 Rebel Minis  | 04 Sep 2011 5:08 p.m. PST |
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up. The new 15mm Chinese PLA Heavy Weapons packs are up on the site! Jeff Racel did an amazing job painting these and I am glad to finally have these done!
You can see them at Rebelminis.com Thank you for your support! |
| Wolfprophet | 04 Sep 2011 6:26 p.m. PST |
It's awesome and I'll probably be buying some(Love the sniper pose alone.), but the pack's contents sort of confuse me…. Shouldn't the HMG be in it's own pack with say…two HMG teams that have a loader and a team leader/spotter?
Likewise, the sniper needs a spotter. I don't know if the Chinese have much in the way of SAWs/LMGs. I'd bet they use an RPK or an RPD Clone for now until they can finish modernizing. |
| McWong73 | 04 Sep 2011 7:37 p.m. PST |
They have a SAW type weapon which isn't an RPK/D clone, but can't for the life of me remember its name. |
| VND 1AA | 04 Sep 2011 7:41 p.m. PST |
They have the QBB-95, which is the LMG version of the QBZ-95. They also have the QJY-88, which is a belt fed weapon in the same caliber but which weighs the same as the PKM and supposedly is used in the GPMG role. |
| Tgunner | 04 Sep 2011 7:49 p.m. PST |
"I don't know if the Chinese have much in the way of SAWs/LMGs" They do, but it is essentially a QBZ rifle with a bigger mag and a bi-pod, that's all. |
| JRacel | 04 Sep 2011 7:52 p.m. PST |
Here is the link to my post last night with more pictures. TMP link Dennis0302 provided this link to a TO+E for PLA Mechanized Infantry. Looks like they have mainly Rifles, an LMG that may be the SAW version of the QBZ-95 and a RPG. If this is the case, you can designate one of the QBZ-95s as a QBB-95 and then the RPG gives you all you need for the unit with the HMG and sniper as extra. Many units today seem to now include a dedicated marksmen (sinper), so you could even work that figure into a unit. It would be nice to have a loaded for the HMG, but not 100% necessary for me. It already takes a larger stand and more games treat the gun as the unit (firer and loader), so no big deal to me (less Flecktarn to paint!!!). Jeff
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| Mooseworks8 | 05 Sep 2011 4:44 a.m. PST |
I think Prussia should do work more on trade with China. |
| Mooseworks8 | 05 Sep 2011 4:44 a.m. PST |
Are their helmets a US pattern Fritz helmet or the new Russian helmet or have they done their own thing? |
| Ambush Alley Games | 05 Sep 2011 7:04 a.m. PST |
Very cool stuff, Mike!! Shawn. |
Uesugi Kenshin  | 05 Sep 2011 2:17 p.m. PST |
About friggin time Mate! Well done! Hope the command pack is not far behind! Id like to see the machinegun sold as a separate item with a loader. Great paint job Jeff! |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 05 Sep 2011 2:20 p.m. PST |
About friggin time Mate! Well done! Hope the command pack is not far behind! Id like to see the machinegune sold seperatly as eell with a loader. |
| Wolfprophet | 05 Sep 2011 5:55 p.m. PST |
"Dennis0302 provided this link to a TO+E for PLA Mechanized Infantry. Looks like they have mainly Rifles, an LMG that may be the SAW version of the QBZ-95 and a RPG. If this is the case, you can designate one of the QBZ-95s as a QBB-95 and then the RPG gives you all you need for the unit with the HMG and sniper as extra. Many units today seem to now include a dedicated marksmen (sinper), so you could even work that figure into a unit." According to the mentioned link, the Chinese mechanized units have 9 men, 7 with rifles, one 'machine-gun' (Auto rifle like a typical SAW or LMG like an RPD/RPK is unspecified) and one RPG. Foot platoons make use of 11 man squads with the extra two men having an additional RPG and squad level Machine-gun. So, they sound pretty well armed overall. Hopin' the command pack will have some sort of squad level machine-gun so I can make some foot units. Then when we start seeing some modern chinese vehicles in 15mm, I can just cut out the extra two guys when I want to make them mechanized. |
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