Warlord Hop Into SAS Jeeps & Rush Towards The Bolt Action Front Lines
August 20, 2018 by brennon
Warlord Games are ramping up for The Desert War just as much as we are with some more releases on the way for Bolt Action. This weekend saw pre-orders pop up for their SAS Jeeps.
There are two flavours of Jeep for you to check out for Bolt Action, both armed to the teeth and packed with all of the equipment that the SAS would have needed as they went about their operations in the sandy dunes of Africa. You have A (seen above) and B (below).
I like B a lot more simply by virtue of the awesome dude with the machine gun in the back. He looks like the kind of guy you'd want covering your back as you raced along the sands away from a German patrol.
Jeeps not only allow you to use firepower on the move, pinning down the enemy as they make their way towards your main force, but also provide you with the recon you need to plan out an effective attack.
Lanchester Armoured Car
As well as these zippy Jeeps we also saw the Lanchester 6x4 Armoured Car find a home in Bolt Action.
This armoured card was designed in 1920 and was due to be retired when the war broke out. Many of them had found their way to the Far East although according to Warlord many still remained as part of the arsenal used during The Desert War.
It was a hulk of a vehicle, a major downside, but it also afforded the men inside a lot of protection and came armed to the teeth too. So, not a bad vehicle to have on your side.
Guy Lizard Command Vehicle
Talking of hulks we also have this massive Guy Lizard Command Vehicle.
Able to lead a Tank Platoon in the game this is a little mobile command centre. It is practically impervious to small arms fire and provides you with a safe space to control the battlefield. Just watch out for an errant rocket or tank shell smashing into this as it probably wouldn't last long.
In reality, you're going to be keeping this towards the back of your force away from the danger!
What do you make of these new vehicles for Bolt Action?
"As well as these zippy Jeeps we also saw the Lanchester 6x4 Armoured Car find a home in Bolt Action..."
They were the long range desert patrol during the War before all the various unit’s got started up. Didn’t Rommel have A captured one of the lizard command truck as his personal transport.
It was AEC Command Vehicles that were were captured and used by Rommel. Think it was 2 or 3 that were captured.
Yes they mentioned it in the video oriskany has put up Rommel called it muller.
Those look good.
I love the SAS Jeeps (built the Tamiya one when I was little – lovely kit!). No such thing as too many guns.
Lancaster also useful for Very British Civil War Games!
I bought the SAS jeeps off a Warlord sale a couple years ago. Awesome models. Really need to paint them at some point…