Friday, April 03, 2015

Chain of Command - Moroccan Infantry Section.

Last of the Spanish complete for the Wyvern Wargamers Chain of Command SCW Project.

A full Moroccan Infantry Section for Chain of Command with a couple of support options, with figures drawn from three separate manufactures, so plenty of variaty within the unit.


HQ section (Plana Mayor) which consisted of the Platoon Commmander, A first Lieutenant (Teniente), a Platoon 1st Sergeant (Sargento Primero) and two additional men.
 
The Section (Pelotone) consists three squads (Escuadras) of 15 Riflemen and an LMG team, which is able to be broke down into Two Rifle armed fire teams of 6 riflemen each and an LMG fire team of two gunners and three riflemen.


Spot the difference - Just noticed them when putting the pic up - one of the infantry is based on a 2p rather than a 1 pence piece - bugger.............

I have finished a support option of a mortar squad and tank hunter team, I suspect a few extras will be on the shopping list for Salute with an AT Gun, Cavalry squad and Tankette on the wish list, but this force for now should give me plenty to put on the table..... with the first outing in a couple of weeks lets just hope they dont succumb to the curse of freshly painted figures.....

16 comments:

  1. Three sections of 15? Blooming heck that's a big platoon. Really nice job on these, look forward to seeing them on the table.

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    1. They certain are Phil - limited command points mind......
      First game with Ian in a few weeks.
      Cheers
      Stu

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  2. Very nice! You have a platoon and a half though. ;-)

    Sección = Platoon
    Mando (or 'Grupo de Mando') = Platoon HQ - 'Plana Mayor' would be Company/Battalion HQ
    Pelotón = Section/Squad (there are only two per sección)
    Escuadra = 'Fire Team' (there are three per pelotón)

    Don't despair though, as it would not be wrong to reinforce a sección with a pelotón from the reserve platoon if the situation warranted it.

    Suerte! :-)

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    1. Good spot JIm, thanks for the guidance - I will adapt for the first outing in a few weeks.
      Cheers
      Stu

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  3. Great looking figures, very nice paint work!

    Look forward to seeing them in action!

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    1. Cheers Captain - But can they fight ??? :-)

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    1. Thanks Gordon - first major attempt at head swaps as well, so relly pleased with the outcome.
      Cheers
      Stu

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  5. That's a lot of figures! Great work though and have fun gaming with them.

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    1. I knew I should have picked something a little smaller Steve.
      Cheers
      Stu

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  6. Now you need an opponent with an international brigade unit to give them a good hiding . Nice paint job and basing Stu .
    Regards Furphy .

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    1. I have a bunch of communist types for the VBCW, so I am hoping they will double up.... That way I always have something to field in opposition.
      See you Sunday....?
      Stu

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  7. Very impressive - nice to see how all the different makes look great together. Cool basing for the dice on the crew served weapon stands.

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    1. Thanks Dean - They work really well together on mass, lets see who can spot the difference in a few weeks.
      Cheers
      Stu

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  8. They look very nice Stu. I like them!

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