goes back to the year 2000!
It is well known to the regiments of the Prydian Army that while Retained Knights armed with the Angis 12.5mm AP Rifle can inflict serious harm upon any opponent there is a limit to their ability to bring to suppress areas of a battlefield. This applies particularly in open ground rather than in intense urban fights. Even with Alwite powered armour larger weapons cannot be easily transported. No experienced commander expects his troops to be able to stand against these kinds of threats without appropriate support. This was known before the outbreak of the Civil War and the solution to providing this support to infantry was taken from surviving records from the time of the Ban of Prejudice.
Beginning in earnest in 4320IC with forty newly fabricated Espaten being fielded during an activation crisis in the Gurtan system these portable weapons mounted a Moth 88 two barrel cannon and performed excellently against the rampant artificial sentients. With an ability to mount a support weapon in the same power scale as a battlesuit and be controlled by a team of two gunners Espaten's could be deployed at the Platoon or Lance level easily. A far lower fabrication cost has also contributed to the rapid uptake of portable weapons as a regimental staple. Portable Weapons are just that. With a lot of fire power and easy to move from threat to threat they work well with troopers without vehicles or anything larger to assist them.
– Academy Auto-Trainer Series 07, New Glastonbury, 4325IC
New and restored releases in the 28mm scale Ion Age range. Some 250 poses in one of the biggest 28mm sci-fi ranges in the world. We bring back the Portable Weapon Platform (not available for more than 20 years!) and its original Muster gunners, plus brand-new Planetary Militia and Retained Knight gunners. All of this works towards a new edition of Moth, the skirmish game rules, but more on that nearer the time. Across this summer, we will expand the portable weapon itself, and also restore the Shia Khan ones, too. Here are the newly added codes:
IB71 – Moth 88 Espaten Portable Weapon (Value Pack)
A long-barrelled automatic twin cannon, to be operated by two crew. Five pieces in metal, easy to assemble (55mm long, 45mm wide, 25mm tall). Gun Teams are typically two, with one being the controller and the other the commander.
IB68 – Muster Gun Team (Value Pack) (IA237 and IA238 single codes)
IB69 – Planetary Militia Gun Team (Value Pack) (IA240 and IA241 single codes)
IB70 – Retained Knight Gun Team (Value Pack) (IA242 and IA243 single codes)
Every miniature in the range is a single to be had, and all fit into value packs which offer a saving off single prices.
The 28mm Ion Age range and the 15mm Ion Age range are both massive, so we have a 'Filter by' option on the website where you can refine what you are seeing to certain things, such as Portable Weapon or Grima Robot or Platoon Packs with Free Miniatures.
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We like to give our customers a treat, so there is always something free in every package shipped out by us here in Scotland. Until July 8th, it is part one of our Devilish Imps; four any-scale miniatures. Read about this in this article. Totally free in orders included automatically.