ColCampbell | 18 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 |
mashrewba | 18 Aug 2014 2:17 p.m. PST |
Didn't most officers carry rifles so as not to draw the attention of snipers etc. |
kyoteblue | 18 Aug 2014 2:56 p.m. PST |
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GGouveia | 18 Aug 2014 3:24 p.m. PST |
verdun???? Did I miss something here? Great figures though. |
DWilliams | 18 Aug 2014 5:31 p.m. PST |
Hope they eventually offer early war (1914-15) … oops, no tanks, I forgot. |
Bobgnar | 18 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 OFM | 18 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. |
kyoteblue | 18 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….. |
artaxerxes | 19 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. |
monk2002uk | 19 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 Terrible | 19 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). |
VonBurge | 19 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. |
monk2002uk | 19 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 |
mashrewba | 19 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. |
Abwehrschlacht | 19 Aug 2014 12:16 p.m. PST |
I'm surprised they haven't released a set of lions and donkeys yet… |
turenne | 19 Aug 2014 1:53 p.m. PST |
Ah, the old stereotypes are still the best. |
Suetonius Paullinus | 20 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 |