22mm trench gun. to counter this Baden 1 and Faust were ordered to collapse the church on the gun positions. This Plan failed and the guns disabled Baden's 57mm cannon. Immediately after this failure the 22s took out Faust with 4 shots into the front. As the Panic stricken crew bailed out, Baden rolled forward and crushed a machine gun - only to have the underside shredded by a trench gun.
And I had lost half my Panzers to 2 trench guns already.
My other A7Vs(Elfriede, Nixe and Mephisto)started a bloody firefight with 4 Whippets, 1 Mk IV and an FT. And succeeded in reducing the number of Whippets to 3 before losing all my tanks and retreating. If only I had one of these!!!!!!



I lost because of the superiority of my A7Vs! So confident was I that all allied tanks but the MK IV would be outclassed by my A7Vs that I sent them carelessly spread-out into action!! Though the Whippet was inferior to the A7V, it managed to beat me with massed firepower and sheer numbers.
If I'd grouped my Panzers rather than spreading them out the battle may have had a very different result.

GERMAN TANKS LOST(IN ORDER):
FT-17(CAPTURED)
A7V GRETCHEN
A7V FAUST
A7V BADEN
A7V MEPHISTO
A7V NIXE
A7V ELFRIEDE

ALLIED TANKS LOST(IN ORDER):
FT-17
MK a WHIPPET #1

BATTLE IN VILLERS FROMAGE

EACH SIDE HAD 15 MEN AND TWO TANKS

The battle began when I used my A7V to crush the  barbed wire on the edge of the village. My opponent on the far side moved his FT-17 up the wire with confident redcoats certain of an easy victory. After all-my last campaign had been a DISASTER.
Anyway, my brave Prussians advanced into town, massacring French civilians who resisted as we set up. The Brits were not as lucky, and a man was caught and killed in the barbed wire-the first of many deaths. My Sturmpanzerwagens fired at his infantry and missed every shot.
As the FT-17 advanced at its amazingly fast speed of 7.7 km/h I knocked it out with two shots from #503's(An A7V)57 mm cannon.

Then disaster struck when he attacked one of my lines of defense, breaching it with only 3 losses due to barbed wire. However, as soon as I moved Baden forward with my troops they surrendered on the spot! Psychological warfare DOES work in wargames!

Then his powerful MK IV Male advanced with the speed of a caterpillar to the front lines. The tank fired at my army-but they were obviously poorly trained because all it did was somehow kill a pigeon circling 100  feet above the town. I ordered my men to take cover behind the houses and to let the Panzers deal with the threat.
Baden fired while #503 snuck around the side of the village to perform an action that would decide the fate of the battle.
Baden's shells tore away the forward machine gun of the MK IV. The MK IV fired back and did little or no damage to my Sturmpanzer.

And now for the part that would go down in history as a great action in tank warfare:
A group of 5 redcoats marched down the street and found their path blocked by Prussian infantrymen, they turned around to find that the other exit was blocked by a huge iron fortress-A7V #503.
The A7V started firing at the surrounded Brits and the Prussian men did the same. The Poms were hastily and easily killed in the trap for only 3 losses of my own.
The MK IV exploded and the Britons retreated from the village, screaming in terror.
THE BATTLEFIELD WAS MINE.


OUTCOME
I won with my brilliant coordination of my Sturmpanzers and the infantry. I poured concentrated firepower on the only real threat(The MK IV)until it was put out of action.

GERMAN CASUALTIES:

                   9

BRITISH CASUALTIES:

                   17

THE BATTLE OF VILLERS ODEUR

The battle started when the enemy FT-17 light tank supported by five infantrymen approached the barbed wire. I did the same on the other side of the village with my A7V. We both proceeded to cross the wire and advance into the village. The Brits then dug in their troops behind the town's war memorial and the  FT behind a building.
The next thing I did makes me sound REALLY bad but here it is:
I fired at the war memorial to destroy it - and that I did!
I advanced as the monument toppled. Then I destroyed their will to fight with two high-explosive shells through their red uniforms. My Panzers kept advancing slowly over the wreckage of a house.
Three Brits turned and ran, dropping their rifles and screaming in terror. The dangerous MK IV male was EASILY a match for my Sturmpanzers, and some of my crews lost their nerve as it approached.
The FT on the other hand shied away from my guns as I advanced. My Prussian army seemed UNBEATABLE as it closed in on my English opponent. The FT, now partially concealed behind a wall loaded a shell and waited for my infantry. when they came in range, it fired. Killing two of my soldiers immediately while my A7V loaded a shell and swiveled the cannon at the puny vehicle. When it fired the shot did no more then destroying the wall it was cowering behind. My other Panzer was just as accurate when using its gun on nearby infantry.
Suddenly I heard men screaming in pain to my right. I looked to see the Renault, tracks covered with blood, crushing my poor soldiers! Then it killed two more with its cannon!
Suddenly the MK IV approached slightly to fire at me and my tanks. I fired first and knocked out its forward machine gun.
Then in one last act of defiance, the MK IV crawled onto the roof of the house in front of it to destroy my advancing forces.
Its metal carcass was struck repeatedly by fire from army and ground to a halt before exploding and killing all crew inside.
The Brits surrendered to the Prussians. I had won.




GERMAN

MEN:
17
TANKS:
A7V 'BADEN'
A7V#503
CASUALTIES:
6

BRITISH

MEN:
17
TANKS:
FT-17
MK IV MALE
CASUALTIES:
14
MEN TAKEN PRISONER:
18
TANKS CAPTURED:
1 FT-17