A British sniper event squad

Well there is nothing to say so lets start

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Brief history of 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division

In the Second World War the 43rd Division was a 1st Line Territorial Army formation and was mobilised, as was the rest of the Territorial Army, including the division’s 2nd Line duplicate 45th Division, shortly after the outbreak of war in September 1939. In May 1940 the division was preparing to go overseas to France to join the British Expeditionary Force but the Battle of France and retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk changed all that. The division then spent many years in the United Kingdom on home defence, (particularly in Kent where they were nicknamed the Kent Home Guard), anticipating the potentiality of a German invasion of the British Isles.

In 1942, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union and the entrance of the United States into the war, the situation changed and the 43rd Division started training for offensive operations to return to mainland Europe. In 1942, the 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade (consisting of three battalions of the Royal Hampshires) was strangely transferred to the 46th (West Riding) Infantry Division, remaining with that division for the war, and was replaced by the 214th Infantry Brigade, which was previously a Home Defence formation raised during the war. The 214th Brigade would remain with the 43rd Division for the rest of the war.

In June 1944, the 43rd Division was sent to Normandy, after the Allies invaded France on 6 June, where it joined the British Second Army and was initially earmarked as a reserve for Operation Epsom during the Battle for Caen.

In July, it launched an attack against the German 9th SS Panzer Division at Hill 112, though it was beaten back after both sides had suffered horrendous casualties. The 43rd (Wessex) Division performed well in Normandy, and was considered by many senior British officers to be one of the best divisions of the British Army in World War II. For the rest of the war Bernard Montgomery, commanding all British and Canadian troops in the campaign, preferred to use formations such as 43rd (Wessex) and 15th (Scottish) to spearhead his assaults. This was mainly because divisions such as the 7th Armoured and 51st (Highland), both of which had seen extensive service in North Africa and the Mediterranean, were judged as tired and war-weary with morale being dangerously fragile.

With divisions that had spent years in the UK training such as the 43rd (Wessex), 15th (Scottish) and 59th (Staffords) the problem of morale wasn’t such an issue. It was the first British formation to cross the Seine river, with an assault crossing at the French town of Vernon opposed by the German 49th Infantry Division (see ‘Assault Crossing, The River Seine 1944’ by Ken Ford). This crossing enabled the armour of XXX Corps, under Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, to thrust across northern France into Belgium.

Still with XXX Corps, the 43rd (Wessex) Division later played a major role in Operation Market Garden as the support to the Guards Armoured Division. During Market Garden, a battalion, 4th Dorsets of the 130th Infantry Brigade, successfully crossed the Rhine as a diversion, so that the battered remnants of the airborne troops of 1st Airborne Division, virtually destroyed as a fighting formation during the Battle of Arnhem, could withdraw more safely; yet the cost was high as many men of the 4th Dorsets were themselves left behind on the north bank of the Rhine when the 43rd Division was forced to withdraw. The division later played a comparatively small part in the mainly American Battle of the Bulge, the largest battle on the Western Front of World War II, where it was placed on the river Meuse as a reserve. The 43rd later played a large part in Operation Veritable attached to First Canadian Army still as part of XXX Corps.

They then crossed the River Rhine as the Allies invaded Germany itself. By the end of the war in Europe, the 43rd Division had reached the Cuxhaven peninsula of northern Germany. Throughout the North West Europe Campaign the 43rd (Wessex) Division, like so many other Allied divisions that fought from Normandy to Germany, had suffered very heavy casualties with the majority of them, 80% in some units, being suffered by the average ‘Tommy’ in the infantry battalions. From June 1944 to May 1945 the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division suffered well over 15,000 casualties, with over 3,000 dead.

The weapon that I had in mind for this squad

Lee-Metford with BSA optic

1-Lee-Metford=

he Lee–Metford (also known as the Magazine Lee–Metford ) is a British bolt action rifle which combined James Paris Lee’s rear-locking bolt system and detachable magazine with an innovative seven-groove rifled barrel designed by William Ellis Metford. It replaced the Martini–Henry as the standard service rifle of the British Empire in 1888, following nine years of development and trials, but remained in service for only a short time until replaced by the Lee–Enfield.
Another thing it has Bayonet so DF if you decide to add it remember to add it with Bayonet

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2-About optic=

The initial patent application for this sight was made on 12th. April 1912. The sight was first advertised in BSA catalogues of that year. These rifles with these optics saw service during ww1 in hands of people who decided to bring their own rifles also The BSA manufactured No.9 folding aperture target rear-sight , was used as the eyepiece for the Galilean type system, although without an actual correcting lens. We see the aperture in first picture. Here is some pictures from the optic.
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(A picture of the aperture)
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Lets look at some clothes options a fair disclaimer most of these clothes weren’t used by these unit

First is the ghillie suit
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The first minitour soldiers uses ghillie suits that are shown in image below

Second set is normal clothes with cool headband
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Next set is simple one , they use normal clothes but with WW1 British helmet
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Next one is again simple one it is simple helmet with greenery on top

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Last set is again simple one nothing is different from other uniforms except they use beret


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Hope you guys enjoyed it

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i know of red beret but blue? dam i like it tbh

btw the ghilie suit kinda creepy ngl it good

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In a sea of wehraboos complaining that every single event is not about Germany, it is a breath of fresh air to see cool and well thought out suggestions for the “Smaller” nations like this one.

I hope DF sees this and takes note.

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Japan mains are the true ones who suffer. No new event squads since the a6m3 and the last event reward was an god damn pistol. No wonder why japan is unpopular

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Yeah Japan truly suffers and now that you mention last event squad they got was rocket squad so its not A6M3 but yeah they get stuff very rarely they seem to be forgotten

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honestly would pair perfectly with a Japanese event squad. Actually, what’s up with japan getting like no event squads?

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idk they havent even got their apc event yet and there is a lot of option being suggested for them and yet there is none for some reason

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It should be this + a squad for japan.

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Feels like Japan is just there to check a box. They literally dont gide a fuck about Japan. They even made their two most common medoum.tanks into premium/event rewards.

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yea luckily i got the event one from all those time ago still tho japan really dont have a lot imo in term of stuff. They are kinda same-ish and low br

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Might do a Japan one but finding stuff for Japanese is especially hard

I can try if you want

I couldnt find a unit but

could be cool letting them climb trees

hehe Ive suggested this before. I know its not exactly historical (But i figure having tested scopes on things is as good as protoype guns).

But I would love a Heavy sniper with a Scoped Boys AT rifle, Or Scoped PTRS 41, or Scoped Solothurn!

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Royal Marines before everyone became a Royal Marine Commando I think - like in WW2 when they were originally formed into “Special Service Brigades”, with “Commando” being a subunit of that until 1944 or thereabouts when they became Commando Brigades - so for example 45 (RM) Commando was part of 1st Special Service Brigade.

These days it’s worn by recruits in the RMC, and they graduate to Green Beret when they finish the recruit training.

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I totally forgot about that one. But yeah it wasnt that interesting squad anyway. Just 5 max upgraded type 4s that are already in tech tree.

They might be unpopular, but every time I play them as an Allie I get the crap kicked out of me. :rofl: Against the Germans, I have a chance, the Japanese lately, no chance. :face_with_raised_eyebrow: