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2nd Marine Division Scout

 

The start of a new American force.

M113 Artillery OP

 

So yes the card is for Israel but I had this American painted M113 i bought in Ginza, Tokyo about 20 years ago. 

HMMWV Cavalry Troop

 

American Armoured Combat Team

 

Challenge for tonight: M-23 Flogger

 On the way to work, I stopped by my neighborhood hobby shop and I got this Academy Kit. Now I know that TY uses the SU-25 but since I got this kit for only 7.00!

My plan it to have this from box to painted  within 10 hours.

As much as I wanted to, decals shall wait

Red Dawn/Team Yankee US 7th Cavalry

 As many readers may have noticed, I don't portray many US units as I find they almost always get all the glory.

However, I had a few bits and pieces laying about and I've painted them and got their cards to use.

Hq: 1 Abraham's tank

1 Abraham squadron: 2 Abraham tanks

1 M60 squadron 

3 HMMWV Squadrons

1 Bradley troop (2)

M113 Op

Artillery battery (M203 x2)

Red Dawn: Trapped in the Snow

 3 Soviet Airborne companies,  1 in Ambush

(None in transports)

Vs 

2 Militia groups

Red Dawn: The Timber Yard

  2 BTR-60 companies, and additional one in reserve

Vs

2 Militia groups

Red Dawn: Civilian Prisoner Rescue

 Soviets 2 BTR-60 companies (4 Akms, 3 RPG-7s, 4 BTR-60)

Reserve

Additional BTR-60 company

VS

2 MILITIA groups

Red Dawn: Gas Station Ambush

 This scenario reminds me of the Last Stand of Tank 66, a scenario in the initial Team Yankee book.

This one however pits a single tank, which while is listed as a T-72, could be any tank of the Warsaw Pact in the invasion of North America.

1 T-72 (or any tank) and a possible discounted  crew armed with AKMs

Reserve

BRDM-2 platoon

VS

Militia Group, with civilian decoys 

Red Dawn: 124th Guards Tank Regiment

 This Soviet force is going to be made up of T-55 AM tanks.

Since I have a large amount of T-55s they should help out, though T-55s are a stretch 

Red Dawn: Soviet 225th Tank Regiment

 So the 225th I'm modeling with the T-72B tanks which I got last year (2023)

So far I haven't painted them yet but I plan on doing them in a generic colour so that I can use them interchangeable.

163rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment:Montana National Guard 1985

 So I'm building up a basic American force. As the majority of American gear would be out in Europe, this force is going to be top heavy on M-60 and M-48 tanks plus some older gear to outfit a reserve unit of the 1980s.

So far we have

3-M60s

1 M-48 HQ

4 M-48s

2 M-41s

Mutt Jeep TOWs

Duster AA M-48

Weapons support platoon of mortars, Anti-tank platoons 

In addition, the Erica's can call on

A Cobra Helicoper platoon

M270 MLRS battery

M163 VADS AA

HMMWV Cavalry troop of the old 7th Calvary 

And....

1 troop of Pickup trucks armed 

10 Assault Rifle teams, 4 RPG-7 teams 

2 60mm teams

97th Guards Parachute Regiment

A much older Airborne SP gun

 My Soviet VDV force I've built up with a weapons support company

AGS-17 Grenade launcher

SA-14 Gremlin AA

BMD-1 AIR ASSAULT COMPANY 

7 AK-74, 3 RPG-7, 

2 PKM LMG

And 82mm mortars

What i don't have, are the BMDs

ASU-85

BTR-D systems 

Nona Mortars

However, over time I will build these up.

For the most part, they shall be Parachute dropped until I can get their gear unless they also come in by helicopters 

78th Cuban Armoured Division

 So I have been building a Cuban force for my Red Dawn theatre of operations.

The 78th Armoured Division that I currently have is 

T-62 HQ x1

T-62 Compania De Tanques (4 tanks)

SU-100 Compania De Tanques (5)

T-55 Batallon De Tanques

T-55 HQ X 1

T-55 Compania De Tanques (5)

T-34/85 (5)

Note the T-34/85 had been replaced but since I need more gear on the ground they are being drafted in.

Other support such as 

BMP-1 and BTR-60 are being drafted in from other bits until I can outfit them.

I do have a BMP-1 or BTR-60 Compania De Infanteria 

4 AKM teams, 3 RPG-7 teams 

In addition the BTR-60 Compania is a weapons support group with

AGS-17 Grenade launcher

AT-3 Sagger

SA-7 Grail

Additional infantry comes from my Iraqi force as they are the same kit but in desert colours 

West German Panzer Kompanie

 Currently my West German Panzer Kompanie is a bit small. With only 1 Leopard 1 Zug, a HQ, it has an M113 Panzergrenadier Zug attached as well as  Marder Zug.

The reasons why this force is small is partial deliberate and also i haven't been able to flesh it out.

I'd like to get the Panzer company up to full strength with Leopard 1 and another in Leopard 2.

I have some basic artillery but I need to flesh them out also.

West German Panzeraufklarungs Kompanie

 

About two years ago, I took some shots of my West German force with their cards. However I hadn't explained how I organized my force.

So my Panzeraufklarungs Kompanie is:

1 Leopard 1 Panzeraufklarungs Kompanie HQ (1 tank)

2 Luchs Spah Trupp (2 vehicles each)

1 Gepard Flakpanzer Batterie

1 Leopard 1 Panzer Zug (2 tanks)

1 Fuchs Panzeraufklarungs HQ (1 Fuch)

1 Fuchs Panzeraufklarungs Zug (3 Fuchs, 3 MG3 teams and a Milan.

So, basically this is a super heavy armoured reccee unit with enough firepower to scout out areas but also with the ability to fight off a strong probe.

Soviet fire support

 

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