bolt action Fighting French Flying Column . 2015 (WIP)

[lou passejaire]

it's my 2015 plan :

Fighting French Flying Column 1497 pts

platoon armored cars ( veteran, Recce, 7+ damage value) 403 pts
3 Marmon Herrington Mk III

1 with turret mounted 20mm solothurn, coaxial MMG, pintel LMG 111
command vehicle 025
Armoured Company Commander +2 (2 Radio Networks) 015
1 with turret mounted french 25mm AT gun, coaxial MMG, pintel LMG 141
1 with turret mounted Boys AT rifle, , coaxial MMG, pintel LMG 111


Section morrocan spahis portés ( veteran ) 161 pts
NCO with SMG , 1 VB launcher, 1 LMG team, 1 SMG, 1 rifle
 124
1 morris 15CWT 037
Section morrocan spahis portés ( veteran ) 158 pts
NCO with SMG , 1 VB launcher, 1 LMG team, 2 rifle
 121
1 morris 15CWT 037


Conus Gun( veteran, open topped ,light howitzer, 7+ damage value ) 276 pts
1 Ford or Morris 30cwt with 75mm gun, pintel LMG 138
1 Ford or Morris 30cwt with 75mm gun, pintel LMG 138


platoon Crusaders ( veteran Turret-Mk2 :mounted light anti-tank gun; Mk3 mounted medium anti-tank gun; Co-axial MMG, 8+ damage value )499 pts
1 Crusader Mk 3 174
Command Vehicle 025
Armoured Platoon Commander +1 (1 Radio Networks) 005
1 Crusader Mk 2 150
1 Crusader Mk 2 150


You can :

replace the command marmon herrington with a Turretless Marmon Herrington: Panzerbuchse 41, pintel LMG; Recce, Open-topped, 7+ damage value for -1 pt
replace the command marmon herrington with a Daimler Mk 1 ( veteran, turret-mounted 2-pdr light anti-tank gun with co-axial MMG, 7+ damage value )
replace the Crusader Mk3 by a Sherman 1 ( veteran , turret-mounted medium anti-tank gun with co-axial MMG and forward-facing hull-mounted MMG , 9+ damage value )

Modelling :
TBA Marmon Herrington Mk3 from Die Waffenkammer ( previously Chieftain   ) due to release in december
Morris 15CWT from Perry Miniatures ( release late november )
Spahis : Perry French Foreign Legion in helmet
Crusaders : Blitzkrieg Miniatures
Conus Guns : Morris CS9 Warlord , 75mm Perry French Foreign Legion gun, a lot of cutting, drilling, sanding and plasticard  
spahis red sidecaps heads : woodbine design ( for the truck drivers and AM crew )

I have buy the spahis , the guns and ordered the CS9 and the crusaders .

[FramFramson]

Vas y les Français!

[Poiter50]

Loved your Narvik work, even more excited with this one! 

[lou passejaire]

still waiting for the minis, so ... some info about the Fighting French Flying Column :

Created in august 1942 , with a Morrocan Spahis armoured cars squadron, a Morrocan Spahis Conus Gun Squadron, and 1st Tank company,

locations :
august to october 1942 : Qattara depression
october to november 1942 : El Alamein battle, with the 13th DBLE ( French Foreign Legion ) at EI Himeimat
december 1942 to January 1943 : recce element of the 4th Indian infantry division
January 1943 to the end of the tunisian campaign : south tunisia-medenine, then part of the Leclerc forces ...

[former user]

that's an exciting plan, good luck with that!

[Helen]

Lovely work in preparation.

I do have an old FOA Bedford MWD 15 cwt which I'm planning to use for my French collection.

All the best,

Helen

[lou passejaire]

thanks all .
as a side effect, i'll have to build 2 40mm bofors manned by fusiliers marins

[former user]

here again, heads with Woodbine.

this is a small army. I never noticed when You finished the Norway project. Was there a group shot?

[lou passejaire]

i have not finished the norway project , i'm waiting for mad Bob renault UE to print decals ( licence plates, and so ) , do some weathering, and finish the project ...
i have based , then re based the guns to have some removable artillery men ...
( and still have the huns half painted ... the sailors quite painted, the gebirgs and artillery primed ) .

[former user]

will You be gaming them?

[lou passejaire]

i have a problem, there are no historical gamers in my area 

[former user]

 

well, I already proposed organizing something for CRISIS

[lou passejaire]

i'm in south west france, that's not quite easy to move 

[former user]

I understand that
CRISIS is a show where many from Europe come together

I am not familiar with the french hobby community. where are french shows?

Anyway, the only axis I game would be Vichy, we have different collection strategies. But I am sure there would be enough people who would love a fight aginst the french flying column or the legion in Norway for a change.

[lou passejaire]

got my Blitzkrieg miniatures crusader platoon ...

nice models .
just a little problem, there are no antenna fitting on the crusader Mk2 turret ...
( and no AA bren gun fitting too )

primed :