WW2

GERMANS (94)
GERMANS EARLY WAR (34): Infantry (8) - Fallschirmjager (3) - Gebirsjager (2) - Elite Troops (1) - Sturmpioniere (1) - Mounted Infantry (1) - Bicyclists (1) - Machine Gun Teams (1) - Mortar Teams (2) - PaK 3,7cm (2) - FlaK 2cm (2) - FlaK 88mm (1) - Infantry Gun 7,5cm (2) - Artillery 10,5cm (3) - Cavalry (1) - Motorcycles (3)
GERMANS WINTER WAR (14): Infantry (9) - Machine Gun Teams (1) - Mortar Teams (1) - PaK 40 (1) - PaK 7,62cm (1) - Nebelwerfer (1)
GERMAN AFRIKA KORPS (10): Infantry (7) - PaK 3,7cm (1) - FlaK 88mm (1) - Motorcycles (1)
GERMANS LATE WAR (36): Infantry (11) - Fallschirmjager (5) - Gebirsjager (1) - Panzergrenadiers (2) - Waffen SS (2) - Sturmpioniere (2) - Volkssturm (2) - Police (1) - Machine Gun Teams (1) - Heavy Weapons (1) - Mortar Teams (2) - AT Teams (1) - PaK 38 (1) - PaK 40 (2) - Infantry Gun 7,5cm (2)

RUSSIANS (47)
RUSSIANS (32): Infantry (10) - Naval Infantry (2) - Paratroopers (1) - Engineers (1) - Militia (2) - Machine Gun Teams (1) - Heavy Weapons (1) - Mortar Teams (1) - AT Teams (1) - AT Gun 45mm (2) - AT Gun ZIS 2/3 (1) - AA Machine Gun Teams (2) - AA Gun 37mm (1) - AA Gun 85mm (1) - Infantry Gun 76mm (1) - Artillery 122mm (1) - Cavalry (2) - Cossacks (1)
RUSSIANS WINTER WAR (15): Infantry (8) - Polish Infantry (1) - Partisans (1) - Support Weapons (1) - Mortar Teams (2) - AT Teams (1) - AT Gun ZIS 3 (1)

BRITISH (37)
BRITISH (32): Infantry (10) - Commonwealth Infantry (4) - Paratroopers (3) - Commandos (3) - Machine Gun Teams (2) - Mortar Teams (2) - AT Teams (1) - AT Gun 2pdr (1) - AT Gun 6pdr (2) - AA Gun Bofors 40mm (2) - Paratroopers Pack Howitzer 75mm (1) - Artillery 25 pdr (1)
BRITISH 8TH ARMY (5): Infantry (4) - Artillery 25pdr (1)

U.S. (23)
U.S. EUROPE (19): Infantry (9) - Rangers (1) - Paratroopers (5) - Mountain Troops (1) - Heavy Weapons (1) - AT Teams (1) - Mountain Gun 75mm (1)
U.S. PACIFIC (4): Marines (4)

ITALIANS (13)
ITALIANS EUROPE (8): Infantry (2) - Support Group (1) - Mountain Troops (1) - X Mas (1) - Paratroopers (1) - AA Gun 90/53 (1) - Cavalry (1)
ITALIANS AFRICA (5): Infantry (2) - Paratroopers (1) - Paratroopers Light Artillery (1) - Artillery 149/40 (1)

JAPANESE (8): Infantry (6) - Artillery 70mm (1) - Mountain Gun 75mm (1)

FRENCH (3), ROMANIANS (2), FINNISH (2), POLISH (1), HUNGARIANS (1)

NAPOLEONIC WARS

FRENCH (65+2)
French 1798-1807 (11) - Infantry (7) - Artillery (2) - Cavalry (2)
French 1808-1813 (29+1) - Infantry (11+1) - Artillery (1) - Cavalry (17)
French 1814-1815 (25+1) - Infantry (12+1) - Artillery (4) - Cavalry (9)

BRITISH (34+2)
British "Egyptian Campaign" (4) - Infantry (2) - Artillery (1) - Cavalry (1)
British "Peninsular War" (7+1) - Infantry (6) - Cavalry (1+1)
British "Waterloo" (23+1) - Infantry (11+1) - Artillery (5) - Cavalry (7)

PRUSSIANS (25+1)
Prussians 1806 (9) - Infantry (5) - Artillery (1) - Cavalry (3)
Prussians 1807-1815 (16+1) - Infantry (9+1) - Artillery (1) - Cavalry (6)

RUSSIANS (21+1)
Russians 1805 (3) - Infantry (2) - Cavalry (1)
Russians "Russian Campaign" (18+1) - Infantry (5+1) - Artillery (3) - Cavalry (10)

Austrians (10) - Infantry (7) - Artillery (1) - Cavalry (2)
Netherlands (7) - Infantry (5) - Artillery (1) - Cavalry (1)
Polish (5) - Infantry (3) - Cavalry (2)
Bavarians (4) - Infantry (2) - Artillery (1) - Cavalry (1)

Brunswick (3), Saxons (3), Swedish (3), Wurttemberg (3), Spanish (2+3), Portuguese (1)

TOTAL 48 "USABLE" WW2 GERMAN INFANTRY SETS
TOTAL 32 "USABLE" NAPOLEONIC FRENCH INFANTRY SETS (+28 CAVALRY +7 ARTILLERY)

So What? LOSER I´m happy and you don´t,I repeat LOSER!

I think you have missed out the Zvezda and Prieser sets, which would take the number over 100, and there's another one on PSR today to also add in.

I think the duplicated sets should count because how many times have the millions of non-painters told us they want a set in a variety of colours and always buy every release if it's in a different colour.

As I said, way over 100 a long time ago.

ive bought a bunch of hat napoleonic french sets in grey,blue and tan.might want to double that french list if colors are a criteria now.
of course im not sure if light grey and lighter grey for germans would count.

Colour is always a criteria - just look at how many times it gets discussed.

then the french win!
vive la tan, green, blue, silver, and grey france.

Not even close! They have less than half the number of WW2 "German" sets.

Drop the Napoleonic French Infantry sets listed on PSR into Excel and it does the counting for you - 46 including sets that are announced but not yet released. I can't see any Napoleonic sets from Zvezda in their Art of Tactic series, so 46 would seem to be the largest possible number (and it includes a handful of sets that aren't available yet).

Do the same with WW2 "Germans", just the infantry of course (including Afrika Korps, Parachute Infantry and Mountain Infantry, ie all the infantry), and you are already at 81. No need to add in the Zvezda Art of Tactic sets, and the Preiser sets, and the Infantry Support Guns crewed by Infantry, and the Luftwaffe Infantry, because the Nappy French have been left way behind!

But Bert said it's just about who reaches 100 first, not who has the most. I'm saying that that target has already been exceeded for WW2 "Germans".

The listing doesnt include the Type1 HO/OO Airfix sets (2) either though it does include other nominally HO/OO sets such as Atlantic, if other sets were also included.... Preiser 1/72 has already been mentioned with 14-15? Infantry sets, and of course currently not counted but still "Plastic" the special painted sets from Kaiser err... Caesar....I'm sure there are plenty of others probarbly long forgotten....

The truth is the total is way greater then the WW2 listing of PSR allows for or shows as far as nominally 1/72 Plastic figures go.... did Baravelli produce any German Soldiers does anyone know? and what about Japanese Manufacturers or Resin(Plastic, according to PSR and indeed it is) firms such as Milicast etc?

Anyhow if you just want to include only 1/72 soft plastic(PP PE etc) sets as designed then only sets produced from the period of the original Esci production would actually count, as Atlantic and Airfix were not originally marketed for 1/72 specifically but 1/87-1/76(HO/OO) this equally applies to the other ranges Napoleonic French and Romans etc, but probably the balance wouldn't change much overall


Have a good Day

if i multiply all the french sets in the different colors they come in,doesnt excel say they come close.

dear pda,
preiser actually missed, but not zvezda ones and not even the last caesar stalingrad set. did not count lw/evolution/odemars nor valiant. did not count duplicated sets as airfix/heller/hat or esci/italeri or matchbox/revell.
actually there are many german sets... are they enough?

No. Actually there are too many WW2 "German" sets!
I doubt there will ever be enough for fans of The Mighty 1000-Year Reich.

I don't know, tom s. Why don't you try it and let us know how it goes.

then i say again, the french win.
vive la france!

Vive La Liberte

Présenter les preuves.

46 sets that can come in light blue,medium blue,dark blue,tan,grey, and silver.en viola,the permutations boggle the mind.
vive la emperour!

The Mighty 1000-Year Reich (12 years and 3 months) sets also come in different colours. 123 multiplied by "light blue,medium blue,dark blue,tan,grey, and silver" is larger than 46 multiplied by "light blue,medium blue,dark blue,tan,grey, and silver".

Even if the WW2 "Germans" only came in 3 different colours, a whole half of what you claim for your nappies, they would still outnumber the Nappie French (or "french" as you call them), 369 versus your 276.

C'est la vie

as much as id like to have germans in more than 1 color,im afraid there isnt many sets that come in 2 different colors.the reprints from esci to italeri come to mind with 2,but thats about it.it wasnt known as a colorful uniform period i guess.
so vive la france!

Mange tout, Rodney!