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You can now base your complete gun and crew together, making attractive mini-dioramas!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIGHT ARTILLERY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe standard British field gun of World War II was the 25-pdr gun-howitzer, a versatile weapon with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6mm). This was the weapon used in overwhelming numbers in every theatre, We categorise the 25-pdr as a light field gun for our purposes – although it was really an intermediate type capable of providing close range support and longer-range indirect fire. 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By July, nearly 1.5 million men had enrolled - far outreaching the 150,000 the Government expected to volunteer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis set contains a 10-man section equipped with various improvised weaponry, with additional firearms and Molotov cocktails.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning life as a rag-tag militia, the LDV initially had to make do without uniforms, wearing a simple armband bearing the organisations initials. The LDV similarly struggled for modern weaponry - shotguns and improvised weapons such as golf clubs, crowbars and industrial tools were not uncommon. The LDV evolved into the Home Guard, becoming a well-equipped and well-drilled force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisparagingly referred to as ‘Look, Duck \u0026amp; Vanish’, the LDV were renamed to the more inspiring Home Guard. 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An ideal solution would have been to make use of tanks and armoured cars, had most of the British heavy equipment not been abandoned during the Dunkirk evacuation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAny solution would need to be one that did not compete for resources with conventional armaments. Enter the Armadillo – an improvised armoured vehicle based on several standard lorry chassis. They comprised a wooden fort protected by a layer of gravel filling its walls. The driver’s cab was protected by mild steel plates. Armadillos were used by the Royal Air Force to protect aerodromes and by the Home Guard. Most Armadillos were armed with Lewis Guns and rifles, although more than fifty were also fitted with obsolete naval guns such as this Mk. 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You can now base your complete gun and crew together, making attractive mini-dioramas!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Stewart Blacker was a retired Indian Army officer who dabbled in weapon research, especially in attempts to create an anti-tank weapon based around the spigot mortar concept: a barrel-less device that uses a steel rod – the spigot – to ignite a charge propelling a bomb into the air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe War Office was unresponsive to Blacker’s approaches until a demonstration of the weapon ignited Winston Churchill’s ‘boy’s own’ love of the dramatic. 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