Mechanised Company (TBBX10)

Mechanised Company (TBBX10) includes one Command SLR Rifle team, two 2" Mortar teams, eight GPMG teams, six Carl Gustav teams, two SF GPMG teams, one Small three-hole base, two Small two-hole bases, sixteen Medium four-hole bases, three base-plug sprues & eight Unit Cards. The infantry's job is to hold the ground that the tanks have seized. The men of the Irish Guards are no strangers to difficult missions, having faced the Germans in World War II and now the tide of Soviets 40 years later. The Mechanised Company comprises a Company HQ and two Mechanised Platoons. Each platoon has an impressive variety of firepower at its disposal, with the ‘Gimpy’ (GPMG or General Purpose Machine-gun) and L1A1 SLRs (Self-Loading Rifles), the ‘Charlie G’ (84mm Carl Gustav recoilless gun) and one-shot 66mm light anti-tank weapons for anti-tank work, and a 2” light mortar team, whose main role is to use smoke to blind enemy machine-guns. Check out the Mechanised Company in the online store here...

With its usual professionalism, the British Army had prepared for war. Now, as the Soviet Army flooded across the border into West Germany, it was ready and waiting. Fox, Scorpion and Scimitar recon vehicles skirmished with the Soviet forward detachments as the Challenger and Chieftain armoured regiments waited. The infantry held the towns and woods, forcing the enemy into killing zones, new Warrior infantry fighting vehicles in fire support. If anything broke through, the airmobile troops in their Lynx helicopters would hold them. The British Army is ready. Click here to learn more about World War III: British...

Second Lieutenant Peter Hawkes was near bricking himself in the dark crew compartment of his 432 as it rolled forward with an awful relentlessness. Fourteen months ago he’d been the scrawny fly half for the Rugby Second Fifteen at Ampleforth College, doing his damnedest to avoid getting caught up in the scrum. Now he was deliberately leading his platoon into the middle of a bloody nightmare. When he’d signed up with the Irish Guards, it had been for three years guarding Buck House, the Tower and Windsor Castle. The worst, if luck was against him, would have been six months spent patrolling round Belfast or Londonderry. The very thought of debussing and storming an enemy position caused him to squeeze his hands tight around the fore grip of his SLR until his knuckles showed white. ‘Dismount! Dismount! Dismount!’ Peter emerged blinking like a barn owl as the sunlight all but blinded him. Only his drills kept him moving, peeling to the right and around to the front of the wagon where one and three sections were establishing the start line while two section hung back in reserve fifty meters to the rear. In front of him the smoke barrage from a battery of Abbots obscured the woodline that was his objective. Deciding he was as ready as he ever would be, he clicked the button on his radio. ‘All Two One call signs, this is Two One Alpha, advance.’ Then he commended his soul to God and stepped off.

The Company HQ Team

The Mechanised Platoons

The GPMG Teams (x8)

The Carl Gustav Anti-Tank Teams (x6)

The 2" Mortar Team (x2)

The SF GPMG Teams (x2)

Tactical Terrain Dash Cross Country Dash Road Dash Cross 8"/20cm 8"/20cm 12"/30cm 12"/30cm Auto Weapon Range ROF Halted Moving Anti-tank Firepower Notes SLR rifle team 16"/40cm 1 1 1 6   GPMG team     or 66mm anti-tank weapon 16"/40cm 12"/30cm 3 1 2 1 2 12 6 5+ HEAT, Slow Firing Carl Gustav anti-tank team 16"/40cm 1 1 17 3+ HEAT, Slow Firing 2" mortar team 16"/40cm 1 1 2 4+ Assault 4, Overhead Fire, Slow Firing, Smoke SF GPMG team 16"/40cm 6 2 2 6 Assault 4, Heavy Weapon    or Artillery 40"/100cm ARTILLERY 1 6

The Contents of the Mechanised Company box

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a. 3x Officer with Radio. b. 5x Kneeling NCO. c. 5x Prone NCO. d. 6x Standing pointing NCO. e. 1x Kneeling rifleman. f. 6x Rifleman advancing. g. 4x Rifleman with LAW on back.

h. 8x Kneeling firing rifleman. i. 4x Kneeling firing LAW. j. 5x Prone rifleman. k. 4x Kneeling rifleman/loader. l. 2x Prone GPMG gunner. m. 4x GPMG gunner. n. 6x Carl Gustav gunner.

o. 2x Mortar loader. p. 2x SF GPMG Gunner with tripod. q. 2x SF GPMG. r. 1x Prone SF GPMG Loader. s. 1x Kneeling SF GPMG HMG Loader.

The Bases a. 16x Medium four-hole bases. b. 1x Small three-hole bases. c. 2x Small three-hole bases. d. 3x Plug sprues.

Unit Cards
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Assembling the Mechanised Company

Assembling the Command Team Simply arrange one of the officers with a radio (a), a kneeling NCO (b) and a kneeling rifleman (e) on the small three-hole base provided.

Assembling the GPMG teams Each GPMG team should have one GPMG gunner (l or m), an NCO (b, c or d) and two riflemen (f – k) on a Medium base. One GPMG team in each platoon should be the command team, with one of the officers (b) replacing a rifleman figure.

Assembling the Carl Gustav Teams Each Carl Gustav team should have one Carl Gustav gunner (n), an NCO (b, c or d) and two riflemen (f – k) on a Medium base.

Assembling the 2" Mortar Team The mortar teams consist of a mortar loader figure (o) and a rifleman on a Small two-hole base.

Assembling the SF GPMG teams The SF GPMG teams have three figures: the SF GPMG gunner (p) and gun (q), a loader (r or s) and a prone NCO or rifleman (c or j) on a Medium base. Use the plastic hole plugs to fill any unused holes.