In late-1930s when Waffen-SS infantrymen began wearing standard camouflage uniforms, controversy broke out with the regular Army (in which the SS was subordinate to). Army counterparts snickered against its usage and deemed it beneath centuries of Prussian military tradition. During field exercises, they remarked that SS men looked more like tree frogs rather than real soldiers.

SS infantrymen, not encumbered by mere tradition, experimented with new combat techniques and equipments. As the war progressed, they quickly earned the reputation of being elite hard-cracking units for which even the Army heavily depended on for critical battle tasks.

Nevertheless, a sharp class distinction existed between these German formations. Regular Army was commanded by people from the old German aristocratic classes, while Waffen-SS enlistees came from middle and working classes with socialistic ideologies.

Rollover : Stone-surfaced texture was cut from a preformed plastic sheet and mimicked old-style European streets. Painted TESTOR Black and dry-brushed in TESTOR Navy Gray. Cat model came from TAMIYA German Ammunition Reloader Team kit. Fence and telephone pole came from TAMIYA's road sign kit.

EinzelKampfer figure was scratch-built, with body from TAMIYA 2cm FLAK crewmen, head and hands were repositioned to hold Panzerfaust and MP44 assault rifle.

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