Mounted Crossbowmen Regiment sprue

Mounted Crossbowmen Regiment sprueRain bolts into the foe before your horsemen charge home! The rise of pike armed infantry during the Italian Wars rendered the cavalry charge traditionally the ultimate arbiter of the medieval battle far less effective. To counter this, heavy cavalry units began incorporating men with small but powerful crossbows, who would screen the advance of their more traditionally armed fellows, and deliver a point blank salvo to break the cohesion of a pike

This is an ideal weapon to use in Ambush

Reformed in 1939 from experienced army NCOs and civil gendarme

as seen at battles such as Inverlochy

0-1 Forward Observer per Rifle Platoon):

2x sight screen

not least because the Regia Marina was intended to operate near to friendly air bases in Italy and Africa

shallow river battles

so much so that Stalin stated that the aircraft was as essential as air and bread

supplied unpainted and in kit form

Under the command of Admiral Brueys

With the exceptional performance and quality of Warpaints Fanatic and Speedpaints included in this set

These figures are shown wearing a mix of the wool-lined M40 and fur-lined M43 parkas issued to Waffen-SS troops – the latter being available in grey