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B oo k s on e v er y asp e ct o f th e mili t8~y f ie ld - wa r -
garn e r s e sp e c i ally c a tere d f or. Al l t h e 'i n p ri nt '
t i tl e s d e aling with il.1i li tary rU n iat ur es ar e st o cked ,
i nc l ud ing Con tine nta l p u b l icatio n s. Cat al o g u es
p ubl i sh e d per io d i ~811 y ; or d er s d e al t wi t h p r o mptly ;
en qu ir i e s i n v i t e d . .
DER STAN DHAFTE ZI NN SOLDA T by Paul r,ia rtin~ '34 c ol o ur -
e d il l ustrati on s , 29 b l nck - and - wh ite Dnd 53 d r a wi n g s
45 s.
LEAD SOLDI ERS-' i~H D FIG URI n E S by tIa r c el Bal r:; e t . P r o f -
use l y i llustrat e d wi t ~ c 6 l oure d p l a tes and p h o t o s .
6 3 s-... . .
IJ ILITf\ RY COST Ui,,m b y :P a ul Bartin. 1\ Bhort Hi s-t ory of
E uro p e an Un i f or ms. A ma g ni f i c ent pub lic at ion wit h
l i t e ra l lY 'l OO ' s of c o l o u red f i g ures- of mi li t a ry un-
i f or ms . £ 6 . 6 . 0 . .
H;\HllB UCH DER '(JlJI FORI'IX UHD E by Knotel a n d . Sie g e £ 3 .1 0 .0
Al th o ug h t h i s i s in Ger ma n a n d t he i1 1u s1;ra t ion s ar e
unc olo u r ed , i t is · c ons i d e re d to b e the ' Bi ble' on
m ili tar ~ un i f or ms. Dit h 1 600 f i g u re s a nd ful l c ol o ur
deta il s .'
Th e a b ove a re j u st a f e w o f th e us e ful t i t les t ha t
a re ava i l a b le - no t f o r g ettin g D. ~ . F e ather s t one ' s
v} ond er ful p air - HAR GA !.:E S a n d 'f ACKLE MOD .!:: ], ;;O LDIEHS
~nII S VoJA Y 1

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~ar t ~!..2£.g~.:.. d itt o. - 1 5/- d i tt 0 • f .. :J •
Ad Verti s er s may s ~ n d t h e c o mp le t e p a g e s a tho y ,wi c h
i t to a pp ear and i t wi l l b e e l ec tr onica l l y nion c :iJ l ed
at a sI? al l ext ra c ost. In t h e sa me way , dra \"li n r~ o or
p h otog ra phs can b e repr~ du ce d a n d i nserted in the
a dv er t . Or th ~ ~d ver t ®ri b ~ so l el y t y ped a s i n t h o
ca se o f A . A . J ohnston a b ove. Il ri t e y o u r rertllire men to
or su gg e st io ns t o t h e Ed i t or.
 CO NT EN T S .
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1. E ditorial.
2. Ill u str a tions - The Fren c h Mitr a ille us e.
3 . Modern Britis h Anti-TRn k Ve jp ons by
Philip B8r k er.
4. Su p plie s a n d Railroa d s b y T
5... Sha!'::p snooters ~ na Sk ir mis h er s by David Cl ark
6• ' Ri mer Report S'.• • • '

7. Ou t of t h e P~s t by W il l in m . A ~ K ihne y .

8. I te ms f o r · sa le.
9 . Wa r g am ero f th e Mont h - J oe Mor s c haus er.
10 . Th e P owe r of Def en c e by Mi k e Sh o u ler.
11. En g ineer s-.in Via rga mes by C. S, S·h or t .
1 .2. Ii[ e w B o o 1c s •
1 3 .. BUST LI ST .
1 4 • Yo L1 Vi r i t e t 0 Us.
15. Sa les an d Wa n t s Sec t ion • .

\1i\ RG iH1E R,' S N EWS LE TTER i s . e dtt e (l Dn d p u bl i sh e d

bX Don.al d . F ; F e n t h er s t one f ro m 69 , Hi l l Lan e,
So u t h a mp ton, Ha n t s, En g l a n d .
Sub s c ri p tion Ra tes: 28 / - per a n num in cl ud i n g
p ost [1 ge• ( ~!> 4 in USf\ )
 The day seems to be fast appr oachin g when no
wargamer need f i g ht 'so16"- or to b e without an
o pp on~nt wi thin ea ~y re ach . In this coGntry, at
Ie ::\ s t, VJ her e d i s t [1 n c e s · n r e 11 0 t s o V £\ S t , it s h 0 u 1 i
b e p 0 s 8 i b 1 e fo r g rJ Ei e r s i 11 r 0 u 0" 11 1 Y th e sa me 1 0 c a 1. --
it y t o re G ularly visi t ea c h ot her f or c a rn es.
It is the a i m o f th i s ma ca z ine to push out
infor m ~t ion and news of a st i mu lati n g and useful
nature; to crouse latcn t i ntere s t 's and iaeas in
all th o se wh o dab b le wit h mo uel s·o l d iers. 1'his
aim c (1 n b e G re a t l ye n h n n c e d b Y ill'll t u a I d i s c u s s io n
and p e rs onal c Dnt ao~ .
Of c o urse , this is inV a riably d one by each
war g a mer and h i s p er s o nal op p onent, b ut it seems
ob vio us that the f or ma t ion of W ar ~ a m erB ' Clubs
wou ld assist evan more po~erfully . Th ere i~ a
lot to b e sa i d f o r f ormin g n club cons istin g of
me mb ers vl i th the sa me b asic interest; there is'
the o pp or tun it y f or d i s c us s ion a nd com p ar ison,
f or a d v i c e and instruction. Ther e is als~o t he
rathe r o ver loo k ed an g le s o fer as ware cmin g is
c on c e rned in th8t ' e x pen s ive b ooks, plat e s and
even terrain and c l ubroo ms CDn h e shnf e d by all
with each p ayin g a pr opo rti on ate c o st .
Every war ga mer want s hie o Vin pr iv at e wa r-
g ames roo m ; ~o m e of us are f o rtUn a t e eno u g h to
possess this. Othe rs mu s t molee d o with the room
dO'Nnstairs, erectin g nnel removin g before a nd
after e ach batt le. B ith a number of garn ers
f or med into a club, it mi c ht well b e possi b le
to h ire 3 s Uit3b le and permanent roo m whic~
can b e decorated in militar y s t y l e and use 6 on
r-
a ro s t e b as i s
by [1 1 1 me mbe rs. It wo u l d even
b e possible to ~ or k a club on s uch a n org anised
bas iS that armies cati be all o cated and bu i ~ t- up
to f 6r m the ma ~~e d arrays needed f or spe6i~ic
p eriods or campaigns s u ch ae Napoleonics.
Think ab out i t - ther~'s - fun a n d muc h to
be ga ine d by g ettin g to g etherl
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 MITRAILLE US£ ( FROX '!' VIEW;.

THE M1TR~I~~EUSE~
The production of this early-type machine-gunw~s
begun under conditions of g reat g-ecrecy in 1866.
It had a bundle of 25 barrels-., e8C"h detonated in
turn by turnin g a handle. Its ran g e was nearly
s
2 , 0 00 ya r d 8 nd i t had a rat e 0 f f i l ' e 0 f I 5 0 r d s-
per minute. It wa's an excellent and in g enious
weapon but s-uch s-ecrecy surrounded .its rr. anufact-
ure that training in its use was o0t of the qU-
estion and during the Franco-Prussian V/ar, the
French had had no l1 seful discuss'ions as to how it
should be employed. So it was used at e xtreme
~an g e; s-ited in the open and in b attery and fir-
ed inaccur a tel y and wastefully. Whilst the P ~us~­
ians treated it with respect durin g the wa r, its
battlefield achievements did not re mot ely fulfil
Na poleon III ' s ' expectation s .
 r OD EE1; :r.:~ I il I SH :ol:'i ' I - Tf\, : ' ~) ,' T2 .
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by
~E.iliE_BarkeE..:.

This is by wa y of being a supplement to Robin

Thomsom's article on the sam e subject in a recent
i ssu e o f the N e wsle t ter~ As wil l hav e be en gath er-
ed f ro m theiules th~t o ur g r o up us ed at the C on~
vention dem onstr ati on, we h a ve IT]8TI ag ed t o obt a in,
mainly f ror.! Am erican o ff icial sources, (they h av e
n 0 0 f f i ci a 1 Sec ret s Ac t 1 ik e VI e do) a c-t u a Id a t a
of hit-and-kill proba b li l i ties f or a ll c lasse s of
modern ant i-t a n k ~ e ap ons.
Pl a toon Anti-Tunk De apons a nd Re coiless g uns :
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Th ese d e pend f or their p enetr bt ion ' on the chemic~l
ener gy of shaped oh~r ge and sq u ash-he ad warheads .
P enetr at ion d oes not va r y wi th ran g e. Muz z le vel-
o c ity is v er y low aftd accuracy falls off rapi d l y as
the r an g e incre as e s . Th e f i r ing position is usual-
ly g i v en a way by f lash . Ih lII we ap ons, such as PlAT
Pa n z erfaust and the e a rly Ba z oo ka Bnd Ame rican 75 m
recoile ss g un wo ula nea rl y alway s p enetrate al l b~
the ti c k est ar mou r. Church ill 7 and Royal Ti g er
could not b e pene t r n t e d f rom the front, a nd some
varieties of the Pa n z er 4 f it t ed with cumbersome'
spacer plates vl ere 75 % i mmun e. Th e post-we.r Baz -
00 k a, the En .') r g a r i f Ie e re n a d e, and the s-t i 11 :1e. t er
weapons would penetrate practially any vehicle.
Ue us e a c omb ined h it/~il l probability ~ ivin g
a ~ ill f ~r B dic e thron o f 3 at n or mal "r a nge, and
f or a score of 6 at twice nor ma l ran g e. Exa mp les
of normal ran g es a re: Rifle gr en ad e 50me tres, Baz -
ookas and Pa n z erfa ust 1 00 metr e s ; Heller and Ca rl
Gust av 300metrea and 106 mm and 1 20mm Dombat Recoil
-es s Gu ns . 600 m etres~
Ant i - Tan k Gu i de d ru s s'i 1 e s : Th e s e c £I n bed i v i<l-
ed into-t w o-classes-=~hose~hat a re man -por tab le
an d thos~ th~t m~st b e f ired f rom vehicles - the
heivier vehi61e-latinched types h ~ ving a ' longer ra~
g ee Aga in, the y use shaped c ha r g e or s-qua sh-head "
warheads and ~ enetration does not v~r ~ with ran g e~
Because t hey ar e c cntrol}ed in f ljr,ht, they are
e xt r mel y ace u rat e , a n cl \'/ i t h in · b r 0 ad ' 1 i mi t s a re
e q uall y accurat 'e at a n y r ::mg e. Tnese li i ~ its ar e
imposed by the meth od of gu id a nce. There is a
me~imum r~nge d~pendent u n ori the maxi~um length of
control wire ihat themissiie c~n l~y, and on the
burning tiine of it s ' .s"ustEliner motor. There is also
a minimum range, dependent on the method used to bring
the missile under control after it is launched.
Of the man-.arried missiles~ Vigilant has the
best per~6rmance in this respect, with an effective
range bra,i}-ket of 250 to 1250 metres. The French SS
10 i sin the e in e c 1 n s s' and i s e f f e c t i v e bet Vi e en 5 00
and 1500 metres, and the vehicle-launched miss~leffi
s u c 11 a 9::; Mil< 1 k {:{"'r r a and ' S S 11 u S'u a 11 y h a v e a r an g e
spectrum of between 50 0 and 2500 metre~. Firing
pos-itions are hard to de t ect.
Oui ~ules ass~me that any dice score higher than a 1
means a hit and kill.
It].cidEmtly, targets can only be engag ed if they are
within 45 degrees of the missile controller's line of
S'ight, which put S' a missile-armed AJ!'V ih the same
clasS": as a war:,..time ass-ault gun, with a restricted
traverS"e' main armament •
. Artill~ in_the~n!.!.-T~k R:£l~; Since the mid d-
Ie ofl1t1l'r,f"ieTO art~.l'Tery has Llsed shaped char g e
ammunition for anti-tank fire over open sig hts '. The
limitations a.rethe same as for recoiless g uns, and
the same rules· and ranges should be used. However,
very dense concentra t ions of in d irect HE fire do have
some effect on a rmour, althou g h this is . rela.tively
slight until you t; (' ~ ; j.n to the re g ion of the 8 It · howitzer
and the 17 5 ].): ' ,-- ') 11 .. I.~· ,l j.:-~ ai. tuation is ther e.f ore covel1-
e d by 0 u r 8 }' .:. :, -: ~: ~ -,' ;,' :~ ;' -:J : :3
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DBG Mmake f\ r ,. l (.I; mr(i':'\ · ~ ;· ·I.·L=;f;s g un tlounted 0 ':'1, '3 heep,
and R ~ s k \l r i:' r r I ' ,~ I;' C {, l; \ t <"" Z ,"; C I: n , a n S S 1 0 ill i ."> ; : 1. 1 e unit,
and an H 8. ~ 0 a70 ~ ul ~ ~ ~ -! ~G~ n el c a rried Bi LS d with
SS II. Th :~c In,'i t i." ;'J. " wn HS the Ja g d paD Z(?T Raketen,
the Germa~ fr r ~ te rlssj.le itscil f is such a lovely wurd
that ~he , c a r ~t~~ ~ ~f t~j8 t yp ewrit e r isn't wide eno u ~
to cope with ! . ~ . "
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Ta;!.ics ~ F c. n d . Jy" t: !1 0 Llg h, these ':I ea p ons d o not dQ'Ill-
inate--:nieDat t le f iel d as ' you would suppose, t hough I
da r e not p i,1 b 1 i cis e . the c 0 un t er m0 v est 0 0 VI ide 1 yin ' c a ~
my opponents get to find outlThe m'ain effects are to
de~Blu~th~ he~~y tank; and inc~~a~e the valLle of the
light tank~ ~rmoured infantr y and artillefy apport.
If anyone wants to try it out I', waitin g l
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It seems to methb.t little attention is paid to

the question of supplies to war-gamers in either indi-
vidual battles or, more surprisingly, campaigns (even
in D. Featherstone's book ' War-Games f little, if any
[;lent ion is made of . the all-il1lportant supply question). I

.' Not to make l? ome pro vis ion for supplying one's troops
seems to me to be . a .cla ring omission . To . so me ' exte nt
1 feel it is dlle to l az ines s oi' the wa.r--e:,6.mer who J

sees himself a s more 01' a d6.shing Marlborough-cum-

?rince Rupert type than a steady but efficient (a nd
just as capablej 'organiz ation man' of the typt; \<\'ho
abounded in the nussian o.rmies , of the l a te 19th qud
e a rly 2')th century. To i e;n,ore the supply questio r..
is. to lose both r ealism and en jovr>? nt . I wiilil now
outline hov.' I i n:felld~fo cope-~1;tS'):1-'frjTs pro blem (if the
reader C8.n bear with me any further) in a c ~mpai gn.
The campa i gn map prequmably is divided into two
separate zones of control. A player must choose, from
the to ~nS in his zone, five towns somewhere in the
middle ther e of. Then h e must choose another t wo
which are close to the frontier or 'dividing line'
between the zones. The five former towns ar e his sup-
ply depots u nd the other two the forward supply depots
from V\o here he supplies the front line troops. '1~0'W
th~ player counts his troops and guns (let us say 400
infa ntry, 100 cavulry, o. nd 4 guns). He the~ works '.:
out how many units of' supplies he will need for a cer-
t a in ~e riod llet us say fifteen days). In my 68.me
I unit l (;l.sts 1 ini'a ntryman 3 days
2 " 11 1 Cb.valryman 3 days (+ his horse)
15 II " 1 gun !ind crew 3 d ays.
Thus the player finds he will need 3,300 units to
be distri buted evenly between the fi ve tov~ ns. These
five towns l~,B,C,D,E) ure linked by railway to the
forward depo'\s (lL,Y). .bacb town has one tr~in each
of ten wagons. bach wb-t£on cC.n c ~ rry ten un1tseach .
cr five infa ntrymen and their suppli~S (one ma? can
carry three d<;l. YS' supplies) (these n~bers ~e 1n pro-
portion to the small size of the armles). X and Y
 can ta he no more than t v~o trains at once ~v hilst un-
loading , and no more than three b.ltogether. It tb,ke
one move to unload a tra in and one move to get the
supplies or men outside a town. I f two trains pass
cross on the same line, one must move on to a siding
:for t wo moves. Players must keep lists o:f supplies
and check them o£:f as they move. Troops must collec
the supplies :from ~ a nd Y or t hey must be moved up by
supply wagons. A body o:f troops can only last two
days (at reduced morale rates) a :fter their supplies
are gone. Troops s~art the campaig n from A,B,C,D or
E to where it is assumed they were directed by their
mobiliza tion orders. Tra ins move five times faster
t ha n infantry. (Cha nce ca rds can be used if desired
for der ailments, etc.).
Th i s system I think gives a ' ~eneralt more to
think abo ut, brings a vit d l element into the games a n
above all, gives the camlJo.ibn a clea r objective. A
pla yer must overcome his opponent within a set time
limit a nd be careful not to let his troops lose con-
t a ct wi th 't he ir supplies. Finally, he must try c nd
cut his enemies' communications or c tipture his supply
d epots.
SHARPSHOOTERS AND SKlR.tVITSHERS
by
David Clark
For about a year 1 have followed Donald Feather-
stone's rule s f rom his book WAR G~lliS with little
a lt e r 4tio n . ~nil e looking through a book on the
Amer ic a n Civil Wa.r, I dis covered Berda n's Sharpshoote
v,hich inspired me to develop the :follo wing rules
coveri ng these light infa ntrymeu..
One company of sharpshooters is a tta ched to e b. c}
divisio n during a bat t le. They move out 2 ft. 6 inf
:from . the ma i n b ody .o f · troops a nd conceal themselves.
They fi re Che n ma.rked on the commC:luder ts iIlap vi'i th a
small cross so that they a re not forgotten.
F~~_i~~ : Shar pshooters are allowed one shot per
game mov e thld

a 3 , 4 , 5, 6 scer es a hit a t 6 ins.

a 4 ; 5., 6 II " ~ n 12 ins.
5. 5 o' 6 rt " II "24 ins.
 Ii' the sh8.r psh oot e r b~:.. ur;. ~:':j ..•i ., . ? f~ , . : ~ :..:;; Li s t <..rg et
(.,ho ne,eds a 6 to s urvive ",nethEr 11e i s under · co ver or
'not) m~y return the fire at the normal ratew If he
also m~~ses, then he is detached from his unit a nd the ~0
two fii'e at one another until one is killed.

Two skirmishers a re de t a ched Lrom e ii ch le Q.ding

uni t b.ri'd 'placed 6 ' ins. i n :front. of t l10s e units. IJ:hese
act i;i S scout s u nd, us: ne; the Lio ne l T<.;..rr peri s cope,
report enemy movements "to the ir i 'ront 0 ne .r'unning J

back messages to the main body. 11.' confronted by a

superior force they will imme diately r e tre a t to the
nea rest ±rienuly force.
Using this method, (;i n element of nel\< reb-lism enters
the 5'ame a nd troops move even more re i;l.. li s tic b.lly than
beIore. . I hope fellow . war-gamers vvill find.. this .
a rticle' interestine. and perh&v s useful.

IUMbR BE'PORTS ••..•

7
Wel - ) I just r e turned from my ~nnual s a battical
(t ~ eks' HCl.tional Guard summer cump), which 'w as once
. n held in the glorious ~ ilds of souther n Virginia

This war-gaming business is like the "Hindu V'iheel

of li:fe lt • • • you can never t:;et ahead~ I get ill every
time I look in the boxes o:f unpainted ctis tings that I
ll~ ve. :;:~' . there are .hundreds of' them~ and to make mat-;: ;:;;'l
ters worse, just ~:fter I ~inished of:f a set of French .
Zouaves and another Regiment of Prussion Guard :B'us il . . .
ters, another order came from Scruby, so lOO-odd new
cdstingl? took their place in the "unfinished business"
l:)ox. There were severl:H new French reg iments in this
last Scruby order - line in:f ~ntry, iliarching, ~ nd
.B'oreign Le g ion. I a lso added some 5engal~e Tirail ....
1 e urs, v,hile on the Frussion side 01:' the ledger there
were some Jager zu pferde and Saxon In:fantry, ~'thi cn I
like very mUch.
 Of.i' the ""a1Z:. back from Camp Pickett, I stopped by
e. 'lh1sIu,ng'ton, V.C. hobby shop and discovered one of
the best selections of model soldiers I have seenl
outside OI Polk's. I don't rec a l l the name of the
store, but l could easily check it out in the D.C.
cla ssified section of the phone directory ( where I
originally uncovered it). They h ad shelves and
shelves of Britains (if' you like tem), e..nd they weren't
the new "stuff." They were the pre-Vi orld War II sets,
in the old bo:xes ;, i ththe dr ~wings of the reg iment on
the front a nd the ba ttle honors listed. There were
the now-ext i n c t lDth2 ;) p i s.,n Tribesmen., Zulus, King fS
af'rican .rl ti les , Ge ne ral Staff and ma ny, ma ny others
that h a ve l o r~g be8~. 9-'o8Sn.t f rom t h e Br i tains ca.t a logue.
I didn't h a ve 1.00 llllCh t i ucj t o spend there, but it cer-
t u inly was a tr e u t to di s co ver the pla ce. I'll get
the na me of t h e p l a. ce, a nd p erh a ps you ca n run a note
in the N&1SI.ETTEB on the place. It's a p each, believe
thee me.

They stock a re a lly complete line of Imrie and

~tadd en f'i g u::c~;;3 } a nd the s t r an6 e thing wa s a complete
li n e of ~'r e;:F : 'r. l i l e -ts - by a mak er I've never heard 'of.
Th ey we r e F !;j,f t:; l e o n j. cs } a nd jiie r e i n boxed s e ts. The
ones 1 s l;;.W V:;:: .C:~; 2.:U :3 t, '~ ~'.I:·(8,~c d. bearers (.'30 mill. ) , a nd all
the ] 'rench E:1~c.. n('H~,"' cl <J h2, ( t ,he battle honors a nd eagles}
etc. - q ui t o a ~i ;~ ~ . Th8Y h a d been p retty e xpe nsive,
but the £e :j..l o'~·.; L.1 L ;:~ ! ·t.:;7,OT2 La id tha t they h a d n 't sold.,
and t h &t h~~ ,h,;.,':: E8 \;t-;Y',:::,1 h lF~' lJ' )d s ,e t s i n the ba s ement
tha t h e wOlll u se ll a t a v 8ry r sac o na b l e pr ice, He
r.le g lecte d to say wh a t his l. dea was of a "re as onable"
amount 1

Th e y had a num be r of' bo oks on t h e ho bby, a nd wer e

even s e l l ing NOr lIl8.J:1 l'Tewto n Ci;:i r, d:: cgues ! lyJ:y s ole p ur-
cha se t h a t d a y COnSiGt2j of unG( ~ e r 5 4 ~ m . S t Q ~ d e n
(l 'r uss ian "De Z': :c,h He Eid. Fl~':O ;}2. ) dt Ci Z'C8 Ln. '~ ) ' That b:r i ngs
my 5t a dde n c ount u p to [':"~) ; ·,lt 7 or s o of th os e pre-'\W I
Germa n A r my t yp es. Th ey fr e £ o r my oLii ce .

I fow1.d a loca.l so u rce of supply ( :f~:;\,j. rly l oca l -

1n Fhila cl(; : . r~h j. 3 )
.f Qr (:' :;1161 £ lat~; , 'J.cc -Lc'. . e ::; t hLl:i.l' ~{cJ'.i.
mi ~i:; ht vva 111: 1. 0 l !~ t J-o t l i"!t S 11-~' j C C7" .i. t::' ~~.r·fj k. 1.. }. ~) ~.:; · 1~.~.8. t, ~:i ~,.,? !~. !:) (.i c~h.e 1
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different positions) in wint er over coats, new Prus-
sian and French Cav a lry se t s (in h alted posi.t t .-: m s) ,
plus Prussian Pion~ ers. in a ctio n, .Zo u av Gs J 31 t ;::;d,
marching m d kneellng In re se rve, to n Ollie a f:'2w. I
must c o nfess, I really am enamoured witl'1 Ochel t S pro-
ducts1 The y don't hav e th a t depth, g r anted, that a
Scruby or S.lI$ h a s, but what a n inverlt ory t he man
(,.,-r.eot·~! J J I' m p l :::uming t ') add b o th F~~ r;nch and Prus-
sian In..,,tT':L hI; to my g ame 1'or b u i lding br i J.;;,e s and wh a t
have y~)u. My l''l.-'~Tl.clJmen also n c;e; ri smae c: ,~-.,- a lry bol-
stering, s o I'm addlng S()me LancG:':' s and li::'agoo ns.
Prussian-:-wise ~ I'm al so in he.; r!. nf' c av a~I'.Y - in this
case, CUlr assler s, Hus sar s en.d l'c .l"' ·J.!;". ~J [;l ;3et of Uhlans
The Game Mobil e and Fr anct :I' t'·.~." '8 ;·, ,:.:.n~YL ~'2;:; 9 +.0 0. In
case you still ar e n't so l d on i:,he i.(::.: a o:f mixing £1 a ts
-and s o lidS, why don' t you giv e it a ·~ l·Yo •• just :fo r
fun? I t t s not too bad a t alli:f yeu :;:·2x crn.bsr one
]tey t h ing••• :figh t a ll your games "in profil e .'''
I recently encountered a new ":fledgling " gamer
here in Pittsburgh n amed Al Kow a l esk i - a young chap
who works :for H.J. Heinz here in t own. I inviteti
him out t o my place one ev en1.ng , whe re I ushered him
i nto a room with a b out 600-700 :figu res s et up __1 dis-
play on a t able. It was in the evening and -the
lights were out, so you shoul d have seen the exp res-
sion on his 1'ace when I turne d o n the sVii teh - I
believe he was impressed.. Bo th :fl a t s and solids
were represented, and this wa s t he :first t i r'8 he h a d
ever s een :fl ats; He immedi a tely went h orr;,:: a Td p laced
his order to Ochel, so I guess he was s 01 ,;:1 on them,
to;'"). He's a Na poleonic bu:f1' and I' m :'~ 11·r e :rou'll
think he's a knowledgable t ype when I t ·.. 1.:L .Jou tha t
he has y our book and thoroughly e n j e:ye, .f :~3~1.t ing a ll
his b a ttles using y our work as his " Bible. II
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Ma l c ol m Doo l g ar t el ls m ~ tha t th e boo k FIGHT I N G MEN

by Henr y' Tree c e Qnd Ewart Oake,"lh ott ( Br o clc h amp t on
Pr e s s 1 9 6 3 . . 1 8 '13) C 0 v er s t 11 e ~C i g h t in g t e c h n i q!::l e s
of th~charloteer 's ,' :rt:.Dman s, Vil(in g s, h e a vy cavalry,
lon g bowmen ' a n d pi k e- ond - mus lc et men ' - th is s o unds
a s if i t i .so ' t mu s t ' f or VI a r g [l r.l e r s , p Q r t i c Ll 1 n r 1 y
those intere st in the Ancient p erioes.
 OUT OF THE P il.ST

by
William l'... Kinney
Ti tIes of' Rank - How they began.
The title of' your military grade may well owe its
origin to words in use centuries bef'ore the advent of'
the Christian era. Coming down through the ages the
words have undergone a variety of' changes, but a
little detective work can establish their bygone
sources.
The word 'captain' derives f'r om an ancient Latin
root wh ose primary def'inition concerned the he a d of'
man or some other living b ody. Since the he ad is
the s eat of' the br a in, the word c ame t o be applied t o
the chief' or le ader of' any group or a ssocia tion of'
other individu als, whether n~~e ric ally small or a
n a tion in size.
The transition of' the word t o milit ar y usage c an
be re adily underst oo d. 1'.,. c ap t a in he a ded and directed
the men under his c omm an~ In olden times, to o , the
pr a ctice wa s f'or a c apt a in t o move in the f'ore of'his
men, which literally put him at t he 'he ad' of' the
c olumn.
What ab out a lieutenant? Suppo se a man h ad
done s ome work f'or y ou · and th e n h ad s a id, "In lieu .
of' t ak ing c a sh f'or the j ob, I'll settle f'or tha t o ld
c ar you're planning 10 selL" You'd h ave no dif'f'i-
culty understanding wh at he me ant. The Latin noun
fo r pl a ce is 'locus . ' '~ter p a ssing i n t o French it
b e c cme 'lieu.' The s e c ond part of' th e word , 'tenant',
i s t he French v ariant of' the Latin v erb, t o ho l~
Thus v:e get an of'ficer c ap abl e of' h olding the pl a ce
of' a superior or acting 'in li @ti ' of' him. When th e
gr ade of' a supreme general dev el oped about 1576, we
f'i nd lieu tenant gener a ls emergirlg 21most simul taneous-
l y in depu t y c ap a cities.
 Th e g r ade of c ol o nel a g a in c onj~r e d u p the
ment c-, ~. il[1i:~i~'3 o f' on e l eading a c o l : :" -.Fl~ It st!':;ms
f'r C':':i t i le L a G:::"l:t ' C0 1Ultln3. i 9 f'o r a p j. ll.l.r or c c hmm"
l . .t t)ir ~:~ ':: "J:l'"l e t8!~i.fl "/I[i 3 (?ffi1)l o yed i:n. 3.r:"CJ1 .1 tee·ij ·tJ.l~ C and_
t h e .io..:()g l ic ~;:; e d e \lT i_'H:'Ll'JEt s t j,} J. h '=t,::; t iEL L : o.:::pl ir:: et i on g
orr':;:'lg o thers. Gradu a l l y the ,; vo:c-,-l dl r:Jo b e·;';::'-.:,.;].e lie s-
C T'~. p t ive of f orma ti ons wh ich s':':'t: cc, :.s'ti)d a e o lUlID1. by
t h c'i:,::, s hap e among a b o dy of' r ru:t,;c :',i sO ].dicy'y .
'e o.u., :.r:ma , h a s a c 1 ose 1"lllK Wl. ~':'Il. S.EO till ,. e r wo:r ' d ~
, COh .:EJ,::;n g ' t h e l a tter mcaYJ -:'ns c;.tt::l.i~ :f' 02:' mOL.:; t distin-
gu ished when us ed wi th r el>7~' I· ::;C. Ce t o p '.:;rl30nso Th e
P:'::'ench l a..V).gw:lge y in b orr myJ I],'.:; i 'rom L::1i. :n ~ pr oduc e d
t h e v al' i a.n t y t co l or:.e l g ' which t h,; 1'l:.g.:L l s h t ook over
unch a n g edo 8-Llrviv ing rec o r ds li s t tha t milit a ry
r a nk as e arly a s 1548.

VVh ich bring s us t o major 9 a gr a de to be :found

o n British r osters sinc e lS,13. l\ga in t he s ource is
La tin and the prec i se n:~;c.T~ing of' the wo rd is
I g:reat o r. ' In the anci ent t ongue g t he a djec t i ve
f "()r g re a t is 'ma gnu s. ' Its c ompar a tive d egr ee is
~n a j o r' and the superl a tive g 'maxinTJll19 ' or greatesto
The devel oping structure o:f milit ary :fo rc e s evi-
dently h a d est ablished the need f o r a n of:f icer
exercising mo re authority and c ommand th a n a c apt a in
but less th a n a c o l onel y o r the l a tter's stand-in,
a lie utena nt c o l onel.

A general owes the nrune o:f his g r a de t o

' generalis 9 ' the Latin a djective wh ich may be de-
:fined a s pertaining to the broad or :full scope.
Thus a general is a n o:f:ficer c o ncerned with a wh ole
oper a tion a s oppo sed to the l oc a l o r sectio n al
phases wh ich may :figure in the ope r a ti o n's progresso
Oldest known mention o:f the grade in English is in
1576 g the same year the names o:f li eutena nt gener a l
a nd major general appearo
The +,i tle 'sergeant' derives fr om the Latin
, s erviens y ' for s erv ing. In Ol d FJ"" : .: nch the word
was rendered 'sergant I or a 1 terna tely 's erge nt . '
While the appellati o n designa ted a serv e~t a s a
rule during the :feuda l ages it g a ined military st a -
tus ~s identi:fying the attendRnt o:f a knight who
c ared t o r his master's armour and weapons. These
 duties were not lightly delegated, so the attendant
chosen occupied a post calling ror responsibility
and reliability. When knights required more sup-
porting manpower than their immediate retinue,
'sergeants' were the understandable choice for
seeing to their behaviour. In English the W) rd
was used ror a common soldier in 1490, but by 1548
came to mean one in charge or a detachment.
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lih en Joe au el I f ir st l) e,n;f.:n to c orrespon d , ' we
ten d e Q to re ga rd e8ch other a trifle wa rily as, I
s~p~o~e befits rival authors in the w~ r g nmin g wor-
ld. Then Joe cnme over here ' on an a ss-i g nment for
his ' ma g azi n e ( L () 0 K I:j;\ GA Z IN E 0 f U S1\) and . we met i 11
the f lesh - s in c e the n we are e 8c h c o nvi nced that
the -su n shine s o ut o:!? e ac h ot h er ' s e a r s l
Joe wr ote HO\"! TO PLj\ Y 1i;\RG!\ I.ll:-: S I N f.HH I ATURE
wh i ch WAS publishe d in 1 96 2 ; this pr e sen ted a new
and almost re v ol utionory me t ho d of f i iz htin g ta b le
top batt les, po ss i b l y a syst e m tha t mi g ht be sn id
to appeal more to " Joe ' s c o unt r y6e n t ha n to wDr ~
g am e r sin En g 1 and. N eve r the 1 e s s , the b oo 1c has Gone
a g rea t service fo r ~ ar g 3m i n g and mus t b e g i v en
its share o f credit fo r t he in f l ux o f newco me rs
to the hob b y in rec ent y ea r s.
Joe's g am e, lar Gel y play e d wi th 5!~mm f i g ures;
is more 's-t ylis ed' th a n the vli lc1 a nd 1!! oo l e y all
o v e r the ta b 1 e ga me S' t hat we 1m 0 IN - the 1 3 you tea n
be seen very well in the acc ompo n yin g p hoto g r ap h.
It i s pIe a s in g t 0 sa y t hat Joe n n d I b ot 11
have much in c o mm on - not t he least be in g th a t we
Dre both fosc in a ted by the Co l onial Da rs of Brit-
a in in the 1 a t t e r pa r t 0 f the 1 9 th e en t \) ry. t"! e
b oth have a l~r ~ e pa rt of o u r c olle c tions in this
f ield and nO \"I, at ,J oe IS i nGp ir nt ion, we are workimg
on s mall wa rs' in" Ger Dan Dest Af rica ( f or e x a m pl~)
in abo ut 1 9 15-17. The article on unba18nced war-
g a min g (as Joe coIls it) in t h is year's Ua r g amer's
Sp ecial Issue; ably d emonstra t es"t h e c ha rm and the
intri gu in g asp ect s o f t he system.
Livin g n e n r N e vi ' Yo rk , J oe is verY muc h a :famJi.-
ly ma n; nevert h el ess , h e stil l f in ds ti me to wri t e
lon g and vital l y inte~estin g letters Dnd to perf-
orm s'ma ll acts o f l{ inoness t owa rds Ir on y :Ba th a ndI
that mbre th a n typ ify the open-handed g e6erosity
an d h o sp i t ~11) le o ~, t lQf)k of h i.s t: ountry ma n.
In con61 u sion, th ere cannot b e en ough wa r g smmers
of the calibre a ne] character of Joe ' 11urschauser '-
they d ive t o t h e h obb y an acc ola d e of their o wn
makin g !
 THE PUWER OF DEFENCE.
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by -
LfUc e 811 a U 1 e r •

'Hft'-Ving read the Newsletter article on the film

ZULU ., I have been f ormin g a few ideas on the sUbj':'
ect of small war s ~ etwe en lar g e numbers of nritives
and small numbers of disciplined white troops. I '
then saw the actual film and came to the con6lus-
ion that had the Zulu's launched an all-out a~ta~k
(after the ruthless ~ anher in which they h~d worked
out the garrison1s"fire-power) the pla c e could not
p 0 s sib 1 y h a ve h e 1 d .' As ' i t VI as, the Z u 1 u 's at t a c k ed
in groups of three to four hundred at a time'3D that
the British mana g ed to b eat off the a ttack s~ The
main reason for this was undoubtedly the heavy fire
power of the Brit ish and their 'mObile column l wh ich
c ould brin g a heavy concentration of fire onto any
breakthrou g h,
It seems to me that in wargames of this period
both the f ire-power and the prot~ctive value of
c a v e r h a v e b e en I1 u c h un d e r - ro te d. r did so me sm a 11
experiments with an air rifle a ga inst P lasticine
models of ~oldiers b ehind cover and some in the open
and found that t hos e unde~ cover were about f our
t i ill e s a s d iff i cu I t t 0 hit. In t his s'p her e , I e h t -
irely agree with Lionel Tarr 's WWII rule (from tb e
book F/AR G!\L1f ES ) that in fa ntry b ehind cover such as
a wall suffer onl y % rate casu a lties. fit the same
time, infantr y sh elterin g in a ' wood or beh ind a
fence suffer i rate casualties. When troops B~e in
Ihead-down' positions in tren ch es or b ehin d wa lls
they may not f ire t hemse lves b ut can o n ly b e hit ~
artillery or mortar f ire.
Fire power in the late 19th ce ntur y sh ould be
li to twice a~ p owerful as that lai d d6wn f or Nap-
oleonic gam es, with a further proportionate inc:ce8se
for World VJn rs On e and Tw o. Fire-po wer · could be
increased by doubling the rate of firing in st ead of
the accuracy. Native troops of th~ period with '
rifles would only fire at about ~ quarter the rate
and accuracy of the whit~ troops.
 In c los e - '1 u art e r fi g h tin g , f o r t "\'18 1 1 S ;
g i v e a n advanta g e to the de f,.::nde:!.' ::; 'iiL o are al J
s tri k e D OWN wh ereas th e attac k e rs mus t st ri k e LIP .

Experiments us i ng n or ma l fi~in g r u l e s g ive an

intere st ifi g r e su lt - 40 B ~itish soldiers behind ~?V ~
bag c o ver , ho v i n g d o uble f ir i nG r a te , 'Gal, e on 1 5 0
Z'iJ 1 u ' s . ' Fir in G at me d iu m r 8 n g e ( 200 - 100 ya r d s ) - : :
v 0 11 e y s ; c l o s e r 2 n g e (10 0 - 0 :/8 r d s ) 2 vo 11 e y s • ' -
2' v o lleys at l o n g ran g e - 6 , 5 ~ 2 ;1;1; 2 ; 3 ;~/5 ; 2 ;1;1; 6
( - 3 pe:r' d ic e ) 6 : I~ ; 6 ' ::: ' 1 3 hit . ' ' "
2 v o lleys me d i um ran g e - 5 i 6 ; 2 ; 1; 3 ; 6 ;4; 2/6 ; 4 ; 4 ; 3,2
( - 2 per d i c e ) ~, ; 4 i 1 ' ::: ' 27 h it 0 " , ,

2 ' v ol J_e y scI 0 s e r 8 n g e - 6 ; 2 ; 1 ; 3 ; 6 ; 4 ; G t 21 4 ; 5 ; 2 ; 1 ; 5

( - 1 p e r tl ice ') 6 ; I\- ; 3 ::: tl,4- h'i t s . '
Total Hi t = 89 (no sa vin g - throws i n my r ul e s ! )
Result i n g me le e would f ind 40 troops a g ainst
61 ZUlU3 - Zul u ' s hav i n g n o 'i mp e tu s b onus'bec811 s ,;
wh i t e troo p s b e hind hard cJ v er - s o t hot troops arc
' in with a g oo d ch:Hlc e '.
\7 hi t e t r o o ps i n s u c h f or t s ';7 0 L1 1 d h a v e n o m0 r 8 J,e'
t o qu e s t i on and al l wo uld be kille d i f th e f ort fb l l.
P o s s i ble that ~ulu ! s brave e n o ug h n ot t o n ee d mor a le
ratin g s eith e r . Als o on a li mit ed f r ont , only a
ce r tai n n muber of Zulu ! s c o u l d at t a ck ~h i ch wo u l a
e v en- up thin g s as only fr on t ranks f ire and fi g ht .
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EN G INEERS IN f']O DERN v?A E Gil. L ES .

by
C. H. Short .
- -- - - - -
At th e start of o ur n e w mod ern campai g n , my
br other and I a dd ed e ng i neers to o ur f orc e s . The'
Bri tish (myself) were c onv e rt e d Air f ix Russians -
their
,
blank e t r oll and oth e r oddm e nts rem oved r a nd
pa l nted t o b o wea r in g sle evel e ss l e ather jerkins .
My br oth e r is f i nding it more di ff icult wi th h i s
Ge r mans and at pr e sent he is u s in g A ir f i x J~p a ri es e
wh oe e fo r a g e- ca ps ar e si mil i a r t o t h o s e wo r n b y th ~
Ge r man sat t t1 i s p er i 0 c1 . Th i s j, s n ot v e r y g oo d h 0 \'J e v (7 '",

and we wonder if an y readers hav e oth e r su gg e st io ns

Our r ules ar e as f o llows :-
f~ !£~_~r i £~~~: Tak e s on e c o mpany of en g i ne e rs 6
mo v e s t o e r e ct (us i n g 1 4 mo v e s t o a day and 10 f or
one ni g ht.
~lishi~~~~£id~~: 1 Company of engineers take 3
move s to place charges. Aft er this, throw 1 dice:
1" = N o da mag e.
2 ~ Slight dama g e, -may b e used only by infantry,
jeeps', li g ht trucks ' etc.
3 = Bad - da mag e, maybe used onl y by infant ry.
4 , 5 or 6 = Destroyed.
B~airin~_~_Bri~~: Takes 1 company o f en g ineers 14
moves if bridg e onl y sli gh tly damaged. 20 moves'· if
badly dam8 ~ ed; 28 moves if desiroyed.
D e!!!.01i shi!!E _~_E.ill- b 03: Takes 6 en ginee rs (including
an Of f icer or NC'o:}." one move to place charges. Throri
1 d i ce :
1 = N'o dam ag e.
2 or 3 = Red uc es degence points (using the Lionel
Tarr SYstem (-from b oo k rlA R GAMES) to 12.
4·,5 or 6 = Destro y ed.
Erection of P i l lb o x : Tak es 1 company of engineers ~
move~ tf-it-rs-damag e d but 28 mo v es if starting f ro m
s 'c rat ch •.
T o B lo~_~_ E ol~_i~_ Ba £be~~ir~: Tak es 2 eng ineers 1
mo v e to p la c e the char g e. -then throw 1 dice and any
n umb~rbut 1 blo w a gap in th e wir e the width o f a
tank.-
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,; . Th . Laml) oo of El is. B o ddaertstraat 7 2 IV., !\mst erda m
( Sloterva art) H o lland writ es that he has a lar g e
collection o f 30~m Flats - mos t l y F ran c o- P russien
\'18 1' but als o E ap oleoni c s, Colonial troops a n d other s .
T o r;)o l; c h i.::! hobby we l f -supportin g , he paints the moel--
als in oil~ and e xchsn g es or sells them to other
collec-iJ or s. Th e fi g ures are German - mad e, th e paint-
in g in co :c rect d et ai l is home-done. '
If there o re 8ny me mb ers o f th is ma g a z ine's wa ~- g a m ­
in G f r n t ern tty wh o Ll 1 d W 0 lJ 1 d 1 i ke i; 0 c on t Q C t LIr. La El b oo
he \'70 l; ~- d b e ' del i r; h ted - h e i s G 1'S 0 wi 11 i n g t oe xc h a 1'2 g e
in f or;:w ~ i 011 .
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UhNTED - g ood, repro ducable photog raphs of war g a rn e~s
preferabl y with their war gam es tab le or mo d els etc.
The s e . 8 r e t 0 ? ellS e din the '1;1 a r g am e r 0 ::: the VI 0 nth '
s-e ct ion.
At t h e 'm oment , I ' ~m olri ~ ht f or th e n e xt thr ee
::: :m:Gtl s, a :f' ter th~l t y ou ' }l b e back with ph0·"'OS. o f tiO
:.' :~ ·.·.: :,· ;:':. "JT Bot h!
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Robin .. Mer s on of Al d e rsh o t has recently b een to

Am eri ca and seems·t o h av e re t urne d wi th a fabu lo us
lite ra r y o ffe r in g r I t wr.:r s A IHL IT/\.RY HI ST ORY fd~ D
ATLA S OF 'rIIB NAPO LEON IC FlA RS" by Br i g Rd ie r ~ General
Vin ce nt~J . Bsp o s ito and Colonel J ol, n ob e rt Elti n g of
W ~ st P o in t A~$d ~ my (p~b l ish e d by P r a e ee r , New Yo rk
a-t $20 in 1"963) . Th is i s we l l vl or th i ts aPl) or en tly
h i g h c o s t t o t h e vorgam er, c ontain i n g n o le ss tha n
1 7 5 cam p a i g n map s b e aut i f u 11 y e x e cut ed , \' i i t h Cl r Ll n n ~
in g c omm e n t ary o f th e strat e g i c and tactica l s it uat -
i ons ' o f Nap ol e on ' s campa i g n s fr om tho I t a l ia n in
1 796 - 9 7 r i g h t up t o t h e rrat e r loo C3mpoi g n . It is
' p os s i b le · to t r ace th e mov ements of n e Dr l y e very un i t
invo l ve d , th e numbe r a n d typ e s o f unit us e d and th e
de velo pm e nt of e v er y ma j or batt le in s ome d et ai l .
Th er e a re, f or e xamp le, 1 4 maps o f t h e \'Ja ter loo C2.lTl[) -
a i gn , and s ome id ea o f t h e b oo k ' s Bc o p e can b e g a t h -
ee by li st in g th e m :
1; S i ~uai io n in Eu ro p e a b o ut ' l June 1 8 1 5 .
'2 ; d o: la te on 14 Jun e . '
3 ~ d o: 0 7 00 h r s 15 Ju ne .
4: d o: 1 400 h rs 1 6 Jun e (L i g n Y/Q uatr e Bra s)
~; d o: 2 1 00 hrs 1 6 Jun ~ .
6: d o: At d a wn 1 7 Ju ne .
7 .~ d o~ Night o f 17-18 J une .
8. d o. At 1 000 h r s 18 J u n e anel move me nts of
Bl uc h13r a n d Gro uchy si n c e dawn .
9 ~ Dmttl e ~ f'Wat erloo . SItuat io n nt 1100 h rs.
10; d o: 1 6-00 h r s ~ (g e n e ral"
11 . do: 1 600 h .r s: ( d e t1a iJ. , .
1 2 ' and 1 3 do. ' 1 930 hr s .
14 . S i it uat ion 29th J une.
Th e in d i v i du al map s are 11 i ri~h e ~ by 9 in ch es, '
in li gh t g re y with b lue an d re d un i t a nd route ma r ·k -
in gs . Th ere is also a 9 page i n t r oduct ion g i v in g
inter~ s tin g details ' of org an i s a t ion and w ~aPon s . We
l e arn , f o r inst a nce, t h at th e 4 pd r gu n c o u l d f ire "
canis t er 400- 500 ya r d s an d soli d s h ot 820 - 920 ya r d s .
 At - the back of the volume are biographic ' -
td sketaohes- of Napoleon 's-- inars-hals and other
military figures of the age, totetherwith a
'tlibliography of some 3 00 titles~ Robin s-ays
that he leaves i1; to the military historian
to estimate its practical value but for the
Napoleonic wargamer - i t ' s ~ MUSTI
_ Still on Napoleonic's - ' old readers ~ill
~ecall that the book WEL L INGTON IN THEPEN~N­
SULA' by JAC WELLER (Nicholas Kaye, London 63s---)
wa -s reviewed in these pa g es last year and was
6 t a t 'e d t 0 b e p 0 s sib 1 y the n ear est a 11 pro a c h t 0
1he ideal book for wargamers to use in a
really
proctical sense when plannin g cam p ai g ns. It is
!possible to work through this book, using the
- excellent'war g ames style' m aps~ and use the
Volume as a campai g n 'handbook'. This i~ now
o eing done by a number of war g a mers and, more
to the pOint, by g roups or cl ubs of " warg amers
,J oth in this-- country and in Am erica. This b oo k
1s wonderful, but it is pos s ibly a little dear
t or the poc k et of the avera g e war g a mer - which
-:l akes - it ideal as a 'clu -b' buy to use collect-
i vely. I believe t h a~ it is pos s i b ly g oin g ou t
e f print shortly an d if di f ficulties are found
~"n g ettin g it lo ca ll y , I can g et it f or an y one
i nterested as i t ' s pu b lis h ers are ~ lso my own
? ub lishers an d we are g ood f riendsl
k nother g ood f riend to the 0 ar g a mer is
~he pu b li sh in G fi rm of Ian Allan, whose books
~ ere f ul l y revie we d in the s e p a g es last 6 0nth.
~ h is wee k t h ey s ent me a copy of a really f in~
~ ittle b oo k let BR I TISH AR Uy ' VEH IC L ES AND EQU I ~
- TIN T - Part Two - AHT I LLERY . At 3/6d t h is is a
- Go l ly g ood b uy Bn d shoul d b e on all sh elves -
- Ii g i v es the fu llest (l eta11s of th e m os t mod e ::.'n
' l~ i p~ ent and mode r nists will f in d it i n v8 1ua~
.
'"
J •

I a m told that it is p os s i b 1~ to pur~ hase

rom the Tank Museum at Bo vin g t on, Dor s et, a
:)ok called 'A -SH ORT HI STO ~tY 7TH Aln:OU RED DIV-
' S ION , June 1943-Julj 1 945; I ";, -i.s p Dc l{ e d with
. nf ormntion on the move me nt fE:.. ()~ th i . s f a rr. ed
i on, p h 0 to g rap h s o n d a }) 0 c l: e t wi t h m8 Ii s at
: c" - it i s - a h a r d - b :1 ek e d '0 c' 0 k P 1.1 :) 1 i sh e d
by the Army a n d it costs t he ri ~i c ulo us
of t \'l O shillin Gs and si x pence ( 3 3c ) J
r would like to t a ke thi~ oppoitunity 6f
remin d in g r eaders that the~ can obtain a very
in~ere stin g ~nd full list of secon~U~nd and
ne w milit a ry boo k s b ~ m ~rel y writin g to A.A.
John s ton of 1 Telston Close, Bo u rne End, Bu c les.
Just re ad ing t h is list mak es me dro'l - th e r e
is a lwa y s s omethin g of int e rest a nd is a ve ry
fine in c entive fa ctor to mak e me"e a rn more
.cn s h sot 11£l t I c a n b uy m0 r e h 0 ok s ! Dr. J a h n s ten
also ca n s up p ly prints of milit ary uni f o rm s of
ma n y c o untries a nd carries a g oo d s toel-: of
colo ured trans p are n cies of "Ame r i ca n Civil Ba r
and I/ orld l"hn s One and Tw o.
I am told th at t h e r e h a s be en a mention
of this ma g azine in a number of othe r. p erio d ic-
a 1 s r e c en t ly • The !Iva 1 on- Hill " GElT EtAL ha s
kin d l y g iven us a wri t e-up a nd, in re t u~n, we
would ur g e reade~s to c ont a ct this g roup for
details not only of th eir ma g az ine but also o f
the won d erful ian g e of reali st ic military g ames
that they ma k e. Address is- 2 1 0 rl est 28 th Street
Baltimore, Mar y land, US!': . Then t h ere h as· b een
mentions in the Nm"1S SPE CIAl) that is a lways
en c losed in each month's c opy of TH E RA I LWA Y
MODE LLE R (monthly 2/ 6 d ) and a lso in its more
or less co mpa nion jOlanal I:BOD EL ROADS l,lID RIIC-
I NG (monthly 2/6d) Both o f these ma i a z ines are
put out by P ECO PUBL ICATI ON S of SEATON , DEV ON
who ar~ well known as me kefs of model rail way
an d c a r- ra c ing a c c e s s-urie s. 1\ 11 wtiI-'g:a me r s wh cy" "
find fae!:cination in b uildin g up realistic terr-
ains over which to f i g h t t h eir b attles should
buy these t wo papers b ecause it's here t h at y ou
will g et the ideas ana ~lso the bamBs of the
sup p liers y ou will v/snt. ""-
In t e 1'e s~ in g boo k s r e c e n t 1 Y r e :::\ d -
THE :D R U11S 0 F KlH1AS I (T h e f. s han t i ;~l.a r s) by
J~ "lan Lloyd (Lon g mans 25/-) "
THE BA TTLES OF THE BOE R DA R - one of " the now
well-kno wn Batsford ' Battles' series.
COV ENM'l" T l:JITH :DEATH by Jo h n Harris -:- a paper-
back version of the g re a t b ook of Dorld IT ar One
HE ~ PRIVA TE S DE by FredEric Manning ( WUOne)
 Roger Moores of BAOR writes that the WEST
FOINT AT'LAS OF AMERTCAN WARS gives ' the impression
of following a s~ries of war ga~es from a great
height when looking at its maps. Thiff book, with a
detailed Order of Battle, lists regiments and all
r€~evant facts ~ that a wargamer could stage the
I' most realistic campaigns and battl es withou t ever
I
reading any other bookl It comes in , 2 vols and is
probably fairly ex p ensi~e~ De~ling-.ith a boo kl ~t
p Ll b 1 ish e d b Y J a c k S'c l' U by 0 f 2 04 4 , S. ~ in woo d t.. v e. ,
Visalia., California; Roger ' says: IIf ' only other
historians would write as well as does Newell
Chamberlin in his CIVIL WAR IN THE WEST - not many
of them list their bibliographies as he does - I
s u spect that that mak es up the facts as they g o
along s~metimes~ ,
A Napoleonic fan, Roger hB~ considerable data
on uniforms etc ot the period and wi ll ~ e - pleased
to help anyone who 0 ~ites to him (S/Sgt~R. M oores;
RASC-~ PA'- to the BGS ., HQ BA OR., BFPO 40). His
in f or ma tion has b een cull ed fr om such b a ckgr ound
mat e ria 1 a s Art hu r ' Br y a nt' s t rio log Y - YEAR S OF
VICTORY etc on the Napoleonic Wars. Roger thinkgs
that it is e ss'ential f or a ll of ' Us to read up a
lot of stu ff that we are not g oin g to US e directly
s o that we can g et the right at mosp he re. He g oes
on to reco mm end also the sets o f c~rdsput out by
Rep.e North of 1 5 Inverness Terrace, Lond on, 17 .2.
which also g ive a lot of b ackg round information.
1'1'~e ffe card sal' e i ss u.e d i n s et s 0 f six at 6/- or
6 /6d p er set t og ether with colouring instruc t ions
a nd are a mine of information f or th e ma n who is
sh ort of information orfinds 'd if ficu lty in g ett-
in g to kn o w the ri g h~ sources.
Ken Trotman of 3 Ash Close, Neph ill, Hi gh
Ty com be, B u c k s ., put S 6 Ll t ' l' e g u 1 a r ' 1 i st s ' 0 f b oo k s"
d ealin g with milit ary $ub;j ects - a 'must 1 for the
r~l an interes-ted in arms and armour.

I am also t61dthat it is pos s i bl~ to f ind

s ome difficult books thr ou g h the se~vices of Barry
Cole Books of 18 Great P erc y Street, Finsbury,
Lond on, VI . C.l., , , ,' , ' , ,
Elsewhere in this ' m a ~ ~ z inethei~ is a list '
of books that the Ed itor has been asked to sell.
)n ' t' ffe nd c~sh - if they hav en't g one y o u can pay
1"' .,
 Doesn't seem to be muc h new this month -
ex c--ept that t he -la t e st f,IRFIX of ferin g in t h e
model soldier f ield has turn e d out to b e -
wa it f or it - rWB I H HO CD - J\l'lD IIIS rmETI Y L'fnN .
I ha ven't seen th ese y et, bu t it i s ho ped t ha~
the y will ba a b l e t 6 b e co n verted i nt o s o meth-
i ng th at we ca n use. Or el ~ e mad e t o f or m th e
bOsis of our 20mm Ancient Ar mies - c o u ld be
Engl ish archei's of Ag in coL:rt Dn d Crecy in that
b ox!
Rea-d er s will b e mos t interested t o kn o w
t h :3 t I h 8 V e h a c1 a m0 s t i n :C0 r mat i ve a n d 0 b v i 0 11 sly
co o perat ive le tte r f~ o ~ the Mana g i ng Director
of AIRF IX PRODU CTS LTD ., wh o sa y s :
" \V e se~ect probably bet ween three a nd f i 'We
itens pel'" y ~ar Qnd naturally th e y must c over £]
wide _ f ield. The main obj ect b ein g t ha t we proG-
uce thes e modela·· ~hich we t h ink will s a tisfy
a mass market and we do n aturally tr y t o incr-
ude mod ~l s wh ich we feei will a p pea l to y o u r
Societ y . T o ma k e a mould f or Bn y of these it-
em s t ak es anythin g ' f rom three to f ive months,
this b ein g the time b e f ore we are ab le t o take
the first I sh ots' -and then s ometines 'Xif it is}!
conplicated mo u ld, - it may take us a further
month to si x 0eeks to g et t h e mou l d in -g ood
working order. The re f o re , it is i mpo ss i bl e for
us to g ive f or ward planning with any a ccurac-Y.
If anypubiication is made in advance of
us havin g the m od~ls re ad y we find that we are
inund a ted with let t ers which caus e us a lot o f
correspondcne writing b ack that w~ a~e makin g
the a rt-icle but then we cannot g ive any furtht=r
details owing to the uncertainty ' of the deliv-
ery d a tes 6£ these co mpl i6 at ed mculd$_ and this
causes -iii lot . of bad f eelin g ." - "
S o, tbercyou ore, e cntlonen • obviously
NIRF I X are tryin g to help us but they have to
loo k at it from a c omm er c ial angle - so be
pat~e nt and try to restr ~ in from holding u p t~
works by wrttin g to them J
 Tothos~many readers wbo have written me
concerning the wonderful range of 20~m figures
of Spanish manufacture that can be obtained vfu
the Model GeneralIs Club ' - the address ' of Gera:xd
de Gre i~ - BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-6N-HUDSON,
NEW YORK, U. g '. /l . rIrite about these if you are
a 20mm fan because they seem to h8 ve a ' variety
.-omparable only . with Jack Scruby' s outpourings.
Incidently, to those who keep on aski'n g me
where y ou can g et 20mm American Civil Oa~ cavn~
lr~ ' - the only places I know apart from those
mentioned [1 b ove are Jack SCT uby and Hinton Hunt
Figures. Jack also turns out figures for just
about any period yoU can name - both in 20 and
I i:.oa. 30mm sizes (he also does some 40mm stuff now)
Whilst Hinton Hunt Figures do a wonderful range
of completely original Napoleonic figures and
I give substantial price reductions for bulk
purchases. These figures are, of course, all
unpainted which leaves' this fascinating ana
n~cessa~ily-accurate job to the actual war g amer
himself. Its much more fun when you've painted
!l g ood ' job or c1 tsc 'o vered some unusual uniform
soet-up! .
I ' am told that Hamley's To y shop in Regent
Street, Lon d on are now stocking ROS KO]?F models
of modern tanks and equipment. This is a very
long o v erdue event and places .this fantastic'
ran g e of mo d ern e~ui~ment at the ready avail-
a bility of the wa rg mer n.ow. .
Corl J ohnson of 131 3 , Wickapecko D~ive,
.!\ s b u r y l' a rk 11, IT e w J e r s e y 07 7 1 2, JID . S .A., t elI,s
me th a t he has located an interestin g adhesive
~8 11ed IHRA C'L E BL!I CK HAG IC J\ DH E SIVE that will
'1 0 ld Air f i x plasticfigures to movin g -stands
; nd msy a lso b e s pread into intere s tin g terra:in
: c at uies - when painted it rese mb le~ e~rth or
~ r ::: s s. \7 r i t e to Carl a n d s end 7 0 c ( 5 / - ) •
Re 20mm American Civil rlar fi g ures - don't
f or g et (as I did) the wonderf~l Thomas Ind~st­
ries range - the y are at Shawnee, Oklahoma, U~
 !.~; 0 r G C. · ,,~ r e 8 son i t 8 1 \'1 8 ~T s s e e :n s 11 a r d tom a k e
realistic lOGkin g sections of r oad a nd river on
one's terrain set-outs. I hav e now seen s~~every
natural strips of roa d and river that can be paint-
ed to choice - put out by BELLONA or DELTORAMA -
I never seem to know which name is ri g ht! The se
can b e recommended f or the terrain-minded gargam e r .
I n my last issue I mad e cert a irt re f er enc e s t o
pos sibl e pric e redu ct ions i n the a cc e ss orie s put
o ut by this or ga ni sa tion. I have bee n ask ed to s ay
that th e y are tryi n g to f ind b e tte r methods of
production to lower c o sts , and unt il this i s d one
prices will re m~ in c onst ant bu t non-selling items
will b e deleted. 00000 00000· 00000

~~~E~~_ SERVICE~
In the Sa Ie s D n d \'J an t sse ct i on a t the b ade
of the book y ou wi ll f ind an interestin g advert
insert~d by an e nterpr i sing y o un g American, J oel
Z'i s k in. He wr ite s : "In the ol d walled section of
Nu rnber g a r~ t wo sh o ps of intere st to milit a r y
collectors - one 8 b oo kst ore, the other ' The '1' in
F i gu re cabinet' run by Herr Harald Ke bb el. The
latter especial ly o ffe rs a gr e at am o unt of plates ,
c i gar e t te e a r d s , p a i n tin g s , b oo lc s , mo d e 1 sol d i e r s
and military a~tiques on the Ger ma n ar med f orc es
of a 11 per i 0 d s • Ever y tim e I vis i t t he s e s t 0 res i t
bothers me that this wealth of in f or mat ion sh ou l d
be limit~d to the hU n dr e d or sb model f i gu re c oll-
ectors of Nurnberg. Therefore, in my advert, I
have offered · my services in locatin g a n y de s ired
information on the Germa n or Austrian Arm ies" •.
Joel ~ls o says that he been ft iven th e na me of -
Edward T5ayhew of Keeper ' s Cotta g e, Snap e, Ssxmund -
ham, Nor f olk as ' s maker . of 5 4rrim f i g ures of Ind i a n
Arm y t roo:p s ·. Doe san y on e h av e any in f or mat ion
about this maker or his s ol Qiers ?
SA(V)P.Haywood 1'.058146 of EM S.Rooke, Gi b ralt-
e r., say s t hat the rriu S Eni m ,. 0 nth e Roc k i s veri t - a
able mi ne of in f or mati on on b oth Br iti sh and Soan-
ish armies from 1700 onwards . He wi ll. be plea se d
to g ive any in f ormation tin uri i f or ms etc of the
forces that 'h ave been stationed at Gibrelter dur i ng
those y ears.
 B~r M oor~ says: "I
must echo Malcolm W oolgar!~ '
YOU WRITE cri du coeur about the la c k
of EASILY ACCESSIBLE infor-
'TO US tIIat"ion. I appreciate that
~ some of us enjoy the fun
" i \ and games of research, but
not ali of us have the time, or a good library handy '.
Here, but iri thewildi of BAOR, is a case in point,
and sometimeithe iriformation can be a little e x pen-
sive to obtain. There are three things-, that war-gamer
need o~er arid~ b ov~the " usual campaign histories -
which Are fairly easy to get hold of -
1; Or g anisation of units (i.e. number of men etc)
2. Un if arm s - 1. n c 1 u ding de t ail s Mr. VI 0 01 gar ask s
for;eg rank badges, haVersacks, water- b ottle stra p s
etc. 3 . Flag s and standards,
These items are not all that easy to f ind, except in
specialist books~ In fact, after a lot of hard work
on the Na poleonic era, 1 've not found out much a b out
fla g s and standards yet. ' The g reat consolation i ,s th a t
amon g s t the na r G ~ m~s fraternity R member ' who k no ws'
can a l wa ys be f oundl '"
Fel l o w war g amei' of Ro g er Moores is Ca~tain_:Q.:..Q.!.
Sm ith a lso of BAOR., who tells me: "Brian a xter,
Ro g er n oores and I rrave been g aming quite often a nd
Brian's g enius for reproducin g functional det a il is
real l y e xtr a ordinary. We g ot to g ether on a June even-
in g to f i g ht the culmina t in g batt le of a short c amp-
ai g n with Brian Ba xter,and ~ i k e Cart wright (a yeun g
s ubaltern from my ' re g iment who h a s b eco me infected
with tho bu g) on one side 8i1d Hog er a nd I on the other
Bri a n' 9 crack " Schrec k tru pn en" (All APC or tan k with
a f anta ~~ ic w ei ~ hi of he a~ y a rtiller y su p port in the
wa y 0 f 3 6 ' 8 !! . roc k e t s', ' a 11 ' AP C m0 un ted) we rea t te rn p t -
ing to destroy a base-area whi c h Ro g er and I were
de fe ndin g . Than k s t~ man y luck y dice th i o ws and a
tenden cy on B riBn's " p~rtto f oreg t the o cc a s ional weap
on, we ma nag e d t6hol d hi m off i 6r q u ite a ti me a l t h-
ou g h our enii-t a nk 17pdrs were rapidl y " reduced f rom
3 to 1 ~ ithout anyhavingfiied B shritJ ~empus Fugi~
ho wevei, arid bef6r~ : ~~ k n~wit; 3 b'clock was upon u s
and da wn c r eepiri g over the hori z onl We declare d the
contes't a b loody dra w an d Mike /::ln d I then motored the
? O-o d d miles b a c k io Kre f eld, mut t erin g d ar kly ab o ut
r i nn' S' 8 " r o ck etsJII
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arDies o f v ar io u s vorgam ers and an inter&sting
arti c le by Bill GUnson which wa s ' only l ~c king
infor mation on his cavalry or g anisation. Would
it be pos s ible for the 'statesmen' of wargaming
to ,'J rite articles on their armies - o r G'Cl nisation,
un i f or ms e t '::: ., toG' e the r v/ it h ,'t he tit 1 e s 0 f b oo Ie s
that they reco mmend f or thei r pn r t icul Dr period?"
C.H. Sh ort of Essex , ki ndly tell s us - " !I s
accessorie-s-for t h e ir b uil d in g k i ts , LEGO mn rlcet
a box of f ive di~' f er0nt trees - 8 p ine, popler,
weeping willOW and t wci frGit trees - and a bush .
These trees are f l~ t end very li g ht and the boxes
sell a t 2/3d each".
Peter 1,ii oollacott of N ortholt has b een very
busy :-liAs a--his-toryteEicher in a lo c al secondary
modern school 1 sh o w eds6m~ 6f the boys the , bo ok
WA R G !l L~ ES th a t 1 had reco mm ended f or the school
libr a ry. Al most at once 1 via s pressed to arrange
a demons't ration g a me elll rin g one ' of the weel(l y
meetin gs of the Histor y S ociety, so t wo o f the
lads nroduced Air f i x armies of Am eric a n Civil
\7ar t~O()PS ( vlith the inevita b le co wb oy cavalry)
Several de sks from the classroom were made into
a bat tIe fie I d 3 n d text b oo 1;: s f or medt h e con t 0 u r s •.
Football, g irl-friends, even the Beetles were
forgotten and f iftyyo un g- £s6es c r owded round
the S'Cene of action. At 5 .30., the school care-
ta k er finally had to turn u s out "but by then
the bug had well and truly ta k en. Since that
firwt battle we have had ab out six other eng a g e-
ments, incl u ding one major campai g n for five
hours on Op~n Day. Thi~ is a day when parents
visit the school to see our activities and the
c row dar 0 un d the VI 9. r g a me s tab 1 e n eve l' s la eke ned •
I am s 'u re this interest by scnool childre~ mllst
be a g ood thing for the hobby, but th~ir purses
are severely limited wh ich ~akes Airfix ~ i G' llres
S'O ideal for . their purposes. 11

.Qa:r.!..2E.hn~~ of 'N e w J ersey says: rr~ • Mdb nlls :

mentions in a p a st ' :Hel'is-letter his\~orl( iri conv-
erting Airfix'legionaires. To date, us i ng wood a
-burning tool, my wargaming partner Fr_e d Pettet
has had fantastic results with his ~onv e r~ions.
1 have been using a low temperature, constant
 he !t soldering iron; Ou~ conv~rsions have b een Civil
i Wel' Zouaves with k epi's, f e z 'z es" and turbans painted
a ~ the ? t h N . Y; 4 4 t h N . Y; 1 46 t h N • Y; 6 9 t h N. Y; 15 5t h
?,s "1 Louisiana Ti e ers and Pelicans~ Fred made some
tn:. 0 ri c a v al r y rid e r s'" in 0 v e r co at s ! The n e \II J a pan e He "
a :- e ver y" g ood for Civil \'ja r f i Gures - Berdan's Sharp-
s : ooters, Confederates etc - ana also can be ma de in"1
t o 1915 Britis h and 1 917 French. They re qu ire very
l it tle wor k . The new Russians can b e made into ~n I
Ger mans and Con f edera t es or Ya nl<ees with their
b~: anket rolls and boots - Fre d us ed 80 me of these
f er his ca valry riders. F or a number of y ears we have
h ad a r u le that troops re mov ~ d from a supply area w h~
i '; was cap t ured b y the e n e my . N0 \V W e h a v e add e d a
prison c omp ou.nd or st' ock ad e wh ich, wh en captvred, adds
a ~ r ay . ~ f men t o y o u r army e 8c h turn f or which y ou
ho l d it. Th e theory is that y ou are rea~ m in g the men.
We use a li mit of t en ne ,w trays' p er gam e."
\v il 1 i~~ ~~l!£~ of 535 , Edg e wa ter Drive, Dunedin
Fl ori d a, eSA ., asks f or h 'e lp : "I wa nt in f orm a tion on
the un i f or m~ worn by the 3 r d ~ald e ck Re g i ment, which
was r a ise d f ro m t h e P~ i nce lin g o f Dn l d ec k and played
an i mportant part in the de f ence of Bri tish West Flor~
ida a g ainst the Span i sh dLl ri ng th e . Am eri ca n Revol uticn,"
D a!!~_Ke!.£hu m of Nee dham , f:lass., USJ\'; tells me -
"'Our club is p rincipall y intereste d in modern warg ames
o l thoG g h we dabb le in mo st a n yth in g , inclUdin g navaQ
gam e s . Bob Bu nch has amas~ed a hu g e c olle ct ion of AH ~
e qu i pment a nd Air fix f i g ures - he pr oba b l y has several
hundred of the f or mer a n d t h o ll s a nds o f the latter. He
a 1 s o p 0 s s e ~, s e s a fa n t R S t i c 5 ' x 9 ' s' an d t a lJ 1 e, s 0 we
h a v e man y G 11. an C e s f o r c ompI e x mod ern gam e s • Di c k Ben n-
ett and I u re interested in mo d ern war i n th e Mi dd le
Eas t Bnd are planning ma ny acti v ites f or whe n we g et
e n 0 L1 g h 0 f t 11 e neVi 11 i r f i x t, r a b s • J on B 1 0 0 m i s c olI e c t-
i u g a C i~il Uar a r my e nd plan n i n g 8 myth i ca l De ste rn
c8 r:1 pai{; n . I be lo n g to the ~\ i d e \Vat er No val 1:J argam e s
g rou p Dnd fi g ht Nap oleonic, 1 880 ' s Dnd 1 s t Dorld Da r
se a 8c ti on swith Richard Heaps . All in al l~ we hav e
~ " f airly d iverse colle6tion of armies and f leets a nd
g reatly enjoy our se l v es when ever we me e~. The o ff ic-
ial title of our c l u~ is the Ne edham W elle~ly ~a ~ga m~
Club ' and we try t6 hav e a g a me eVery wee k or 86 alth~ .
u ~~ o u r ~ eeti n g s Dr e sel~ o m ~ e G u lQr Bnd the wh ole org·
;r<: i on i s :J:'8 irly :L nf or ;::a l . 1I
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