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Sometimes you can’t see the wood for the trees and sometimes you need to have something smacked in front of you to see it.
In my previous post on the new Battle of the Bulge release for Flames of War I made the comment.
Will we see allied forces? Don’t know, but I would like to see a Comet and the M24 Chaffee.
Well, Simon, right as usual, pointed to me to this page on the Flames of War website and right at the bottom is a photograph of ten M24 Chaffee tanks.
Yay!
Back in February 2011 in a blog post I discussed what we might see if Battlefront released a Battle of the Bulge supplement for Flames of War.
In the July issue of Wargames Illustrated we shall see news of “Devil’s Charge” the Flames of War supplement covering the Battle of the Bulge. No news yet on possible model releases but just from the cover I suspect we might see a Schwimmwagen and a King Tiger.
Will we see allied forces? Don’t know, but I would like to see a Comet and the M24 Chaffee.
Flames of War M5 Half Tracks
The Morris CS9/Light Armoured Car was a British armoured car used by the British Army in the World War II. The vehicle was based on a Morris Commercial C9 4×2 15-cwt truck chassis. On this chassis a rivetted hull was mounted with an open-topped two-man turret. The armament consisted of either Boys anti-tank rifle and Bren light machine gun or Vickers machine gun. The vehicle carried a No. 19 radio set. The prototype was tested in 1936. A further 99 cars were ordered and were delivered in 1938. Thirty-eight of these cars were used by the 12th Royal Lancers in the Battle of France, where all of them were destroyed or abandoned.
Another 30 served with the 11th Hussars in the North African Campaign. It was found that when fitted with desert tyres the vehicle had good performance on soft sand. However, its armour and armament were insufficient. The vehicle was retired halfway through the North African Campaign.
These models are from Simon’s collection.
A Flames of War Churchill Crocodile from Simon’s collection.
A Flames of War Universal Scout Carrier from Simon’s collection.
Update: As Simon points out in the comments this is a scout carrier, not an universal carrier.
German Fallschirmjäger in World War II were the first paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations. They came to be known as the “green devils” by the Allied forces they fought against, as well as for their uniquely distinct Esprit de corps.
These are the Forged in Battle Paratrooper Platoon blister pack.
I don’t know, even though I read and wrote blister pack, I some how expected these to arrive in a box! Well they don’t you get a blister.
These were a bit of an impulse purchase, which came about after reading Seelöwe Nord
Late summer 1940, and Britain stands on the brink of complete and uttter defeat. Thrown out of mainland Europe by the unstoppable Nazi war machine, the British stand alone against the might of Hitler’s Third Reich.
Poised for imminent invasion, cut off by U-Boats and bombarded daily from the air, the British strive to re-equip their shattered army. They don’t know when, and they don’t know where, but one thing is certain…
The Germans are coming!
Here are some Flames of War M5 Half Tracks from Simon’s collection.
Had a few photographic problems, hence the “false” colour look of the images.
The Humber Armoured Car was one of the most widely produced British armoured cars of the Second World War. It supplemented the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and remained in service until the end of the war.
From Simon’s collection.
In a similar vein to my Stugs I have painted the underneath of the resin Shermans from the starter box set with Chaos Black.
This will add shadow and make the models look a little more realistic on the table.
See the full workbench feature on the resin Shermans from Open Fire.