"1/72 8th Army." Topic
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cameronian | 04 May 2017 4:37 a.m. PST |
Put together for 'One Hour Wargames', bits from all over the place.
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Rich Bliss | 04 May 2017 4:56 a.m. PST |
Oooh, Valentines. Good call. |
Jeigheff | 04 May 2017 5:20 a.m. PST |
Greetings, OHW has four troop types for WWII: infantry, AT guns, mortars, and tanks. If you don't mind my asking, how are you planning to include stuff like the HMGs, aircraft, etc.? I'm really not trying to give you trouble or anything. I'm just curious about any additional rules you might be using. Also, your 8th Army force looks really good! Jeff |
cameronian | 04 May 2017 7:12 a.m. PST |
Rich, my sentiments exactly. Wanted the Valentines rather than the 'usual suspects' Jeigheff, all's cool. I gave myself a bit of a problem as I like to use historical OOBs. At the time I chose, the motor companies had two rifle platoons and a scout platoon of carriers with a 3" mortar under the control of Coy command. So the infantry unit makeup I've planned is the two rifle platoons, the carrier platoon and the two MMGs (infantry assets attached to the armoured division) each acting as an infantry unit giving the four in the rules. The MMGs will borrow the 'Heavy Infantry' (also this gives an AA element) spec from OHW WW1 and the carriers will act as infantry under permanent heavy cover getting the extra saves. The aircraft isn't defined as yet but I'm leaning towards a cut down version of Zvezda's 'Art of Tactic'. The force is weakened by only having one mortar but as the 6 pdrs can fire HE it has a measure of direct fire support against 'soft' targets. All speculative at the moment as they haven't been 'tabled' yet against my existing Italian force, assembled also for OHW. |
miniaturemen | 04 May 2017 9:44 a.m. PST |
Very nice. I particularly like the boys chillin in the back of the carriers. |
cameronian | 04 May 2017 2:59 p.m. PST |
Cheers. The carriers are from PSC, they certainly gave their guys a very relaxed pose; no personal weapons or anything, more like holidaymakers. |
HidaSeku | 04 May 2017 5:16 p.m. PST |
These look great! It all really comes together well, the way they're painted. Well done! |
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