Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Panzer Tank Attack: "Battle of the Bulge" (1965)




Battle of the Bulge (film)

The filmmakers attempted to condense a battle which stretched across parts of Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg and lasted nearly a month into under 3 hours. They also shot parts of the film on terrain that did not resemble actual battle locations. This left them open to criticism for lack of historical accuracy, but they claimed in the end credits that they had 're-organized' the chronological order of events to maximize the dramatic story.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge_%28film%29

Tanker's Tuesday: M47 Patton



The M47 Patton is an American main battle tank, the second tank to be named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates of tanks in battle. It was a further development of the M46 Patton tank

http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=33

Monday, October 28, 2013

Megablitz and more: Boxing clever

I'VE HEARD TELL OF THIS MYSTERIOUS THING CALLED ORGANIZATION!

LOL, haven't exactly found it myself but, looks like Tim has....)

Megablitz and more: Boxing clever

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Tanker's Tuesday: M48 Patton



The M48 Patton is a medium tank that was designed in the
United States. It was the third tank to be officially named after
General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army
during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates
for the use of tanks in battle It was a further development of the
M47 Patton tank. The M48 Patton served as an interim tank in
U.S. service until replaced by the U.S. Army's first main battle
tank (MBT), the M60. The M48 served as the U.S. Army and
Marine Corps's primary battle tank during the Vietnam War. It
was widely used by U.S. Cold War allies, especially other
NATO countries.


http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=29

M48 tank

Friday, October 18, 2013

An End To The “Cold War” at the Wargames Holiday Centre.

This was put on at the Wargames Holiday Centre.



My Good Generals, here is the write up from our recent
Cold War game staged here at the WHC by the chaps from
the Reigate club. I have included as many photos as was
deemed sensible, as I took over 100, so when you take a
look through just hover your cursor over the photo to see
the note for the picture.

Outstanding eye candy, take a look!
http://www.wargameshc.co.uk/index.php/an-end-to-the-cold-war-at-the-wargames-holiday-centre/

Thursday, October 17, 2013

US Tank List

Over the last year I've been building up the OPFOR, in this case my
spotted beauties of the Neo Basileia ton Rhomaioi, or the new
Byzantine Empire in space (hey why not?). I was concerned that the
number of NRE tanks was growing alarmingly and that they might
out number my US equipment that are used as the Brazos Imperial.
Army. As it turns out I should not have been worried! The Tank count
stands at 224 NRE tanks to 449 BEE tanks...There are times when I
forget my megalomaniac tendencies completely......)

US Tanks:
Following my standard MTO tank battalions have ten tanks
each and infantry battalions have three tanks assigned.

M1A2........72 each  in 6 battalions
M1A1........33 each in 3 battalions (Marines)
M60/A1/3..86 each in 8 battalions
M60A2......10 each in 1 battalion
M48A3/5...48 each in 4 battalions 
M47A3......34 each in 3 battalions
M103.........10 each in 1 battalion
M41...........35 Assigned as 3 tank scout platoons to MBT units.
M4A6........30 each in 3 battalions (Sherman brought up to M60 standards)
M151.........18 Assigned as 3 tank scout platoons to MBT units.
M8 Armored Gun System 9 each used as scouts
M4.............65 each in 6 battalions
M5.............9  Assigned as 3 tank scout platoons to M4 units.

Imperial policy can best be summed up this way:

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

My Thanks For A Few Mile Stones!

I'd like to thank everyone that has visited our page, over the last few
years, with a special thanks to our followers (we're up to 100) also up
to 1100 posts and 183876 page views. We here in the BEE are deeply
humbled and appreciative.

Tanker's Tuesday :West German Tanks and APCs

Just picked up a few more M47s and M48s and a few more West German APCs circa 1968 or so.





Monday, October 14, 2013

Cityscape Terrain Pack

The Cityscape Terrain Pack from Hawk Wargames is a customizable
6ft x 4ft battlefield in 10mm scale - with a city's worth of buildings
and terrain tiles all of which can be arranged in a number of different
layouts to create a variety of urban battlescapes!
With 12 unique building designs and 24 different terrain tile facings,
the Cityscape Terrain Pack can be used to create enormous 6ft by 4ft 
battlefields, as well as smaller areas for skirmishes and running battles
or, why not combine multiple sets and fight over an even larger area!
This Set contains; 
- 20 Card Buildings - Pre-cut and folded
- 24 Double-sided Card Terrain Tiles - each being 1ft square
 Just got this in from Neal at the Warstore.... at a great price
with very fast shipping!