Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 49 Set #83203 (2005) - #93203 (2007) UK 7th Armored Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (Normandy 1944) Pt 2 Pose 2

While this pose was featured back in May, this figure was in the box I posted yesterday. I think we can agree that FOV got it wrong when they put troops outfitted for the North African campaign in a box labeled 'Normandy 1944'!

Ed

FOV British / UK Pose 2

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 48 Set #83203 (2005) - #93203 (2007) UK 7th Armored Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (Normandy 1944) Pt 1 Packaging and Contents

We're starting another Forces of Valor set today: #83203 / #93203 UK 7th Armored Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (Normandy 1944). The set includes five figures, and each figure in this set was photographed individually as part of the overall contents. I could have copied and pasted previous photos of several of the British figures, but by photographing each and every figure that came in each and every set, that allows you to see differences in faces and uniforms during their manufacture (Spoiler Alert: these early sets were pretty decent - later sets were really messed up!!). Also, don't count on total historical accuracy in these figures and this set is a good example. The UK figures posted back in May were labeled as 'British 7th Armored Division (El-Alamein 1942)' while this set is labeled 'UK 7th Armored Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (Normandy 1944)'.

Look at the figures. These guys are wearing shorts! D-Day? Normandy? I think not. FOV did a nice job on the sculpts and included an awesome array of accessories, but don't rely on their marketing to determine what units or what locations they were meant to represent.

Ed

Set #83203 1st Series 'dark' box (Mine)

Set #93203 2nd Series Olive Green Box (fleaBay photos)

Contents

-5 figures

-'L'-shaped ruined wall

-Small ruined wall

-Czech Hedgehog barrier

-Log barrier

-Curved sandbag pile

-2 tan oil drums

-30cal MG on tripod

-Crate #1

-Crate #5

-2 'Square-X' Jerry cans

-4 OD ammo cans

The underside of the bases featured in set #83003 had no markings. This set has the Unimax copyright markings.

Although the figures were photographed separately for each set, these accessory photos are part of a group of stock photos I did for all the FOV sets.

Crate #1

Crate #5

30cal MG on Tripod

Ammo cans x4 (pictured is a tan can, set cans are in OD)

Czech Hedgehog

'Square-X' Jerry Cans

Tan Oil Drums

'L'-shaped Ruined Wall

Small Ruined Wall

Curved Sandbag Pile

Log Obstacle

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 47 Set #83010 (2010) German 352nd Infantry Division (Normandy 1944) Pt 5 Pose 12

I've noticed that whenever one of these sets featured a special piece - like this machine gunner with large MG on tripod - or, if they offer several large terrain/detail pieces, that only four figures are included in the set vs. five. Also, you'll notice that this set is heavy on machine gunners featuring three in one set.

This guy is definitely firing a MG42 with what has to be one of the most over-engineered tripods of WWII. It must have been incredibly unwieldy toting this arrangement around the battlefield, and with the tripod sitting so high, the gunner had to be concealed behind a wall or sandbag pile or otherwise he'd be a sitting duck. BTW, this is another piece that will not fit on one of FOV's one-size-fits-all figure bases.

Ed

Pose 12

MG42 on Tripod

Photo culled from the Internet

FOV MG42 on Tripod