I decided my next Axis and Allies aircraft pimping project would be Italian aircraft to support my desert forces. I had choses this aircraft, as it covers the entire war. The came…
Tag: WWII
FOW – Gallabat-Metemma Campaign, Part 3.
This post reports the third game of our Gallabat-Metemma mini-campaign. Our first game recreated the historical attack by the British and Indian troops of the 10th Indian Infantry Brigade to recapture the…
FOW: Gallabat-Metemma Campaign Part
Issues 433 and 434 of Wargames Illustrated magazine ran two articles titled, “The Battle of Gallabat” and “The Attack on Fort Gallabat.” The articles provide background, orders of battle, a map of the operational…
FOW – WWII Early War Norwegian Army
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…
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….