What A Sweet Tank! The Honey Armoured Troop Comes To Flames Of War
April 6, 2017 by stvitusdancern
It is not often that the word "Honey" is used with an item of war.
But that is just what the British called their allotment of M3 Stuart Light Tanks that they got and were deployed to North Africa. After the typical improvements that the Brits are famous for they had themselves a nice little infantry escort tank.
Now you can pick up a troop of then with the new Honey Armoured Troop for Flames of War. This is how Battlefront described the tank:
The M3 Stuart Light Tank is the first American-made tank supplied to the British Army under the lend-lease programme. One of its intended roles was infantry support. But to the British, infantry tanks are slow and heavily armoured, so the Honey is employed in the same way as the British-built cruisers. Compared with earlier British-designed tanks, it is much less prone to breaking down—so reliable that its drivers call it a ‘Honey’.
In this box, you get enough sprues to build five tanks along with a commander sprue, decals, and the unit cards.
I am a big fan of this turn to the smaller rulebook and the unit cards. Personally, I think it makes the game muser-friendlyndly and easier for new players to get into.
I have been trying really hard to resist this as I have so many projects right now, but I feel my resistance failing.
Desert Rats or Afrika Korps?
"After the typical improvements that the Brits are famous for they had themselves a nice little infantry escort tank..."
Definitely nice to see the FoW 4th Edition move more into the earlier parts of the Desert War. Now we just need Matilda IIs, A13s, and some of the earlier German Mark III variants (37mm).
And of course, the Italians and Americans Phil was talkinga bout during the boot camp interview. 😀
a very reliable tank compared to the brit tanks of the time hence the name.
Lovely little tank although I’m keen to see the early model Sherman (2s and 3s) as these first saw action in the African campaign and I’d like to get them in my Desert Rats to take on my friends Panzers.
Just got into FoW with this latest release and I’m very excited to give it a real go but there does seem to be quite a limit on the varieties I can take at the moment – I’m looking forward to an increased product range.
I’ve got to ask though – what is ‘muser-friendlyndly’!?!?! 🙂