September 10, 2014 by dignity
Time for another look into the past as the guys get to grips with the Armoured Rifle Platoon for your mid to late war American forces in Flames of War. This great little piece looks to be a must have for anyone playing the U.S armies.
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if I’m not mistaken if you use this half track with a British force you don’t get to use the 30’s, and I see you don’t have the option to use it as a mortar carrier, but I think it would be easy to convert, same goes for the Anti Tank version both of which would be in the heavy weapon platoon of an infantry company.
Nice looking box of troops their.
FOW miniatures and Sabaton hoodys. Its just like home
Another great video, and I have to say that you two are very good together, just like other famous couples like Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, but who is who?
Right? Who is Batman . . . and who is stuck as Robin? 😀
Sonny and Cher?
The personal carrier version of the half track with the mg ring is called the M3A1 . The IH version with mg ring was called the M5A1 . Most of the IH half tracks being classified as non standard by the US Army went to the Brits and Canadians as lend lease vehicles . ( the gun tow vehicle , was the M2 { M2A1 with mg ring } , the IH version called the M9A1 as all had a mg ring )
This matches with what Warlord have done with their 28mm half tracks. A bit disappointing for my Brits as the M3s come in plastic but the M5 only in resin. Not the end of the world: resin half tracks are a second prize but a good second prize all the same.
Back on topic: good show fellas and nice FoW shiny!
As one of the guys complaining: thanks for actually building a model! It reveals once again that BF needs to update their box content photos – if I’m not mistaken, the halftrack shown there is the older resin/metal version. The same goes for the infantry IIRC. Would do them great service, since the plastic models are better defined and look rather stunning. Having assembled an Airborne platoon from starter box models (basically the same minis), I’d say these are some of the best 15mils around. Again, I’m very pleased to see John back in service. A real geek, your knowledge… Read more »
Thank you very much for the feedback! It helps to make the videos better! And just goes to prove that I listen 😉
What would you like to know about my re-enactments? I would be happy to do something on it as a hobby
Thanks for taking the time to respond, much appreciated! 🙂 Regarding reenactment, I’d like to know more about the people or groups doing it, your interest in WW2, your motivation – and perhaps your financial background given that I can’t imagine how to afford (or to store) a tank, a half-track and some such! 😉 Also, covering actual events would be cool: what’s done there, who does participate and, again, why? Tricky question perhaps, but how does a general audience react to WW2 reenactments? How do you communicate your interest? I’m interested in that in particular, since I’ve had my… Read more »
A nice show. I like the amount of historical information provided in the video. So actually it is not only a unboxing video but also a small lecture on history. Thumbs up guys.
Again a great unboxing. Very nice details on the International and White Motor companies I didn’t know about. On the model and in your information. The BF stuff looks much sturdier than the PSC stuff. PSC is cheaper but it also breaks and cracks really easy. So you have more repairwork when you travel a lot with your army.
I like all these new plastic kits from BF.
PSC kits also usually have a lot more parts to put together. The detail is awesome and the price is right, but get ready to invest a lot more time putting the models together before you can start painting. Looking forward to the day when all FoW/BF kits are 100% plastic. 🙂
Absolutely right. Another thing which could be mentioned is the diameter of gun barrels. BF always had too thick ones, but they looked ok on the tabletop. For example the barrel of my king tiger has an inner diameter of nearly 2mm, which would result in nearly a 20cm caliber gun. This more than double of the original caliber of 8.8cm. The PSC ones are more to scale, which again makes them break really easy, especially on really long guns. But the main problem is, that it is quite noticable on the tabletop when you mix models from both manufacturers.… Read more »
Just not a fan of 15mm.
Excellent video, amazing depth of knowledge, very informative.
bothi wrote: “For example the barrel of my king tiger has an inner diameter of nearly 2mm, which would result in nearly a 20cm caliber gun.”
One can only imagine….
I hope the game mechanics for US armored infantry give them justice. They have tremendous values in my favorite system and deservedly so.
very nice set added to my wish list