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Tirailleurs Platoon

By: Battlefront Miniatures

Type: Miniatures Pack

Product Line: Flames of War - WWII - France - Infantry

Early

Last Stocked on 4/15/2022

Product Info

Title
Tirailleurs Platoon
Sub-category
Publish Year
2011
Dimensions
3.5x5.25x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147461832
MFG. Part #
BFMFR742
Type
Miniatures Pack
Material
Metal

Description

The state of the French troops in the Vichy Levant (the collective term given to French Syria and Lebanon) was not too dissimilar to mainland France. While the majority of troops was made up of locally raised Levantine conscripts, the Army of the Levant was stiffened with several well trained regiments of Moroccan, Senegalese, and Algerian troops.

Their premier troops, of course, were the three Legion battalions of the 6e Regiment de Légion Étrangère.

The Legion also provided the backbone of the invading Free French troops. The 13e Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère has served with the Free French since declaring loyalty to de Gaulle after the fall of France. The bulk of the Gaullist forces are also made up of native colonial troops many of whom joined after the earlier campaigns in Dakar, Gabon, and Eritrea.

Contents:

  • one Command Rifle/MG team
  • one VB team
  • six Rifle/MG team
  • one Small base & seven Medium bases