SOTR1949 - Secrets of the Third Reich

Light machineguns were not widely distributed when World War II began; those armies that possessed them in quantity, usually at the squad level, had a significant firepower advantage early on.  This advantage having been noted by the end of the war almost every squad carried at least one or more of these weapons. Generally these squad weapons were mounted with a bipod and usually ammunition carried in a magazine of some sort. They were fired either standing or more accurately laying down
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If you play a Weird War or horror game, one thing you need in copious quantities is zombies. Generally, the more putrid, falling apart, and gruesome the better. What the ?! Miniatures has come out with another set of figures that will assist in your zombie augmentation plans.

The Story so far:

Parts of the German army "Nord" is garrisoned in a small mining town called Kiruna in the northern parts of Sweden. It's location above the polar circle makes it perfect for testing armour and Mecha prototypes in extreme cold so the Germans built their second largest armour factory called "Valhalla" just outside of town. Newly manufactured Mecha and Super heavy tank prototypes are sent to Kiruna on a regular basis from the Nibelungenwerk in the

The mission:

An allied armoured unit is sent to scout the road ahead for a German Tiger tank that has been sighted in the area. Both sides are supposed to fight to death or until the enemy is destroyed, routed or in any other way unable to continue the fight.

I'll keep this one short. I do *not* like this product. OK, OK, I was wrong. After some suggestions from folks on TGN I pulled this review from the last issue so I could reconsider what I had done. The paltry directions Tamiya has included in the kit are no help at all so i went with what my gut told me in further experimentation.

One of the most conroversial issues surrounding WW2 is the nature of the SS and I want to get this out of the way first so we can focus on the book by James Lucas. I have seen people argue that the SS' role in the death camps was limited to a few radical, sick, fanatical (pick your adjective) and that the military arms of the SS were "merely" professional soldiers motivated by a devotion to country and Hitler. I have seen arguments that suggest that along with their jackboots, the
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World War II Infantry Assault Tactics is one of the latest Osprey Elite series books. The author, Rottman, is a veteran who entered service in 1967 (a year before the Tet Offensive) and served in Vietnam in the 5th Special Forces Group. He also worked for the Army at the Readiness Training Center as a scenario writer. His resume indicates that he is well grounded in what he is talking about in this book and his experience comes through. In many places, the book reads similar to a Field

An Army at Dawn
Day of Battle
Rick Atkinson

The books reviewed here form the first two volumes of Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy. Many years ago I had the opportunity to meet the author at a book signing at West Point, NY. I had picked up one of his books (Army at Dawn) for my father for Christmas. My father is a real character (retired psychologist, retired from the Army Reserves/National Guard, PhD, working as a security guard for a while at 70+ because he was bored!) and so I as