"New Bolt Action French P16 Schneider Halftrack" Topic

Exterminate!

I was thinking 'Orky!', but 'Exterminate!' will do.

and co-axial 75mm machinegun

That is one heavy calibre MG for sure!

That said, certainly a very personal looking vehicle.

The second driver was common on French 'scouting' wheeled vehicles, to allow a swift departure after firing at a superior enemy (remembrance of the 'Parthian shot'?): the EBR of the "50 still had one, who acted also as the radio operator:

The hull was perfectly symmetrical, each driver had a MG.

Actually, didn't some of the armoured cars used by the Germans in WWII also have two driver positions (one to the front, one to the rear)?

Grief,

indeed, the ADGZ certainly did, and the Italian Autoblinda AB40 and 41 had the same feature, the better for a *scouting* vehicle to "get the Hell outta Dodge" when they made contact with much bigger, nastier "hostiles" and report back to HQ about same!

This lil' P16 is a great addition for France 1940 and Tunisia 1943 gamers. There were over 90 of the lil' critters serving in the GRDIs in metropolitan France during the 1940 Campaign, while others fought against the DAK in 1943 as part of the Armee d'Afrique.

I can also see them as being very handy for Pulp Fiction games, the perfect AFV for evil warlords, crazed cultists intent upon world domination, or plucky heroes fighting for everything good and decent in human civilization!

Leland R. Erickson

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BlackWidowPilot 09 Nov 2011 1:17 p.m. PST

I can also see them as being very handy for Pulp Fiction games, the perfect AFV for evil warlords, crazed cultists intent upon world domination, or plucky heroes fighting for everything good and decent in human civilization!

Yep, it is certainly an interesting and ubiquitous design, not only good for historical games. I hope we'll see more French armoured vehicles ITF.