05/09/2013

My French Army of 1940

As well as painting some extra figures as detailed in an earlier post I also reorganised and rebased the rest of my French forces. So here's what I possess.

The whole army

The pretty armour - H35/H39 and R40s backed up by Char B1s and S35s with a few FT17s thrown in

Transport plus a bit of armour. Certainly need a few more R35s

Some of the infantry, the fourth battalion is incomplete, but I plan to use it as a source of figures for a Reece battalion

Artillery, a couple of 47mm AT guns backed up by trio of 75mm guns and a 75mm mountain gun

Another view of the transport

And the armour

The whole arny again


Further work to do on rebasing the cyclists so I can have a company of these as part of the Reece battalion
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11 comments:

  1. Pierre le Poilu5/9/13 07:46

    Hello - will you be adding any horsed units or transport to your army? The cyclists - are they Airfix WW1 figures?

    Martin

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  2. Pierre le Poilu5/9/13 07:47

    I meant to start my message with congrats on a good looking collection.

    Martin

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  3. adeptgamer5/9/13 13:12

    I...am...SO ENVIOUS of this army! What a great collection! So well done and so comprehensive. Bravo!

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  4. Mike5/9/13 13:42

    That is a great collection, well done. I can appreciate the work that went into this; my WW II and RCW armies are all 20mm plastic.
    Plans for any large 1940 battles?

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  5. João Pedro Peixoto5/9/13 16:24

    Great army. Inspiration to keep on my own french 1940.

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  6. Sun of York6/9/13 02:42

    Very impressive. Nice to see some of the Airfix WW1 French put into service. Mine are now so old they shatter if they get touched, which is a pity as they had some good poses and the sculpture was good as well - not too thin or small for the scale.

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  7. Uwe6/9/13 06:20

    I like to see troops for the Blitzkrieg, still a rare thing!

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  8. cameronian6/9/13 12:39

    That's a sweet collection; so are your others of course (jealous).

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  9. AJ (Allan) Wright6/9/13 13:44

    Wish there was a close up of the bicycle recon!

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  10. NoPasaran miniatures SCW8/9/13 22:46

    good job!
    excellent

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