French in Algeria

[Durando]

Are there any figures in any scale made for this?

[carlos marighela]

For the earlier part of the war you can use the Empress paras from their Indochina range. There was some talk a long while back about expanding that range. Really it would just need a few figures with MAS 49/56 rifles and maybe an AA52 machine gun. Quite a few metropolitan battalions used in the quadrillage were US equipped and the French uniform and webbing is close enough to use late war US troops as proxies.

For the FLN your best bet is a mash up of various plastic ranges with donor parts and weapons from Afrika Korps and US figures. Some of the Eureka ZANLA figures with bolt action rifles are useful too.

[Etranger]

The 15mm French Indochina war figures from Eureka are suitable, although there are some variations in uniform etc. Other FICW ranges in other scales should work too. I guess 'Arab' irregulars would fit for the Insurgents although I haven't looked into that.

[Etranger]

Great minds etc Carlos!

[SJWi]

Elhiem Miniatures produce a range of French Indochina figures in 20mm. These are advertised as suitable for Algeria as well. Not sure where you would get decent figures in any scale for the insurgents. Most ranges seem to be “African” or “Afghan” rather than “North African”.