Over 1,000 M10 tank destroyers were converted by the British by adding the deadly Ordnance QF 17 pounder anti-tank gun in place of the standard 3″ (76.2 mm) Gun M7. The British and Canadian forces now had another weapon to deal with the German heavy panzers. The standard infantry anti-tank gun was the 6 pdr –…
Joining the M1 81mm Mortar and .30 cal light machine gun as support weapons for the US Army is this new heavy machine gun team. The M2 .50 Cal is an automatic, belt-fed, recoil operated, air-cooled machine gun. Although it has a maximum range of 4.5 miles the .50 Cal was mostly effective within 1.2 miles when…
With our forthcoming plastic Bolt Action US Infantry almost here we thought it a good idea to start giving them all the support they’ll need to fight the Axis forces. This week sees us bring you three new support teams with this one being the .30 Cal light machine gun (the others being the .50…
Thrace was one of Macedonia’s traditional enemies, sitting as it did to the North of Macedon. As with many of Macedonia’s enemies they were conquered and their best troops duly pressed into Macedonian service. Peltasts owe much of their fighting style to that of the Thracian light infantry before them. Thracians were justly famous for their…
The title of Polemarch (roughly translated as ‘warlord’) became redundant around the time of the battle of Marathon. The duty of commanding an army was handed to the strategoi (literally ‘army leader’). In Athens we know that 10 strategoi were appointed by vote every spring – whether this practice was followed by other states is…
‘To begin with the armament of the infantry is assigned to three types if we make the most basic distinction. These three types are on the basis of their equipment: the hoplite, the light-armed and the peltasts. … The Peltasts are more lightly armed that the hoplites, their shield is both smaller and lighter than…
The Lakedaimonians used Helot slaves at Thermopylae and Plataea, although we do not know how they were equipped to fight, we do know that they were dressed in the standard way for shepherds. Later evidence shows that they were used to harass the enemy with stones and javelins, with only an animal skin covering one…
By Vince Rospond The Russian army of the Middle and Late Napoleonic period (1808 – 1815) was based on a dark green jacket with white trousers. The exact nature of dark green is always a matter of debate. If you look at Knötel, the best way to describe it would seem to be olive green. …
Neil at Troop of Shewe has been burning the midnight oil to get a load of our vehicles painted in time for the photo shoots on the forthcoming Bolt Action rules we’re releasing in conjunction with Osprey Publishing later this year. Here is a look at some of his stunning work on our German armour…
The latest new vehicle for our Bolt Action range is the LVT-4 Buffalo. We’ve wanted one of these for ages! The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) a small amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Army during World War II. Although conceived to ferry supplies from ship to shore, the LVTs…
Andy Hobday