Red Thunder:Soviets in WW III

Before I went to work on Saturday, I did some errands and picked up a new force book, Red Thunder. This covers the Soviets for 1985 in the Team Yankee series.

I now have an offensive to build up for the fall.

286 Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment 

345th Guards Air Landing Regiment 

29th Guards Tank Regiment 

Support elements which are being switched up between units. The 1/72 kits will be for a different formation.

199th Artillery Regiment, continues to grow

At the moment, I have:
A section of T-72s
2 sections of T-80s
4 sections of T-64s
2 sections of T-62s

I shall take stock of my kit, and with the addition of T-64s a unit of 5 tanks and a section of 3 T-62s of the 74th Guards Tank Regiment I should be able to now have 2 Soviet tank regiments and a mixed Warsaw Pact Division.
At the moment, I believe that I have enough kit to field the 94th Guards Motorized Rifle Division
This consists of a T-64 Regiment of 4 sections
A Motorized Rifle Regiment of BTR-60
A 152mm heavy
 battery (Acacia) 3 sp guns.
I have 2 sets of Potecknov's Bears which gave me 14 T-72s which I have divided between my Warsaw Pact force, and 4 Mi-24 Hind helicopters

Several sets of BMP-1 or BMP-2
Several sets of BTR-60
A Motor Rifle company set
A second Motor Rifle company set but from Plastic soldier company
A motor rifle platoon set
1 plastic SU- 25 aircraft
A ZSU-23-4 set
A SA-13 Gopher set
A SA-8 Gecko set
A Carnation battery 
An Acacia battery 

A BM-21 Hail Rocket Battery 
A Storm Anti-tank platoon
I have several BRDM vehicles
A Spandrel set
A Gaskin set

It's taken me about 2 years to build up my Red Thunder collection to a bare minimum. I plan to add a few more bits but I think I have enough to finally game most of the scenarios.

Soviet tanks: T-64 of the 74th Guards Tank Regiment

I finally have the Yuri's Wolves set. This means I now have a full Soviet T-64 Tank Regiment.

For the Division, they will be supported by the 12th Separate Guards Recon Batallion of a Squadron of BMP-1 and a Squadron of BMP-2 

The T-64 which will serve in the Soviet Army.

I had a few hours last Saturday so while doing some errands, I picked up a box of Battlefront Minatures T-64 tanks.
I plan on building up a section of 4 tanks and having the 5th as a Command tank.
The first battle with these my son Ian used them up pretty quick. The T-72 Regiment fared better as he failed to use their missiles
For my 47th birthday May 2020, I bought another box of these. My plan is to now field these tanks as the 74th Guards Tank Regiment, in recognition of their great performance in the campaign of 2020 or 1985.
So the HQ section will be 1 tank, and 3 squadrons of 4 tanks.

This box has been built, I just need to add some paint and some commanders. 

As of June 2020, I have painted the additional 5 tanks, just need to add the painted commanders

The company of T-72s will be added to another unit.

I finally have the Yuris Wolves set, so I now have 15 T-64s with a BMP scout section!

Updated pictures to follow