More Perry WW2 French

[Arthur]

The first of the so-called Vichy French, which really are regular French infantry in tropical kit :

[Helen]

Thanks Arthur. I ordered these along side their Senegalese troops.

[grant]

They look great!

[lou passejaire]

Command, LMG/VB, MMG and Mortar are on the way, and a french 75mm Gun .
and some tank commanders for the forthcoming Blietzkrieg miniatures R35 ...

[Arthur]

Here's hoping Michael does variants in tropical helmets I can use for the Eritrean campaign FFL.

[lou passejaire]

some were seen in Damascus Syria too :

[Helen]

Lou, I suspect the colour of the UE would still be green?

[lou passejaire]

seem's from what i collected, that all the CEFS stuff who was used in Syria was Olive Green , except the H39 who were in the dual tone green camo ( the H39 had 4 successive camo schemes and if you know the registration number of the tank, you know the camo ) .

The Renault UE , 25mm, 75mm and Unic P107 were Olive Green . with a lot of dust 

From what i have seen, most of the trucks ( bedford but alos US civilian ones ) who carried the french troops were green too

[Helen]

Thanks Lou very much.

By the way, I received my parcel from John with the French trucks, Tanakes and MH MKIII A/C.

[Arthur]

some were seen in Damascus Syria too

That makes sense since the first Division Française Libre which campaigned in Syria was mostly composed of units fresh from the Eritrean campaign. If Michael doesn't do variants in tropical helmets, I may use the Wolseley pack and do conversions by lopping off the Adrian helmets : it's a bit fastidious, but doable.

Captain Volvey's tank company of H39's was in dark olive during the Syrian campaign. Can't quite see the dual tone on the pic below but the colour certainly is a dark one :  

[lou passejaire]

the dual tone "vert resesda-vert foncé" is given in Minitracks n°9

it's impossible to see the dual tone on the pics, and on the INA movie "avance en syrie avec les français libres"




but we know the registration Number of the 15 H39 send to Norway , and the factory color scheme of this range of registration Number

[winder]

would I be right in thinking these guys would work for the Franco-Thai war as well? Lovely figures.

[lou passejaire]

Franco Thai war, yes, but with colonial sun helmet ...

[winder]

Thankyou lou! What book did that picture come from if you don't mind me asking?

[lou passejaire]

the old Funcken "arms and uniforms- the second world war" part 1 ...