In 15mm, this is the first few scratches and scribbles for the African Project.
The "peaceful" village |
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More from the "peaceful" village |
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West German Command - picture from QRF website |
Squad
1 x Gruppenführer w/G3
1 x Truppführer w/G3
1 x Soldat w/Panzerfaust 44 "leicht" (Med. AP:2/AT:0)
1 x Soldat w/MG3 GPMG (Med. AP:2/AT:0)
2 x Soldat w/G3ZF and HK69A1 Grenade Launcher (Lt. AP:1/AT:0)
4 x Soldat w/G3
Breaking these down into two fireteams would be as follows:
Fireteam A
1 x Gruppenführer w/G3
1 x Soldat w/Panzerfaust 44 "leicht" (Med. AP:2/AT:0)
1 x Soldat w/G3ZF and HK69A1 Grenade Launcher (Lt. AP:1/AT:0)
2 x Soldat w/G3
Fireteam B
1 x Truppführer w/G3
1 x Soldat w/MG3 GPMG (Med. AP:2/AT:0)
1 x Soldat w/G3ZF and HK69A1 Grenade Launcher (Lt. AP:1/AT:0)
2 x Soldat w/G3
Makes for some impressive firepower on the fireteam level. Fireteam A would throw five or six dice (grenade launcher option), and Fireteam B would throw six or seven dice. Add in the possibility of using the scoped G3ZF figure in each fireteam as a sniper on overwatch, and the Germans have an interesting force.
Since my West German squad is going to be used during the late 1970s, I can't really trace them to a special forces unit (the KSK did not come into existence until the 1990s and the GSG-9 is a police/border unit). Of course, the fact I am doing a hypothetical African background shouldn't stop me from saying this unit is some secret or pre-KSK special forces outfit, but that doesn't feel "right." In doing a bit more research I have decided to make them part of the Fernspählehrkompanie 200 (FSLK200 - recon). In present times the FSLK200 is being folded into the KSK so in a manner of speaking they are a special forces-like organization, with roles consisting of surveillance, reconnaissance, and asymmetrical warfare.

I have a couple of choices to ponder over when it comes to the uniform colors for the Germans. The Bundeswehr wore a straight forward green (olive drab) uniform, and had very little camouflage in use during the 1970s. What they did have of course was designed for a European environment, not a desert/scrub one. Again, this doesn't mean I can use whatever I would like, since this is a fictional setting, but I do want some sort of realism to this project. I may stick with a solid olive drab uniform, but I do like this old Austrian pattern I found (steintarnmuster). It was designed with mountain troops in mind, but the light tan background with blotches of green and gray I believe could work in scrub.
Another idea is to take the winter pattern of camouflage the Bundeswehr was using during this period (Schneetarn) and instead of a white background, use a desert tan one, keeping the blotches of green. I am going to have to do a bit more research on this topic as I would like something used during the 1970s and a camo pattern that makes sense for Somalia.