{"id":13167,"date":"2022-08-17T13:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T12:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=13167"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:10:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T12:10:31","slug":"black-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/08\/black-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Black China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It seems that everything is against us at the moment – this week saw our main air compressor, the one that drives the centrifuge, pack up (an outlet pipe fractured so it was just leaking air out through an ever-widening crack). So cue a frantic search for a replacement, which fortunately arrived the next working day and was fitted and working soon after. So we had a small delay on getting some orders out, but we seem to be back on track again. We’ve also got hold of a new outlet so we should be able to fix the old one and keep it as a spare in case of future failures.<\/p>\n

So back onto our regular programming, and a new force for Hammer’s Slammers<\/a> in 15mm. These are the Han Chinese<\/a>, from the Slammers’ story The Warrior<\/em>. Specifically, these are the Han Black Banner Brigade, an elite armoured formation. The old Han Chinese list was pretty basic – just a single 8×8 APC – so we’ve beefed them up with some brand new vehicles. Their primary equipment consists of 8×8 wheeled vehicles with wide balloon tyres, ideal for negotiating the local terrain. The ZTZ-81 is a wheeled tank with a heavy laser in a remote mount, while the ZSL-94 is a personnel carrier on the same chassis with a combined light laser\/missile mount. They also utilise the CSK-27 L\u00ecli\u00e0ng 4×4 Scout Car with either twin MG or twin missile armament.<\/p>\n

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HS15-501<\/a> – ZTZ-81 8×8 Laser Tank – \u00a38.00
\nHS15-502<\/a> – ZSL-94 8×8 APC – \u00a38.00
\nHS15-503<\/a> – CSK-27 L\u00ecli\u00e0ng 4×4 Scout Car – \u00a34.00<\/p>\n

We’re working on some additional follow-on Han forces – the People’s National Guard, rather less-well trained troops who ride in large 8×8 trucks or, in some cases, on trikes. Expect to see these later in the year. The source story is well worth a read, with Han troops supported by Slammers blower tanks attacking a Hindi-held village across paddy fields. If you happen to have an Audible<\/a> subscription then several Slammers stories, including this one<\/a>, are part of the Audible Plus catalogue (so you can listen without using one of your credits).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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