French foreign legion, Norway 1940 Gorgon miniatures

[pacofeanor]

paco, have you given a look to battle honors french alpine infantry?

I'v given a look and they can't fit well for Narvik , they would be better for WWI !!  "chasseurs fought on two front , Narvik (with special mountain uniforms, not those on redoubt minis!) and France in june (with the universal french coat and helmets , not the dress on  redoubt minis  again .......)

but i'm looking at the redoubt motorised infantry for another "army " as they don't exist anywhere else (warlord if you read me ......) !!

best regards
paco

[lou passejaire]

About 2500 sailors from sunken German ships (“Marine-Battalion Erdmenger”) A.K.A ”die Gebirgsmarine”) This included the surviving crewmembers of “U64”, who later adapted the “Edelweiss” as their symbol of their next U-boat.

arghhh can't found many pics

A rare shot of a German kriegsmarine soldier in a Norwegian uniform. Photo is taken in Narvik. The reason for this was that the survivours from the sunken Zerstoerers captured the depot at Elvegaardsmoen with Norwegian uniforms and used them in lack of German uniforms.  Several of these "Gebirgsmarine" soldiers where later executed by Polish and French soldiers. I know that German u-boatcrew sometimes used british battle tunics instead of german tunics, but this is the only time I have heard that land forces used the enemy's uniform.

[former user]

so, ships sink ans survivors probably can't save much eqipment besides what they are wearing, so what could be more logical than to use whatever was at hand - the norwegian stuff was probably even better suited for the cold weather...

and besides, if You cut off the badges, a uniform is basically a uniform...


but wait! this means that with some spare heads of german sailors, we can convert Blitzkrieg Norwegians to some very special units....

[Atheling]

This topic is becoming very, very interesting I must say 

Darrell.

[pacofeanor]

waoooouuuuu ! beautifull pictures of mixed fallschirmjagers/ gebirgsjegers / kriegsmarine sailors !!  i like the second and fourth ones (i had  the others)  that have been taken on the battle field, combat equipments,  beardy soldiers, dirty uniforms etc .......very interesting !!

best regards
paco

[lou passejaire]

yep, i 'm thinking of a mixed unit , even using some brigade games uboat crew 

[Atheling]

yep, i 'm thinking of a mixed unit , even using some brigade games uboat crew  

A great idea!

waoooouuuuu ! beautifull pictures of mixed fallschirmjagers/ gebirgsjegers / kriegsmarine sailors !!  i like the second and fourth ones (i had  the others)  that have been taken on the battle field, combat equipments,  beardy soldiers, dirty uniforms etc .......very interesting !!

Are you thinking of adding some beards to some of the models Paco?

Darrell.

[former user]

unshaven, yes, gritty
but for the groomed beards: the Gebirgsjäger were the only ones allowed to wear beards in the wehrmacht.

Brigade games/Artizan U-boot crew are made by the same sculptor

[Atheling]

unshaven, yes, gritty
but for the groomed beards: the Gebirgsjäger were the only ones allowed to wear beards in the wehrmacht.

Brigade games/Artizan U-boot crew are made by the same sculptor

He's right you know! They would fit together so well- three cheers for good old Mike Owen!!

Darrell.

[Poiter50]

Those figures are sitting on my painting table to be used in a CoC scenario from a TFL Special.

yep, i 'm thinking of a mixed unit , even using some brigade games uboat crew 

[lou passejaire]

just 2 questions ...

i'm planning to build some landing crafts for the FFL and 342cacc Hotchkiss H39 tanks .

they were royal navy one .

any idea of a suitable sailor ? (2 figs crew / landing craft )

any idea of suitable german mountain artillery too ?

[Atheling]

just 2 questions ...

i'm planning to build some landing crafts for the FFL and 342cacc Hotchkiss H39 tanks .

they were royal navy one .

any idea of a suitable sailor ? (2 figs crew / landing craft )

any idea of suitable german mountain artillery too ?

Have you got a pic of the landing craft Paco? Just out of interest.... I wonder what type they used that early on in the war?

Darrell.

[former user]

these


probably operated by Royal Navy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCM_1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Landing_Craft

[Atheling]

these


probably operated by Royal Navy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCM_1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Landing_Craft

Interesting.... really! My Grandad was in the Navy and involved in the buggered up landings in Norway. I know he involved at Dunkirk (not sure in what capacity- he talked at length about how surreal it was to have tracer rounds just missing the boat and his head!) and was a bosun (I think that's the term) on a landing craft at Normandy too.

I wonder if he were alive now if it would bring memories flooding back(?).

Darrell.

[lou passejaire]

3 types of landing crafts were used in Norway
5MLC ( the first pic in former user answer )
1LCM mk1 ( the left one in the second pic )
4 LCA


2 of the MLC and the LCM were used for the landing of 3 Hotchkiss H39 of the 342 CACC , followed by an initial force of around 120 legionnaries of the 13th DBMLE in the 4 LCA ... on the beach of Bjerkvik

and yes, they were Royal Navy ones  , and it was succesfull ...