Posts Tagged ‘USA’
27 September 2011
Zulus overrun the camp at Isandlwana - 54mm Britains & Conte figures by The Playset Addict
The following link was posted by one of the chaps on the Colonial Wars Yahoo!Group and features lots of staged photos using the Britains, Conte, and similar 54mm Plastic Figure “Play Sets” and such like – some of the photos are amazing and it’s a wonderful effort – check out the British & Zulus at the The Play Set Addict’s 2011 Zulu Page. And there’s more great stuff (including Romans & Barbarians, Medieval Knights, ACW, Wild West, WW2) you can get to from The Play Set Addict’s Homepage. Highly recommended (and will bring out a few memories of the kid in most of us too)!
Posted in Anglo-Zulu War, Round The Bazaars | 
Tags: 54mm, ACW, American Civil War, Ancient, Anglo-Zulu War, British, Civil War, Colonial, Confederate, Cowboys, CSA, German, Indians, Knights, Medieval, Native Americans, Normandy, Photography, Roman, Union, USA, Wild West, WW2, Zulus | 
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15 September 2011
1/1200th Langton Miniatures Spanish - Principe de Asturias (112), Pelayo (74), Medea (40).
The last year or so I’ve been trying to get back into some Napoleonic Naval Gaming – initially I started out using 1/1200th Langton Miniatures (and Rod Langton’s original edition of “Hoist The Signal For Close Action“) back in the early and mid-90′s but after moving to Auckland switched to the 1/2400th Hallmark ships when Fire As She Bears (FASB) first came out (as several AWC members already had that scale). Although I purchased FASB II when it came out I never really got back into Napoleonic Naval at all for most of the last decade (i.e. 2002-2010). However in the last 18 months I have sold off all the small 1/2400th ships and reverted to the larger 1/1200th scale, and I’ve subsequently purchased “Trafalgar” and the latest editions of both versions of Rod Langton’s rules (“Signal Close Action (SCA)” and “SCA Fast Play“), and with another AWC gamer also considering looking at “Kiss Me Hardy (KMH)” too.
Posted in Age Of Sail, Ahoy! Shipmates! | Tags: 1/1200, Age of Sail, Boats & Ships, Fast Play, Kiss Me Hardy, Napoleonic, Signal Close Action, Spanish, Trafalgar, USA, Warhammer | 6 Comments »
5 September 2011
Regiment of Johnny Rebs in the Black Powder game - figures & terrain by Roundie Steward of the AWC.
On Sunday a couple of the guys at the AWC played their first Black Powder game set in the ACW (American Civil War) – I was unable to attend, but Lee Heath has posted a brief report and a couple of photos on his blog Project Black Powder. I’ll be looking forward to hopefully getting in on the next game and maybe I should make a start on basing up my painted 28mm Union & Rebel troops (who have been actually waiting for the balance of the figs to get painted before I base them but perhaps I should forgo that and just get on with basing them)…
Posted in Sound Of The Guns | Tags: 1861-1865, 28mm, AAR, ACW, American Civil War, Black Powder, Civil War, Confederate, CSA, Union, USA | No Comments »
5 October 2010
MMS Cromwell VIII F Model
One of the really great Model Manufacturers around is MMS Classic Models – they produce some really high quality World War 2 vehicles and guns for 20mm scale (I believe they are nominally very accurate 1/76th scale on par with Milicast and Cromwell – but don’t quote me on that). Anyway on their site they list all their packs numerically rather than by Nation or any other logical order – this drives me mad!
So I’ve done my own listing sorted by Nation and then logically within each Nation by type of pack.
Posted in 20mm Figures & Models | Tags: 1939, 1940-1941, 1942-1943, 1944-1945, 20mm, British, FAQ, French, German, Italian, Manufacturer, Model Vehicles, Russian, Soviet Union, USA, WW2 | No Comments »
22 July 2010
At HistoriCon in late July Rich Hasenauer’s Regimental version of Fire & Fury was finally released! This is something many of us ACW Gamers have been waiting for for sometime and finally it’s here.
A Hardcover 96 page book with the same standard of colour photos & illustrations as was present in the original Brigade level rules. I’ll be looking to acquire a copy of these ASAP and see how they look – it’s also incentive to resume progress on my 28mm ACW armies!
For more info see the updated Fire & Fury Games Website.
Posted in Chewing The Cartridge | Tags: 1861-1865, 28mm, ACW, American Civil War, Civil War, Confederate, CSA, Fire & Fury, Union, USA | No Comments »
6 April 2010
I’ve always had an interest in the Pacific Theatre, most especially the 14th Army in Burma & Malaya, and the early U.S. Marine operations such as in the Solomon’s (as the 3rd NZ Division was involved in additional actions in the chain after the main U.S. battle ended on Guadalcanal), the Gilbert (Tarawa) & Marshal Islands campaign, and perhaps ultimately the Mariana & Palau (Peleliu) Islands… After years and years (OK make that Decades) of procrastination I have finally bit the bullet and ordered the figures inspired by the release of “The Pacific” by HBO.
Posted in Crossfire FAQ, Pacific/Far East 1941-45 | Tags: 20mm, Australian, British, Burma, Crossfire, FAQ, Far East, IJA, IJN, Indian, Japanese, Malaya, New Guinea, New Zealanders, Pacific, Philippines, Solomons, USA, USMC, USN, WW2 | 1 Comment »
4 April 2009
Allied Armour awaits a secure river crossing
Date Played: 04 April 2009 11.00am NZDT (03 April 10.00pm GMT); 0630 WCFD Game Time.
Game Report by Errol Hooker (Umpire).
Table is 4′ x 4’ – the whole table has quite dense terrain all over it – woods, rough ground, hills, hedges and the like – plenty of sight blocks. Down the southern edge runs a river. Elsewhere are two buildings and a supply dump.
There must be plenty of cover for entering Americans, so that they do not get mown down just trying to walk onto the table – some of it contiguous with the table edge, and some sight-blocking features not touching the edge, so that it is possible to get onto the table and be out of LOS of the Germans.
4 April 2009
Skytrex Lorraine Schlepper Marder I with AB Figures Crew
The following are summarised Game Situation Reports taken from those actually posted to the Crossfire Group during the course of World Crossfire Day on 04 April 2009.
The Allies today launched an operation designed to cut off retreating Germans in the central salient. Reports coming in are mixed:
Game 1 (New Zealand – 0600 Game Time)
A German force was able to inflict substantial casualties on a small British force holding the front in a surprise counter-attack, during which the Germans managed to recover a Tiger tank that had broken down in a depression. Though other Allied forces were within call, no reinforcements were summoned by the local British commander.
1 June 2003
GI's reform after an attack
Saint Lô & Falaise, France, August 1944 – Light US forces press forward against the encircled Germans…
Historical Situation
Mid-August 1944, central France, the German front is collapsing (although they haven’t realised it) and Hitler is insisting on an armoured thrust west from Trun to counter the U.S. advance. The U.S. XV Corps has already broken through into empty country beyond Saint Lô and General Bradley has now ordered the Corps to swing east to hook round behind the German armour and trap it – preventing a retreat north & east to the Seine river. American forces are pushing forward as far and as fast as they can to keep the Germans guessing, and secure vital objectives for the ongoing advance!
Posted in Europe 1944-45 | Tags: 15mm, 1944-1945, AAR, Crossfire, German, Normandy, USA, WW2 | No Comments »
13 April 1998
U.S. Army Firing Tests conducted August 1944 by 12th U.S. Army Group at Isigny, France.
Board of Officers
APO 655
30 August 1944
SUBJECT: Final report of board of officers appointed to determine comparative effectiveness of ammunition of 76mm gun and 17pdr gun.
Posted in WW2 History | Tags: Anti-Tank Fire, Armour Penetration, Firing Test, Historical, Technical Data, USA, WW2 | No Comments »
13 April 1998
Firing Tests conducted 12-30 July 1944 by 1st U.S. Army in Normandy.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF OFFICERS
Organization: Headquarters, First U.S. Army.
Place: APO 230, U.S. Army.
Proceddings of a board of officers which convened at Headquarters, First U.S. Army, pursuant to Special Order No.196, Headquarters, First U.S. Army, 19 July 1944, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A1.
Posted in WW2 History | Tags: Anti-Tank Fire, Armour Penetration, Firing Test, Historical, Technical Data, USA, WW2 | No Comments »
13 April 1998
Report on Comparative Firing Program Witnessed at Shoeburyness, Essex, 23 May 1944 by U.S. Army Headquarters ETO representatives.
ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES & WEAPONS SECTION
APO 887
319.1 – 24 May 1944
MEMORANDUM TO: Executive Officer, AFV&W Section, Hq., ETOUSA.
SUBJECT: Report on Comparative Firing Program Witnessed at Shoeburyness, Essex, 23 May 1944.
Posted in WW2 History | Tags: Anti-Tank Fire, Armour Penetration, Firing Test, Historical, Technical Data, USA, WW2 | No Comments »
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