Form the Pacific Front-How to Handle Enemy Pillboxes

 

In the Island-Hopping Campaign, the enemy use a variety of dug in positions from simple slit trenches to re-enforced concrete "pillboxes"

 When facing pillboxes, the more firepower you have the better. A 75mm canon firing HE or WP on a Sherman like Dolly above, or the older Lee, below, is a positive game changer. 

The flamethrower, either mounted (like this field modified Stuart/Satan that replaced its hull mounted .30 cal. MG with a flamethrower), or man pack, is horrible yet effective weapon to use against dug in foes.

2.36 in (60mm) Bazooka gives the infantry some heavy fire power to blow through bunker walls.

The Aussies have even had success with their 55. Cal (13.97 mm) Anti-Tank Rifles. 

Even the sniper, in the right circumstances, can help take out a pesky dug in position.

The above figures are a combination of metal and plastic pieces that I painted in the past three years.