Wednesday, 6 March 2013

French 43rd Colonial Regiment, Tunisia 1942/43

Well bits of it anyway :-)

Blitz Miniatures mortar team here posed as a AT crew (I`m over stocked on 80mm mortars), the gun is Early War Miniatures SA37 47mm (nice model)
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Several packs of Friend or Foe 1940s French infantry
A couple of staff officers
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Rifle platoon inc VB launcher
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I`ve painted them up in lighter colours than the traditional Metropolitan Infantry, the basic plan being they can be used in Morocco 1918-35 or as Vichy troops in Syria/Lebanon as well as Operation Torch and Tunisian Campaigns. 

2 comments:

  1. Nice Stuff. Do they have armour support?

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  2. The French had very little in the way of armour in Tunisia due to the restraints of the Armistice Commission. Some Laffly-White armoured cars, some Renault D-1 tanks and later in early 1943 Groupe Blinde sud Tunisienne with - British Valentines, Somua S-35s, 6 off US GMC75 halftracks and an attached US M3 Stuart company.

    Except for the D-1s I can field all or some of these if required :-)

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