Bolt Action Miniatures

Bolt Action Miniatures

Link:
http://store.warlordgames.co.uk/28mm-ww2-bolt-action-101-c.asp

Inhalt:
Figuren und Fahrzeuge (WW2)

Maßstab:
28 mm

Land:
UK
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[Moiterei_1984]

Wenn's euch beruhigt Jungs, so sei euch gesagt, dass ihr noch ein wenig Zeit zum Überlegen habt, da Warlord momentan Probleme mit der Giesserei hat kommen die z.Z. ihren Bestellungen nicht mehr hinterher.

 

[HiveTyrantPrometheus]

Bei so einer guten und großen und vorzüglichen Auswahl ist das kein Wunder! :thumbsup:

Aber ich bin ja zum Glück fürs nächste Jahr mit Warlord und Co. eingedeckt.

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 16.12.2011

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New: Bolt Action French Char B1 bis and Renault R39/R40

French commanders rejoice – your salvation is at hand! These tanks will help you to drive the Boche panzers from our homeland! Remastered and re-released in resin, these French tanks are once again available in the Warlord webstore.
Char B1 bis

The Char B1 bis was an upgraded variant of the Char B1 with thicker armour and an APX4 turret with a longer-barrelled (L/32) 47 mm SA 35 gun, to give the tank real anti-tank capacity. It was the main production type from 8th April 1937 until June 1940.

The B1 bis was designed as a break-through tank, with trench crossing capabilities as the French Army believed that future campaigns would be decided by dislodging the enemy from key front sectors – the experiences of the Great War only two decades earlier influenced French thinking heavily.

With the fall of France the victorious German invaders captured plenty of Char B1 bis tanks and put them to good use in their own forces under the nomenclature Panzerkampfwagen B-2 740 (f). Several were also converted into flammpanzers.​

The Char B1 bis is now a predominantly resin model and comes with a French tank commander model with separate head. You’ll see French tank crew being released by us in the not-too-distant future…​

Renault R39

The R39 is a variant of the Renault R35 but armed with the heavier 37mm SA38 L/33 gun allowing it to operate in an anti-tank capacity.
The model comes with a tank commander and is based on the standard R35 hull.

Renault R40

The Renault R40 or Char léger modèle 1935 R modifié 1939 was an improvement of the Renault R35, of which it is often considered a variant. The main improvement was the suspension, which was influenced by that on the early Char D1 and D2 designs.

Whilst predominantly serving with French untis, the R40 also saw service as part of the Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade in 1940, so this new vehicle should appeal to Polish players too!

New: Resin Objective markers

Freshly arrived from Forgecraft Games are these nifty resin objective markers.
Difficult Terrain markers

The difficult terrain markers provide an easy method to indicate a ruined vehicle on the battlefield. Its design allows players plenty of level surface area on the model in which to place troops to indicate that they are in cover.
This first terrain marker depicts a flipped and damaged vehicle with broken treads, damaged tread suspension wheels, and gears. It’s certainly seen better days!

The second depicts a damaged turret near a blast crater with gun barrel, broken armor plating, sections of damaged treads, tread gears, and the rib cage of a fallen soldier.

Sci-Fi Objective Markers

The five 40mm round resin objective markers provide an easy method to indicate key objectives on the battleground that standout from other terrain on the battlefield.
The science fiction objectives include an ammo dump, a fuel depot, a fallen missile, a downed battle standard, a hidden entrance to an underground bunker.

Fantasy Objective Markers

The fantasy objectives include a fallen unit battle flag, a lost payroll treasure, a sword in the stone, a column from an ancient ruins, and the coffin of a fallen hero.

All four are available right now in the Warlord Games store.

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 23.12.2011

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New: Bolt Action Japanese Reinforcements!

As we continue to add to our Bolt Action Imperial Japanese Army range we thought it as time make the current range available as Reinforcements! You can now get your hands on the miniatures singly and build your army to your own tastes. See what’s on offer in our store now.

 

[HiveTyrantPrometheus]

Didi Mau! Didi Mau! :supermad:

Die Köpfe haben teilweise dieses Klischeehafte langgezogene Kinn die die Dreieckig machen 😀

Die Jungs sehen klasse aus.

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 06.12.2001

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New: Bolt Action Polish 7TP tank!

Giving armoured support to our early war Polish range, the 7TP allows you to push the invading panzers back from your borders. Or the Soviet invaders hoping to take advantage of the German assault. Get your hands on the new tank before you’re over run…

It’s popular name standing for 7-tonne Polish tank, the 7TP was a development of the British Vickers 6-ton Mark E tank (also in Polish service) and was the world’s first diesel-powered tank.The same as the British Vickers 6-ton the 7TP also had a twin-turreted version (we’ll be releasing this in the near future!).​

It compared very favourably in terms of armour with it’s counterparts, the Panzer I and II and performed well during the German invasion of Poland.​

After the fall of Poland, the German military incorporated 20 captured 7TPs into Tank Battalion 203 of the 1st Panzer Division, as the PzKpfw 731 (p) and they were to see action in both Norway and France in 1940.​

New: Belgian T15 light tank!

Another early war armoured vehicle to help stave of Nazi aggression – this time the Belgians are supported by the T15. Originally part of the BEF Miniatures range we bought, this has been remastered and is now available in resin. You can add these useful tanks to your Belgian army here.​

Armed with a 13.2mm machine gun this two-man tank made up a sizable portion of the Belgian armoured capacity during the German invasion in 1940.

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 13.01.2011

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New: Sd.Kfz 251/16 Flammpanzerwagen!

This release marks a milestone for us here at Warlord Games. Ever since we bought Bolt Action Miniatures, John (Warlord Supremo) has banged on about doing a flamethrower Hanomag. It’s been an almost weekly occurrence. And now, here it is in all it’s glory!​

John will doubtless be pestering us for something else tomorrow that we ‘must do’ tomorrow…​

Mounting two flamethrowers into a Sd.Kfz 251 Hanomag this vehicle lends terror tactics to the German forces. Six of these vehicles were assigned to each panzergrenadier regiment. Flame on!

The two flame projectors mounted on the 251/16 were backed up by the usual shield-mounted MG34 or MG42 and an additional portable (albeit still attached by pipe to the halftrack) smaller calibre flamethrower which could be used by dismounted infantry. The crew would don protective headgear from full hoods to havy scarves and goggles. Plenty of conversion opportunities here!

The Sd.Kfz 251/16 is just one of several new Hanomag variants we have coming out for you in the next few weeks. Next up will be an Sd.Kfz 251/1-II ‘Stuka zu fuss’…

New: Wooden Sherman tanks!

Well, not quite wooden Shermans – Sherman tanks with wooden armour to be correct. During the campaign in the Pacific the US forces were known to apply wooden armour to the sides of their Shermans.

There are two schools of thought as to why the US forces would apply wooden planks to their Shermans’ hulls. One is that in the jungle environment they found themselves fighting in it was easier to come across wood than find steel and, soldiers being soldiers, they scrounged or stole whatever was at hand. Given the sometimes very remote and under supplied operations they’d find themselves in this could easily be the case. An addendum to this idea is the thought that Japanese lunge mines would not stick to the wood as well as to metal and that this offered some extra protection from these surprise attacks.

Another idea is that the wooden was just the foundation for the application of concrete to give tanks even more protection, albeit at the expense of speed. As there are many more images of the wooden armour than of concrete in the Pacific it’s most likely the former, although concrete armour was to be seen during the war in Europe.

We’ve sculpted wooden planking, bolted onto the hull of our Sherman M4A3 hull. You can add this to your army as either the 75mm or 76mm version.

New: Bolt Action Soviet tank hunters!

The Red Army sees the welcome return of not one but three tank destroyers this week – the Su-85, Su-100 and Su-122M. These armoured fighting vehicles have been heavily remastered and have loads more detail than the previous incarnations.

The SU-85 self-propelled gun based itself on the proven T34 chassis which had stood the Red Army in good stead against their German counterparts. As with other ‘SUs’, the SU-85s name came from the Russian for ’self-propelled carriage (Samokhodnaya Ustanovka) and the bore of the gun – in this case the high velocity 85 mm D-5T anti-tank gun. With the all-important low profile of a tank hunter it also had good mobility but at the expense of lighter armour. Entering active service in autumn 1943 the SU-85 would be found in all self-propelled regiments and brigades.

The SU-85 was used in anger for the first time in September 1943, during the Dnieper crossing. The tank destroyer became very popular with it’s crews due largely to it’s powerful gun which was able to penetrate the armour of the troublesome Panther and Tiger tanks at good distances. An example of this was the 1021st Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (1st Baltic Front) destroyed over 100 German tanks during the summer offensive in 1944.
Another example, taken from a commander’s report of the 1st Guards Tank Army:
“During all phases of the battle, the new tank destroyers played a key role in supporting our armored attack. New tank destroyer’s were very effective against enemy tanks. They had of good armor protection and their guns could kill targets at great distances. In addition, new TD’s proved to be very effective in defence.”

The SU-100 was to replace the SU-85 in front line service and started to do so from late 1944. Improvements over the SU-85 were the almost doubling of the frontal armour to 3 inches, improved commander’s fighting compartment and cupola and a beast of a naval gun – able to penetrate the frontal armour of any German tank with the possible exception of the King Tiger! Indeed the Soviet tank crews gave the new tank destroyer a nickname that we cannot publish here as a result!

The SU-100 was to see extensive action in the last year of the war and was used en masse in the defeat of the German counter-offensive in Hungary 1945 at Lake Balaton. The End of the Second World War didn’t see the end for the SU-1oo though – it would go on to see action for many years to come and in many different countries. It saw service in the fighting that accompanied the 1956 Suez Crisis, in which the Egyptians used SU-100s against Israel’s Sherman tanks. The vehicle was also utilized in the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Borne out of the need to replace the SU-122, the SU-122M was to mount the D-11 howitzer which took up far less space than the M-30S howitzer in the SU-122. The first prototype was built in April 1943 but the SU-85 won out as the tank destroyer of choice to repalce the SU-122 and as a result the SU-122M wasn’t pit into production. Despite that we think ti would make a nice addition to your army in place of the usual SU-85 and will also keep your opponent guessing as to what he’s facing!

New: Bolt Action Soviet reinforcements!

As with all of our Bolt Action armies we’re now making the models from our Soviet range available individually. Take a look at what is now available and build your army to suit your personal tastes!

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[HiveTyrantPrometheus]

Die Newsletter Updates sind immer wieder toll, aber ich hätte da mal ne Frage: Könnte man die alten News vllt in Spoiler packen? Denn wenn ich auf "Neuen Beitrag anzeigen" klicke bin ich irgendwo in der Mitte statt ganz weit unten, weil mein Browser erst mal alle Bilder lädt 😀

 

[Stingray]

Wow. Jetzt wirds aber wirklich obskur. Shermans mit Holzpanzerung!

 

[Moiterei_1984]

@Hive:
Du solltest dir mal ne schnellere Verbindung zulegen^^

@Stingray:
Habe davon schon das ein oder andere Bild in den diversesten Publikationen gesehen... ich fand das auch recht strange, aber auf der anderen Seite gibt es auch Bilder von Shermans, Tigern, Panthern und T34ern, die ganze Holzbalken auf die Panzerung gebunden hatten.

 

[HiveTyrantPrometheus]

@Molkerei
Ich hab scho Unitymedia, aber es ist nervig wenn die Bilder ausgeladen sind, irgendwo mittig im Thread zu landen statt am neuesten Beitrag, der wohl hier interessanter ist ^_^
(Denn die Bilder rücken den letzten Beitrag immer nach unten)

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Also bei mir nicht, aber ich werde mal schauen, was sich machen lässt.

 

[Stingray]

@Stingray:
Habe davon schon das ein oder andere Bild in den diversesten Publikationen gesehen... ich fand das auch recht strange, aber auf der anderen Seite gibt es auch Bilder von Shermans, Tigern, Panthern und T34ern, die ganze Holzbalken auf die Panzerung gebunden hatten.

Krass. Die finnischen Sturmis mit ihren Holzstämmen an der Seite haben für mich noch Sinn ergeben, weil es Hohlladungen von Panzerfäusten abschwächen soll. Aber einfach nur ne Latte hintackern, das war mir neu. Man lernt nie aus 🙂

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 20.01.2012

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New: Sd.Kfz 250 halftrack variants!

With new crew miniatures we’re now re-releasing two old favourites back into the Bolt Action range – both based on the Sd.Kfz 250 Neu halftrack.

The first of these halftracks is the Sd.Kfz 250/7. Built between 1943 and 1945 the 250/7 carries an 80mm mortar to provide excellent mobile fire support for the German infantryman. The remastered model comes without the old integral base and includes two crewmen who are serving the mortar. Incorporating the Warlord Figure Head System of separate heads you have plenty of options for tailoring them to suit your existing army.​

The other new release for the Wehrmacht is this superb Sd.Kfz 250/8 ‘Stummel’ (Stump). With it’s 7.5cm gun the Stummel gives the infantry and panzergrenadiers good fire support. As with the 250/7 above, the Stummel has been heavily remastered – again the integral base has been removed. The stump gun is being served by two new crewmen who, again, have separate heads.​

Both of the vehicles above are based on the Sd.Kfz 250 Neu halftrack – below is the main variant which was designed as a standard troop carrier.​

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[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 27.01.2012

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New: Bolt Action Japanese Jungle Fighters!

The latest release for our WWII Imperial Japanese Army range are these infantrymen swathed in all manner of foliage allowing them to blend into their jungle environment more easily. Well-versed in jungle combat the Japanese soldier quickly developed an almost invincible reputation amongst their Allied adversaries.

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The Jungle Fighters squad contains an NCO with Type 100 sub-machine gun, 8 riflemen with Arisaka rifles and a Type 99 light machine gunner.

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As you can see these seasoned Japanese troops are very much on the offensive. Utilising our Figure Head System of separate heads you can create a force with loads of variety.

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The Jungle Fighters will be a great addition to the Imperial Japanese Army boxed set which gives you a great starting point for your Japanese army, with riflemen, command, knee mortar and HMG team.

New: Bolt Action Tulip rocket!

If you’re looking for a bit more punch for your British or Commonwealth armoured forces look no further than this beast! Mounting a 60lb air-to-ground rocket as carried by the RAF’s Typhoons may seem unsporting but when you are facing Panthers, King Tigers and Jagdpanthers you need all the help you can get!

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Mounted on Shermans, Fireflies and Cromwell by the British and Commonwealth forces, and Staghound armoured cars by the Canadians these packed a nasty punch…

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The great little metal add-on pack contains two Tulip rockets and supports with stanchions for fixing them to either side of your tanks turrets or fixing both to the same vehicle.

New: Bolt Action Universal Carrier variants!

Based on the classic British Universal Carrier Mk II, these two new models will be a welcome addition to the forces of His Majesty’s Commonwealth! The first vehicle mounts a 3″ mortar and a staggering amount of ammunition, whilst the second vehicle mounts the ubiquitous Vickers Medium Machine gun which will give you all the mobile firepower your brave Tommies will need as they take the fight to Jerry.

We’ve had these great little vehicles waiting to be released for ages. We think they’ve been held back because Paul could’nt bear to be separated from the masters. Fear not – we distracted him with a large bacon butty and snaffled the carriers whilst he was drooling. They are now ready to be added to your British or Commonwealth forces!​

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With loads of space for stowing prodigious amount of ammunition, the Universal Carrier was a highly maneouvrable option for 3″ mortar teams and performed very well during the war.​

The model comes with 3 extra metal crew and all four Tommies have separate heads allowing you to easily turn this into a vehicle in use by the Indians, Airborne, Australians etc by the swap of a head!​

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Mounting the classic Vickers Medium Machine gun, the MMG Carrier could put firepower where it was needed quickly. The Vickers MMG could be fired from the back of the carrier or dismounted and redeployed on the stowed tripod in familiar fashion.​

As with the Mortar Carrier this mocel comes with three extra British/Canadian crew and again have separate heads, allowing for plenty of conversion opportunities.​

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And let’s not forget the Universal Carrier in it’s normal guise – that of a troop carrier! With 113,000 vehicles produced during the war, it was the most widely produced fighting vehicle in history, seeing action with Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and Russian forces in addition to those in the British Army.

 

[Stingray]

Ich bin eigentlich ein WW2-Interessierter, aber selbst ich lerne hier noch was. Shermans mit Holzlatten und Raketen drangetackert. Irre.

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 03.02.2012

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New: Bolt Action Shinhoto Chi-Ha!

Arguably the best tank produced by the Japanese during WWII, the up-gunned ShinHoTo variant of the ubiquitous Type 97 Chi-Ha tank saw extensive service against the British Commonwealth and American forces as well as against the Russians in the conflict in Manchuria during 1945.

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Arguably the best tank made by the Japanese during WWII up until 1945, the ShinHoTo was an upgrade to the original Chi-Ha tank. The term ShinHoTo means ‘new turret’ as this is effectively the biggest change from the original, mounting a high-velocity 47mm gun.

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Debuting during the fighting on Corregidor Island in the Phillipines during 1942, the ShinHoTo Chi-Ha, with it’s more deadly gun was more able to stand against the Allied tanks – something the original incarnation of the Chi-Ha struggled with on account of it’s less powerful main gun.

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These light tanks were used with dash and daring and surprised the British by appearing in areas where they did not believe tanks could be used, the wet jungle proving no obstacle to them.

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New: Imperial Japanese Army squad!

Following on from our release of the Japanese Jungle fighters squad last week, we’ve been asked to make the Imperial Japanese Army squad available separately from the boxed set. Your wish is our command – get the new squad here!

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The squad is the backbone of the majority of Japanese forces during WWII. It is armed with the trademark Arisaka rifle and ably supported by a 2-man Type 99 light machine gun team. Note that the paper devotional banners aren’t included – they are currently only available in the Imperial Japanese Army boxed set.​

As you’ve come to expect from our Bolt Action range, these models have separate heads as part of our Figure Head System. This gives you unparalleled flexibility for posing, converting and having every soldier in your army looking unique.​

Preview: German 5cm mortar team

Take an early look at a new addition coming to the forces of the Third Reich during the early stages of the war…

The 5cm Model 36 Granatenwerfer entered service in 1936 with the purpose of being able to engage pockets of enemy resistance beyond the range of manually thrown grenades.

Due to it’s complicated telescopic sights and limited range the Model 36 was gradually withdrawn from frontline service by 1942 and saw out the rest of the war in garrison and rear units. Despite it’s limitations as the war progressed and technological advances raced on, the Model 36 saw to see extensive service during the early stages of WWII in the Blitzkrieg assaults on Poland, France and the Low Countries as well as on the Eastern Front and the North African desert.

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 10.02.2012

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Preview: Bolt Action Soviet Assault Engineers

Requested on the Warlord forums we were only too happy to oblige – who wouldn’t want Soviet Combat engineers in plate body armour?

There is also a Goryunov SG-43 HMG team on the way so they’ll have plenty of punch in addition to the flamethrower, panzerfausts and mines! It won’t be long before these great models are released – keep your eye on the Warlord weekly newsletter to find out when they’re available…

New: Bolt Action M10 tank destroyer!

Oh, so you Allied players want something to knock out the German big cats, eh? Rumbling towards the front line are these two M10 tank destroyers! We have the US M10 Tank Destroyer and the British M10 Wolverine – essentially the same vehicle but with different crews.​

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Based on the proven and numerous M4 Sherman chassis, the M10 was fielded in large numbers during WWII and although it would be replaced by other tank destroyers based on it’s design the M10 continued to serve to the war’s end with distinction, serving with US, British, Polish, Free French and Soviet armies.

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Although officially titled ‘3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, M10′ it was more affectionately known as the ‘Wolverine’ by British crews. The epithet wasn’t similarly adopted by American forces, who creatively dubbed it ‘TD’ for ‘tank destroyer’.

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The open-topped turret wasn’t terribly popular with the exposed crew and in several cases a steel or mesh cover was added as a field modification. Despite this and the relatively slow traverse of the turret the M10 was a feared weapon on the battlefield as many German panzer commanders can attest…

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This is the US Army version of the M10. The crew wear trademark M1 helmets and the third crewman is a loader, slamming a shell into the breech.

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As you’ve come to expect the heads for the crew are separate, allowing you to convert or build the crew as you like – the Free French used American uniforms so it would only be the addition of French markings to add this to a force attempting to re-liberate their homeland.

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Next we have the Wolverine – the British nomenclature for the M10. The crew wear Royal Armoured Corps pattern helmets whilst the third crewman proudly wears his beret as he scans the battlefield for targets with his field glasses. The crew could easily be British, Polish or Canadian.

As the heads for the models are separate it would be very easy to convert this into one of the dozens of M10s used by the Red Army under the lend lease agreement.

As we are jolly nice chaps here at Warlord Games you can get yourselves Platoon of 3 of these great tank hunters and save yourselves cash at the same time right here!

New: Reinforcements supplement for Operation Squad

Reinforcements is the latest supplement for the Operation Squad WWII game. This supplement contains details on new support sections and their weapons as well as many new squads to use in the 5 exciting scenarios which have been especially designed to let you play the game on bigger tables.
From Russian Penal Squads (Shtrafniye Roti) to the infamous Hitlerjugend Volunteers (defenders of Berlin), from American Recon squads (in jeeps) to British Scout squads (and their Universal Carriers)… your games will never be the same again.

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The Reinforcements supplement is the same price (£18) as the other two Operation Squad books (Operation Squad and Vehicles!) and includes: -

• New rules for Mortar and Machine Gun Sections
• 5 new scenarios – designed for playing on larger tables
• New Characteristics
• Card Weapon references
• New vehicles – including the Churchill & Kettenkrad!
• 17 New Units:
• American Army Recon squad
• ‘All American’ Paratrooper squad
• US Glider Riders squad
• British Army scout patrol
• New Zealand 2nd Division rifle section
• Scottish rifle section
• Royal Marine Commando section
• Russian Penal troops squad
• Russian Sniper squad
• Russian ‘Black Death’ Naval Brigade squad
• Russian Scout squad
• German Schnell squad
• German Volksgrenadier squad
• Hitlerjugend Volunteers squad
• Waffen-SS squad
• Das Reich squad
• German Jager squad

You will need to have Operation Squad WWII and a copy of Vehicles! to use this 50 page, full-colour, softback supplement – just as well we sell both and have also put together a special offer to buy all three books for a bargain price!

 

[Moiterei_1984]

Newsletter 17.02.2012

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Pre-order plastic Ruined Hamlet

And now for something completely different – our first plastic scenery! This boxed set is based on a ruined farmhouse is extremely versatile in that it can be built in several ways and is also ideal for use in many periods – from Napoleonics to WWII.

This assembled and painted example is just one of the ways you can put this model together. As a truly modular kit there are literally stacks of options for building this farmhouse and as you get 3 farmhouses in the Ruined Hamlet boxed set you’ll have even more scope for assembling your models.

The building has been designed with Normandy farmhouses as inspiration yet the model is easily usable in other periods and theatres. It can easily be used as a burnt out house during your Napoleonic games as well as games set during WWI, to name but a few. The kits thick plastic walls gives it a realistic look as well as making it a strong terrain piece unlikely to be damaged easily.
Of course, being plastic it is easy to convert this building!

The Ruined Hamlet boxed set contains three plastic modular ruined farmhouses. You can pre-order yours for £35 and build a very good looking scene to fight over. Get yours in our webstore right now!

As you can see from the image above there re loads of pieces and stacks of opportunity to building something unique from just one farmhouse let alone three!
We expect the Ruined Hamlet boxed set to be released mid-March.

New: Bolt Action German 5cm Granatenwerfer!

Adding extra punch to your early and mid-war German forces is this 5cm Granatenwerfer team​

The 5cm Model 36 Granatenwerfer entered service in 1936 with the purpose of being able to engage pockets of enemy resistance beyond the range of manually thrown grenades.

Due to it’s complicated telescopic sights and limited range the Model 36 was gradually withdrawn from frontline service by 1942 and saw out the rest of the war in garrison and rear units. Despite it’s limitations as the war progressed and technological advances raced on, the Model 36 saw to see extensive service during the early stages of WWII in the Blitzkrieg assaults on Poland, France and the Low Countries as well as on the Eastern Front and the North African desert.

The new two-man team perfectly complements our early war German Rifle Squad. Comprising of 5 riflemen, 2 NCOs with MP38 SMGs, a two-man MG34 LMG team and a soldat with Panzerbuchse 39 anti-tank rifle. Just the job for representing German squads during the early war and also mid-war forces on the Russian Front.

New: Bolt Action French Char D1!

Originally conceived as an infantry support tank, the D1 instead became the main battle tank of the French army during the 1930s. Serving in North Africa, in defence of France during the German invasion of 1940 and ultimately during the battle of Kasserine Pass in 1943.​

The result of the French need for a Light Infantry Support Tank, led to the development of the Char D1, of which 160 vehicles were produced up to 1935. Armed with a short 47mm SA34 tank gun with a coaxial 7.5mm MG, the type didn’t serve as an infantry support tank as originally intended, but as France’s major battle tank of the early 1930s. However, the Char D1 was dogged by mechanical problems and it’s unreliable nature led to it being phased out from 1937.

For it’s time the Char D1 had good armour – 30mm thick on vertical surfaces, which the two-man crew would have appreciated!

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The driver can operate the fixed 7.5 mm Reibel machine gun that sits low in the nose (almost completely hidden behind the armour). The second crew member operates the radio set on the right side of the fighting compartment.
One of the most distinctive features of the Char D1 is it’s 2.4m high radio antenna which impedes a full rotation of the turret to the right, limiting the total movement to about 345°. The radio operator also assists in the loading of the gun, by handing rounds to the third crew member, the commander, located in the turret.

The Char D1 was thus neither particularly light nor cheap, causing the Hotchkiss company to propose a design more suited to the role of mass-produced light infantry tank. The proposal would eventually result three tanks going into production: the Hotchkiss H35, Renault R35 and FCM 36.
Despite it’s cost and drawbacks the Char D1 was still considered a more cost effective option than the Char B1 bis (seen below) as the army’s main battle tank. Eventually, however, the Char B1 bis would see more action and out-perform it’s predecessor.

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[Samonuske]

ich warte ja immer noch auf den M18er^_^