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8.8cm Heavy AA Platoon (GBX98) includes two plastic FlaK 36 8.8cm Anti-aircraft guns, two plastic Gun Crew sprues, two large six-hole bases, one base plug sprue and one Unit card.9420020235335
Australian infantry wore their distinctive slouch hats at every opportunity. These hard-fighting veterans were Montgomery's shock troops and the bane of Rommel's Afrikakorps!
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x Australian Rifle Platoon HQ 1x Australian Command Rifle/MG Team 1x Australian Boys Anti-Tank Rifle Team 1x Australian Light Mortar Team 6x Australian Rifle/MG Teams
The men of the famed Rifle Brigade and 131 Queen's Brigade are integral part of the 7th Armoured Division, providing hard-hitting mobile infantry transported in M5 half-tracks to keep pace with the armoured regiments. The 7th Armoured Division infantry habitually wore their GS (General Service) cap, a beret-like hat, and were not always seen in their helmets. Another habit these veterans engaged in was to wear their webbing pouches up on their chests, rather than around their waists. This was to improve their prone movement where the pouches are less likely to get snagged.
This Flames Of War blister pack contains 1x British 7th Armoured Motor Platoon 1x British 7th Armoured Command Team 4x British 7th Armoured MG Teams 1x British 7th Armoured PIAT Team 1x British 7th Armoured Light Mortar Team
Brigadier Peter Young's No. 3 Commando was the first into battle and determined to be the best. It fought in Europe, Sicily and Italy and gained a fearsome reputation.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Brigadier Peter Young Command Warrior Team 1x British Commando Platoon 1x British Commando Command Rifle Team 1x British Commando 2iC Rifle Team 1x British Commando Light Mortar Team 1x British Commando PIAT Team 6x British Commando Rifle/MG teams with SMG options
The men of the Army and Royal Marine Commandos were all highly trained volunteers with experience from successful raids in occupied Europe under their belts. They were the most devastating assault force on the face of the planet and excelled in their chosen areas of expertise.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Commando Platoon 1x British Commando Command Rifle Team 1x British Commando 2iC Rifle Team 1x British Commando Light Mortar Team 1x British Commando PIAT Team 6x British Commando Rifle/MG teams with SMG options
Each Commando troop had one machine-gun platoon that gave their mates heavy fire support to cover them in the last phase of assaults, and the mortar platoon broke up enemy counter-attacks with their sustained light artillery support.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Commando Machine-Gun Platoon 1x British Commando Command Rifle Team 3x British Commando Vickers HMG Teams 1x British Commando Mortar Platoon 1x British Commando Command Rifle Team 1x British Commando Observer Rifle Team 3x British Commando 3" Mortar Teams
The Field Platoon, Royal Engineers aid the British infantry to clear mines, build bridges and fortify the front line. Their job is to clear a path to the enemy and rarely take part in combat themselves.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Field Platoon, Royal Engineers (Italy) 1x British Command Pioneer Rifle Team (Italy) 3x British Pioneer Rifle Teams (Italy) 3x British Mine Detectors 3x British Mine Probers 3x Barrels with sign boards 3x Piles of tools
These large mortars are attached to the machine-gun battalions and used to deliver heavy bombardments against well dug-in enemy. This Flames of War pack contains: 4 4" Mortars, canisters and rounds, command team (3 miniatures, observer team (2 miniatures), 16 mortar crew, 2 Small and 4 Large bases.
The Machine-Gun platoons of the British Army didn't just support the infantry with direct fire - they also fired overhead barrages using artillery methods when needed. This kept the enemy's head down although casualties were limited.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Machine-Gun Platoon (Italy) 1x British Command Team (Italy) 4x British Vickers HMG Teams (Italy)
The standard HMG used during the war by the British and Empire forces was the Vickers. This simple modification of the Maxim Machine-gun first entered service with the British army in 1912 as the 'Gun, Machine, Vickers, .303-inch Mark I'.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Machine-Gun Platoon (NW Europe) 1x British Command Rifle Team (NW Europe) 1x British PIAT Team (NW Europe) 4x British Vickers HMG Teams (NW Europe)
MMG Platoon & Mortar Section (Plastic) (BR754)
includes four Vickers MMG teams and two 3-inch Mortar teams, six medium four-hole bases, one base plug sprue, two Unit cards.
The men of the Mortar Platoons give excellent support to the Rifle or Motor Platoons as they advance.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Mortar Platoon (8th Army) 1x British Command Rifle Team (8th Army) 3x British Observer Rifle Teams (8th Army) 6x British 3" Mortar Teams (8th Army)
While not as deadly as their big-barrelled counterparts in the artillery, the mortar platoon was a highly mobile and effective alternative. A rifle platoon with an observer attached could be assured of quick, reliable and accurate support.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Mortar Platoon (Italy) 1x British Command Rifle Team (Italy) 2x British Observer Rifle Teams (Italy) 4x British 3" Mortar Teams (Italy)
The British continued into the late war using the 3"" Mortar. The British 3"" Mortar was a further development of the Stokes Trench Mortar used with great success during World War One. After a brief period of being replaced in the field in the 1920s by the 3.7"" pack howitzer in the support role, the cost and manpower benefits of a mortar won out, and the mortar was re-instated.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Mortar Platoon 1x British Command Team 6x British Mortar Teams 3x British Observer Teams 3x British PIAT Teams x
Organised in either lorried or trucked motor platoons, these veteran troops of the British army lead the way for your army from North Africa through Sicily and on to victory in Italy.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Motor Platoon (Italy) 1x British Command MG Team (Italy) 1x British Light Mortar Team (Italy) 1x British Boys Anti-Tank Rifle Team (Italy) 1x British PIAT Team (Italy) 4x British MG Teams (Italy)
British Motor Platoon BR753 (Plastic)
includes two Company HQ teams, one Unit Leader team, three Bren Gun teams, one Boys Anti-tank Rifle team, one 2-inch mortar team, and four Unit Cards.
With 3 platoons (18 rifle/MG teams), 5 command teams, 6 PIAT teams, 3 light mortar teams & 1 Flamethrower team.
The tough-as-nails paratroopers of the British Airborne, the legendary Red Devils, strike boldly into the midst of the enemy by parachute and glider. Their mission is to “Hold until relieved.â€
The tough-as-nails paratroopers of the British Airborne (along with their American paratrooper allies) spearheaded the landings in Normandy by landing behind German lines and seizing key objectives, then fighting off counter-attacks until the lads coming off the beach could relieve them. Though only lightly equipped, these fearless warriors were highly trained and ready for the task at hand. Their officers relied on their initiative as the fluid nature of an airborne operation often threw up the unexpected or unknown.
The Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) was the British equivalent of the Bazooka. It was an ingenious shoulder-fired flat-trajectory mortar which could put a dent in the heaviest of German tanks.
Flames Of War contents: this special order pack contains 1x British PIAT Team (Italy)
The PBI (Poor Bloody Infantry) are the solid bricks of the army. The infanteers can always be relied on to get the job done. Even when the armoured troops stall, the infantry push on, clearing the way ahead. Rifle companies are not glamorous. Their job is unpleasant and deadly, but the riflemen can be counted on to do their job, and do it well, not matter how much they complain about their lot. The miniatures are in late war fighting kit and battledress and have the new helmet that many of the divisions who landed in Normandy wore, offering better protection from the sides and rear.
This Flames Of War box set contains 1 British Rifle Company (NW Europe)
1 Flames Of War CSM Stan Hollis VC Command Warrior Team
2 Flames Of War British Command Rifle/MG Teams (NW Europe)
3 Flames Of War British Sniper Teams (NW Europe)
3 Flames Of War British Rifle Platoons (NW Europe)
3 Flames Of War British Command Rifle/MG Teams (NW Europe)
3 Flames Of War British Light Mortar Teams (NW Europe)
3 Flames Of War British PIAT Teams (NW Europe)
18 Flames Of War British Rifle/MG Teams (NW Europe)
Flames Of War contents: British Rifle Company (Plastic) contains 144 plastic figures with six plastic British Infantry sprues, five Small three-hole bases, six Small two-hole bases, eighteen Medium five-hole stands, & five Base plug sprues.
Hardened by years of combat in the desert against Rommel's Afrikakorps, the British veterans in the infantry went on to fight through Sicily and into Italy.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x British Rifle Platoon (Italy) 1x British Command Rifle/MG Team (Italy) 1x British Light Mortar Team (Italy) 1x British PIAT Team (Italy) 1x British Boys Anti-Tank Rifle Team (Italy) 6x British Rifle/MG Teams (Italy)
The Special Air Service, in their well-armed jeeps, forayed deep into enemy territory to raid vital airfields, headquarters and communication centres, disrupting German war efforts.
This Flames Of War blister pack contains 10 British SAS SMG Teams
Commonwealth Rifle Platoon (BR768) with three Rifle Squads, one Light Mortar team, one PIAT team, one Platoon Command team & one Rifle Company HQ. No matter what higher headquarters or the papers say, the real fighting is done by the infantry soldier. With little fanfare they are the ones that slog through the terrain regardless of weather and overcome the enemy in their bunkers.
This Flames of War item contains one Company Command Rifle team, one Company 2iC Rifle team, two 3" mortars with crew, two optional captured Italian 81/14 mortars, one Corporal John 'Jack' Edmondson figure, three Small bases & two Medium bases.
The Gurkhas of Nepal have a superb reputation as first-class fighting men. They are recruited from hardy hill tribes in the Himalayan mountains. Their ferociousness when using their heavy-bladed Khukuri knives in close combat is legendary. So too is their determination not to abandon their weapon while still alive.
The Gurkhas’ first charge at Cassino led them across Snakeshead Ridge and through the Germans’ first line of defence to just below the Cassino monastery hill. They were stopped by the tough German paratroopers in The Thicket, which was heavily booby-trapped with anti personnel mines. Slowly the Ghurkas made their way around the hill to the south and secured Hangman’s Hill.
Finding themselves cut-off and surrounded they dug in. The Gurkhas held against repeated counterattacks from the Fallschirmjäger above before finally fighting their way back to the Indian lines.
Infantry 
