Army Group Centre had plenty of time to prepare for the Soviet assault in the summer of 1944. Across the front, German infantry divisions dug-in using trench works, minefields, barbed wire, anti-tank obstacles and such. The industrious 78. Sturmdivision Pioniers did the majority of the work as they set about sighting gun pits and interlocking fields of fire to stem in the inevitable tide. The defensive works were many layers deep connected by communication trenches, with wire and mines used to slow the advance and thin out the Soviet troops as they closed with the trenches. The Pioniers also fortified towns into a series of Festerplatz by digging anti-tank ditches into the streets, setting booby-traps and reinforcing buildings into bunkers. Once the preparations were complete, the Pioniers settled into their positions to await the enemy with piles of tank-hunting equipment, flame-throwers and Goliath demolition carriers!
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x German 78. Sturmdivision Pionier Platoon 1x German 78. Sturmdivision Pionier Command Rifle Team with Panzerfaust options 6x German 78.Sturmdivision Pionier Rifle Teams