ANZAC armoured Brigade, Europe, 1985

Milan Anti-tank section, 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. These fellows I am painting in the 1980s camo. 

Another addition is a Cavalry troop made up of 4 M113 MRV (2 with Saladin turrets, 2 with Scorpion turrets) and an M113 LRV, basically a  carrier with the gun shield. I'm building it up from scratch. this is in my 1/72 collection.  

So far, my ANZAC force is extremely light but I can field a bit of kit.
My Australian units from Vietnam will be drafted in, which is the infantry component. I have no plans on painting them in the Australian camo pattern as I still need them for Vietnam.

(flamesofwar.com) 

 a mix of my 1/72 and 1/87 for the ANZACs in Vietnam. 

The 2 FSV, Zippo, and basic carrier. 

Eventually I will add 3 more carriers once I have sorted out the Canadian set.

As of today, 1/2019, the Australians have a tank squadron with one Centurion for the 1/72 collection

For actual Team Yankee in 1985, they do have a squadron of  New Zealand squadron of 2 Scorpions. 

I will be building up the Scorpions from the kit I got today. 

I've been able to upgrade this force with additional M113 FSV and a Milan group. I was able to get some Leopard 1 tanks but am awaiting their arrival in Nunavut winter 2023.

Further growth to this force will be to have M113s with the gun turrets and mortar carriers. I have one battery of mortar carriers which are kit bashed, ie with terrain coverings to disguise the fact they have only half the parts.

4th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group 1985

This is the Team Yankee formation using Canadian Units.
So far I have built up the 4th Brigade Group. This has the equipment which Canada had in Europe prior to their withdrawal in 1993.

The 4th Mechanized Brigade Group will consist of
1 Leopard C1 Squadron (3 Leopard tanks)

1 M113 Mechanized Infantry Company (3 M113 APC)
Additional units  fielded  include an ADATS squadron of 2 launchers
 a M109 battery,
A blowpipe section mounted in jeeps
A TOW troop of 2M113s and
A mortar element both M113 and dismounted as well as a set of Canadian infantry.

 a Canadian Carl G team from 2 PPCLI

As well, a Lynx recce squadron is also fielded

 first coat of paint.

Both Canadian units which I am building consist of equipment which I already have plus elements which I will pick up.
Most of what I have is not listed in the books, but would have come from either reserve units, or would have exhisted in 1985 and could have been bought "off the shelf" to ensure Canadian units would have been able to hold their ground. This will become a Battlegroup which I shall build up.

Heavy support elements will come from the Germans as I eliminated my American forces. However I do have a small section of Americans who will provide additional support.

15th Soviet Guards attempt to push out of a Danish town

A NATO force of Danish, Norwegian, French and Italians are attempting to contain the Soviets to the town rather than allowing them to push out into the countryside

elements of the 29th Guards IDRITSA Tank Regiment push into the town. 

the Italians knock out one Russian tank.

The Russians knock out the Italian tank squadron

a further Italian tank squadron is busy fixing their damaged engines while the Italian mechanized battalion take cover.

the Danish Logistics units try to quickly move the supplies away from the Soviet attack.

the Danish and Norwegian tank regiments move in to knock out the IDRITSA Regiment and are in turn knocked out by the 914th KIEV Artillery Regiment, 3 2S1 Carnation SP Howitzer

after a fierce attack, the 295th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment are blown apart by the Danish Jagers and Norwegian Mechanized Infantry. 

However, the Soviets are 

still holding the town. 

Soviet BTR 60 addition

I found this vehicle at one of the hobby shops I visited in Halifax. I shall be fielding this on an upcoming game of Soviets attempting to break through the Canadian and British defences

This is now a part of my Soviet Guards Division. 

my other smaller ones will be assigned to a Russian, Polish, East German or Czech force.

Soviet Artillery: Carnation battery

I had limited artillery support for my Soviet force. The WW2 era guns will be passed on to the Hungarian force. The Polish and Czech forces will be using SU-100

first bit of paint, and they need some decals

the new Artillery/SLAVO template I picked up last weekend. 

12/20/2018

I was able to get an artillery and slave template yesterday on discount as no one was buying them. I had fun at the only store in Nova Scotia that sells Team Yankee kits.

As of June 2020, I have repainted the battery to better match the colour of the rest of my Soviet force.

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.

Long Tan Phoc Tuy South Vietnam 1966

6RAR attempts to stop NVA 275 Regiment

C Company 6RAR probe forward looking for the baseplates of the VC mortars.

the NVA/VC deploy into the rubber plantation

the Vietnamese forces reinforcement

the units coming in from the base at Nui Dat

Ian is the NVA commander while I'm the Australian

I lost again so I comsoldc myself with a Vietnamese stir-fry