The recent release of the Militarum Tempestus miniatures probably reminded you of something from history, the very early days of body armour one hundred years ago in World War 1.
During World War 1, as trench warfare reached it's ultimate form, the German High Command ordered 500,00 Grubenpanzer body armour sets for their front line troops.
They were a very simple construction, basically 4 armoured plates pieced together with leather straps.
It provided limited protection - certainly from small arms and bayonets - but machine guns cut through therm easily.
I wonder, looking at the recent Militarum Tempestus Scions, if Games Workshop took some inspiration from the idea of this form of body armour on a modern battlefield. Read on....
During World War 1, as trench warfare reached it's ultimate form, the German High Command ordered 500,00 Grubenpanzer body armour sets for their front line troops.
They were a very simple construction, basically 4 armoured plates pieced together with leather straps.
It provided limited protection - certainly from small arms and bayonets - but machine guns cut through therm easily.
I wonder, looking at the recent Militarum Tempestus Scions, if Games Workshop took some inspiration from the idea of this form of body armour on a modern battlefield. Read on....
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Front view of the Grabenpanzer. 500,000 were sent to the front lines for German soldiers.
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The rear view of the Grabenpanzer worn by German soldiers in World War 1
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The Grabenpanzer was effective against small arms, but easily pierced by machine gun fire. BTW, is that Poirot on the left?
Irish Guards wearing captured German Grabenpanzer body armour
Lets just be thankful Games Workshop didn't go with the Brewster Body Armour the US were developing in WW1!
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