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Matched Pair of FOW Armies (Eastern Front):

To begin this conversation, I would like to admit that I am a modeler first, and a gamer second. I was pulled into flames of war by its beautiful models and the terrain building potential. However I now have a collection of outstanding models with little purpose. This is where DakkaDakka come in. I would like help form the FOW and 15mm forums to construct a pair of armies to play with friends. I would like these armies to be from the eastern front book, be tank companies (a weakness of mine as a WOT player), consist of units with a wide range of capabilities (tanks, infantry, recon, air support, artillery.. though they may not necessarily have to include them all), and be evenly matched. My little experience into FOW has me at a disadvantage for list building, and I would greatly appreciate dakka's input.

Here are my initial attempts at building a pair of armies.

German:
Mittlere Panzerkompanie (Heer) 1500 points
Command: 2 Panzer III
Combat Platoon 1: 3 Panzer III
Combat Platoon 2: 4 Panzer IV F2
Divisional Support 1: Gepanzerte Panzergrenadier Platoon (two platoons)
Divisional Support 2: Light Panzerspäh Platoon (one platoon)
Divisional Support 3: Priority Air Support (HS 129B)

Russian:
Tankovy Batalon(Red Army) 1490 Points
Command: T-34 obr 1941 or 1942
Combat Platoon 1: 7 T-34 obr 1941 or 1942
Combat Platoon 2: 7 T-34 obr 1941 or 1942
Weapons Company 1: Tank Rider Company (2 platoons plus commissioner)
Divisional Support 1: 2 BM-13 Katyusha (with extra crew)
Divisional Support 2: Sporadic Air Support (Il-2 Shturmovik)

I hope that these lists may later apply to mid war. If it helps people think I have included my model collection below:

Germans
-Tanks: 4 Tigers, 5 PzIV, 5 PzIII, 10 StuG
-Support: 6 sdkfz. 222, 5 sdkfz. 251, 4 Pak10
-Infantry: 13 command teams, 24 rifle teams, 12 Rifle/MG teams, 4 panzershrek teams, 3 sniper teams, 4 mortars, 2 observers
-Air Support: BF109E, JU87 Stuka

Russian
-Tanks: 15 T-34/85
-Support: 2 katyusha
-Infantry: 1 PSC Infantry box
-Air Support: IL-2 Strumovik