{"id":5688,"date":"2016-09-13T09:41:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T09:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2016-09-13T09:41:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T09:41:59","slug":"gun-mount-on-sarissa-armored-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=5688","title":{"rendered":"Gun Mount on Sarissa Armored Train"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous post about a recent Poland 1939 Combat Patrol (TM) game, I showed some pictures of the Sarissa armored train MDF and paper kit. \u00a0In a couple of the pictures you can see an empty area that was obviously meant for some sort of weapon. \u00a0I thought that it would be a good place for an artillery observer or machine-gun crew. \u00a0Duncan found this picture on the Warlord Web site:<\/p>\n

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Carissa armored artillery carriage with quad anti-aircraft gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the train is obviously meant to be German, based on the shape of the turret provided for one of the other cars, I wanted it for a Polish armored train. \u00a0I did some looking for Polish WWII anti-aircraft guns and found these pictures.<\/p>\n

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Polish 40mm Bofors anti-aircfaft gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is a technique for anti-aircraft fire if you have no purpose-built anti-aircraft weapons. We were still taught this technique in the 1980s. I don't know if there is a documented case of this ever working.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I figured it shouldn’t be too hard to find a 40mm Bofors anti-tank gun in scale for 28mm figures. \u00a0Voila! \u00a0Warlord had one in their Bolt Action line.<\/p>\n

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I figure that I could file the edges of the helmets down and make this a passable Polish crew. \u00a0I have not seen the kit in person, but for every kit like this I have ever seen the carriage and the gun mount are separate. \u00a0I can use this as a ground-mounted gun in some scenarios and then put the gun in the train for other scenarios. \u00a0Unfortunately I just put in an order for Polish tankettes and the Wz-34 armored cars, so I won’t be ordering from Warlord any time soon, but it will go on my “next time I order” list.<\/p>\n