N. Blockov's 1985 Soviets

[leopard]

With the possibility of the large game coming up I have decided a slight upgrade in capabilities is needed - to which end a second infantry company has today been cleaned up, assembled and primed.. how to get the base khaki grey airbrushed on tomorrow night.

Still don't have transports for them but wondering on Afgansty as they don't need them and allows for better and cheaper infantry, at a cost of lower mobility.

Its that or order some resin and restart the BMP-2 production line, or resin and RTV and open a BMP-1 line

[Old Longy]

BTRs!!!!

[leopard]

Still undecided..

likely will just use them to pad out the current infantry so when using two smaller units they can both have a Gremlin and pair of LMG attached, need to see, can run 100 points easily enough now though with a few options.

New Gremlin and pair of SMG teams nearly done, just waiting a few more before they get varnished and the base edges painted up. "Base & wash" obviously being a decently quick way of painting these guys.


Like the idea of BTR infantry though, but not sure the cost reduction is worth the loss of capability over the BMP-1 - another consequence of the ridiculous "100 points" system BF went to for TY and seem firmly sticking to - despite it essentially locking out a lot of variation around stuff that isn't a battle tank (and stopping stuff like Soviet Cat C units being used)

Thinking of giving the 1980's Battlegroup a run and seeing what thats like

[leopard]

Managed a game at 100 points v British and actually managed to win, which was nice, if somewhat unusual. Blockov isn't entirely sure how to report a success to his superiors as its never occurred before so he may play it safe and pretend he lost.

still learning here, the artillery batteries didn't do much as the infantry was very quickly within the "danger close" distance which may lead to a bit of a rethink on the artillery provision.

rapidly advancing infantry seems the key here, since infantry in a transport get their normal save its sensible to blast forwards and risk the transports being shot up then dismount under fire as they explode - taking a lower number of casualties than trying to foot slog would lead to.

decent game, and for the first time not facing every single ATGM NATO had in a single game meant the armour survived a few turns, indeed there were even a couple of tanks left to the very end

[Dropshort]

Eye witness say the British where handicapped by the deployment of 8 Chieftains.

[Old Longy]

Eye witness say the British where handicapped by the deployment of 8 Chieftains.

LMAO