TEAM PROFILE
[ SPECIAL OPERATIONS BRIGADE ]
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick Special Ops Brigade is a
team inspired by the novel and film The Mouse That
Roared. Lawrence Holsworth has the lowdown
H
ailing from the Oxfordshire/
Buckinghamshire area, The
Duchy of Grand Fenwick
Special Operations Brigade
is an airsoft team created in
November 2009. The team is based upon a
fictitious context inspired by the novel and
film The Mouse That Roared. There is also an
element of an homage to modern European
special operations forces, equipment, tactics
and procedures.
Within such a fictictionalised (and tonguein-cheek) setting, we aimed to create a team
environment that would be fun as well as
unique. Another attraction of the Duchy of
Fenwick concept was that it allowed us to
break the mould and be a bit creative with
our load-outs and reflect a more central
European look.
The concept struck an immediate chord
among a number of the local ‘old hands’,
most of whom are also either serving or
ex-military. This helped us quickly slide into
a common way of operating and interacting
based on our military training.
The overall purpose of the Special
Operations Brigade (DGFSOB) is to provide
the Duchy of Grand Fenwick with a rapidlydeployable unit, fully trained and equipped to
conduct special operations from the moment
of insertion by land, air or maritime assets.
In particular, the unit performs the following
missions:
tactical reconnaissance and observation;
intelligence and counter-intelligence;
strikes, raids, search-and-destroy;
interdiction and disruption operations.
At the present time, the exact number of
troops in the Duchy of Grand Fenwick Special
Operations Brigade is a closely guarded
secret. But photos of the SOB, on operations
and in training, show that the team operates
four or five man squads at a basic unit level.
Beyond this it is clear from photographic
evidence that the members of the Duchy’s
Special Operations Brigade wear combat
uniforms in the German ‘green-dominant’
Flecktarn camouflage pattern in the spring/
summer seasons and the Chinese ‘browndominant’ Highland camouflage pattern in
the autumn/winter. It has also been seen that
the SOB troops wear a dark olive-green beret
with a gold badge comprised of a royal eagle
surrounded by an oak wreath, and that the
distinctive unit insignia consists of a winged
mouse holding a dagger on a shield-shaped
patch.
In terms of individual weapons, the Special
Operations Brigade uses the H&K G36KV
carbine and MG36 light support weapon. ■
Profile and images provided by
Lawrence Holsworth (even though
he’s now in the States!).
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