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| Wichards DIII He has "Vera" on the side of his plane, presimably his girlfriend? |
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| The Red Dr1 from "Flyboys" movie The "Good" bad-guy? |
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| The "Black Falcon" from "Flyboys" Movie One of my favorite planes |
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| Kissenberths captured Camel |
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| HQ: 1iC, 2iC, Boyes A/T Rifle, and Mortar |
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| Solothurn Anti-Tank Rifle Platoon (No don't laugh, this really is the Greek A/T Platoon!) |
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| Motosikleta Platoon i also have the dismounted troops as well |
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| British Carrier platoon with Greek Crews. Command carrier has "Ochi" (Greek for "No") written on the side |
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| Captured Italian Tankettes used by the Greeks 2 Platoon of 3 |
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| Another shot of the fearsome Greek armour! |
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| Greek rifle platoon I've got four of these in total |
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| Greek HMG Platoon I've also got a platoon of HMG nests |
During Operation Crusader 22nd Armoured Brigade was tasked with taking Bir el Gubi.158 Crusader tanks faced 146 M13/40 tanks and infantry and Guns of Ariete. The Italians emerged victorious, inflicting heavy casualties for less than 40 of its own tanks. Re-created at the club meeting, with Bill taking charge of the valiant British, and Mark upholding the honour of the heroic Italians. Bill charged his tanks across the open straight into the line of Italians trying to break through to the objective. Suffering horrific loses on the way as 88's, coastal,and A/T guns ripped his Crusaders apart. Having got on the objective he was repulsed at turn 7, and with his 1iC gone automatically failed morale. A valiant effort in what was a very difficult scenario for the British. Well done to both players for giving an enjoyable and sporting game!  |
| The Italians of Ariete Division Guns, Guns, Guns! |
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| Dug - in Italians |
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| 2 Coastal Guns |
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| The 4th County of London Yoemanry with their brand new Crusader tanks prepare to charge! After all theyre ONLY Italians!?! |
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| More Crusaders prepare to "Tally Ho!" |
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| British Recon Armoured Cars (They didn't last long!) |
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| After their valiant charge the Crusaders start gettting "Brewed Up" |
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| Who said the Italians were a pushover? |
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| The Coastal guns did a fair bit of damage to the British Armour |
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| Crusaders close assaulting the Dug-In Italians |
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| Not always successfully? |
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| The Italians repulse another attack by motorised Infantry on their right flank |
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| M13/40's, the cream of Italian Armour! |
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| Tally Ho!! |
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| Things don't go well for the Crusaders? |
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| On the British Left a platoon of Crusaders tries to cross the Wadi, with one of their tanks breaking down |
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| In the centre the British attempt to sieze the objective, but are counter attacked by heroic italians, the British losing their 1iC in the ensueing fight! |
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| Reb Artillery |
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| Rebel Regiment trying to hold off the Yankee's? |
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| Yankees advance |
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| Small Union regiment with supporting Artillery |
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| Rebels defending the hill, while the Corps commander looks on |
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| Union Infantry march onward through the woods |
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| Rebels defending the fence line against Billy Yank! |
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| Reb artillery opening fire |
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| The Union war machine marches on |
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| Jeb Stuart arrives to help the Rebel cause! |
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| A full Light Armoured Company of Crusaders HQ of four, and four Platoons of three |
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| Moving out to look for trouble in the desert |
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| A lovely sight, unless your an Italian Carri Platoon? |
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| The Big Boys Heavy Armoured Platoon of three Grants |
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| On the move, looking for the enemy! |
| I have always had a soft spot for the Italian Army in FoW, great kit and vehicles, variable morale, and crap tanks after 1941! But they do have nice artillery and guns and even the tanks can be nasty in early war, and against Infantry with their twin mg's? So with bolstering their infantry comrades in mind I have some more reinforcements for the Legions of Rome, Cairo here we come!  |
| Motociclisti Platoon, ,can be used as Recce, fast moving, and feathers in their hats! Whats not to like? |
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| Motociclisti, the Italian version of "Easy Rider" |
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Italian 47/32 Gun Pit, can be devastating in Early War? |
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| Coastal Guns These are real bad boys, but tend to attract alot of enemy fire? |
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| Fire Luigi! |
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| Lancia Da 90/53 I love these models, and they tend to stick around a bit longer than the Coastal Guns |
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| Lancia crew loading up the Big Guns! |
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| Howitzer Battery with Staff Team, Command and Spotter You gotta love the Italian Artillery! |
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| The Italian Staff Team breaks for lunch War is Hell! |
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| Nothing comes between an Italian and his Momma's Bolgnese! |
