Fanteria Britannica, 1944–1956

Recensione dei Figurini Revell in Scala 1:72

P.I.A.T. e light mortar teams converted to represent Indian Army troops serving in Northern Italia. The conversion is a simple head-swap using turbaned heads taken from the Atlantic Indian Brigade set. The converted soldatini mix well con altri truppe inglese e del Commonwealth britannico in scala 1:72. The spare elmetti M.1944 may be used to convert paracadutisti della NATO di Matchbox alla fanteria britannica of the period 1958–1985. The spare bodies of the Indian Brigade soldatini may be put back into action using heads con elmetti Mk.1 britannici scrounged from altri soldatini di fanteria britannica. These soldatini di fanteria, in turn, are converted to Commando britannici using the spare beret heads taken off the paracadutisti della NATO. This fourway swap creates a whole range of new poses con practically no figure attrition.

Contenuto

48 soldatini in 12 Poses – 25 mm pari a 180 cm di altezza
- Ufficiale con pistola mitragliatrice Sten (2)
- Section leader, kneeling, tirante pistola mitragliatrice Sten (4)
- No. 1 mortar man, prone con 2" mortar (3)
- No. 2 mortar man, kneeling, con 2" mortar round (3)
- No. 1 P.I.A.T. man advancing con proiettore anticarro per fanteria (4)
- No. 2 P.I.A.T. man advancing con ammunition carrier (4)
- No. 1 Bren gunner, prone, tirante (4)
- No. 1 Bren gunner, running (4)
- Rifleman advancing con fixed bayonet (5)
- Rifleman advancing, tirante (5)
- Rifleman standing, tirante (5)
- Rifleman throwing grenade (5)
2" mortar diorama base (3)

Valutazione

Excellent choice of subject, this figure set features platoon support armi e the elmetto M.1944 not previously available in scala 1:72.
Il elmetto M.1944 remained in service until 1985, when it was replaced by the elmetto in Kevlar. Paratroops ed other elite units serving in the Falkland War received elmetti in Kevlar in 1982.
Fanteria britannica continued to use the M.1937 webbing set until it was replaced by the M.1958 webbing set which remains in service even today.
The Lee-Enfield Rifle No.4 Mk.I was replaced by the L1A1 SLR self-loading rifle in 1956 which was licensed from the Fabrique Nationale (FN) belga. Troop trials of the L1A1 SLR began in 1954, e the SAS used it during the Malayan campaign.
Excellent casting quality, no flash e hardly any noticeable mould lines.
Useful wargaming poses, the advancing P.I.A.T. team e the 2" mortar team are complete e they fit the usual 38 mm x 38 mm basette di wargame recommended for support weapons of this type. The quattro rifleman poses may be mixed con soldatini di fanteria britannica from other manufacturers, although purists may not want to mix due different elmetto patterns in the same platoon.
More than half of the soldatini in this set are specialist types: command soldatini e platoon support weapons, e they are urgently needed to fill the ranks of your Airfix, ESCI ed Atlantic units not previously equipped con all the hardware normally deployed at the platoon level.
The 2" mortar teams included in this set will be very popular con giocatori wargame who have had to scratchbuild their own light mortars until now.
The M.1937 webbing set, il elmetto M.1944, e the Lee-Enfield Rifle No. 4 Mk.1 remained in service until 1956.
The soldatini may be back-dated by replacing il elmetto M.1944 con the earlier elmetto Mk.1 britannico di Airfix o ESCI.

The soldatini are wearing the larger utility pouches, rather than the basic pouches which were normally issued con the M.1937 webbing set. This error is most noticeable on the advancing rifleman who should be wearing the utility pouches above his basic pouches, rather than due identical sets of utility pouches.
The standing firing ed advancing firing poses are best suited for a streetfighting scene. Giocatori Wargame who prefer a variety of advancing poses on a basetta di wargame may want to mix these Revell soldatini con altri truppe inglese e del Commonwealth britannico di Airfix, ESCI, ed Atlantic.

Utilizzo Storico

Fanteria inglese et del Commonwealth britannico, 1944–1956

Conversione

Fanteria inglese e del Commonwealth britannico, 1937–1944
Replace the elmetto M.1944 con the earlier elmetto "tin hat" Mk.1 taken from Airfix e ESCI Fanteria Britannica.
Fanteria Britannica 1958–1985
Using paracadutisti della NATO di Matchbox, replace the beret con the elmetto M.1944 scrounged from Revell’s Fanteria Britannica.

La fanteria britannica di Revell is a welcome addition to the large range of soldatini inglesi e del Commonwealth britannico della seconda guerra mondiale. Use these troops to add variety to existing units. The 2" mortar e the advancing P.I.A.T. team will be most welcome among giocatori wargame who have had to scratchbuild o convert some of their platoon support weapons previously.

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Soldatini Britannici della Seconda Guerra Mondiale