Friday 18 September 2020

7/4e RCA Tunisia

Char D1s of 7th Squadron, 4th Regiment Chasseurs D`Afrique

 7th squadron of 4RCA had 15 of these in Tunisia at the time of the German landings, they immediately joined other French units as part of the now combined allied armies trying to defeat the Germans/Italians.

The unit was at Medjez-el-Bab; Hir Moussa and Kasserine (where they claimed a Panzer IV!)

These are 20mm by Early War Miniatures (one has an AB Figures commander)

I`ve tried by best to use the camouflage as illustrated in Sicard & Vauviller, but I`ve left the aerials in place (all research says they had been removed, but not why??) because I like them :)







Both together


Playing with the camera in the garden




10 comments:

  1. I assume that is your Spanish garden. Nice variation on a Vichy French army, what is they were in Syria?

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    1. Yes they are in the top garden :)

      1st and 2nd RCA did face the during Torch if the fighting had gone on another day or so, their D1s may have faced off against the Yanks?

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  2. "if" not "is" in the second sentence, still getting used to a new keyboard

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  3. Very nice- like the outdoor shots.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  4. Beautiful and accurate camouflage. This is the tank that I still miss in my French 1940. I need a few of them as a battalion was brought from north Africa and used against the Germans. I have two GBM talking about this.

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  5. Yes the French got pretty desperate and needed them back in 1940.

    I expect yours will look better than these :)

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  6. I found the tank reference in the Sicard & Vauviller book. Thanks Richard!

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    1. Their books are the gold standard for quality and info :)

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