British Mortars

As part of my junk troops revitalization program, I have put together some British troops.

I took a variety of troops, Airfix and Fujimi and swapped hands and bits around.

I made them up into mortar crews.

My Airfix British Infantry lack mortar support.

So these guys will be very helpful to them.

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Crusader tanks were used by the British in the deserts of North Africa in World War Two.

Their high speed was a terrific asset in the open terrain.

Paul Heiser Models is making this great model in HO scale.

Until the last few years their have been very few HO scale models of British tanks. These models go a long way in making up for that.

Also from PHM is the HF-7, WWII German steel wagon. The upper one with the V shaped tongue is vehicle drawn and the other one is horse drawn. I have seen German halftracks towing two of these behind them. They were an excellent wagon, but heavy. Sometimes they would have the regular four horses augmented by two more. Sometimes they even had dozens of men pulling them. This was a great wagon for Western Europe, with a good road network, but it had a lot of trouble in the mud of Russia.

PHM Crusader

The British in WWII had slow, heavily armored infantry support tanks.

They also had fast, nimble cruiser tanks, like these Crusader tanks.

These Paul Heiser Models are 1/87th scale resin kits of these tanks. Photos and tank construction by Paul Heiser himself!

They follow the traditions of the horse cavalry of breakthrough and exploitation.

One of the nice things about Paul Heiser Models is that Paul likes to make his models in series, so there is a nice variety of Crusader tanks from him. Check out Fidelis Models for these kits, which will be in full production soon.