The list for these “support” platoons that I am building allows for the officer and up to five additional supports. Normally you wouldn’t bother with any more than 1 because it makes the officer a large target. With five armed with an SMG you have a very powerful unit especially if it is in a vehicle. Up to now that is the way that I have designed the platoons to fight.

The problem has been that a Universal carrier can only take a total of five not six. The flash of light hit me when I was preparing the figures for my next project, the 2/7th Field Artillery on Tarakan. Instead of the Universal Carrier option it allows for a White Scout Car which the Australians were being supplied by the US.

I decided to up all of the Command sections to an Officer and five men and either use the lot without a vehicle or reduce them by one if they only have the Universal Carrier Option!

Problem solved.

This post provides the additional two figures for the Machinegun Support Platoon. While painting these up I also painted the Platoon s medic.

Tomorrow the first of the “Command” Universal Carriers.