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The tanks of France’s mechanised divisions have thicker armour and bigger guns than the Germans, giving you a huge advantage in a head-to-head fight. The German’s may try to out manoeuvre you, but they can’t out run your armour-piercing shot!

Box includes:
Company HQ
1x Somua S-35, 1x Hotchkiss H-35 or H-39 tanks.

Light Combat Platoon
3x Hotchkiss H-35 or H-39 tanks with long and short barrel options.

Light Combat Platoon
3x Hotchkiss H-35 or H-39 tanks with long and short barrel op... (vollständige Beschreibung)

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Compagnie de Fusiliers-Voltigeurs

France has prepared its infantry well for the war it expects to fight. They have plenty of machine-guns, enough anti-tank guns, and excellent training in preparing trench lines. They also have some of the best artillery and heaviest tanks in the world to lead the way. Fielding a Compagnie de Fusiliers-Voltigeurs, you will have the best-supported infantry available, whether defending France or counterattacking to throw out the invader.

Box Includes:
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with five Laffly W15 TCC tank hunters, three sets of vehicle/gun crew & six AA MG.

The idea behind mounting the 47mm SA-34 gun on a vehicle capable of travelling cross-country was simple; to increase mobility in comparison to the more static towed Anti-tank guns of the French Army.
This advantage it was theorised would allow the vehicle to quickly establish a firing position, fire a number of shots before quickly moving to a new firing position. Keeping the enemy at a distance disadvantageou... (vollständige Beschreibung)

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with four 75mm mle 1897 guns with crew, Observer Rifle team, Staff team & Command Rifle team.
Despite its age the 75mm mle 1897, known to the French as the Soixante Quinze, or ‘Seventy Five’, remains a revolutionary weapon. More than 40 years after its introduction it is still a devastating weapon, particularly when used against infantry in the open. 4,500 of the guns form the core of the French artillery arm. On 5 June 1940, the 5th Battery of 37ème RAD (Régiment d’Artillerie Divisionnaire) c... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 35,00 EUR

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with four 105/155mm C mle 1917 S guns with crew, Observer Rifle team, & Staff team Command Rifle team.
As well as its 36 75mm mle 1897 guns, an active infantry division also has 24 155mm C mle 1917 S heavy howitzers. These can be supplemented as needed by the fire of corps level 105mm L mle 1913 S long-range guns.
Of more advanced design, but fewer in number than the 75mm mle 1897, was the excellent little Bourges 105mm Court mle 1935. It too had a relatively high rate of fire and was designe... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 35,00 EUR

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FFI Company
with HQ Section, Rifle Platoon & Weapons Section.
The Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur, or French Forces of the Interior (FFI) was the military arm of the French resistance movement. Before the Allied invasion of Normandy, it was a secret organisation, conducting sabotage and small raids on the enemy. However, once the Allies landed, the whole organisation took to the streets, woods and bocage to rise up and fight their former oppressors.
Box contains:
1x Command Rifle team.
1x ... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 35,00 EUR

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with four 105mm C mle 1935 B howitzers, four sets of gun crew, one Command Rifle team, one Observer Rifle team, one Staff team, one Motorcycle and sidecar, four Large bases, one Medium base & three Small bases.

The French artillery arm is the pinnacle of military technology. When an observer places a request for fire, the artillery battalion’s poste central du groupe, its fire direction centre,
assigns all available artillery batteries to fire the mission. This way the artillery’s resources ... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 35,00 EUR

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with four Autocanon de 75mm, four sets of vehicle crew & four Large bases.

When the Germany invaded France in 1940, the French Army were forced to bring back into service many vehicles of World War One vintage; included amongst these were the Autocanon de 75mm.

ca. 40,00 EUR

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Tirailleurs 75mm Artillery Battery
includes four 75mm mle 1897 guns with crew, one Command Rifle team, one Staff team, one Observer Rifle team, two Small bases, one Medium base & four Large bases.

Despite its age the 75mm mle 1897, known to the French as the Soixante Quinze, or ‘Seventy Five’, remains a revolutionary weapon. More than 40 years after its introduction it is still a devastating weapon, particularly when used against infantry in the open. 4,500 of the guns form the core of the F... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 35,00 EUR

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Tirailleurs Heavy Artillery Battery
includes four 105mm L mle 1913 S (with 155mm C mle 1917 S option) with crew, one Command Rifle team, one Staff team, one Observer Rifle team, two Small bases, one Medium base & four Large bases.

As well as the 36 75mm mle 1897 guns, an active infantry division also has 24 155mm C mle 1917 S heavy howitzers. These can be supplemented as needed by the fire of corps level 105mm L mle 1913 S long-range guns.

Of more advanced design, but fewer in number than... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 35,00 EUR

The French Decal Set contains 4 decal sheets:

2x White numbers, letters and playing card suits.
2x Unit symbols, colour playing cards suits and roundels.

9,00 EUR

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Pack contains: 2 carriers and 2 trailers

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with two one-piece resin Lorraine 38L Armoured Carriers, four AA MG figures & four sets of passenger figures.

A peleton de châsseurs portés (light mechanised cavalry platoon) is composed of well-trained, well-equipped and well-armed troops with twice the number of light machine-guns as normal infantry. More importantly each squad of châsseurs is carried to battle in a Lorraine VBCP (Voiture Blindé de Châsseurs Portés) 38L.

ca. 11,00 EUR

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Pack contains: 2 carriers and 2 trailers

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The French infantry divisions were easily the best equipped in the world for First World War-style trench warfare. Every battalion had a resupply section with Renault UE carrier. These could be used to carry or tow the battalion’s weapons into position across shell-torn ground under fire, but more importantly, they could resupply the battalion under fire.
An infantry battalion consumes immense amounts of food and ammunition, so every night in the First World War long columns of soldiers make th... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 11,00 EUR

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Contains 2 trucks

Type Armored Car
Crew 2; Commander/Gunner & Driver
Armament 25mm Gun; 7.5mm Machine Gun

9,00 EUR

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with two Rolls Royce Armoured Cars, two Boys anti-tank rifle gunners, two AA MG, two sets of sand channels.
The origins of the Rolls Royce Armoured Car go back as far as 1914 when the Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) set-up an airbase in Belgium and required a vehicle in order to rescue downed pilots. After several ad-hoc designs, an official design was produced in December 1914 making use of the chassis of the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost.
A steel superstructure was constructed to provide protection... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 16,00 EUR

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Laffly S15TOE
includes two Laffly S15TOE combat cars.

In 1934, Laffly developed an armoured car in for use in the French Colonies or TOE (Théâtre d'Opération pour Exterior). The design was based on the Laffly S15 artillery tractor; armour plate up to 7mm thick was mounted on the body, covering the engine and driver compartment. The rear of the vehicle was made up of a truck bed which could be used to transport either men or equipment.

The top of the vehicle housed a spherical-shaped turre... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 16,00 EUR

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FFI Company
with HQ Section, Rifle Platoon & Weapons Section.
The Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur, or French Forces of the Interior (FFI) was the military arm of the French resistance movement. Before the Allied invasion of Normandy, it was a secret organisation, conducting sabotage and small raids on the enemy. However, once the Allies landed, the whole organisation took to the streets, woods and bocage to rise up and fight their former oppressors.
Box contains:
1x Command Rifle team.
1x ... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 19,00 EUR

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Contains 2 trucks

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Contains 2 trucks

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Country French
Period World War 2
Type Guns

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with three 25mm SA-34 Hotchkiss guns, three sets of crew, Command Rifle team, one Small base & three Medium bases.

Each infantry regiment in the French Army fielded a platoon of three 25mm anti-tank guns. These regimental anti-tank gun platoons were backed up by the Compagnie Divisionnaire Anti-Chars (CDAC), the Divisional Anti-tank Company with an additional twelve 25mm guns.
"The 25mm SA-34 Hotchkiss gun has a Gun shield which means that even if you fail a Gun save, your opponent must make... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 19,00 EUR

Pack with one Command Rifle Team & two 47mm SA-37 gun with crew.

Like the British, the French share the task of anti-tank defence between the infantry and the artillery. While the infantry have their CDAC, the artillery has a Batterie Divisionnaire Anti-Chars (BDAC), or Divisional Anti-tank Battery, as the 10th Battery of the artillery regiment. This battery has four platoons, each with two new 47mm SA-37 anti-tank guns. Some reserve units still have old 75mm field guns instead.

16,00 EUR

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Period World War 2
Type Guns

with two Command Rifle Teams, one 60mm mortar team & two 81mm mortar teams.

On 5 May 1940, France fielded 71 infantry divisions. Of these 20 were active divisions—seven motorised Divisions d’Infanterie Motorisée (DIM), ten Divisions d’Infanterie (DI) marching on foot with horse-drawn supporting weapons, three were mountain Divisions d’Infanterie Alpine (DIA), and eight were colonial—four Divisions d’Infanterie Coloniale (DIC) and four North African Divisions d’Infanterie Nord-Africaine (DINA)... (vollständige Beschreibung)

9,00 EUR

with one Command Rifle Team, one VB team & six Rifle/MG teams.

The section de fusiliers-voltigeurs (fusiliers-voltigeurs platoon) is another example of the French infantry’s perfect organisation for trench warfare.
The platoon has a small group of rifle grenadiers with the Tromblon VB grenade launcher in the platoon headquarters to knock out machine-gun nests, and three groupes (sections) of fusiliers-voltigeurs.

17,00 EUR

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with four HMGs with crew & Command Rifle team
The Hotchkiss Mle 1914 became the standard heavy machine-gun of the French Army during World War One when it broke German attacks as they advanced across No Man’s Land.
At the beginning of the next World War it retains its place in the French Army—ever sturdy and reliable. Interestingly it can fire either from individual metal trays of 24 rounds or 251 round articulated metal belts.
Each bataillon of infantry had a fourth company, the Compagnie d’... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 9,00 EUR

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with four mortars with crew, Observer team & Command Rifle team.
Almost every mortar used by every nation in the Second World War (and since) was essentially derived from the outstanding Brandt mle 27/31 (introduced in 1927 and updated in 1931) mortar. Even its 81.4mm calibre became the European standard used by both Allied and Axis forces. As befits their elite status, the motorised infantry have full batteries of four mortars in their machine-guns and support weapons squadron. This gives the... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 9,00 EUR

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The French artillery had at its disposal a devastating arsnal of guns and tactics, including the deadly rolling barrage! Contains: 20 Artillery Crew

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Legionnaire Sapper Platoon
includes one Command Pioneer Rifle team, three Sapper Squads (two Pioneer Rifle teams per squad), one Small base & six Medium bases.

While the French army of the Napoleonic wars were well supported by Sapper units, during the 19th century these specialists gradually disappeared except in the Legion.

These long service veterans are the best of the best and retain many
of their ancestors’ unique symbols such as the long leather apron, an axe, and the large beard.... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 14,00 EUR

with Company Command team, 2iC Command team & Weapons Platoon with LMG section, HMG section & Mortar section.
The tales of the Arabian Nights create a vision of a dark desert warrior dressed in flowing robes and a turban. In the cool desert night, he silently infiltrates across the front lines and slits his enemy’s throat while they sleep. This appropriately describes the ruthless Goumier warriors of Morocco.
"All Goum Weapons Platoon sections must make Combat Attachments to Combat Platoons."
... (vollständige Beschreibung)

11,00 EUR

with three Rifle Squads and Command Rifle team.
Short, dark-skinned, and bearded, a Goum warrior is lean, wiry, and indifferent to the elements. Their keen eyesight made them good marksmen and their koumia, a short curved knife, was vicious in close combat. They wore their traditional black, brown, and white striped djellaba (a long, loose-fitting outer robe) and a turban with a small ponytail protruding so Allah could lift them to heaven when their task was complete.
"A Goum Rifle Company use... (vollständige Beschreibung)

17,00 EUR

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with five Rifle teams & Weapon team upgrades.
The Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur, or French Forces of the Interior (FFI) was the military arm of the French resistance movement.
Before the Allied invasion of Normandy, it was a secret organisation, conducting sabotage and small raids on the enemy. However, once the Allies landed, the whole organisation took to the streets, woods and bocage to rise up and fight their former oppressors.
Contains options to upgrade several stands to a SMG team, ... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 14,00 EUR

with Somua Objective.

When the German tanks crossed the Polish frontier, Colonel Charles de Gaulle, commander of the tanks of the Fifth Army, saw the German success in this campaign as vindicating the theories outlined in his book, The Army of the Future, published five years earlier. The forceful expression of his opinions on the failings of the French hierarchy and the need for more French armoured divisions antagonised the upper echelons of the French military.

Despite this, on 15 May 1... (vollständige Beschreibung)

11,00 EUR

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with FT-17/18/31 options.
France still had several thousand First World War Renault FT tanks in 1940. Over 500 of them were still in service in independent bataillons de chars de combat (BCC) tank battalions in the front lines. Although adequate for infantry support, they were totally outclassed by German tanks in a mobile battle.

ca. 16,00 EUR

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R-2 Tank
Skoda LT vz.35, Panzerkampfwagen 35(t)

Specifications:

Crew: 4
Weight: 10.5 ton
Engine: 6-Cylinder Skoda T11, water cooled
Power: 120hp/1800rpm
Fuel/Capacity: petrol/153 litres
Max road speed: 40km/h
Max cross-country: speed 15km/h
Road range: 190km
Cross-country range: 115km
Main Armament: 37.2mm Skoda gun
Ammunition: 78 rounds
Secondary: 2 x 7.92mm ZB-53 Machine-guns
Armour: 16-25mm

ca. 9,00 EUR

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with 3 Renault AMR-35 with 7.5mm MG & 13.5mm MG options.
The Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance (AMR), or Reconnaissance Armoured Car, is the opposite of the AMD.
Where as the AMD scouts far ahead of the army, tracking their advance, the AMR fights the covering battle in front of the French lines.
Their job is to force the enemy to deploy and launch an organised attack ahead of the main line of defence. This slows the enemy advance, buying more time for the infantry to dig in and prepare.
Th... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 22,00 EUR

with three vehicles.

Most Battalions de Chars de Combat (BCC) were equipped with Renault R-35 tanks, although two had Hotchkiss H-35 tanks. Likewise, the Divisions Cuirassée (DC) had Hotchkiss H-39 tanks. The French initially equipped their light tanks with the old 37mm SA-18 gun used in the First World War.

Left: The Hotchkiss H-39 with Long Gun.

This short gun has poor anti-tank capability. Aware that they would face large numbers of German tanks, a longer 37mm SA-38 gun was developed... (vollständige Beschreibung)

22,00 EUR

Tank
Crew 2; Commander/Gunner & Driver
Armament 37mm SA 18 Gun; 7.5mm Machine Gun
Armor 45mm maximum
Speed 20 km/hour
Range 140 km on road
Date of Production 1935 - 1940

9,00 EUR

The Somua S-35 gave excellent service to the French army as a well-armoured medium cavalry tank. The S-35 out performed nearly everything it faced in combat. It was relatively fast, had a powerful gun and was protected by 47mm of front armour.

Over 430 of the 19-ton Somuas were built from 1936-1940. The tank saw service on most of the major French battlefields of 1940. A few would even crop up later in German service in Normandy as well as in various Free French formations serving well into... (vollständige Beschreibung)

9,00 EUR

In 1940, the Char B1 bis was the principal battle tank of the French army, with some 380 vehicles built before the French capitulation in June 1940.

Based on the Char B1, the B-1 bis was fitted with 60mm armour and the new APX4 turret and gun. Production of the Char B1 bis begun as early as 1937, with production being spread over several different companies including Renault, FAMH, Saint-Chamond, Schneider and AMX.

Armed with a 47mm gun in the turret and a 75mm gun in the hull in addition ... (vollständige Beschreibung)

11,00 EUR

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with one Renault AMR-35 ZT-2 & one Renault AMR-35 ZT-3.

The first five motorised GRDI each have an anti-tank platoon equipped with Renault AMR-35 ZT-2 and AMR-35 ZT-3 armoured cars. Only ten of each of these odd little two-man vehicles were built. They mount the same 25mm SA-35 gun as the Panhard AMD-35.

Left: The Renault AMR-35 ZT-2.
"The Renault AMR-35 ZT-2 and Renault AMR-35 ZT-3 are used to create the Reconnaissance Anti-tank Platoon for the French in Blitzkrieg."
The ZT-2 mounts its... (vollständige Beschreibung)

ca. 16,00 EUR

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Mounting a 75mm AA gun, the Autocanon de 75mm can be used in both an AT and AA role.

ca. 9,00 EUR

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Contains 2 markers

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with sixteen full-colour French themed gaming dice.

The French Dice set contains sixteen French themed full-colour gaming dice that can be used with any French Army featured in Blitzkrieg. Featuring the French Roundel as the 6 on each die; these are a must for any French player in Flames Of War.

Along with the French Token set, these dice are all you'll need to throw those Germans out of France for good! Vive la France!

ca. 11,00 EUR

The French Token Set contains 26 full-colour gaming tokens:

4x Bailed Out tokens.
4x Bogged Down tokens.
4x Dug In tokens.
4x Gone To Ground tokens.
4x Pinned Down tokens.
2x Ranged In tokens.
2x Reorganising tokens.
2x At The Double tokens.

11,00 EUR