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18 May 2015

Review: M113 Platoon set

M113 ACAV "A" troop 3/5th Cavalry "Black Knights" 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables". Near Quang Tri on the DMZ border -- patrol along the 17th Parallel. Vietnam, 1971
After years of procrastinating (and blatantly just forgetting), I finally managed to pick up one of Battlefront's M113 Platoon boxed sets.

The box comes with spurs to make 4 APCs in any one of 6 different configurations - troop carrier, Armoured Cavalry (ACAV), two Mortar track variants and the flamethrower armed M132 Zippo.  Pretty good value for $30 incl delivery, and by far the most economical way ahead to acquire a few of these iconic vehicles, useful for a range of conflicts.

Actually, maybe I need another box...

Assembly Instruction here:

There was an unboxing awhile back at Beasts of War here:

M113 acav "K" troop 11 ACR "Blackhorse". Vietnam '66-67 (Henry David McInnis Collection)
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5 comments:

  1. The KiwiMonday, 18 May, 2015

    That box is really a great set. They build with no problems really and they paint up really well.
    I highly recommend them.
    cheers

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    1. Paul O'GMonday, 18 May, 2015

      And very nice they look too! (I assume you are talking about the Zippos at your blog here:)

      http://dagamerstable.blogspot.com/2013/05/m132-zippos-for-tour-of-duty.html

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  2. eriochromeThursday, 21 May, 2015

    Vietnam just cuts to close for me to use as a war game setting. My dad was there and barring a freak chance of luck would not have come home and I would not exist. Your a military man so each persons views on these things is different but I seem to prefer my war games limited to fantasy/scifi made up type.

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    1. Paul O'GThursday, 21 May, 2015

      I absolutely respect that. For similar reasons I won't play ultra modern Iraq/Afganistan type games

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    2. Paul O'GFriday, 22 May, 2015

      Also, I don't like playing Australian troops in any genre of gaming because I know I am not a fair and unemotive gamer when I do!

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