WW2 British (Late War) - commission for JC

[Dazza]

and more junk

INFANTRY LINE UP

[nikharwood]

Ah - thanks Dazza  

Right - now I need to ask JC what he'd like his battlegroup to represent then...and I'll just paint 'em  

[Dazza]

only too happy to help

and not a Tarleton in sight 

[Dazza]

If its any help mine are not green

[nikharwood]

Excellent - and I notice no-one's given you grief for not having them all Disney-fied 

What's the tac marking on yours then?

[Dazza]

I only use the red square and 55 , 56 or 57, then they can be any regiment on here  http://britmods.freehosting.net/infdiv.htm

can use them for any Division then

THese tanks are :



11th Armoured Division: 23rd Hussars  'C' Squadron   (the black bull on yellow, red square with number 51 in white, red circle on turret     )    didnt want to use Shermans so gave them cromwells :p

[fred.]

Dingos I think would be plain

As you say different units went for disruptive patterns or not, on their softskins.

Dazza's links give you all the badges. But not sure there was one that says what goes where
Arm of service badge (coloured square with white number) on the right hand side
divisional badge on the left side (though there are plenty of examples the other way round)
both on front and back

AT and field guns had no markings

[fred.]

Re the Cromwells

In 11th AD Cromwells should have Green over blue 45, for the armoured recce regt. Only in 7th AD would the red be right as they and all Cromwells

[Dazza]

Re the Cromwells

In 11th AD Cromwells should have Green over blue 45, for the armoured recce regt. Only in 7th AD would the red be right as they and all Cromwells

I dont disagree Fred, that would make them 15/19 King's Royal Hussars - Armoured Recce Regt.

But I already had them so gave another regiment some spare Cromwells found on the beach

[nikharwood]

Right - and confusion reigned supreme 

I'm going to point JC at this thread & ask...

[NTM]

Humber Armoured Car, towed 25pdrs has to be from an infantry division (not 15th as their Recce Regt had Daimlers) Dingos technically not used in infantry divisions but bttln commanders seemed to acquire all sorts of vehicles as their runarounds and they are on HQ stands.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Towed 25pdrs make up half an armoured divisions Artillery. I am afraid with the British you do have to pick a division - as all were different.

Squadron markings were often on the hull, particualrly with the armoured recce regts.

IanS

[NTM]

Towed 25pdrs make up half an armoured divisions Artillery.

I know but they did not have Humber Armoured Cars, worked with Armoured Car Regts but they used Daimlers.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Humber A/C's use in some A/Car Rgt HQ's instead of Staghound, although the Staghound is more common. Humber Lt Recce and Scout cars - Inf Div only I think, but it is hard to tell.

IanS

[NTM]

Never heard of Humber A/C used by Arm Car Regt in NWE I have to say.
LRC was pretty much exclusive to the Inf Recce Regts (why would anyone else want them?).
Humber Scouts were mainly in the liaison troops of Armoured & Tank Regts IIRC (plus a few in Inf Bttlns of Armoured Divs)
They is an article on Warwheels.net showing distribution of armoured cars in 21st Army

http://www.warwheels.net/BritACsInEurope44_45BROWN.html

Shows some Humber 37mm in the Armoured divisions though no idea where the fit in the TO&E.
Truxmodels site had pretty good info too but it went offline a month or so ago.
Only the Germans had more exceptions to the rules than us Brits though so it's almost a case on anything goes.