BGK - Clash of Reconnaissance: Overview

Here is a list of the forces required for Battlegroup Kursk's first scenario: Clash of Reconnaissance. After each item is the kit/model that I am using and whether or not it has been purchased and, if not, how much I will be spending.

GERMAN FORCES

• Grenadier Platoon - AB Figures 50% purchased
• 50mm PaK38 anti tank gun and truck tow - Italeri kit purchased
• SdKfz 232 Armoured car - Roden kit ($10) or Dragon kit ($20)
• SdKfz 233 Armoured car - Roden kit ($10)
• reserve  Pz IV G tank - PSC kit - purchased

SOVIET FORCES

• Rifle Platoon - PSC kit 57 figures - purchased
• Anti-tank rifle team - PSC Heavy Weapons kit ($15)
• 82mm mortar team - PSC Heavy Weapons kit
• 45mm L66 anti-tank gun and truck tow - PSC kit gun ($15) / UM kit GAZ-AAA ($10)
• Sniper and spotter team - ??
• BA-10 Armoured car - UM Models kit ($14)
• T-70 light tank - PSC kit ($16)
• reserve  T-34 tank - PSC kit - purchased

The items that have been purchased are all in some state of build and/or painting!

As I continue to make my foray into this fascinating scale of 20mm/1:72 World War II miniatures, I am continually impressed at how inexpensive it is to collect an army. Compared to a Flames of War force or a Games Workshop army, gathering these forces has been a treatise on the benefits of competition benefitting the consumer. There are many rulesets to choose from ranging in cost from free to expensive, Xeroxed to glossy full-color, and niche to all-encompassing. The models follow this pattern as well: detailed and complicated with 100's of parts all the way to prepainted and ready to go. Some are expensive. Some are not.

What a great time to be a wargamer!