Tuesday, 23 February 2021

Blowpipe teams

I painted these months ago but for some reason the photos weren't posted.  These are 1980s BAOR AAGW teams armed with 'Blowpipe'.  An expensive* combination of drainpipe and firework, Blowpipe seems not to have been a great operational success
The figures are GHQ, painted last year.  The Series Three Landrovers are Heroics & Ros models, painted c1983, making them real Cold War veterans!
(* in 1994 the unit cost per missile was USD55k, the firing unit USD94k)
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6 comments:

  1. Mike Lewis24 February 2021 at 11:20

    When I saw the headline I was imagining lots of jungle and some natives....

    I have seen one South American army DBA made from jungle foliage and a load of blowpipes without any figures actually being used!

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  2. Tim Gow24 February 2021 at 11:50

    Mike Lewis
    That sounds like a pleasingly cheap army!

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  3. Geordie an Exiled FoG25 February 2021 at 00:14

    Small but beautifully formed

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  4. Pete.25 February 2021 at 15:25

    Very nice Tim- shame they were so poor in real life....

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  5. Chris Kemp21 March 2021 at 20:55

    Spectacular to watch going off!

    Regards, Chris.

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  6. Fred17 February 2024 at 18:31

    I seem to remember a Harrier got shot down by one in the Falklands, so not completely useless.

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