This battle is perhaps most well known due to the extraordinary actions of a famous German tank commander, Michael Wittmann. In the span of 15 minutes his unit would be responsible for destroying over 13 tanks, two anti-tank guns and over a dozen transport vehicles – with most of these kills going to Wittmann himself. However, the battle had greater implications,…
Press home your attack with the superior frontal armour to protect you and either the 75mm or 76mm gun to keep your enemies on their toes! View in Store Knowing D-Day approached, and in order to assault fortifications, the US army looked to ‘upgrade’ the standard M4A3 Shermans. The resultant tank arrived in the June–July…
Following on from the DAK Panzer IV Andy Singleton painted a few weeks ago (which you can check back to here) he’s now gone on to add some stowage and bring the vehicle to life with a ‘lived in’ look. Andy: For this model I’ve used quite a few of the stowage sets that Warlord…
With the 72nd anniversary of the D-Day landings rolling around this year Andy Singleton of Volleyfire Painting decided to do something to raise some money for charity: Andy: Once I had decided to raise money for the Royal Marines charity it was just a question of how, after a bit of pondering the simple answer…
We caught wind (literally as they were all nearly swept away in a storm) of some spectacular action going on down south… in deepest Australia as the superb Brian Cook set up what looks to be one of the best gaming weekends around. Here Tristan from the WWPD blog takes a look at what went…
TemplarsCrusade01 has been hard at work this week on a project to mark the anniversary of D-Day – a three-part video series, looking at how the events of that fateful day can be re-created upon the tabletop battlefield using our ‘Bolt Action’ rules system… Part One – Introduction Part One sets the scene – packed…
The Weather clears and the orders are clear – the invasion begins! The early hours of June 6th 1944 – In the vanguard are the airborne, elite units sent ahead to drop behind enemy lines, secure key objectives and hold until relieved! Our Friend Brian over at TemplarsCrusade has been taking a look at the…
Alan Mander of Mandertory Miniatures concludes our mini series on building and painting the contents of the Pegasus Bridge battle-set… Alan: Carrying on from how we made the board, this article is about how I painted the Bridge. I must state at this point that I received the bridge pre built so I haven’t included…
Alan Mander of Mandertory Miniatures lept at the chanceto get to grips with the fabulous model and in this article describes how he built our fully modelled Pegasus Bridge gaming table: Board Frame work To start with we made the frame and base for the board. For this we used: 6×4 sheet of 6mm MDF…
The Mission The mission, in the opening minutes of the Normandy landings 6th June 1944, was to capture the Bénouville Bridge and the nearby Ranville Bridge in order to prevent German reinforcements from reaching the beaches, where Allied forces were pouring ashore. 180 men, led by Major John Howard, landed close to their targets in…
Rich Dando
RichC
Andy Hobday
Graham Davey