Thursday, 19 May 2011

132 Armoured Division 'Ariete' - part 2

Concluding the review of my version of Ariete are the artillery and AA regiments. 
The artillery regiment in full, with Frontline Semovente 75 in the foreground.
The rather nice 75mm gun is a Skytrex metal kit and the Fiat lorry a resin kit.  Makers of the lorry and gun crew are unknown.
Possibly the most outrageous 20mm Italian model you can buy!  The Lancia 3RO lorry mounting a 90mm AA gun.  Metal kit by Skytrex with Raventhorpe crew.  This gun was also used against ground targets, much in the manner of the German '88...
The 3RO seen from the rear.
Speaking of '88s, the Italians were supplied with a number by their German allies and some certainly featured on the strength of Ariete in 1942.  The gun is the good old Airfix model with Raventhorpe crew.  The lorry is another of the rather delicate Fiats (- I wish I knew who made them!) which I bought at a small show in the 1990s.
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14 comments:

  1. The Angry Lurker19 May 2011 at 12:47

    Used to game the italians in WW2 in 15mm, they have some quirky and unique vehicles.

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  2. Don M19 May 2011 at 15:59

    The 3RO and 88 will give anyone pause....)

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  3. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com19 May 2011 at 16:08

    Mighty purdy but kin they fight? (no don't answer that)

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  4. Tim Gow19 May 2011 at 16:11

    The Angry Lurker
    Quite so - they have unusual toys and other players have low expectations of them - what's not to like?

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  5. Tim Gow19 May 2011 at 16:12

    Don M
    Damn right. A combination of big guns and big lorries - irresistible!

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  6. Tim Gow19 May 2011 at 16:13

    Ross Mac
    The combat record of my Ariete is, shall we say, somewhat mixed. Better than you might expect though.

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  7. Conrad Kinch19 May 2011 at 19:39

    Looking sharp, but do they have great hats?

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  8. Al20 May 2011 at 09:04

    Nice, some really cool models in that lot, great stuff

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  9. Mojo20 May 2011 at 09:11

    Pretty neat what you've got there.
    I hope Italians come for our ruleset soon, too...

    Cheers,
    Mojo

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  10. Tim Gow20 May 2011 at 13:28

    Conrad Kinch
    The best hats are worn by the Bergaglieri infantry in the previous post. Milinery was clearly higher up the supply chain priority table than fripperies like ammunition...

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  11. Tim Gow20 May 2011 at 13:30

    Al
    By number of divisions the Italians are my 3rd largest force. I'll try not to buy more...

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  12. Tim Gow20 May 2011 at 13:30

    Mojo
    Thanks. What rules do you guys use?

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  13. Geordie an Exiled FoG23 May 2011 at 01:15

    Nice work it looks the business

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  14. Tim Gow23 May 2011 at 07:59

    Geordie
    It's an Italian unit - looking good matters!

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