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

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

Royal Artillery 105mm guns

So I either have one large battery or two batteries.

Now while Battlefront Miniatures in their Yeam Yankee game series dont do towed guns, they did exist. 

When I do games  I will use these guns to support a TA brigade on the table.

They could also be found on a tabletop fighting in the Falklands 

 

World War III British Team Yankee

Battlefront Miniatures has revamped their Team Yankee series as World War III Team Yankee. The first book out is British.
I purchased a digital copy and it fits perfectly in line with the kits I own. There are a few I would like to get including an enlarged set, but this may take time.
I already have all the kits from the first series including the book Iron Maiden.
From the new series I have
1. Challenger Tanks: 3 in 1/72
2. Warrior IFV: 1 in 1/72
3. MLRS: 2 in 1/87

The other sets I would like is the Fox Recce

I expanded my Chieftains today by getting a box of the set from Battlefront Miniatures. I plan on building up 3 as regular Chieftains but 2 I will model with the additional armor. Eventually I built all 5 with the upgrade
my British army

need some more paint and decals

before paint and with their cards

My Chieftains all 12 of them.

In addition to the 3 Swingfires attached as an Anti-tank platoon and for Air defense a Spartan Blowpipe platoon.

My Challenger section of the Queens Royal Hussars, with a Warrior section, a Swingfire platoon, a Recce platoon. Additional elements will be added slowly.

There is enough infantry to have at least another full brigade,  

For most of the battles using the Battlefront Miniatures kits, I'll be using them alone minus the 1/72 kits, however, when I'm not posting battle reports for Battlefront I will be using both scales in my games 

bits kit bash

I finally got some time to kit bash some stuff from my bits box.
I have gotten an RA Blowpipe section done up with some leftover bits of Spartans.
I also have 2 sections of mortars in m113 tops which will be added to my NATO force. Either the West Germans or Dutch. Once I get the chance, some pictures will be up.
There are a few specific Dutch and West German specific scenarios will follow during my time off from the Covid 19 Pandemic, and with additions to my force for my 47th birthday in May, 2020, I have been able to further increase the mortar batteries.

Royal Artillery in Team Yankee, Abbots, M109s, L118 towed guns

I ordered a set of Abbots from Battlefront Miniatures, the makers of the Team Yankee system. I also bought the British supplement Iron Maiden.
This is a vehicle which I wanted to have for quite some time. The artillery support for my British force now consists of two batteries of Abbots, a battery of  M109 which can also be fielded.
And I also have an MLRS launcher.

For team Yankee, the Iron Division consists of two units

Gibraltar Battery, Royal Artillery: 4 Abbots

2 Field Regiment Royal Artillery: 2 M109

with a Forward Observation Officer mounted in an FV 432. 

46th Air Defense Battery, Royal Artillery: 4 Blowpipe SAM launchers. 

Soon to be Rapier battery

In 1/72 I have a 4 105mm gun battery with trucks and crew.