Light Tank Rule(s)
Light Tanks Rule(s)
It is a cliche of the Spanish Civil War, but not necessarily untrue never the less, that this conflict was a training ground for tactics and armaments for the Second World War, especially by the Germans. Design and tactics of armored warfare were directly influenced by the Spanish War. This was the testing ground for blitzkrieg.
In order to avoid tanks swamping the game and reflecting that both sides in the conflict were notorious for poor use of armored fighting vehicles, the tanks in Jarmara arrive at their reinforcement points via chance cards.
This means that I have to produce a couple of T-26 light tanks for the Republican side and a couple of Panzer I's and a captured T-26 for the Nationalist side. Luckily Zvezda produce an excellent and inexpensive T-26 kit. I had picked up quite a few at various wargame shows. To give the model a bit of weight I superglue off cuts of metal from the metal figure sprues into the body of the tank (QRF ones are bigger than the figures).
I like to base my vehicles and add game data to the bottom of the bases. This is where picking up loyalty cards from all the shops you visit pays off. They make great bases and save money on stupidly expensive plasticard.
A quick note on flag markings. At this time the main colours of the Republican flag was Red-Yellow-Purple. The Nationalists had Red-Yellow-Red. This is basically the flag of Spain today because, as Leonard Cohen said, "...the good guys lost." The Republican side liked to chalk political slogans on the paintwork of tanks and that added a bit of interest to an otherwise drab tank.
The Panzer I's came from Ebay where a guy had bought a pack on Minairon Panzers and wanted to sell off the ones he didn't need. I was able to pick them up dirt cheap. The paint job was standard panzer grey bodywork with dark brown camo. The cross of Saint Andrew on the hatch is for aerial identification.
Finally a quick view of the game data on the base. This is where a research comes in handy (not a bad thing) as A World Aflame provides only movement distance and armor value (AV) of tanks. You have to look up the armament and the crew details yourself. As the crew tend to bail out quite often you will need figures to represent them. The T-26 had a crew of three and the Panzer had two crew. I will have to see if I can find my Italian and British tank crew I got from Battlefront for my World War Two game. They will fit as SCW crew.
Just need to buy another T-26 now and paint it up as a Nationalist tank. Order pending.
¡No pasarán!
It is a cliche of the Spanish Civil War, but not necessarily untrue never the less, that this conflict was a training ground for tactics and armaments for the Second World War, especially by the Germans. Design and tactics of armored warfare were directly influenced by the Spanish War. This was the testing ground for blitzkrieg.
In order to avoid tanks swamping the game and reflecting that both sides in the conflict were notorious for poor use of armored fighting vehicles, the tanks in Jarmara arrive at their reinforcement points via chance cards.
This means that I have to produce a couple of T-26 light tanks for the Republican side and a couple of Panzer I's and a captured T-26 for the Nationalist side. Luckily Zvezda produce an excellent and inexpensive T-26 kit. I had picked up quite a few at various wargame shows. To give the model a bit of weight I superglue off cuts of metal from the metal figure sprues into the body of the tank (QRF ones are bigger than the figures).
I like to base my vehicles and add game data to the bottom of the bases. This is where picking up loyalty cards from all the shops you visit pays off. They make great bases and save money on stupidly expensive plasticard.
A quick note on flag markings. At this time the main colours of the Republican flag was Red-Yellow-Purple. The Nationalists had Red-Yellow-Red. This is basically the flag of Spain today because, as Leonard Cohen said, "...the good guys lost." The Republican side liked to chalk political slogans on the paintwork of tanks and that added a bit of interest to an otherwise drab tank.
The Panzer I's came from Ebay where a guy had bought a pack on Minairon Panzers and wanted to sell off the ones he didn't need. I was able to pick them up dirt cheap. The paint job was standard panzer grey bodywork with dark brown camo. The cross of Saint Andrew on the hatch is for aerial identification.
Finally a quick view of the game data on the base. This is where a research comes in handy (not a bad thing) as A World Aflame provides only movement distance and armor value (AV) of tanks. You have to look up the armament and the crew details yourself. As the crew tend to bail out quite often you will need figures to represent them. The T-26 had a crew of three and the Panzer had two crew. I will have to see if I can find my Italian and British tank crew I got from Battlefront for my World War Two game. They will fit as SCW crew.
Just need to buy another T-26 now and paint it up as a Nationalist tank. Order pending.
¡No pasarán!
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