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Personal logo ColCampbell Supporting Member of TMP18 Aug 2014 12:16 p.m. PST

… shells at Verdun, …

I didn't think there were any British troops at or even near enough to Verdun to even hear the shellfire.

Jim

mashrewba18 Aug 2014 2:17 p.m. PST

Didn't most officers carry rifles so as not to draw the attention of snipers etc.

kyoteblue18 Aug 2014 2:56 p.m. PST

Oops……

GGouveia18 Aug 2014 3:24 p.m. PST

verdun???? Did I miss something here? Great figures though.

Personal logo DWilliams Supporting Member of TMP18 Aug 2014 5:31 p.m. PST

Hope they eventually offer early war (1914-15) … oops, no tanks, I forgot.

Personal logo Bobgnar Supporting Member of TMP18 Aug 2014 7:13 p.m. PST

How well do these new FOW Great War figures match up with the All Quiet on the Martian Front figures and vehicles?

Re officers, I think when going over the top the officers were more likely to be kicking soccer (football) balls or holding a cane, maybe a revolver. They would want their own troops to recognize them. Not much worry from snipers with dozens of machine guns blasting away.

John the OFM18 Aug 2014 8:38 p.m. PST

Back when I was an officer in the Great War, my men carried me in a sedan chair.
That had the added benefit of keeping me to the rear, since the chairmen could not keep up. They still got killed, but my sedan chair was lined with boiler plate, and that might explain what slowed them down.

kyoteblue18 Aug 2014 9:46 p.m. PST

DWilliams lots of other companies are coming out with 1914-1916 figures in 15mm.
I knew you were old John the OFM but…..

artaxerxes19 Aug 2014 3:05 a.m. PST

Some officers carried rifles, and some carried canes, and some carried all sorts of other things. 'Mad Jack' Sassoon apparently carried his sword, drawn and used for effect when trench raiding.

By the second half of the war,officers who thought that their role was 'to look good and die well' usually achieved the aim. The infantry battalions of the BEF became pretty effective outfits with good combat officers at the regimental levels – poor ones did not last, for a variety of reasons.

monk2002uk19 Aug 2014 4:28 a.m. PST

The general (forgive the pun) message on all sides was for officers not to look and behave like officers during an assault. Anyone who has watched the recent BBC programmes will have noticed the very distinctive cuffs that British officers had. Many discarded these uniforms in favour of PBI uniforms during an attack. It was the snipers who forced this change, not machine guns.

Robert

Crom the Terrible19 Aug 2014 4:49 a.m. PST

Even in private uniform an officer is still the bloke pointing a lot(apparently something snipers looked for since officers were such bad sports not to stand out anymore with sticks, monocles and alike).

VonBurge19 Aug 2014 7:42 a.m. PST

They are just models. I rather like having some clear deliniation between leaders and troops models even if in real life WW1 that was not so advisable.

Those who preffer the BPI look for leader models can simply sub in regular rifle figures in pace of more styreotypical otfficer figures if they want.

monk2002uk19 Aug 2014 7:58 a.m. PST

The sniper's observer looked for the tell-tale signs, yes. But I prefer the distinction to be apparent on table as well.

Robert

mashrewba19 Aug 2014 11:28 a.m. PST

These look great figs and I do like a nice officer fig!!
I hope they do some French as well -bound to I'd have thought.

Abwehrschlacht19 Aug 2014 12:16 p.m. PST

I'm surprised they haven't released a set of lions and donkeys yet…

turenne19 Aug 2014 1:53 p.m. PST

Ah, the old stereotypes are still the best.

Suetonius Paullinus20 Aug 2014 2:03 a.m. PST

Couldn't resist and ordered another platoon..IMO some of the best BF miniatures yet.
I will need more arty next :-)

Cheers

SP

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