Citroën Traction Avant: Rubicon Review

- By Jakob Lotz

So a little while back I got my hands on one of Rubicon's new resin vehicles - to be more specific, the Citroën Traction Avant! I'm just going to say this right out of the gate, wow, just wow. This is one high-quality kit!

The model comes in a rather unassuming box. It's nothing fancy but it sure does the job, and given that it's really the contents of the box that is important, the looks of the packaging doesn't really matter that much.

Hanoswag! Jael reviews the Rubicon Hanomag upgrade kits

The Sdkfz.250 and Sdkfz.251 halftracks, collectively known as “hanomags” after their manufacturer Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG, are an iconic element of the Wehrmacht, transporting Panzergrenadiers to the battlefield as well as serving in more specialized battlefield roles. While the troop carrying version is well known, the halftracks were modified to fill the gap in recon companies by the obsolescence of the sdkfz.222 light armored car, as anti tank and infantry support vehicles, as armoured ambulances, as bridge-laying vehicles, and a host of other applications.

I’ve never been a fan of using the standard Hanomag in its armoured transport role – I’ve always felt that the cost differential between a truck and the Honomag was not justified by the increased protection. However, I’ve often considered running some of the specialized variants in games.
Rubicon have produced a number of add-on kits for their base 250 and 251 halftracks which modify the original kit – in this case we’re looking at the Sdkfz.250/9 and the Sdkfz.251/9, which are the armoured recon and infantry support variants respectively. 

Review: Rubicon Renault R35/40

French Foreign Legion in the Levant

As my Army of the Levant force is getting under way, I've been on the look out for French vehicles that are suitable for campaigning in Syria & Lebanon in 1940-1941. I set my eyes on the Renault R35, which was a key element to the Vichy- aligned French forces administering the region.

While it was outmatched in the Battle of France against the German Panzers, the R35 was still a capable tank for colonial warfare where forces were less well equipped to deal with relatively heavy armour. This was the case in the Levant, where up to 90 R35s were delivered to Commander Henri Dentz's administration in 1940 to replace the Great War-era Renault FT17s. These tanks made up the 6th & 7th armoured regiments of the Chasseurs d'Afrique.