The little battle in Burma against the Japanese inspired my to push through and finish up the last of the raiders I currently have… 

All the new raiders! This includes the box of Merril’s Marauders and the USMC Support Group – both from Warlord Games. 

Merril’s Marauders – again, as with the previous Raider Squad box, included MORE Thompson submachine-guns than are technically allowed in a USMC squad… and there is so separate listing for Raider Squads!?

In the Empires in Flames book for 2nd(?) edition, there is a listing for Marine raiders that DOES allow the NCO + 3 others to be armed with a submachine-gun, so…. maybe in the Armies of the United States coming out later this year…? But do I want to spend $50 just to know yeah, Raiders can take four instead of three…!? 

ALL THE RAIDERS!! 

Here’s what the force (so far!) will look like in Bolt Action. 

USMC RAIDERS

Rifle Platoon

Platoon commander 39 pts (Veteran) + 2 men @13 = 65 pts

Forward Observer 90 pts (Veteran) + 2 men @11 = 112 pts

Medic 30 pts (Veteran) + 2 men @11 = 52 pts

Marine Squad 1 NCO and 6 men 91pts (veteran) + 2 men @13, + 3 SMG @4, + 3 BAR @6, + 9 Stubborn @1 = 156 

Marine Squad 1 NCO and 6 men 91pts (veteran) + 2 men @13, + 3 SMG @4, + 2 BAR @6, + 1 Shotguns @3, + 9 Stubborn @1 = 153 

Marine Squad 1 NCO and 6 men 91pts (veteran) + 2 men @13, + 3 SMG @4, + 2 BAR @6, + 9 Stubborn @1 = 150

Weapons Platoon

Platoon commander 39 pts (Veteran) + 2 men @13 = 65

Medium Machine-Gun Team 65 pts (Veteran) = 65

Medium Mortar Team 56 pts (Veteran) = 56

Total: 874

I’d need to add 126 points worth of stuff to make a 1000 point force… 

I’d need another 376 points to to make it a 1250 point force!? 

If I had limitless time and resources, I’d probably can the Weapons Platoon and add a SECOND Platoon of Raiders… But that’s not about to happen any time soon!

Warlord does have a USMC Weapons Teams box that includes a Sniper Team and a Bazooka team… (the box also includes a Flame-Thrower team… but as far as I can tell, I’d need to have an ENGINEERING PLATOON to field any of those!?) a veteran Sniper Team and Bazooka Team would add 145 points… 

I guess I could (should?) also consider adding anti-tank grenades to one or more squads and making them TANK HUNTERS, that could eat up some points. 

I have a Gallery Page for the USMC Raiders, where you can see MORE pictures of the individual squads and elements of the force:

WW2 – USMC Raiders (PTO)