Happy New Year

To those of the Cold War, service personnel from all sides, as well as the civilians who suffered.
25 years since it all began to end. So glad.
PEACE

The Cold War that hasn't ended

This week, the world was reminded of the paradox of the ongoing Korean War. Now while many want to fob off North Korea, take a moment to ponder some Cold facts.
Despite the Korean Peoples Armed Forces having Soviet era kit, that stuff can still do some damage.
Their artillery showed back in 2010 that it can still kill and maim and inflict damage.
The fact that they may have nuclear weapons puts a pause to consider that not only South Korea but Japan are also at risk.
Sony is a Japanese company, which Koreans don't have much time for.
Cancelling a movie seems to play into their hands, yet something must have really spooked them.

Belgian 16th Division 1988

Since I have returned to Canada, I have been slowly sorting out my Cold War figures, and will hopefully be posting some updated shots of my Belgians for the cold war.

4th Mechanized Brigade:
2 Leopard 1 tanks
4th Lancers: 2 Scimatar tanks
1eme Grenadiers: modeled with ESCI NATO armed with FNs and GPMG
5eme Linge: ESCI NATO armed with FNs and GPMP mounted in M113 when I can get them.
9eme Linge Anti-Tank (Milan system with truck)
Artillery support will come from NATO allies

Another Canadian TOW and more Cold War Canadians

I will be upgrading this page with a shot of my own M113 modelled with a TOW

Sorry for the side view, this is a PPCLI private about 1983

Lynx Command vehicle

Canadian M113s and tanks and artillery

 M113 TOW

 M113 Engineering viechle

Standing with the TOW

Churchill tank, which took part in the Dieppe raid August 19, 1942

Centurian tank, used after the war and before 1978

Coyote, /Grizzly APC. The coyotes had the turret from the scorpion tank while the grizzly had a turret with machine-guns

6pdr anti-tank gun

 17pdr anti-tank gun which my great cousin used when part of 2nd Anti-tank, Royal Canadian Artillery in the Normandy campaign.

These AFVs are part of the exhibits of The Military Museums in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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NATO: CMBG 1985

The German Leopard C1 battle tank replaced the British Centurion in
4 Canadian Mechanised Brigade Group was the Canadian army contingent to NATO defences during the Cold War. It was a reinforced infantry battalion with armor, artillery and air support. It was classified as a "light" division by the British due to its small size. However, Canadian army doctrine was to use what equipment that they had and to be as accurate with their fire as they could be.
 M113 with TOW as would have been seen in Germany.
I've blogged about this several times, but this entry will list the cards for the brigade.

Exercise Lionheart 84 Day 02

 The second video of this exercise, very interesting look at how the British and NATO would have sent troops into Europe if the Warsaw Pact had invaded West Germany. Of course, what they trained to do, the simply implemented when the Gulf War of 1990-91 broke out.