"Questions on the 2e Division Blindée, 2e DB 1944" Topic
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| The Young Guard | 29 Sep 2015 3:43 a.m. PST |
I'm actually going to start this project now but I have a few questions. 1) Am I right the main Sherman variants used were the M4A2 and the M4A4? 2) Did any of these get armed with 76mm gun? 3) Are there any 15mm decals for this unit? 4) In terms of uniform, I know that they were mostly kitted out with American gear but would the officers have Kepis and would some of the men have the Andrian helmets?
Cheers in advance
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| lou passejaire | 29 Sep 2015 4:09 a.m. PST |
the french were issued M4A1 A2 A3 A4 …
some 76 mm, some 105mm an excellent small book ( bilingual ) minitracks.fr/Sherman_FR.htm 15mm décals, i don't know heads for the sherman crew :
Kepi
for the officers ( ? ) some french motorized troops helmet
but mostly us stuff |
| The Young Guard | 29 Sep 2015 4:28 a.m. PST |
Cheers lou passejaire Would the infantry of the division have the similar head gear? |
| Jemima Fawr | 29 Sep 2015 6:18 a.m. PST |
One small detail re the 2e Division-Blindee was that they received roughly half of the total production run of M21 81mm Mortar Carriers, so all the mortar carriers in the division would be M21 rather than M4. |
| lou passejaire | 29 Sep 2015 6:45 a.m. PST |
the infantry in the division was Tchad Regiment Infantry …
US helmets, officers and some NCO's in Kepi or sidecap
Kepi black blue with gold piping for officers, red piping for NCO, sidecap black blue with red piping … quite no adrian helmet M10 crew used french sailor caps as head dress the Recce elements ( M3A3 and M8 armoured cars ) used a red sidecap with black piping … |
 Doms Decals  | 29 Sep 2015 9:36 a.m. PST |
I don't think anyone does decals in 15mm – I started an attempt a while back, but ground to a halt trying to research enough detail to do proper units as it were. :-( As for Shermans, M4A2 was most common, but they had all sorts, including a short issue of 105s, and later on a smattering of 76s. There are a couple of excellent websites out there on them – will see if I can find urls when I get home. |
| Doms Decals | 29 Sep 2015 9:46 a.m. PST |
Here's a good start though…. link |
Marc33594  | 30 Sep 2015 11:50 a.m. PST |
Ah Dom even an incomplete effort on your part would be most welcome! |
| Doms Decals | 01 Oct 2015 9:47 a.m. PST |
I might have a rummage and see how far I got next time the reprint pile's been tamed…. |
| Emilio | 22 Oct 2015 3:02 p.m. PST |
"One small detail re the 2e Division-Blindee was that they received roughly half of the total production run of M21 81mm Mortar Carriers, so all the mortar carriers in the division would be M21 rather than M4." I have seen pics of mortar haltracks from a support company, Tchad Regiment, and they are clearly M4´s. The mortar points bakcwards. |
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adds a tower to his 15mm trainyard.
