Ballista with Hellenistic crew 0320Under Philip II and his son Alexander the Great, siege trains began to feature more prominently in Hellenistic warfare. This trend continued among Alexander's successors, with their most famous proponent being Demetrius the Besieger and his famed, though unsuccessful Siege of Rhodes in 305 304 BC. Loaded with bolts or stone 'shot' the ballista was a highly accurate weapon (there are many accounts right from its early history of single soldiers being
the more experienced Italian paratrooper formations demanded the best equipment the Allies could provide
1800 x 295mm x 139mm high
Wash: Military Shade
As a paratrooper force the Fallschirmjager's greatest achievement would be the intense fighting they performed as they seized Crete in the face of more numerous British and Commonwealth forces during 1941
The Saker was the mainstay of the artillery park
crossbowmen (up to 12) and handgunners (up to 12 models) as well as command
was deployed to counter the MiG threat
These smaller trucks are the equivalent size to a US ¾-ton vehicle and they perform the same kind of roles as weapons carriers and general-purpose utility vehicles
Anchored by a solid core of pikeman ably supported by missile troops to achieve the tactical edge that came to dominate the period of the 15th – 16th Century Italian Wars
It is a warm pure brown and will also work equally well on warmachines as an alternative to the more realistic Leather Brown
36 French Light Infantry (30 plastic and 6 metal) including full-colour flag sheet and waterslide decals
As well as a troop transporter it acted as a portee carrier for the 25mm Hotchkiss gun
