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On the workbench - Bishop Self Propelled Gun

The artillery vibe continues under lockdown I have upgrade a OP and a Bishop Self propelled gun. Britains first attempt at an SPG.  I painted up this gun  as a First Army gun for my Mid War British Army. Only deployed in Tunisia and Italy. These vehicles  are very characterful, I love the Heath Robinson look of the Bishop. I like a well worn look to my Mid War British vehicles so lots of mud North African mud on this one  extra stowage and crew from AB miniatures  Losts of extra mud on the rear deck  my main ... but not only reference image  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_Tunisia_1943_NA1449.jpg  The final addition is this observers vehicle  inspired  by an image from the Taranto landings. PSC model  bren gun from the bits box Add caption The Invasion of Italy thanks to the Imperial  war Museum  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205204293 The crew are  a mix of PSC, HaT and Milicast

On the workbench Imperial Japanese Army Support units

Thats the Imperial Japanese Army force for Burma 44-45 done with a few support options Reconaissance and anti tank defences. I may invest in some Chi_Ha  tanks but first some games!  A type 97 Te-Ke tankette reconnaissance vehicle 37mm gun version from 172scale miniatures  Advancing with a foot patrol and sniper Close up of a spider hole. I made several of these out of the extra miniatures from the platoon. They have either Type 99 LMG or the Type 97 20mm AT rifle  which I had a few spare. Liberally scattered around the battlefield should give a nasty surprise to pass allied infantry or armour.     I have made 6 camouflaged spider holes  Two three man improvised Antitank teams. Antitank mines on a bamboo pole  Close up of one team  Another team stalk a Grant tank  A 50mm grenade launcher battery for local support  My FOO with scissor scope and RT operator. Artillary will be the main Anti tank defence for the Japanese