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Offline dominic

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28mm French Somua tank?
« on: February 12, 2008, 03:48:03 PM »
Hi, I just discovered that the 100th Pz Regt operating near Carentan on D-Day used captured French Somua tanks.  Does anyone make this tank in 28mm scale?

Offline PeteMurray

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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2008, 03:53:45 PM »

Offline Will Bailie

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28mm French Somua tank?
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2008, 03:56:29 PM »
Army Group North has one:

http://www.agnminiatures.com/html/france.html

(it's the Tony Ashcroft version)

Edit:  and, obviously, the same one that Brigade Games carries!

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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2008, 04:25:09 PM »
Thanks!  That's very useful, and they also have the PzIV.  According to a TO&E I just saw, 3 Pz Coys in 100 Pz Regt's 2nd Abteilung had 1 PzIV and 2 Somuas.

Offline Paul Hicks

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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2008, 05:30:49 PM »
Dom we might have one in stock I will ask Si to check tonight.

Paul

Offline Driscoles

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28mm French Somua tank?
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2008, 06:01:17 PM »
Dom !

Green Knight is making a huge Rapid Fire ( 15mm )  game at the Kiel Do or Dice on March 8th. He will play Normandy landing sector Sword Beach.
He told me yesterday that the germans used Somua tanks. I was pretty surprised when he told me that cuz I didnt know that.

Cheers
Björn
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Offline dominic

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28mm French Somua tank?
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2008, 06:38:49 PM »
Thanks Paul.  I went to your website first but couldn't find it.  Let me know.

Bjoern, I look forward to the Tactica next week!

Offline axabrax

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« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2008, 10:53:52 PM »
Check out Chieftain Miniatures. Crouchie's stuff is excellent and he has a number of tanks, aside from the Somua, that would have been captured and used by the Germans in the West--including the P16 Schneider tractor tank!

http://www.chieftainmodels.co.uk/

(Go to Catalog > France 1940)

Offline SgtPerry

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« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2008, 09:10:32 AM »

Offline SgtPerry

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« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2008, 09:15:23 AM »
And here's a picture of US Paras near a PzIII and a S-35


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« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2008, 09:30:46 AM »
Nice pics! :D

 

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