Good morning all, Has anyone "hands-on" experience of the 28mm scale PBR by Cold Wars? In particular, what size of 28mm figures are supplied and how easy is it...
Hi What was the standard make up of a US weapons company? Or is it dependent on various things such as date or unit type (Army, Marines, CAV etc) From what...
Marines had a Weapons platoon in each company and a support company in each batallion. The weapons platoon used the 60mm mortar. USMC Weapons platoon had a...
... I believe the 60mm mortar was officially no longer US Army standard. I've heard that some infantry units did use them, but ammo supply must have been a...
Don't forget that's the book TO&E, not necessarily what was used. Lack of leg troops usually meant that the bazooka's and RCL's stayed behind as did the...
I'm planning a scenario with a base set up on a couple of hilltops with a saddle in between. I'm trying to determine what would have been airlifted up there -...
Dear Graham, I was with the 1st Air Cav Div from 69 through 71. I was witht he 2/7th Air Cav. It was divided into five companies, A-D being line infantry...
Alex Newman
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Aug 25, 2006 6:37 pm
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Dear Graham, BUilt many a fire base from 69 - 71. They all had the same lay out and weaponry for the most part. part. A perimeter of twelve bunkers with 50 ...
Alex Newman
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Aug 25, 2006 6:43 pm
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Flashpoint Vietnam is due out in September. It sounds neat; they've given some good descriptions of the rules on their forum. Rules and a new 15mm line to go...
narrowed new books down to vietnam only... email for entire list of books on various subjects all books shipped media mail at actual or near actual cost. ...
hello, more books for sale: 629 Classic Aircraft: chapters/articles on the stuka, zero, spitfire, b-17, p-51, b-29 hb oversize photo heavy $20.00 630 German...
Hey guy's today I received some of the Flashpoint miniatures VC and Vietnam hootches. I must say they are really nice. They are a new company with a focus on...
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone else is using this conversion for crossfire and if so how are you basing your fire teams? I mean, are the M-79 blooper...
In the First Cav, we had a M-79 "blooper" in each rifle squad, and an M-60 machine gun in each rifle squad. So a platoon would have three. Every one carried...
Alex Newman
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Sep 10, 2006 6:45 pm
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... Also, were M-60 included in U.S. Marine ... Dave, the M60 machine gun in the Marines comes from a seperate weapons platoon. There are 6 M60's in the...
An articel on convoy ambushes (setting them up and surviving them) has been posted for FNG on the THW Yahoo group. The next articel will be on the Rome plow,...
I think that the M-60 assignment is also based on the year - in the book, We Were Soldiers Once and Young, there seemed to be 4 M-60s and some (3 or 4, cant...
That sounds exactly like the state-side organization we were trained with. By 1968-69 the U.S. Army finally realized they were not fighting in Europe or Korea....
Alex Newman
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Sep 11, 2006 9:33 pm
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HI, Sounds good.Would you happen to know of any NAM rules for 1:1 1/285? I'L Probably be using GHQ figures. ... ...
If you google '10mm Police Action' you should get to a set of very useable rules for these smaller scales, written by David Manley. I use them with the odd...
... Thanks for the plug :) http://www.btinternet.com/~david.manley/wargames/Odds/polact.htm DM...
David Manley
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Sep 12, 2006 5:17 pm
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I have been on and off this group for a while. I finally want to get my act together and get gaming this lot. My choices are to finish the PPig 15mm I started...
Arc of Fire works well for both 15 and 20mm. They can be used for any 20th Century conflict including Vietnam.The rules are designed for squad to company size...
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Could someone help with these. Firstly a general question: were tactical markings Army-wide standard or unit specific? I also need info for the D Troop 1st...
FNG will work just fine. has a built in campaign system if you are so inclined. Here's a review http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.shuck/revfng.html ... any...
Hi All: New to the Nam gaming iwse and still just getting my bearings. Can anyone suggest a link to (a) TO&Es for 1968? I want to build a company or two at 1:1...
try this site http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.shuck/index.html ... Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. ...
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