{"id":1912,"date":"2016-09-13T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T09:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2017-06-22T21:57:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:57:02","slug":"my-bundeswehr-army-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/?p=1912","title":{"rendered":"My Bundeswehr army (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have made slow but steady progress on my Bundeswehr army since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/?p=1301\">my last summary post<\/a>. This is the current order of battle:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1917\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gemischte-Kompanie.png\" alt=\"Gemischte Kompanie\" width=\"586\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gemischte-Kompanie.png 586w, https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gemischte-Kompanie-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1917\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/aUtybeMJzQOkcWD8c_y5jMkPi0yqROJWwMcNSvmBrJC-mQQ5hGwx0__JxZu4jU-DRtEO3eIPoHfz-fJuOm_KsLKY6TbBjyhegsL4l343ac5KlaprNJUrw0HzwAwVhbf6tsHe4lnuLOI9kdC-aNQTusqO01aAfy8WQpupcU2nIK4pE2PpCepM4mlXKGerPLUCoNYUZGEDf-tzcNBhBPUbN_JtlIGvNIUeqwkc9Rm1vONrEXo93p1CQYGwsT2KmywY8ViWG3XuAL6p17sHDXtT_XOoYew-N2EVc6Ui43HOjSRWM6oayvFy6ZidfY45Pm23zL995yo1FC5LFNzLxKMWeWPvfvMcC5zxGB8A54NySgBYu4HhL6xo-m7Kr58rCKL0HaGYh1JSa_0MXNhDi2-UbN7eCReR8WcvexjrbD2eNoq7MC8qV7YM_YeHL4B-2vq4vexzldXRti0y_4pmlm1Bs9XUgWYTklo1YF5WuddKLw8qiB-J0vNMsE1ixEz-jC7KnHTkRZXCs2_Ybp2egXbYzlBwswI3VF2PI_rDaRRGJOaT9zNUH77BhBaGfPpmNxlcnh2fUdwcFUuMvWRkQ56ixrcbx0j_JX_MUp-FP4aoIqw-6plC=w1024-h680-no\"><\/p>\n<p>I consider the three combat platoons complete at this point. There are a couple of possible additions to the support units that I will pursue at low priority:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VW Ilits (S&amp;S Models) mostly as scenery and scenario piece.<\/li>\n<li>MAN 5t and 10t trucks (Revell, the latter is currently out of production) as fuel and munitions trucks. The former is already on my workbench.<\/li>\n<li>Bergepanzer 2 (The Hobby Den conversion kit for Leopard 1) recovery tank.<\/li>\n<li>Ambulance, an M113 (available from many makers) would probably be the best choice. I have decals left over from my Fuchs kit. I&#8217;ll probably try the S-Model kit and use the second M113 for building the <em>F\u00fcFu <\/em>(F\u00fchrungs- und Funkpanzer = Command &amp; Communications tank).<\/li>\n<li>For scenarios, other soft-skins might come in handy. S&amp;S make the 1.5t and 2t Unimogs. They now have a six-wheel Mercedes truck that, as far as I know, was never used by the Bundeswehr, but it hopefully means that the very common DB 1017 5t truck is a step closer.<\/li>\n<li>I recently found out about PJ Production, who make the VW T3 Doka (dual cab pickup). Probably&nbsp; the most important vehicle in a Bundeswehr company, since the company sergeant used it to bring food to the soldiers in the field.<\/li>\n<li>Revell announced the M109G howitzer, which is due in September 2017. I might get one as scenario piece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have found two interesting websites about tanks with lots of background information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kotsch88.de\/autolader.htm\">Kampfpanzer im Detail<\/a> (German only).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kampfpanzer.de\/\">Kampfpanzer.de<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have made slow but steady progress on my Bundeswehr army since my last summary post. This is the current order of battle: I consider the three combat platoons complete at this point. There are a couple of possible additions to the support units that I will pursue at low priority: VW Ilits (S&amp;S Models) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[79],"class_list":{"0":"post-1912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gaming","7":"tag-coldwar","8":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/plKIk-uQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1912"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2068,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}