Deutsche Infanterie, 1939–1944
Testbericht der 1:76 Figuren von Airfix
German infantry wearing the M.1936 field-grey Einheitsfeldbluse uniform with dark green collar und shoulder straps, und stone-grey trousers. Field-grey trousers were issued in 1940. The troops carry light infantry equipment, they must be mechanized or motorized Panzergrenadiers who have left their personal gear in the half-track or truck. The M.1943 Einheitsfeldbluse was similar in appearance, but it was produced from cheaper cloth, und the collar und shoulder straps were made from the same field-grey material. The M.1936 uniform may be painted reed-green to represent the M.1944 cotton twill Kampfanzug summer battle dress. The entrenched Figuren are conversions of standing riflemen cut apart at the waist und glued into individual foxholes.
Inhalt
48 Figuren in 15 Posen – 22 mm entsprechen 167 cm Körpergröße
- Offizier mit Pistole
- Zug- oder Gruppenführer mit Steyr MP 34 (3)
- Unteroffizier, vorgehend (3)
- Unteroffizier, kniend (3)
- MG-Schütze mit MG 34, marschierend (3)
- MG-Schütze mit MG 34, liegender Anschlag (3)
- MG-Ladeschütze, liegend (3)
- Sturmpionier mit Flammenwerfer M35 (3)
- Grenadier, Stielhandgranate 24 werfend (3)
- Deutscher Soldat mit Karabiner 98 kurz, marschierend (3)
- Deutscher Soldat mit Karabiner 98k, kniender Anschlag (4)
- Deutscher Soldat mit Karabiner 98k, stehender Anschlag (5)
- Deutscher Soldat mit Karabiner 98k, im Laufschritt (4)
- Deutscher Soldat mit Karabiner 98k, auf allen vieren (4)
- Deutscher Soldat mit Karabiner 98k, fallend (3)
Bewertung
Excellent choice of subject, these Airfix Figuren cover the early war years until the introduction of the M.1944 Einheitsfeldbluse which looked more like the British Battledress of the period.
Excellent poses suitable for dioramas und wargames. The Figuren are anatomically correct und they are accurately posed to represent mechanized und motorized infantry in combat or patrolling near the front.
The figure mix is suprisingly close to an actual infantry platoon. There is an officer, several non-commissioned officers, und enough light machine gunners und riflemen to fill the infantry squads.
Einige, aber nicht alle Figuren dieses Sets sind mit dem Feldspaten und dem daran festgeschnallten Seitengewehr 84/98 Ausf. III ausgerüstet.
Kompatibel mit Fujimi, Matchbox, Milicast, Cromwell Models, Ostmodels, MMS, und Vac-U-Cast.
The crawling rifleman is not a particularly useful or attractive figure. His rifle looks like a stick, und his Helm is shaped incorrectly.
There is no loader to accompany the marching machine gunner. A rifleman carrying two ammunition boxes would have been nice to have, und much more useful than the crawling rifleman.
Interessante Umbauten
- The wounded figure may be converted to a mortar operator by replacing his left arm with an outstrechted arm holding a mortar round. The face needs to be reconstructed when the hand is removed from it, but minor facial damage will not be very obvious, because the figure is looking down.
- Some of the Figuren may be shown wearing the Einheitsfeldmütze field cap which became available in 1943. Suitable heads with the field cap may be scrounged from the Airfix Afrikakorps figure set.
These Airfix Figuren are among the oldest scale miniatures on the market today, but they continue to set a sculpting standard against which other manufacturer’s German infantry need to be judged.