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Bir el Gubi set up question
08-19-2020, 08:00 AM, (This post was last modified: 08-19-2020, 08:01 AM by Blackcloud6.)
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Bir el Gubi set up question
Desert  Rats Scenario 10. The Milmart Coastal Defense Unit is to set up within three hexes of 1530.  But it does not say which map.  The other two Italian units' instructions specifically say which map to set up on.  Thoughts?
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08-19-2020, 08:06 AM,
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RE: Bir el Gubi set up question
Accounts place the 102mm guns back with the main group. The Italians "cleverly" hid them among other vehicles. So I would say board 5.
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08-19-2020, 11:24 AM,
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RE: Bir el Gubi set up question
(08-19-2020, 08:06 AM)plloyd1010 Wrote: Accounts place the 102mm guns back with the main group. The Italians "cleverly" hid them among other vehicles. So I would say board 5.

Agree.  From what I've read about the battle they were up protecting the main defense.  They clobbered the crusaders apparently.  The Brits didn't know what hit them.
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08-19-2020, 12:40 PM,
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RE: Bir el Gubi set up question
Not bad for a WW1 weapon, eh?
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08-20-2020, 04:06 AM,
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RE: Bir el Gubi set up question
Big shells vs. lightly armored tanks.
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08-20-2020, 04:19 AM,
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RE: Bir el Gubi set up question
Their purpose in the desert was to counter the Matildas. The original function was oppose Austrian naval raids on the east coast.
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08-20-2020, 04:33 AM,
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RE: Bir el Gubi set up question
Very interesting.  Thanks.

Are there any pictures of these vehicles?
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08-20-2020, 05:47 AM,
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RE: Bir el Gubi set up question
Yes. I found a couple online. I think there are a couple more in my naval engineering encyclopedia.
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08-20-2020, 11:20 PM,
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RE: Bir el Gubi set up question
(08-20-2020, 05:47 AM)plloyd1010 Wrote: Yes. I found a couple online. I think there are a couple more in my naval engineering encyclopedia.

I looked this Portee up online last night.  It sure is an interesting vehicle/gun combination.  It would make a cool 1/35 scale model.
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