Chassuer Ardennais Rifle battalion

 Chassuers Ardennais 1st Battalion 

Completed four companies of FAA and Blitz/Battlefield miniatures for my First Chassuer Ardennais regiment. These chaps have been awaiting completion since the end of March and as I am going through a completion and clearing of my desk I thought I should get them done 100% including company markings. Really happy with the results. I still have another battalion to build, however I hope to use FAA for them too, but with the tariffs all over the place. I will need to continue my search online I think. 

1st company 

Second company 

Third company 

Fourth company

Light mortar attached to HQ

LMG attached to each company (Need two more)

Cheers

Matt

  Belgian commanders 

Two completed bases for my WW2 Belgian army, a mix of Chasseurs Ardennais, Infantry, Cavalry and motorcyclists. Very happy with the results 

Commander, horses and Uhlan are FAA, the Chasseur Ardennais is Early War Miniatures 

The commander is FAA, radio operator is AB, the Chasseur, cavalryman and table are Early War Miniatures. 

Cheers

Matt

Chasseur Ardennais Support Battalion part 2

  Chasseur Ardennais Support part 2

Again a mix of FAA, and EWM miniatures These pieces were purchased to attach to my existing battalion that was already painted. 

Chasseur Ardennais HQ element, OC, medic, DBT mortar and various ORs.

Light machine guns, one BAR and one Lewis lmg, to be attached to existing battalion 

Chasseur Ardennais battalion support weapons 

MMG company one French Hotchiss MMG and one 30 cal Browning 

Brandt 81mm mortar 

Gun company 

Cart pulled FRC C76mm gun

Vehicle towed C76mm FRC 

Belgian T13 tank destroyers

 Belgian T-13 tank destroyers 

Painting has moved at a snail pace this week as I have been renovating on the top floor again, laying tiles in a new bathroom and painting 1/1 scale. I did manage to get these done though yesterday though. Infantry battalion and chasseur battalion not far behind. Really happy with the resin Retrotracks 1/72 T13 kits . I do need to source crew from EWM or perhaps foundry French crew for the T13s again they have hand painted markings,. The Vickers is a FAA model  as is the crewman. 

T13 two for my Cyclist Frontier or infantry 

T13 B two for my chasseur ardennais 

Vickers tractor “Eliza” for my infantry (red collar tabs)

Cheers

Matt

Belgian Chasseur Ardennais support Battalion

Belgian Chasseur Ardennais support Battalion 

Each Regiment of the Belgian Army has four regiments, 3 rifle and one support battalion. It consisted of MG, mortar, infantry gun and antitank companies. Interesting the T13 and T15 light tanks were regarded as self propelled Anti tank vehicles. 

The Belgians had a wide mix of light and medium machine guns. The light squad weapons were the BAR 30 model, Lewis, and the Hotchiss M1909, Chauchat M1915. 

Bar machine gun

BAR lmg

Light Mortars were the  and the DBT 50mm, one in each company, in rapid fire one in the HQ company 

The medium machine gun included the Vickers, Maxim 08, Maxim 1911,  Colt 1914, FM 1914 and the Hotchiss 1914. 

Anti tank was the superb Fonderie Royale de Canons Modèle 1931 47mm

A interesting development of this gun, it used the same carriage and trail as the 76 FRC canon. The Chassuer Ardennais carried two barrels on their vehicle the 47mm anti tank and the 76mm IG on the Vickers carrier or Alvis Straussler Hefty so they could be swapped out as required. 

Bofors mountain gun, cannon 76mm model 34 infantry support gun.

Cheers

Matt