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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
HaT Set 8293 British Infantry (Tropical)
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You might get away with late 1930’s but certainly not the 50’s for British troops. The US did not wear the superb 1908 webbing equipment. They had the 1910 equipment with the strange backpack arrangement.
Simon
Those are sharp-looking figures.
Several years ago, a friend of mine used 1/72 WWI soft plastic figures to replace the infantry pieces in the board game "Axis & Allies 1914." He did a good job of painting them and his game was very attractive. He would have appreciated these British figures had they been available when he was working on his project.
The only problem is, "Axis & Allies 1914" is cumbersome and takes a long time to play. (I also think it favors the Allies.) I don't think we ever completely finished a single game.
Very nice-looking figures ! Good to see they are making figures of all types and wars ...
The US did use a variety of gear in WWI, including British and French if they were assigned to British or French divisions. As for using this gear for the 1950s, perhaps former colonial nations were issuing it to their troops? Having been in the US Army Reserve I know that the long end of a supply line you can often end up with very old and odd equipment that was not supposed to be in use anymore. Thanks for your comment Simon and thanks for reading.
I have used boardgame figures from Eagle Games in miniature games, so it seems right to return the favor Jeigheff.
Yes, Legion4, HaT makes a lot of WWI stuff that can be very useful.
Bunkermeister
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