| Mike Target | 16 Jun 2013 2:21 p.m. PST |
Hello, picked up a box of the Perrys Desert Rats the other day; reading the little insert sheet thing it advised that a truck or lorry (bedford or morris, maybe austin?) would be required to complete the platoon. But where would I get one from? I think warlord do a bedford, but I dont know if its the right one, but are there any other suppliers I should look at? thanks! |
 Herkybird  | 16 Jun 2013 2:38 p.m. PST |
The classic Bedford 15cwt can be got from Company B, try this link: link .. as well as a lot of goodies! |
 Doms Decals  | 16 Jun 2013 3:30 p.m. PST |
Yep the Company B Morris 15cwt is the perfect platoon 15 hundredweight. (It's worth noting this wasn't the platoon's transport though – it carried a chunk of their kit to lighten the load while the troops walked, so wouldn't be used in action – you definitely don't need one for your platoon in a wargame.) Warlord's Bedford OY is too big for a "leg" infantry platoon's platoon truck, but two of them would be suitable for a lorry-carried motor platoon. (There were also truck-carried motor platoons, who had 3 or 4 15cwt trucks instead of two lorries.) link |
| Druzhina | 16 Jun 2013 10:08 p.m. PST |
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| Doms Decals | 17 Jun 2013 1:47 a.m. PST |
You'd think so, but in British WWII parlance, no…. The War Office designated it as a "truck" if it was less than 1 tonne capacity, while larger was a "lorry." |
| Martin Rapier | 17 Jun 2013 2:01 a.m. PST |
Lorries are big, trucks are small (smaller than lorries anyway). I have occasionally used platoon/company transport in games, partly to give the players something else to think/worry about. |
| Patrick R | 17 Jun 2013 3:57 a.m. PST |
Force of Arms does a short-wheel based Bedford OX, which could be used as a "make-do" platoon vehicle. TMP link |
| No Name | 17 Jun 2013 6:10 a.m. PST |
If you are in the UK (or anywhere else this side of the Pond) you can get the Company B Morris 15cwt from my shop here in the UK, and I also stock Force of Arms. thewcp.com Bob |
| Mike Target | 17 Jun 2013 6:57 a.m. PST |
Thanks bob, found your site just before you posted when I went a-googling for a uk supplier! unfortunatly I spotted that youve got the Aussie Sentinal tank; always rather like that tank, didnt think anyone would have made a model of it, can I justify it in North Africa? And do you stock the version with the twin 25pdr Howitz…no,no, that would be just silly… |
| No Name | 17 Jun 2013 9:06 a.m. PST |
Go on, you know you want one…….. |
| projectmayhem | 18 Jun 2013 2:38 a.m. PST |
Just noticed a 2pdr Portee Morris at TWCP. Do you sell the canvas tilt kit to add a bit of variety? Anyway, can the Ford F30 be used as platoon transport, again for the sake of variety, or was this purely in the hands of the LRDG? |
| No Name | 18 Jun 2013 1:42 p.m. PST |
Yes, I have the seperate tilt here: link |
| Doms Decals | 18 Jun 2013 4:57 p.m. PST |
Platoon trucks were almost always 15cwt, while lorried motor platoons normally had a pair of 3 tonners, so the F30 as a 1 1/2 tonner is unlikely, falling between the two stools as it were. It was by no means exclusively LRDG, but I wouldn't expect it as an infantry transport. |
