In 1945 the war comes to a close and the Russians surprise the West yet again with “The Most Powerful Tank In The World” View in Store The first examples of this fearsome new tank, designated the IS3 (Iosef Stalin 3), were seen around May ’45, with the European war all but over in the…
Jakob Lotz is quickly becoming a regular contributor with his fantastic conversions and he’s at it again with the SU-76P – aka. SU-26, SU-T-26 or Leningrad self-propelled gun. Jakob: The SU-76P (sometimes referred to as the SU-26, SU-T-26 or the Leningrad self-propelled gun) was based on the T-26 chassis. It was built in Leningrad…
Commonly known as ‘The Black Death’, troops of the Soviet Naval Brigade were a fearsome opponent in many land battles on the Eastern Front. Now you can add these lovely miniatures to your Russian army as single figure Reinforcements… buy now in store
With the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino being celebrated this year, what better time to start a new Napoleonic Russian army? And to get you started we have just the thing – our Napoleonic Russian Starter Army has the core units all in one box and at a great price! As you can…
This week the Red Army received reinforcements in the form of these engineers in body armour! The first pack contains 8 combat engineers, equipped with a variety of weaponry – from the ubiquitous PPSh SMG, DP-28 LMG, flamethrower and a variety of anti-tank weaponry! On August 19th in the Smolensk region, Soviet forces were continuing…
By Vince Rospond The Russian army of the Middle and Late Napoleonic period (1808 – 1815) was based on a dark green jacket with white trousers. The exact nature of dark green is always a matter of debate. If you look at Knötel, the best way to describe it would seem to be olive green. …
Requested on the Warlord forums we were only too happy to oblige – who wouldn’t want Soviet Combat engineers in plate body armour? There is also a Goryunov SG-43 HMG team on the way so they’ll have plenty of punch in addition to the flamethrower, panzerfausts and mines! It won’t be long before these great…
By David Sullivan We had another game of Black Powder this weekend at The Panzer Depot in Kirkland, WA. We played the ‘Battle of San Miguel’ scenario from the rules book, substituting Napoleonic troops for the Isabelinos and Carlists. Bob “Fox of the Steppe” Mackler commanded his Russians, Mike Lombardy and Bill “The Meat Grinder”…
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