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Old August 3rd, 2013, 08:18 PM

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Default Re: British OOB7 corrections/suggestions (v.6)

003, 185, 296 Honey - I've found also photo 12539.

010 Crusader II - correct photo seems 12868.

025 VC Firefly - IMO 648 or 12802 photo better shows the tank. Isn't a better name just "Sherman Firefly"?
Same for 119, 168, 221, 222

Some nice early Sherman in British service with welded hull (III ?) is on a photo 12854

045 Bishop - it was also used in Italian campaign, at least until 1/44 (now ends 12/42) [Concord's "British Armor in Sicily and Italy"].
They aren't seen with Brens on photos (if they carried one inside, I doubt, if it was mounted on external mount only after spotting a plane or an infantry)

049 Daimler A/C - first were indeed manufactured in 4/41, but they first appeared on African theatre only "about July 1942" (AFV Weapons Profile 21 - Armoured Cars Guy, Humber, Daimler, AEC)

051 Lloyd Carrier - in fact it was Loyd (for Vivian Loyd - see eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyd_Carrier ).
According to J. Magnuski's book (Polish), in 1939 there was a prototype built, first orders were in 2/40, and they were commissioned in mid-1940 (now: 9/39).
Hull rear wasn't armoured (in fact, they weren't armoured as a standard - there were only kits of front and side armour plates).
It could be given an own icon, for it was quite specific (now it's Carrier's icon - a good model's photo is http://www.militarymodelling.com/sit...1/dsc05118.jpg )

Same for 235 unit

054 Austin 30cwt (Med Truck) - a photo is 6x6 Dodge. Austin rather wasn't met in 30cwt class - most typical in the 1930s was Morris (according to D. Fletcher's "British Military Transport 1829-1956", 'Austin Motor Company had virtually abandoned commercial vehicles between the wars').
In fact, 30cwt was a popular class between the wars, but became a neglected category after Dunkirk. A backbone of the British transport became 3-ton lorries, but we have 3-tonner as a Heavy Truck. If you want a photo of Morris 30cwt, there could be eg. a tractor Morris CDSW found.

55 Bedford (Hvy Truck) - name could be changed to Bedford 3-ton IMO, to better depict the category.
Icon seems quite strange - most typical 3-ton lorries used in field were cab-over-engine (Bedford QL - pictured, Austin K5, Fordson WOT6). Much better is icon 674 in SPMBT.
From 1941, 3-tonners usually came with 4x4 drive.

62, 63, 146 17 Pdr AT-Gun - a photo 65467 is early model on 25pdr carriage (Mk2 - 403 unit). Standard one is lbm 671.

64 40mm Bofors - picture 685 is old SP-1-vintage hard-to-say-what

66 Tetrarch - according to an article on 6th AARR by P. Brown, 6 tanks (of B Special Service Sqdn) were used in a landing on Madagascar in 5/42 (now starts at 4/44) - would need changes in formations (or maybe creating new ones, since they were not used in a role of airborne tanks there). They were available as airborne tanks from 8/42, although not used in action until 1944.

Same for 733, 734 (LJ tanks from 1944)

Formations 149, 150: Abrn Tank Sec, Plt - according to a detailed structure by P. Brown, each platoon had 3 tanks, so they should replace sections.

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Michal
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