{"id":7079,"date":"2016-10-12T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=7079"},"modified":"2017-11-15T16:46:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:46:03","slug":"greased-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/10\/greased-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"Greased Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lightning Division<\/a> are a mechanized unit of brigade strength. They are veteran troops originally from Mittel Europa on Old Earth and – in the late 330s TW – they decided to upgrade the motive power sources and transmission systems of their vehicles.<\/p>\n

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The M2A7 Blower<\/a> employed by the Lightning Division from 349TW onwards is based on the M2A4F version<\/a>, the command tank used by Hammer’s Regiment. This is equipped with a 22cm, discarding-sabot rail-gun and the rear of the turret bulge mounts a small turret with a 1cm gatling rail-gun.<\/p>\n

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Infantry are carried in up-armoured M9 Command Car<\/a>, the M9A14 Crew Car<\/a>. This has frontal reinforcement compared to a standard Command Car and has two roof mounted 1cm gatling rail-gun turrets mounted offset so that they can both fire forwards and backwards with little impedance.<\/p>\n

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The Lightning Division also use the standard A21 hover jeep<\/a>, and we have a pack available<\/a> with four each of the tank, crew car and jeep, plus four sprues of infantry figures.<\/p>\n

HSD6-1701<\/a> – Lightning Division Detachment – \u00a312.00
\nHS6-1711<\/a> – M2A7 Blower Tank – \u00a31.50
\nHS6-1712<\/a> – M9A14 Crew Car – \u00a31.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lightning Division are a mechanized unit of brigade strength. 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