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Miniatures…
Greek Hoplites Heads: Victrix 28mm Plastic Miniatures
Contains 56 hard-plastic heads to adorn your Victrix Spartan, Theban, Athenian, Mercenary and Macedonian miniatures sets. Crests are separate on many heads, so you can swap crest styles from head to head to create more variants. Helmet styles include Corinthian, Attic, Illyrian, Chalcidian, Thracian, Pylos and Phrygian, with a mix of crests including high stilted and transverse, plus a very ornate double-head crest. $26.00 USD
OMM Discount 10%: Now $23.40 USD.
Rules…
Khe Sahn: A Stratagem for Tet – Ten Squad/Company-Level Scenarios
Offers ten scenarios to examine various aspects of the ground combat in Tet during the largest battle of the Vietnam War – including initial patrols surrounding Hill 881, special forces camp at Lang Vei, and the combat itself. Scenarios have been playtested with Final Combat, Flower of Our Youth, and Micro Melee, but can be enjoyed with most modern squad to company level rules. Note that certain liberties regarding force ratios were taken for the sake of playability. $28.00 USD
Nam '68: Tour of Duty
Skirmish combat rules for Vietnam War, where you take command of a U.S. platoon fighting the Viet Cong insurgency. Uses 10-40 troops per side, from grunt privates with their M16s to squad and platoon support weapons, and up to fire support requests from mortars, artillery, and strafing helicopter gunships. Includes Tour of Duty campaign system to play through twelve months in-country in command of your own platoon.
Rules include: Movement, Suppressing Fire, Targeted Fire, Explosive Weapons, individual and unit Morale, Medics and enemy Hazard actions, such as Return Fire, Ammunition Checks and Booby-Trap detonations. Vehicle rules for the common armored fighting vehicles of the war, with support from M113 APCs, M48 Patton tanks and Huey helicopters. Detailed U.S. platoon creation and support fire options, using a points-free system. Scenario creation for ten missions, from routine security patrols to search and destroy missions, ambushes, hunting fugitives, clearing a hot LZ, to assaulting an enemy strongpoint. Also, surprise VC night raider attacks on U.S. bases.
All scenarios include options and rules for: variable game sizes (small, medium or large), from small firefights to a full platoon in action, variable threat levels setting how many VC might be encountered, the presence of civilians on the battlefield, search points and optional scenario sub-plots for an added twist, like finding a downed pilot, or the arrival of unexpected VC reinforcements. Variable and unknown VC forces to encounter, divided into three threats: Local Guerrilla forces, the Regional Militia Force and the National Army Force, as well as all manner of ruses, booby-traps and defenses. $59.00 USD
Uniform Plates…
415: Kingdom of Holland: 6th Infantry Regiment 1806-1810
Another in the terrific series. Uniform plate with 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. Descriptions on reverse side. $14.00 USD
416: Kingdom of Bavaria: 2nd Chevauleger Regiment Taxis 1812
Another in the terrific series. Uniform plate with 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. Descriptions on reverse side. $14.00 USD
Books…
Rome's Armies to the Death of Augustus
Disputes the assumption that the Romans had an army similar to the national institutions of advanced 19th Century European powers, as well as the belief that changes seen in the armies can be explained because the Romans reformed their armies. Argues that up to the death of Augustus, the Romans had no permanent military forces. Roman armies were raised for particular campaigns, and armies were disbanded at their conclusion, even repeated campaigns. The army was seen by Romans more like a militia than a national army. Suggests little evidence exists of systematic training and what changes can be detected can be better explained by contingent adaptation to circumstances rather than reform. The emperor Augustus is commonly seen as the originator of the imperial armies, but it was an unintended outcome of a long life. Contains 16 mono illustrations. $37.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $31.45 USD.
Novelty & Change: New Research, Ideas, Thoughts & Interpretation on the British Civil Wars & the Military History of the 17th Century
The 2023 Century of the Soldier Conference at the University of Worcester took on the theme of Novelty and Change with a range of papers covering a variety of topics. The conference focused on new research and ideas that in some cases might have been overlooked in the disruption caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. Contains eleven black-and-white illustrations, 14 black-and-white photos, eight black-and-white maps, seven graphs, and 13 tables. Chapters include: Novelty and Continuity in European Warfare 1618-1721; Seats of War: Current Investigations into Civil War Fortifications; In a Plain or Common Near Stow: Finding the Battle of Stow on the Wold 1646; Dragoon Warfare in the Welsh Borders During the British Civil Wars; Countermarches, Caracoles and Charges: Firearms Against Shock in Ireland 1641-43; Montrose's Army 1644-1646; The Civil War Career of Marmaduke Rawdon 1643-46. $40.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $34.00 USD.
The English Civil War: Myth, Legend & Popular Memory
Argues the importance of tales such as Cavaliers and Roundheads are in reality folk memories of collective suffering during the English Civil War, and that they reveal important truths about the way in which the conflict was represented. Rather than being discussed in a vacuum, the tales of haunting are rather set within a detailed regional history of the conflicts of 1642-1651. Contains 10 mono illustrations. $50.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $42.50 USD.
Great Sioux War Orders of Battle: How the United States Army Waged War on the Northern Plains, 1876-1877
The Great Sioux War played out on 27 different battlefields scattered across five states. Extensive documentation demonstrates that the American army adapted quickly to the challenges of fighting this unconventional war, and was more effectively led and better equipped than is customarily believed. While it lost at Powder River and at the Little Big Horn, it did not lose the Great Sioux War. Considers concepts of doctrine, training, culture and materiel to aid understanding of the army's structure and disposition. Examines 28 Great Sioux War deployments in chronological order, including documentation of command structures, formations, and companies employed. Addresses how an otherwise sound American army was defeated in two battles and nearly lost a third. Also features seven helpful appendices, a glossary, and an oversized map showing forts, encampments and battle sites. $22.00 USD
Britain's Guerrilla Army: Plans for a Secret War 1939-45
Comprehensive account of Britain's plans to fight a secret war in the event of a Nazi invasion. Explores the origins of Britain's multi-layered system of secret organizations, and in specific, Auxiliary Units and how they were never intended as a resistance organization. Instead, the Auxiliary Units patrols were designed as uniformed guerrillas to support an active military campaign, while their Special Duties Branch would spy on the British public as much as any Nazi invader. Contains 60 black-and-white illustrations. $39.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $33.15 USD.
Operation Dragoon: The Liberation of Southern France 1944
Discusses how Operation Dragoon and the subsequent Allied advance across southern France were key stages in the liberation of Europe, with far-reaching political and military ramifications. Explores the controversy and disagreements between Churchill, Eisenhower and de Gaulle which threatened to weaken the Anglo-American war effort, but gave birth to Operation Dragoon, and looks at the impact of the operation on the direction and duration of the war against Nazi Germany. Also describes the course of the invasion on the ground – the massive logistical effort required, the landings, the role played by the French resistance, and the bitter battles fought against German rearguards. Contains 30 illustrations. $27.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $22.95 USD.
Voices From the Past: Channel Islands Invaded: The German Attack on the British Isles in 1940 Told Through Eyewitness Accounts, Newspaper Reports, Parliamentary Debates, Memoirs & Diaries
In the summer of 1940, the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly unstoppable German war effort. To abandon British territory to the enemy was unthinkable, yet the defense of the Channel Islands was impracticable, if not impossible. It was decided, therefore, to evacuate as many as wished to leave. Explores the evacuation of the Isles, of the German bombing, the fear of those left behind, and of those first days of German Occupation told by the Islanders themselves through memoirs, letters and newspapers. $33.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $28.05 USD.
Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust
Author recounts his father surviving the relentless horrors of two brutal concentration camps, and then escaping twice en route to a third. Based upon a photo that the author had previously never seen of his father on the Mauthausen Memorial's website, he seeks to explore the rest of the history that his father never told him while in the camps. Beginning in the verdant hills of his father's Hungarian hometown, travels to the foreboding rock mines of Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps, to the dust-choked roads and intersections of the death marches, and, finally, to the makeshift hiding places of his father's rescuers. Contains 32 black-and-white illustrations. $29.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $24.65 USD.
Penal Company on the Falklands: A Memoir of the Parachute Regiment at War 1982
Chronicles the bravery of D Company, 2 PARA, under Lieutenant Colonel 'H' Jones during the Falklands War's pivotal battles. After winning the first battle on the Falklands, 2 PARA was the only battalion to fight two major land battles, going on to fight at Wireless Ridge – the final gateway to Port Stanley. D Company played the decisive role, but, in the closing moments, suffered a deadly artillery barrage from its own guns. Explores the Falklands War and the narrow margins between success, disaster, comedy and tragedy. Describes the strength of companionship and the solitude of fear. Contains 20 black-and-white photos. $30.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $25.50 USD.
And Don't Forget the Magazines…
Dioramag: Volume 15
Expert advice on painting models and creating dioramas. Contents: The Calm Before the Storm; Old Greek Facade; Light in the Darkness; Diorama Classics: Operation Cedar Falls; If You Have To Poop; U-201 Schneemann U-Boat;Counter Attack in Normandy; Ave Maria; Showcase Dioramag: Christian Bruer; A Cat and a Ketten; Dear but not Forgotten. $30.00 USD
Dioramag: Volume 16
Expert advice on painting models and creating dioramas. Contents: Men and Whales; Facciata a Venezia; The Shadow of My Long Lost Son M-5 Stuart; The Last Battle Berlin 1945; MiG-21 Graveyard in Papa; The Empire Strikes Back: Churchill and Cromwell Tanks; Safari Toyota FJ43; Showcase Dioramag: Daniel Buchmeier; Mindscape BTR-80. $30.00 USD
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