American Rifle Platoon (GUS712) Includes one American Rifle Half-platoon with one Browning Pistol team, five Rifle teams, two VB (rifle grenade) teams, two Chauchat MG teams, one flame-thrower team, one 37mm mle 1916 team, one Sniper team, one two-whole Small base, two three-hole Small bases, ten four-hole Medium bases and one plastic base-plug sprue. Designed by Evan Allen Painted by Aaron Mathie Check out this product in the online store here...

1918 saw great changes in the warfare of the Western Front. Russia pulled out of the war, freeing thousands more German troops to push the Allies back huge distances. The Allied counteroffensives, with the new tanks, evolving tactics, and the arrival of the Americans, forced the Germans back towards their own borders and defeat. Learn more about the Great War here...

Our platoons number twice the size of those of both our battle-worn allies and enemy. Split into half platoons, our light machine-gun squads with either Lewis or Chauchat machine guns can keep the enemies heads down while our rifle squads close in. If we encounter any enemy machine-gun nests, our Vivien and Bessières rifle grenades can quickly take them out.

Browning Pistol Team

Rifle Teams

Chauchat MG Teams

VB Rifle Grenade Teams

Flame-thrower Teams

Assembling the Rifle Platoon

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An American Rifle Platoon consists of either one or two Rifle Half-Platoons, each with an HQ Section containing the Command Pistol Team and two Rifle Squads with two Rifle teams, one VB (rifle grenade) team and one MG team.
The Command Pistol Team
	To assemble the Command Pistol team, arrange the Officer figure (see below), one NCO Rifleman and one Rifleman figure on one of the Small three-hole bases provided.

The Officers & NCOs a. 1x Officer figure with pistol. b. 1x NCO gesturing with right hand. c. 1x NCO pointing. d. 1x NCO kneeling and pointing.

The Riflemen

a. 2x Riflemen kneeling, throwing grenade. b. 2x Riflemen advancing quickly. c. 3x Riflemen advacing cautiously. d. 3x Riflemen advacing.

e. 3x Riflemen standing with bayonet extended. f. 3x Riflemen standing firing. g. 3x Riflemen kneeling firing.

Each Rifle Squad contains two Rifle teams. The first Rifle team needs to contain one NCO figure and three Riflemen figures. The second team simply contains four Riflemen figures. Rifle teams use four-hole Medium bases.
Below: An example of an assembled Rifle team three riflemen and an NCO.

Assembling the MG teams
Each Rifle Squad also has a Machine-gun team with the two-man Chauchat LMG team (the prone gunner and loader figures; see the examples below) and one rifleman figure. The MG teams are modelled on Medium four-hole bases, using base plugs to fill the unused holes.
	The MG Teams a. 2x Prone MG gunner figures. b. 2x Prone MG loader figures. Tip: Use the base plugs to fill the figure holes on the base intended for use for the MG team in order to attach the prone MG gunner and loader figures directly to the base.

Assembling The VB (rifle grenade) Teams
The VB Teams a. 3x Sitting VB Rifle Grenade figure. b. 3x Kneeling VB Rifle Grenade figure. Each VB team consists of three VB figures and a Rifleman figure on a Medium four-hole base.