By the fifth year of the war, the overwhelming majority of people had grown utterly exhausted. Heinz, however, was not one of them.

Heinz's record of military achievements had earned him a promotion to Obergefreiter three months earlier. He now commanded the 3761st Battalion, a mixed formation of assault guns and infantry.

Born into nobility, Heinz valued honor and duty above all else. More than dying on the battlefield, he feared dying before he had earned a truly distinguished record of service. On one occasion, after his own tank was hit, he crawled out of the wreckage, climbed aboard an enemy vehicle, and engaged its soldiers in close combat. Among his comrades, there were few rabbits as fearless as Heinz.

As the war's casualties continued to mount, experienced veterans became increasingly scarce. Heinz soon discovered that most of the soldiers newly assigned to him were fresh out of training camp. Some had even been pulled into the war before completing what was already an extremely short training program.

He relied heavily on the handful of remaining veterans to whip these inexperienced youngsters into shape. To his frustration, however, the veterans were often even less reliable than the recruits: Kraut was a typical example.

Before the war, he had been an idle unemployed drifter, having no legitimate source of income. When the war broke out, he immediately enlisted. Throughout the brutal five-year conflict, Kraut had miraculously suffered only a few minor injuries.

But luck alone did not explain Kraut's remarkable survival. His real secret was his network of connections. In these years of severe shortages, Kraut somehow always managed to acquire all kinds of luxuries for his commander and comrades. Nobody “knew” where he got them, but he could seemingly produce large quantities of alcohol and cigarettes whenever he wanted. As a result, he became one of the most popular soldiers in his entire unit. By “coincidence” Kraut was usually assigned to second-line logistical duties and rarely saw any real frontline combat.

After taking command, Heinz gradually discovered that Kraut was not actually teaching the newly arrived soldiers anything about combat. Instead, he was busy cultivating connections and selling the smuggled goods he had acquired. He even caught Kraut taking some of the new recruits away from their unit without authorization to search for valuables in a liquor store that had just been bombed.

Heinz sternly refused the benefits Kraut offered him as a bribe. He then punished Kraut with push-ups and issued him a Panzerfaust. From that day onward, Kraut was required to participate in every direct engagement.

This product includes:

1 x Kraut 

1x 50mm base

1 x Art card

1 x Folded design & story page

Steel collection case