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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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!
Mike Lewis
That sounds like a pleasingly cheap army!
Small but beautifully formed
Very nice Tim- shame they were so poor in real life....
Cheers,
Pete.
Spectacular to watch going off!
Regards, Chris.
I seem to remember a Harrier got shot down by one in the Falklands, so not completely useless.
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