Winter Of ‘79 ( updated 7 Feb Attack On The Cop Shop Game )

[HESH]

Commissar

These are the new figures released this week and are sculpted exactly as you see them. 

The support weapons are due on Tuesday if not before . I’ll pop up photos asap . 

[the commissar]

Commissar

These are the new figures released this week and are sculpted exactly as you see them. 

The support weapons are due on Tuesday if not before . I’ll pop up photos asap .

Great - thank you

[HESH]

This is the Command pack

[S_P]

SP that’s a Sarrissa experimental thing that should be released this year fingers crossed.

Excellent- will be on the shopping list

[CapnJim]

I'd love to get my hands on some British for the late 80s and early 90s.  I'm sure they could play a part in Northern Gambola and/or Balszakistan.  My memory says that the SA80 was fielded in 1987 or so.  How long did the L1A1 stay in service after that?

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Wikipedia says the L1A1 was in UK service 1954-1994.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1_Self-Loading_Rifle
It is still in service in some countries.

[carlos marighela]

There were apprently still a few SLRs floating around in Gulf War 1, with supporting arms but by the end of the 1980s the L85 was in service with regular infantry... for better or worse.

TAG produce British infantry with L85s for the 1990s/ early 2000s IIRC.

[HESH]

Spot on …. Also a new release imminent from Tec Scene British with SA 80 . I’ll post photos asap

Here are the 1st Corps Support Weapon Teams  …..

[carlos marighela]

Clearly 84mm Carl Gustav's were not bangy enough, so they produced a 155mm version.

Personally I'd want that 66 balanced a bit futher forward. Nothing quite as embarrasing as setting fire to yourself as you fire it (apparently at passing seagulls). Still they balanced things up by giving the Bren a 10 round magazine.

They're nice in their own way but I'm not really sold on those. Some slightly odd posing and some iffy weapons detail is putting me off. Moot point anyway, I have quite enough Cold War Brits as it is. Should they end up doing some in '37 pattern webbing I might weaken. Will revist it when I see some painted up.

[tin shed gamer]

Well that told me

The 66 isn't being fired (there's a set of those) he's just raising it
and adjusting the rear sight ,as it didn't always click in place on the earlier ones.  it's a set of four more aimed at the chaps who contribute to the background for the range and a nod to how much of a pain in the arse they could be to carry.
I'm pretty sure it's a combination of camera angle and possibly a little mould sprain. As it's definitely not supposed to be shooting seagulls.

The Gustav does look a little chunky in the metal. But they do go on a diet as they're coloured in. But your right they've been bulked up ever so slightly. For a couple of reasons firstly jso there's a little extra meat for those who like to drill the ends out on their figures ( does visually add to it's diet ) Secondly it to make it much easier to distinguish them from the 66 rocket figures ,at table top distance.

Your absolutely right the L4 doesn't have an Australian/ Rhodesian style 30 round magazine of the later issue.

[CapnJim]

Alleged sculpting irregularities aside, I rather like them. 

But I reckon L1A1-armed troops getting deployed (even to a back-water place like Northern Gambola) in 1993 would be highly unlikely...

[Daeothar]

I was issued my FAL in 1995 when I entered the Dutch military. Granted; some units were already being issued with Diemaco C7's, but us poor footsloggers still got the heavy stuff (and I say; real rifles ).

So it might not be out of the realm of possibility that a UK reserve unit was still lugging their old battle rifles around?

[tin shed gamer]

Very unlikely.
Given it's almost six years since first issue.Its more likely that 90% of those under two stripes didn't have to retrain on the SA80's .
It's possible that such a posting would use local toys on occasion.But I can't see any real issues with using them for a game. Not every table has to be a 100% historically accurate. Otherwise your just trying to reinvent the wheel,with a fistful of D6.

[CapnJim]

Very unlikely.
Given it's almost six years since first issue.Its more likely that 90% of those under two stripes didn't have to retrain on the SA80's .
It's possible that such a posting would use local toys on occasion.But I can't see any real issues with using them for a game. Not every table has to be a 100% historically accurate. Otherwise your just trying to reinvent the wheel,with a fistful of D6.

I have already considered the possibility of using them anyway...Northern Gambola is a fictional country (so is Balszakistan, for that matter..), so I'm OK with stretching things a tad to fit my personal whims....

[HESH]

Lots to like about those figures from the DMS Boots and Puttees upwards !

Got my order in with 1st Corps already . Love the overall  look of these sculpts .