Humber Scout Car bolt-action-soviet

Humber Scout Car bolt-action-sovietThe British army needed extra scout cars to complement the existing Daimler Dingo, and Humber came up with their two man light scout car. Over 4,000 of this popular vehicle were produced and equipped all manner of Commonwealth, Polish and Czech units from 1942 to the end of the war. They were used for recce work and general liaison duties, and proved most useful, having a small silhouette and a truly impressive speed of 62 mph. It relied on this speed

With a rate of fire of up to  four shots a minute this would send 240 bolts into the enemy army every minute

As they neared the enemy they would use their shields to protect themselves from arrows or sling shots

The Russkies used them as a prime mover for artillery pieces too which is a good modelling opportunity

One British driver and three crew

Despite their size and appearance these apparent lightweights carried a not too shabby 6pdr (57mm) gun

The Russians used aerosanis for reconnaissance and light raiding in northern areas where their light plywood skis allowed them to move quickly over the deep snow where other heavy vehicles would be unable to move at all

Allied with this Colour Primer you will save endless time basecoating a horde army

Bizarrely the marques did not follow alphabetical order

Heads and arms are separate

Trained and effective Italian mortar crews certainly added to those numbers in every theatre where they operated

Another addition is the inclusion of a radio set making the R40 much more tactically flexible than its predecessor

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