Volkssturm HMG Platoon
(GE824)
Includes 15 metal figures - four HMG teams and one Command Rifle team, four plastic medium bases and one small base, one plastic base insert sprue.
Half of the defenders of Berlin were members of the Volkssturm, or ‘People’s Militia.’ Poorly equipped, with little to no training, the Volkssturm was made up of the older men and young boys who had previously been considered unfit or unready for normal military service.
The 3/115 Siemensstadt Battalion was better organised and equipped than most Volkssturm formations. It comprised 770 men, mainly First World War veterans in their 50s who were reasonably fit factory workers, with experienced officers. It had three rifle companies and a support company with heavy machine guns, mortars and infantry guns.
Capable of firing up to 800 rounds a minute, the MG34 had a unique feature of being able to produce semi-automatic or fully automatic fire depending on which part of the trigger was used. Another important feature of the MG34 was the ability to quickly change barrels due to the overheating associated with prolonged periods of use.
It could be used as either a Light Machine-gun fired off a bipod or as a Heavy Machine-gun fired from a tripod. The tripod also included sighting equipment which further aided indirect fire.
MG34 HMG in Flames of War
Mobility: Man-packed
Range: 24”/60cm
Rate of Fire: 6
Anti-tank: 2
Firepower: 6
ROF 3 when Pinned down or Moving
Local Militia
Volkssturm Platoons do not use the German Stormtroopers, Mission Tactics, or Enjoy the War special rules. Instead, a Volkssturm Platoon always begins the game on the table. Ignore all Volkssturm Platoons in your force when determining how many platoons to be held in Reserve. In addition, a Volkssturm Platoon always begins the game in Prepared Positions.
Contents
Pointing NCO.
Standing figure aiming Panzerfaust.
Kneeling figure with Panzerfaust.
2x Kneeling NCO with SMG.
1x Kneeling rifleman.
1x Kneeling firing rifleman.
4x Gunner figures.
4x Loader figures.
4x HMG gunner.
4x HMG sprues
4x HMG tripods.
2x Ammo belt sprue
1x Small three-hole base.
4x Medium four-hole bases.
15mm, metal
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Battlefront Miniatures Europe Ltd
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