A few months back I saw a video on Youtube of the British Army using tankettes and small mechanized units on maneuvers before WW2. Watching the video I thought of what an actual battle between two forces armed the same might look like. It started me thinking of doing some interwar games. With several other bloggers doing interwar gaming, there are plenty of good ideas for such gaming.
What I really like about the interwar years are tankettes. Somehow I find the concept tanks that were made during the interwar years more interesting than the tanks designed during WW2. I was looking for tanks that might work for interwar gaming and with Peter Laing figures. I started looking at Axis & Allies miniatures.Several gaming companies sell the tanks and figures individually. The prices tend to run on the expensive side, based on the "rarity" of the tank. However, I did find some early war tanks that could work for interwar games at a reasonable price.
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| Peter Laing figure compared to Japanese Type 97 TeKe tankette and Type 95 Ha-Go. |
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| Italian L3/35 tankette and Carro Armato M13/40. |
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| Renault R-35 and Polish TKS tankette. |
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| Micromachines Panzer Mk1, compared to the Axis & Allies tanks. |
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U.S. M3 Stuart.
I bought some other tanks, which were larger, and probably more to scale with 15mm figures (such as the Stuart tank).
As I "play" wargames, scale is not a high priority for me. |
