owenedwards
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So whilst of course we joke often about the excess of counters for some vehicles - why so many Opel Blitzes, guys? and why does Hakkaa Paalle have as many tank counters in it as the Finns had total? - the "fringe cases" interest me. Basically, anything that saw combat is modelled - with maybe a few exceptions (minor, slightly weird variants, usually).
But I can think of 2-4 "Arguably" missing counters (well, one is definitely missing, by the standard set above).
Covenanter and Cavalier Cruiser Tanks: Neither served in combat (the Covenanter couldn't cope with the desert, and the Cavalier was just very temperamental), but both served in home defence - and the Covenanter would have been a very important component of any defence against Sealion in 1940 (or 1941, indeed, as extra-unlikely as a Sealion in '41 would have been). Pretty valid DYO option - and over 1500 Covenanters produced (around ~500 Cavaliers produced from 1942). 12 Cavaliers were given to Free France, though I don't know that they saw any combat.
So those lead me to the...
Covenanter Bridgelayer: Hundreds of these were converted from the original, and served in NW Europe. As valid as the Valentine or Churchill equivalents.
More interesting to many is my final subject:
Maus: I assume this is in one of those Rarities packs. The reason I include it is that Prototype V2's fate - blown up (by the Germans?) after defending the OKH's HQ at Wunsdorf - suggests it may have seen the enemy. I suppose it might have just been destroyed by evacuating Germans without seeing action, but I don't know either way.
Any other good examples?
But I can think of 2-4 "Arguably" missing counters (well, one is definitely missing, by the standard set above).
Covenanter and Cavalier Cruiser Tanks: Neither served in combat (the Covenanter couldn't cope with the desert, and the Cavalier was just very temperamental), but both served in home defence - and the Covenanter would have been a very important component of any defence against Sealion in 1940 (or 1941, indeed, as extra-unlikely as a Sealion in '41 would have been). Pretty valid DYO option - and over 1500 Covenanters produced (around ~500 Cavaliers produced from 1942). 12 Cavaliers were given to Free France, though I don't know that they saw any combat.
So those lead me to the...
Covenanter Bridgelayer: Hundreds of these were converted from the original, and served in NW Europe. As valid as the Valentine or Churchill equivalents.
More interesting to many is my final subject:
Maus: I assume this is in one of those Rarities packs. The reason I include it is that Prototype V2's fate - blown up (by the Germans?) after defending the OKH's HQ at Wunsdorf - suggests it may have seen the enemy. I suppose it might have just been destroyed by evacuating Germans without seeing action, but I don't know either way.
Any other good examples?