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Monday, November 20, 2023

WOTW US Army, National Guard, and Militia Troops

I am working on a major 1/72nd scale figure sorting and conversion project.
My plan is to have American Regular Army, State Militia, National Guard, and local militias for War of the World invasions.  They will be separate units for every 20 years starting in 1898, 1918, 1938 and 1958.  The first three are the primary focus on this project for now.  I am planning on about a regiment of each but the regiments will mostly be small from those days.
Here is some of my artillery.  The French 75 was used from 1917 to about 1945 by various US Army units.  By the end of WWII they were likely all gone by then.  This is 24 of them with the original wooden spoked wheels for World War One, and 24 others that have rubber tires and they will work for the 1938 time period.  24 is enough to support two battalions of infantry.  All 48 can be in use for the 1938 period.

I am sorting figures on my table, in units of about 50 or so troops.  Prior to WWII most units in the Regular Army, National Guard, Reserves, and militias were way understrength much of the time with companies having as few as 50 men.  I am also working on American police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP for the same period.  It's a big project and just the research has taken years, but it is all starting to come together.  It will likely take me another year or so to finish but it has been going on now for at least 10 years so far.
 

6 comments:

Archduke Piccolo said...

It is not often one sees such an ambitiously longitudinal project of this nature!

jeigheff said...

That's an impressive collection. It's good to see you're able to put the old Airfix WWI US infantry figures to use.

Legion4 said...

Pretty cool ! What type of Tanks are those ? And what are you using for Martians ?

Mike Bunkermeister Creek said...

Thank you Archduke, I have been working on the project for about 20 years, mostly gathering troops and equipment, casting a few parts, devising rules, and planning.
Thanks for reading.
Bunkermeister

Mike Bunkermeister Creek said...

Yes, Jeff, this are very useful figures, but not always for their intended purpose.
Bunkermeister

Mike Bunkermeister Creek said...

Legion4 the tanks are slush cast toy tanks made probably in the late 1930s or early 1940s. They are similar to some of the Marmon-Harrington tanks the USMC used. While they are likely over scale, because in reality it was a small tank, this model is about the size of a Roco Sherman tank. It makes a nice late Interwar machine gun or 37mm type tank.
https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2022/08/combat-car.html Nice close up view of the tank from August 2022.

In September of 2010 I posted this series of photos of Martian War Machines. I have several more than the photos indicate.
https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2010/09/painted-war-machine.html

Bunkermeister