{"id":8806,"date":"2018-06-01T09:48:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T08:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=8806"},"modified":"2018-06-01T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T08:48:11","slug":"man-the-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/06\/man-the-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Man the Guns !"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/06\/man-the-guns\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>It&#8217;s back to 15mm again this week, with some new towed guns. They&#8217;re listed under EuroFed in the 15mm range, but will also serve for various hammer&#8217;s Slammers forces. There are four options in all, using the same chassis and shield but with different weapons types &#8211; DS gun, howitzer, gatling and powergun barrels. For crew, the existing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/HammersSlammers\/Forlorn%20Hope%20-%2015mm\/HS15-365.html\">Fasolini gun crew<\/a> are ideal with one seated and two kneeling crewmen per gun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8808\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/06\/man-the-guns\/towedgunsrelease\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/TowedGunsRelease.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TowedGunsRelease\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/TowedGunsRelease.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/TowedGunsRelease-720x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8808\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As far as towing options go, there are lots of options in our ranges already &#8211; from the EuroFed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/EuroFed\/SF15-406c.html\">Musareigne<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/EuroFed\/SF15-412.html\">Lievre<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/EuroFed\/SF15-412a.html\">Belette<\/a> wheeled vehicles, Polish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Polish\/SF15-1303.html\">Suwalska<\/a> half-track or the the recently released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/HammersSlammers\/Thunderbolt%20Division%20-%2015mm\/HS15-1816.html\">Viking<\/a> half-track. Most of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/HammersSlammers\/Centurion%20LTV%20-%2015mm.html\">Centurion LTVs<\/a> also have towing hooks and are used in the Crucible rules as towing vehicles, while units such as Harris Commando use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/HammersSlammers\/Slammers%20Regiment%20-%2015mm\/HS15-112b.html\">M9A10 Cargo Car<\/a> as a prime mover. We&#8217;ve also released a pack of small towing hooks to allow you to convert any vehicle to an artillery tractor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/06\/man-the-guns\/viking-gun-tow\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Viking-Gun-Tow.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Viking Gun Tow\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Viking-Gun-Tow.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Viking-Gun-Tow-720x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8809\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Slammers detachment lists, the following units used towed weapons &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammers-slammers.com\/pdf\/Waldheim1_15mm_sheet.pdf\">Waldheim Dragoons<\/a> (powergun); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammers-slammers.com\/pdf\/Wolverines1_15mm_sheet.pdf\">Wolverines<\/a> (powergun); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammers-slammers.com\/pdf\/Heliodorus1_15mm_sheet.pdf\">Heliodorus Regiment<\/a> (cone bore &#8211; use SF15-410); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammers-slammers.com\/pdf\/Harris_15mm_sheet.pdf\">Harris Commando<\/a> (laser &#8211; use SF15-410a) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammers-slammers.com\/pdf\/Poplar_Bartel_15mm_sheet.pdf\">Poplar Regiment<\/a> (gatling).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/EuroFed\/SF15-410.html\">SF15-410<\/a> &#8211; CAC-41 DS Anti-tank Gun &#8211; \u00a33.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/EuroFed\/SF15-410a.html\">SF15-410a<\/a> &#8211; CAC-42 Light Howitzer &#8211; \u00a33.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/EuroFed\/SF15-410b.html\">SF15-410b<\/a> &#8211; CAC-44 Towed Gatling &#8211; \u00a33.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/EuroFed\/SF15-410c.html\">SF15-410c<\/a> &#8211; CAC-45 Powergun &#8211; \u00a33.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Accessories\/SF15-933.html\">SF15-933<\/a> &#8211; Towing Hooks &#8211; \u00a31.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s back to 15mm again this week, with some new towed guns. They&#8217;re listed under EuroFed in the 15mm range, but will also serve for various hammer&#8217;s Slammers forces. There are four options in all, using the same chassis and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/06\/man-the-guns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,39,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-hammers-slammers","category-new-releases"],"views":3170,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/TowedGunsRelease.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-2i2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3859,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/05\/new-eurofed-vehicles\/","url_meta":{"origin":8806,"position":0},"title":"New EuroFed Vehicles","author":"Tony","date":"May 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in October we previewed a number of new 15mm EuroFed vehicles; most of these have now been released, although a couple have been stuck in development for a little while. 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There are two variants of the Mercenary Shinigami hover jeep and a new version of the EuroFed Javelot scout car. 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