WW2 Australian Infantry 15mm – Part 3

I have just seen that my last post on these guys was July 2012.  I have now completed another batch (it’s not just all Napoleonics I have been painting) and now only have a few support elements to complete for this army.

Part of the delay was due to running out of basing sand and being unable to get a satisfactory replacement until Mark Woods came to my rescue with a bucket of white sand that should see me good, for like, forever. Cheers!

The other problem was I got distracted by exactly what kind of formation I was building.  Finally I took the same route as I had done with my 20mm WW2 figures and built it as a stand representing a squad, platoon or company (or even battalion if need be).

This is what I am aiming at:

Unit	Company Level	Platoon Level	Squad Level
Battalion HQ	HQ Stand(2)	HQ Stand(4)	HQ Stand(4)
-HQ Defense Squad			SMG Stand
Support Company	HMG Stand
-Mortar Platoon		Mortar Stand	2x3” Mortar
-AT Gun Platoon		ATG Stand	2x2pdr ATG/Truck
-Engineer Platoon		Engineer Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle, Truck
-Carrier Platoon		Carrier Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle, Carrier
-HMG Platoon		HMG Stand
Infantry Company HQ	Rifle Stand	Coy HQ(2)	Coy HQ(2)
-Support Platoon			2” Mortar, HMG
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
Infantry Company HQ	Rifle Stand	Coy HQ(2)	Coy HQ(2)
-Support Platoon			2” Mortar, HMG
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
Infantry Company HQ	Rifle Stand	Coy HQ(2)	Coy HQ(2)
-Support Platoon			2” Mortar, HMG
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
Infantry Company HQ	Rifle Stand	Coy HQ(2)	Coy HQ(2)
-Support Platoon			2” Mortar, HMG
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
-Rifle Platoon		Rifle Stand	Plt HQ(1), 3xRifle
	6	22	15 (Coy)

This picture shows the troops assembled as a company for Crossfire.

With a stand now representing a platoon the above is a battalion for Spearhead or Blitzkrieg Commander.  It will be around 1200 points when I have it finished for BKC, although I am still working out some details – HMG allocation is rather tricky as they were not organic to the battalion, but allocated from the divisional machine gun battalion.

Taking a stand to represent a company, we now have a battalion for Blitzkrieg Commander.

The scenarios I am looking at involve either multiple battalions, single battalion or multiple company attacks and so the force structures I have come up with should provide the necessary flexibility.