The story of the ‘Winter War’ between Finland and Soviet Russia is a dramatic David versus Goliath encounter. When close to half a million Soviet troops poured into Finland in 1939 it was expected that Finnish defences would collapse in a matter of weeks. New in from Osprey by the authors Vesa Nenye, Peter Munter,…
Over the past few months we’ve put together a handy army building tool in the Warlord webstore, which not only gives you a simple method of putting together a bespoke army package via a series of drop-downs, but also offers a FREE TANK! This week we’re expanding the ‘Build an Army’ system to cover the Finnish…
With the Eastern Front action heating-up, and our latest Bolt Action Theatre Book, ‘Ostfront’ shipping out worldwide – all you Finnish commanders out there will be pleased to now have access to the BT-42 Assault Gun! As the Second World War progressed, the Soviets were fielding better and better tanks. The Finnish Army, on the other…
The initial series of supplements for Bolt Action (i.e. the “Armies of…” books) has ended with the Italy and the Axis book. After the unique and self-contained Tank War supplement, we have now started a new series – Theatre Books. The first one was the Battleground Europe and the next one is the soon-to-be released…
Finnish armies gain some welcome firepower this week with the arrival of these two German-supplied guns – the Finnish 75 PSTK/40 anti-tank gun and the Finnish 20 ITK/38 anti-aircraft gun. After encountering T-34 and KV-1 tanks, the Finns realized that heavier anti-tank equipment would be required. A total of 210 German 75mm PaK 40 Guns were purchased, capable of…
Deploy heavy artillery for your Finnish armies in the form of the mighty 105 H/33 howitzer. 105 H/33 was the Finnish designation for the German 10.5 cm leFH 18 – the standard field howitzer used by the Wehrmacht, with a range of over 10km. Finland purchased 53 howitzers from Germany, naming them the 105 H/33. All of these new…
These week sees welcome reinforcements for the Red Army and the Finns in the shape of a new twin-turreted light tank and light mortar and flamethrower teams… Like all T-26 variants, this hugely successful light tank design was based on the British Vickers 6-ton tank and over 11,000 of all variants were produced. The early 1930s…
Warlord painter Gary Martin has sent us freshly painted Finns so it’s time to show them off! Faced with the vast forces of the Soviets, the courageous and resourceful Finnish soldiers, masters of fieldcraft, sniping, and small unit tactics, slowed and then began to roll back the massive Soviet assaults. The eagle-eyed amongst you will…
Contains a resin and metal vehicle, supplied unpainted and unassembled.
Get that ‘painted by the pros’ look with this new paint set for the Finns, containing the same colours used by our Studio painters: View in Store Summer Jacket – Medium Sea Grey 870 Winter jacket and trousers – Grey Green 866 Helmet – Brown Violet 887 Leather – Chocolate Brown 872 Winter gear –…
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