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Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742) Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
with one Command Rifle/MG team, one VB team, six Rifle/MG team, one Small base & seven Medium bases.

The state of the French troops in the Vichy Levant (the collective term given to French Syria and Lebanon) was not too dissimilar to mainland France. While the majority of troops was made up of locally raised Levantine conscripts, the Army of the Levant was stiffened with several well trained regiments of Moroccan, Senegalese, and Algerian troops.

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Left: The Tirailleurs Platoon Command Rifle/MG team.
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Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
Their premier troops, of course, were the three Legion battalions of the 6e Regiment de Légion Étrangère.

The Legion also provided the backbone of the invading Free French troops. The 13e Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère has served with the Free French since declaring loyalty to de Gaulle after the fall of France. The bulk of the Gaullist forces are also made up of native colonial troops many of whom joined after the earlier campaigns in Dakar, Gabon, and Eritrea.


Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Mark Hazell 

The Command Rifle/MG Team in Flames Of War
Team
Range
ROF Anti-tank
Firepower Notes
Rifle/MG team
16"/40cm
2
2
6
-
The VB Team
"The Tirailleurs platoon has a small group of rifle grenadiers with the Tromblon VB grenade launcher in the platoon headquarters to knock out machine-gun nests."
Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742) Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
The VB Team in Flames Of War
Team
Range
ROF Anti-tank
Firepower Notes
VB Team
8"/20cm
2
1
4+
Can fire over friendly teams.
The Rifle/MG Teams (two teams per Tirailleurs squad)
Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742) Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742) Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
"Armed with the Châtellarault FM modèle 1924/29 light machine-gun, the teams in each Tirailleurs squads are  rated as a Rifle/MG team."
Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742) Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
"The figures in the Tirailleurs Platoon can be used to represent French forces during the campaign in France (i.e. Blitzkrieg) or to represent a French force in Burning Empires. You can even mix and match in the Greatcoat figures to add a flavour to your infantry bases."

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Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742) Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742) Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)
The Tirailleurs Squads Teams in Flames Of War
Team
Range
ROF Anti-tank
Firepower Notes
Rifle/MG team
16"/40cm
2
2
6
-
The Tirailleurs Platoon Prepared For Action
Tirailleurs Platoon (FR742)


Last Updated On Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Chris at Battlefront