More Perry WW2

[fred]

How did I miss these! 

The jeep and 25pdr and the FFL and and and...   

My poor wallet. 

Desert War in 28mm was only going to be a side project. Just a box of 8th Army plastics for me, and a couple of support weapons.

Strangely a box of DAK plastics arrived the other day.

Now there is more temptation.

[former user]

helmeted blisters are on the perry web site !

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php?cPath=23_74_84

4 packs with british helmet (two officers in the command pack have adrian 1926 helmet !)

What I can recognize is that the actually have french webbing and kit, rifles and cheche? so only british helmets?

and also, may I askplease about the difference between these two outfits?



I recognize the webbing, but I am not sure about the clothes

[NurgleHH]

Thank you, this will help me.

[lou passejaire]

What I can recognize is that the actually have french webbing and kit, rifles and cheche? so only british helmets?

and also, may I askplease about the difference between these two outfits?



I recognize the webbing, but I am not sure about the clothes

i think that the picture of the first legionnaire show a summer uniform ,  with rolled up legs and rolled up sleeves .
but i'm not sure  

[pacofeanor]

the first one , wears french 1935 shirt and british short with french equipments weapon and shoes (1917).

the second ...more diffcicult ....british webbing, perhaps french short (shorter without big lapels ) with french 1941 shoes and british sten . but it is too far to be sure !!

both have british webbing gaiters .

best regards
paco

[Arthur]

the toppees are italian huh?

anyway - I probably missed it, but did anyone post comparison pics of the Perry desert war minis together with Crusader WW2 range?

India pattern Wolseley helmets actually, according to the Perry FB page.

I've seen comparison pics somewhere, probably here on the LAF, but I don't have the links at hand. Expect the Crusader figures to be taller and much chunkier and beefier than the Perry offerings, though.

[former user]

Expect the Crusader figures to be taller and much chunkier and beefier than the Perry offerings, though.

thank You very much, I will see it then

the first one , wears french 1935 shirt and british short with french equipments weapon and shoes (1917).

the second ...more diffcicult ....british webbing, perhaps french short (shorter without big lapels ) with french 1941 shoes and british sten . but it is too far to be sure !!

merci! - so I understand shorts with turnover are british?

[pacofeanor]

yes they are for sure!!

best regards
paco

[carlos marighela]

They were called Bombay bloomers. They were shorts that could be buttoned down to form trousers as a gas protection.

[former user]

why are they seen so rarely on pictures? were they buttoned from the inside originally?

ah well, maybe I simply don't recognize them...

[Atheling]

I take it that you guys have seen these?

[lou passejaire]

yes, as said by Pacofeanor on sunday .

but they will be more useful for other free french than for foreign legion .
there are few evidence of FFL with british helmet at Bir Hakeim, and later, they have even british weapons as a lot has been lost in Bir Hakeim .

but very useful minis for 1st Bataillon d'infanterie de marine in erytrea, western desert Operation Compass, and Syria  .
.

[Arthur]

True.

I'd love to see Free French in sun helmets to do the 13th DBLE in Erytrea but I don't know if the twins intend to do some (there are a couple of figures with green stuff colonial helmets in the background of one of the pics above, but it's hard to tell what they are exactly).

I'm also interested if anyone has period pics of the 3rd bataillon de marche in 1941 and the type of headgear they wore in the field : I googled the unit but failed to come up with anything.   

[former user]

I'm also interested if anyone has period pics of the 3rd bataillon de marche in 1941 and the type of headgear they wore in the field

were these the ones with a lot of colonial units in it?

http://www.1dfl.fr/decouvrez-ses-unites/bataillon-de-marche-n-3/

[former user]

like these?