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Sunday, 19 July 2020

My first Russian 'formations in a box'

Although I have been very busy helping to organise VCOW and trying to do work on my next PORTABLE WARGAME book, I have had time to begin organising part of my renovated 20mm-scale Russian World War Two collection into 'formations in boxes'.

I now have five such formations, and they are shown below.

1st Rifle Division



2nd Rifle Division



3rd Rifle Division



1st Tank Corps



2nd Tank Corps



I have enough renovated infantry figures to organise at least another three Rifle Divisions, but as yet I do not have enough gun crews.

With my previously organised Axis forces, I certainly have enough stuff available to try out my campaign rules ... but first I need to finish re-writing RED FLAGS & IRON CROSSES.

6 comments:

  1. These units look fantastic Bob. I really like the tractors and the armoured cars.

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    1. Maudlin Jack Tar,

      Cheers!

      The tractors were scratch-built using bits from the Airfix US half-track, and the armoured cars are diecast Russian models that were sold by THE WORKS some years ago.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. I am on edge waiting for you to start your campaign. Notwithstanding all your equally important projects, I can’t wait to see this one come to fruition.

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    1. Steve8,

      Hopefully I’ll be able to complete the first stage of this project in the near future.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. I am curious about the scale? How many models make up a brigade/battalion etc. ?

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    1. Steve8,

      I am using one AFV to represent an regiment-sized unit, one gun and two crew (and a possible towing vehicle) to represent about 36 guns, and four figures (plus transport if appropriate) to represent an infantry regiment. I've also included a single figure or armoured car to represent reconnaissance and a single figure (plus appropriate transport) to represent the divisional commander and the HQ. This is similar to the scale used in HEXBLITZ.

      Therefore the 1st German Infantry Division has:
      * 1st Div HQ (a staff car)
      * A General figure
      * 3 x Infantry Regiments (a total of 12 figures)
      * 1 x Artillery Regiment (1 gun, 2 figures, and 1 towing vehicle)
      * 1 x Anti-tank Battalion (1 gun, 2 figures, and 1 towing vehicle)
      It has yet to have its recce element added, which will probably be a motorcycle.

      All the best,

      Bob

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