As the end of the Year is just round the corner I
decided to go for a group shot of my growing British
forces which are being assembled to take on my Panzer
Lehr sledgehammer.
Just click on a picture to enlarge. Be aware these
pictures are quite big 🙂
Plenty more room on the table so best get painting.
I think some aerial power is required ?
Everybody needs something to stop the Panzers in
their tracks and these babies could do just that.
17pdr guns that had better performance than the
German 75-mm (long) or 88-mm counterparts.
All four are made by Battlefront and I have chopped
and changed the crews to make them as British looking
as possible. Out with helmets and in with the berets and
pipes. The vehicles have 75th Anti-Tank Regiment markings
which once gain fits nicely into the 11th Armoured Division
tree.
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Continuing with my British forces I decided to add
some much needed recon starting with an Armoured
Car Platoon. I have started with 3 Daimler Dingos
by Battlefront,2 Daimler Mk1 Armoured Cars by
Battlefront and a beefy Staghound by Skytrex. I
already have a Carrier Platoon so I can mix and
match as required in the reconnaissance role.
All the vehicles and markings still fit into the
11th Armoured umbrella with the “44” being the
“Inns Of Court Regiment”
I have added some extra stowage and changed a
few of the crew. I also added aerials which are
essential for a recon vehicle to report back what
it can see.
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As you can see I`m making sure my British 11th
Armoured have an answer to the Panzer Lehr
oncoming onslaught. M10`s with 17pdrs plus
a few extra bits including another Hellcat and
a Sexton.
The crews are still work in progress. Not long
until finished.
Some support weapons for my confident,trained
British Rifle Platoon. Only thing that troubled
me was the ammo coming from the Vickers to the
ammo feed guy next to him. I ended up having to
cut the ammo belt to get the fit just right and
its extremely fiddly, which means you are going
to get super glue stuck to your fingers. Apart
from that another quality bit of kit from
Battlefront. Saying that it doesn’t justify
your recent price rise especially in the light
of lots of other 15mm manufacturers now making
equally quality kits and way cheaper prices.
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Oh also finished another two 6pdrs to add to my
anti tank bunch 🙂
I needed something to haul my anti tank guns
and the Loyd Carrier was the answer. These are
Battlefront models and very simple to paint up and
only needed a slight modification here and there just
so they didn’t all look exactly the same. I have added a
few extra troops as well. Once again its 11th Armoured
colours.
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Cheap to make, easy and light to tow and quick
to set up. Whats more the 6pdr could penetrate 68mm
of armour at 1000 yards, so good enough to deal with
Panzer IV`s.
These are once again Battlefront models and as you can
see I have only managed to complete two so far. I also need
a command team to go with them.
Usually towed into battle by a Loyd carrier 🙂
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Another £2.65 well spent and a great looking
truck just ready to pull a 5.5 inch gun. I did
a few modifications before painting including
adding a rolled up tarpaulin cover, front tow rope,
front load weight sign, front lights and a small step
up ladder over the fuel tank.
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After reading up on the history of 11th Armoured
in Normandy it seems the artillery came to the rescue
of many allied units in combat and in some cases
literally were the difference between winning and
losing the fight. So bring on the Sextons and my
infantry will be forever more protected by a shield
of HE. One thing that I am still unsure about is
the nationality of the Sextons as 11th Armoured used
and requested artillery help from any and all batteries
available. So even thought they have 11th markings they
could quite easily be British or Canadian.
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Note the title of the post is the correct name but
everybody calls them Bren gun carriers 🙂
These beauties were used by the British and other
Commonwealth countries throughout WW2 and beyond. In general
terms they were too small, unreliable ,under powered,under
armoured and compared to the German counterpart hopelessly
out classed.
But hold on, because they were cheap and fast to build and
most importantly you could fix them with a hammer 🙂
The 3 below are Battlefront 15mm models with additional
stowage and extra troops. All 3 have Bren guns and one
has a Boys anti tank rifle(useless against most things).
Once again they are sporting 11th Armoured colours and
4th Battalion King`s Shropshire Light Infantry markings.
Click on an image to get a bigger picture 🙂
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