Bolt Action - US Airborne 57mm Anti-Tank Gun Order Dice The pre-eminent field British artillery

The pre-eminent field British artillery piece in WWII (and beyond into the Korean War and Malayan Emergency in the 1950s and 60s)

and was particularly appreciated by veteran troops for its destructive power against enemy troops in cover

or advancing behind some form of cover

the tenacious Alpini were able to escape encirclement and survive

Bolt Action - US Airborne 57mm Anti-Tank Gun Order Dice The pre-eminent field British artilleryThe 57mm M1 anti tank gun was a close copy of the British QF 6pdr which was itself also used by some American units, being introduced in 1943 into US Army units. It was subsequently used by US airborne forces with a light carriage that allowed it be landed by glider, providing useful defence against enemy armour, though it was only effective against German heavies at close range or from the flanks. In games of Bolt Action this can be included in