Warlord Games Add 8th Army Carrier Patrol Set To Bolt Action
February 5, 2019 by brennon
Warlord Games is giving some extra support to the British 8th Army during the Desert War with the Carrier Patrol Set for Bolt Action.
The set comes with two Universal Carriers as you can see above, armed with machine guns to try and hold off the enemy, both on the ground and from the skies whilst your soldiers rush forward. They were considered to be some of the most useful pieces of kit available to the army during this period of war, seeing action all over the place.
You will also get crew for these Universal Carriers in the shape of twelve plastic British Infantry.
It is very cool that we get to see some variety within the set adding in head options for English, Sikh, Punjabi, Mosselman and Scottish soldiers. I think this plastic kit is great as it is with plenty of ace options for players to get stuck into AND with the Carriers, it's just that little more survivable.
Support Sets
In addition to the Universal Carriers, you can also get a bundled box set of support options for the Afrika Korps...
...and the British 8th Army.
Both of these sets feature miniatures we've already seen before but now collected together into a set which allows you to drop an entire command structure onto the tabletop alongside machine guns and mortars.
Will you be adding to your Desert War army?
"...armed with machine guns to try and hold off the enemy, both on the ground and from the skies"
Those look really good.
Like the look of this set a lot!
a good reinforcement unit for the British forces.
It’s a nice set, the carrier is a nice little quick build model that has potential for conversion to an MG carrier, mortar carrier or tow for light guns.
I really like the little box at the bottom that says “Most suitable period of WWII: Early Mid Late”.
That alone is a huge help.
The frustration of deciding to build, say, a Late War army and having your opponent mention, when they see it fully assembled and painted on the table, “Oh, I thought it was an Early War force. The only Late War unit here is that little unit over there.” is absolutely maddening.
Thank you for crushing that Barrier to Entry!!
I will probably have to pick this up eventually. I am in that frustrating phase of a army where I have a box of perry 8th built and being painted plus a few support extras and tanks, so I have a reasonable small force. If I bought a box of the new 8th army, I would have a heck of a lot, but this would give me just enough to flesh out a reasonable size force with the carriers. I already went the horde route with my soviets, I don’t feel the need to have a huge infantry section with… Read more »