The Soviets preferred method of winning a war was numbers, and lots of them. Large numbers of soldiers were trained, and Russian factories turned out incredible numbers of guns, tanks and vehicles to be thrown at the German battle lines. Here are a selection of Russia’s most well-known and key anti-tank weapons from the war:…
More armour rumbles out of the tank factory this week for Soviet armies – the OT-26 flamethrower tank: Over 550 OT-26 (or KhT-26) Flamethrower variants were produced between 1932 and 1935. Initially developed in 1933, and based on the twin-turreted T-26 mod 1931 tank, it utilised just a single turret with the other being blanked off. As with…
With the impending release of the Ostfront Theatre Book, we’ve enlisted the help of long-term friend of Warlord, and paintbrush-wizard extraordinaire, Andy Singleton of Volley Fire Painting Services to provide some inspiring shots of his personal Soviet collection… The Warlord warehouse currently echoes with the sound of Russian battlesong, and the furious snipping of sprues and…
Defend the Mother Country with this new early war Soviet tank – the T-26B Mod 1938. Also fielded by the Finns! Up to 1938 the T-26s external design barely changed, other than the whip antenna. Internally a new command and radio system, telescopic gun sight and electric breech block brought the the tank up to…
The Russian Snipers proved to be some of the best of the war, scoring multiple kills and having numerous sniper aces. Unusually, the Red Army fielded many female snipers and they proved their worth with many confirmed victims. Some would go on to lead entire companies of snipers, such as Nina Lobkovskaya at the Battle…
12 Days of Christmas – Day 6 Today’s surprise is an extract from the forthcoming Bolt Action Theatre Book – Ostfront: Barbarossa to Berlin. ‘For us there was no land beyond the Volga.’ Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Zaitzev first distinguished himself during the battle of Stalingrad as a superb sniper. He killed 225…
With ‘Tank War’ rolling out worldwide, and the sound of gunfire sounding out from tabletop battlefields across the world, something wicked this way comes – the OT-130, as fielded by the Soviet, Finnish and German forces – the latter renaming it Flammwerfer Panzerkampfwagen T-26B 739(r). View in Store The OT-130 was based upon the tried-and-tested T-26…
Yet another new resin Bolt Action vehicle is unleashed onto the field of battle this week – this time something for the Soviets and Chinese. This model of the T-26 was also captured and repurposed by the Finns, Germans, Romanians and Hungarians). It also served in the Spanish Civil War. View in Store The T-26…
Two exciting previews for AFV lovers – a first look at our new plastic Sd.kfz 234/2 Puma armoured car by renowned scale model manufacturer Italeri as well as another project coming through fast… The Puma is the next plastic kit to be released after the Panzer IV. You’ll be blown away by the detailing on this…
Add armoured support for the Red Army with the BT-5 Fast Tank, and drive back the forces of the Third Reich: The BT-5 was one of the BT series of Soviet fast cavalry tanks, produced from 1933 (BT relating to Bystrokhodny tank – fast/high speed tank). They were lightly armoured, but reasonably well-armed for their time, and had…
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