WWII Early war french

[worrywort]

This is my wish !

Some tanks, trucks, armoured cars, tow, anti aircraft, anti tank gun etc. for the french army.

Can I hope to see some of them ?

[lou passejaire]

i have done a list of avaible / missing models elsewhere ... if this is of interest ...


French Cars
a lot used, none in miniature

French "Camionette ( van )
a lot used, none in miniature


french Trucks :
Citroen type 45 3,5 tons : Warlord games ( and not 4,5 tons as said by warlord )


French Coach
Citroen type 45 Coach : Warlord Games

Foreign vehicles : ( around 1100 for the italian ones, and 7000 for the US ones were issued to french army before June 1940. US 2,5 tons trucks were mainly supplied to motorized infantry regiments )

Fiat Spa38 :
Fiat 626N :

Chevrolet TA 1,5 tons : Minairons Miniatures
GMC ACK 353 2,5 tons :
Studebaker K25 :
White 504S :
Dodge VH48 :




Artillery tractors :

for 75mm & 105mm :
Unic P107
Citroen Kegresse P17 : expected from Mad Bob Miniatures
Laffly S15T

for 47mm AC & 25mm AA
Laffly/Hotchkiss W15T : Mad Bob Miniatures

for 25mm AC
Laffly/Licorne V15T
Latil M7T1
Unic TU1
Renault UE : included in Hungarian Kickstarter from Mad Bob Miniatures

Armored Supply Carriers

Infantry
Renault UE : included in Hungarian Kickstarter from Mad Bob Miniatures
Tanks
Lorraine TRC 37L : Mad Bob Miniatures ( but if you want a trailer , you have to buid one using the lorraine 38L trailer )

armoured transport :

Berlier VUDB  (in morocco ) : Mad Bob Miniatures
Lorraine 38L with trailer      : Mad Bob Miniatures

Unarmoured Transport :

Command and discovery vehicles ( VLTT )
Citroen Kegresse P19B :
Lorraine 72
Laffly/Licorne V15R
Laffly S15R


"véhicules de dragons portés"

Citroen Kegresse C4 P10 :
Citroen Kegresse P19 :
Laffly S20TL :  Mad Bob Miniatures
Lorraine 28 :

French autocanon:

Laffly W15 TCC                   : Mad Bob Miniatures

French Armoured cars :

Chevrolet M37 Armoured car : Empress Miniatures
AMC P 16 M 29                      : Warlord games, Company B
LAFFLY 50 AM                      : 1st corps ( WW1 model, for WW2 change wheels, weapons and headlights )
CITROËN KEGRESSE P 28  :
RENAULT AMR 33               :
PANHARD 165-175             :
LAFFLY 80 AM                      : Mad Bob Miniatures
LAFFLY S 15 TOE              :
RENAULT ZF - AMR 35        : Army Group North,
PANHARD 178                      : Army Group North, Warlord games,
RENAULT ACG 1  AMC 35    : Army Group North,
DODGE TANAKE :  ( one comming from JTFM )


French Tanks :

Renault FT            : Brigade games, 1st corps, Trenchworx ( for now as kickstarter )
FCM 2C                     : Warlord games, ( même si seuls 6 exemplaires étaient en service )
Renault D1            : Warlord games,
Renault D2    :
Char B1         :
Renault R35/R39   : Army Group North, Warlord games,
Hotchkiss H35            : Army Group North
Somua S35            : Army Group North, Blitzkrieg Miniatures, Warlord games,
FCM 36              :
Char B1 bis              : Army Group North, Warlord games,
Hotchkiss H39            : Army Group North
Renault R40           : Warlord games,


Guns avaibility

Anti-tank guns :

25mm SA34 : Crusader Miniatures
47mm SA37 :
75mm Mle1897/33 :
75mm L/53 TAZ Mle1939

Anti Aircraft guns :

20mm Mle1939 Oerlikon
25mm Mle1938 Hotchkiss
40mm Bofors Mle1938/1939 : Warlord Games ? seems OOP
Autocanon de 75mm Mle1913/34
75mm CA of various types

Mountain artillery :

65mm Mle 1906 : Brigade games 
75mm Mle 1928
105mm Mle 1928

field artillery :

75mm Mle1897 : Brigade games, Scarab Miniatures, Old Glory, Empress miniatures . You will have to exchange the crew .
75mm Mle1897 mod 1938 1940 : Warlord Games, Battle Honours, Perry Miniatures ( it's the gun with tyres )
105mm C :
105mm L :Mad Bob Miniatures
155mm C :Mad Bob Miniatures

and that's only for early war 

[ripley]

I think a Hotchkiss H-35 might be a good tank to produce . Various types can be built with a few extra parts . A H-39 can be made by adding the longer L33 gun . An anti ditching tail skid can be added to either type . Change the commanders vision cupola to a split hatch type and add tripod aerial to the right rear fender for a German Pz.Kpfw H 35 / 39 . A round cover with a split hatch or just a molded canvas cover would convert it to a German artillery tractor or a Munition Schlepper . There was also a German version with two rocket projectors each side like the 251 /1  Stuka  Zu Fuss

[lou passejaire]

dear , you're wrong ... on 2 points !
there are some differences between H35 and H39 .
and most of the H39 were issued with the 37mm SA18 short gun.
in fact, due to poor production level only a a third of the H39 tanks were issued the 37mmSA38 long barrel gun in may 1940 ...

[ripley]

True some differences but I think at this scale it won't really matter too much  ( ok maybe  to some rivet counters I know ) . I was trying to give Rubicon a easy way to give us a variety of versions  ( 2 French , 3 German ) with a small extra parts count above the basic kit .  I would love to get a totally accurate kit of the H-35 but the time and cost to produce plus the parts count would make it impractical for war gaming . Heck even the larger 1/35 scale companies Trumpeter and Hobby Boss have short cuts and omissions in their  kits .