We have run early war Flames of War scenarios for a long time. Every so often, we turn to the Norway campaign. So many of the fights require some Norwegians forces in…
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FOW – WWI US Cavalry.
With the completion of the ground pounders, I decided I wanted a unit of cavalry to go with my force. This would be I support of more mobile breakthrough and exploitation fights…
FOW – WWI US Marines Support Weapons.
I got all my Marine Infantry out of the way, so I needed some support weapons. Some Machine guns and AT guns were a no brainer and I figured I should have…
FOW – WWI US Marines Infantry.
I somewhat recently went to the US Marine Museum in Quantico Virginia. I got a chance to take my time going through the WWI section (along with all the other sections). It…
FOW – Nehring’s Roving Kessel
Our game was inspired by a scenario written by Charles Grant which was published in Military Modeling magazine almost forty years ago, and which was created long before then. The scenario was…
(Not) Lend Lease Armor Project, M-3 Halftracks.
I finally arrived at the last of the Americans (but not the last of my project vehicles). I finished up everything but the M-3 Halftracks. The reason I saved these for last…
FOW – Operation Epsom, June 1944
For our final game set in Normandy, we dusted off a scenario that we created over ten years ago (how time flies!). None of our new guys had ever played it, so…
(Not) Lend Lease Armor Project, Ordinance.
Next on the list was various AA, AT and artillery units in the collection. I had finished up the crew and bases for some 3″ guns, but did not have any guns!…
(Not) Lend Lease Armor Project – M18 Hellcats
Next on the list was my favorite US vehicle, the M-18 Hellcat. Since I like them so much, I have a company worth of vehicles. I added the decals. The M-18 tank…
(Not) Lend Lease Armor Project – M10/36s, M8s and M20s.
All my Shermans were knocked out, so my Tank Destroyers and armored car escorts were next. I added the decals. Once they dried, I added stowage to a number of the vehicles….