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Saturday 10 April 2021

20mm British specialist carriers

More of the PSC carrier variants finished, first one the artillery spotter vehicle.  Paints and decals as my previous carriers.

Once assembled, it makes quite a nice vehicle, although the size difference in figures between the officer spotter figure (from the variant set) and other crew (from the standard vehicle sprue) is quite noticeable.


The spotter version uses a different front armour plate with the Bren port welded over and a winch mounted in front. 


An extending ladder attached to the side makes the vehicle very distinctive, as well as providing handy access to trees and bomb/shell damaged buildings.


Rear equipment stowage includes another winch, spare radio batteries and several large equipment panniers/boxes.


I am quite pleased with how this vehicle turned out in the end.


Then next up, a Wasp flamethrower carrier.


I think this is meant to be a Mk II variant, the Mk IIC for Canadian with large rear external tank and third crew man rather than two internal tanks.


If it's the Mk IIC, then it shouldn't really be allocated to 7th AD.



An interesting vehicle requiring some tactical skill to get it within range of a suitable target.  On the whole, I think I'd prefer to be sitting inside the better armour of a Churchill Crocodile.

Thanks for looking.

4 comments:

  1. Reading dome of the Rhineland campaign it seems that only the wasps could get through the boggy conditions and even then it was very dodgy whether they would arrive. My early experiences were against an experienced wargames (and ex-soldier) who covered his carrier with camo net so that without close inspection you couldn't tell which of his carriers were wasps.

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    1. Thanks Will, I guess your old soldier opponents tactics would work, but seems a shame to hide the identity of a vehicle on the table. I made good use of a 251/16 in our BG MG weekend with reserve move rushing down a street and flaming a house full of infantry next turn. Only time I've found flamethrowers effective. Cheers, Andy

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  2. Wonderful looking vehicule and crew, well done!

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    1. Thanks Phil, glad you like them.

      Cheers, Andy

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