Decorated World War II veteran Paul Andert, consultant on the imminent Hollywood movie ‘Fury’, shares some genuine stories about the realities of war. With the forthcoming release of our ‘Armoured Fury’ Tank War Starter Set later this month, and with the October release of the movie ‘Fury’ – which chronicles the experiences of a US…
This week, we have discovered an imposter! A scout has infiltrated the Warlord warehouse – long-time friend of Warlord, Dave Warrilow has arrived armed with a troop of T-34s. The fate of Warlord hangs in the balance, and our man Bernard Lewis and his Germans are our final line of defence… Dave’s forces – Za Ookraeena!…
Following his original collection of US Marines earlier this year, our Richard Dando has been quietly beavering away trying to incorporate as many weird and wonderful components into the army as possible – to the point where the Mail Order team are now offering challenges… ”How could you incorporate this model in the army?”. One…
The latest addition to our fast-growing range of plastic 1:56 scale Bolt Action vehicles is this eagerly awaited Panzer IV medium tank! Whilst the propaganda headlines may well have gone to the big cats such as the Panther and the Tiger, the Panzer IV was the backbone of German armoured capability throughout the war. View…
Defend your Soviet forces against the Luftwaffe with this Halftrack-mounted anti-aircraft gun. One of the main shortfalls in the Soviet arsenal was an armoured anti-aircraft vehicle to protect Red Army armoured formations from the attentions of the Luftwaffe. To alleviate this weakness in the face of Hitler’s air force the lend lease agreement allowed Soviet…
The Panzer II Ausf. L Luchs (German for Lynx) was a heavily modified version of the Panzer II, with better armour, speed and range, making it a fantastic armoured scout vehicle. The Ausf. L Luchs was the final development of the Panzer II series of light tanks. Developed for light reconnaissance duties, the Luchs was produced during…
A rugged new transport vehicle for Soviet armies – the ZIS 6 Truck: The ZIS-6 was a general purpose army cargo truck, a three-axle version of the ZIS-5 two-axle truck. It was built from 1933 until October 1941 at the Moscow Zavod imeni Stalina factory. View in Store
The Bolt Action Armies of Italy and the Axis book contains a lot of army lists besides the Italians, and we know that a lot of players enjoy collecting something a little more unusual. We have a great range of Finnish troops, but what if you want to collect one of the other minor Axis…
With further games under our collective belts and the slew of recently released units, we felt it time to release a fresh update for Bolt Action to address some rules queries raised by the community, and to provide rules for all of those shiny newly released vehicles that you’ve all been buying! download pdf download…
Following their initial victory last week, Bernard Lewis’ German panzers rumbled onward – this week they happened upon a new foe. How would they fare as they clashed with the lend-lease Shermans of Dave ‘Boycie’ Lawrence’s Free French forces? Build-Up to the Battle After the first tank war campaign game, Bernard’s Sd.Kfz 222 command vehicle…
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