Tirailleurs Heavy Artillery Battery

SKU: BF-FRX08(A)
GTIN: 9420020218925
Category: Boxes

Tirailleurs Heavy Artillery Battery
(FRX08)
includes four 105mm L mle 1913 S (with 155mm C mle 1917 S option) with crew, one Command Rifle team, one Staff team, one Observer Rifle team, two Small bases, one Medium base & four Large bases.

29,75 €

incl. 19% VAT , plus

Old price: 35,00 €

Not in stock - long delivery time
Delivery time: 22 Workdays (Other countries)

Description

As well as the 36 75mm mle 1897 guns, an active infantry division also has 24 155mm C mle 1917 S heavy howitzers. These can be supplemented as needed by the fire of corps level 105mm L mle 1913 S long-range guns. Of more advanced design, but fewer in number than the 75mm mle 1897, was the excellent little Bourges 105mm Court mle 1935. It too had a relatively high rate of fire and was designed with a split trail that splayed the guns’ wheels outwards to provide additional protection for its crew.

The majority of these modern howitzers went to the various forms of cavalry division, although enough remained for the motorised and several other active divisions to replace their old 155mm C mle 1917 S heavy howitzers with this more mobile piece.

Barrel Options
The Tirailleurs Heavy Artillery Battery includes barrels for the 155mm C mle 1917 S gun and the 105mm L mle 1913 S gun.

French divisions usually mixed a light artillery regiment with the 75mm mle 1897 with a smaller regiment of heavier 105mm or 155mm howitzers. Their central fire control enabled them to combine the fire of both elements to produce devastating combined bombardments.

The 105mm L mle 1913 S Gun in Flames of War
105mm L mle 1913 S gun
Mobility: Immobile
Range: 24”/60cm
Rate of Fire: 1
Anti-tank: 9
Firepower: 2+
Gun shield

Firing Bombardments
Range: 80”/200cm
Anti-tank: 4
Firepower: 4+

Heavy Artillery Batteries may not be deployed in Ambush.
An artillery platoon with a Staff team can repeat an artillery bombardment in subsequent turns once it has ranged in on an aiming point. You do not need to roll again to range in, nor is there any penalty to the score needed to hit if your artillery Ranged In on the second or third attempts.
Observer teams need a good view of the battlefield in order to do their job correctly. Be sure to deploy them in a position where they have an excellent view of the battlefield such as on a hilltop or on the top floor of a multi-level building.

The 155mm C mle 1917 S Gun in Flames of War
155mm C mle 1917 S gun
Mobility: Immobile
Range: 16”/40cm
Rate of Fire: 1
Anti-tank: 10
Firepower: 1+
Bunker buster, Gun shield

Firing Bombardments
Range: 72”/180cm
Anti-tank: 5
Firepower: 2+

The 105mm L mle 1913 S gun and 155mm C mle 1917 S howitzer has a Gun shield which means that even if you fail a Gun save, your opponent must make a Firepower test to destroy that team. But remember, Gun shields only provide Bulletproof cover from shots fired from in front of the gun; they do not provide protection if a team moved At The Double or from artillery bombardments.
The 155mm C mle 1917 S howitzer is rated as Bunker Buster. When a weapon with this attribute scores a hit on a team in a building, it also hits every other team in the building. This can make your opponents think twice about using buildings for cover and concealment.
The figures and guns in the Tirailleurs Heavy Artillery Battery can be used to represent French forces during the campaign in France (i.e. Blitzkrieg) or to represent a French force in Burning Empires. You can even mix and match in the Greatcoat figures to add a flavour to your infantry bases.

Description of Components
2x Standing riflemen figures with rifle slung.
2x Officier figures.
1x Officier figure with map.
1x Officier figure pointing.
1x Pointing riflemen figure.
2x Table legs.
1x Tabletop
2x Kneeling gun crew figures with hand up.
4x Kneeling gun crew figures.
4x Standing gun crew figures with hand on face.
2x Standing gun crew figure with hand up.
4x Gun crew figures holding shell.
4x Standing gun crew figure with hand out.
1x Radio.
1x Kneeling riflemen figure.
1x Observer figure.
4x 105mm L 1913 S gun barrels.
8x Spoked wheels.
4x 155mm C mle 1917 S gun barrels.
8x Solid rubber wheels.
4x Gun trails.
4x Gun shields.
2x Small bases.
1x Medium bases.
4x Large bases.