Battlegroup Tobruk -3rd game or that Fokkers a Stuka

Our 3rd game last night and it was very good ,we replayed last weeks game but with the Brits attacking .We got through to a finish with an emphatic DAK victory excellent german dice compared with the worst dice I have ever rolled saw the Brits suffer massive losses and forced to withdraw .A good set of rules we will play on a regular basis , looking at expanding into later desert and Arnhem next.

The Brits head toward the distant German lines

oh dear

advancing bravely

That Fokkers a Stuka

oops

the End is nigh 

Battlegroup Tobruk 2nd game

Played our second game last night ,really enjoyed it ,we played the high ground scenario with 600pts each , John went for a mainly tank based group with no infantry support and as the defender i relied upon mainly artillery and anti tank guns with lots of support from off table artillery .The game went well ,we seemed to get on top of the rules that were causing us issues and got to a British victory on turn 7 .Replay next week with the roles reversed I will be attacking .

the initial British defences 

looking from behind a 25pdr towards the DAK lines

from the high ground as the panzers advance

boom 

the furthest point of the DAK advance as they became pinned down 

2Pdr Portee -Battle Group Tobruk

Added a 2pdr portee to my Brits for Tobruk , I have enjoyed building this army lots of odd vehicles and this is another .The model is SHQ and wasnt a pleasure to build it didnt fit together very well the instructions were awful with bits shown I didnt have and I had bits that werent shown ? after studying the internet I realised that every one seemed different so just built it best I could ,I dont think it will be around on the table much anyway .

Battlegroup Tobruk 1st game

Played our first game last night of Battle group ,didnt get to finish as we were discussing certain rules that confused or threw us (not hard to do ) plus we had a new junior visitor to the club who asked us loads of questions ( sheffield wargames society is a friendly place ,pop along and see) so we called it aday and planned a proper game for next week .First impressions were good though and we both enjoyed it and think we cracked the bits that confused us but next weeks game will tell .

A brave (foolish ) Dingo engages a 222 

A flash Italian sports car ran into my matilda BOOOOM

A Matillda gloating after its first (only) kill

Scary

more scary stuff 

Heroic chaps

BattleGroup Tobruk -British Infantry division

With our first game of Battlegroup Tobruk being played this week at Sheffield Wargames Society ,I thought I would dig out my army ready ,I added a few bits so i have a choice for the 600pt game we have planned .Toys are amix of SHQ;Anyscale;psc;early war miniatures ;armourfast and diecasts. A after action report will follow

Forward HQ

Dispatch Rider &Forward signals team

Infantry Platoon =H.Q 3x rifle sections and a light Mortar

Support a HMG,Med Mortar and ATR

captured Italian ATG and loader team

2 x 25pdrs ,loader teams and transports

Forward observer in a dingo

3 x Vickers with 15mm

3 x Valantines

Valentine 

3 x Matilldas

assorted transports

Scout teams =infantry patrol ,sniper team and armoured car

Air Support

Battlegroup Tobruk -more stuff finished

Managed to get some more kit for my Battlegroup Tobruk project finished , some Armourfast Valentines and some Early War Miniatures Vickers 15mm gunned light tanks .My first Armourfast and they are quite good really for wargamers would take alot of work to get to display models but nice the EWM models are really nice ,all the stowage is EWM as well .

Section of 3 Valentines

and a spare (armourfast are 2 to a box)

the Vickers light tank beefed up to the 15mm AT version ? 

Bolt Action & Battlegroup Tobruk & Sharps practice updates

Done abit of painting recently and a mixed bag of stuff it is ,bits for 3 different rule sets .

Battlegroup Tobruk ,support weapons for the British each with their own transports weapons and crews SHQ trucks from Any Scale 

PIn markers for Bolt Action ,a bit gruesome  but easier to read than the ones that come with the starter set .Figures are Blacktree and bases from warbases .

An ACW Engineers wagon for Sharps Practice from warbases

Bolt Action objective from Anyscale their 28mm stuff is even better than their 20mm  whichif fantastic  

Same blitz from other side

Winter Yanks for Bolt Action all Artizan Designs

More winter troops this time a MMG team Warlord figures

Battlegroup Tobruk -Vickers tanks

Received another order from EWM of Vickers tanks and some Armourfast Valantines plus bits of stowage and crew.The vickers are lovely little models fitted together in a couple of minutes ,no flash ,told lines etc really nice each one came with different bits of stowage for each one included as well .Inow have evrything I need (i think) as I received my last bits from SHQ as well .10/10

the EWM vickers with a SHQ LRDG chevy in the background with some 28mm boltaction bits as well 

Battlegroup Tobruk -more vehicles .

Another 3 trucks finished ,this time Tillys from any scale models and another Dingo from early war miniatures ,the transports will be for my heavy weapons teams and the Dingo will be my recon officer . I have ordered some more tanks from EWM and I'm still waiting for a order from SHQ (not happy with the service from SHQ this time) and then I should have every thing I need just need to get them built and painted along with my PSC 25pdrs and that'll be Tobruk finished .

Battlegroup Tobruk -British

Forward HQ -SHQ figures anyscale staff car

Managed to get my Brits up to fighting strength ,altough far from finished I still have a lot of kit to paint but at least I can have a small game .

Dispatch Rider-Early War Miniatures,nice to but rider way out of scale 

Platoon HQ and 2" mortar -SHQ figures and Anyscale lorry

the 3 sections of the platoon each includes a bren -SHQ with PSC lorries

My infantry Tanks -Airfix

Forward Observer-Early war miniatures

Recce foot patrol -SHQ

Tomahawk -Oxford die cast

Hurricane -Easy model -(yes wrong mark)

Spitfire against the African sky(sheffield actually and yes wrong MK again but the 3 came as a set form amazon for a tenner