Lorraine 38L Armoured Carrier (FR201)

Lorraine 38L Armoured Carrier (FR201) with two one-piece resin Lorraine 38L Armoured Carriers, four AA MG figures & four sets of passenger figures. A peleton de châsseurs portés (light mechanised cavalry platoon) is composed of well-trained, well-equipped and well-armed troops with twice the number of light machine-guns as normal infantry. More importantly each squad of châsseurs is carried to battle in a Lorraine VBCP (Voiture Blindé de Châsseurs Portés) 38L. Check out the Lorraine 38L Armoured Carrier in the online store here...

"The Lorraine 38L is only lightly armoured (Front 1; Side 0; Top 0); while this provides the passengers and crew with a basic level of protection for small arms fire, the Lorraine 38L can't survive an encounter with tanks or anti-tank guns."

Based on a supply carrier, the Lorraine 37L Tracteur de Ravitaillement, it can carry up to ten men—four men in an armoured cargo bay and six more in an armoured trailer. This made the French Army the only combatant during the Battle for France fielding battalions mounted in fully-tracked armoured personnel carriers, and the only country with whole battalions of infantry in armoured personnel carriers in each of their armoured divisions at the start of the war. Designed by Evan Allen & Anton Ducrot Painted by Mark Hazell

"The Lorraine 38L is rated as a Slow Tank. A slow fully-tracked vehicle can only move 8"/20cm normally and 16"/40cm At the Double."

The Lorraine 38L in Flames Of War

Armour   Vehicle Mobilty Front Side Top Equipment and Notes Lorraine 38L Fully-tracked 1 0 0 Two-passenger-fired AA MG, Slow tank.

"The Lorraine 38L is armed with two AA MG, providing the extra firepower against aircraft."

"The AA MG on the Lorraine 38L has an all-round field of fire and is a self-defence weapon against strafing and dive-bombing aircraft. It can also be used to engage infantry on the ground if they get too close.”

"A self-defence AA MG like the ones arming the Lorraine 38L may only fire at aircraft that attack their own platoon. Roll one die per weapon when firing at aircraft regardless of their ROF."

"If a Lorraine 38L is unfortunate enough to be destroyed while still carrying passengers, remember to make a Passenger Save. Roll a die for each team, on a roll of 5+ the team managed to escape; otherwise the team is destroyed."

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