Somua S-35s from 3rd Light Armoured division get in a
traffic snarl with French infantry and Renaults garrisoning a near by town. |
The lead S-35 in the previous picture, through the sights
of an 88 (see next frame)! Somuas are Heller, French infantry are
ESCI and FT-17s are Matchbox. The S-35 in the sight above has had
a track hit (mobility kill). |
A poor picture, but the hapless Somua can be seen in the
distance. The 88 is the remains of an ancient Airfix piece, the SDKFZ
231 8 rad to its left is a converted Airfix 8 wheeled armoured car.
Infantry are a combination of Airfix & Matchbox. |
Two Airfix Matilda IIs on the move. Neither is finished
as they were hurredly painted the night before the game. Tracks are
bare and the models have not been black washed yet. One of these
is Chris Burton's, purchased in the mid 70's sometime and only just opened
from the blister pack in time for this game... These and the Matilda Is
are from 7 RTR. |
A troop of Matilda Is. These are completely scratch
built from plastic card and use the idle, sprocket and tracks from Fujimi
Type 97 kits. They are not complete, having been hurredly rushed
into battle. Tracks are not finished or completely fitted, crew and
aerials are missing, black wash is noticeably absent and rear fenders,
tow cables and other details aren't complete. BTW, on their debut
game, these fellows did indeed make a mess of SS troops... |
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A screen of Matchbox and Fujimi Pak 35s attempt to stave
off the assault of the Matilda Is. |
Another group of S-35s, one of which is stuck in the river
(a successful roll to suppress by the opposing side on a tank crossing
the river with 2 dice caused the vehicle to be stuck). Lurking in
the distance can be seen the rear of a Matchbox 6 wheeled armoured car.
In a brilliant bit of platoon commanding, the platoon commander and another
French tank left these three fellows out of command an unable to move (see
the above S-35 pictures). |
On the other side of the hill from the stranded S-35s,
a German Heer infantry platoon has been pasted by mortar fire called from
the French bunker on the hill. A self propelled SiG 33 (scratch built
superstructure on Fujimi panzer I) has been brought up to pummel the bunker.
A group of Panzerjaeger Is (Fujimi and ESCI) can also be seen cautiously
coming up the side of the hill to try and take out the S-35s in the previous
shot. |
Durham Light Infantry and SS troops mix it up around a
train station/factory. All figures are Matchbox & Airfix |
A platoon of Fujimi Panzer 38(t) (with one ESCI 35(t)
stand in) moce down the down road. The stricken 8 wheeled armoured
car in the foreground (close assaulted by British infantry) is another
converted Airfix 8 wheeler. |
A view of the battlefield, from one end. |
And from the other end.... |
