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Post by RedsandRoyals on Mar 31, 2023 7:00:48 GMT -5
That is going to be a serious battle, and even more epic if everything is painted as the units in the picture. How many points worth of stuff are in your Canadian I corps? That's about 360pts, including a few upgrades and such.
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Post by Walk on Apr 16, 2023 3:29:40 GMT -5
Its beautiful, so much armor. Looking forward to seeing the results and if you ever pull the full collection out I wouldnt mind marveling at it haha
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Post by RedsandRoyals on May 4, 2023 18:08:08 GMT -5
Gentlemen, I give you XXX Corps (in poor light and with some bonus pine needles). XXX Corps fought from 1941 until the end of the war, but is most famous for being responsible for the ground offensive portion of Market Garden. I've taken a few historical liberties with this particular sub collection, as most of these units either passed through the corps at one point or another, or were directly associated with it. - British 1st & 6th Airborne. They're the guys in the middle. The star-crossed 1st was effectively destroyed as a combat unit at Arnhem during Market Garden, while the 6th performed the British Airborne and Glider operations during D-Day. This is a Parachute company (rather than the slightly more heavily equipped glider company), supported by 81mm mortars, 6pdr AT guns, 17pdr AT guns, and 75mm pack howitzers. These last three usually arrived by glider, if they were deployed at all. Amusingly, the 6th Airborne actually had organic tanks. These were in the form of light Tetrarchs, which later were exchanged for Cromwells. Speaking of tanks...
- B Squadron, 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division (left). The 11th normally doesn't get a lot of mention in popular history, despite being arguably the best British tank division in NW Europe. Commanded by the extremely capable Pip Roberts, it was one of the few British divisions to see action during the Battle of the Bulge and the only division to transition to the Comet tank by the end of the war. The Comet was an evolution of the Cromwell, and the final "cruiser" tank design. Well armed and armored for a medium tank, this technically excellent design was rendered obsolete almost instantly by the arrival of Centurion (arguably the best tank ever produced). I've also included a smattering of Dingos as an attached recce element.
- A Squadron, 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 7th Armoured Division (right). Ah, yes, the famous Desert Rats. Before they effectively delivered a monogrammed invitation to Michael Wittman to kick their heads in at Villers-Bocage, the 7th spent most of it's war before that in the Western Desert and the Mediterranean. Initially well trained but under-equipped in 1940, the 7th would suffer badly at the hands a lack of combined armed tactics, poor command and control, and some questionable tank design choices for most of it's time in the desert. This set something of a worrying precedent for Villers-Bocage, and it took several months and the sacking of over 100 officers in the division before the division began turning in a good performance in late 1944 and early 1945. The 7th was the only armoured division equipped entirely with Cromwells as their main tank, but it also has several 95mm equipped variants in the HQ, and the ubiquitous Firefly. It's represented in it's July 1944 spec.
- B Squadron, Irish Guards, Guards Armoured Regiment (everything else). If you've seen A Bridge Too Far, you've seen the Irish Guards. They were the tip of the spear for XXX Corps' ground offensive along Hell's Highway for the first part of the fighting (eventually giving way to the Coldstreams). I've gone with their late '44, early '45 spec where there was a brief surplus of Fireflies (due more Challengers becoming available, and the 11th converting to Comets). It was enough to allow many squadrons to field two in a given platoon, rather than the usual one. They also have Sexton SPGs (built on the Ram chassis), Achillies TDs (American M10s regunned with 17pdrs), and some attendant Daimler and Dingo armoured cars from the division's SP Field Artillery, Tank Destroyer, and Recce regiment, respectively. This is one of my personal favorites, which is why I added so much stowage and the like to the tanks.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on May 4, 2023 18:09:19 GMT -5
The final piece, the NZ Corps, should be ready soon. I just need to do a bit of basing.
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Post by nutty on May 21, 2023 1:46:21 GMT -5
They look great! The only problem with historical wargaming is that you can't claim the local vegetation looks like giant pine needles without making a fool of yourself
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Post by treadiculous on Jun 1, 2023 16:48:18 GMT -5
now that is a lot of tanks!
I can see the appeal, plus the smaller scale means more units on the battlefield.
I can tell you enjoy researching the history too!
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Mar 13, 2024 15:45:35 GMT -5
Playing around with a lightbox I got for my local store.
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Post by judcottrell on Mar 31, 2024 12:37:26 GMT -5
Alway liked the Marauders!
Great job on them.
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Post by treadiculous on Apr 18, 2024 17:29:26 GMT -5
What happened in the battle?
Even just a quick summary will suffice!
Nice looking bombers - masters of the air?
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Apr 20, 2024 15:37:35 GMT -5
What happened in the battle? Even just a quick summary will suffice! Nice looking bombers - masters of the air? Oh, from last year? Set up took a while. We only got through two turns before we had to call it quit, but I was about to bisect his line and I was pushing forward in the city, while locking his center down with smoke bombardments. Here's my entire army.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Apr 20, 2024 15:41:29 GMT -5
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Post by nutty on Apr 22, 2024 1:56:44 GMT -5
excellent pictures
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Apr 27, 2024 8:53:40 GMT -5
Is this the same place as across the street from the most sus karaoke place ever?
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