Let's get these Panzerjägers finished!!

I've spent the last couple of hours finishing a second 100mm anti-tank gun company that I need to complete my East German Panzerjäger battalion. I've been puttering around with it for far too long and I needed to get it finished.

The guns are Soviet-built MT-12's:

Look at that barrel! 63 caliber!! Here's a good 11 minute video on the MT-12. It's all in Russian, but it's self-explanatory:

YouTube Link

And here's my battalion:

As you can see, the company command stands for the two anti-tank gun companies are still to be finished, but I've run out of primer. That'll be a stop at Walmart on Saturday!

I put the transport/ammunition supply vehicles on separate stands for two reasons. First, the guns are so big that they take up too much of the stand to leave room for anything else. Second, if the battalion is part of a motor rifle regiment, the prime movers would be URAL 375D's, but if it's part of a panzer regiment, they would be AT-T tractors or possibly MT-LB's. By putting the prime movers on separate stands, I can switch them out without having to paint two completely separate battalions. 

More next time!

Let's do a quick stocktake!!

Sometimes I get to painting so much stuff and trying to just bang it out as quickly as I can that I sort of lose track of what I still need to do and what I need to order next, which is the point I'm now at with my East Germans. That being the case, let's hold up and assemble everything that I've done so far and see where I am. 

Here's an overview of my East German force:

As you can see, there are a few units that have painted vehicles, but don't yet have flocked bases. And a few things haven't made it beyond the priming stage. But overall, progress has been decent, apart from infantry, which is the most time consuming, as well as very tedious to produce. They're just so tiny that they're a complete pain in the ass, so I put them off as much as possible. 

Here's a more in-depth view of things. First, the majority of a motor rifle panzer battalion with command (minus one company that still needs doing):

Next is a panzer reconnaissance battalion, completely finished:

Two heavy reconnaissance companies and one scout car company, with company and battalion command. 

Also about half of a panzerjäger battalion:

Actually one 100mm anti-tank gun company (of two needed) and half the necessary company of BRDM-2 Sagger launchers. The URAL-375D ammo supply/crew transport trucks for the guns are yet to be done. The guns are Soviet-built MT-12's. 

Actually, the major reason I wanted to have a look at all my East Germans in one place is that to this point, I've been ordering and painting by whim, whatever seemed attractive and/or cool-looking. Definitely things that I'll eventually need, but not geared toward quickly finishing whole units that I'll need for my LANDJUT 1981 campaign. So this is my "quit screwing around!!" to myself. I need to begin being more organized and order/paint to a plan. The same goes equally for my Danes and West Germans, which I've also been painting willy-nilly. 

Time to go reorganize my list of Picoarmor orders....