{"id":4303,"date":"2015-07-26T22:26:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T22:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2015-07-26T22:26:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T22:26:02","slug":"american-paras-with-panzerfausts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=4303","title":{"rendered":"American Paras with Panzerfausts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks ago, I posted a quick discussion about how MG Gavin was so impressed with the panzerfaust that the 82nd collected up truckloads of them in Sicily. \u00a0Soon after a drop, when the heavy equipment arrived, these trucks of panzerfausts would follow the troops. \u00a0He even had the instructions for their use translated into English. \u00a0For my 28mm WWII project I wanted to equip US paras with panzerfausts, but when I posted to TMP to see if anyone made the figures, the answer was &#8220;no.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4297\" title=\"IMG_1602\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1602.jpg 840w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1602-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1601.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4298\" title=\"IMG_1601\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1601.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1601-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At Historicon last weekend I got a bag of Berlin or Bust 28mm paras with rifles from Old Glory. \u00a0A couple weeks ago I ordered panzerfausts from The Assault Group. \u00a0This morning, I started hacking at the figures to remove the rifles and insert the panzerfausts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4299\" title=\"IMG_1600\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1600-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1597.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4300\" title=\"IMG_1597\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1597.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1597.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1597-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These aren&#8217;t award-winning quality conversations, but I am pretty happy with the results. \u00a0I can&#8217;t wait to spring these on some unsuspecting German players in an upcoming scenario.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1599.jpg\"><img 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