British Army Rifle Platoon 1940..

I've been busy since I got back from Warfare, and almost all those purchases have now been painted...

As previously mentioned the idea is that they will form a small composite force for skirmish gaming using the "Rate of Fire" rules, so at an organisational I have decided the Rifle Platoon is a good starting point. Somewhat serendipitously the figures I bought at Warfare just about make up the numbers required...

Completed items colour coded green...

Rifle Platoon (3 of these make a company)

Platoon Headquarters

• 1 x .38 cal Pistol 
• 1 x 2" light mortar 
• 2 x .303 cal Rifle (Assistant MTR Gunner) 
• 1 x .55 cal AT Rifle (39-42), or 1 x PIAT (42-45) 
• 2 x .303 cal Rifle (Assistant ATR/PIAT Gunner)

Platoon HQ - 2" light mortar and commander

Platoon HQ - 2" light mortar and commander

Platoon HQ - 2" light mortar - deployed/prone position (left) and moving (right)

Platoon HQ - 2" light mortar - deployed/prone position

3 x Rifle Squads

• 1 .45 cal SMG (40-41), or 1 x 9mm SMG (41-45) 
• 1 x 7.7mm LMG 
• 2 x .303 cal Rifle (Assistant LMG Gunners) 
• 6 x .303 cal Rifle 

This is the first & second squads - third still to complete...

1st & 2nd Rifle Squads - Riflemen

1st & 2nd Rifle Squads - Riflemen close up

1st & 2nd Rifle Squad

1st Rifle Squad - Bren team moving

1st Rifle Squad - Bren team prone/deployed

Still to do:

• HQ Section needs a anti-tank team (at this stage of the war an anti-tank rifle)
• 1st and 2nd Section need an SMG figure (probably with a Thompson a la Frank in Dad's Army! )
• 2nd Rifle Section Bren Team
• 3rd Rifle Section (complete)

 Source: http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~aaron/WW2ORG/uk.html