Too Fat Lardies

We kicked off a new campaign this week - Last Stand on Opium Hill . It's a four map campaign based in Singapore in 1942 written specifically for Chain of Command by Mark Backhouse and published in Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy magazine (issue 101). This gives me a chance to use my recently painted...

This is the rule for the mortars that was used for the Cancon Pacific tournament a few years ago which Len played in, so I'm sure he had input. Type 89 Grenade Discharger: This weapon is treated a light mortar with a minimum range of 10”. However, due to its rudimentary sight system, it attacks with...

Japanese mortars count the same as other 50mm mortars. I tend to keep mine close to a JOP just in case.🙄 Hmmm, I seem to recall Len T saying that the size of the grenade discharger squad meant that ammo supply was to be considered plentiful. With four crew per mortar and with mortar rounds the size...

You may have been thrown off by something like this from Wikipedia: The tanks also saw limited service against the Japanese in Malaya.[citation needed] However as you can see there is no citation and although they were sent to Singapore it appears they never got there and were diverted to Java as st...

The earlier post refers to 3rd Kings Own Hussars and their Vickers Mkvi. The regimental history on Wikipedia says: The 3rd The King's Own Hussars was brigaded with the 4th Hussars in the 1st Armoured Brigade in 1939. After the fall of France, the 3rd The King's Own Hussars was shipped to North Afric...

Interesting discussion here. Malaya mentioned but not confirmed. I’ll investigate further.
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/vi ... vic.27209/

I thought that might have been the case but I can find no evidence. The original plan for the defense of Singapore was based on air and sea power and a land war was not expected, so tanks may not have been considered a requirement. I have some kits of those tanks, so if I’d be happy to be shown othe...

Some pictures:

Following my post about putting together my Japanese platoon here's the first instalment on the British and Commonwealth platoon that will cover the early stages of the war in The Far East. Next week we will be starting the campaign 'Last Stand on Opium Hill' that Mark Backhouse wrote for Wargames, ...