Reply To: Bolt Action Desert War Bootcamp

[bobcockayne 20723xp 0]

EEk ! thanks @oriskany give me a start on background reading , read mountains of material on period but its been a couple of years (and I’ve moved house) your links will give me a chance to get back into it, plus got to forget all the alt history I read in

‘The Whale has Wings’

or I’m going to be putting size 10’s in it !

The Warlord 8th Army starter has Valentines in it which means it covers middle to late desert war. Does give me an excellent excuse to read a book I have from a Valentine vet from period, who reckoned his unit always road them into battle backwards as it was as fast in reverse as forwards the armour was as good if not better as it was slopped, the engine was between them and the sharp objects coming towards them. To prove his point he mentions he tried to destroy a broken down one by shooting it from the rear and went off in disgust muttering about ‘bloody 2pdr’.