Identified by their striking blue berets, Soviet airborne units fought with courage and determination during Operation Barbarossa and at Stalingrad! We’re looking at how you can build your own! The iconic blue berets of the VDV add a splash of colour to an army characterised by reds and browns (While these berets weren’t adopted until…
Kreighton, who’s late war German army we featured last week, has produced this fantastic article on the battle of Targul Frumos! While the German Wehrmacht was being driven back west by the Soviet Army, the Grossdeutschland made a memorable stand in and around the village of Targul Frumos, in northeast Romania. This was an engagement…
Suitable for both Soviet armies in World War 2 and the KPA in the Korean War, the SU-76M self-propelled gun finds its way into Bolt Action. The SU-76 was based on the lengthened chassis of the T-70 light tank and featured a dual-purpose 76.2mm ZiS-3 field gun in an open superstructure. It was used as…
Unleash the wrath of the Russian Bear! Monstrous reinforcements for the Red Army have arrived in the form of Ursus Infantry with Clubs! View in Store Developed to counter Enhanced Infantry, these 8-foot-tall Human/Bear hybrids give the Red Army a terrifying presence on the battlefield! As if teeth and claws weren’t enough,…
Frostbite Alley is a fantastically easy entry point into the weird war of Konflikt ’47, with winter-worn Soviets facing embittered Finnish guerillas… The worst winter in recorded history has choked Scandinavia under heaps of ice and snow. As spring became summer, winter’s grasp on the Finnish forests slackened slightly, allowing Finnish, Soviet and German…
Each transport in this deal gets a free sprue of soldiers, mount up! Ice Road Transport View in Store This deal contains: 1 x GAZ AAA lorry (double rear axle) 1 x Winter Soviet Infantry Sprue Road to Berlin View in Store This deal contains: 1 x GAZ AAA lorry (double rear axle) 1 x…
More men for the cause; send the Axis forces diving for cover with the new Soviet Assault Engineers squad and Soviet Support Group. Soviet Assault Engineers squad View in Store Soviet formations were sparsely served when it came to transport and rear-echelon support due to shortages. Pioneer detachments were a notable exception. Their expertise was…
Nothing can escape the powerful Zvukovoy Proyektor. Now fielded by the standard Soviet trooper! View in Store These Soviet-designed sonic shock cannons are brutally effective against infantry and unprotected vehicle crews, utilising ultra-low frequencies focussed into an energy pulse that behaves like a battering ram they can disrupt most targets they face. The beam dissipates…
Big cats stalk the streets of Budapest. The German Panther is a formidable foe for the more numerous, up-gunned T-34-85. Vital Statistics Panther Ausf A, D and G T-34-85 Cost: 284pts (Inexperienced), 355pts (Regular), 426pts (Veteran) 188pts (Inexperienced), 235pts (Regular), 282pts (Veteran) Weapons: 1 turret-mounted super heavy anti-tank gun with co-axial MMG and 1…
With winter closing in around us here in Nottingham, we’re casting our eyes eastward to the frozen forests of Finland and the bitter struggle of the Winter War 1939! In three short months, the Soviet army suffered over 300,000 casualties. This appalling statistic neatly illustrates the brutality of the Winter War and highlights the numerous…
Tom Mecredy
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