German 6th Army

On June 22, 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 kilometer front (1800 miles) extending from the Baltic coast to the Black Sea, initiating nearly 4 years of the most savage and brutal warfare humanity ever experienced. For the invasion, Hitler chose the same armies and commanders which had swept through the Low Countries and France a year earlier, and under their command the soldiers of the Wehrmacht rolled triumphantly across the Russian steppe just as they have smashed into France, seemingly invincible.

Caught by surprise, the bulk of the Russian Air Forces were destroyed on the ground. The Red Army fell back in disorder, surrendered in wholesale numbers, or died in an hopeless attempt to halt the German advance. Western military experts gave the Russians 6 to 8 weeks at the most, before suffering total military disaster at the hands of the Germans.

One of the elite forces of the Wehrmacht, the 6th Army began its involvement in the Russian Campaign as the spearhead of Army Group South under the command of Von Reichenau, but after he died following a heart attack in January 1942, command was given to his former chief of staff, General der Panzertruppen Friedrich Paulus. Paulus led the 6th Army to a major victory at the Second Battle of Kharkov during the spring of 1942. This victory sealed the 6th Army's destiny because it was selected by the OKH (OberKommando des Heeres - Germany's Army High Command) for the attack on Stalingrad.

"Troops without ammunition or food… Effective command no longer possible… Further defense senseless. Collapse inevitable. Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops."
- Field Marshall Paulus, Commander of the 6th Army ( message to Hitler about the situation at Stalingrad)

"Surrender is forbidden. Sixth Army will hold their positions to the last man and the last round and by their heroic endurance will make an unforgettable contribution toward the establishment of a defensive front and the salvation of the Western world."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (replying to Paulus' request for surrender at Stalingrad)

Name: Kurt Maler
Armed Force: Wehrmacht  6th Army
Unit: 79th Infantry Division   
Rank: Private 1st Class
Weapons: Kar98k Bolt-action sniper rifle with telescopic sight 

in the face of stubborn and fanatical resistance of the 62nd Russian Army the Germans soon begun to employ the same tactics used against them. Kurt studied in the famous School at Seetaleralpe and is as deadly as any Russian sniper!

CODE 48002CS
Pack content: one 1:48 scale pewter cast miniature in one piece, a large (60mm wide!) fantastically detailed terrain piece that can also be used as a display base, one METAL 25mm round slotted base, one stats card which doubles as a painting guide, one "Suppression Fire" marker, one "Opportunity Fire" marker, one wound marker and two German Action Tokens.

All components supplied unpainted. Require basic assembly.

Sculptor: Stefano Cavane'

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Name: Friedrich "tank man" Vogt
Armed Force: Wehrmacht  6th Army
Unit: 79th Infantry Division   
Rank: Private 
Weapons: Kar98k Bolt-action rifle

"Come and get it!"

CODE 48004CS
Pack content: one 1:48 scale pewter cast miniature in one piece, a large (60mm wide!) fantastically detailed terrain piece that can also be used as a display base, one METAL 25mm round slotted base, one stats card which doubles as a painting guide, one "Suppression Fire" marker, one "Opportunity Fire" marker, one wound marker and two German Action Tokens.

All components supplied unpainted. Require basic assembly.

Sculptor: Stefano Cavane'

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Name: Rolf Krause
Armed Force: Wehrmacht  6th Army
Unit: 79th Infantry Division   
Rank: Private 1st Class
Weapons: MG34 Light Machine Gun

"We no longer demand anything, we want war."

CODE 48006CS
Pack content: one 1:48 scale pewter cast miniature with separate head (two variants supplied), a large (60mm wide!) fantastically detailed terrain piece that can also be used as a display base, one METAL 25mm round slotted base, one stats card which doubles as a painting guide, one "Suppression Fire" marker, one "Opportunity Fire" marker, one wound marker and two German Action Tokens.

All components supplied unpainted. Require basic assembly.

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Name: Karl Schwarz
Armed Force: Wehrmacht  6th Army
Unit: 79th Infantry Division   
Rank: Private 
Weapons: MP40 submachinegun

"A thousand years hence Germans will speak of this battle with reverence and awe, and will remember that Germany's ultimate victory was decided there…"

CODE 48008CS
Pack content: one 1:48 scale pewter cast miniature with separate head (two variants supplied), a large (60mm wide!) fantastically detailed terrain piece that can also be used as a display base, one METAL 25mm round slotted base, one stats card which doubles as a painting guide, one "Suppression Fire" marker, one "Opportunity Fire" marker, one wound marker and two German Action Tokens.

All components supplied unpainted. Require basic assembly.

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Name: Hans Wolff  
Armed Force: Wehrmacht  6th Army
Unit: 79th Infantry Division   
Rank: NCO 
Weapons: Captured and converted PPSh-41 submachinegun

"With amazement and disappointment, we discovered that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist!"

CODE 48010CS
Pack content: one 1:48 scale pewter cast miniature with a separate arm, a large (60mm wide!) fantastically detailed terrain piece that can also be used as a display base, one METAL 25mm round slotted base, one stats card which doubles as a painting guide, one "Suppression Fire" marker, one "Opportunity Fire" marker, one wound marker and two German Action Tokens.

All components supplied unpainted. Require basic assembly.

Sculptor: Stefano Cavane'

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Name: Mark Shuster
Armed Force: Wehrmacht  6th Army
Unit: 79th Infantry Division   
Rank: Private 
Weapons: Kar98k Bolt-action rifle
Stielhandgranate

"In years to come it will be said of the heroic battle on the Volga: When you come to Germany, say that you have seen us lying at Stalingrad, as our honor and our leaders ordained that we should, for the greater glory of Germany."

CODE 48012CS
Pack content: one 1:48 scale pewter cast miniature with separate arm and head, a fantastically detailed modular terrain piece, one METAL 25mm round slotted base, one stats card which doubles as a painting guide, one "Suppression Fire" marker, one "Opportunity Fire" marker, one wound marker and two German Action Tokens.

All components supplied unpainted. Require basic assembly.

Sculptor: Stefano Cavane'

Full price: EURO€ 9.50 
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