Weapons Platoon (Winter) (US760)

Weapons Platoon (Winter) (US760) includes one Command Carbine team, four M1919 LMG teams, three M2 60mm mortar teams, one Small three-hole base & seven Medium four-hole bases. The typical weapons platoon has a mortar and a machinegun section but, like the GIs from the rifle platoons, your men have been known to acquire a second machine-gun section through ‘midnight requisition’ to bolster their rate of fire. Use these machine-guns and mortars to break-up enemy assaults before they hit your lines. Check out the Weapons Platoon (Winter) in the online store here...

Devil's Charge The Germans had been in retreat since the Allied breakout from Normandy, finally settling into defensive lines on their frontier as Autumn turned into Winter. In early December 1944 it seemed, to the Americans facing them in the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxembourg, unlikely that the Germans would attack. Learn more about Devil's Charge here...

Don’t forget that your 60mm mortars are excellent at digging out enemy troops and gun nests. Eliminate those threats with the mortars and use your M1919 light machine-guns as a base of fire, keeping the enemy’s head down while you charge in, bayonets fixed. Above left & left: The Command Carbine team on snow bases. Designed by Evan Allen Painted by Aaron Mathie

The M1919 LMG Teams

The M1919 LMG in Flames Of War
Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes M1919 LMG Man-packed 16"/40cm 5 2 6 ROF 2 when Pinned Down or Moving.

The M2 60mm Mortar Teams

The M2 60mm Mortar in Flames Of War
Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes M2 60mm mortar Man-packed 24"/60cm 2 2 3+ Minimum rnage 8"/20cm. Firing bombardments   32"/80cm - 1 6

The Weapons Platoon (Winter) Prepare To Suppress An Enemy Position

The Contents of the Weapons Platoon (Winter) Blister Pack

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The Command Team Description of Components a. 1x Standing figure with carbine and hand up. b. 1x Standing rifleman figure. c. 1x Standing figure with SMG. Assembling the Command Team Simply arrange figures A, B and C to taste on the small three-hole bases provided.

Description of Components

a. 1x Kneeling NCO with SMG. b. 3x Kneeling figures holding mortar bipod. c. 2x Kneeling figures covering ears.

d. 3x Kneeling loader figures. e. 3x 60mm mortar sprue.

Description of Components

a. 2x Kneeling NCO with SMG. b. 1x Kneeling riflemen figure aiming rifle. c. 1x Kneeling riflemen figure loading rifle.

d. 4x Prone LMG loader figures. e. 4x Prone LMGs with gunner figures. f. 1x Ammo belt sprue.

The Bases Description of Components a. 1x Small three-hole base. b. 7x Medium four-hole bases.

Assembling the M1919 LMG The Weapons Platoon contains two Machine-gun sections, each section has two LMG teams. One LMG team in each section has a Gunner, a Loader and an NCO figure and the other has a Gunner, a Loader and a Riflemen figure. LMG teams are modelled on the Medium four-hole bases included in the pack.

Assembling the M2 60mm Mortar The Weapons Platoon contains one Mortar section containing three mortar teams. One mortar team consists of a NCO figure, mortar loader figure and one figure holding the mortar bipod. The other two mortar teams contains one mortar loader figure, one figure holding the mortar bipod and one figure covering ears. Mortar teams are also modelled on the Medium four-hole bases included in the pack.