Author Topic: Operation Jubilee - Dieppe Raid and Churchills Now with Dingo! (Read 29980 times)

Rich H · « **Reply #90 on:** February 12, 2020, 11:06:09 PM »

Playing with pigment powder. Looks good to me!

Rich H · « **Reply #91 on:** February 13, 2020, 06:56:24 AM »

Got an awesome book yesterday - Dieppe Through The Lens - a chap did his dissertation on the tanks of Dieppe - he has used photos from the training and the German war photographs to track every tank and vehicle on the beach. It describes what every vehicle did and has a pic of each. info is taken from interviews with survivors.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0900913762/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Etranger · « **Reply #92 on:** February 13, 2020, 08:32:51 AM »

Quote from: Ultravanillasmurf on February 10, 2020, 06:19:38 PM

I think that was where one was a casualty.

Bombed by the Luftwaffe IIRC.

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #93 on:** February 13, 2020, 11:21:51 AM »

Quote from: Rich H on February 13, 2020, 06:56:24 AM

Got an awesome book yesterday - Dieppe Through The Lens - a chap did his dissertation on the tanks of Dieppe - he has used photos from the training and the German war photographs to track every tank and vehicle on the beach. It describes what every vehicle did and has a pic of each. info is taken from interviews with survivors.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0900913762/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They do one on both Villers-Bocage and the Dambusters too.

Maddoc · « **Reply #94 on:** February 13, 2020, 01:00:16 PM »

Have you finished this yet?

Hammers · « **Reply #95 on:** February 13, 2020, 01:03:54 PM »

Quote from: Maddoc on February 13, 2020, 01:00:16 PM

Have you finished this yet?

"Are we there yet?"

Rich H · « **Reply #96 on:** February 13, 2020, 01:22:50 PM »

Just arriving on the beach now...

Started on the infantry - forgot how fiddly the early plastics were, 10 piece per man!
I'm also short of coverless brodie helments. The kit only has 5 per box! I need 50+!

So I'm going to have to draw/print a bucket load...

It's proving a bit tricky to find details of the equipment brought ashore, but it looks like it was pretty limited. The commandos had 2" mortars and Boys AT rifles so I'm going to assume they had similar on the main beaches. No reports of Flamethrowers though... other than the tanks.

I've two Bolt Action events planned with this force, but it's a bit limited by lack of a specific selector (and history!):
Element Games in Stockport in June (2000 points split into 1 tank and 1 infantry platoon)
Firestorm in Cardiff in September (1250 points tank and 1250 points infantry)

1000 point BA force:
2nd Lt + Batman
Naval Observer + signaller
3 Sections of 10 with one Sten and one Bren
2" mortar (from Company HQ)
Boys AT Gun (from Company HQ)
Sniper (from Company HQ)
1 section of 10 Engineers with AT Grenades (demolition charges)
Mk3 Churchill in support.

1250 Infantry Force Add:
1 Section of 10 with one Sten
Dingo (Hunter)
Universal Carrier + Pintle Bren.

1000 Point Tank Force
Mk3 Churchill (Command vehicle, radio net)
Mk3 Churchill
Mk1 Churchill
M1 Heavy Tractor (Recovery vehicle)
Universal Carrier
Naval Observer
AT Rifle

1250 Tank force add:
Mk2 Churchill

Mostly bloody useless in bolt action, but that's never really been the point...
That said heavy tanks are always a pain to take down.

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #97 on:** February 13, 2020, 08:24:15 PM »

Your 1000 BA list looks extraordinarily like a CoC platoon with support options chosen for a tank, AT rifle, engineer section, sniper and FOO. Just saying...

Rich H · « **Reply #98 on:** February 13, 2020, 08:32:04 PM »

That is not a surprise

It's a standard British platoon structure and (unlike normal BA platoons

) I've taken a full compliment of Brens.

It's just got a goodly amount of support to afford the Churchill!!

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #99 on:** February 14, 2020, 12:17:11 AM »

Quote from: Rich H on February 13, 2020, 08:32:04 PM

That is not a surprise It's a standard British platoon structure and (unlike normal BA platoons ) I've taken a full compliment of Brens.

It's just got a goodly amount of support to afford the Churchill!!

Good man. I think the German opposition gets to choose support from list 18 to compensate

Tim Haslam · « **Reply #100 on:** February 14, 2020, 09:59:22 AM »

A beautiful project Rich.
Well worth the effort.

So seeing as we’ll be facing each other at Element in June...
Which theatre selector from the German book should I use to construct an attempt at an historical counter to your force?

Rich H · « **Reply #101 on:** February 14, 2020, 10:32:48 AM »

Not sure, early war defensive list, probably the Normandy defensive lists?

They had MG34, MG08, medium mortars, snipers, artillery observers and PaK36. French 75mm and dug in FT-17s or R-35s. eventually they dragged up Pak40s but the roadblocks (that kept the Churchills on the promenade) stopped them being useful. No Panzerfausts or panzershrecks.

To be honest they didn't have to work very hard, 2 MG nests caused about 250 casualties out of 500 men on Puys beach.

Rich H · « **Reply #102 on:** February 14, 2020, 10:38:46 AM »

I have pursuaded (bribed) Mr Hicks to sculpt me some bailed out tank crew

I feel they might be needed...

moiterei_1984 · « **Reply #103 on:** February 14, 2020, 03:19:30 PM »

Quote from: Rich H on February 14, 2020, 10:38:46 AM

I have pursuaded (bribed) Mr Hicks to sculpt me some bailed out tank crew I feel they might be needed...

That’s awesome news! Will these be for general sale at some point?

Rich H · « **Reply #104 on:** February 14, 2020, 03:35:06 PM »

He's twisting a particular arm too

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