Black Seas: Bomb Ketch Squadron unit-artillery the hardback Konflikt '47 rulebook

the hardback Konflikt '47 rulebook with the Axis Stahltruppen heavy infantryman special miniature and an Axis Dice Bag

combined with its speed

but with limitless tactical potential

enough to make a brigade

Black Seas: Bomb Ketch Squadron unit-artillery the hardback Konflikt '47 rulebookA bomb ketchs primary armament was not cannon or carronade, but a mortar mounted near the bow elevated at a high angle, that employed explosive shells rather than solid shot. They were designed primarily as bombardment vessels (hence the name bomb ketch), and were deployed against fixed land positions. Though the British first employed a bomb vessel in 1347, it was the French who would develop a design (in the late 17th century) closer to those seen