There Is No Horsing Around With The Waffen-SS Cavalry
January 23, 2015 by stvitusdancern
Warlord Games has just announced a couple of new releases for their ever expanding range of Bolt Action armies. This time around they have released two sets, first you have the the standard Waffen SS mounted on their steeds, they also come as dismounted troops, so you are not forced to use the same models in different actions.
The second set is a LMG and NCO also with dismounted models as well.
Thes miniatures are modeled after the the 8th SS Calvary Division which became the 22nd SS Voluntary Calvary Division and finally the 37th SS Voluntary Calvary Division which at the end of the war surrender to the Americans to prevent them from being persecuted by the Russians.
It is hard to imagine men on horses still fighting in a war that was dominated by tanks. Since I have been starting an Waffen SS army for my Bolt Action games, I will definitely be looking into this.
Will you be adding some "horsepower" to your army?
Look very nice , will have to get a set of each . Pity they don’t come as plastic set . Throw in a extra couple of pairs of arms to give a little variety and I’d have got at least a couple of dozen troops .Although the thought of all that camo painting would drive me cross eyed at my age
Cavalry are brilliant in BA… too good in my opinion. They almost seem like a must for any list (loads of attacks and can recon retreat!).
I might well get some Cossacks for my Soviets (will have to scratch build) but I do wonder how often they were ever actually used.
Where there many famous SS cavalry charges in WW2?
After a little research it appears that cavalry was used quite a lot, by most forces.
The Soviets used some 300,000 cavalry during the war, originally mainly due to heavy losses of vehicles early in the war but they continued to use them right to the end. 17 cavalry units were awarded Guards status, so it wasn’t just Cossacks (as I’d thought it mainly would be).
Sadly, from what I’ve read on Wikipedia, the SS cavalry’s notable achievements in the war are not any which I’d like to re-enact in a game.