My first completed work of 2023 - WW2 British Airborne in 15mm

I,ve spent all of January so far staring at these figures and finally painting them! There are a lot, so scrolling down is required.

First, some anti-tank support options for my existing Airborne platoon, a 6-pdr A/T gun with a jeep and an officer followed by four two-man PIAT teams;

Next a couple of Vickers MMGs;

Finally, a few extra officers, one pair can also be used as a FOO for off-table mortar support and a couple of Rifle sections;

All of these figures come from Peter Pig, as do the original platoon. They will be used for a game of Big Chain of Command (two players a side) I will be running at Winter Wonder Lard at BIG in Bristol in late February.

I am sure that they will also come in handy for possible Arnhem games in the future.

British Airborne platoon for Chain of Command

A few days ago I realised that I never posted a picture of my British Airborne platoon that I'd painted months ago for Chain of Command. So, here it is;

These are all Peter Pig 15mm figures, once again with the Leaders on 2cm bases and the other ranks on 1.5cm bases, plus snipers, PIAT team and the 2" mortar on 3cm bases. The platoon consists of an HQ, with a lieutenant, a platoon sergeant, a 2" mortar team, a sniper team and a PIAT team, two sections of 10 men, split into a Bren team and a rifle team and led by a sergeant and a third team, again led by a sergeant, with two Bren teams with one man equipped with a Sten, plus a sniper team. The rifle teams also have one man with a Sten. There is a lot of firepower in this platoon.

To add some colour, some of the figures are wearing Airborne berets and the whole platoon is, of course wearing Denison smocks.