Category Archives: Periods – World War I

The ‘Pulemet Maksima’ 1910 Machine Gun

Posted on December 9, 2018 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan My favourite machine gun! It had the longest production run of any of the numerous Maxim versions made, and was made in vast numbers. I’ve not encountered an estimate for the numbers manufactured but someone else may … Continue reading →

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20mm Austrian WWI plastic figures review

Posted on October 21, 2018 by George Arnold

Rob Morgan likes this HaT set of figures and finds a number of ways that they can be useful in gaming. It’s on the Reviews page.

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Rules for WWI air combat added

Posted on September 30, 2018 by George Arnold

Here’s another addition to the rules page: Kevin White’s rules for aerial combat in World War I. They’re on the Complete Rule Sets page.

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The Mortier de 58T No. 2

Posted on September 9, 2018 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan It’s a fair bet that no US reader examining these photographs will recognise this World War I trench mortar. It’s one of the standard Allied types of the war, used all along the Western Front, and in … Continue reading →

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No Contraband!

Posted on February 7, 2018 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan I originally wrote this for the Naval Wargames Society’s Newsletter. But it may be of interest to US readers of the blog. (“No Contraband!” is the motto on a German World War I commemorative medal issued for … Continue reading →

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Aircraft armament of WWI

Posted on January 24, 2018 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan In a book called ‘Early Aircraft Armament,’ on the aeroplane and the gun up to 1918, Harry Woodman* provides a comprehensive, and almost overwhelmingly detailed book on the subject of guns aboard aeroplanes before and during the … Continue reading →

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HMS Good Hope, 1914

Posted on May 18, 2017 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan This is one of my older wargames models, of HMS Good Hope, Admiral Cradock’s flagship at the fateful Battle of Coronel in 1914. A sizeable piece of metal, six inches long almost, 1/1200th and designed purely for … Continue reading →

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A colourful Russian unit

Posted on November 23, 2016 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan I’ve always believed that re-enactors have a great deal to offer the wargamer in terms of the “reality” of life in warfare, particularly, of course, where there is no prospect of encountering a veteran or survivor of … Continue reading →

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An interesting range of 1/72nd WWI tanks

Posted on September 15, 2016 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan It’s about 45 years since a thoughtful girlfriend bought me a copy of John Milsom’s “Russian Tanks 1900-1970” and it’s a book which has long been an active part of my wargaming, especially the OstFront. But I’m … Continue reading →

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On holiday photographs

Posted on August 10, 2016 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan I’m currently preparing for our annual week’s holiday in France, Brittany this time, the eastern bit, where Patton’s army broke out in 1944. I will, of course, take my camera. Old fashioned, I still pack one and … Continue reading →

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