Panzerschreck 2016 Tom Robertson and Evan Allen report back on Panzerschreck 2016 Forty-eight players in 24 teams arrived in Palmerston North for the 16th Panzerschreck Early War Flames of War tournament, arriving from as far south as Timaru and Christchurch and north from Auckland. This was the biggest Panzerschreck tournament we’ve run so far. We are not sure if was it because of the Early War or the Teams format, but needless to say we will be sticking with the same format for next year. A note for other organisers, the Teams format allowed us to need only twelve 2500mm x 1200mm mdf tables (kindly loaned by Placemakers) for the weekend.

The teams format worked really well this year with everyone enjoying themselves with lots of positive feedback.  Although that may have been because of the tasty steak, sausage or bacon sandwiches that were supplied at a nominal fee, and the free tea and coffee! This year we employed a different scoring system than previous years. Whilst it worked well, it was completely manual that meant it required more people to ensure the smooth running of the rounds. This extra time meant that the he Bring and Buy table was busy but the presence of a Trader from Paraparaumu on Sunday resulted in some serious money spent! Some odd combination armies that the Early-war format allows, with a Soviet and German army together, plus a Pacific US marine army being examples but all the armies were well painted, many to very high standards. We look forward to organising next years tournament using the same format of Early-war and Teams.

Results
Place	Team	VPs	Armies
1	BB Guns	25	French Recce	&	British Infantry
			1st Overall, Best Army
2	First to Warsaw	24	German Grenadiers	&	Soviet Tankovy
			2nd Overall
3	Conquest 04	23	German Mitler Panzerkompanie	&	German Leichte Panzerkompanie
			3rd Overall
4	Bro Geste	22	Free French Infantry	&	NZ Mechanised Company
5	Ravishing Red Rapscalions	21	Soviet Strelkovy	&	Soviet Strelkovy
6=	Red Spot Special	19	Japanese Armour	&	Japanese Infantry
6=	Tripoli For Tea	19	Italian Compagnia Carri	&	French Infantry
6=	Da Mommas Boyz	19	Finnish Infantry	&	German Panzerkompanie
6=	StopGap	19	German Panzerkompanie	&	German Panzerkompanie
11	French Connection	18	French Companie De Combat	&	British Infantry Tanks
12=	Salt & Sand	17	US Marine Amphibious Tanks	&	British Light Tanks
12=	Hitler & Stalin Tour de Poland	17	Soviet Strelkovy	&	Soviet Strelkovy
12=	Premium Bananas	17	Finnish Panssari	&	German Leichte Panzerkompanie
12=	Team Koch Block	17	Luftlandesturm	&	Luftlandesturm
12=	Statler & Waldorf	17	Finnish Infantry	&	Finnish Panssari
17	Wounded Soldiers	16	German	&	German Infantry
18	OK Who?	15	German Infantry	&	German Infantry
19=	Don’t B. T. t. F. Stewie	14	British Armoured Regiment	&	Stuart Company
19=	Train McTrainface	14	Polish Infantry	&	Polish Armour
21	Clocks Running	13	Kradschutzen	&	Czech Panzers
22=	Thunder From Downunder	12	Australian Divisional Cavalry	&	Australian Infantry
22=	The Beer Snobs	12	German Schutzen Kompanie	&	German Schutzen Kompanie
			Best Sports
23=	Old Dogs	11	Gebirgsjäger	&	Gebirgsjäger
23=	Spaghetti & Bratwurst	11	German Leichte Panzerkompanie	&	Italian Compagnia Carri
			Unluckiest Generals

Russell and Bede take out the top spot (1st).	Whilst Rob and Gavin grab second with a unique army pairing.

Craig Courtis and Chris Pooch leave a trail of destruction behind them (3rd).	Whilst Bede was stunned to take out the best painted army prize.

Whilst Victor and Wayne (Spaghetti & Bratwurst) took out the award for most engaging team whilst on a road trip to Palmerston North in a van filled with BF employees (past and current).

Army and Model Shots

Bede's best painted army in all of it's glory. Runners up were James Brown (with his 8th Army cruisers) and Victor Pesch (DAK tanks).

Victor's DAK army - small but perfectly formed. As no stranger to the BF Studio photography equipment we have asked him to bring his Panzers in for some better photos. Keep an eye on the website for these. Below we have a few more images of some of the other armies that stood out over the course of the weekend.

Thanks to everyone that travelled to Panzerschreck this year and we hope to see all of you again next time. Below: The Studio team road trips back to Auckland, whilst taking a detour past Mount Ngauruhoe (also known and Mount Doom!)