BoB British

[H.M.Stanley]

Gentlemen,

I appear to have picked up by mistake a bunch of very well painted Copplestone British. I was told that they were Italians. Oops! 

Inter-War is not my period so forgive a daft question. What are the figures suitable for? Palestine/NWF?

I could look it up but where's the fun in that and i've not posted on here for a while.

Many thanks

James

[David]

Show us a picture of them?

[thejammedgatling]

If they're Copplestone they should be good for everything from WW1 Palestine/ Gallipoli to late 1930's gaming. Not sure if any units still had uniforms/ rifles like this in WW2..possibly some units in places like East Africa/ China?

[H.M.Stanley]

Thanks chaps,

These are the guys in (blue) shirt sleeves with Officers from the Copplestone British Back of Beyond range (unsurprisingly)

I'm thinking the 3rd Anglo/Afghan War and the Waziristan 1919/1920 campaign

Cheers

James

[H.M.Stanley]

Ohh and using TS&TF rules although i'd need to have a think about the Lewis LMG

[H.M.Stanley]

So, i have 3 x Officers, 3 x Lewis guns and 22 Riflemen.

Enough for a CO, 2 x 10 Sections and a small Lewis unit with a couple of spares

I'll have to give some thought as to how to use the LMG (i think one is enough at this scale)

[H.M.Stanley]

I'm still not sure whether to post on here or Inter-war for this side project: 3rd Afghan War/Waziristan Campaign 1920

However, i think i've found an idea for a nice scenario ..

http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/road-kabul/heroes-villains

and a couple of photos

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=47158.0

[sukhe_bator]

Alternatively the conflict between the British and the Russians along the TransCaspian railway might be tempting...

The orbats are interesting
On the British side
19th Punjabis (3 Coys + MGs)
1 Coy 1/4th Hants
2 sqdns 28th Indian LC
a Btty 44th Royal Field Artillery

The Transcaspian forces amounted to
2 armoured trains (one improvised for combat, the other for logistical support)
1000 Armenians and Russians
4 field guns
4 SBMLs
several hundred Turkmen tribesmen

These faced the Tashkent Soviet's forces supplemented by substantial numbers of ex Austro-Hungarian POWs
with three armoured trains and access to the border arsenal at Kushkh.

I can recommend the Conflict Studies Research centre article by Michael Sargent, 'British Military Involvement in Transcaspia (1918-19) April 2004,
se2.isn.ch/serviceengine/Files/RESSpecNet/87659/.../04_apr.pdf
Also C H Ellis 'The British Intervention in Transcaspia 1918-19'
http://www.archive.org/details/britishintervent002569mbp

[H.M.Stanley]

That is a brilliant little scenario - thank you 

And i just so happen to know someone who has an armoured train and Reds .. 

[sukhe_bator]

And has notoriety in being the first time since the Crimean War that British troops fired upon Russians...

In 25mm I'm sure you could also use those awesome Siberian miniatures Basmachis as Turkomen. Kinda harder to achieve accurately in 15mm which is why I haven't started yet

I'd pictured it visually rather like a Spaghetti Western, or 'the 3.10 to Yuma' with sparse terrain, a few key buildings, some slit trenches and where even a gully or watercourse was a vital piece of terrain

One strange feature of the Transcaspian was Y shaped turning loops in the track for locomotives to change direction

A couple of links to sites with images of the Transcaspian Railway
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://images.nypl.org/index.php%3Fid%3D50886%26t%3Dw&imgrefurl=http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm%3Ftrg%3D1%26strucID%3D100445%26imageID%3D50886%26parent_id%3D100120%26word%3D%26snum%3D%26s%3D%26notword%3D%26d%3D%26c%3D%26f%3D%26k%3D0%26sScope%3D%26sLevel%3D%26sLabel%3D%26total%3D38%26num%3D0%26imgs%3D12%26pNum%3D%26pos%3D11%26print%3Dsmall&usg=__VyOPseQufyfGoWbY0Wn9ExsV4Gk=&h=579&w=760&sz=43&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&tbnid=o8kycJgxKHog8M:&tbnh=108&tbnw=142&ei=tpyHUL3hJoOn0QXSpoCgBA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbakharden%2Bstation%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/The_Station_of_Bahmi_on_the_Transcaspian_Railway.jpg/400px-The_Station_of_Bahmi_on_the_Transcaspian_Railway.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_stations_in_Turkmenistan&usg=__p5RSqVqq-YmusOk-JWgkgzSSSR4=&h=319&w=400&sz=24&hl=en&start=6&zoom=1&tbnid=37zObfRMpxlDhM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=124&ei=tpyHUL3hJoOn0QXSpoCgBA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbakharden%2Bstation%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1

[H.M.Stanley]

Thanks for that.

I'm going to try this using Iron Ivan's Price of Glory WW1 skirmish rules

[sukhe_bator]

saw this on another forum... a useful ref for you;
"Operations in Persia, by F J Moberly - Official history of the doings in Persia during WW1. Doesn't cover Dunsterforce in any great detail (apparently that's all in the Mesopotamia Campaign official whatnot), but does cover the East Persia Cordon, the Sykes Mission and the South Persia Rifles etc. I'm actually quite surprised at the depth of the background details. A ripping good read."

[H.M.Stanley]

saw this on another forum... a useful ref for you;
"Operations in Persia, by F J Moberly - Official history of the doings in Persia during WW1. Doesn't cover Dunsterforce in any great detail (apparently that's all in the Mesopotamia Campaign official whatnot), but does cover the East Persia Cordon, the Sykes Mission and the South Persia Rifles etc. I'm actually quite surprised at the depth of the background details. A ripping good read."

Top Banana! I'll check it out. Thanks

[sukhe_bator]

Any activity on pursuing this scenario yet?

[H.M.Stanley]

Only that my preferred rules for the period are now Setting the East Ablaze

Our regular gaming haunt has been nobbled and now we're gaming out of the Back of Beyond (or at least it feels like it) 

I'll have to see if Bolshy has recovered from his sabre-rattling injury