British Far East Rifle Company (BRAB18)

Expected Release Date: 10 May 2025

RRP - £120.00

The British Army is a modern fully-motorised force. Unfortunately this is not ideal in the lush jungle terrain of Malaya and Burma, so the riflemen needed to rely on their route marching skills to get about. However, most of the British troops are well-supplied with rifles and ammuni-tion and can call on mortar, machine-gun, and carrier or armoured car support. The British units in the Indian army tended to get priority on equipment, but sometimes equipment wasn’t available and some units had to do without Boys anti-tank rifles and 2” light mortars. However, they are usually fully equipped with rifles and Bren light machine-guns, though usually only had very limited numbers of submachine-guns (Stens or Thompsons).

By 1943 the Indian Army had begun to get a handle on what was required for fighting in the jungles of Burma. Troops began to receive some instruc-tion in jungle warfare and equipment and weapons were supplied in the required numbers. Even clothing had been adapted to the conditions with lighter summer cotton uniforms dyed jungle green.

THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS:

Metal and Resin Miniatures
4x Command Teams
12x Bren Gun & SMLE Rifle Teams
2x Boys Anti-tank Rifle Teams
2x 2-inch Mortar Teams
6x 6 pdr Anti-tank Gun Teams
3x Universal Carriers
3x Grant or Lee Tanks
4x 25 pdr Gun Teams
1x Flames Of War Mini Rulebook
7x Unit Cards
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These miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted