The complete 2nd squad

5. January 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, complete Marine squad, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the complete 2nd squad of my third US Marine platoon.

Next I will start on my Australian miniatures.

The HQ of the second squad

23. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, RTO, US Marine, US Marine squad HQ, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the Headquarter of the 2nd squad . Sergeant and RTO.

And here is the RTO :

This is the last miniature finished before x was and probably for this year too.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy hopefully better new year. Stay well and safe…

Squad leader 2nd squad 3rd platoon

21. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, 2nd squad, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, squadleader, US Marine, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the squad leader of the 2nd squad . Another Empress miniatures figure.

last fireteam for 2nd squad 3rd platoon finished

17. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, fireteam, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the finished 2nd squad completed. All Empress Miniatures.

And the last finished member of the fireteam:

Fireteamleader

15. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Claymore mine, Empress, Empress miniatures, fireteamleader, LAW, M16, Paul Hicks, US Marine, Vietnam war, wargaming

The fireteamleader is the next miniature i finished. He is armed with a M16 and a LAW as well as a Claymore mine.

Another blooper gunner

10. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Blooper gun, Empress, Empress miniatures, M 79, Paul Hicks, US Marine, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the next US Marine armed with a M79 grenade launcher.

Figure sculpted by Paul Hicks for Empress Miniatures.

Last fireteam of my 2nd squad of US Marines

8. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the first member of the last missing fireteam of my 2nd squad of US Marines for Vietnam. A kneeling firing miniature .

Second fireteam 3rd squad finished

1. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the finished 2nd fireteam of the 3rd squad of my US Marine platoon. All figures are Empress miniatures sculpted by Paul Hicks and painted with contrast colors by Games workshop.

Here is the 4th member of the fireteam:

Getting the bunker

26. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, LAW, Paul Hicks, US Marine, Vietnam war

Here is a US Marine armed with a LAW for busting those VC bunkers. Another Empress Miniatures figure. One more to go and the next fireteam is finished.

An M48 Patton main battle tank for my US Marines

24. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, M48, M48 patton, Patton tank, Paul Hicks, tank, US Marines, Vietnam war

The M48 Patton is an American first generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48. Nearly 12,000 M48s were built, mainly by Chrysler and American Locomotive Company, from 1952 to 1961. The M48 underwent many design modifications and improvements during its production life. The M48 saw extensive action with the US military during the Vietnam War. Over 600 Pattons would be deployed with US forces during the war. The initial M48s first landed with the US Marine 1st and 3rd Tank Battalions in 1965. When US forces commenced redeployment operations, many of the M48A3 Pattons were turned over to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces, in particular creating the battalion-sized ARVN 20th Tank Regiment. At the end of the war 20th Tank Regiment had lost all of their tanks to enemy fire.During the first month of the First Battle of Quảng Trị all ARVN M48 Pattons were lost.

The model of the M 48 is an Empress Miniatures resin and white metal kit in 1/50. The crew figures were done by Paul Hicks. The model is very easy to put together and includes quite a few additional track links to ad to the vehicle as additional armor. I painted the model with an airbrush and conventionally with a paintbrush.