Master list for the new Korean War range - Input required!

Started by Leon, 25 October 2016, 08:44:17 PM

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Which of these ranges would you be most likely to buy first?

American - Early war kit
11 (20.4%)
American - Later war kit
18 (33.3%)
British - Tropical kit
7 (13%)
British - Commandos
11 (20.4%)
British - Later war kit
21 (38.9%)
North Korean
32 (59.3%)
South Korean
12 (22.2%)
Chinese - Summer kit
12 (22.2%)
Chinese - Winter kit
25 (46.3%)

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Duke Speedy of Leighton

22 May 2017, 10:29:19 AM #165
Mix up at the repair pool?
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toxicpixie

22 May 2017, 10:39:57 AM #166
Well, the AMX13 does look like it shrank in the wash...
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

22 May 2017, 11:00:04 AM #167
French experiment, in case the 13 turret didn't work......
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toxicpixie

22 May 2017, 11:01:59 AM #168
Yes, the turret had some teething troubles and that got the hull out in combat capable fashion until they were worked through!
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Risaldar Singh

24 May 2017, 04:55:39 AM #169
Not quite teething problems: the Chaffee turretswere installed on AMX-13 chassis 6 years after the FL10 turret entered service. The French army had loads of Chaffees which were perfectly suited to colonial policing but were getting long in the tooth. Mating their turret with new hulls made the replacement much cheaper.

toxicpixie

24 May 2017, 08:07:16 AM #170
Ah right, all the stuff I'd read suggested it was due to production issues on the new turret as the chassis was ready well before and they wanted to "road test" it. Didn't know they used the Chaffee turret for so long!

Did they see any action?
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Sunray

24 May 2017, 08:48:59 AM #171
Quote from: toxicpixie on 24 May 2017, 08:07:16 AM
Ah right, all the stuff I'd read suggested it was due to production issues on the new turret as the chassis was ready well before and they wanted to "road test" it. Didn't know they used the Chaffee turret for so long!

Did they see any action?

As an Intel Boy, I studied the photograph - there :-
1. the 75mm low velocity gun on the Chaffee was deemed useful

2. The bigger turret allows a command/OP role - the inside of an AMX-13 is very cramped. 

Either way - its a very interesting image  :-

toxicpixie

24 May 2017, 09:27:00 AM #172
The "in use" photos all looked like Metropolitan France - I'm assuming from the comment they got deployed overseas though!

Having looked inside an AMX13 I can attest for the tinyness of the crew compartment. I ain't tall or weighty and even so I wouldn't want to try squeezing into it in anger :D
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

24 May 2017, 10:24:19 AM #173
Think the A13 might be in Algeria?
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toxicpixie

24 May 2017, 11:14:03 AM #174 Last Edit: 24 May 2017, 11:18:56 AM by toxicpixie
Yes, there's quite a lot French colonies that look very like Metropolitan France unless you get a wide view to catch the local sites!

A quick web search suggests they were deployed in Algeria but that's off a model kit box blurb :D
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

24 May 2017, 12:31:34 PM #175
Must admit I thought it was "test only".
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toxicpixie

24 May 2017, 12:48:21 PM #176
150 built and deployed, apparently! The remainder not used up in combat were then brought back and switched to driver training or expended as targets, so I read.

This is all "back of model box"W or "bloke on forums" but the photo's do suggest they were on active deployment over some time :)

The AMX turret on Chaffee hull was apparently a single test vehicle and unsatisfactory enough they junked it...
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Matt J

24 May 2017, 12:54:29 PM #177
Shame I much prefer the AMX turret on the Chaffee hull than tuther way round or even to AMX turret on the AMX hull!

Glad I read that before I started gluing some together  ;)
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toxicpixie

24 May 2017, 12:56:14 PM #178
Eh, glue away, I'm sure someone somewhere could be assumed to have bodged it into combat!

Both tanks were big in the "gray market users" area weren't they...
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PraetorianJC

22 June 2017, 02:10:37 AM #179
I just ordered a bunch of American tanks and WWII US Marines to begin making an American army. There wasn't much in the changes in American uniforms from WWII to Korea and, at 10mm, you really can't tell the difference. Any one else doing the same?
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