Bolt Action: German Heer Weapons Team

Every army needs its specialists! This set delivers three deadly teams to support your infantry:

•    2-man Panzerschreck anti-tank team
•    2-man sniper team
•    2-man flamethrower team

Includes 3 Bolt Action Order Dice and resin figures. Add flexibility and firepower to your Heer force today.

This is a formidable set.  All Bolt Action infantry forces are heavily reliant on their weapons teams.  From Sniper teams to Anti Tank squads, these components of the infantry create the necessary flexibility required when engaging an enemy.

Russian snipers exacted untold losses on Wehrmacht troops at Stalingrad, so much so, the Germans learned some very hard lessons, and began training specialist snipers, and as such they were armed with KAR-98K rifles , as well as the semi-automatic Gewehr 43.  These were all fitted with precision ZF39 telescopic sights and high quality ammunition.

The Germans developed the Panzerschreck, by copying and reverse engineering the  American bazooka, and fires a large calibre shaped-charge rocket projectile. With early versions, the recoil and back-blast from the weapon meant that early versions of the weapon had to be used with protective capes and masks.  Subsequent variants had a blast shield fitted, thus giving the Panzerschreck its more familiar appearance. The Panzerschreck, along with the disposable anti-tank Panzerfaust had succeeded the Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifle by 1944.

And then there are Flamethrowers, or 'Flammenwerfer', often used by the Wermacht as well as a few SS Death Squads, and these proved effective when taking buildings or fortifications.  Later versions produced and used by the Germans were smaller and lighter, and carried enough fuel for a single burst, thus it was a single shot weapon, the 'Eintossflammenwerfe'. History is uncertain if this was actually deployed in any later WW2 battles by the Germans.

Models require assembly and painting.

Suitable for ages 14 and over.