Take and Hold.

 For my Dad's 75th birthday I ran a game from FOW North Africa. He was to take and hold a town with supplies

Having a birthday drink

My Dad and my classmate Jason Ashley 

The game we played

Dad advances and launches an artillery bombardment 

Im trying to get in some shots

The board i had set up.

8th Army

1 Honey HQ with 3 Honey squadrons

1 Grant HQ with 1 squadron 

1 Valentine Squadron 

I Crusader HQ with 3 squadrons

1 25pdr battery with Honey OP 

2 6pdr Anti-tank battery 

3 Universal Carriers Recce squadrons 

AFRIKA KORPS

1 Tiger HQ and 1 Squadron 

1 Panzer IV HQ and 2 squadrons 

I Panzer III HQ and 3 squadrons 

1x 105mm battery 

1 squadron of Panzer II

A mixed Reccee squadron of 222 and 233

Tobruk Bunkers and Dug ins

 

So I have a few spare bits which have turrets and hulls but no running gear. The Stuart's been dug in, the gun is a short barrel led version

The other is a Tobruk style Panzer II turret. I plan on making a few more of these either in Concrete or Mud for my Westwall defenders 

Wooden bunkers

 

I found the plaster wooden culvert at Great Hobbies and with the Railway ties, i decided to turn them into bunkers which can be used in a European or North American wooded area.

Terrain for desert or forest.

 So I picked up some terrain effects. 

Good for desert or forest

Im going to see if I can make this into bunkers

Could be good for quick field fortifications 

And I have a sand effect to add to my desert figured.

A scrap in the desert

 Ive taken my 8th Hussars with the Rifle Brigade to see what Jerry is up to. Recce elements report that Rommel has a Panzer II squadron with Recce elements and some Anti-tank but just as we arrived we found a Tiger and Infantry.  Might make getting the tea on a bit difficult 

45mm Anti-tank Company

 

As part of a collection I picked up last week from a collector who was downsizing his collection, I picked up several of these gun teams.

They are long barreled guns with a hearty Anti-tank rating of 8. So ill use these in bush when I can.

UNIVERSAL CARRIER PATROLS

 

I had several done up from the Plastic Soldier Company but I really wanted another set. The others I have done up as MMG carriers and mortars. These fellows I have with MGs but also Boys Anti-tank rifles.

In the Desert Rats book, these carriers are attached to the Rifle Brigade. They give mobile fore power and can potentially run small sections about the battlefield.