On the workbench - Indian Infantry platoon

A completed Indian army platoon for the 8th army Strelets Indian infantry WW2. Eventually I intend that I will have one platoon of infantry and various support options such as engineers, recon patrols to support other British units. I really think that the multi-nation nature of the 8th Army in N Africa and Italy gives lots of interesting modelling opportunities.

The whole platoon

The HQ shelter behind wall

I like the many prone poses in the set firing and throwing grenades and grouped them together in one section

A couple of Sten guns

Tommy guns and Lee Enfield - a Bren team in front and on the end of the section

3 sections and the HQ

Maharata Regiment Fix Bayonets - “Bol Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ki Jai”

Bren section firing from the hip

Plattoon HQ with RT operator and Indian Junior officer

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Scenario and AAR Second Battle of San Salvo 2-3 November 1943

Tanks of 46 (Liverpool Welsh) RTR History “On the V Corps of 8th Army front was paused on the Trigno river, British 78th Infantry Division attacked along the coastal road while 8th Indian Infantry Division attacked some 10 mi (16 km) inland. Fighting was fierce, but on 3 November, British 78th Division reached San Salvo, some three miles beyond the Trigno, at which point Generalmajor Rudolf Sieckenius—commanding 16th Panzer Division—decided to make a fighting withdrawal to the Sangro river and the formidable Gustav defensive positions overlooking the river from the ridge tops on the far side. The plan was that the Skins were to capture San Salvo and the ridge on the left, while the Buffs were to capture the ridge to the right of the town. The first part of the attack was to take place just before first light, and from first light onwards the two Infantry Battalions were to have the assistance of a Regiment of Tanks. The Buffs had a pretty clear run through on the ...

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Time to improve terrain. Fieldss and gardens on an old piece of hardboard. Corugated paper then textured and spray painted. Plants from scatter static grass on lines of PVA. Grass tuft in rows and green paint soaked sponge and pieces of clump foliage. Fences a mix of plant ties and bamboo scewers for the hurdles and garden thyme stripped of leaves to be the brush in the brushwood fences.

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