Post by lemaitre on Mar 16, 2009 7:39:58 GMT -5
Hi all,
following on from my similar posting on the Allied Forum, how many people in the UK are there currently building an Indochina impression? Assuming there isn't an active unit as such already (not wishing to step on any toes
), my idea was to get everyone together into a 'battalion de marche'. This means that everyone is free to pursue their own impression but can also get together in an ad hoc unit much as they did in theatre when units sufferred heavy casualties in the field.
6e BPC is a fascinating unit. I'm currently considering basing my impression on a colonial para or on one from the 2e BEP. I've found a web site(can't remember the url at the moment' listing all the various combinations of uniform and equipment used by 2e BEP for any given time period. This also ties in with my post regarding the use of German splinter material. A photo of a legionaire at DBP shows field made splinter trousers. I read somewhere that this was more common for units deployed in Laos (can anyone confirm this). Seeing as 2e BEP spent a lot of time in Laos, would this make them good candidates for such kit?
I hope that we can all get together in the future.
Cheers
.
following on from my similar posting on the Allied Forum, how many people in the UK are there currently building an Indochina impression? Assuming there isn't an active unit as such already (not wishing to step on any toes
), my idea was to get everyone together into a 'battalion de marche'. This means that everyone is free to pursue their own impression but can also get together in an ad hoc unit much as they did in theatre when units sufferred heavy casualties in the field. 6e BPC is a fascinating unit. I'm currently considering basing my impression on a colonial para or on one from the 2e BEP. I've found a web site(can't remember the url at the moment' listing all the various combinations of uniform and equipment used by 2e BEP for any given time period. This also ties in with my post regarding the use of German splinter material. A photo of a legionaire at DBP shows field made splinter trousers. I read somewhere that this was more common for units deployed in Laos (can anyone confirm this). Seeing as 2e BEP spent a lot of time in Laos, would this make them good candidates for such kit?
I hope that we can all get together in the future.
Cheers
.
