French Empire

Great War Hard Cover Rulebook

1918 saw great changes in the warfare of the Western Front. Russia pulled out of the war, freeing thousands more German troops to push the Allies back huge distances. The Allied counteroffensives, with their new tanks and evolving tactics, forced the...

Clavery's Chargers - GFRAB02

Contains: 1x Compagnie De Fusiliers HQ (with 2 teams), 2x Fusiliers Sections (each with 11 teams), 1x Machine-gun Platoon (with 4 teams), 2x 76mm Stokes Trench Mortars, 1x 75mm Field Gun, 1x Char Saint Chamond Tank, 1x Schneider CA.1 Tank, 1x White AM...

French Unit Cards - GFR901

The French Unit Card pack contains 103 cards, including French, Belgian, French Russian Legion and Harlem Hellfighter (15th New York National Guard Regiment) Force and Unit Cards. It also includes the British Tank Cards that can support your Force.

Great War French Objective Set - GTO04

3 themed objective markers.

French Great War Token Set - GTK04

Contains 22 themed tokens.

Cavalerie Platoon - GFBX04

The French have a long and proud cavalry tradition with a great variety of regiments and roles. Once the infantry and tanks had broken through the enemy defences, the cavalry and armoured car would rush through the gap to get into the enemy’s rear...

Fusiliers Machine Gun Platoon - GFR714

In the front lines the company is supported by the new Hochkiss mle 1914 heavy machine-gun. It fires the same cartridge as the Fusiliers’s Berthier rifles and can sustain a rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute. Well placed in defence these guns...

Trench Mortar Platoon - GFR715

German machine-gun nests and pillboxes are not the obstacles they once were since the introduction of trench mortars. The British 76mm Stokes mortar can knock out strong points up close in the attack. The heavier 58mm Type 2 mortars stay in the trench...

Fusiliers Platoon - GFR712

The sharp end of the French fighting force is the riflemen, or Fusiliers, much the same as it was in the days of Napoleon. Supported by Chauchat light machine-guns and Vivien and Bessières rifle grenades, the Fusiliers can handle any challenge in...

75mm mle 1897 Gun - GFR571

The appearance of enemy tanks has led to some field guns being deployed in the front lines to counter the tanks. A round from a 75mm mle 1897 gun can easily punch through the armoured plated of a tank. Contains: 2x 75mm mle 1897 guns. Models supplied...

Automiltraileuse Platoon - GFR300

The French Army saw the usefulness of armoured cars as part of the offensive in the grand manoeuvres to exploit the offensive’s success. The formation of mechanized squadrons who would support the mounted troops was first considered as part of...

Char Saint Chamond Tank - GFR100

The newer Saint-Chamond, which features the excellent Quick Fire 75mm gun, was design separately from the Schneider CA.1 and features longer tracks and more machine-guns. From 1917 to 1918 the Char Saint-Chamond participated in 375 different actions, and...

Schneider CA.1 Tank - GFR090

The French heavy tanks units feature the first French tank, the Schneider CA.1. It was first delivered to the front in September 1916 and first went into action in an attack outside Barry au Bac, on the Aisne River, on 16 April 1917 (part of the Chemin...

Renault FT-17 - GFR005

The newest French tank is the Renault FT-17. It is much smaller than the older heavy tanks, but it still packs a punch. Armed with a 37mm gun or a heavy machine gun, these two-man vehicles feature a turret that can fire in a 360 degree arc and provide...