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Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)

Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)

Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)
includes one Command Rifle/MG team, one Bazooka team, six Rifle/MG teams (with Rifle team options), one M2 60mm mortar team, ten Medium four-hole bases, one Small three-hole base & one Small two-hole bases.

All Parachute Rifleman are volunteers. They are some of the best motivated, best trained, best paid, and the best dressed troopers in the US Army. Parachute Rifle Companies are the bravest of the brave.

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The Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944 the German forces were supposed to be on the back foot, so their desperate push in the Ardennes took the Allies by surprise. Desperate defence by the American and British Commonwealth forces gradually turned to counterattack as they fought to erase the 'Bulge'.

Learn more about The Battle of the Bulge here...

Battle of the Bulge: Allied Forces on the German border, September 1944 – February 1945
Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727) Due to the haste of their departure from Mourmelon camp, there was a shortage of weapons among the men when the 101st Airborne arrived at Bastogne. Additional weapons were taken from retreating 28th Infantry Division soldiers and found discarded along the roads. Eventually, the platoons became fully equipped, but some Parachute Rifle Platoons entered combat without their full complement of weapons.

With the best equipment going around including M1 Garand rifles, gammon bombs, light air cooled M1919A4 machine-guns, an M1 Bazooka, M2 60mm mortar, a smattering submachine-guns and a never say die attitude, these guys are ready to take on all comers.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Mathie
The Bazooka Team
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The Bazooka Team in Flames Of War
Team
Range
ROF
Anti-tank
Firepower
Notes
Bazooka team 8"/20cm 1 10 5+ Tank assault 4.
The Rifle Teams
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The Rifle Team in Flames Of War
Team
Range
ROF
Anti-tank
Firepower
Notes
Rifle team 16"/40cm 1 2 6 Automatic rifles.
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Automatic Rifles
The US Army is equipped with the M1 Garand self-loading rifle, M1 Carbine, and the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), giving their infantry intense short-range firepower and allowing them to maintain their rate of fire while moving.


Rifle and Carbine teams do not suffer the usual +1 to hit penalty for firing a ROF 1 weapon while moving or Pinned Down.

When not Pinned Down, Rifle and Carbine teams re-roll all failed rolls to hit in Defensive Fire during assaults.
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In Nuts, the Rifle/MG teams of the Parachute Rifle Platoon can replaced with Rifle teams for -10 points per Rifle Squad.
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The Rifle/MG Team in Flames Of War
Team
Range
ROF
Anti-tank
Firepower
Notes
Rifle/MG team 16"/40cm 2 2 6 -
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All Rifle, Rifle/MG, and SMG teams in a Parachute Rifle Platoon carry Gammon Bombs giving them Tank Assault 3.
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The M2 60mm Mortar Team (on Earth-themed basing)
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The M2 60mm Mortar in Flames Of War
Weapon
Mobility
Range
ROF
Anti-tank
Firepower
Notes
M2 60mm mortar Man-packed 24"/60cm 2 1 3+ Minimum range 8"/20cm.
Firing bombardment
  32"/80cm
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1
6
 
The Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) Steadfast in Defence
Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)
The Contents of the Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) Blister Pack
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Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727) Command Team
Description of Components
a. 1x Officer figure with pistol.
b. 1x Radioman figure.
c. 1x NCO figure with SMG and hand up.

Assembling the Command Team
Simply arrange figures A, B and C to taste on the small three-hole base provided.
NCO Figures
Description of Components
a. 2x Kneeling NCO pointing with SMG.
b. 1x Standing NCO with SMG and hand up.

c. 1x Standing NCO with rifle and hand up.

Assembling the NCO Figures
Each Rifle Squad consists of two Rifle teams each containing four figure. One of the Rifle teams needs to contain one NCO figure and three Riflemen figures and the other four Riflemen figures. Use whatever poses you like and model these teams on the Medium four-hole bases provided. One NCO figure is also used when modelling the 60mm mortar team.
Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)
Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727) BAR Figures
Description of Components
a. 1x Standing BAR gunner.
b. 1x Advancing BAR gunner.

c. 1x Kneeling BAR gunner.

Assembling the BAR Figures
Each Rifle Squad consists of two Rifle teams each containing four figure. One of the Rifle teams needs to contain one BAR figure and three Riflemen figures and the other four Riflemen figures.

Bazooka Team
Description of Components
a. 1x Bazooka loader figure.
b. 1x Bazooka gunner figure.

Assembling the Bazooka Team
To model the bazooka team, pair-up a gunner and loader figure and arrange them to taste on the small two-hole base provided.

Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)
Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)

60mm Mortar Team
Description of Components

a. 1x 60mm mortar sprue.
b. 1x Kneeling figure holding mortar bipod.
c. 1x Kneeling loader figure.

Assembling the 60mm Mortar Team
The mortar team consists of a NCO figure, mortar loader figure and one figure holding the mortar bipod. The mortar team are modelled on a Medium four-hole base included in the box set.

LMG Figures
Description of Components
a. 3x Prone LMG loader figures.
b. 3x Prone LMGs with gunner figures.

Assembling the LMG Figures
To model Rifle/MG teams, one team in a Rifle Squad needs to contain a LMG team and two Riflemen figures and the other contains four Riflemen figures.

Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)
Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727)
Description of Components
a. 3x Riflemen figures with bayonet attached.
b. 3x Standing riflemen figures with rifle by side.
c. 3x Standing riflemen figures aiming rifle.
d. 3x Kneeling riflemen figures aiming rifle.
e. 3x Standing riflemen figures with rifle on hip.
f. 3x Advancing rifleman figures.
g. 3x Standing riflemen figures with lowered rifle.
h. 3x Kneeling riflemen figures loading rifle.
i. 3x Kneeling riflemen figures with rifle raised.
j. 3x Prone riflemen figures.
Assembling the Rifle Squads
Each Rifle Squad consists of either two Rifle teams or two Rifle/MG team. To model a Rifle Squad of Rifle teams, one of the Rifle teams needs to contain one NCO figure and three Riflemen figures and the other team contains three Riflemen figures and BAR figure. To model a Rifle Squad with Rifle/MG teams, one of the Rifle/MG teams needs to contain one NCO figure and three Riflemen figures and the other team contains two Riflemen figures and a LMG team. Use whatever poses you like and model these teams on the Medium four-hole bases provided.
Parachute Rifle Platoon (Winter) (US727) The Bases
Description of Components
a. 1x Small two-hole base.
b. 2x Small three-hole bases.
c. 10x Medium four-hole bases.


Last Updated On Tuesday, February 26, 2019