MLRS

 For my Royal Artillery we now have 2 batteries of these.

Picture via Military vehicles McNab (2003)

NATO M109 in plastic

 I was able to order this set off Amazon now that I have a job that I can pay my bills with, I treated myself.

I will do up an article once said kit arrives.

Some basic stuff I'd like to use the kits for are

1 short barrelled M109 as one for the West Germans.

2 Long barrelled M109 for the rest of my armies.

So far I have 

2 for Canada from my Roco collection

4 for the British, the Battlefront Minatures set for Team Yankee metal and resin.

2 for Iran which are actually from a children's toy car set, need to be painted

Netherlands 103 Verkennings Eskadron for 4. Divise

 So I've been doing some research on my Dutch force in team Yankee, and I realized that it's smaller than my Canadian forces 

So basically I have a Recce Battalion made up of a Leopard 1 squadron, which is made of turrets mounted in bushes, with a M113 Light Infantry section. 

Unless I draft in my Belgian Leopard 1s it's pretty small. 

Update:

Since I have been given the chance to teach in Nunavut, I will be able to have the chance to rebuild my NATO forces.

As of January 2023 the Dutch now have

1 battery M109 sp guns (2)

Leopard 1 

The Dutch need

Leopard 2 squadron 

The carriers

M113

And recce

So, yeah need to build the whole force 

West German Redeye squad

 I got the West Germans some additional Anti-aircraft systems they can use. 

I ran out of NATO green so I'll have to wait until I can get to the store for more.

The blister pact has 8 teams, so I will we splitting these up to other NATO allied troops to flush them out. I have to check on my Dutch and ANZAC troops on this.

And I got them painted, just not a picture yet 

Royal Artillery M109 Field Battery

 I got another tax refund so I decided to get some NATO kit

Now I already had a toy car battery but I'll send these over to the Iranians. I'll have to build the British one and paint it up

Built but ran out of NATO green and I'll check on my Chieftain green.

I have been able to paint these I just havent been able to take pictures yet

A Bridge Too Far, second game in 15mm

 The first time I played this game, I did in 1/72 and some 15mm.

I'm going to replay the game using what I have in 15mm for all sides. 

I'll be using my entire British force and all my Warsaw Pact Airborne infantry and what they need will be multinational Warsaw Pact, including the Hinds.

With the current situation in 2022, I may hold off on doing this battle until the end of hostility in Ukraine. However with the new T-80 company that I picked up I will  see how it works.

To flesh out my British Scorpion sections, I will field Cromwells as their guns and armor were about the same. The ANZAC, Canadians,Dutch and Belgians will also be involved.

Battle of Asal Uttar 1965

Part of the Second Indo Pakistan War I can fight this action either as a Team Yankee or Bolt Action game. I have fought on action but will so another.

This is one of the actions i will try to fight while up in Nunavut the winter of 2023 

French ambush Warsaw Pact

 

Smoke dropped to screen the Polish advance

French choppers waiting on the fringe to ambush

the road looks clear or is it?

a quick deployment of French Dragoons

while the Hussars wait in cover

and Napoleon's old adage, the artillery

Vive La France

Iron Maiden: Commonwealth forces hold back a Soviet push

 

Soviet forces consist of 2 Tank Divisions with a Motorized rifle Regiment in each

The Soviets also sent an Afgansty Airborne force

Afgansty force uses an Airborne assault on the bridge, their objective for the game

A Soviet tank Division made up of a T-72 Battalion, a T-62 Battalion, an IS-2 squadron and a T-34/85 battalion in lieu of a T-55 battalion 

BMP-2 Motorized Rifle Battalion, the T-64 Battalion really getting torn apart by Anti-tank weapons 

Soviet infantry charge to clear the wood

Irish Guards are scattered in the middle

6th Royal Australian Regiment Milan Anti-tank sections on the roof of the building 

17/21st Lancers Death or Glory Boys holding the edge of the town. One Chieftain has already brewed up but the Swingfire troop holds back the T-64 Regiment 

the Canadian Lynx Recce troop of the RCD moves up to flank some Motorized rifle troops

6 RAR mortar battery awaits fire order while Australian Recce elements move up

The Royal Canadian Dragoons with 2PPCLI mortar section await orders

The Commonwealth force

Eventually after a hard fight, the Commonwealth brigade holds the town. Casualties on the Australian's were high as were the New Zealand battalion. 2PPCLI lost a quarter of their strength as did the Irish Guards 

The Soviets lost all their tanks, and their infantry limped away. It was a total NATO victory

Leopard: Armoured Recce

 A West German force attacks  an East German prob

West German reservists with m48s and m41s

With Jagers in M113s

East German 9th Panzer Division 

West Germans advancing up the road

The East Germans enter the town

Soviet Naval infantry Regiment 

West German Reservists 

Jagers probe forward 

East German Zug in skirmish order

T-72 panzers holding the bridge, pushing forward to get at the puppets of American Imperialism

Warsaw Pact 

East Germans

Leopard: Delaying attack

 West German Panzer brigade is attacking a Soviet tank brigade 

Soviets advancing 

Mortar batteries 

Its been a tough match, but the West Germans will be withdrawing. However they made the Soviets pay dearly for the cross road

Iran for Oil War

 One of the few purchases for TY in 2021. Until I get some issues in order, I won't be getting any new gear for quote some time 

May 2022: got a section of M60s for the Iranians.

And I might have gotten them an infantry section, I just have to see if Iran used Aks or not.

Source books: The Vietnam experience

 I got a new used series free from a local museum that couldn't sell it.

Despite the price tags, I got them free

And another bonus I found. Including the Australians at Long Tan in 1966

Leopard campaign: Forward edge of Battle

 I've decided to fight a West German led defensive campaign this summer with my Team Yankee kits and my 1/72 gear. 

The scenarios are from the book Leopard.

It should be interesting 

At the Forward edge of Battle 

NATO force: France, Belgium, Dutch and Canadian and West Germans 

Czechoslovakian force holding a town

Soviets in reserves 

Warsaw Pact Hinds try to dominate the field Germans begin to advance 

Oil Wars: More actions with Iran and Iraq

 I'm really going to work on some battles in this theater for a bit. I've been reading up on the war and am hoping to put some more actions together.

I'm going to run it similar to my Team Yankee campaign of the 2020 summer. 

One thing that will happen will be a change up in tanks  that were available to Iran.

Should be interesting. And some Warsaw Pact allies may find themselves there.

My Canadian force is roughly 77pts

 I added up my units in my force and including my ANZAC  force, I can field a 77pt force

Royal Canadian Engineers with some Reservist field conversions of M548

The Leopard squadron is based off of the Royal Canadian Dragoons while the infantry Im basing of off 2 PPCLI

My second infantry section is going to based off a 2RCR Battlegroup with lots of Atlantic Area Militia support. 

And life sized

M109

Leopard

ADATS

Leopard

M113

Centurion

FSOD early 1960s

Early Cold War, Centurions