New Vehicle - Ferret Mark One
Game Possibilities
While Commando Miniatures were originally designed for British troops operating in the tropics (jungle or desert) it is clear that with a little alteration to the painting style they just as easily could be deployed to NW Europe or even home service.
Take One: British troops arrive at a village in West Germany to search for Warsaw Pact infiltrators sometime in the 1980s.
Take Two: U.N.I.T.E. operatives arrive at a spooky village somewhere in the British countryside in response to strange goings-on and to search for some character called The Professor.
Take One: British troops arrive at a village in West Germany to search for Warsaw Pact infiltrators sometime in the 1980s.
Take Two: U.N.I.T.E. operatives arrive at a spooky village somewhere in the British countryside in response to strange goings-on and to search for some character called The Professor.
Series I/II Land Rover
Yes, it’s here. The Land Rover SWB Series I/II model. Used by the British Army and many other armed forces, police, fire services and utilities throughout the world from 1948 until 1968.
The Land Rover Series I/II with the distinctive central headlights was in production from 1948 until 1968 (when the headlights were switched to the wings).
The British Army tested the Land Rover as soon as it was launched and ordered its first batch in 1949. It rapidly proved more adaptable and popular with the troops than the expensive to run and maintain Austin Champ which had been touted as Britain’s answer to the US Jeep. Soon the Army, RAF and Royal Navy were buying them in hundreds and the vehicle became widely used by Commonwealth and other armed forces all over the world, seeing service in Korea, Suez, Kenya, Cyprus, Aden, Malaya, Borneo, N Ireland and even with the Australians in Vietnam.
Of course the Land Rover was also widely popular as a civilian vehicle and users included the police, fire brigades, local authorities and utilities as well as private buyers. As early as the mid-1950s sales of Land Rovers exceeded that of Rover cars.
The British Army tested the Land Rover as soon as it was launched and ordered its first batch in 1949. It rapidly proved more adaptable and popular with the troops than the expensive to run and maintain Austin Champ which had been touted as Britain’s answer to the US Jeep. Soon the Army, RAF and Royal Navy were buying them in hundreds and the vehicle became widely used by Commonwealth and other armed forces all over the world, seeing service in Korea, Suez, Kenya, Cyprus, Aden, Malaya, Borneo, N Ireland and even with the Australians in Vietnam.
Of course the Land Rover was also widely popular as a civilian vehicle and users included the police, fire brigades, local authorities and utilities as well as private buyers. As early as the mid-1950s sales of Land Rovers exceeded that of Rover cars.
RAF Land Rover
Mobile Patrol
Serving Suggestion!
Argylls arrive outside suspicious premises in Crater in response to a tip-off.
NEW!
Jungle Green - Borneo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00hhrf6/Jungle_Green_Borneo/
A BBC Film, first broadcast in 1964 depicting a group of Royal Marines on patrol in North Borneo
Jungle Green - Borneo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00hhrf6/Jungle_Green_Borneo/
A BBC Film, first broadcast in 1964 depicting a group of Royal Marines on patrol in North Borneo
Indonesian Para-Commandos on a cross-border excursion, pause in a clearing to consult the map.