From The Desert To The Steppe: Casey’s Eastern Front Panzerkompanie with Casey Davies While Afrika Korps covers the Germans in the desert, it can also be used as the skeleton for a Panzerkompanie serving on the Eastern Front. I’ve always wanted to paint an Early / Mid-war Panzerkompanie in Panzer Grey, so when the new plastic Panzer III and Panzer IV plastic kits started arriving in the office, I appropriated a company’s worth.

Below: The Panzer III Tank Company HQ.

I’m quite slow at painting, so I wanted to design a list that would be quick and easy to paint. I decided on a Panzer III Tank Company as it has access to both Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks. I added the Tiger because it soaks up a lot of points, meaning I can get the army to the table faster. Historically, this combination places the army around the third Battle of Kharkov in February 1942.

Below: More Panzer IIIs.

The army is still a work in progress. The basic colours are done, but I still have a lot of weathering to do. The complete army is as follows: Panzer III Tank Company HQ 2x Panzer III  (1x 5cm and 1x Long 5cm): 12 points.

Below: The Panzer IV Tank Platoon.

Panzer III (Mixed) Tank Platoon 4x Panzer III (1x Short 5cm. 2x long 5cm and 1x Uparmoured 5cm): 27 points. Panzer IV Tank Platoon 4x Panzer IV (2x Short 7.5cm and 2x Long 7.5cm): 32 points.

Below: The Tiger (8.8cm).

Tiger Heavy Tank Platoon 1x Tiger (8.8cm): 29 points. I ended up painting up an extra Panzer III (7.5cm) to give me options later. I intend on rounding the army out with some Marders, 88s, armoured cars later, to add to my large Mid-war Eastern Front SS-Panzergrenadierkompanie. Check out Part 2 of Casey's article here... ~ Casey.

Below: The Panzer III Company as it currently stands.