Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Named Regiments:BEE 5TH Armored Cavalry Regiment


 
5TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT  

Commander Colonel T. Rush


The Fifth Armored Cavalry Regiment, is one of the
newer units in the army (my collection) and started out a
few years ago with M1s and Brandleys from various
manufactures . As this unit is stationed in the western
desert it's one of the few not painted in woodland
MERDOC camouflage.













Tanker's Tuesday: AMX30




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMX-30

A few of my ROCO conversions








Sunday, August 24, 2014

Lockheed Martin HImars MTV 5




1/87Lockheed Martin Himars MTV army truck rocket launcher sales
sample given as gifts to personnel, etc. Made of solid die-cast metal,
trademarked on bottom of chassis, 3" X 1"X 1.25" h, a little smaller
than HO scale.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

FURY - Official Trailer - In Theaters October 17th





April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the
European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant
named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her
five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy
lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a
rookie soldier thrust into their platoon

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Tanker's Tuesday: Leo IA









ROCO Leo IA tanks from two of my Mercenary units,
and as the sharp eyed Mr Gow pointed out there are also
YP-408 and AMX-VCIs depicted.

Thanks Tim I should have mentioned them.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Tanker's Tuesday: Leopard 2






The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the early 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and twelve other European countries, as well as several non-European nations. More than 3,480 Leopard 2s have been manufactured. The Leopard 2 first saw combat in Kosovo with the German Army and has also seen action in Afghanistan with the Danish and Canadian contributions to the International Security Assistance Force.

A few of mine awaiting their turn at the pant table.....

DEADLY UPGRADE for Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank unveiled in Germany to r...


Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Tanker's Tuesday: FOW 15mm T55 GMC



Carriage, Motor, Gun, T66. Requested by the Tank Destroyer Command,
 only one vehicle was completed, modified from the Armored Car, T19E1.
 (Photo: US Army)




I've been wanting to pick up a couple of these for a few years, a good deal on ebay
and at last.....