Captain Webster, (commander of the Manchester BUF Battalion
sent to Chester to bolster the defences) is now rather pleased with himself, as
he has managed to acquire, through semi-official channels, a pair of Polish
TK-3 Tankettes.
These nippy little armoured vehicles have an improved
version of the British Carden Lloyd chassis, 10mm of armour, and a 7.92mm
Hotchkiss machine gun. They won’t stand up to a tank, but Webster is very keen
to see how they perform against the lightly equipped Wirral Socialist Workers
Militia. He is hoping that it will prove and effective counter to the deadly
firepower and manoeuvrability of the socialist dreaded Trachankas
Quite how they ended up in Britain is a bit of a mystery-
shady deals between the right wing members of the polish government and the BUF
seem most likely. Webster himself had to pull some strings and call in some
major favours to have them sent to Chester under his command. The Duke of
Farmham, the royalist commander of the Chester Defence Force, and nominally
Webster’s CO, is reportedly spitting feathers that the BUF have managed to
acquire Armoured Fighting Vehicles. The duke’s dream of establishing a fully
mechanised battalion has yet to be realised.
These lovely little tankettes are made but Black Tree Designs
and are just lovely models. As always, I have found Black Tree to provide
excellent customer service, despite the many nay-sayers. Even better, I managed
to pick these up in one of their 50% off sales- so I picked up both TS-3s for
£11! Better than a poke in the eye. They are cast in metal, not resin, and are
satisfyingly heavy when I plonk them on the table. They came with minimal flash
and went together perfectly- rare for metal vehicles, in my experience. I would
heartily recommend these TK-3s.
Does not matter what Captain Webster acquires, Juan Caballero will still be victorious.
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