12 Days of Christmas – Day 4 Today’s treat is a look at these fearsome-looking Senegalese Tirailleurs for the French Army in Bolt Action. Sculpted by Steve Saleh and painted by Andrés Amián they’ll provide something rather different to your army. The Senegalese Tirailleurs were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army recruited from Senegal, French West…
Patriots had been fighting the Germans ever since the fall of France. Hundreds of small groups were constantly sabotaging rail lines, demolishing German supply depots and sending invaluable information to the Allies. A small movement at first, it grew to over 100,000 members by D-Day. In true cloak-and-dagger fashion, these brave men and women risked torture and death to get…
The 17 year old French resistance fighter known as “Nicole Minet” was a farm girl when the war broke out. A few years later in 1943 she joined the Franc Tireur Partisan Français (which translates to “free shooters”), which was named after the saboteurs who fought the Germans during the Franco-Prussian War. The resistance was…
This week we have further help for your French army, transport men and materiel around the battlefield with this new Civilian 1000kg dropside truck. The trucks would also make for an ideal run around for Partizan bands… View in Store Don’t forget if 1000kg is not enough for you we also have the Citroen Civilian 4.500kg…
Following their initial victory last week, Bernard Lewis’ German panzers rumbled onward – this week they happened upon a new foe. How would they fare as they clashed with the lend-lease Shermans of Dave ‘Boycie’ Lawrence’s Free French forces? Build-Up to the Battle After the first tank war campaign game, Bernard’s Sd.Kfz 222 command vehicle…
Released this week is the revolutionary early war French tank the FT-17, ready to defend against the invading armies of Germany: View in Store The Renault FT-17 was a French light tank that was among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history. It was the first production tank to have its armament within…
From today we have more than 20 of our metal French Infantry available as individual models, allowing you to get hold of specific models to complete your squads, or just the right pose for that diorama you’ve been planning! We’ve also just renamed a few of the existing French sets to bring them in line…
Help your French army transport men and materiel with these two new Citroen Civilian 4.500kg Trucks. First up, the dropside truck: View Details And secondly a covered truck with tilt: Of course, it wasn’t just the French that made good use of these civilian trucks – the Germans captured many of them when they overran…
Citroen Civilian Coaches were regularly commandeered or repurposed as troop transports by the French army despite lacking any significant protection for the occupants. Following the fall of France the Germans also made good use of these as they carried their fight into Africa, Italy and the Soviet Union… Would you prefer to travel across the…
Here’s a first look at a few of the models that will form our Fall of Berlin range. Here are three Waffen-SS soldiers from SS-Sturmbataillon Charlemagne. These French volunteers were one of the last German units to see action in battle during World War II, where they held central Berlin and the Führerbunker against the onslaught of Soviet…
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