Fallschirmjäger Paracadutisti Tedeschi, 1939–1945

Fallschirmjäger paracadutisti tedeschi wearing tropical uniform e tan aqueous camouflage smocks during the 1943 campaign. The kneeling anti-tank cannonieri are conversions, combining body parts of due standing e due kneeling ESCI soldatini. The standing figure wears a typical Luftwaffe side cap taken from Airfix Luftwaffe Personnel. The 2.8 cm s.Panzerbüchse 41 heavy anti-tank rifle is from the old Airfix Afrikakorps set. The s.PzB. 41 proved inadequate against medium e carri armati pesanti encountered on the Eastern Front, e many of these armi were handed down to Italian forces which kept them in inventory until the Armistice in 1943.

Green Devils

As is common among professional elites, Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger e paracadutisti britannici developed mutual respect when they encountered eachother for the first time nel Nordafrica. Apparently, elements of the Fallschirmjäger contingent deployed in Tunisia ignored the standing order that paracadutisti nemici were to be shot summarily, e they saw to it that captured e wounded Red Devils from John Frost’s 2 Para were treated correctly.

L’armata tedesca tried large-scale airborne operation only once, when Fallschirmjäger e gliderborne fanteria assaulted the island of Crete in 1941. The island was taken, but at the cost of very heavy caduti, e the practise was not continued. After Crete, i paracadutisti tedeschi fought primarily as elite fanteria, con the occasionally battalion-sized drop to secure limited objectives.

Soldatini Disponibili

Leutnant 1. Fallschirmjäger Regiment, 1:16 Kirin 21521
Fallschirmjäger 1944, 1:16 Dragon 1603 D
Fallschirmjäger, 1:35 Italeri 311
Fallschirmjäger at Monte Cassino, 1:35 Dragon 6005 D
Fallschirmjäger con Donkey, 1:35 Dragon 6077 D
Fallschirmjäger 1940, 1:35 Dragon 6070 D
Fallschirmjäger con 2.8 cm PzB 41, 1:35 Dragon 6056 D
Fallschirmjäger 1943-1945, 1:72 ESCI P-244
Fallschirmjäger 1943-1945, 1:72 Italeri 6045
Fallschirmjäger, 1:72 Revell 02500
Fallschirmjäger, 1:72 Orion 72018
Fallschirmjäger, 1:72 Sojers SP215
Fallschirmjäger Panzerschreck Team, 1:72 Sojers ST21F
Fallschirmjäger section including officer e MG 42 (10), 1:76 C-P Models FJ1
Fallschirmjäger 81mm Mortar team moving, tirante (7), 1:76 C-P Models FJ2
Fallschirmjäger Feldgendarme patrol (5), 1:76 C-P Models FJ3
Fallschirmjäger Communications team, radio, telephone (6), 1:76 C-P Models FJ4
Fallschirmjäger caduti, inc. stretcher bearer (5), 1:76 C-P Models FJ6
Fallschirmjäger Pioneers, flame-thrower, pole charge (5), 1:76 C-P Models FJ7
Fallschirmjäger StuG assault gun crew (5) 1944-45, 1:76 C-P Models FJ8
Fallschirmjäger, 1:76 Airfix 01753
Fallschirmjäger Platoon Pack (30 soldatini), 1:76 AB soldatini FJPP
Fallschirmjäger ufficiali & Radio Operators (6 pcs), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ7
Fallschirmjäger MG 42 tripod mounted & crew (3 pcs), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ12
Fallschirmjäger MG 34 tripod mounted & crew (3 pcs), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ4
Fallschirmjäger Panzerschreck & panzerfaust (3 pcs), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ3
Fallschirmjäger Section advancing (10 pcs), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ1
Fallschirmjäger Section kneeling & prone (10 pcs), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ2
Fallschirmjäger 8 cm mortar & crew (7 pcs), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ5
Fallschirmjäger 2 cm Flak crew (3 pcs), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ6
Fallschirmjäger motocarrozzetta BMW 750 con 3 crew, 1:76 AB soldatini FJ11
Fallschirmjäger Medics & Wounded (10 figs.), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ8
Fallschirmjäger caduti/feriti (4 figs.), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ9
Fallschirmjäger Pak 40 crew (4 figs. & accessories), 1:76 AB soldatini FJ10
Fallschirmjäger Container armi (5), 20 mm BP Cast BA118
Fallschirmjager Company, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GBX08
Fallschirmjager Platoon, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GE762
Fallschirmjager Platoon (Battleworn), 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GE763
Glider Assault platoon (Fallschirmjager), 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GE767
Fallschirmjager Command team, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GSO21
Fallschirmjager Command team, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GSO22
Fallschirmjager Observer team, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GSO23
Fallschirmjager HQ/Staff team, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GSO24
Fallschirmjager Artiglieria Crew, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GSO25
Seated Fallschirmjager, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GSO27
Fallschirmjager Pin Markers, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GSO28
Fallschirmjäger, 1:300 Heroics & Ros

Utilizzo Storico

Norway e Denmark, 1940
Francia e Low Countries, 1940
Greece e Crete, 1941
Eastern Front, 1941-1945
North Africa, 1942
Tunisia, 1942-1943
Italia, 1943-1945
Yugoslavia, 1944
Francia, Low Countries, e Germania, 1944-1945

Conversione

Fallschirmjäger con cloth elmetto cover, 1941-1945,
using heads from the Revell Fallschirmjäger set.
Fallschirmjäger in Luftwaffe side cap, 1940-1942,
using heads from the Airfix Luftwaffe Personnel set.
Fallschirmjäger in Luftwaffe tropical uniform, North Africa 1942,
mounting Fallschirmjäger heads on ESCI o Airfix Afrikakorps fanteria. This conversion works very well for ufficiali, mitraglieri e tiratori MP40 who did not wear the paratroop rifle bandoleer.In fact, Afrikakorps soldatini in Feldmütze caps may be used without conversion to represent paratroopers in tropical uniform.
Fallschirmjäger in Meier-Mütze, 04/1942-1943,
using heads con Naval officers’ soft caps taken from a 1:72 torpedo boat kit.
Fallschirmjäger in Einheitsfeldmütze field cap, 1943,
using heads from the Airfix Afrikakorps set.
Fallschirmjäger con elmetto d’acciaio fanteria, due to equipaggiamento shortages beginning 1944,
using heads from fanti regolari tedeschi.
4o battaglione di paracadutisti romeni in grey-blue one-piece jump suits, 1944.
The leg of the German jump suit can be trimmed prudentamente, to blend it into the trousers. I paracadutisti romeni abandoned the elmetto paracadutisti tedesco in favor of the air force side cap in the course of the 1944 fighting, because they were too easily mistaken for tedeschi. I paracadutisti romeni were equipped con ZB24 rifles, pistole mitragliatrice MP40, mitragliatrici leggeri ZB30, mitragliatrici pesanti ZB35, 60 mm e 81 mm Brandt mortars, flamethrowers, e Böhler 47 mm fanteria guns. There was a plotone di ricognizione motociclista paracadutisti in the HQ company.

Bibliografia

German Airborne Troops 1939-45, B. Quarrie, M. Chappell, Osprey Men-at-Arms Series 139
Deutsche Fallschirmjäger im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Volkmar Kühn
Fallschirmjäger. Chris McNab
Fallschirmjäger 1939–1945. Weg und Schicksal einer Truppe. Werner Haupt
Die Schlacht von Monte Cassino. Janusz Piekalkiewicz

Related Films

The Eagle Has Landed, a thriller based on Jack Higgin’s best selling book, starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland. German paratroopers infiltrate into England in novembre of 1943, in an attempt to kidnap Winston Churchill.

Clever giocatori wargame will raise their Fallschirmjäger units for the 1943 Tunisian Campaign, in which case they will get away con mixing mitraglieri dell’Afrikakorps, MP40 gunners, ed ufficiali into the batch. All it takes is a head swap, placing Fallschirmjäger elmetti on the Afrikakorps soldiers. Some soldatini need no conversion at all, provided that they are already wearing the practical Feldmütze cap which quickly replaced the Luftwaffe side cap in Fallschirmjäger units. Tropical uniform was to be worn between 1st of maggio e 30th of settembre each year, e these figure conversions would serve well in a 1943 Italian scenario. That year also saw the introduction of the more attractive tan aqueous camouflage smock, which was often seen alongside the earlier grey-green e splinter camouflage smocks.

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Soldatini Tedeschi della Seconda Guerra Mondiale

– Pubblicato: 06.08.2002 – Aggiornato: 14.05.2007
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