This week sees the addition of a new vehicle for the brave Tommies of the British Expeditionary Force – the A11 Matilda I. Amongst the most distinctive-looking tank designs of World War II, the A11 Matilda I was the first of the British infantry tanks. Not to be confused with it’s namesake, the A12 Matilda…
A new addition to our growing Napoleonic range is this wonderful vignette featuring one of the most interesting characters of the period – Baron Dominique Jean Larrey. Born in a small village in the Pyrenean mountains in 1766, Larrey later moved to Bordeaux with his bourgeois parents. Orphaned at the age of 13, he was then…
The brave soldiers of the Belgian army receive much needed reinforcements this week in the form of this potent 47mm anti-tank gun. The Belgian Canon de 47 FRC was an infantry support gun, produced by the Fonderie Royale des Canons (FRC). Following the fall of Belgium, the Wehrmacht re-designated these as 4.7 cm IG 260(b). Good…
Now for something a bit special – the Char 2c FCM – the only operational super-heavy tank in military history. This absolute beast will give the German panzer formations something to think about! A fully loaded FCM Char 2C weighed in at a colossal of 69 tonnes. This was in no small part due to…
The latest vehicle to be released from the range we picked up when we bought BEF MIniatures is the famous A12 Matilda II tank. It has now been remastered and is ready to face the advance of the Hun now… One of the most distinctive armoured fighting vehicles in the British forces, the Matilda II…
Conceived to replace the M3/M5 Stuart light tanks, the M24 Chaffee fought in US service during the later years of WWII and on into the Korean War. The Chaffee also served with British and Russian forces during the Second World War. Reliable, armed with a 75mm gun and with a good off-road performance, the M24 was…
By their nature as specialist raiders, Commandos go to battle lightly equipped in terms of weaponry. However, they made good use of Vickers K machine guns – formerly aircraft-mounted machine guns – with their high rate of suppressive fire. These new 2-man teams comprise a Vickers K gunner and his No 2 laden with extra…
Created by the Canadian commander Lt-General Guy Simonds as an expedient way of reducing losses in his infantry and to be able to maneouvre along with the tanks, the Ram Kangaroo served the forces of the British commonwealth well henceforth. The conception of the Ram Kangaroo is one of the key reasons for dedicated APCs being introduced…
The first in the line of true German armoured cars, The 6-wheel drive Sd.Kfz 231 had excellent mobility. Used in Aufklarungs units (reconnaissance) during the early stages of the war they saw action in the Fall of France, the Blitzkrieg attack on Poland and during the invasion of Soviet Russia. In the German Army, armoured…
As part of Britain’s slow re-armament programme during the mid 1930’s, the Morris was tasked with swiftly developing an interim armoured car design. Based on its C8 Commercial 4×2 truck, the chassis was lengthened and an armoured, riveted hull mounted. Armament was either a Boys AT rifle and Bren LMG or a Vickers 7.7mm MG…
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