So, I had finally finished all the Free French miniatures for my FOW army. However, I realized that I was short one tank for my 2iC. I decided to fill the game…
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R&P – Race to Freedom.
I had just run a Rebels and Patriots scenario and the players all were interested in another game. I had planned on running the same game and just switching sides, but the…
R&P – Battle without Snow Shoes.
It was my turn to run our Tuesday musket period game and I decided to pull out Rebels and Patriots for the group, as we had not done a game of this…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French AA Support.
The final leg of the project! The last vehicles in the box are some old resin Battlefront AA vehicles. I could not find any of these in photos for the French and…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Recon
OK, the force is coming together. I decided to finish the recon elements next. This would include two recon troops. Putting this together was a bit of a challenge. I already had…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Heavy Support.
Next on the chopping block, was some M-10s and M-8s. The M-10 was the only TD used by the French, while the M-8 was heavily used also. The M-10s were actually some…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Half Tracks.
Now that the main tank force is out of the way, it is time to add the supporting elements for the company. I started with a platoon of halftracks to add a…
BBB – Battle of Mars-la-Tour, August 1870.
Background This battle, one of the most sanguinary of all those that were fought during the Franco-Prussian war, took place on August 16th, 1870. The French, defeated all along the line, had…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Shermans
With the mid war equipment out of the way, it was time to move to late war. Unfortunately, the 1st FFI was rechristened as a mech division for the invasion of France….
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French T30s.
With the APCs out of the way, the next thing I needed was some artillery support for the French. So, I pulled out the T-30s and a couple of jeeps. I believe…