Utgaard's WW2 projects - 28mm Arab Legion for Operation Exporter

[Utgaard]

Good advice, thank you.

I have adjusted the list and added an additional explanation to the support options.

It´s just a team called "Mortar Squads" in official documents - same goes for the "Mortar Squad" of the US Armored, nothing more but a team but called squad too.

[Utgaard]

Another of our army lists that I researched for our games in Tunisia 42/43 and Sicily 43, in this case for a platoon of the US Armoured Rifle Infantry.

It can be used for starting with the Landings in Marocco, over to Tunisia and of course Sicily. It ends with the year 1943.

I have based this CoC Army List for a Rifle Platoon of the Armoured Divisions on original sources like the ToE T/O 7-27 and documents like FM 17 - 71 which describe how an Armoured platoon acts in battle.

For more details, to download the list itself and information on the used sources please have a look on my Blog:
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2025/02/us-armoured-coc-army-list-for.html


Suggestions, comments and corrections are always welcome of course.

[Utgaard]

The last list, for the time being, for Italians in North Africa, Sicily and Italy from 1942 to the end of 1943 - for motorised Bersaglieri platoons and those mounted on motorbikes.

I must confess that the research on the Bersaglieri was the most exhausting and contradictory so far for our CoC army lists.
So many reorganisations, some of which were only ordered but never implemented, requests for changes from the divisions based on their combat experience, which were usually, but not always, granted, and so on.
Or as my mate Max said so aptly when I held him up-to-date during the research: In principle, one needs to draw up a separate list for each month and each division 😅

The list is available for download on my blog, where you can also find background information on the research:
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2025/03/italian-bersaglieri-platoons-coc-army.html

[Utgaard]

Over the last few months, Max and me have also been using our CoC games to create our own scenario and improve/adapt it over time.

It is ultimately a mix of ingredients from different systems - for example, elements from the ‘Battle for the Tower’ scenario from Warmaster, the Reconnaissance Phase from Battlegroup, etc.
And we also wanted to integrate a kind of ‘ticking clock’ that forces one side to keep an eye on the time.

So here it is, comments and as usual remarks are always welcome of course, feel free to comment down below or on my Blog!
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2025/04/home-grown-scenario-for-chain-ov.html

[jon_1066]

My main comment is there is no such thing as a round in CoC.  Do you mean turn or phase?

[Utgaard]

Of course I meant Turn and not round - thanks for the note, I corrected it immediately!

[BeneathALeadMountain]

Thank you for the Tunisia lists - saved me a lot of faffing around.

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[Utgaard]

After a long break in the 28mm scale, I now had the opportunity to paint a few figures for it again.
At the end of last year, a mate and me decided to start a project for a participation game that we want to present at various cons.

As setting we decided on ‘Operation Exporter’, more precisely the fighting around Palmyra.
For the rules, we will use ‘What A Cowboy’ , which we are still adapting to our chosen setting.

While my mate will paint the French Light Desert Company (part of the legion etrangere), I took on the part of the Arab Legion.

And here is my completed squad of the Arab Legion - for WaC the figures represent 1 Lieutenant (Gunslinger), 1 Sergeant (Shootist), 2 Corporals (Greenhorn), 2 groups of normal soldiers (Henchmen) and 1 special group of soldiers (also Henchmen but with special rules) equipped with a Lewis LMG.

This squad can of course also lay the foundation for a complete platoon for Chain of Command.

The Lewis LMG team are irregular Arabs from Artizan, the rest is from Woodbine from their WW1 Ottoman range.

Many more pics can be found on my Blog as usual:
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2025/04/28mm-projects-arab-legion-for-battle-of.html

[blacksoilbill]

This is great. Exporter is a fascinating campaign: I've got a paused project in 15mm for CoC. From memory, some of my inspiration is from Exporter games you've done in the past?

Your Arab legion are looking very good.

[Basementboy]

The Arab Legion look great! Nice to see one of the lesser-known fronts of the war represented.

[CapnJim]

Mice job on them Arab fellers.  They look the business...

[Utgaard]

Thank you guys, really appreciate that