Thursday, 6 March 2025

From MattW: Chassuer Ardennais heavy weapons battalion (64 points)

 Chasseur Ardennais support elements MattW

A follow up on last weeks entry support elements for my Chasseur Ardennais. In the majority the figures are Early War Minatures, some battlefield/blitz and FAA. EWM artillery and Anti tank gun. Each Belgian Infantry regiment had three battalions of Infantry and one battalion of heavy weapons, this battalion was split into three support companies, this in turn was allocated to support the rifle battalions as required. 

Artillery and antitank 


Bofors mountain gun, cannon 75mm model 34 infantry support gun.





Fonderie Royale de Canons (FRC) 47mm anti tank gun coy 

A interesting development of this gun, it used the same carriage and trail as the 76 FRC canon. The Chassuer Ardennais carried two barrels on their vehicle the 47mm anti tank and the 76mm IG on the Vickers carrier or Alvis Straussler Hefty so they could be swapped out as required. 





Fonderie Royale de Canons (FRC) 76mm mortar gun coy 

Medium machine gun coy 

Maxim 1908 MMG





Colt 1914 MMG 




2x 20mm guns @ 10 points 20 points 
12x 20mm crew @ 4 points = 48 points 
Total 68 points 

Cheers
Matt

TeemuL: 20mm guns are only 8 points, but otherwise your math is right. Some nice firepower for Belgian infantry, should help fighting back the invaders. I very much like your basing, too, it creates a nice backdrop for the gun crews. The green berets look cool, I guess they were actually used at that time?

21 comments:

  1. The period photos have them in Helmets and Berets, I suspect under fire a helmet would make more sense.

    Cheers
    MattW

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  2. Great support Matt. Ready for any invading Huns to cross the border. Well done.

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  3. Loving this project. You’re tugging at my early was heartstrings here. Love the Swiss army support weapon with swapping barrels.

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  4. So much good work for something that will leave the table so quickly :)

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  5. Gthis project of yours is going from strength to strength Matt, love it!

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  6. These early war figures are great and their various arms are very interesting to see. I like the painting style and it helps they have some background for context.

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