Some pictures from my 15mm armies for the Indochina War, using an adaptation of the French "Blitzkrieg" rule.
FRENCH UNION:
Paratrooper company (combat platoons & HQ):
Paratrooper company (weapons platoon):
GCMA (~French MAAG) command team:
The paratrooper on the right is meant to represent
Jean Sassi.
"Coloniale" (naval infantry) command team:
DLO (artillery observers) & sniper:
105mm howitzer colonial artillery battery:
The gunner were Senegaleses, and the officer with (colonial) blue cap & white scarf is meant to represent Lt. Bunbrouck from
Dien Bien Phu, the artillery officer who refused an order to destroy his guns & retreat to the central position, and instead fired his howitzer "at zero" with his crews fighting as infantry to defend the bridge over the Nam Yon. Which he held.
Combat engineers:
Scouts:
Marine commando:
The officer is meant to represent
Ponchardier, aka "Le Ponch", the father of French naval commandos.
Meo suppletive scouts:
Various French armored vehicles:
(M3 Scout, M3 h/t, M5A1 Stuart, M8 Scott & … Japanese Type 95, salvaged and used in Cambodia)
(GMC, M8 Greyhound, Panhard 178, Humber Scout Car & Jeep)
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VIETMINH:
Pre-1953 regular infantry company:
Zoom on the company commander & commissar:
Zoom on a 4-group combat platoon:
Various support weapons:
(bazooka, HMG, mortars, SKZ, …)
(AA MG & heavy mortar)
(French 25mm, Japanese mountain 75mm & SKZ)
(French 75mm howitzer, Japanese mountain 75mm, French 25mm)
Pioneers with a "death volunteer":
"Du Kich" militia, aka "Black Pyjamas" of future Vietnam fame.
AA truck, used briefly in 1945:
Civilians:
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JAPAN:
(to use as VM allies or for some 1945 scenarios, hypothetical or not)
Infantry company:
Type 95 Ha-Go platoon:
AT 37mm gun:
looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!
