German Afrika Korps
The armoured forces of the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK) swept their way across the sands of the Western Desert in an armoured spearhead of Hanomags and Panzers III, under the command of Erwin Rommel.
They Battled their way across the Desert from Tobruk to El Alamein and back, in running battles with the British Desert Rats and Commonwealth troops, playing a deadly game of 'cat and mouse' amid the desolate dunes and wadis of North Africa.
Start your desert force by choosing one of the great sets below, or follow the standard Reinforced Platoon structure (with unit options & points listed on pages 17 - 78 of your Armies of Germany book) to choose your force.
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Afrika Korps plastic frameThe price is for a single plastic sprue Supplied unpainted
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Afrika Korps KettenkradInitially intended to be an air-portable gun tractor to support airborne operations the Sd.Kfz 2 Kettenkrad tracked motorcycle made its operational debut during Operation Mercury; the invasion of Crete in 1941. The Kettenkrad was widely used by all arms of the Wehrmacht and in...
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Afrika Korps 7.5cm LeIG 18 light artilleryThe German light infantry support gun mark 18 was a short-barrelled 75mm howitzer. It was used throughout the war in most theatres and gave much needed support to the hard-pressed infantry. It could be towed by light tractor, or even pulled by hand into...
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Afrika Korps weapons teamsSnipers were feared on every battlefield, and were employed by the Germans to deadly effect in the defence of Tunisia, where the mountainous terrain was very different from the sands seas of the Western Desert. The lightweight Panzerbuchse 41 was also well suited to...
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