The emergence of heavy German tanks on the eastern front spurred the Soviet military into action, looking for up-gunned tanks of their own. Rather than wait for the full development of new tank designs to combat these Teutonic monsters a stop-gap upgrade to the KV series produced. It comprised a KV-1S with the new turret…
When the German army crashed over the Russian border in 1941, Hitler was confident of a short, sharp campaign. He nearly got one, but heroic defence by the massive Soviet armies slowed the Nazi advance. It was done by the simple private soldier, “Ivan” as the Germans called him. Brave, solid, and loyal, these soldiers…
The awesome Tiger I plastic kit is now available on general release either singularly or in a 3 tank zug and will be shipped out to immediately! View in Store Our superbly detailed new kit, made by expert plastic manufacturers Italeri, has Zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste giving it the authentic look for mid to late…
Last month it was Soviets – this month it’s the Germans! Free Figures! Throughout March, we’re giving away a free German miniature with every customer order over £50.00/$80. So – for a very limited time – we present the German Ostfront Command, containing a German Radio Operator, Wounded Tank Crew, Officer, and Medic. Massive Prize…
The Bystrokhodny (which means ‘fast tank’) series were built in massive numbers, serving the Soviet military well for several years. The concept for these vehicles originally came from the Christie Tank design, unsuccessfully shown to the US military. The Soviets used their contacts to get the plans and specifications over to them, along with two…
Every week we receive messages from customers, clubs, shops and event-planners from all across the globe, reporting back from the community, to let us know of battles being waged on tabletops worldwide! As part of this, we’ve received regular reports and updates from the ever-enthusiastic and hard-working Charles Torok of the San Antonio B.A.G group –…
We Warlords are constantly beavering-away at our own hobby projects – whether it’s pieces of Antarean terrain being forged by the Warehouse crew, some of the rarer WWII vehicles being brought to life by the Production team, all manner of bizarre conversions coming out of the Web Team, and painted models emerging from every corner…
Comrades, Rejoice! Reinforcements are here and the fascist invaders will be pushed from our glorious Soviet soil! Now available in the Warlord webstore – the plastic T34/76 Medium Tank Platoon – containing three plastic T34/76 kits – each of which has three different turret options – AND an Soviet Infantry sprue included to create Tank…
Since releasing our ‘Ostfront’ Bolt Action Theatre Book, the Soviet reinforcements have been pouring onto tabletop battlefields across the globe! With the Winter-equipped Soviet Infantry and plastic T34/76 strengthening the Soviet resolve, it’s time to follow up with some more firepower in the form of the BT-7A Self-Propelled Gun! Finnish players will also have an…
With our plastic T34/76 due to start shipping out in the coming weeks, we thought it time to give you a little more insight into this workhorse of the Soviet forces… View in Webstore History The T-34 series, with its sloping armour, changed the principles of tank design during the Second World War. By sloping…
Andy Hobday
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