Showing posts with label British Army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Army. Show all posts

Friday, June 12, 2020

A history of the FN FAL, The World's Most Successful Battle Rifle


The Fabrique Nationale Fusil Automatique Leger (Light Automatic Rifle), or FN FAL as it is more commonly known, began life in 1946 when FN and Great Britain created a piston-operated prototype rifle that utilized the German intermediate 7.92x33mm cartridge.

FN FAL

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Tanker's Tuesday: Battlegroup Northag, Interview with Rules Author



A talk with Warwick Kinrade - author of Battlegroup Northag by the Plastic Soldier Company.


Battlegroup Northag


For those that know and love the Battlegroup system (and those of you that have yet to embrace Battlegroup!), Northag carries a lot of its DNA from the parent WW2 system, like the Battle rating system and army list building, but has been specifically designed and streamlined for the smaller scale of 10mm (1/144th) to allow for more vehicles on the table and longer gun ranges.

Monday, September 30, 2019

Tanker's Tuesday: British ground forces : War Thunder





Warriors! A new combatant joins the ground forces battles of War Thunder in update 1.55 “Royal Armour” - British armoured vehicles. A complete tree from three dozen authentically recreated vehicles will stand up for the honour of the Crown.
http://warthunder.com/en/news/3472-br...

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Tanker's Tuesday: WW2-era 6-pounder Anti-Tank



The 6 Pounder was designed primarily as an anti-tank gun but the tank version only differed in having a lug on the breech ring and the first guns produced were intended to be mounted on tanks. The designers of the A.20 tank intention was to mount a gun heavier than the 2 Pounder, the 6 Pounder was reported in January 1940
British 6 lb Anti tank gun

Monday, April 1, 2019

Tanker's Tuesday: The Grant M3 Tank







M3 Lee

Description

The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. In Britain, the tank was called by two names based on the turret configuration and crew size. Tanks employing US pattern turrets were called the "Lee", named after Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Wiki
Crew: 7 (Lee) or 6 (Grant)
Wars: World War II
Main armament: 1 × 75 mm Gun M2/M3 in hull > 46 rounds;
Engine: Wright (Continental) R975 EC2; 400 hp (300 kW)/340 hp (250 kW)
Variants: numerous, see text
Operational range: 193 km (119 mi)
Secondary armament: 2-3–4 ×.30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine guns > 9,200 rounds