Learn how to become a top marksman with our quick guide…! Know your rifle The rifle below is the No. 4 Mk. I (T) which was the weapon used by British snipers during 1941 – ‘A man should be able to recognise his rifle quickly’ – section 2 (A). You must know about each part…
Chris Brown has attached the tow hook and jumped on board with the Air Landing troops to have a look at how they differed to the other British Airborne units: The Airlanding battalions of the Airborne Divisions are often ignored, or, at best, seen as the poor relation of the Parachute Regiment. They were actually,…
The British need to make a stoic and historical defense of their shores and to do so they have improvised a whole new era of weaponry, all detailed in the new campaign book, Sea Lion! The British Army infantry battalions and Home Guard in 1940 were desperately short of artillery, especially anti-tank weapons. There were only…
Hasn’t everyone wanted to own a castle? Well you always could, how’s this one for size! History is full of monumental moments of heroic clashes, death defying accounts and brutal sieges, nothing is more iconic than taking a castle! It has always been that moment for a King or Lord to finally take over the…
With the publication of the Pike & Shotte supplement ‘To Kill a King’ a few weeks away now, Warlord asked me to make a short list of a top five books to recommend about the English Civil War. This was not the easy task I thought it would be as there is a huge selection…
With the To Kill a King supplement on the horizon, here’s part 2 of our history covering the second and third English civil wars! The Second English Civil War 1648 King Charles was imprisoned on the Isle of Wight, although he was extended the courtesy of living a comfortable life. In fact, he was handled so leniently that he…
Chris Brown is here again to teach us all about the accuracy of casualties within wargames by comparing reality to dice results… Wargames casualty rates are almost invariably horrendous. In a real battle it may happen that an entire squad is wiped out by a shell, a mine or a particularly well-aimed burst of machine…
Chris Brown schools all of us about actual effective rifle range and their transaction in Bolt Action. Wargamers are obsessed with ranges, or rather they are obsessed with the theoretical performance of weapons and vehicles. Taking the common-or-garden Bolt Action rifle as an example, it’s not uncommon to hear wargamers complain that their soldiers cannot…
View in Store Despite a spirited defence from the opening hours of the Normandy invasion in June 1944, Hitler’s forces in northern France were comprehensively defeated and forced to retreat westward. Although their position was strengthened considerably following Operation Dragoon – the landing in southern France in August 1944 – the Allies were faced with…
The Maus has Returned! View in Store The mighty Maus has returned! Make sure you grab yours now! Limited availability! by Roger Gerrish One of the most enigmatic armoured fighting vehicles of the Second World War with the fairly innocuous designation VK100.01 Porsche Type 205 yet to any serious student of WW2 AFVs this subject is…
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