need suggestion
is it suitable to combine 7.5cm antitank pak40 with one of these
-sfh 18 howitzer
-105mm howitzer m2a1
-88mm gun flak 36/37 (this thing is very rare at my country...1pc available only)
-tiger 1

which is the best to combine with 7.5cmm antitank in 1 diorama base about 30cmx15cm with trench

You'd probably be better off pairing up any of those guns with it's associated ammo trailer or tow vehicle instead of mixing them together.

You definitely can't combine the 105mm with any of them: it's an American piece.

The PaK 40 would more likely be seen with infantry and perhaps a Sd.Kfz 251/1 or large truck. The Flak gun would be paired up with a prime mover like the Sd.Kfz 7 so the crew would have a ride. The Tiger would usually be with other Tigers. The sFH18 is a big gun and also would be towed by the Sd.Kfz 7.

It could also depend on what place you have the diorama set: Eastern Front? North Africa? Where?

Anything is possible if the story shows itself. KO'd PaK 40 with it's emplacement taken over by 105mm unit, for example. Try to think of why they would be together. If you can't think of a an obvious reason don't do it because your audience won't see the link either.

Hi Jimmy,

If you plan to do the Pak 40 in firing position, I suggest you do it with a good set of figures such as those with Dragon 6249 or 6250. You may do quite a bit on the diorama base with plantations and camouflage, that should be enough.

Then, if you plan to do it in a travelling position, you need one of those half-tracks to tow it. May be a Sd.kfz. 10 or 251.

Paul

im planning to do it on wet dirt (little mud) terrain with sandbags around da cannon and barbed wire. maybe in a lower ground like trench.ofcouse in firing position...
cos pak40 already include figures
and 88mm flak gun also got figures...

Hi Jimmy,

With a base of 30cm X 15cm, I think a Pak 40 with figures would just be right. Adding another piece would be a bit tight on space. I assume you are talking about 1/35 scale right?


Paul

Pak40 sounds good to me as well. I wouldn't use sandbags though. They really weren't used that much. Check out some pictures from Russia. How many sandbags do you see overall?
J

Maybe this picture will help?
http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F3%2F3c%2FBundesarchiv_Bild_101I-024-3543-09%2C_Ostfront%2C_Soldaten_an_7%2C5cm_Pak.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ABundesarchiv_Bild_101I-024-3543-09%2C_Ostfront%2C_Soldaten_an_7%2C5cm_Pak.jpg&h=574&w=800&tbnid=3wEaDyIslRxzPM%3A&docid=04BdJVt7hgdS2M&ei=Fxa1VfP5NsT_swHhwraQCA&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=985&page=1&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=0CDwQrQMwCWoVChMIs-H4wqb5xgIVxP8sCh1hoQ2C

Exactly!!! Sandbags are a pain to use and are usually not around to use. When you need every truck and horse to get ammo and food to the front why would you waste any space on sandbags?
When building a Vietnam dio,that's another story! Plenty of supplies got over there.
J

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