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World War One German Heavy Machine Gun Nest

This was one of the many displays at the Tank Museum in Bovington, which I saw when I visited the wargaming show there in 2016.

With the gas masks and all, it was rather creepy and threatening.

Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Trailer

One of the things that has annoyed me over the last few years has been the geographical unavailability of Star Trek Discovery content such as the Short Treks and trailers, despite the show being available one day later from the US broadcast date on Netflix. The Short Treks last season finally appeared on Netflix.

So was quite pleased to find the season 3 trailer from the New York Comic-Con on Twitter, which works in the UK.

#StarTrekDiscovery takes fans 930 years into the future at #NYCC #StarTrekNYCC https://t.co/6WRTcSa4d0 pic.twitter.com/c1hnkYmGC5

— Star Trek (@StarTrek) October 5, 2019

The YouTube version doesn’t and isn’t available in the UK.

Diorama at Warhammer World

Here is a overhead shot of the diorama between the forces of Chaos and the might of the Imperium. Though I think the Chaos forces have the advantage in numbers…

As you can see it is huge, so big that it doesn’t even fit into the shot. Here is another view, this time of the battle for the bridge.

I have posted a few things from this diorama already including a Warlord Titan at Warhammer World, a Chaos Vindicator, a Chaos Knight, a Forge World Chaos Warhound Titan, a Chaos Stormlord and a landed Legion Kharybdis Assault Claw.

Vickers Mk VIA Light Tank and Polish 3.7cm Bofors Anti-Tank Gun

The Vickers Mk VIA Light Tank was a British WW2 light tank, crew of 3, powered by Meadows 6-cylinder petrol engine, armed with two machine guns.

This one is on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. It was one of 11 sent to Australia in 1941 for training purposes Standard British light tank till 1941.

The Mk VI Light Tank was the sixth in the line of light tanks built by Vickers-Armstrongs for the British Army during the interwar period. The company had achieved a degree of standardization with their previous five models, and the Mark VI was identical in all but a few respects. The turret, which had been expanded in the Mk V to allow a three-man crew to operate the tank, was further expanded to give room in its rear for a wireless set.

The British Army lost 331 Mark VI light tanks in the Battle of France of 1940.

The Mk VIB was also used in the North African campaign against the Italians late in 1940 with the 7th Armoured Division.

Here are some 15mm Flames of War Light Tank VIs and a metal 15mm one of mine, which is badly painted.

In front of the tank is a Polish manufactured 3.7cm Bofors Anti-Tank Gun.

The 3.7 cm Bofors Cannon M/36P anti-rtank gun was a Swedish design that was developed in the mid-1930s, and was also manufacured in Finland. During the Second World war, it was used by Polish, Danish, and Finnish armies as well as the British. Captured examples were also used by the German Army, who designated it the 3.7 Panzerabwehrkanone 36(p) oder 157(d).

Behind the tank is a 1912 Italian – Fiat 15 ter 1.5 ton Light Truck.

Warhammer 40K Monopoly

I can not believe that there is a Warhammer 40K version of Monopoly….

The whole reason I got into Warhammer in the first place was how disappointed I was with games like Monopoly!

I remember the dissatisfaction that arose from the formulaic predictable nature of games like Monopoly. I especially remember the Game of Life which at the time was just pure luck, with no skill required, whatever you did was all based on the roll of dice and nothing else. What I liked about Warhammer was that, though luck played a part, it was more about strategy, tactics and skill. Even the underdog could win, which I think is why I often went down the Goblin or Grot route when it came to choosing forces.

Well we’ve come full circle….

Well if you want a copy you can buy it on Amazon.

Ork Air Waaagh! ‘Eavy Bommerz

Next week we will see the release of the next expansion for Aeronautica Imperialis with the Ork Air Waaagh! ‘Eavy Bommerz.

You get two bommerz in the box. They look very similar to the previous Epic scale Eavy Bommerz.

As you can see they are very similar to the original Epic Ork ‘Eavy Bommerz from GamesDay 2007.

Epic scale Ork Bommer

I really like the sound and look of the new game, but I realised I never finished my original blog post about it. I haven’t yet bought the rules, but may do so soon.

You can pre-order them from Games Workshop.

Mitsubishi Zero A6M3

At the Imperial War Museum there is a Mitsubishi Zero A6M3 in a very decayed state.

The Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” was a long-range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The A6M was designated as the Mitsubishi Navy Type 0 carrier fighter. The A6M was usually referred to by its pilots as the Reisen (zero fighter), “0” being the last digit of the imperial year 2600 (1940) when it entered service with the Imperial Navy. The official Allied reporting name was “Zeke”, although the use of the name “Zero” was used colloquially by the Allies as well. The Mitsubishi Zero A6M3 was introduced in 1941.

The Zero is considered to have been the most capable carrier-based fighter in the world when it was introduced early in World War II, combining excellent manoeuvrability and very long range.