With all the hubbub around Empires In Flames its easy to forget our fantastic range of Osprey books and today we’re adding more! View in Store The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Special Landing Force units enjoyed a reputation out of proportion to their small size. Often wrongly termed “Imperial Marines”, they were in fact sailors led…
By the middle of the war the US Army could field legions of tanks and support vehicles, backed by the industrial might of the USA. Using their reliable M3 Half-track as a basis, they created the M21, a mobile mortar carrier that could keep up with advancing tanks and armoured infantry. Produced by the White Motor…
The SS-Ki, officially the Soko Sagyo, a fully tracked – flamethrower armed – engineering vehicle of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). History By the 1930s the IJA had grasped the need for a dedicated engineering tank. In preparation for war against the Soviet Union they set about designing a vehicle which could destroy bunkers, clear…
Unit Galahad – 5307 Composite Unit. by Chris Brown Never heard of 5307 Composite Unit? You probably have since they are more widely known as ‘Merrill’s Marauders’ – a title coined from their first operational commander (General Frank Merrill, 1903-55) by American journalists with a penchant for catchy alliteration. In August 1943 the Allied leaders…
With the release of our latest Bolt Action book ‘Germany Strikes‘ what better excuse do we need to revisit a splendid guide to the uniforms and insignia of the Polish army during the early stages of WWII. If you’re interested in how to best paint and collect a Polish army to face the German and…
View in Store With the release of our new resin British tank destroyer model last week, Sam Phillips takes us through the history of the Archer: As war raged across the deserts of North Africa it was recognised that Britain needed an answer to the new German armour being encountered. One such answer would be the…
Published historical author, Chris Brown continues his series of articles to cover both the history of Operation Market Garden, and offer some tips on how to bring the action to life upon the tabletop battlefield! WHY ARNHEM? For me, it’s a life-long interest which stems from a family connection. My father was a parachute regiment…
View in Store With the release of our new self propelled gun for the British, Sam Phillips takes us through the history of the Bishop: In North Africa 1941, the British Royal Artillery would face a new type of mobile warfare, with the German Afrika Korps utilising self-propelled guns – anti-tank guns and howitzers mounted on…
We were recently contacted by published historical author, Chris Brown – who very generously offered to write a series of articles to cover both the history of Operation Market Garden, and offer some tips on how to bring the action to life upon the tabletop battlefield! Certain battles and campaigns have a particular resonance for…
If you have recently treated yourself to our new plastic German Grenadiers then you need this book! It is the complete and definitive reference works on the uniforms, equipment, weapons and insignia of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) in the latter years of World War II. This particular book features and explains all that is…
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