| Tango01 | 22 Aug 2019 10:17 p.m. PST |
May 40 Miniatures published new pictures of their models
Main page
may40miniatures.com Amicalement
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Mark 1  | 23 Aug 2019 10:45 a.m. PST |
To my eye it appears they have modeled a Fallschirmjaeger with a Lewis LMG (large barrel shroud, tight-and-tall drum magazine on top). Have I mis-identified the gun? Is there an LMG used by these troops that would look similar . Or is this the right gun? Can anyone enlighten me on German use of the Lewis gun? -Mark
(aka: Mk 1) |
| Tango01 | 23 Aug 2019 11:49 a.m. PST |
Don't see it here…. link Amicalement
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| wargamer6 | 23 Aug 2019 2:18 p.m. PST |
That's not all, one is armed with a Lee Enfield SMLE.These are probably just prototypes and will carry the correct weapons when they are
in production. |
| Fred Cartwright | 23 Aug 2019 2:58 p.m. PST |
I think these are meant to represent German Paras with captured weapons. Maybe they didn't make it to a weapon container and armed themselves with what they could find. May'40 have some with MG34's and Kar98k's. |
| Tango01 | 23 Aug 2019 10:02 p.m. PST |
Two more pics….
About the weapons… I agree with Fred… that happened at Creta….
Amicalement
Armand
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| Arteis02 | 25 Aug 2019 2:54 a.m. PST |
I've talked with Sander from May '40 Miniatures. He confirms that those figures have captured weapons (as per photos from the time). Lewis and 2 x Hembrug M95 rifles. 'Something bigger will be in the Kickstarter too', Sander added enigmatically! |
| May40miniatures | 31 Aug 2019 9:18 a.m. PST |
Launching on Tuesday the 3rd of September!! link |
| May40miniatures | 04 Sep 2019 10:00 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 14 Sep 2019 10:04 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 06 Feb 2020 1:06 p.m. PST |
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| deephorse | 06 Feb 2020 4:27 p.m. PST |
I've talked with Sander from May '40 Miniatures. He confirms that those figures have captured weapons (as per photos from the time). Lewis and 2 x Hembrug M95 rifles. Late to the party, but this indicates that the weapons are captured Dutch ones. The standard Dutch LMG of 1940 was derived from the Lewis gun. The Hembrugs are Dutch. An interesting thing to model, but if you are a stickler for these things it would limit the usefulness of the German figures with those weapons. |
| Tango01 | 08 Feb 2020 3:41 p.m. PST |
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| tom dulski | 02 Aug 2021 5:03 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have these? Would love to see some size comparison pics with other mini lines, particularly bolt action |
