Saturday 5 August 2017

20mm Type 98. (15mm scale Japanese WW2). Anti Aircraft guns

Now I must admit I have had a bit of a splurge in the last few weeks. Picked these up on eBay for £3.30 instead of the shop price of £8.10. So I think a bargain. But only a bargain if it is something you want. Luckily I do but I now many wargames do not.

In the game it has no HE capability but the Anti Tank rating of 5. (Which is the one lower than the 70mm Infantry gun. and 1 higher than the Japanese Anti-tank Rifle). And with more chance to rapid fire and effect infantry.

To the right is what it actually looks like in real life. I will not go into technical details but it is light enough to go anywhere the 70mm Infantry gun can go in the jungle. So it was quite versatile and while mostly used to defend islands and airports could easily be transported and used almost anywhere.

Bloody flash did not go off!!
Not the most dangerous of support weapons perfectly good enough for me and my WW2 Japanese 15mm forces. For the money I received enough crew and additional troops who would accompany the AA gun in order to bring up ammunition. This has meant an additional Rifle armed Infantry stand added to the 3rd Platoon (seen a few posts ago). Where with most companies I would either pay more or not get the crew so doubly a bargain I say.

The last picture (from the front) the flash did not go off so colour wise go from the top picture.

Just my jungle game picture
As a small target and no gun shield I am not expecting these to survive overly long in any game but they are cheap points wise (14 points with an average crew) so will not make a huge dent in any force size.

Anyway, thanks for looking today. And with a little luck more again on Monday.
All the best from Kent.

16 comments:

  1. I love these pieces, they look so inefffective and so unlike anything else.

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    1. Thank you Joe. The Joy of doing Pacific war is that so many things are very unusual.

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  2. Terrific paint-jobs, Clint on two wonderful-looking AA guns. your excellent basing really adds to the mix too! They'll look great on the battlefield :-)

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    1. Thank you Simon I was VERY lucky to get them cheap on eBay. (lkes than 1/2 price and they were still in their packet.) I felt very lucky that day.

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  3. Great additions to your 15mm Jap forces Clint. and what a bargain! I love it when things turn up like that :-)

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    1. Thank you Addict. It does not happen all that often either. However I think a game needs to be played pretty soon before I Loose interest.

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    1. Thank you Andy. Everyone loves a bargain.

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  5. There are certainly times when you can pick up a great bargain on eBay. Good for you for being in the right place at the right time.

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    1. Thank you Bryan. I wish it were more often! Still I am not complaining. I am happy it happened at all.

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  6. Nice work Clint! I've always likes you basing style.

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    1. Thank you Millsy.I am sure they will look good on the table top. May have to start some Japanese tanks soon.

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  7. Nice ebay find. Gotta love a bargain!

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    1. Thanks Lee. I Suspect if it were any other nation I could not have gotten them so cheap. So Luckily I am trying something obscure.

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  8. Lovely job Clint. It nice to see stuff from the pacific Its not done very often and their are some really nice models out there it seems.

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    1. Thank you Simon. I agree the pacific is not done all that often so it makes a nice change. I will be doing more this week though just to give the Japanese a few more options. Having looked at the rules if they take AA guns they cannot take tanks or tankettes so I am not sure these will be often used.

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