BAOR 3rd Iron Division holds off a Soviet advance

It's December, 1985, after having enjoyed Christmas, MI6 gets intelligence that the Soviets intend to use the holidays as a distraction to try and invade Germany.

 Iron Maiden holds off the Soviet hordes

The Soviets are throwing everything they have at the British.

In contemplates his next move as the spirit of Christmas tries to bring hopes of peace

the Russians are halted

heavy artillery halts the Soviet advance

the remaining Soviet forces pull back

Netherlands 4th Mech Division in 1/72

Prince Alfred Armored Regiment 3 Leopard 2, this 

M113 ACV for the Tirailleur Peloton

a 175mm so gun

42 Jager Mech
48 v.Heu Regt Mounted in M113 ACV  Verkennings Ploeg ESCI NATO figures armed with G3
42 Limburg Jager
11th Artillery Regiment MLRS Rocket launcher

the single MLRS for the Dutch artillery

With the new augmentation of Free Nations, I shall be upgrading the force as time and funds permit
these would include:
YPR-765 IFV for the Pantserinfantrie

Danish Jutland Division 1988

5 Recce Battn: 1 Tow Jeep, 1 Mutt Jeep armed with an MG 3. in 1/87

Jutland Artillery Regiment M114/39 Towed with a truck and M548 Cargo carrier in 1/87

Danish Paratrooper Regiment ESCI NATO troops armed with G3 in 1/72

Jutland Dragoon Regiment 1 Leopard 1 tank, (1/87)
Danish Life Regiment 1 Centurion tank, (1/72) 1 M41 Tank (1/87)

King's Jutland Foot: modeled with ESCI NATO troops armed with G3 with M113 ACV.

Update in 2023. Battlefront Minatures have announed a Nordic book so this country should be a part of it, and hopefully thats not just my wishful thinking.

RCEME and Service Battalions hard at work

This is just some of the kits I have to work on to bring up to strength.

It took me roughly 3 years to get most of the broken kits back together for action on the tabletop. There are more units which will be put back together during the summer of 2020.

Bundeswehr Fallschirmajer 1990

My German Airborne Division is made up of 3 boxes of Revell Fallschirmajer which I bought in Japan about 2002.

I have enough figures to form the entire division. I have painted up and based most of the figures to field the units below.

Fallschirmajer Battalion 261

Airborne Support Battalion 262 This will be modeled by 2 Wiesel 1x20mm gun 1xTOW

Fallschirmjager Battalion 263

Fallschirmajager Battalion 313

Fallschirmjager Battalion 373

Airborne Support Battalion 272: This will be modeled by 3 Wolf Jeeps 2xMG3 1XTOW

Warrior IFV building

I'm beginning to build a Warrior IFV for the Queen's Own Highlanders

This has been a very long work in progress. I bought the kit in Japan in 2003. It was kept in storage from 2003-2015. I only began working on it in 2016!

And still I haven't finished it!

Today I might get

some work done on it.

This has since been painted up to represent the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordon and Cameron's)

With the TY v2 coming out in late 2019, I will be able to flush out the battle group 

Irish film The Siege of Jadotville

Good film about an Irish infantry company as part of a UN mission in the Congo in 1960s

Soviet Guards vs Scots Guards

Warsaw Pact: Polish 20th Warsaw Tank Division (20 Dywizja Pancerna) 1985,

This division is fielded on the gamming table as such:

BMP-1 with infantry

This comprises of the 49th Warszawski Mechanised Infantry Regiment

24th Drezdenski Regiment

Tank Battalion HQ with Division

T-72 company

BTR-60 mounted company

14th Sudecki Anti-tank Artillery Regiment

BRDM-2 platoon of the 8th Reconnaissance Battalion

start of a BTR-60 company of the 12th Mechanised Infantry Regiment attached to the 20th Division from the 4th Pomerania Mechanised Infantry Division

BMP-2 company another company of the 49th MIR

T-55 company of the 24th DTR

BMP-2 infantry company

support options are for BM-21 Hail of the 26th Rocket Artillery Battery

and a Carnation battery but these are modeled with Su-100s for the moment. these would be for the 36th Artillery battery

I also now have the cards and the information booklet for this force for the Team Yankee series

the new Warsaw Pact Artillery Template, which can be used for any side, but this one is in Soviet colours.

As of 12/15/2018, I was able to purchase the Team Yankee Suplement, Polish People's Army, as part of their Warsaw Pact Forces in World War 3 series.

In this game, the idea is that the Poles would attack Denmark and The Netherlands.

As the East German city of Lubeck is on the German border and they would drive through Northern West Germany to invade Jutland, and to also head towards Bremen to drive the Dutch back to their homeland.

The main force for this is the 20th Warsaw Tank Division. As part of the Polish 1st Army, they would be the main force to attack in NORTHAG.

At the moment, my Polish force is small. It contains the elements listed above, but over time, I will build this force up. 

The main bits to add will be a T-72 battalion, a BMP and OT-64 companies.

Some anti-tank and Anti-aircraft units will also be added.

Warsaw Pact: Polish 6th Pomeranian Air Assault Division 1988

The 6th Pomeranian Air Assault Division is made up of a company of Airborne infantry. They are fielded as a light unit having no attached armor or artillery.
Pictures to follow.
In time I will be adding some MI-24 Hind gunships to the Division.

Warsaw Pact: Polish 7th Naval Assault Division 1988

The 7th Luzyaka Naval Assault Division which I built consists of the following troops and equipment:

1 OT 62 APC
1 PT-76 Amphibious Tank
1 T-54 Tank
1 SU-100 SP Gun

Infantry consist of 1xRPK, 1xRPG-7,7x AK-74, Officer armed with VZ61,

This division is now attached to the 36th Guards Naval Infantry Regiment.
This ensures that the Soviet and Polish Naval Infantry can be fielded as a Naval Assault Division.
Originally I had modeled this division with the majority of my minature collection, but I have divided these between the 20th Warsaw Division
2020 upgrades to the force include more infantry, an actual BM-21 Launcher

Even more additions to my Cold War kit

One of my good friends was cleaning out his basement and passed over several more ROCO minitank kits.
I now have 3 more M113 APCs, some trucks, and trailers. I can put together some rear echelon stuff, as markers.
Since my friend passed these over to me 4 years ago. (this now being 2020) I have slowly been building these units. With the extra weapons such as mortars, I plan to mock up some of the cargo carriers as emergency self propelled mortars

Northern Norway May 1963

Point Defence is this scenario. A Soviet Airborne Brigade is attempting to capture a Norweigian village to allow the main advance to follow

A Norweigan battalion attempts to hold a small village

A .50 cal team holds a ruined farm house

Soviet Spentznaz begin to attack the village

They capture a cottage and barn

MMG team begin to take hits and are pinned

Soviets fire well

Soviet Para's fire an anti-aircraft missile at the MMG team

More hits

More fire is poured on this position

Eventually the MMG team is eliminated so an infantry company takes their place

Another company and a jeep hold a farm

Soviets occupy the second objective

Norway's young men are taking hits

A final missile hits the barn. All are lost in the inferno. The Soviets capture the farm to use as a base to further their invasion.

A good skirmish game. The Norweigeans were able to take out a Soviet company, but with their automatic weapons, the Russians were able to dominate the firefight.