Thoughts behind the VBCW force

As I put in my previous post, this will explain my thinking behind my VBCW force and why I have chosen what units to include and also where they will sit in the overall VBCW story line. 

We’ll start with the easy bit, the list;

The leader is a 2nd Lieutenant with pistol, because you need an officer to lead and a small force like this would be lead by a junior officer. 

There will also be a Medic with pistol, because who would want to go to battle with out one? Plus you get an extra order dice for other units to use.  

Next up are two Regular Infantry squads each with 8 men including a LMG team, so six rifles and an LMG team. They are formed of eight men in order to free up some models to act as the officer and medic, plus some other positions such as attendants for the officer and medic if needed. They LMG is there to give some extra firepower to the squads. 

The Rolls Royce Armoured car brings the heavier firepower. Nothing to heavy, it still only sports a MMG but I could upgrade it to AT rifle and LMG if I wanted to add some anti vehicle firepower to the list.

Lastly we have the 15cwt Truck. This is just a small truck with a limited transport capacity, 8 men, which is the same as the infantry squads, funnily enough!

This hopefully gives a fairly well rounded force, with the tools to deal with most things it might come up against in VBCW, except maybe tanks unless I upgrade the Armoured car. 

But what this list? That’s simple, this is based on my old regiment, currently known as C squadron, The Royal Yeomanry, but in 1938 were the still known as the 23rd London Armoured Car Company (Sharpshooters), although it was a time of change for the company. As in 1938 not only did the name change to 3rd County of London Yeomanry (sharpshooters) but they also traded in their Rolls Royce Armoured Cars for Lanchester Armoured Cars. However given the events of VBCW, I have chosen to keep them as they were up until 1938, rather than their 1938 onwards guise. 

So where do they fit in to the overall story of VBCW? Well, the company was based in London, near Regents Park, but with the events leading up to the civil war, the company fractured some what. This group, declaring themselves for the Lord Protector Albert, managed to secure a couple of armoured cars (thus explaining any changes from the MMG to AT equipped car) and some trucks and fled south joining up with some other Albertine forces including the 388th (Queens own Yeomanry) battery of the 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Army Brigade RFA. Ultimately these forces joined with Anglican League forces on the south coast to fight the BUF forces in and around London, even though their overall aims and objectives do not align. 

So that's the basis of the force and the idea behind it. I'm sure it will develop as I actually build the forces but that's something for another day!