Warfare 2025 Show

 A.K.A. Sherman Fireflies are Awesome

Had a great time at Warfare in Farnborough today and I did spend a bit more than I was planning! Plus managed to play a couple of games. 

This will mean I can put together a new Wartnose jousting team of witches, go on a couple of paleo hunts and start my rise as the biggest gang in Rome. I wasn't planning on getting the Gangs of Rome but as soon as picked up the box and felt the weight. I just had to have a copy. 

We first managed to get in on a game of 'What a Tanker' where I crewed a heroic Sherman Firefly and Jason took on a dastardly Panther. The Firefly took out two Panzer IVs and nearly took out Jason's Panther but got stuck in the open and eventually my luck ran out. And then of the course the Panther's 75mm gun found a weak spot. A really great participation game and run by a friendly team. It also hardly needs saying but what awesome terrain. 

Also took part in an epic  historic battle between the Greeks and the Romans. The Greek Phalanx looked unstoppable but in true Roman form they still managed to duff us up. And a Roman victory was inevitable. 

Plus a couple of pictures of a very nice looking large scale LotR game. 

Rob 

Visit to Fort Canning - Singapore

Time for a bit of History

I was lucky enough to travel to Singapore for work recently and had a bit of time to walk around Fort Canning which was the Allied command bunker in WWII before it was captured by the Japanese. It was then abandoned after the war and rediscovered years later.  It has now been restored and is a museum. 

I have always interested by the odd mix of Allied equipment sent to fight in the Japanese theatre where the Allies believed they didn't need to use their best equipment. So, they used planes like the Brewster Buffalo which was seen very much as an outdated model by the time it entered service. 

There doesn't appear to be any brakes!

It was interesting to read about the Indians, that  the Japanese managed to persuade to fight against the Allies (& British in particular) including a Woman's regiment. 

Rob 

More Tanks

 And Even More Tanks from Tankfest

Not really a tank but a concrete bunker on wheels. Built for airfield defence in the case of German paratrooper attack. 

This Vickers Mark II really captures the transition between WWI and WWII tanks for me. Even the small Mark VI (the next tank below) looks a lot more modern in comparison. 

I don't think this was a real paint scheme?? but done for World of Tanks. 

Rob