28mm WW2 BOLT ACTION 44 Part 2

Before any moves were made I decided that at first only half of each force would join the table at first and then after 4 turns the rest of the forces could appear as a sort of reserve and also I decided that the Americans would throw a dice for their initial advance track as they came to the first junction which would simulate the fact that they did not know were the Germans were.

The game started with a German draw and the kubelwagen was sent forward towards the broken down truck to check on it and to cover any advance from the enemy. 

The next draw was an American move and the jeep advanced forward .

On the next draw the hanomag was sent forward to join the kubelwagen and is carrying the command team...1st SS squad and the sniper team

Next another German draw and the SDKFZ 222 advanced down the second road towards the centre of the town

With the next draw being American an M3 advance to join the jeep carrying the command team and the 1st infantry squad

With a German draw the 2nd SS squad advanced on foot up the second road to support the 222 and the German final draw was a machine gun team that advanced to support the hanomag

The final draw for this turn was the American truck joining the other vehicles and carrying the 2nd infantry squad and the sniper team

SO AT THE END OF THE 1ST TURN ...NO ACTUAL CONTACT AS YET...

The 2nd turn started with the German kubelwagen advancing further into town to access any threat

This was quickly supported by the hanomag

the German command then alighted the vehicle followed by the SS squad

Again the Germans got the draw and advanced the 222 further into the middle of town

but as yet no contcts

Then came the American draws and this included the truck unloading its infantry squad to check the rea before any advance further into town

As well as the M3 off loading its command team

Finally for this turn the Germans advanced their 2nd SS squad up to support the 222 and the machine gun team further up the road

SO AT THE END OF THE 2ND TURN ...STILL NO CONTACT and the situation is as seen below...

I think in turn 3 the action is going to come very quickly as both sides are advancing straight at each other as they check the town...

28mm WW2 French Light Infantry Force

These troops were quite lovely to paint as they are not the first Army people think of , and when the French are chosen its not the Light troops that are usually headed for.

But my friend Jason from Tennessee has decided to use them and I hope he is happy with his force. 

There are 3x 11 man squads of infantry and a 7 man squad ,a light medium machine gun and a mortar team plus 4 troops with rifle grenades... a light artillery piece and a command team.

Below I have set the figures in an appropriate scene against German early war tanks to show the figures in action on the street of France.

28mm 7YW Prussian Regimnet no.13

Really enjoyed painting this lovely 24 man regiment of Frederick The Greats troops No.13

The figures are from Front Ranks original range of the period and although a few years old now still great to paint with lots of character.

The figures are singularly based but look great in line and are for my friend Mike in Germany

28mm ACW Confederate gun battery

Here we see a recently finished Confederate Battery that I have done for my friend Mike ,it is a set of the Perrys plastic figures and the teams are very animated...I enjoyed painting it but still prefer the metal figures as they just have something more about them for me.

I chose to place them behind these earthworks that I have had for some time, but I think they really help to show off the battery especially when the figures are based individually.