German East Africa
Light Machine Gun teams
It is true that the Schutztruppe had no light machine guns when the war started. It’s also true that the colony wasn’t supplied with any by Germany during the war. But the British forces were. And capturing and using those machine guns became a standard feature of the African campaign.
Asiankorps figures from Brigade Games sporting captured Lewis guns. Painted up as East African Schutztruppe. The uniforms are similar and the field caps virtually identical but in different colors. 
More figures from Brigade Games. In terms of game mechanics, there is just one figure that is added to a squad. But I like adding the assistant gunner as a bit of narrative. This team represents the LMG team of the Naval Landing Party. They’re in the uniforms of the Seebattalion, basically the German version of marines. While I have no information that any Seebattalion personnel were present on the SMS Koningsberg or in East Africa, it fits thematically and it amuses me so I did it. 
The “light” machine gunner from Pulp Figures. The mini as equipped had a lighter tripod, so I just eliminated and had the gunner brace himself on a log to represent it as an improvised field modification. 
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