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Mk III Armadillo

By: Warlord Games

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Bolt Action - British Army (28mm)

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MSRP old price: $52.00


Product Info

Title
Mk III Armadillo
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2017
Dimensions
4.5x6x2"
NKG Part #
2147670517
MFG. Part #
WLG402411004
Type
Miniatures Box Set
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

Armadillos were improvised armored self-propelled guns based on any available lorry chassis for airfield defense. The ‘armor’ consisted of wood and/or steel plates lined with gravel. The Mark I and II were armed with two Lewis Guns mounted in an open-topped ‘fort’, plonked onto a flatbed lorry that itself lacked even an armored cab.

An embrasure on each side allowed one Lewis Gun and one rifle to be fired into each side arc (the vehicle also contained a fifth gunner with another rifle who could fire over the top of the fort walls in any direction assuming he was feeling lucky or merely suicidal).

The Mk III incorporated a Coventry Ordnance Works, clip-fired 37mm aircraft cannon designed during World War I. It was located right behind the fighting compartment so the gunner could operate it while inside the fort. In 1942 some were equipped with plastic armor.

This box set contains:

  • A resin and metal Armadillo
  • A Stat card
  • Full color waterslide decal sheet
  • Damage markers

    Miniatures are supplied unpainted and assembly may be required.