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Frontline Report: Kalon’s Atlantic Wall Defenders

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Frontline Report: Kalon's Atlantic Wall Defenders

The Atlantic Wall was a marvel of modern military engineering, stretching from the Norwegian fjords to the beaches of Normandy and Gascony. Fortified bunkers and trench-lines overlooked beaches strewn with barbed wire, mines and anti-tank obstacles. Gargantuan coastal defence batteries and innumerable conventional artillery positions provided covering fire to the thousands of Wehrmacht soldiers defending their trenches and foxholes.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visits the Atlantic Wall fortifications.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visits the Atlantic Wall fortifications.

Dedicated Warlord fan Kalon has produced an army list and painting guide for his own defenders of the Atlantic Wall.

Kalon’s Army List

Kalon has used the Resistance Nest Reinforced Platoon from the Armies of Germany book to create this force.

As you would expect, it’s a very static list, centred around a core of crew-served mortars and machine guns, with a Pak 40 to pick off enemy armoured vehicles.

Unit Type: Unit Name: Upgrades: Total Cost:
Headquarters Second Lieutenant 1x additional rifleman 60pts
Headquarters Artillery Observer 1x additional rifleman 110pts
Infantry Osttruppen Squad 5x additional riflemen, LMG, Panzerfaust 65pts
Infantry Osttruppen Squad 5x additional riflemen, LMG, Panzerfaust 65pts
Infantry Sniper Team N/A 50pts
Infantry Medium Machine Gun Team N/A 50pts
Infantry Medium Machine Gun Team N/A 50pts
Infantry Medium Mortar Team Spotter 60pts
Infantry Medium Mortar Team Spotter 60pts
Artillery 75mm Pak 40 N/A 110pts
Total Points Cost: 680pts

 

Painting the Defenders of the Atlantic Wall

Infantry

MG42 Team

Mortar Team

Pak 40

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Tom Mecredy
Tom spends most of his time buying books and painting miniatures. He enjoys putting animals on the bases of his miniatures and half-finishing side projects. Some say that he lives in a tower on top of some windswept northern hill with his wife and cow-patterned cat, Spaghetti.