Steven’s 2nd Tabor of Regulares of Tetuán

I’m building up the 2nd Tabor of Regulares of Tetuán from Column Asensio of 1936. Battalion Code = “T” for Tabor or Turban or Tetuán within the Unit ID for Crossfire.

As long as you led from the front
where they [the Moroccans] could clearly see you upright,
they would follow.

Alferez Juan Crespo.

My initial interest in the Spanish Civil War was La Marcha, i.e. the drive on Madrid in Sep 1936, so I decided to collect one of the Columns of the Army of Africa to field in Crossfire. I can’t remember why but I latched onto Lt. Col. Carlos Asensio Cabanillas and his Column Asensio. According to Scurr (1985) this force contained:

Figures

My Moroccan figures are all from Peter Pig Range 13: Spanish Civil War. In fact they are the older style of Moroccans, for example, the HMG teams have turbans rather than just Fez. I quite like the figures, but unfortunately there are only three variants for the riflemen.

Painting

I painted all the figures. I use the Black Undercoat Method of painting. Of course I used my SCW: Moroccan Painting Guide.

I flocked them using Sand and Dry Brushing. Some of the photos are prior to gluing on the static grass. For a long time I debated whether to have any grass for the Army of Africa as I wanted to use the same figures for the Rif War. Then I realised the Rif is actually arid but green.

Bases are metric versions of the standard Base Sizes and Number of Figures in Crossfire. so 30mm x 30mm for a rifle squad.

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Order of Battle

My Tabor is based on the historical Spanish Civil War: Order of Battle and my interpretation as a Fuego Cruzado: Nationalist Order of Battle.

Order of Battle for the full Tabor:

I don’t believe the Moroccan infantry had the full complement of light machine guns so don’t give them a bonus LMG stand.

Flags

I made my own Spanish Civil War Flags based on examples in Turnball (1978) and Bueno (1971).

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Unit ID

I have used Battalion Code = “T” for the Unit ID for the Regulares. “T” = Tabor.

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Other Photos

References

Bueno, J. M. (1971). Uniformes Militares en color de la Guerra Civil Española. Madrid: Libreria Editorial San Martin.

Fuego Cruzado: Nationalist Order of Battle

Scurr, J. (1985). The Spanish Foreign Legion. Osprey.

Spanish Civil War: Moroccan Painting Guide

Spanish Civil War: Order of Battle

Turnball, P. (1978). The Spanish Civil War 1936-39. Osprey.