Well the French Army was actually quite good, good equipment, excellent armour and interesting units to paint. The problem was that they were designed to win the previous war. The tanks were slow and the tactics were defensive and static. They were totally unprepared for Blitzkreig, everybody was totally unprepared for Blitzkreig,
Also Matt has a large early war German army so I have somebody to fight. So hold tight there are a lot of them
The whole army, 2 and a bit platoons of infantry, 7 tanks and armoured cars plus enough support
1st up couple of Hotchkiss MMGs, been trying for ages to find a use for the piece of concrete
Both warlord figs
Next up 2 medium mortars. The regular one is Warlord but the Senegalese one is a conversion from a VBCW one. The mortar is hand made and the figures are Border Reiver British with head conversions, Crusader figures come with spare heads, which is nice.
Warlord Games 25mm Light AT gun
Warlord 75mm artillery piece. Varnish still curing so a little shiny but I am very impatient
Boyes AT rifle. These used to be firemen in VBCW and I just painted the uniform the correct colours
Random officer types
Regular Infantry Platoon.
French infantry sections are 12 men strong with an LMG and a grenade launcher rifle that acts as a light mortar or a rifle. Figures are mainly Warlord with a few Crusader minis. SMGs were incredibly rare in the French infantry and there is only 1 in the whole army
Next up the armour
Panhard 178 with light AT gun and MMG - Warlord
Somua S35 tank with 47mm AT and MMG - Blitzkreig
I do like the camo
2 relic FT17 tanks. Whilst the French had 400 of these they knew they were colostomy and they only fought right at the very end. They are only armed with MMG and have been repurposed from the VBCW collection. Think rubbish, slow moving AC
Finally Char 1 Bis platoon - Italieri boxed set
These are both great and rubbish. Slow, very well armoured with 47mm AT and 75mm howitzer, Think cross between a Matilda and a Lee
Overall it's an interesting army and will fight differently to my other forces. Off to play Matt at ther Battle of Hereford on Sunday, was supposed to be Saturday but England are still over in Japan and have to play some colonial types on Saturday.
So many different colours and units, a nicely created force.
ReplyDeleteCheers, they were fun to paint
DeleteI really like the camouflage on the tanks, great stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks, nice to paint
DeleteMy goodness you don't hang around!
ReplyDeleteI have form as a splash and dash merchant. They were great to paint though. Crusader figs are fab
DeleteVery noice Frenchies, Martin! Have you considered trying Chain of Command instead of Bolt Action? They've recently released a Blitzkrieg supplement and campaign(s).
ReplyDeleteCheers. No never played it. Will have a recce
DeleteTake a look on YouTube for the "Too fat Lardies" channel - they've been playing through their "Taking the Gembloux Gap" campaign - French vs Germans in 1940
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DeleteNice toys, go the AB's.... 8-)
ReplyDeleteta, go indeed
DeleteWhat a great looking army sir!
ReplyDeletethank you
DeleteThey look great one of my favorite armies (mine is 15mm)
ReplyDeleteCheers, they are a fab looking army aren't they. They suit my battle style of finding the best ground and holding.
DeleteI like the fact that everyone expects you to play defensive... then they get suprised when the nible recon units sweep their flanks and that excellent armor starts slowly but surely grinding its way through though the frount line :)
DeleteShort on recon but do fancy some motorbike sections
DeleteLiterally. Will get more
DeleteBrilliant work Martin. That's a hell of a lot of work! Love the beige tank!
ReplyDeleteta, beige really is the best camo:)
DeleteLooking good we’ll plan that early War game soon🙂
ReplyDeletecheers, cool. I like the idea of 3 linked battles. Thinking border crossing at start and railhead at the end. middle needs to be suitable for a tank battle
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