Cold War Africa Imagination - Village Completed 22/08

[bluewillow]

The picture of the .30 dug into the trench is very interesting. Does anyone know what those things on the end of the barrel of the .30 are?

It’s for the arc of fire blocks either side for firing along firing lanes, so you do not fire into your own defensive positions.

Cheers
Matt

[carlos marighela]

More easily achieved by banging two star pickets or wooden stakes into the ground on each side of the barrel. Firing on fixed lines. That looks like a seriously over engineered answer to a simple problem if that's what those things are.

[Daeothar]

Never seen those before. They look like they are fixed to the barrel though, so hardly of use when staking out firing lanes? (I've only ever used the aforementioned sticks in the ground myself).

My best guess might be some sort of bipod? Second option is they might be handles for barrel changes perhaps? Third one is some sort of ballistic shield or vehicle mount? I'm really grasping now...

[carlos marighela]

Looks like it's actually a weird bipod. Ksp m42B

[carlos marighela]

Another view.

[juergen c. olk]

They aree ''Bottle Palms '' decorative only.Maybe Palm oil.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Never seen those before. They look like they are fixed to the barrel though, so hardly of use when staking out firing lanes? (I've only ever used the aforementioned sticks in the ground myself).

My best guess might be some sort of bipod? Second option is they might be handles for barrel changes perhaps? Third one is some sort of ballistic shield or vehicle mount? I'm really grasping now...

My thoughts echo those of Daeothar. The photos seem to support the bipod theory. I have never seen anything like them before. That is an interesting wire buttstock in the one photo as well. Different from the usual M1919a6 buttstock.

[Tom Dulski]

That's one VERY STRANGE bipod.

[AKULA]

Some great photos - good work on the sugar cane 

[carlos marighela]

That's one VERY STRANGE bipod.

Swedish engineering at its finest. Probably a safety measure to avoid having any sharp edges. 

[Belgian]

They aree ''Bottle Palms '' decorative only.Maybe Palm oil.

Good enough for me 😀

[Belgian]

So small update on the sugar cane plantation. I went for a modular approach for ease of gameplay, storage and usability. By doing the plants modular I can swap these for other crops such as coconut, rubber or palm oil for other settings. Still need some more sugar cane plants, thinking of also adding some smaller plants. Also printed a bridge for this project today so expect some pictures of this piece too.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Looking good mate!

[carlos marighela]

I'm looking forward to the marijuana crop. 

[Freddy]

Swedish engineering at its finest. Probably a safety measure to avoid having any sharp edges. 

It came from Ikea, they just failed to assemble it properly My other guess is that it doubles as a handle to carry the gun by 2 people.

Anyways, I like the plantation terrain!