50 cal to the M5, you have to admit that these guys are well kitted out! Motorised infantry running around in American M5 half tracks with PIAT, mortar and with the option to add a. Bulge British brings a nice range of characterful units to the game, including some unique options. Tanks might be all shiny, but it’s the boots on them ground which win battles. That’s right, you too can field a big cat… just one, mind you… and experience the power of the Panther on the field, but this time for the good guys! Is it worth the 11 points for a single tank…? That’ll depend what else you’re taking, but it might be fun, just to see your enemy’s shock as it rolls on to the battlefield. These are fairly standard tank formats with one notable addition to the Guards Churchill Armoured Squadron, a stolen Panther tank! The last tank formations are the straight Cromwell formation, a Guards Sherman Squadron and a Guards Churchill Armoured Squadron. If you add in a Firefly troop as a formation support, that does push your formation up to 53 points for 11 tanks, which is not awful either and has some big cat worrying AT on the Fireflies. Lacking the flexibility of the Hussars or Comet Squadrons, the Ram doesn’t quite have the same punch, but with a minimum formation costing only 32 points for 8 tanks, they’re pretty cost effective. That said, the formation does let you bring in AT15 fireflies to the formation, so you CAN get some teeth into the formation. But then, for only 4 points a tank, it’s not a bad medium tank… though it won’t have a good time against the big cats. Adding a point of side armour and AT, the Ram does drop from firepower 3+ to 4+ by comparison to the Sherman though. The Canadian Ram is like a lighter, tougher and alternately armed Sherman because… that’s pretty much what it is. And with a minimum sized formation of Cromwell HQ, Cromwell Troop and Challenger Troop coming in at 46 points, the Comet is the better option here. They an awesome addition but would we take them over Comets? Probably not. The Challenger is, essentially, an up-gunned Cromwell with worse cross check, no HE and no smoke… for the same point cost as a Comet. Heavy as it comes, the Hussars Armoured Squadron brings the second big addition to the book, the Challenger. This formation with minimum sized options, including Stuarts as the second black box option comes in at 41 points. Coming in troops of 3 or 4, with points of 21 or 28 for each, they’re not insanely costly. 36” range with AT 14, 3+ firepower and smoke is very nice which absolutely will give big cats pause. The Comet, in case you’ve never had the pleasure, is the final iteration of the cruiser tank, blending light-tank speed, medium tank armour and a heavy tank gun, all in one chassis:įront armour 7 isn’t going to stop the heavy cats, but will challenge the Panzer IV, the tactical speed of 12” is great and the gun… well, the gun. Let’s take a quick look at the first, new and exciting addition to the book, the Comet. Let’s start heavy, the armour formations are: Of those, six are based around tanks and four are infantry focused. It’s great that we’ve got some new toys on the way, but as with all things Flames of War, how good the book will perform is in no small part down to the formations which are in the book.īulge British comes with ten formations for you to use. All the greatest hits are here.Ĭomet, Challenger, Rams, Land Mattress, Archer, Staghound, plus a new varieties of Paratroopers, Artillery and must more besides.īattlefront keep up the jump to new plastic kits which let you make different types/ loud outs within the same box.Īnd, as ever, a brand-new book also brings a brand-new starter box… but more on that another day! By comparison, the Germans have three books, so the Brits are long overdue some love.īut that’s enough looking back, let’s take a look at what’s actually IN the book… and whether it’s any good!Īs you’d expect, you’ll find the same cocktail of armour and infantry which came in the D-Day British book including the Cromwell, Churchill, Sherman, Tank Destroyers, Artillery, lots of flavours of Infantry, and aircraft. It’s been a long, hard winter for the British as this is the first expansion which the British have had since their D-Day book release which landed in early 2020. With the release of the Bulge British book and miniatures for Flames of War, Battlefront games rounds out their series of late-war expansions for the Battle of the Bulge. Review FoW Bulge: British – all good things…ġ5mm, Flames of War, FoW, Great Britain, ReviewĪ review of the new Bulge: British book for Flames of War.
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