USMC Dog Team

[Mark Prichard]

A USMC Dog team can have between 1-4 handlers with each handler with a dog.  Do the Dogs count as models and can be taken as a casualty or are the handler and the dog considered 1 model?

[Master Chief]

Empires in Flames page 104:

USMC Dog team

Cost: 18pts (Veteran)
Team: 1 handler
Weapons: Each handler has a rifle or submachine gun (as depicted on the model) and a dog
Options:
• Add up to 3 additional handlers at +18pts each 
Special Rules:
• Tough fighters
• Spotting: Hidden enemy units are revealed if a dog team moves to (or is deployed) within 24” of them.

 

I believe each handler is 1 model, and the dog is treated like a “weapon”, similar to a rifle. This is similar to the Soviet Anti-tank dog teams where the dog is treated as a one-shot weapon.

[Master Chief]

On a side note will these DUST models (see attached photo) fit the Bolt Action scale?

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[Master Chief]

Looks like the Dust figures are a bit too tall, according to this pictorial comparison.

1:48 vs. 1:56 Scale

[Kar98k]

I have a couple of friends that have DUCT figures, and we did a simple comparison sometime ago. The DUST figures are very much taller than the 28mm Warlord miniatures, so do not mix well at all.

[Master Chief]

Yes I think the Warlord Celtic Warhounds can be added to the Warlord USMC sprue to create USMC war dog teams.

Ancient Celts: Warhound Pack

[Kar98k]

This thread from TMP (Feb 2019)  might be useful to some BA gamers looking for 28mm dogs:

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=501248

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