Bolt Action: Campaign: Sea Lion by Warlord Games & John Lambshead

Author:Warlord Games & John Lambshead [Games, Warlord]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781472817884
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

PICKETT- HAMILTON DISAPPEARING PILLBOX

A concrete tube sunk into a pit in the middle of an airfield, the disappearing pillbox earned its name by being flush with the ground when lowered. However, should German gliders or transport planes attempt to land the pillbox would shoot up 2’ 6”. This was achieved by the crew cracking open compressed air bottles. The two man Bren Gun crew would then engage intruders through one of three loop holes positioned to give an all-round field of fire. Presumably if a landing German aircraft failed to see the pillbox, as seems likely, it would mount a last ditch defence as a landing obstacle, immolating the Luftwaffe in a glorious blazing inferno. No doubt the unfortunate pillbox crew would be mentioned in despatches.

At Churchill’s insistence 335 were built, but they turned out to have certain drawbacks, not least because they tended to act as drainage soakaways. A further issue was that they were fine on lightweight fighter airfields but not so much when a heavily laden bomber happened to taxi across the camouflaged roof. The pillbox made quite a decent fist of doubling as a bomber trapping pit, of the sort ancient hunters used to catch food on the hoof.

Cost 65pts (Inexperienced), 80pts (Regular)

Special Rules - The Pickett-Hamilton is a bunker for the purpose of the game as described in the Bolt Action 2nd Edition rulebook (p.127).

- It has a crew of 2 armed with a Bren Gun that may be fired in any direction through one of the three ports.

- It is controlled by an order die.

- It starts the game lowered.

- It may be raised or lowered using a Run order.

- It cannot fire or be attacked when lowered.

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