Merry Christmas To Our Mates Down Under (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

After we sold out of our first Australian Army M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier we left behind more than a few collectors who wanted a ‘second’ one to add to their first or never managed to obtain even that first elusive model.

And so, as I like to say, K&C decided to begin work on one more M113... Actually two in fact... ‘TWO ZERO ALPHA’, a troop commander’s vehicle and ‘TWO NINE JULIET’, the troop sergeant’s vehicle. Both for 2022 release.

Here is ‘TWO ZERO ALPHA’ paired-up with our original ‘TWO TWO BRAVO’ and some new blokes, also for 2022 release.

All the best and... Merry Christmas!
Andy

 

[Obee]

I wonder how many of these carriers that Howard will add to his squadron??

I'm sure I have already done a conversion to the callsign to those, but what the heck, you can't have too many, can you ??

Nice work on the mud and the extras, look good

John

 

[Horus]

The Marsden Matting looks good and makes the new track distinctive and sure to be a good seller, hopefully will also be another US M113 too ?

Still hoping an FSV with Saladin turret too !

Steve

 

[Go for Broke]

Still lobbying for a Sheridan tank.

 

[villagehorse]

The gifts keep coming and it won’t even be Christmas. Thank you kindly from the land down under. Robin.

 

[Northgate Woods]

I wonder how many of these carriers that Howard will add to his squadron??

I'm sure I have already done a conversion to the callsign to those, but what the heck, you can't have too many, can you ??

Nice work on the mud and the extras, look good

John

Obee mate,
You will have four of these new M113s coming your way (2 x 20A and 2 x 20J) for conversions.{sm4}

Cheers Howard

 

[Northgate Woods]

Andy mate,
Early days in the War (1965/1966) 1 Troop, 4th/19th Prince Of Wales Light Horse. The first Aussie Cavalry Unit to enter the War. Picture shows Corporal Paul "Seedy" Yeates (C/C) and Trooper Roy Gilliam (Dvr). Crews were issued with Infantry helmets in the initial months until they became to hot to wear. It still however gives your new M113 a touch of class.



Cheers Howard

 

[King & Country]

Andy mate,
Early days in the War (1965/1966) 1 Troop, 4th/19th Prince Of Wales Light Horse. The first Aussie Cavalry Unit to enter the War. Picture shows Corporal Paul "Seedy" Yeates (C/C) and Trooper Roy Gilliam (Dvr). Crews were issued with Infantry helmets in the initial months until they became to hot to wear. It still however gives your new M113 a touch of class.

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Cheers Howard

Great photo Howard, many thanks! I reckon I must have seen that photo somewhere hence our first K&C ‘Digger’ with a steel pot. Your advice and enthusiastic support and friendship of course is much appreciated.

All the very best to yourself and Jen…Merry Christmas!

 

[Nelson1976]

My history is a little hazy but I do seem to recall there was at least one other foreign military serving in Vietnam part from the Aussies but I may be completely wrong…

In all seriousness, can we expect US variants as well? That would be terrific if so.

Have a splendid holiday season although the cricket is likely to make Boxing Day challenging for some of us.

 

[waynepoo]

My history is a little hazy but I do seem to recall there was at least one other foreign military serving in Vietnam part from the Aussies but I may be completely wrong…

In all seriousness, can we expect US variants as well? That would be terrific if so.

Have a splendid holiday season although the cricket is likely to make Boxing Day challenging for some of us.

Was the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

 

[Nelson1976]

Was the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

Many thanks - I confess I was being a little tongue in cheek here. Although I have some of the Aussies, my focus is much more on US forces when it comes to this series.

Personally, I think it would be splendid to see M113 variants in US livery as well, plus a couple of US main battle tanks wouldn’t go amiss. Nor would more variation on the available artillery crew - the series does lend itself to equipment “massing” - we can but hope…

 

[Poppo]

Was the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

Although the Vietnam War was portrayed in US propaganda as the effort of a coalition of democratic states fighting Communist subversion, most of the nations involved alongside South Vietnam sent only symbolic contingents pro forma to honor their obligations. with the United States provided for by the SEATO mutual defense pacts. The most significant of these was undoubtedly the contingent of South Korea, which came to count as many as 48,000 soldiers, combative and particularly feared [52]; followed, immediately after, by Australia (7,000 fighters in 1967 [53])

 

[NZGary]

Thanks for this Andy

I confess to missing out the first time around and while I am still in Oz (desperately hoping to go back to live in New Zealand in 2022) I should add this to my small Vietnam collection.

Gary