tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25491375951822089552024-03-13T12:44:15.981-07:00The Panzer DepotA blog devoted to miniature gaming at the storeThe Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-50047689324820319282021-02-11T01:05:00.000-08:002021-02-11T01:05:08.518-08:00Basing 28mm Napoleonic Figures<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Recently I have been asked how I base up my rank-n-file 28mm Napoleonic figures, so instead of repeating myself the below is our groups basing scheme for rank and file napoleonics. About a decade ago, my gaming group came to a conesus for the below basing system and we have been using it since our heavy Black Powder gaming days. We now game General d'Armee and the basing has remained the same. The "system" was a compromise on aesthetics, cost and legacy basing for game systems like General de Brigade. For the most part we are all still pleased with the results this standard has given us, though I've noted a couple of alternative ideas that I might have used knowing what I know now! All the bases I use are from Litko and are the 3mm thick and at the end of the post, I summarize the bases used and the Litko code for each of them.<div><div><br /></div><div><b>Infantry Battalion - 40mm Square Base</b></div><div>Each infantry battalion is comprised of twenty four figures, with four figures on each of the six 40mm square bases. I tend to have one command base with the flag(s), two "elite" company bases and three center company bases for almost all nations.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qpPEiGLCasQ/YCOBaFmj5SI/AAAAAAAABu8/GehteJ3Kd20-FwmJZkCfsKCKbWjXedRJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/23B7933E-0932-4ABA-BE0A-EA6B40DF810B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2048" height="379" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qpPEiGLCasQ/YCOBaFmj5SI/AAAAAAAABu8/GehteJ3Kd20-FwmJZkCfsKCKbWjXedRJgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h379/23B7933E-0932-4ABA-BE0A-EA6B40DF810B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9h-K5XJqjr0/YCOBZr4A3HI/AAAAAAAABu4/x7nrIGr5Tjouiy-9cDE8ZukZuJYnL26kwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/0931FB0B-4F8B-428B-916D-78700A91BCAA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="2048" height="389" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9h-K5XJqjr0/YCOBZr4A3HI/AAAAAAAABu4/x7nrIGr5Tjouiy-9cDE8ZukZuJYnL26kwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h389/0931FB0B-4F8B-428B-916D-78700A91BCAA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-65XFBGOFbUE/YCOBapLuKvI/AAAAAAAABvA/433ImNdCo3UhCf_iaGcpiB_jQ29vST2GACLcBGAsYHQ/s1968/40727016-761C-43E8-85AF-390969F9BE68.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="1598" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-65XFBGOFbUE/YCOBapLuKvI/AAAAAAAABvA/433ImNdCo3UhCf_iaGcpiB_jQ29vST2GACLcBGAsYHQ/w325-h400/40727016-761C-43E8-85AF-390969F9BE68.jpeg" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b>Alternate Basing </b>- It can be time consuming moving six bases and if I had to do it again I might be open to using four bases of six figures instead. You can show most formations normally and it is slightly quickier moving four bases ithan six.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>Cavalry Regiment - 50mm x 60mm Rectangle Base</b></div><div>We use twelve figures for each cavalry regiment, with three figures on each of the four 50mm deep by 60mm wide bases. It can be a tight squeeze sometimes but I have not had to adjust the base size to fit a brand of figures yet.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hD1Y7IohimQ/YCOBdUOhCGI/AAAAAAAABvk/pG2AYp0ssBQw_FzQlvD5qI4uatXn6td_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/F26B368B-78EE-4879-98CB-CD88DB62407E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hD1Y7IohimQ/YCOBdUOhCGI/AAAAAAAABvk/pG2AYp0ssBQw_FzQlvD5qI4uatXn6td_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h342/F26B368B-78EE-4879-98CB-CD88DB62407E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N3tFH9QJse4/YCOBcMyfmyI/AAAAAAAABvY/-SkXI_aukQsP_DavHF_PtTCOf5SvIblQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/A63F3957-966B-42B0-BB15-53BAFBE9D1A0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="2048" height="364" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N3tFH9QJse4/YCOBcMyfmyI/AAAAAAAABvY/-SkXI_aukQsP_DavHF_PtTCOf5SvIblQwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h364/A63F3957-966B-42B0-BB15-53BAFBE9D1A0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W54fYcr41nY/YCOBa18fwGI/AAAAAAAABvI/TBVPL_9VQ6MsPWo8ffYPOsINHQPIsqlUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1862/6336A956-9BCD-4164-B207-87B698EAEF72.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1862" data-original-width="1690" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W54fYcr41nY/YCOBa18fwGI/AAAAAAAABvI/TBVPL_9VQ6MsPWo8ffYPOsINHQPIsqlUgCLcBGAsYHQ/w363-h400/6336A956-9BCD-4164-B207-87B698EAEF72.jpeg" width="363" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Artillery Battery - 60mm by 80mm Rectangle Base</b></div><div>An artillery battery is comprised of two gun models and eight to ten figures on three bases, one of which is a spacer base in between the two gun bases. A single gun and four crew are attached to a 60mm wide by 80mm deep base. For the spacer base, we use zero to three figures, extra equipment and large scenic items added to the same sized base, and is used to increase the width of a deployed battery.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yIPHxxbJBGY/YCOBasFCMzI/AAAAAAAABvE/_5Uuxih-0NE3_HkTCKTdTJHTWlJf6Jc_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/31285A15-41D8-4F13-B22A-3469E52070DB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yIPHxxbJBGY/YCOBasFCMzI/AAAAAAAABvE/_5Uuxih-0NE3_HkTCKTdTJHTWlJf6Jc_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h418/31285A15-41D8-4F13-B22A-3469E52070DB.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vT_GsCdtEBw/YCOBZfXQwiI/AAAAAAAABuw/HUCUZvo6Jj4_blprqL0xLzPBlKuPCoRuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1886/0469EA82-D30C-4C7C-88B1-908A6F4F2CCB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="1886" height="351" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vT_GsCdtEBw/YCOBZfXQwiI/AAAAAAAABuw/HUCUZvo6Jj4_blprqL0xLzPBlKuPCoRuQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h351/0469EA82-D30C-4C7C-88B1-908A6F4F2CCB.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A2lWurxTxYE/YCOBb6VVCjI/AAAAAAAABvU/BOQsw-_droQrqtc3vlqPpkazT_U_NR5UQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1884/A5B80B0B-36B8-4B8D-86BF-278E2DAA7A79.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="1884" height="354" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A2lWurxTxYE/YCOBb6VVCjI/AAAAAAAABvU/BOQsw-_droQrqtc3vlqPpkazT_U_NR5UQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h354/A5B80B0B-36B8-4B8D-86BF-278E2DAA7A79.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b>Alternate Basing</b> - well not really alternate base, but I have been thinking about making a left and right gun base and tighten each gun to the appropriate side, perhaps even moving a figure or two from the gun base to the spacer base. The idea is to get the guns a little closer together and add space to the "outside" of each battery. I might try this on the next battery I paint up.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Skirmish Screen - 30mm x 60mm Rectangle Base.</b></div><div>For brigade skirmish screens of two to nine bases, we use two figures on a 30mm deep by 60mm wide base. We also substitute four infantry bases with an equal number of skirmish screen bases to indicated that a light battalion has deployed into skirmish formation.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ep4hAlCee14/YCOBbiaFbyI/AAAAAAAABvQ/xiqTbQRPc00FHzZxPRP3gAOmmY4RUqlfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/990230B4-2EEB-4A29-BE40-C272ADF20876.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ep4hAlCee14/YCOBbiaFbyI/AAAAAAAABvQ/xiqTbQRPc00FHzZxPRP3gAOmmY4RUqlfQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h394/990230B4-2EEB-4A29-BE40-C272ADF20876.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_f9oa6oFfS8/YCOBcpWG1AI/AAAAAAAABvc/MFhO7cjiOywoproTjaeoMtASB23v0q7VACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/A84F0CFD-AAE6-4B72-B177-97383AC9B5EC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="2048" height="368" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_f9oa6oFfS8/YCOBcpWG1AI/AAAAAAAABvc/MFhO7cjiOywoproTjaeoMtASB23v0q7VACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h368/A84F0CFD-AAE6-4B72-B177-97383AC9B5EC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TetI2KHDl3g/YCOBZbiqRAI/AAAAAAAABu0/LS9gfIrLwuMITyM-z1VFjrYLGScaB2qIACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/21D81875-E6C0-4FF5-B03E-7023479EF734.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TetI2KHDl3g/YCOBZbiqRAI/AAAAAAAABu0/LS9gfIrLwuMITyM-z1VFjrYLGScaB2qIACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h296/21D81875-E6C0-4FF5-B03E-7023479EF734.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b>Alternate Basing</b> - instead of a rectangle base I think I'd base my skirmishers on an oval base. I'd most likely use 35mm by 60mm oval bases (GMB731). The rectangle base seems to "orderly" for skirmishers and an oval base would look more "natural" when bending the skirmish line.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Brigade Leader - 60mm Round base.</b></div><div>Most brigadiers are represented by one mounted figure on a 60mm round base.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rYtfxga0Xpw/YCOBbGJwjbI/AAAAAAAABvM/EJwJM35shFAkAwpP45hMh93jKV1w-1xkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1878/76CCF996-16C1-4479-A324-2565488D11CD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="1664" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rYtfxga0Xpw/YCOBbGJwjbI/AAAAAAAABvM/EJwJM35shFAkAwpP45hMh93jKV1w-1xkQCLcBGAsYHQ/w355-h400/76CCF996-16C1-4479-A324-2565488D11CD.jpeg" width="355" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Division Leader - 3" Round Base</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Divisional or higher level leaders typically have two or more figures on a 3" round base.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1GwOJqCnyzI/YCOBdvzGSRI/AAAAAAAABvo/hRvXR1ywoaAfH-z8T_Lb4osDm_uoS0lgwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1900/F31D1E83-F9D7-45CF-AF51-D0F6782B508C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="1900" height="348" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1GwOJqCnyzI/YCOBdvzGSRI/AAAAAAAABvo/hRvXR1ywoaAfH-z8T_Lb4osDm_uoS0lgwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h348/F31D1E83-F9D7-45CF-AF51-D0F6782B508C.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div><b>Casualties and Disorder Markers</b></div><div>To show if a unit is Disorder we use "wounded" figures mounted on 25mm or 30mm round bases. To mark casualties suffered during the games, we use a 40mm square with a dead figure or horse, with each side being marked from 1 to 4 to show the number of "hits" the unit has suffered.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5m9Ygp0-C20/YCOBc2ZLheI/AAAAAAAABvg/XMTNunc9bY48NrIdQ6Vrpj5Add_nLMyIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/B6D2343A-D6A4-42BD-96EF-258FABF93FD1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="2048" height="346" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5m9Ygp0-C20/YCOBc2ZLheI/AAAAAAAABvg/XMTNunc9bY48NrIdQ6Vrpj5Add_nLMyIgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h346/B6D2343A-D6A4-42BD-96EF-258FABF93FD1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>Alternate Basing</b> - Some of the guys have been using the micro dice holders on the causality bases. They typically use a double d6 "tray" so as to mark 1 to 12 hits per unit. I myself am not super keen on the dice, and have been thinking about making hit markers as above with out the figure and double sided and making a smaller 2nd set to mark hits 9 to 16. I'd also color code the hits number to show the effects of losses for General d'Armee.</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Base Summery - Litko 3mm Wood Bases.</b></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Below is the list of bases I use from Litko.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center">
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<td style="background: #FDE4D0; border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-left: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 110.95pt;" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Artillery<o:p></o:p></b></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FDE4D0; border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.55pt;" valign="top" width="123">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">60mm x 80mm<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FDE4D0; border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.5pt;" valign="top" width="127">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-yfti-cnfc: 64; text-align: center;">GMB081<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-left: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 110.95pt;" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Skirmish<o:p></o:p></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.55pt;" valign="top" width="123">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">30mm x 60mm<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.5pt;" valign="top" width="127">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-yfti-cnfc: 128; text-align: center;">GMB073<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="background: #FDE4D0; border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-left: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 110.95pt;" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Brigade Leader<o:p></o:p></b></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FDE4D0; border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.55pt;" valign="top" width="123">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">60mm Round<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FDE4D0; border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 63; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.5pt;" valign="top" width="127">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-yfti-cnfc: 64; text-align: center;">GMB245<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-left: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-left-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 110.95pt;" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Division Leader<o:p></o:p></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.55pt;" valign="top" width="123">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">3” Round<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-right-themetint: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #F9B074 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent6; mso-border-top-themetint: 191; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.5pt;" valign="top" width="127">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-yfti-cnfc: 128; text-align: center;">GMB605<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope some of you found this helpful.</div><div><p></p></div>The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-4109904232537148862020-08-25T17:34:00.000-07:002020-08-25T17:34:24.714-07:00RAF - Daily Log<p><span>I have been
playing RAF by Decision Games of late and pretty much have the rules down now. I am using all the optional and advanced rules and have started to
play the entire campaign as the British player (Lion). I thought I might log each raid day down with the number of raids and their effect. While I
would have liked to have the squadron and gruppe names/number that is just too
much detail for me to right down with my poor eyesight!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span>Below are
the definitions of each of the abbreviations I use. I may take pics of
the counters so you can see the stats as well. I might even add in a few pics
of the game play, but honestly just a stack of cardboard does not make for very
interesting pictures.</span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 598px;">
<tbody><tr>
<td style="background: #FFCC66; border-bottom: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.55pt;" width="145">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b>British Fighters<o:p></o:p></b></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.3pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b>German Fighters<o:p></o:p></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #C6D9F1; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 226.35pt;" width="302">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b>German Bombers<o:p></o:p></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #FFCC66; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.55pt;" width="145">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">Sp = Spitfire<br />
Hu = Hurricane<br />
Bl = Blenheim<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.3pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">Me = ME-109<br />
Bf = BF-110<br />
CP = Coastal Patrol<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C6D9F1; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.3pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">He = He-111<br />
Ju = Ju-88<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C6D9F1; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.05pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">Do = Do-17<br />
St = Ju-87 ‘Stuka’<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I have finished
two raid days and below is the first raid day results. I think this is the outline I’ll use
for each day but open to suggestions if you think more information would be
useful. I may fudge the time of the raids by 15 minutes give or take just so it does seem like "perfect" hour timing each day.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 605px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 22.9pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="11" style="background: #632423; border-bottom: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 22.9pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 448.2pt;" width="598">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">Raid Day One (-3VP)</span></b><i><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #632423; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 22.9pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.15pt;" width="99">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">August 11<sup>th</sup>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="5" style="background: #632423; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 22.9pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 187.4pt;" width="250">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;">Luftflotte 2</span></i><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;"> has Clear Skies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #632423; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 22.9pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 186.65pt;" width="249">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;">Luftflotte 3</span></i><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;"> has Clear Skies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="11" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 448.2pt;" width="598">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.8pt;" width="88">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">0800hrs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="10" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 382.4pt;" width="510">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">Major raid
on Biggins Hill Airfield<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Interceptors<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Fighters<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Escorts<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Bombers<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">3Sp/1Hu<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">4Me(CP)<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1Bf<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1Ju/2St<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Interception</b><br />
Dogfight sees German fighters driven off, with light losses to a gruppe of
109’s.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">+1VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Over Target</b><br />
Several dozen Spitfires get through the fighters and escorts and inflict heavy
losses on the German bombers.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">+7VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 31.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Raid Assessment</b><br />
No bombing damage.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">+0VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="11" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 448.2pt;" width="598">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td colspan="3" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.5pt;" width="117">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">1200hrs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="8" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.7pt;" width="481">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">Minor raid
on the Radar Net at Worth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Interceptors<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Fighters<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Escorts<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Bombers<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1Sp/3Hu<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1Me<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1Bf<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1Ju<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
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<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Interception</b><br />
Several Hurricane squadrons bypass the German fighter group to engage the
bombers. The remaining fighters cause few losses to either side.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">+0VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Over Target</b><br />
The British fighters easily slip past the escorts and inflict heavy damage on
the JU-88’s before they can reach their target. <o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">+2VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 31.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Raid Assessment</b><br />
No bombing.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">+0VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="11" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 448.2pt;" width="598">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td colspan="3" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.5pt;" width="117">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">1400hrs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="8" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.7pt;" width="481">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">Fighter
Sweep over Tangmere Airfield<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Interceptors<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Fighters<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Escorts<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Bombers<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1Sp/1Bl<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">5Me<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Interception</b><br />
A couple of Squadrons engaged the small horde of ME-109’s suffering light
losses. <o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-1VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 21;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Over Target</b><br />
With so many 109’s a couple dozen of them pressed onto the Airfield.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">+0VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 31.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 22;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Raid Assessment</b><br />
A couple dozen ME-109’s strafed the airfield destroying a few planes on the
Ground.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-1VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="11" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 448.2pt;" width="598">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 24;">
<td colspan="3" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.5pt;" width="117">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">1800hrs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="8" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.7pt;" width="481">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">Major raid over
the Airfield at Hornchurch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Interceptors<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Fighters<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Escorts<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Bombers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">3Sp/5Hu/2Bl<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">4Me(CP)<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1Bf<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">2Do/1Ju<o:p></o:p></p>
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<tr style="height: 30.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 27;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Interception</b><br />
While the bulk of the Spitfires and Hurricanes intercepted the ME-109’s, both
Blenheim Squadrons and A hurricane Squadron broke off and headed directly to
the bombers. The swirling dogfight saw several light losses on the spits and
ME-109’s<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-2VP/+1VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 28;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Over Target</b><br />
One of the Hurricane squadrons raced towards the bombers joining the other
three as they engaged the bombers and close escorts over the airfield. The
machine gun fire from the bombers and escorts was highly accurate, with all
four British squadrons suffering losses! Though they were able to inflict
losses on two of the bomber gruppen. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-4VP/+2VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
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<td colspan="10" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Raid Assessment</b><br />
Several of the bombers were able to drop their bombs and inflicted some
damage on the airfield, and destroying a few planes on the ground.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-1VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
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<td colspan="11" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 448.2pt;" width="598">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 31;">
<td colspan="3" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.5pt;" width="117">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">1800hrs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="8" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.7pt;" width="481">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">Major raid over
Biggin airfield<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Interceptors<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Fighters<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Escorts<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Bombers<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1S/2H<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">4ME(CP)<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">4Bf<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">3He/2Do<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 34;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Interception</b><br />
The three squadrons fight through thru the German fighter cover losing
several planes before they get to the large formation of bombers and escorts.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 30.1pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-1VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 35;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Over Target</b><br />
Flak from the Airfield scatters a couple of the gruppe, before a reduced squadron
of Hurricane dives upon them. Both sides suffer light losses from air combat
and flak, but many of the bombers are untouched as they release their load of
bombs.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">+1VP/-1VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 31.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 36;">
<td colspan="10" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Raid Assessment</b><br />
The German bombers were very accurate and caused extensive damage to the
airfield, its facilities and planes on the ground. Light Damage to Airfield.<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-3VP<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="11" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 448.2pt;" width="598">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 38;">
<td colspan="3" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.5pt;" width="117">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">1800hrs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="8" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.7pt;" width="481">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">Follow up raid
on the Biggin airfield<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Interceptors<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Fighters<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Escorts<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Bombers<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="background: #FFCC66; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.1pt;" width="151">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.5pt;" width="155">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">3Bf<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">2He<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Interception</b><br />
Air command had no squadrons to respond with.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-1VP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Over Target</b><br />
Radio confusion amongst the German bombers saw one on the Heinkel Gruppe not
form up and return to base. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Raid Assessment</b><br />
Several of the bombers were able to drop their bombs and inflicted some
damage on the airfield, as well as destroying a few planes on the ground.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-2VP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
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<td colspan="3" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.5pt;" width="117">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">1800hrs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">False raid on
London<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Interceptors<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Fighters<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Escorts<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Bombers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="background: #B8CCE4; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.6pt;" width="135">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td colspan="10" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 371.4pt;" width="495">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Raid Assessment</b><br />
Reports of German planes heading towards London turned out to be false.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
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<td colspan="3" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.5pt;" width="117">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">2400hrs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td colspan="8" style="background: #244061; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.4pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.7pt;" width="481">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;">Night Raids<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Interceptors<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">LF2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">LF3<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">2Bl<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">2He<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">1He<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Interception</b><br />
None<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Raid Assessment</b><br />
Bombing was ineffectual.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 31.45pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.8pt;" width="102">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">-0VP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 4.0pt;"> </span></p>
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</tbody></table><p></p>The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-56752502123193216152020-07-22T19:15:00.001-07:002020-07-22T19:15:31.545-07:00Italian Alpini Platoon<div>Starting a new platoon for Chain of Command ... I decided on an Italian platoon but wanted to do the eastern front Italians instead of the desert. I saw the Great Escape Games released some Alpini troops and read that those soldiers were sent to Russia. So I set out to do that platoon, using the list from the 1940s book. I'll check on any differences for Barbarossa but at first blush does not seem like it.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Italians sent three Alpini Divisions to Russia, the 2nd Tridentina, the 3rd Julia, and the 4th Cuneense, which together formed the Alipin Corps. They fought with the Italian II corps forming the 8th Italian Army.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MGLrEP5u9x0/Xv_i2H-LHnI/AAAAAAAABoE/STfNc8Fbd2cXvjNknydNHuG45udeYXqswCK4BGAsYHg/s300/alpini2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MGLrEP5u9x0/Xv_i2H-LHnI/AAAAAAAABoE/STfNc8Fbd2cXvjNknydNHuG45udeYXqswCK4BGAsYHg/alpini2.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a big platoon with 47 men in it as each of the three squads are 15 men and there is a two man hq squad. I'll add in an HMG and a couple of light mortars to use as the "main" force, but will also have a 45mm AT Gun and L6 Light tank to use depending on the game.I'll also paint up an FO, Medic & perhaps an ATR.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfTBReXQTWQ/Xv_inwrgN5I/AAAAAAAABn4/6D2Vj2fz3WYH8fQWN53C6VQ7YmQ8Aa4WwCK4BGAsYHg/s506/IMG_0244.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="506" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfTBReXQTWQ/Xv_inwrgN5I/AAAAAAAABn4/6D2Vj2fz3WYH8fQWN53C6VQ7YmQ8Aa4WwCK4BGAsYHg/s320/IMG_0244.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This will be my test squad for painting.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g7p6BkJnWqA/XxjciJ4MkLI/AAAAAAAABrU/9LjA69QVJfoPWCo5lyf6WRy1RpfEjVWlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s397/IMG_0286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="397" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g7p6BkJnWqA/XxjciJ4MkLI/AAAAAAAABrU/9LjA69QVJfoPWCo5lyf6WRy1RpfEjVWlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_0286.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I then test painted up half a dozen figures using Vallejo Model Color Olive Grey for the base uniform color. The color works well, though I have noticed that sitting on the game table, the uniform color looks suspiciously like the German uniform color!</div><div><br /></div><div>I primed the figures using Vallejo Air Color Olive Grey with my airbrush, as I happen to be spraying up some German vehicles for CoC:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tCPDM-gBebI/Xxi9TDrfoII/AAAAAAAABqk/PX_cMUjFiR4ax3RFZXK1HuNeINcmbuAnACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/aav01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tCPDM-gBebI/Xxi9TDrfoII/AAAAAAAABqk/PX_cMUjFiR4ax3RFZXK1HuNeINcmbuAnACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/aav01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SdKfz 10/5 with 20mm AA gun.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W9oRLBSlFS8/Xxi9TN7VExI/AAAAAAAABqg/rEbMyvbp7EwvLqndw5f_fI8VkDHeaprOACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/ele02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W9oRLBSlFS8/Xxi9TN7VExI/AAAAAAAABqg/rEbMyvbp7EwvLqndw5f_fI8VkDHeaprOACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ele02.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of two SdKfz 184 elefant tank destroyer!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2SKoXy9NH5Y/Xxi9T5GtrDI/AAAAAAAABqo/qHhfVTzZpCgmJiJGsChqJ5RIIozL3H6tACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/panth01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2SKoXy9NH5Y/Xxi9T5GtrDI/AAAAAAAABqo/qHhfVTzZpCgmJiJGsChqJ5RIIozL3H6tACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/panth01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pz V 'Panther' medium tank</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55iailzL36Y/Xxi9U8020ZI/AAAAAAAABqw/-iVkwXyJifoA1twyAGetr1sMSlk44JwxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/pziv01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55iailzL36Y/Xxi9U8020ZI/AAAAAAAABqw/-iVkwXyJifoA1twyAGetr1sMSlk44JwxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/pziv01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pz IV H no zimmeret<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1tZsFAkbe7k/Xxi9VRAFJpI/AAAAAAAABq0/UMF1Fducygs9Wdw1VgOSRtEF0hXlnd9JACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/sdkz01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1tZsFAkbe7k/Xxi9VRAFJpI/AAAAAAAABq0/UMF1Fducygs9Wdw1VgOSRtEF0hXlnd9JACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/sdkz01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SdKfz 251/1D Halftrack<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I must admit that at first I was not impressed with the Great Escape figures, both with the posing and quality of the casting. After painting them though the quality of the casting turns out to be much better than I thought and I did enjoy painting the figures. The detail was easy to get at and clearly delineated so did not take to long to finish the six figures. </div><div><br /></div><div>That said, the posing of the figures suck! GEG made the cardinal wargame foul of mixing postures within a squad. I am not doing up a diorama, these are wargame figures, so all I need is advancing figures for my squad (as opposed to a prone/kneeling squad). Also please do not have any crazy action/running figures mixed in with walking figures. I just don't get how companies that sell GAME figures (even for the own games) can't figure this out.</div>
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<div>I have nine more figures for the squad and will get them painted up in the next week so as to have one complete squad. Still waiting on the figures for other two other squads, so may work on the MMG and AT gun while I wait on them. Once complete will update the blog to show the complete platoon.</div>
The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-68885770867301268012020-07-01T15:12:00.000-07:002020-07-01T15:12:34.895-07:00Napoleonic Dutch Infantry Company, part 2I have finally got around to posting part two of my French Allied force for Sharp Practice and I am happy to say it is done! I was even able to finish a gun for for the company so I can swap out one of the other units to add a little variety to the force or use it for larger games. I might go back and craft a few items, like fixing the commanders sword but the below figures are game ready.<div><br /></div><div><b><font size="5">3rd Company, 2nd Battalion of the 4th 'Dutch' Line Regiment. </font></b><div><br /></div><div><i>Up first is the main portion of the company commanded directly by Captain Reynst. The platoon of line soldiers are covered by a detachment from the battalions light company. In reserve, Captain Reynst has been given a small group of men from the battalions grenadier company. To help manage these men Sgt. Goosen paces the rear of the formation keeping the men motivated and in line.</i></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tWlDedDgUUw/XvzZyzrUjSI/AAAAAAAABmA/24hKfvSoePI6iXE2A940LMOsRCXgRv4AwCK4BGAsYHg/s629/IMG_0240.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="629" height="231" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tWlDedDgUUw/XvzZyzrUjSI/AAAAAAAABmA/24hKfvSoePI6iXE2A940LMOsRCXgRv4AwCK4BGAsYHg/w500-h231/IMG_0240.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="text-align: left;">Capt. Reynst (Lvl III)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Sgt. Goossen (Lvl I)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"> "French" Line Infantry, 1809‐1812 (8 figures)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"> "French Line Infantry, 1809‐1812 (8 figures)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"> "</span></font><font size="2"><span style="text-align: left;">French" Grenadiers, 1809‐1812 (8 figures)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"> "French" Voltigeur Skirmishers, 1809‐1812 (6 figures)</span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div>
<br /><i>The second platoon of the company is commanded by Lieutenant Houtman and is of similar compositions as the first platoon sans the Grenadiers. Houtmans' platoon will support the captain typically to the left. That said it is not unheard of that the Captain will send the Lieutenants command on its own side mission.</i></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zYATj02SXR8/XvzZytMqtII/AAAAAAAABl8/d1pWq3eGGXo61PKUSKizRDmkcpkgIBgygCK4BGAsYHg/s597/IMG_0238.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="597" height="255" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zYATj02SXR8/XvzZytMqtII/AAAAAAAABl8/d1pWq3eGGXo61PKUSKizRDmkcpkgIBgygCK4BGAsYHg/w500-h255/IMG_0238.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="text-align: left;">Lt. Houtman (Lvl II)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></font><font size="2"><span style="text-align: left;">"French" Line Infantry, 1809‐1812 (8 figures)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"> "French Line Infantry, 1809‐1812 (8 figures)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></font><font size="2"><span style="text-align: left;"> "French" Voltigeur Skirmishers, 1809‐1812 (6 figures)</span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br />
<br /><i>Accompany 3rd company is a detachment of lancers from the corps cavalry brigade. The Westphalian Chevau-léger's were placed under the command of Lieutenant Trocke. He mostly acts as an liaison officer between Captain Reynst and Westphalians to insure they understands his orders, as </i><i>he just happens to be the only one in the company that knows German fluently!</i><i> Lt. Trocke is a decent horseman in his own right, and because of this the lancers have grown to respect the lieutenant and now trust him to lead them into the battle. </i></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2u4tVl9QP1Q/XvzZx52LahI/AAAAAAAABl0/fJ4-rATMJpEA1pM_57aycWZwR5oXD3QHwCK4BGAsYHg/s513/IMG_0234.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="513" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2u4tVl9QP1Q/XvzZx52LahI/AAAAAAAABl0/fJ4-rATMJpEA1pM_57aycWZwR5oXD3QHwCK4BGAsYHg/w500-h400/IMG_0234.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="text-align: left;">Lt. Trocke (Lvl II)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"> "French" Lancers to 1812 (8 figures)</span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i>In some situations a 6lb cannon and crew from Captains Trips 3rd Dutch Horse Artillery Battery is tasked to Captain Reynst company. Being horse gunners they typically deploy with the lancers and Lt. Trocke. As the guns crews are regularly rotated from the battery they lack familiarity with other solders of the company, so they tend to operate independently once combat commences.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qWGWC6X_Lec/XvzZyAfocCI/AAAAAAAABl4/wglhQA5EPgIizG5UHrxoJCMrNaFDrDhCwCK4BGAsYHg/s445/IMG_0236.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="445" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qWGWC6X_Lec/XvzZyAfocCI/AAAAAAAABl4/wglhQA5EPgIizG5UHrxoJCMrNaFDrDhCwCK4BGAsYHg/s320/IMG_0236.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><font size="2">"French" Medium Artillery (4 figures + 1 Cannon)</font></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We usually play around 70 to 75 point games, and this force is 67 points without the gun and 74 points with the gun, so I generally have a few points to get support options as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>This force of miniatures also breaks down well for our games of Napoleonic Rebels & Patriots, in particular when we play with our modifications. Even without the modifications, I painted a few extra figures so that the group sizes match to those in R&P.</div><div><br /></div><div>As of now, I am leaning towards a Spanish force as my next SP2 project, but have to finish my Italian Alpini Chain of Command platoon and General d'Armee Russians before I start it. </div>The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-56648362325403304082020-06-29T16:53:00.000-07:002020-07-02T14:22:06.718-07:00Battle of Gilly, 1815 BelgiumIt goes without saying that gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a difficult endeavor to accomplish these days. That said, our small group did get a game of General d'Armee in last Sunday (the day the store is closed). We played on the large 6' x 12' table which made it easier to social distance while gaming.<br />
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The scenario was inspired by the rearguard action on June 15th 1815 near the town of Gilly, between Pirch II division and Lefol’s division from Vandamme's III corps leading the french advance. While control of the town was helpful (cavalry and artillery could only cross here), the Prussian objective was to hold off the French for an unknown number of turns. The French needed to aggressively engage and disperse two of the Prussian brigades to claim victory.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The Prussian 28th Regiment awaits the assault of the French 37th
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holding
the village was our best regiment, the 6th Infantry Regiment.<br />Well behind the
village, we put the Prussian 2nd Westphalian Landwehr Regiment in reserve.</span></td></tr>
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Prussian left was held by the Cavalry brigade comprised of the 2nd Dragoon
regiment,<br />a Westphalian Landwehr Cavalry regiment and a 6lb horse battery.</span></td></tr>
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French right flank with the five battalion of 12th and 56th Ligne,<br />supported by
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four battalions of the 37th and 64th Ligne attack on the French left.<br />Behind
them is the Empress Dragoon Regiment of the Old Guard!</span></td></tr>
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is difficult to see but the five battalions of the 15th Léger and 23rd Ligne
have begun their assault on the village held by 1st battalion of the 6th
Prussian Regiment. The veteran fusilier battalion of the 6th Regiment was in
support just to the rear of the village.</span></td></tr>
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It should be noted that this was the point in the game that a major fight for the village started. The initial French assault ended in a draw, but both sides added more battalions to the fight before the Prussians had to retire...<br />
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The 6th regrouped and immediately counter attacked ... which once again led to a drawn combat. And again both sides threw more battalions into the fray, until the worn French had to retreat leaving the village once more in Prussian hands. The hour long fight involved nine battalions of infantry between both sides.<br />
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1st/37th Ligne was heavily mauled by the fighting in front of the stream,<br />the
other French battalions were able to force back the battalions of the 28<sup>th</sup>
Infantry Regiment.</span></td></tr>
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the remnants of the 28th regiment reform on the small rise with orders to stop
the onslaught of the French ...<br />they failed and were dispersed from the
battlefield!</span></td></tr>
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Though it was at this moment that the Prussian high command felt the Major General Pirch II had delayed the French long enough and allowed his division to begin an orderly retreat from the battlefield claiming victory over the French.<br />
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All in all another good game of GdA, and we are already planning our next battle (La Rothiere 1814). We have played so many games now that we are starting to add in house rules to "fix" issues that crop up. For this game the terrain rules (very lacking in GdA) caused some grief and delays in the game, so we are looking at the terrain rules in General de Brigade and incorporating some of them into our GdA games.The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-79497756358543236902019-05-28T16:09:00.000-07:002019-05-28T16:09:53.087-07:00Attack on the Pajar Vergara - Talavera July 28th 1809<br />
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">We had not pulled out our Napoleonics figures in a long time, so this last weekend we decided to do a small game of General d'Armee. I had written up a scenario last year that we had not gamed yet and thought this would make for a small division sized battle. The scenario was built around General Leval's attack on the Pajar Vergara at the Battle of Talavera in 1809.</span></div>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FObNP7pYdJ4/XO2VJBkVO0I/AAAAAAAABgw/HiNEYmlVp9slVubtMdwGobokz3n5kyrtwCLcBGAs/s1600/Battle%2Bof%2BPajar%2BVeraga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FObNP7pYdJ4/XO2VJBkVO0I/AAAAAAAABgw/HiNEYmlVp9slVubtMdwGobokz3n5kyrtwCLcBGAs/s400/Battle%2Bof%2BPajar%2BVeraga.jpg" width="295" /></a><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;"><i>In the original French plan, Leval was to attack second, but his troops had to advance through the olive groves north of Talavera, and he soon lost sight of the rest of the French lines. Believing his advance had taken longer than it really had, Leval attacked early. Their order from left to right was as follows - Frankfurt, Hessen, Baden, </i></span><i style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">Nassau and </i><i style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">Holland. The nine battalions of the German Division were arrayed in a single line of battalion columns with a thick screen of skirmishers in their front. His columns had been broken up in the advance through the trees, and emerged into the open ground in front of the Allied lines in some disorder.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;"><i>His right hand regiment was facing British troops, his left hand regiment Spanish troops and his central regiment the gun battery on Pajar de Vergara. For some time his left and right regiments made some progress, but then the central regiment broke under the impact of the artillery fire. Seeing this, the 7th, 40th and 53rd Regiments charged the French right, which broke and fled. Leval’s left was forced to retreat to avoid being isolated. The British captured six French guns, spiked them, and then returned to their lines. In a fight that had lasted 45 minutes, Leval had lost close to 700 men.</i></span></div>
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battalions of the ‘German’ division struggled to move out of the olive tree
fields in an orderly fashion. And it was a battalion of Baden troops from the Brigadier Porbeck
brigade in the center which formed up first. They tried to rush the Spanish heavy guns at the top of the Pajar
Vergara … canister fire however drove them off and after a second attempt by
the other Baden battalion failed, the Brigadier changed his tactics. He reinforced his
brigade skirmish screen and set them in from the guns to slowly pick off the Spanish
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two Baden Battalions in front of the "ramp" to the Pajar Vergara</td></tr>
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this was going on, Brigadier Grandjean two hessian battalions and a battalion
from Frankfurt advanced on the French left towards the line held by the Spanish
infantry. Some very indecisive action then occurred, but the French slowly but
surely gained the upper hand.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The 2nd Attempt by the Baden regiment to take the redoubt.</td></tr>
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two battalions of Dutch infantry on the French right took the longest time
getting out of the Olive groves, and once clear struggled to move forward under
the flanking bombardment of the British battery on the Pajar Vergara. The fire
was to much and this battalion dispersed, however it did buy time for the other
battalion to engage the British Battalion of Detachments from Gen. Kemmis
brigade. The veteran Dutchmen were able to rout off the battalion, before Gen.
Kemmis could swing his other two battalions around.</span></div>
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just one battalion holding his right flank, General Leval sent his only reserves, the Polish
Brigade (temporarily attached), to shore up the gap between the center and
right brigades. Gen. Potocki’s two large polish battalions launch an all-out
assault on the remaining battalions of Col. Kemmis' brigade … and failed spectacularly!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Artillery fire finally started to takes its toll on the British and Spanish
forces. In particular, <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">General Portago Spanish division faltered and was close to routing before two provincial militia battalions arrived to stabilize the division.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Brigade marching to shore up the Spanish flank ... moments later they would turn around!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">The Polish brigade rallied and move back into the french line, which was conforming to the Portina stream. This prompted General Campbell's two battalions of British Veterans to to turn around and march back to the British left to make sure a gap in the allied line could not be exploited. In fact, Brigadier General Campbell 1st brigade spent most of the battle counter marching back an forth between the left and right flanks during the battle, and in the end did not engage in any any combat except for skirmishing fire! </span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">Though reinforced the Spanish division was in poor shape as artillery fire and close range musketry was taking its toll on the spaniards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">[A</span><i style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">fter 5 hours of game play we ended the game at this point and called it a minor French victory.</i><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">] With his right about to be compromised, Sir Wellesley ordered the Foot Guard brigade to attack the Germans trying to flank his position utop Medellín hill. This indeed put a halt to the German Divisions advance, but left the Medellin hill depleted and Gen </span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">Sebastiani </span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">1st Division troops were able to push onto and hold Medllin Hill. This forced Wellesley to retire as his command was in jeopardy of being split into two parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;">Turned out to be a really good game and has inspired us to do another battle soon ... leaning towards Russians vs French and so perhaps an 1814 game.</span></div>
The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-63354812417203838682019-05-17T18:46:00.000-07:002019-05-17T19:29:37.133-07:00Team Yankee - US Oil War Task Force<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cCIdteW5D5s/XN30BJ7Sb9I/AAAAAAAABgA/oQ3n_M8SiUkZQaDA9KpIvnndcAIDqmbIwCLcBGAs/s1600/OilWarsCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="690" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cCIdteW5D5s/XN30BJ7Sb9I/AAAAAAAABgA/oQ3n_M8SiUkZQaDA9KpIvnndcAIDqmbIwCLcBGAs/s320/OilWarsCover.jpg" width="242" /></a>It has been ages since I last painted up a 15mm army and now with the release of Oil War supplement for Team Yankee, I thought it about time I get another reinforced company onto the gaming table. As a former member of the 82nd Airborne, I kind of already knew what my main force would be but needed some "shtick" to get them to the middle east. So have them jumping into Syria and link up with an advance force of Israeli tanks.<br />
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I plan on painting up two full strength platoons of paratroopers, sans helicopters (no blackhawks, no helicopters!) While they may not be that great stats wise, I had to have at least a platoon of Sheridans, as they look really cool! To fill out the company, I obviously had to have a TOW platoon; and for AA defense a small Stinger section.<br />
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The new Israeli Merkava looks too good to pass on, so decide to support my airborne troops with a very small formation of Merkava 1's. While the Merkava 2's would have been nice, I settled for five almost as expensive Merkava 1's. Along with a few M113 recon tracks, this little force was still almost half of my point total!<br />
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Below is my 70 point Airborne force, which is the level we normally game at. I have ordered most of everything but I do already have a boxed set of Sheridans, so I'll start putting those together this week.<br />
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I am still debating on whether to paint them up in the Winter MERDC scheme. Or if I should be "bold" and do them up in the Desert Gray MERDC camo scheme. The latter scheme is what all our jeeps and tanks were when I was in, but I think the desert scheme will blend a little better with the Israeli force, so am kind of leaning towards it. Also I don't see that schemed used, so it would be "unique" in our gaming area.<br />
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<td class="xl86" style="width: 161pt;" width="215"><b><u>Israeli Advance Force</u></b></td>
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<td class="xl89" style="width: 161pt;" width="215"></td>
<td class="xl90" style="width: 71pt;" width="95"></td>
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<td class="xl81"><b>Merkava Tank HQ</b></td>
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<td class="xl83" style="width: 161pt;" width="215">1x Merkava 1</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: none;">6</td>
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<td class="xl81"><b>Tank Section</b></td>
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<td class="xl76" style="border-left: none;">3</td>
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<td class="xl82" style="width: 161pt;" width="215"></td>
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As we did not get the Humvee until summer of '86, I am going to go with Jeeps for the TOW platoon (that's what I had as a 11H TOW gunner in the 1st/505th) and jeeps for the Stinger (redeye) platoons as well. I'll do a little conversion work, but thinking of just using a jeep on a large stand with a stinger team next to it. Still not sure on whether I will just proxy the models (Jeeps vs Humvee) or use the the stats as well (Unarmored Tank Unit vs Armored Tank Unit). Let me know what Data Card you think I should use in the comments below.<br />
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And this would be the Stinger section (BTW I'll put in pictures of the jeeps I paint up)<br />
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games played in our 1777 AWI Sharpe’s Practice campaign. This battle day (3
games) ended the current mission, our second, with the British side holding
off the American side as it tried to intimidate the local population. The
American side was only able gain 40% completion. Based on the results of the previous
two missions (both British success) I’ll be moving the campaign map down
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1777<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Major Blaine orders scouting patrols out to both the
east and west in order to locate the rebels. He makes it clear to those on
patrol that in no way can the rebels get past this picket line unnoticed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The major paces the camp in the late in the morning
hours on edge, as he yet has to find the rebels. As the morning fog clears
into the afternoon a runner arrives at the camp finally with news on the
rebels. It seems that the rebels are indeed moving north, the scout reports
their location and indicates they were not spotted. While the major pondered
an option to march parallel to the rebels in order to get ahead of them, he
is clearly tired of being subtle and decides to bring them to battle soon as
possible.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Though the column was ready to move out, it was going
to be late in the evening when they would intercept the rebel force as the
wooded terrain will impede there progress. So it is not until 7pm that the
leading scout patrols contact the rebel picket line and firing rings out as
they engage each other. The leading company holds up and the major sends the
other companies to the left and right straight into battle.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Despite losing
some of Sgt. McUreigh’s rangers for picket duty </i>[-6 figs],<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> this afternoon, we met the enemy once
again and fared positively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moving
through the woods to the far right of the centre company, we were led
northwards by Lisette, the half-Indian who has been a proven pathfinder, to a
clearing interspersed with thick stands of trees.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lieutenant Moon
and Chief Ochataquin’s Hurons </i>[2 groups plus bruiser]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> soon delved under the canopies to the right while Ensign Townshend
took his men </i>[2 skirmisher groups] <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">into
the trees in front.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A line of rebel
militia, supported by a cannon and some riflemen appeared in short order
opposite us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recognized their
mounted leader as the one we faced a previous day </i>[Captain Hartwell]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Our skirmishers
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Upon hearing the
cannon, I ordered my men </i>[2 regular and 1 Provincial group]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> to lie low on the ground and then to
crawl in between the two stands of trees, and thus progress was slow </i>[waited
to also use the secondary deployment point, but no Leader 1 card came up
until turn 5!]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> until our muskets were
within 80 rods of the cannon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
lieutenant trailing behind, the Huron chief led his warriors to the edge of
the woods and gave the Continentals a fusillade that was soon returned very quickly
by them at three rounds a minute!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Townshend’s men
retreated into the woods to reload and emerged back out to re-engage the
cannon and rifles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few more of their
men and ours dropped before the cannon turned to face my line, spouting fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ball whistled over us [about 4 shock],
we rose from crawling, and unleashed our first </i>fire [20 shots]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> upon the rebels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This discouraged their line enough that
their Captain began to signal a withdrawal.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The remaining two
gunners understood and spirited their 3 pounder to safety, but the eight
regulars in front of the Hurons must have misheard and started to cautiously
approach the woods </i>[At ‘em, boys! rolled a 3” movement]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chief Ochataquin must have seen the opportunity and launched all of
his braves from the woods in a forward rush of flung tomahawks!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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retreated into the woods to reload and emerged back out to re-engage the
cannon and rifles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few more of their
men and ours dropped before the cannon turned to face my line, spouting fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ball whistled over us [about 4 shock],
we rose from crawling, and unleashed our first fire </i>[20 shots]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> upon the rebels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This discouraged their line enough that
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approach the woods </i>[At ‘em, boys! rolled a 3” movement]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Morale down from 10 to 6 to the British FM of 10]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, but exposed Ochataquin to a violent volley from the line of blue
behind them, sending a couple braves reeling to the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not halt in time the vengeful
butchery that happened afterwards to the rebels left upon the field, as the
rest of them retired into the growing darkness with the worst of memories </i>[Captain
Hartwell now hated enemy].<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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medicine man accompanied me in place of Doctor Nixon who was up to his arms
in surgery at the Johannson house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
elder quickly began tending to both Indian and English wounded with his
strange poultices and herbals, particularly the revered Lieutenant Moon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other Indians did mourn their losses again
…and collected more ghastly trophies in return for scattering the enemy
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have grown to respect their
Chief, as his battle prowess and leadership with Lieutenant Moon has led to
our growing victories in this wilderness despite their band’s ever dwindling
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away from native villages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His words
reinforced my initial desire that our army move southward as planned to New
York rather than up the Mohawk River valley. We are getting closer to
succeeding in our endeavor to cut off New England from the rest of the
colonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In due time, God willing,
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lot of wounded in this exchange. Again with the darkness there is no
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insures there will be no pursuit. Instead Maj. Blaine orders the column to
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The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-63324676267022366032018-10-02T12:05:00.001-07:002018-10-02T17:08:34.329-07:00Quick Hobby Project - 28mm Fir TreesI was scrounging around some old boxes yesterday and found an open bag with a few fir trees in it. I recalled that when I was making up trees for our 15mm Napoleon's Battle games and I deemed around a dozen trees as being too "big" for use with 15mm miniatures. However, instead of throwing them away, I packed them away in a box and then promptly forgot about them ... for over a decade!<br />
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I had sold off my NB figures several years ago and now almost exclusively paint/game with 28mm figures. So when I came across the forgotten trees I realized I now have a reason to get them on the gaming table. So taking a break from painting up some Dutch infantry for Sharp's Practice and a Dark Elf Blood Bowl team, I decided on a quick one day hobby project to base up the trees.<br />
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The trees are wire stemmed so before use I would need to make some kind of base for them. I had thirteen trees (with one of them being a very small one that I must have missed those years ago) and at first was going to base them individually, but upon reflection decided to do a mix of one's and two's per base.<br />
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I cut various shapes from card stock but realized that the card stock was to thin glue the trees to. In addition the stem of the tree was to short to twist into a flat shape to glue to the base. So I cut up thirteen squares of foam board to thicken up the location where each trees would "planted". Needless to say, the foamcard kind of stood out, so I puttied up the base to hide them.<br />
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I then painted the base a reddish brown highlighted with a tan, glued on some dirt/rocks, as well as some flocking. The base was looking a little bare, so I added some clump foliage to "raise" the height of the flocking. I then drilled a small hole into the foam board and superglued in the tree ... for eight bases of "large" fir trees for use with my 28mm Chain of Command, Sharp's Practice, SAGA figures or even a Frostgrave games.<br />
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<br />The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-16372844508842862012018-06-14T14:11:00.003-07:002018-06-14T14:13:02.164-07:00Napoleonic Dutch Infantry CompanyI have decided to get back to some basic's, aka Napoleonics, for Sharps Practice. I decided to just use the lists out of the book, so peninsula war it is. I was not as keen on doing up French at this point, but we needed some "enemies" for the British, Portuguese and Spanish players, so French it was ... well kind of.<br />
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I would create up the list using the French stats, but paint the figures up as French Allies from Level's "German" division. This division was comprised of infantry from Baden, Nassau, Dutch, Hessen-Darmstadt and the Confederation of the Rhine. After some consideration I settled on a company from the 2nd battalion, 4th Dutch Regiment.<br />
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Capt. Reynst (Lvl III)<br />
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"French" Line Infantry (8 figures)<br />
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"French" Line Infantry (8 figures)<br />
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The main "problem" with these figures is that they all have plumes. Which means they will work very well for the Grenadiers and Voltigeurs (I'll just square off the cuffs when painting them up). But I'm not sure if it is worth (or easy enough) to cut down the plume to a tuft for the Line infantry. Either way I am going to use the Elite figures, so I went ahead and ordered them now, as my main supplier does not keep stock of the early french and would have to order them from the UK.</div>
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He was able to send out the command pack that I am going to use for some leaders. So I decided to paint them up as the "test" figures. As the Dutch had white uniforms, I went with a grey primer then a highlight of white primer from above. Then used my large brush and applied an overbrush of white to each figure.</div>
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Finally I painted on the few details on each figure and let them dry overnight. The next day I washed the whole figure with some thinned down Army Painter soft tone and called them done. I may go back and touched up some of the details.<br />
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And as I have not gamed the battle using the Regimental level rules, it was an easy call to pull out my copy of Civil War Battle Scenarios Vol 1 for Regimental Fire & Fury to run the Cornfield scenario later this month. When looking over the terrain notes, I noticed that both the Walker and Douglass confederate brigades start the game behind some hasty breastworks made out of piled up fence rail. As all my 15mm fieldworks are geared for WW2, I thought I'd go about making a couple of feet of fields works for 1860's.<br />
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After reading about the battle, it seems that the breastworks were just piled up sections of fence rail ... so I thought it would be easy to also just pile up some toothpicks and pour glue over them to hold them together. While it would be more "realistic" I did not like the look of it. In addition I was going to have to either do layers of fence or make a jig to build up the height of the breastworks. So after viewing some actual pictures and reading several other blogs about it, I decided on making them a little less "hasty".<br />
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I collected up the materials, 6" popsicle sticks, toothpicks, putty, a few rocks, paint, knife, glue and water. Then found a suitable "work space" (a priority mail box) and started the build.<br />
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I realized early on that the 6" sticks were going to warp, so I ended up cutting each in half (3" sections.) I actually think the smaller sections will work better in the game as well.<br />
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I first mixed some putty, paint and water into a cup and spread the dark brown paste to each popsicle stick. Then cut a little section of toothpick and placed them upright along the centerline of each popsicle stick to use as a barrier for the piled fence rails. I planned on "piling" up the toothpicks on the half closest to the unit, with the other half flocked to blend with the table.<br />
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For the pile of fence rails I used toothpicks and cut each end down to even them up. Then I just started gluing them down to the paste, then atop each other. I broke a few and laid them at angles to the rest and used some rocks to fill in larger gaps. I was in a hurry and some of them turned up a little short, but in the end they will all work just fine on the gaming table. I let this dry overnight as it was getting late at the store.<br />
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The next day I painted on a mix of water, glue and lighter brown paint to the rocks and fence rails. This was to both prime them for painting but also add more strength to the piles of fence rails.<br />
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Once they were dry the next step was to paint the rail fences. I ended up using three colors, Terracotta Beige, Khaki Tan and Light Buttermilk. Not much thought went into the colors, I just grabbed two lighter brown colors and a "white" from my box of craft paints.<br />
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I painted each section using a slightly modified overbrush/wet blend process. I first applied a heavy coat of Terracotta Beige over about 80% of the fence rails, then I dry brushed a thick coat of the Khaki Tan onto it to lighten them up. I mixed some Light Buttermilk into the Tan and lightly dry brushed the fence rails, trying to pick out the edges and ends. I also dry brushed the earth as well.<br />
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Finally I added a some small stones and light grass color flock. As this was drying I glued down small clumps from my clump foliage remnants container to give each of them a green "look". In reality, with all the feet trampling the ground as they built up the breastworks, the area around it would be mostly dirt/mud. That however looks too stark on the gaming table, so green foliage to the breastworks it is!<br />
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Considering I did three feet of breastworks in less than two days work, they turned out pretty good. The only thing I would/will do differently is just make sure that all the works are waist high, a couple of them are pretty low.<br />
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I am thinking I'll next airbrush the map onto a green cloth next week. We won't have enough fence for the battle but airbrushing in all the roads, fields and woods will help divide the battle field up. And time permitting I might look at turning some astro turf into cornfields...<br />
<br />The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-18041993531101918302018-03-29T13:36:00.001-07:002018-03-29T13:36:26.808-07:00Jump-Off Points for CoCWe've been playing more and more of the <b style="font-style: italic;">Chain of Command</b> rules by Too Fat Lardies at the store of late. And one of the really cool parts of the game, is the Patrol phase that starts each game. It is a quick mini-game to see where your <b>Jump-Off Points</b> are located, and these in turn are where you can deploy your troops from. As the JoP's were going to be on the table, I thought it was about time I started making some diorama JoP's bases instead of the wooden discs we've been using.<br />
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As the patrol markers will only be on the table for a short time, I just found some images online, printed them out and glued them to a thin 50mm circular base. Once a patrol marker moves to within 12" of an enemy marker, you flip the marker over to locked both of them into place.<br />
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The first couple of ones I did, I used a barrel and fuel can resin piece from Micro Art Studios.<br />
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I painted them up in varies shades of green and olive drab. Rusted them with dabs of red-brown with a piece sponge and the washed them in a couple of shades of brown, green and black.<br />
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The result was some pretty used and beat up barrels. This was compounded when I based the pieces and washed the area around them with the same colors plus some yellowish orange wash!<br />
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They turned out very well ... for a toxic spill site :) I am still going to use them in our games, especially when tanks are present. But will only use one per side and they will most likely be the JoP closest to the table edge.<br />
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So it was back to the drawing board for the next JoP's. I fished out a miniature that a friend of mine had painted up (hoping it was not one that Steve needed!) and started thinking of ways to use him on a base. My first thought was to have him behind a hedge, but when fiddling around with the miniature on a base I realized that it was going to be too "plain".<br />
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So I shrunk down the hedge to a large bush, but I thought a sign post would look good next to it, so I drilled out a small hole in the base for it. I of course then realized I would need to place the signpost next to a road, so I marked off some of the base to be the edge of a road.<br />
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I glued down the figure and did my normal basing steps on most of the base, though leaving the road bare. I normally don't use spackle on bases, but wanted the road to be different from my regular basing steps, so put a small layer of spackle on the area marked off and gouged it with a hobby knife for a "road effect".<br />
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I'll do up another two for the Germans, then mimic them and do a set of three for the British. I ordered some small farm animals and have an idea about adding a pig or chicken to one of the bases. Still looking for more ideas, but am thinking using some of my "hated" prone figures.<br />
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Hopefully will get some of the British ones done quickly as we want to start up one of the mini campaigns (Martlet) and will post those JoP's as they are finished.<br />
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<br />The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-47103046483121487542018-03-28T12:16:00.000-07:002018-03-28T12:16:39.863-07:0039th New York Regiment "Garibaldi Guard" So I have been in a little bit of a painting slump since finishing the two battalions of Russian Infantry in greatcoats. I have also been itching to get back into ACW, so thought I kill two birds with one stone, finishing up some long overdue painting projects (the 39th and Union Cavalry) and creating an excuse to get in a game of Fire & Fury.<br />
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First up was the 39th NY, known as the Garibaldi Guard or Lincoln's Foreign Legion. To be honest I don't know much about the unit, I am mostly Scottish, not Italian :) I mainly wanted a unit that looks different than the dozens of other Union regiments I already have!<br />
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Besides numerous skirmishes, the regiment fought at the following battles: 1st Bull Run (1861), Battle of Cross Keys (1862), Battle of Gettysburg (1863), Battle of the Wilderness (1864), Battle of Spottsylvania (1864), and the Appomattox Campaign (1865).<br />
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During its period of service, 5 officers and 62 enlisted men were killed in action; 3 officers and 49 enlisted men died of wounds received in action; 1 officer and 158 enlisted men died of disease and other causes. In total, 278 men (9 officers and 269 enlistees) died while in service in the regiment. Of those, 1 officer and 99 enlisted men died while captured by the Rebel army.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We spent brief time recovering from the previous skirmish
before ordered by Major Potter to resume column and retaliate before the enemy
finds our main body. My Company was in the centre of march when the sound of
musketry came upon our left a few hours down the trail. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A runner gave word to the Major, and we
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Lieutenant Moon, were actually of the Huron Nation, larger in build and of
fiercer countenance than the Mission Mohegans. They had travelled the furthest
and had departed from Fort Stanwick and St. Legere’s command after sorely
losing much of their personal effects in a sally by those besieged. Enraged,
Moon explained that, they seek to recover their “honor” (in the savage’s sense
of the word) by plunder and destruction. One among their number is rumored to
receive Burgoyne’s pardon a few days ago after the unfortunate Jane McRae
affair, but the Lieutenant would not candidly reveal which. I can only hope to
civilly temper their lust for retribution against any further loyalist families
we encounter, with the help of the Indian Department’s agents and Moon. At this
time, though, they have performed very reservedly upon the battlefield, perhaps
waiting opportunistically for a lone homestead rather than a militia firing
line. I am hoping to receive some local loyalists from Peter’s Corps to keep
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last fiasco. I entrusted them to Ensign Townsend and the forward Skirmishers (1
group plus 1 provincial militia) who, this time, fired first as the remainder
of my Company (2 regulars plus 1 skirmishes) approached between two copses of
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groups) emerging from tall grass, with their frontiersmen running on either
wing towards the same trees holding my hidden Indian party and skirmishers. My
own front men moved into the right trees so that my line would have a field of
fire, while the rebel rifles started to seek targets among the left trees.
(Turns 3-4) Not yet within musket’s reach, I could see that my sixteen could
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As would have it, my left skirmishers worried by the
rifles, saw seven in hunting shirts charge them brandishing hatchets. They
hastily fell back into the interior (evade), but the militia sergeant fiercely
harangued his six to catch them at their backs (step out, lads) that all,
except one who bolted back to us, went deep to ground in the thickets for the
remainder (-1 FM, but casualties recovered). The steady hand of Townshend kept
the Highlanders nearby from also running. But where were Moon’s Hurons?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I faced my line towards the brash rebel scouts instead of the militia and
loosed our first fire. This was enough to kill or send them packing back to
their lines, brave as they were. (Turn 5, -2 FM). As my skirmishers and
Highlanders continued to exchange with their riflemen, their second group of
scouts neared the right woods in front of my other skirmishers. That is when
Moon’s Indians finally revealed themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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militia, they ambuscaded instead to the rear of the trees and threw musketry at
the scouts on the right in the open (2 x 12 shots) starting their eventual
withdrawal as well (another -2 FM over next two turns). But the militia of 40
muskets continued its inexorable advance and I thought it better to also take
my line, in columns of twos, into the woods to the right for protection. From
there, we relieved Sergeant Entwhistle's front men, whom I rallied to return to
the fight alongside our line, now fighting for their lives behind trunk and
branch. The good Doctor Nixon also restored Entwhistle enough so that he could
send his soldiers into defilade in an adjacent creek bed, though filled with
muck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had wisely also pulled back among their trees to avoid a devastating volley,
only exposing themselves enough for a stray shot to the far end of the militia
line. As the rebel scouts and riflemen retired, so too did the whole grand
division of militia through the grass, leaving us shaken, but maintaining the
field. (Final FM 7 vs. 4?). We fought more like them, quickly taking to tree,
while they fought more like us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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treatment of his wounds and return to his home unit, I packed the Highlanders
to the rear back to McClewlis with a missive that “they all earned their farm,
rather than burial, plots,” and thanked Lieutenant Moon for his handling of the
natives, even as they scoured the battlefield for trophies I dare not mention. We
had suffered seven injuries and, surprisingly, no losses with what we had
faced. Reports from the rest of the column were also good. A detachment of the
Queen's Loyal Rangers, led by a Sergeant Frederic McUriegh, joined my command
to bolster our ranks, depleted from many hard months of campaigning. My desire
is that these Provincials will help recruit more locals to our just cause, or
at least police any excesses that the Hurons are want to commit. I survive
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<br />The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-81995517246815421992018-03-01T16:03:00.000-08:002020-07-02T14:29:08.800-07:00Battle of Hanau 1813 - After Action Report<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Last Saturday, Ralph Holoway put on a game of 4th edition <i><b>Napoleon's Battle</b></i> at the store. He took several pictures of the game and wrote up a report on how it went. I have re-posted his AAR with his permision below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The initial deployments were based off of historical deployments, the Bavarians (Ronald and Daine Oldman) to the north of the Kinzig, with their cavalry and the Raiding Force of Austrian and Cossack cavalry on the far left, and the Austrian corps and cavalry south of the Kinzig Stream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The action started slowly in Turn 3 with the French infantry moving forward on their right in the Puppenwald and the 2nd Guard Cavalry moving out of the Puppenwald to the open terrain on the French right. The Bavarians began to engage the French in the Puppenwald with their artillery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Austrian commander then chose to begin the move of two brigades of his cavalry to the left flank to aid the Bavarian cavalry and the French received the 2nd Light Cavalry Division in the Puppenwald.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As the cavalry battle was joined between the Bavarian light cavalry and the Raiding Force, and the 2nd Guard Cavalry, this seemed less necessary. The allied cavalry soundly repulsed the Guard Cavalry (three consecutive rolls of 1 by the French).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">On Turn 3 the French received he 4th light Cavalry Division deploying out of the Puppenwald to aid the French cavalry on the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The French infantry on the left flank in the Puppenwald moved to engage and combat the Bavarian left flank infantry vicinity Neuhof Farm on Turn 4. The Bavarians abandoned their guns during the onslaught.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Meanwhile on the French left in the Lamboi Woods, the French infantry had moved forward to engage the Bavarians south of Neuhof Farm. They were fired upon by some Austrian artillery south of the Kinzig Stream as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Between 12:30 hrs. and 1330 hrs. the 1st Old Guard Division, the 2nd Old Guard Division and Guard Artillery arrive arrived via road in the Lamboi Woods. The Guard moved forward to engage and combat the Bavarians and Austrians south of the Neuhof Farm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">On the French right, the cavalry battle continues with mixed results for the French. The Bavarian light cavalry is forced to withdraw, but Austrian cavalry arrived to reinforce the flank.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The game ended on Turn 8 or 13:30 hrs. after approximately five hours of play.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Conclusions I drew from the play of the scenario as written:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Need to start battle later,11:00 hrs. versus 9:00 hrs. This will start that fight earlier in game play and give the French cavalry on the right two more light cavalry divisions for the cavalry fight on the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Also, would probably preclude Austrian cavalry from south of Kinzig Stream affecting that fight. This is more historical in outcome, as the French cavalry threatened the Bavarian infantry after their defeat of the allied cavalry. Also, this would bring the main fight of the Old Guard to clear the north of the Kinzig Stream earlier in play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Need to give more depth to the French deployment area in the woods for Imperial Guard deployment.</span><br />
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The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-49217704782419866702018-02-14T16:38:00.002-08:002018-02-14T16:38:28.029-08:00The Neilson House - Saratoga NY 1777As we have been gaming a lot of Sharp's Practice games of late, I thought I would make a building to use for our future games. I first did a minimal search for "1777" structures and found a pic of a red cabin at the Saratoga National Park, the Neilson House. I liked the design of the house, but was not so sure about the color of it, very red! But alas that seems to be historically accurate and who am I to buck history :)<br />
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For the windows I started out like I normally do, gluing cut strips of balsa wood to a piece of graph paper to line them up, then glue it the side of the building (and spackle around it) ... in this case I had to cut out a section of the plank siding to get in order to fit in the window. This was not working out very well, so I decided to measure and cut the windows on the siding first, then glue the siding to the wall, and then use the cut out to "measure" the balsa wood pieces for the frame to fit inside for each window. I really should go back and add in shutters but was getting anxious to finish, so skipped them. I can always add them in at a later date anyways.<br />
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I wanted to roof to look different than the siding so made the "tiles" a little longer. Then I took a pen and drew in the "individual" tiles. Cut up the bottom of and generally scuffed each layer before gluing it down. I also paid special attention to the front porch overhang and the removable roof, as I wanted to have fairly seamless line when the roof is on. I was mostly done with the roof, when I realized I had not put on the chimney! So I just added a couple of layers of foam board and glued it straight onto the roof tile ... by far the worst looking chimney I have done and plan to redo it in the near future.<br />
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Now onto painting ... first up I wanted to try and "stiffen" up the building, so as seen on Youtube, I mixed some Mod Podge, brown paint and water; then painted the mix onto the building as a primer, as well as stiffening the build. This worked pretty well, though I need to get better at mixing the concoction, as the colored "primer" was really thin.<br />
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I next broke out the Iwata airbrush and loaded it up with some Vallejo Fire Red to paint the sides of the building. I then added some a sand color to the red and airbrushed some faded areas on it. To my surprise the red actually turned out pretty good! I next used a grey blue and sprayed the roof, but used a large brush to dry brush the edges and picking out individual tiles. I also painted the windows and the porch, though the worn wood look I was going for, did not come out like I wanted. To "fix" it, I applied some wash to it ... and was still not happy with it, so may line each plank to make them standout a little better.<br />
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For the most part I am calling this house done, it is very game usable right now and I can get to the other little things at any time. I have come across some close up views of the house and now realize that it sits atop a layer of stone ... sigh :) When I am really feeling like it, I will cut out a thin base of blue board and outline a stone base for it. Because of this I am not going to base the building right now and just use it without a floor.<br />
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The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-6136704285182674422018-02-12T18:34:00.000-08:002018-02-12T18:34:24.056-08:001944 Eastern Front - Chain of Command<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rpp0CY5rk7I/WoIXK5nKHPI/AAAAAAAABVA/a9P1ZtM5Jxob8vqNn3COz4-yrkwqminegCEwYBhgL/s1600/coc09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="298" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rpp0CY5rk7I/WoIXK5nKHPI/AAAAAAAABVA/a9P1ZtM5Jxob8vqNn3COz4-yrkwqminegCEwYBhgL/s400/coc09.jpg" width="400" /></a>This last Saturday, a friend of mine showed up at the store with some time to kill. So I decided on a pick up game of <b><i>Chain of Command</i></b>.<br />
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Even though Tim had never played CoC, let alone any type of WW2 skirmish game and I had only played once several years ago, I was keen on throwing together a game. Mainly because I had recently reread the rules and had moderated over a half dozen games in the last couple of months as CoC is getting very popular at the store these days.<br />
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I pulled out my Russians (Tim) and Germans (John) and made up a simple force for both sides, both being Regular Rifle Platoons with a tank as support (Sherman 76mm for the Russians and Pz IV H for the Germans).<br />
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We rolled up our force morale (Germans 10 and Russians 9) and the scenario (Attack & Defend), then started the Patrol phase with the Germans attacking and making several free patrol moves (four in this case).<br />
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I essentially only had two usable deployment points, one located in the woods (center) and the other in a field (far left). My tank would arrive at the road.<br />
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Tim would have one in the ruined building, one in a field on his left and a final one at the board edge on his right (covered by the woods). Of course his tank would also arrive at the road as well.<br />
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Over the next few turns I was able to get a squad into the woods in the center and the tall crop field on my left. Tim was able to get a squad Russians upto the fence next to the ruined building, which pretty much covered the whole center area.<br />
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Once my squad moved to the edge of the woods, we began to exchange fire with the Russians behind the fence. And for pretty much for the rest of the battle, both squads exchange fire, though at one point tried to assault the Russian position and succeeded in only moving out into the open! After the M4 Sherman tank arrived, Tim brought on his senior leader to bolster this squad and this kept them in the fire fight. I also was able to bring my Pz IV tank on the phase after the Russian tank arrived. We both moved up the road, then both tanks stopped to exchange gunfire.<br />
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Well that was what we thought was going to happen, in fact I had the first shot, scored a hit, five hits got through and rolled a six for the effect ... blew the Sherman to smithereens! Not very enjoyable for either side, so I just told him to put a couple of points of shock on it and then moved the Pz IV towards a large field on my right.<br />
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On my left I had deployed a squad, that was able to move its rifle section to the edge of a small woods before any Russians were deployed in the area. I decided to leave the LMG team behind so as to provide covering fire. It was looking like I was going to easily get my riflemen into the woods before any Russians showed up... Then Tim rolled a double phase, a single phase for me, and another double phase for Tim. Needless to say Tim rushed a squad all the way into the edge of the woods and blasted my riflemen still located in the open. What was left of my rifle team (and the Panzerschreck team that unwisely showed up in the middle of this) fled back to the tall crop field!<br />
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I too deployed my senior leader into firefight going on in the center. He was able to stabilize the situation (and my hot dice). So we then turned to Tim's left flank, where he had finally deployed his last Russian squad to deal with my Pz IV ... of course we soon realized that infantry cannot attack tanks with regular grenades, they need to have a special AT "grenade", such as the satchel charge that I talked Tim out of taking! I was going to let him have one, but events elsewhere took up our attention.<br />
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I had finally looked up the stats of the Panzerschreck and found out it has a max range of 48"! So even though the team (single guy actually) had a point of shock, I moved him out in the open to take an obstructed pop shot at the Sherman 32" away ... and proceeded to roll an 11 which is what I needed to get a hit. I then rolled the impressive thirteen armour penetration dice, which turned into six hits to the front. Of course Tim rolled no saves for this tank and it once again was brewed up :)<br />
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We called the game at this point (it was getting late), the Russians had seen their morale drop to five while the German morale was at eight. So a minor German victory, though reading the rules again that night, I of course found several rule mistakes made, most of which advantaged the German side.<br />
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I really like CoC, enough so that I am thinking about painting up a new platoon for the game (perhaps British Para's). I'll still play Battlegroup as it lets you play with larger forces, but pretty sure wont be playing Bolt Action anymore.<br />
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<br />The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-15158560423361340692018-02-05T14:54:00.000-08:002018-02-05T14:54:05.465-08:00Battle of Hoosick Falls 1777<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to Wil for writing up the text and taking the pictures. He is tracking how his command does in the Sharps Practice campaign we are running at the store in </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the form of a journal letter from Lieutenant Reginald Daltrey of the 24th Regiment of Foot to his sweetheart in England.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Battle of Hoosick Falls, New York August 11, 1777</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Lady Chatterly,</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The fortunes of war are fickle, as our folly today proved justly so. I write this while recuperating under the ministrations of Dr. Nixon, who has been so good to accompany us in the field and assist our regimental surgeon. He assures me a quick recovery so that I may rejoin my soldiers, as with the fall of Major Grant at Hubbarton, our officership is a precious commodity to be shuffled as needed.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking of, I have now been made field captain of the whole Light Company of the 24th (Ldr 2, with three groups of regulars), with Ensign Townshend (Ldr 2, with 2 groups of skirmishers) as my capable subaltern, and the experienced Sergeant Entwistle (Ldr 1) transferring from the grenadiers to assist me.</span></i><br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8MMASwILIEU/WnjRtXZa-MI/AAAAAAAABS0/vuaHg6Pit0sbrMP-bZ35CL4zcYD5XNmbQCEwYBhgL/s1600/will15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="454" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8MMASwILIEU/WnjRtXZa-MI/AAAAAAAABS0/vuaHg6Pit0sbrMP-bZ35CL4zcYD5XNmbQCEwYBhgL/s200/will15.jpg" width="150" /></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the approach to Bennington, our company has led the screening of the main column eastwards for the past days. Major Potter only had sent a few dragoons further beyond us to mark a road, and ordered us to form line facing south. Just as we had begun to anchor the left wing, we heard the first reports of muskets to our southwest, battle had been joined.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Massachusetts regulars approach with a field piece from behind a barn. Meanwhile, Moon's war party behind us awaited the signal of their scouts. All went fairly well, but the skirmishers began to take a few hits from riflemen appearing on the barn's right and began to fall back behind us.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A cannonball gave my left squad a shake as one of them fell, but our position was still stronger than the approaching bluecoats and their second ball was less effective. With the cannonade and rifles worrying them, the highlander's excitement and lack of drill got the better of them and they did not await my order to present. Our whole line commenced firing at will onto the enemy's field piece and bluecoats to some effect, though I yelled above the din twice to stop the firing. Their column then deployed in line facing us at just over close range, blocking any further fire from their cannon. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our superior cover should lead to besting them, and I saw Moon's party rush the woods to protect our left as new groups of militia appeared and attempted to rush that flank.</span></i><br />
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ma22IZPEWtY/WnjTcV3ywqI/AAAAAAAABTQ/qLntuAsTvRgl0GydkcJOsoVdsZu8-QxuwCEwYBhgL/s1600/will18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="605" height="150" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ma22IZPEWtY/WnjTcV3ywqI/AAAAAAAABTQ/qLntuAsTvRgl0GydkcJOsoVdsZu8-QxuwCEwYBhgL/s200/will18.jpg" width="200" /></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, things went badly at this point. The Mohawks let out furious war whoops and ambuscaded towards their scouts, but the rain-soaked ground slowed the Indians enough so that they could not see the approaching enemy through the woods. At least, our left was covered as the Mohegan began to shoot from behind the trees, sending a party of militia running back to their own lines.<br /><br />Just then, on my right, one of the damned highlanders drew his heirloom claymore and pointed forward! ("Charge them to Hell!" result) The clamor and smoke confused my whole line enough to think I had ordered a general charge, over the hedge!! (lose lowest move dice)</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />I heard that Lieutenant Moon was also hit and had to retire his natives, leading me to believe in the rumors of ungentlemanly conduct among the sharpshooters of the enemy. The diligent Quaker doctor and the half-French Indian worked busily through the next hours, keeping two out of four of my men alive, while one Mohegan would be mourned by their number. And I remain alive to fight again, and eventually to return to you. Although discretion is the better of valor, I am still stung that my debut of command allowed the rebels to almost turn our left flank. I question my decision to take on MacLewles's men, who will need much more drill and less highland battle cries to match the discipline of a true British redcoat. Though a stray claymore be drawn in the heat of battle , I pray that my own won't get fooled again.</span></i><br />
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The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-15144192100686807482017-11-10T17:26:00.001-08:002017-11-10T17:26:20.652-08:00Napoleonic Buildings - Plancenoit, Part ThreeFinished! Well as done as I going to get them at this point :)<br />
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I won't be doing as many walls and hedges as planned, as the area to fit the troops in is already small and I don't necessarily need an entirely walled village. Fields and brush will be placed around the perimeter to break up the lines created by the built up areas.<br />
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Overall the village came out pretty well; though the "whole" looks a lot better than the individual buildings. But for what it is going to be used for, it is well past good enough!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hedge at the end can be removed for another road opening.</td></tr>
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Each BUA area is roughly a 9" square and I spray painted the road, dirt and grass areas on to a piece of felt. I'll most likely reverse the felt and spray a different pattern so that we can vary the village.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time was the issue, so no door on the "city" gate. I can easily also one in at any point.<br />But thought the village needed a restricted entry/exit as well as an end cap. </td></tr>
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At the last minute I changed one of my buildings to a small church and went 'fancy' by adding color printouts to represent stained glass. It came out alright, but I think I need to figure out how to add a window frame.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When using the plastic stone facings, I need to be more precise with the cuts and do a better job of hiding the joins.</td></tr>
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Most of the other buildings went as planned, though did add an inner gatehouse at the last minute.<br />
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As with all my projects, there are a things I would do differently. First and foremost is to make many of the buildings taller to give them illusion of being a 28mm building. As it is, several of the buildings would work well in a 15mm game :)<br />
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I also used a homemade wash (really just gloried dirty water!), and not sure I like the look. Though I am warming up to it the more I put other terrain on the table. I suppose I should also do a better job of mixing the "ingredients" and perhaps add more brown to it to warm up the color some.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wash used for the wall and buildings was different ... I tried to dry brush the walls to better match the buildings</td></tr>
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The stone wall was much easier to do up than I thought, but next time I will spend more time blending the top and sides together. Kind of expensive using all that plastic, but thought I needed one BUA sector that could represent a fortified area. I had plans to do a wrought iron gate, but just felt it was not worth the time at this point, and I can always add it in later.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gap is noticeable on the right side wall.</td></tr>
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I watched a video by a "railroad guy" on how to do up hedges, and so set out to copy him. Turned out to be a very quick and easy way to turn those blue scrubbing pads into trimmed hedges! I am also thinking about making a gate section as well. Right now they are all unbased which means I'd need to sink the connecting popsicle stick into the bottom of the hedge, very doable just hard on the scissors :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hedges are about 1" high and fit well with the 28mm figures.</td></tr>
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I had issues with the new spackling I used. It seems that I was not paying attention and bought a different brand. Many of the buildings sides were much "smoother" than planned. It was also 'wetter' and so may not add as much water and paint next time.<br />
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I got tricky with the last BUA wall section. Instead of two corner sections I combined them with a small strip of cardstock. Pretty flimsy but the building notch in really well.</div>
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Again think the village will work very well for our General d'Armee games, and we should have enough BUA's for most games were running now.</div>
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The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-86628620452763560452017-10-04T13:23:00.000-07:002017-10-04T14:08:27.755-07:00Napoleonic Buildings - Plancenoit, Part TwoWhile waiting for the next unit of <a href="https://thepanzerdepot.blogspot.com/2017/09/napoleonic-russian-infantry-in-greatcoat.html">Russian Infantry in Greatcoats</a> to show up, I thought I scratch out a few more buildings for the <a href="https://thepanzerdepot.blogspot.com/2017/06/napoleonic-buildings-plancenoit.html">Plancenoit Village</a>, well really for any Napoleonic game.<br />
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I thought it best to sketch out the town layout including walls/hedges, trees and the cobblestone road. I settled on five sections laid out in a cross pattern. Once I had a rough idea, I started on the nine remaining buildings.<br />
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I roughed out all the buildings like this one before going onto the windows, doors and roof.<br />
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Once I have all the buildings to this stage, I'll get out my spackle for the sides of the building and to cover up any mistakes.<br />
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Almost done with all the buildings, I start getting "crafty" at this point to make each building unique. I'll do more walls as well and then start on a few simple hedges.<br />
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It kind of gets messy but I like to wait before tossing the scraps, as I almost always need some of it to fix mistakes.<br />
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I keep a base on hand to test the height's and make sure they do not dwarf my "tall" 20mm buildings.<br />
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Here is an example of a "crafty" building, I was just going to have a short and tall rowhouse building next to each other. Then decided to turn it into a gate house next to a building. I have only attached it to the smaller building as I think I can also use it next to a wall section for a gate. This way I can have it face to the outside or the inside of the village/town.<br />
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<br />The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-92181548365451472912017-09-26T13:15:00.001-07:002017-09-26T17:25:35.674-07:00Napoleonic Russian Infantry in GreatcoatAfter finishing the massive East German force, I thought I'd get back to "normal" painting. This translate into 28mm Napoleonics and as I had some Russian in greatcoats lying around from Elite Miniatures, so that is what hit the painting table last week.<br />
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As I plan on at least three more of these units, I was looking for a simple paint scheme for an already simple model to paint. I found a can of sandish spray paint that I thought when inked would look good as the color for a russian great coat.<br />
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As I am want to do, I normally paint one or two figures up to get a feel for the paint scheme and if it needs any changes. In this case I painted up four figures as that is how I had mounted them.<br />
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Then I start blocking out the figures, though after some reading and internet searches I decided to vary up the color of the greatcoats by adding in some greyish and red brown coats.<br />
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Not much to the block painting and after only two one hour paint sessions I had all the figures blocked out. Then I washed the figure in a mix of Army Painter soft and strong tone, though on the pants and face I went with just straight soft tone.<br />
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Letting the wash dry over the weekend (well Sunday in my case) I then glued the figures four to a base and set about basing them up. Most of the time I hit the sides of the bases with a brown color to hid the paint chips after removing them from the painting strips of cardboard.<br />
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I use three types of rocks on each base, then a flocking mix over 70-80% of the base. Finally I add in some tufts and clump foliage to the bases.<br />
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Then I hit the models with clear coat to dull them up and "glue" down any loose flocking.<br />
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Still need to add two flags to it, but i don't have any right now and I'd like to do all four battalions at once.<br />
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The figures are decent figures except for the shako's ... those really need to be redone, it is hard to paint the cords and not sure about the front of the shako. I think it is supposed to be the eagle but even with magnifying glasses I could not make heads or tails on it so just dabbed some gold around the area.<br />
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<br />The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-66445544674081096362017-09-19T16:15:00.000-07:002017-09-19T18:26:41.273-07:00East German Kampfgruppe, part3Done!!!<br />
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I have finished a complete 100pt East German force for Team Yankee! ok it is only 97pts, so I might add in an OP BMP, as well as some mine clearing devices on two of the T-55 companies. But as our games so far have been 75pts, there is no hurry on that :)<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kampfgruppe Klein - </span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">9th Panzer Division </span></b></i><br />
Oberst Klein's Kampfgruppe is built around his 9th Panzer Division panzer battalion. The division has an attached motorized regiment from 8th Panzer Grenadier division, and from this a reduced tank company and motorized company has been attached to his command.<br />
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<b>Panzer Battalion Headquarters</b><br />
Oberst Klein is a career soldier, one from a family with a long line of military service, his father serving in 2nd Panzer Division in WW2. Well versed in tank battle tactics, command of the Kampfgruppe going to Klein was seen as a natural choice in the division.<br />
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<b>Panzer </b><b>Kompanie</b><br />
Hauptmann Huber is a good kompanie commander and normally leads any attacks made by the battalion. The assault on the west started before they could exchange their tanks for new T-72's, though the crews are very familiar with their up armored T-55's<br />
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<b>Panzer </b><b>Kompanie</b><br />
Hauptmann Weiß is a replacement officer and has only been in the battalion for a couple of months. Klein is still not sure of his capabilities and usually holds him in reserve.<br />
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<b>Panzer </b><b>Kompanie</b><br />
Hauptmann Stein is the youngest kompanie commander at 27, but has been under the tutelage of Klein for over a year now. The battalion was in the process of receiving new T-72 battle tanks, and Stein's kompanie was the first to receive them. However the conflict started before the rest of the battalion could switch out their tanks.<br />
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<b>23rd Panzer Regiment</b><br />
Oberst Klein's tanks are supported by several regimental assets detached from the 23rd Panzer Regiment, they include:<br />
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<b>Recon Gruppen</b><br />
Unterleutnant Schreiber recon section contains two BRDM-2 scout cars. His section has been commended several times for finding space for the Kampfgruppe to deploy and fight.<br />
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<b>Artillery Batterie</b><br />
While not permanently assigned, Klein so far has had a battery of self propelled artillery dedicated to his command. He normally splits it into two parts one for his force and the other to support Vobel's motorized infantry.<br />
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<b>SAM </b><b>Gruppen</b><br />
Unterleutnant Schulte squad contains two SA-13 track vehicles armed with the Strela-10 Surface-to-Air Missiles.<br />
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<b>Anti-Aircraft </b><b>Gruppen</b><br />
Unterleutnant<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sauer Flak squad of two ZSU-23-4 Shilka's have always been in the rear covering the tail end of the Kampfgruppe. They surprisingly have not fired a shot in anger yet!<br />
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Not only is this an ad hoc formation, it is one from a different division, and its capabilities are unknown to Oberst Klein, as such he uses them sparingly. The ad hoc formation is built around a motor rifle kompanie (split in two) and a tank company from the attached motorized regiment of 8th Panzer Grenadier division.<br />
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<b>Batallion Headquarters</b><br />
Put in charge of the ad hoc battalion is the kompanie kommandant of the motor rifle company, Hauptmann Vobel. Not well thought of by his regimental superiors (hence the task out) he nevertheless is well liked by most of his officers and soldiers under his command. Being away from his parent regiment, Voebel has found a lot of freedom in how he commands his battalion, and so far Klein has let him run it as he sees fit.<br />
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<b>Motorized Rifle Kompanie</b><br />
Leading the bulk of the kompanie is Vobel's 2nd in command, Oberleutnant Koch.<br />
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Comprised of two platoons of infantry, an LMG and AT missile squad. When added to the ten BTR-60's, the kompanie is tapping the command ability of the Leutnant.<br />
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<b>Motorized Rifle Zug</b><br />
The third platoon is led by Leutnant Roth, somewhat of a hothead, Roth excels at flanking moves and getting into trouble. His troops excel at racing around the enemy flanks in their BTR's, though they usually lack the numbers to hold onto the ground gained for any length of time.<br />
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To help out, he has a squad of AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers for fire support.<br />
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<b>Tank Kompanie</b><br />
Hauptmann Werner is bitterly disappointed not to be commanding the battalion and lets Vobel know about it every chance he gets. He also tends to ignore Vobel's commands as he is sure his family connections will keep him out of trouble. He commands seven T-55AM battle tanks and normally takes the best one.<br />
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<b>Regimental Assets</b><br />
Most of Vobel attached assets are from 9th Panzer Division and so he has not had much time to acclimate to the officers of these units. The exception being Leutnant Lehmann, whom Vobel successfully pluck away from 8th PG, mostly because his sister was very insistent that he keeps tabs on her son!<br />
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<b>Panzerabwehr Zug</b><br />
Leutnant<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lehmann<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>anti-tank platoon has successfully knocked out five heavy NATO tanks so far, the Konkurs heavy anti-tank missiles being able to penetrate even the heaviest of front armor on the enemy tanks. That said, he has also has had two vehicles shot out from under him. His Zug is from 8th Panzer Grenadier division and was requested personally by Kaptain Vobel ... his uncle.<br />
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<b>Recon Gruppen</b><br />
Unterleutnant Maier recon squad normally provides flank cover to the kampfgruppe, though in heavy attacks he'll scout ahead along with Unterleutnant Schreiber.<br />
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<b>Artillery Batterie</b><br />
Hauptmann Vobel has been told that has access to the 23rd's self propelled howitzer regiment, though no more than a half battery and he so far has not needed them.<br />
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<b>Flak Zug</b><br />
Leutnant Scholz Surface-to-Air zug has four SA-9 Gaskin vehicles, armed with the Stelia-1M surface-to-air missile. His zug tends to provide air cover for the attacking infantry though his zug has been split into two parts to cover the rear echelon vehicles as well.<br />
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<b><u>Divisional Support</u></b><br />
The kampfgruppe will be supported by higher echelon units from time to time. They are not attached, so are assigned on a mission by mission basis, though Klein has always requested and received air support.<br />
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<b>Panzerabwehr Zug</b><br />
To deal with the heavy armored NATO tanks, more of the missile armed Spandrel anti-tank vehicles can be called upon.<br />
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<b>Raketenwerfer Batterie</b><br />
To cover a large area with fire, Oberst Klein has limited access to a battery of three BM-21 Hail rocket launcher vehicles. The rocket launchers with their high rate of fire are an excellent weapon when a commander needs to saturate a large area with high explosive munitions.<br />
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<b>Luftunterstützung</b><br />
Oberst Klein learned long ago in his military career not to depend on any help from the Soviets, whom he has found generally still hate the Germans. This is especially true of the air support, as communications with russian speaking pilots is difficult at the best of times. Instead he relies on getting sporadic close air support from the East German Luftstreitkräfte in the form of a flight of SU-22M4 jet aircraft.<br />
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The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-36763143500455435372017-08-17T16:20:00.000-07:002017-08-17T16:20:41.402-07:00Sharpe Practice CartsI have had a couple of carts sitting finished on my painting table for the last couple of months now. Yesterday I thought I'd take an hour or so and finally get them based up.<div>
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I purchased the carts and horses from <b><i><a href="https://warbases.co.uk/?product_cat=sharp-practice">Warbases </a></i></b>in the UK months ago. They arrived in a very timely manner and were very easy to put together. I spent less than half an hour painting up the wagons and horses and ... then pushed them aside to work on other projects! In part was because my Mexican-American War II force does not have any carts. I had purchased them for the upcoming AWI campaign, and as we have been firming up the parameters of the campaign, I now thought it was time I finished them.</div>
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I chose to do them on circular bases instead of rectangular, mostly because I don't like the look of square/rectangular bases. And I suspect that the carts are not going to move about the gaming table very much. This led me to do the bases up with the heavy diorama look.</div>
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First up was the <b><i>Water Cart</i></b> ... I know this cart will be useful as the "thirsty" event has already afflicted many units in our MAWII games already.</div>
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The figure is a very, very old and of an unknown manufacture (Front Rank maybe). I believe it came from an artillery set for the French Indian war, but this figure has been re-tasked to supply water to thirsty troops!<br />
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The large water barrel is resin cast (the carts are laser cut wood) and it fit very well onto the cart. I also added a water bucket, a get "un-stuck" rod and a pile of backpacks to the base to give the diorama some flavour. I know the backpacks are more of a Napoleonic French 1812 style but it looks good and don't think anyone is going to complain about the "future" tech on the base :)<br />
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Next up was the Ammo Cart ... Not even sure if my force will have this cart, as the few times I have run low on ammo my troops were already within 12" of the enemy, but hey you never know :) The cover on the cart is a supplied piece of thick paper, which you score to fold across the opening of the cart. Hard to tell in the photos, but I applied a very light wash to it to knock down the brightness of it.</div>
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I used 4" circular bases which I had on hand. These were large enough to have the cart, horse and figure on them comfortable, as well as some open space to diorama up.<br />
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I applied my usual three layers of "rocks", followed by my grass mix. It was immediately clear that this was inadequate for the size of the base. So I added a bunch of tuffs and then packed in some "thick" flocking next to them to give a "bush" look to a few areas on the base. Applied a second layer of grass mix to thicken the remaining sections of grass.<br />
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Again the figure is of an unknown manufacture, perhaps from the same set. I think he looks generic enough, with his shovel and water bucket, that he'll fit in most black powder periods.</div>
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Quick and easy and both look good on the gaming table. My only worry is that they are difficult to pick up and move about, so I might have to pin the carts to the horse to make them more "game sturdy" in the future. Again though suspect they won't be moving that much in the first place.</div>
The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-20424654297586815582017-08-16T18:40:00.001-07:002017-08-16T18:43:47.057-07:00Team Yankee - East German Kampfgruppe, part 2I have been working on more East German vehicles (<a href="https://thepanzerdepot.blogspot.com/2017/07/team-yankee-east-german-kampfgruppe.html">part one</a>) and now have most of the vehicles done (I am procrastinating on the 15x BTR's, as I am not keen on putting together so much plastic!).<br />
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All the above vehicles are painted and washed. I am going to add the East German shield decal to them and call them temporarily done. Mostly because I am not sure how I'll number the vehicles of the BTR battalion. Battlefront has a very limited number system with their decals, so I'll have to take a look at other companies.<br />
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But before I do the shields, I received a box this week with the two SU-22 Fitters I ordered! As was pointed out to me by Tom and a little research confirmed, the East Germans did not use the SU-25's, instead they used Mig-25 and SU-22 for ground support. Academy had both but went for the more "traditional" ground support SU-22.<br />
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So got my tube of $1 plastic glue and went to work ... and it they turned out to be kind of a pain in the %#$ putting together! It is not the best kit, and had several very small parts with no markings on where they fit on the model. But powered through it and got both of them done, though if I was a modeler I'd have a lot of putting and scratch building left to do!<br />
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The thing I was most disappointed with is that they are not loaded for ground support but air supremacy (two missiles and drop tanks). Not being an "air guy" it is possible that there is a ground attack version of the su-22 though academy just had this one version.<br />
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It gives you the hard points for the cannon/rocket pods, but no pods. Perhaps some you crafty types could make up four gun pods for me in 1/144th scale!<br />
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I am going to paint them similar to the above photo, but might be a bit as the 15 BTR's have priority (I'll post pictures when finished). Also I might have to hand paint the East German shield as well ... though might be able to use a Battlefront shield as the core and just paint the diamond around it.<br />
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I'll also need to make different flight stands than the WW2 ones I already had done. First off the angle is to steep for the jets and second, that even though the Moderna and WW2 models are the same scale, the SU-22's are much bigger and in turn makes the base very unstable.<br />
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More to come but were getting close to starting the Red Thunder campaign!The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549137595182208955.post-22276974007614509992017-07-28T11:25:00.000-07:002017-08-17T12:20:08.886-07:00Team Yankee - East German KampfgruppeAs the Frostgrave and Sharps Practice campaigns are heading into their last couple of games, I thought it would be a good time to look at starting up another campaign at the store. With the release of Red Thunder for Team Yankee last month I decided that perhaps a modern campaign would be a good choice and change of pace. The decision was made easier as Battlefront has released a Red Thunder campaign kit!<br />
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It has been a long time since I painted up a 15mm army, so thought I should do up a store army to kick off the Campaign. As I had not many sales for the East Germans I thought I would do up a list for them so that all the factions were present (turns out there will be three EG armies!).<br />
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Here is the 100pt list I came up with for the store:<br />
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<td class="xl74" colspan="2" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan; width: 290pt;" width="386"><b>9th Panzer Division Kampfgruppe</b></td>
<td class="xl75" style="width: 56pt;" width="74">100</td>
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<td class="xl71"></td>
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<td class="xl73">47</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bn Hq</td>
<td class="xl71">1x T-55</td>
<td class="xl70">1</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Tnk Co</td>
<td class="xl71">6x T-55</td>
<td class="xl70">8</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Tnk Co</td>
<td class="xl71">6x T-55</td>
<td class="xl70">8</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Tnk Co</td>
<td class="xl71">6x T-72</td>
<td class="xl70">19</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Recon Plt</td>
<td class="xl71">2x BRDM-2</td>
<td class="xl70">1</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SAM Plt</td>
<td class="xl71">2x SA-13</td>
<td class="xl70">2</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">AA Sec</td>
<td class="xl71">2x ZSU-23</td>
<td class="xl70">2</td>
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<td class="xl71" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ART</td>
<td class="xl71">3x Carnation</td>
<td class="xl70">6</td>
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Mot-Schutzen Battalion</b></td>
<td class="xl73">39</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bn Hq</td>
<td class="xl71">1x BTR-60, 1x Cmd Team</td>
<td class="xl70">1</td>
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<td class="xl77" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BTR-60 Co</td>
<td class="xl76" style="width: 221pt;" width="294">9x BTR-60, 1x PKLMG, 6x RPG7, 7x
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<td class="xl70">12</td>
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<td class="xl77" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BTR-60 Co</td>
<td class="xl76" style="width: 221pt;" width="294">5x BTR-60, 3x RPG7, 4x MG,
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<td class="xl70">6</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Tnk Co</td>
<td class="xl71">7x T-55</td>
<td class="xl70">10</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">AT Plt</td>
<td class="xl71">3x Spandrel Zug</td>
<td class="xl70">2</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Recon Plt</td>
<td class="xl71">2x BRDM-2</td>
<td class="xl70">1</td>
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<td class="xl71" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ART</td>
<td class="xl71">3x Carnation</td>
<td class="xl70">6</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">AA</td>
<td class="xl71">2x SA-9</td>
<td class="xl70">1</td>
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<td class="xl73">14</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">AT Plt</td>
<td class="xl71">3x Spandrel</td>
<td class="xl70">2</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Rocket</td>
<td class="xl71">3x BM-21 Hail</td>
<td class="xl70">5</td>
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<td class="xl71">2x SU-25</td>
<td class="xl70">7</td>
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The first thing I noticed about this list is that it has a ton of vehicles, 66 in total! I am actually not sure this will even be playable on a 6'x4' table. With generous help from <b><i>Battlefront,</i></b> I began getting the models and assembling them ... and by "I", I really mean Steve, who did most of the assembling. This left me able to turn my attention to painting them all up.<br />
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The easy solution was to just use <b><i>Battlefront's</i></b> Soviet Green and spray the whole lot, a little dark grey on the tires, tracks and HMG's, rust up the tracks, wash the whole vehicle and call it good! I'd easily have all sixty six done in a single day. But that would just be plain boring!<br />
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As this is a fictitious war, I went with the idea that the NVA authorized camouflaged for their vehicles a few years earlier than 1988. The <b>Volks Armee</b> book from <b><i>Battlefront</i></b> has steps on how to do this camo scheme. But when looking at the colors needed, plus my decades of painting experience, I started having reservations about how the scheme would look on the 15mm vehicles, especially the "white".<br />
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So I started searching online for color suggestions and came across a <a href="http://www.panzerbaer.de/colours/a_relaunch/nva_verzerr.htm">website</a> in german that had images from the army manual for painting the camo scheme. But more importantly I read that the white/black camo scheme was an amendment issued in April of '88 . The original order was for beige and brown (see translation below).<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;">The Ministry of National Defense of the GDR introduced a new camouflage for the NVA in the late 1980s with the instruction </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;">"Distortions on combat technology, armament and equipment"</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;"> . The prescription differentiated a three-color summer and a two-color winter coat, which should be applied to all combat and combat support vehicles. Olive green was the basic color for summer as well as for winter. The summer camouflage initially saw an additional blotch from the two supplementary colors brown and beige.</span><br />
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I thought this scheme would look better than the black and white, and while it is possible no actual vehicles were ever painted in these colors ... mine were going to be! I had intended to just do the tanks in the camo, but it seems that all vehicles were camo'd so I resigned myself to painting camo on sixty six vehicles ...<br />
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The camo is more of hard edge, but as I was not going to mask out all those vehicles, nor hand paint the edges so I ended up with feathered edges when using my Airbrush. Interestingly I also found out that each Warsaw Pact nation had its own "green", so all the research on what would work for soviet green was moot as the East Germans green was much brighter.<br />
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After a a little experimenting I settled on the following steps:<br />
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1) Green rattle can primer (Battlefront TYP292 NATO Green).<br />
2) Overspray of brighter green with the airbrush (Model Air 71094 Green Zinc Chrome)<br />
3) Airbrushed on brown patches (Model Air 71043 Olive Drab)<br />
4) Airbrushed beige patches (Model Air 71023 Hemp)<br />
5) Painted the tires and mg's in dark grey (Model Color 70994 Dark Grey)<br />
6) Painted the "get unstuck log" random color of brown (Model Color ???)<br />
7) Washed the whole vehicle (Army Painter WP1134 Soft Tone)<br />
8) At the same time muddy up the tracks (Secret Weapon Pigment WP1003 Clay Brown)<br />
9) Apply Decals and Clear Coat<br />
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Not 100% sure I'll decal all the vehicles, but will do a lot of the East German shields ... Now onto the 32 vehicles for the Motor Battalion!<br />
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Read <a href="https://thepanzerdepot.blogspot.com/2017/08/team-yankee-east-german-kampfgruppe.html">part two</a>The Panzer Depothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009251507023245875noreply@blogger.com5