Yes I know I once said and promised to myself that I won't start a new Flames of War army. That was until I re-read the Battlefront Dieppe Forces PDF, BTW the PDF is not updated by battlefront yet so it is not a V3 Approved briefing, and all things changed.
Count up with this the fact that today it is exactly 70 years ago that the Dieppe Raid took place. And I was sold.
Now all I had to do was to decide which company to take: The Infantry Tank Company Dieppe, the Rifle Company Dieppe or the Commando troop Dieppe.
After some thinking my choice fell on this:
Infantry Tank Company Dieppe
Headquarters
CC Churchill I and 2iC Churchill I
Combat Platoons
Infantry Tank Platoon: 2 Churchill III and 1 Churchill II
Infantry Tank Platoon: 2 Churchill III and 1 Churchill II
Flame-Tank Platoon: 3 Churchill I OKE
Divisional Support platoon
Commando Company: 1 Commando section (HQ section (Command Rifle/MG team), 2 Commando squads (6 Rifle/Mg teams))
A 1500 points list that is a) Easy to paint and b) the most important part Relatively cheap to buy.
A negative point is that I have to convert 3 Churchill I to 3 Churchill I OKE Flame-tanks and if there is something I ain't good at it is converting.
I probably will start with this company after I have finished the French Reconnaissance Company.
But then I also like to buy some new stuff for my US Airborne Army.
Thanks for reading.
You can never have too many armies! Besides, Churchills just look mean!
ReplyDeleteNice. Should make a great force.
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