![]() ![]() Not sure how they parachuted in with the Airborne Division but that’s by the by.Īs usual all the kits are crisp mouldings that fit together well using the double-sided A3 sheet of exploded diagram instructions. The kits can be made with either variant. There are no less than 6 Unit Cards for the Shermans: both a basic and a veteran card for each of: the Tank Company HQ and the Tank Platoon with the latter having two variants: the standard 75mm gun and the longer 76mm gun, known to the British as Firefly. You’ve got a useful range of 11 tanks – Shermans and Panzer IVs but no Tiger! Each of the Units has an appropriate Unit Card plus an overall Formation card and Command card for both the US and the Germans. – 2x Panzergrenadier Platoons (58 figures) – 1x Parachute Rifle Platoon (32 figures) They were further round closer to the Calais area so they had a shorter distance to cross the channel to their British target areas. However, this is a V1 rocket and it’s launch ramp and whilst it is quite interesting these sites were nowhere near the Normandy beaches. I believe that is unique in terms of FOW starter sets and I don’t know why we don’t get more of them. Well I wouldn’t worry, chaps, because there is no Tiger tank in this box! What you do get in the box this time is a terrain piece. The dramatic action blurb on the lid, faithfully reproduced in the ZATU product description, refers to the arrival of a Tiger tank and the ensuing panic in trying to combat it. These events have been captured dramatically in the Videogame Medal of Honour Airborne and the TV series Band of Brothers which follows the 101st.ĭue to a variety of factors including weather and navigation issues the paratroops were badly scattered and struggled to meet their objectives. ![]() They landed on the Cherbourg peninsula around the areas of Caretan and Sainte-Mère-Église. These would be either part of the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles”, 6,928 men of which jumped in the first wave or the 82nd Airborne Division’s 6,420 troops that dropped in the second wave. The US troops in the set depict a US Parachute Rifle Platoon. Then if the actual start time and date has to be changed, as was the case with Operation Neptune because of bad weather, you don’t have to change all the planning documents. The more commonly used term D-Day comes from the fact that all operations start at H-Hour on D-Day and planning can be made for events that must happen say 2 Hours before the start at H-2 or 3 Days before at D-3 and subsequent targets say 3 Days after at D+3. The landings of the Allied forces in Normandy on the 6th June 1944 was known as Operation Neptune. It should, more realistically, be called “Hit the Landing Zones Somewhat Behind the Beach” but I guess that wouldn’t fit on the box! Band Of Brothers The US troops are paratroopers which landed behind the enemy lines to cut off the German reinforcements trying to dislodge the main forces landing on the beaches. In line with other sets in this series whilst the individual models are historically accurate their relevance to the box titlle is less so. Oh, and this set actually has a terrain piece with it, though, sadly, it is somewhat irrelevant. Unusually, for these starter sets, it also contains a decent amount of infantry to complement the large number of tanks. ![]() ![]() It contains a wealth of well made and accurate, 15mm, late WW II models plus the rules, unit cards and dice to enable you to play Flames of War battles. Veteran M4 Sherman (76mm) Tank Platoon- 16 ptsįlames of War: Hit the Beach Army Set is another in the series of excellent starter sets from Battlefront Miniatures. Veteran M4 Sherman Tank Platoon- 13 pts Veteran M4 Sherman Tank Company HQ- 9 pts The units in Hit the Beach are organised as one American and one German Force: One plastic V1 Flying Bomb terrain feature.Two Plastic 7.5cm Anti-tank guns and Crew.Two Panzergrenadier platoons (58 figures).One Parachute Rifle Platoon (52 figures).‘Bazooka! Bazooka, now!’ Even as the din swallows your shouting, you see a trooper levelling his rocket launcher at the great beast’s tracks. As the echo of the blast dies away, the crack of rifle fire breaks out, and an ominous clanking and rumbling… Suddenly, out of the flames roars a Tiger tank! Leaping from your trench you run forwards. Looking around, your entire position resembles a cauldron of fire-every roof ablaze, black smoke billowing into the night sky. With a thunderous crash another shell smashes into the wall above you, showering your trench with rubble. ![]()
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