BEF Rifle Platoon (BR702) with Command team, three squads, Anti-tank Rifle team & Light mortar team.   When the British Expeditionary Force first arrived in France there was a shortage of trained junior officers, so only the first rifle platoon in a company was commanded by subalterns (officers), while the second and third platoons were commanded by platoon sergeant-majors (senior sergeants). Most platoons now have officers in charge, but there are still plenty of PSM’s about. Find out what colours to paint your BEF Rifle Platoon here... Find out more about the British Early War Paint Set here... Learn how to assemble the BEF Rifle Platoon here... Check out the BEF Rifle Platoon in the online store here...

The rifle squads (or sections as they are termed in the British Army) are eight men strong, with a corporal, Bren gunner, and six riflemen. The Lee Enfield Mk III rifle they use is much the same weapon as their fathers were armed with at the end of the Great War, but the first-rate Bren light machinegun has replaced the old Lewis gun. Two new weapons that would be unfamiliar to their fathers are the 2” light mortar and the Boys anti-tank rifle. Designed by Evan Allen & Anton Ducrot Painted by James Brown & Jeremy Painter

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