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So with the new plastic DAK (free with Wargames Illustrated) and i found a file for a 3d printed Panzer II decided to try and build a force. Is this a viable force or do i really need to get Panzer III / IV to be useful?

Tank War Platoon
Panzer II (Regular)
- Command Tank
4 x Panzer II

Reinforced Generic Platoon
Lieutenant + Mate (Regular)
- 2 x SMG

Heer Squad (Regular)
Sgt, 4 men
- 4 x Rifle, LMG

Heer Squad (Regular)
Sgt, 4 men
- 4 x Rifle, LMG

Anti-tank (Regualr)
- Anti-tank Rifle

Mortar (Regular)
- Light Mortar

88 FlaK36 (AA/AT) (Regular)

According to battle scribe this comes to 1000pts on the dot.

The PzIIs are decent enough, they only lack punch due to their auto cannon; anything with 8+ armour will be a struggle to get those side/rear shots.

I suppose the 88' is there for that, but it is static so can be evaded to some extent.

The Infantry platoon itself is rather small, but not being a steady Tank War player (played a couple of one-shots) I can't say it that's good or not.

Still I would add more men in the squads to add survivability and hitting power. They also lack transports, so that will limit their movement as well, also why they are a seperate platoon I suppose.

It still seems like a decent little army to play with something equivalent on the other side of the table; I suspect the lack of ppunch of those PzIIs will only get your rounds bouncing off 9+ armour across the table.

I would go for 3 PzIII personally as it is a good balance of AT, MGs and armour making it decent early/mid war tank

PzIII
-Command+Platoon command
2x PzIII

Lieutenant + Mate (Regular)
- 2 x SMG

Heer Squad (Regular)
Sgt, 9 men
- SMG, 8 x Rifle, LMG

Heer Squad (Regular)
Sgt, 9 men
- SMG, 8 x Rifle, LMG

Anti-tank (Regular)
- Anti-tank Rifle

Mortar (Inexp.)
- Light Mortar

251/1 Hannomag (Regular)

251/1 Hannomag (Regular)

Kubelwagen (Regular)

Comes to 995pts, 11 Dice.

Don't the Infantry have to be mounted for a Tank War selector?

Only if there in the Tank War Platoon. I did the infantry as a seperate generic Platoon.