Chinese 88th Infantry Division (2)

It's June and back to the Sino-Japanese conflict.

Opted for the apple green colour for this unit, I had seen it on some 'dress' units but they do like rather different to the other units completed.

The 88th Division was part of the “German-trained” elite units formed in the 1930s, and as such it represented the closest China came to a standardised, modern infantry organisation at the start of the war. While still subject to shortages and battlefield attrition, its structure was more consistent and better equipped than typical Nationalist units.

The backbone of section firepower, was centred on a ZB‑26 light machine gun, the most widely used automatic weapon in Chinese service during this period, together with several riflemen. Although for very early war units I might strip the LMG team and replace with additional riflemen.

I bolstered this faction with a HMG team, swapping heads from some of the original 3D casts.

I am currently sticking together some additional Japanese and figured I might 'borrow' a couple of the knee mortars for the Chinese units, having done some reading they seem to be introduced later in the war to counter the Japanese grenade launcher platoons.