The most fanatical and loyal soldiers within the ENR forces are trained and equipped along the same lines as the German Shocktroopers.

They receive the best equipment and training but are expected to spearhead any counter-attacks against an Allied breakthrough along the Gustav Line.

Legio Aquila in Konflikt'47

Styled after the ancient Romans, the Legio Aquila combines patriotic fervour, dogged resilience, and aggressive tactics to achieve its goals. Led by experienced NCOs and officers, the effectiveness of the Legion is only hampered by its small size and limited mobility.

The gravity manipulation weapons employed by Germany have the ability to alter localised gravity, crushing targets under their own weight, our rapidly altering the gravity in a small space. This can cause rapid failure of mechanical parts and the aftershocks can disrupt a targets ability to operate for a significant time.

The ability of the weapon’s energy field to manipulate gravity is linked to the target’s mass, making the weapon more effective against bigger and heavier targets.

This has led to more of these weapons being employed on the Eastern Front than the in the west, to counter the heavy Soviet walkers and tanks.

Using technology derived from the dreaded Nachtjäger programme, the scientists at Dresden’s Rift-tech labs have stabilised a quicker, less dramatic DNA enhancement process capable of effective results. Closely tied to the Nachtjägers, these ‘night-demon’ infantry are enhanced with some but not all of the Nachtjäger’s gifts, creating very effective infantry with fewer of the bestial drawbacks and training costs associated with their larger cousins. Capable of using weaponry and trained to fully exploit their enhanced senses and capabilities, the Nachtalben squads are used as elite reconnaissance troops attached to SS and other specialist units.

Contains 8 metal models

The Panzer IV chassis proved ideal for experimenting with new weapons derived from Rift-tech. The most prominent of these is the Panzer IV X that mounts a gravity pulse cannon (the Schwerefeld Projektor).

Still only produced in limited numbers, its success in battle means it will undoubtedly be seen regularly in the future.

Contains:

• 1 resin Schwerefeld Projektor turret and 1 plastic Panzer IV Ausf.H with standard turret option and spaced armour (known as Schürzen)

The highly advanced SdKfz 234 series of armoured cars are an obvious platform on which to place the latest advances from the German Rift-tech workshops in Dresden. As refinements to the schwerefeld projektor continue to be made, its use on a variety of platforms is a natural result.

The box contains:

• 1 plastic, resin & metal German Sd.Kfz 234/X Puma suitable for Konflikt ‘47 German Army.
• A full-colour waterslide decal sheet.
• A detailed and thorough construction leaflet.

The Puma chassis is capable of mounting heavier weapons than its recce role requires, so the addition of a lighter version of the Schwerefeld projector presents both doctrinal challenges and huge tactical advantages.

The combination of Rift technology on a well armoured, manoeuvrable and fast vehicle creates an effective tank hunter, certainly more than a match for its Allied and Soviet armoured car and light tank counterparts.

The Spinne Light Panzermech, combining the agility of an infantryman with the armour and firepower of a heavily built armoured car.

The Spinne (Spider) speed and agility makes it almost the perfect recce vehicle for close terrain and urban environments. The open-turret allows the gunner/commander to maintain anti-air overwatch and maximises his situational awareness.

The Thor panzermech is designed to enter the toughest urban environments and deal with entrenched infantry. Well armoured and armed it does its job far too well for most opponent’s liking.

Although it is often the Zeus Heavy Panzermech that claims much of the prestige associated with the German Heavy Panzermech programme, it is the Thor that led the way in both design and application of Rift-tech. First fielded alongside the Zeus in April 1946, the Thor was the Rift-tech inspired, original design that was later modified to create the Zeus. Developed to provide infantry in urban combat zones a form of mobile pillbox, the lessons identified in Stalingrad, Warsaw and Brussels were clearly a large part of the Thor’s design criteria.

Armoured all round to protect it from flanking infantry, the Thor carries a 150mm howitzer capable of reducing any building or strong point to rubble. Its 20mm autocannon provides some protection from infantry or light vehicles, but it expects accompanying panzer grenadiers to keep it safe from the enemy at close quarters. Able to navigate the rubble-strewn streets of an urban battlefield, the Thor pushes relentlessly forward, knocking out enemy positions one after another, its lack of speed rarely an issue in the close-quarter battles for which it was designed.

Quick and resilient, these troops are ideal objective grabbers and shock-troops. With the ability to keep up with. and even outpace, most vehicles. Without the hindrance of terrain you can guarantee they can get to their target double-time. Equipped with assault rifles, they can pack-a-punch and wipe out those bothersome back-line units with ease.

In response to improving Allied and Soviet armour a new version of the Pz.Kpfg. V, the Ausf.B 'Wotan', was designed to operate as a tank hunter in challenging terrain. This variant has its turret modified to take the formidable 150mm KwK 44 super-heavy anti-tank gun. With the steady introduction of more reliable vehicle-mounted Rift derived weaponry, versions of the Pz.Kpfg. III, the Ausf.D and Ausf.E variants mount the Schienenkanone rail cannon.

In games of Konflikt '47 the Wotan can be included in any Axis Armoured Platoon or Armoured Walker Platoon.

Contains one resin and metal model

One of the more stable and successful Axis Rift-tech genetic enhancement projects combines human and canine DNA, creating the Schreckwulfen - hulking beasts with a strong resemblance to the mythological werewolf. Utterly terrifying in combat, their howls fill enemy troops with dread. 

Contains 6 metal models

No longer even vaguely human, the Nachtjäger are the result of extensive Rift-tech alteration to human generics. It is unknown if the subjects for this programme are volunteers, but their effect on the battlefield is without question. The Nachtjäger are unleashed wherever the fighting is fiercest, inflicting devastation upon the enemy and crushing morale in one fell, bloody swoop.

Contains 4 metal models

The animated corpses of the Totenkorps divide military opinion, as while they are undeniably effective, many Axis troops consider their very existence an abomination, and view them with fear and disgust. The effect they have on enemy troops is even more pronounced, and their sheer resilience to damage makes them a dangerous foe.

The Axis Starter Army contains:

• 1 Warlord Resin Axis Platoon Commander (Exclusive to this set)
• 3 plastic Stahltruppen
• 5 Warlord Resin Nachtalben
• 1 plastic Vogelspinne Light Panzermech
• 1 plastic Panzer IV with resin upgrade kit
• 5 Konflikt ’47 grey Order Dice
• 5 Konflikt ’47 grey Rift Dice
• Waterslide transfer sheet
• Assembly guides

This plastic boxed set gives you 9 multi-part Axis Stahltruppen heavy infantry, equipped with weapons such as the StG 44Z assault rifle, MG 42 light machine gun, and Panzerbüchse 41 anti-tank gun - a hand-held weapon to these behemoths! The kit is packed with extra components, including variant heads, wicked tri-edged daggers, and a choice of five leg poses per sprue for even greater customisability. With so much detail on the models, they’re a great opportunity to show off your painting and modelling skills, and their sheer bulk makes them a great centrepiece for any Axis force.

On the Konflikt '47 tabletop, Stahltruppen are the heaviest Specialist Infantry yet available to Axis players. Capable of shrugging off small arms fire as they advance across the table, and festooned with automatic weaponry, they spell death for any enemy infantry foolish enough to get in their way. Their Vormarsch! Rift ability ensures that, when the decisive moment comes, they will keep advancing - no matter how heavy the incoming fire might be!