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Author Topic: Free French 1940-1943 WIP New vehicles received today  (Read 19050 times)

Offline lou passejaire

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2015, 09:15:31 AM »
Coming soon ( i will receive the parcell next week ) 3 Marmon Herrington Mk3 for the 1st Moroccan Spahis Régiment

and a Chevy 30cwt for the Leclerc Forces in tchad .

And "la revanche" 5cm Pack38 AT gun portee on a CMP Ford , used by the 1st Tank Company .

( but for this one , i have to order a pack38  :D )

Dans les situations critiques, quand on parle avec un calibre bien en pogne, personne ne conteste plus. Y'a des statistiques là-dessus.

Offline lou passejaire

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2015, 06:25:34 PM »
working on some crew for the Laffly ... I hate plastic but have to say that it's easier for this kind of job .

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2015, 10:56:46 PM »
Lou,

your force is a really nice one that IMHO is too neglected by too many wargamers. I am curious though about the presence of a Lorraine Chennillette in Syria; can you point me to the source material(s) on this? I am only aware of the use of these tractors in metropolitan Europe and captured examples used by the D.A.K. as SP howitzer mounts (but not as supply tractors or APCs)....
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Offline lou passejaire

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #18 on: May 19, 2015, 06:07:06 AM »
helen has posted some pics , sometimes ago, i'll try to find it  ;)

Offline lou passejaire

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #19 on: May 19, 2015, 06:27:58 AM »
it was on the WWPD :

BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1941-08-11.
in the background , it's a Lorraine 37 .

Each tank platoon has a supply tractor , mostly Lorraine, even overseas

When the 342th tank company came back from Narvik , they came to GB with 12 H39 tanks, 4 Lorraine 37 supply tractor, and 2 SOMUA MCG 5 recovery . After june 1940, they became the 1st free french tank company , and kept the vehicles . (few pictorial evidences ) . And used them in Gabon and Syria ( from the records of veterans ).
There is a pic of one of the Somua in Gabon too  ;)



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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #20 on: May 19, 2015, 08:14:22 AM »
it was on the WWPD :

BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1941-08-11.
in the background , it's a Lorraine 37 .

Each tank platoon has a supply tractor , mostly Lorraine, even overseas

When the 342th tank company came back from Narvik , they came to GB with 12 H39 tanks, 4 Lorraine 37 supply tractor, and 2 SOMUA MCG 5 recovery . After june 1940, they became the 1st free french tank company , and kept the vehicles . (few pictorial evidences ) . And used them in Gabon and Syria ( from the records of veterans ).
There is a pic of one of the Somua in Gabon too  ;)




Whoa! I knew about the Chars legere Hotchkiss H38/39s, but not that the company came with 4 Lorraine 37s nor the MCG5s! And clearly they "acquired" at least one Renault UE... OK, are there any reliable sources describing the camouflage paint schemes the FFL used on their tracteurs? You've given me an excuse to add a Lorraine 37 and another UE or two to my collection in something other than a monotone vert armee... :D

Offline lou passejaire

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #21 on: May 19, 2015, 01:53:53 PM »
no, the renault UE were either Vichy captured ones or 13th DBLE foreign legion ones ( they were too in Narvik and came back to GB with the 9 renault UE . the only ones lost in Norway were those of the Chasseurs Alpins in Namsos ) .
the renault UE finished their service in Syria .

They all kept the french camo full olive green for the UE, the camo scheme used on my Lorraine was used on at least 1 supply carrier in Norway .

It's quite difficult to have reliable description of the free french stuff ...
we have few pictorial evidence, and the few veteran died .
there is something about the TRC Lorraine 37 in Minitracks New serie number 5 and from the same editor a "Focus on Renault UE" : http://www.minitracks.fr/index.htm ;)


Offline Arthur

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #22 on: May 20, 2015, 12:02:52 AM »
Make of that what you will, but Michael Perry was interviewed in the latest Bolt Action podcast and stated his interest in the Syria campaign against Vichy forces, hinting he might do some figures at some point in the future.

Here's the link to the podcast, the juicy bit being approximately at 01:21:05 :

http://www.boltaction.net/2015/05/ghost-army-podcast-episode-7.html?m=1

Here's hoping he'll do Senegalese tirailleurs, which nobody covers at the moment to the best of my knowledge.  

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #23 on: May 20, 2015, 03:27:30 AM »
Make of that what you will, but Michael Perry was interviewed in the latest Bolt Action podcast and stated his interest in the Syria campaign against Vichy forces, hinting he might do some figures at some point in the future.

Here's the link to the podcast, the juicy bit being approximately at 01:21:05 :

http://www.boltaction.net/2015/05/ghost-army-podcast-episode-7.html?m=1

Here's hoping he'll do Senegalese tirailleurs, which nobody covers at the moment to the best of my knowledge.  

*Cough*





Offline lou passejaire

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #24 on: May 20, 2015, 06:45:56 AM »



no comment  :D

Offline lou passejaire

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #25 on: May 20, 2015, 06:59:59 AM »
i have discussed of senegaleses before the Chunuk Bair diorama operation ...
they are on the "to do" list for the Perry's .

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #26 on: May 20, 2015, 08:05:41 AM »
i have discussed of senegaleses before the Chunuk Bair diorama operation ...
they are on the "to do" list for the Perry's .


And there was much rejoicing and celebration throughout the land! :D

Offline lou passejaire

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2015, 10:06:30 AM »
I received my Mad Bob kickstarter renault UE this morning, stunning little stuff  ;D

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #28 on: May 20, 2015, 12:55:09 PM »
*Cough*

Let me rephrase my statement, m'lud : to the best of my knowledge, no one does Senegalese in proper tropical uniforms for the 1940/1941 campaigns in Africa and the middle East.

The defense rests, Your Honour.   

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Re: Free French army, 1940-1943 WIP
« Reply #29 on: May 20, 2015, 11:01:40 PM »
Let me rephrase my statement, m'lud : to the best of my knowledge, no one does Senegalese in proper tropical uniforms for the 1940/1941 campaigns in Africa and the middle East.

The defense rests, Your Honour.   


I thought Artizan Designs had done 28mm Tirailleurs Senegalaise in tropical kit once upon a time, but it looks like they instead released Goumiers to accompany their Legion Etranger... funny thing that, as it was something like near on ten years ago that I exchanged e-mails with Artizan about releasing their Tirailleurs Senegalaise (and why it would be a good idea...)... :?


 

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