More work on the mountain of lead and plastic that takes up a substantial component of my garage cupboards.
This time the culprit is a “bring and buy” 28mm WW2 Finnish army. The figures are largely Battle Honours with a few Warlords Bolt Actions Finns to round out the numbers. The Battle Honours figures have excellent detail and are great to paint. The Warlords figures are less detailed and their Bofors Anti-tank gun was a pain to put together, requiring substantial pinning.
I have designed the army around a Chain of Command Finnish Platoon with various support elements for no other reason than it provided me an OOB that used up all of the figures. I could have equally used Bolt Action or FUBAR systems with the later game system the most likely to actually be used.
The basic platoon consists of a Vanrikki (Senior Sergeant) armed with a pistol and a Kersantti (Sergeant) armed with a Sub Machine Gun.
Vanrikki
Kersantti
The first and fourth sections consist of an Alikersantti (Corporal or Junior Leader) with a rifle, a four man rifle team, and a SMG team with one man with SMG and four men with rifles.
The second and third sections consist of an Alikersantti (Corporal or Junior Leader) with a rifle, a LMG team with a Lahti- Saloranta LMG with two crewmen, and one rifleman, and a second team with three riflemen.
First Section Photos:
Complete First Section
Alikersantti
Rifle Squad with Sub machine gun
Rifle Squad
Second Section Photos:
Alikersantti
Molotov Cocktail
Lahti- Saloranta LMG
LMG Team
Rifle Team
Complete Second Section
Third Section Photos:
Alikersantti
Lahti- Saloranta LMG Team
Rifle Team
Complete Third Section
Fourth Section Photos:
Alikersantti
Rifle Squad with Sub Machine Gun
Rifle Squad
Complete Fourth Section
The platoon supports consisted of:
A total of six (6) SMG and two (2) Molotov Cocktail upgrades.
Three Maxim M32/33 Medium Machine Gun with a crew of five
I have just three figures per base but have provided a “Mini Bits” dice and frame to keep record of losses.
Two sniper teams with just a single figure each.
A forward observer with an off-table 81mm mortar.
A T-26-E Vickers 45mm tank.
A light mortar.
A flame thrower.
A panzerschreck team
An anti-tank rifle team
A 37mm PtsK/36 Bofors anti-tank gun.
An additional Junior Leader
A Senior Leader and a Ranking Senior Leader
A radio operator.
Six additional Lahti- Saloranta LMG Light Machine Guns
Ten Sissi Ski Troopers
I had six ski troopers but wanted a squad of ten including a LMG. The photos above showed the Sissi fighting minus their skis and as I had plenty of spare figures I decide to show some on skis and some fighting without them. I also had a ski mounted machine gun that would be ideal for the squads LMG.
With a couple of left over Machine Guns I just created some senic bases that can do as objectives if required.
18 Casualty Markers
I have had these figures fo over ten years and have no idea what manufacturer they are. I think they are a WW1 German caualty figures but am not sure. I much prefer to use proper caualty markers than dice and bits of paper as the table looks much better.
The dice and dice frames are from “Minibits”. Different coloured dice can be used to denote caualities, shock, morale etc.
Great looking army Dave, and like the causality markers
Thanks Dave. The causality markers work well and can be used for a variety of purposes with different coloured die.
Thanks Dave. Completed a few years ago and only just getting around to start using them now. mainly because of Covid!
A nice looking force there, Dave! 🙂 You’ll be pleased you’ve got them done! I quite like your battlemat as well!
Thanks John. The mat is from Table War: https://www.tablewar.com.au/the-f-a-t-mat/
Oooh, they’ve got a nice range of mats! 🙂
I now have quite a few!