French Reinforcements

French in 1940s kit

As some of you may recall I spent the end of July refurbishing my 1940 era French

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2026/08/refurbishing-my-french.html

Whilst sorting them out I noticed large gaps in my orbat and ordered some figures of Early War Miniatures.

August has been pretty busy with our boys out here and then Debbie`s sister visited also, so little time for hobby stuff. Finally here is the first batch of eleven figures:

FM24/29 team plus rifleman

4 riflemen

Kneeling and prone riflemen

Officer and soldier with Erma EMP SMG

Giving a figure an Erma EMP sub-machine gun is an interesting choice! 

When the Republican troops retreated over the border into France in 1939, they brought with them their weapons and the French seized over 3,000 of this German designed SMG! Many were later pressed into service in 1940 and later still issued and used by Vichy gendarmarie & security units.