Paratrooper Objective

FoW Objective Vandervoort
Originally uploaded by The Gonk

I've been threatening to do a Flames of War paratrooper objective of the officer being hauled around in a supply cart a la John Wayne in the Longest Day. Well, I finally got around to doing it! John Wayne played Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 505th on D-Day when he broke his ankle landing. However, a similar incident occurred with the CO of the 502nd, Colonel George Van Horn Moseley-- in fact, that claims that John Wayne played a "composite character" in the Longest Day! Whoever he is, though, he's finally done. Looking at pictures of the M3A4 Utility Cart, I decided the FoW ones were too large. And since I was going to have to scratch build one anyway, as that appeared easier than removing the equipment bag, I made it smaller. I kept the wheels, though-- too tough to scratch build.