Here's the other half of the African imagi-nations Bulldogs Away! project, a flotilla of Israeli FAC (M) boats, modified to a slightly different spec than the real things. There are two Sa'ar 3 boats, which I've assembled from two Sa'ar 2 models, a Reshef straight out of the box, and an Aliyah with its lateral Harpoon launchers replaced by fixed Gabriel missile pods. These will all be renamed with suitable titles, probably in Zulu or Bantu, depending on what I eventually develop as the background narrative.
The idea behind this is that the as yet unnamed South East African country that commissioned these boats, had them built under licence by a Cherbourg boat yard, having all of their military kit supplied by the French. The Israelis obliged but on the understanding that the weapons fit would be of Israeli manufacture or licence built locally, so Gabriel missiles rather than Harpoons, the US having imposed an arms embargo on the the country for some inexplicable reason (probably to do with the French!)
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