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RKKA In WWII
The aim of this project is to provide information to the English-speaking community about the role of the Soviet Army (RKKA) in World War II and to supply you with translated information from the Eastern side
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/index.htm
Soviet Uniforms
- This soldier of Red Army's 29th Lithuanian Territorial Corps is wearing summer version of full-dress coat, Pattern 1930. The collar on such a coat was to be upright, but photographs of Lithuanian soldiers from 29th Corps show also turn-down collars with Soviet tabs sewn down on them. The distinctive uniform colour of Lithuanian Infantry was yellow. Soldier is armed with a Lithuanian made Mauzer L. rifle Northwestern Front, July 1941.
- Lieutenant commanding a cavalry scout platoon of Red Army's 22nd Estonian Territorial Corps. He is wearing a full-dress cavalry coat. Pattern 1936, red riding breeches and high cavalry boots authorized for wear in Estonian cavalry. The sabre is Estonian, Pattern 1925. The service cap is of Red Army combined-arms type. Pattern 1936. The insignia correspond to Soviet standards. North-Western Front, July 1941.
Operation 'Modular' Angola
Lomba
This was a refight of the first major battle during Operation 'Modular' in Angola, which took place on 9/10 September 1987, when the South African Combat Group 'Bravo' (comprising the core of 32 'Buffalo' Bn, with two companies of 101 Bn) attacked a bridgehead that had been formed by FAPLA's 21 Mechanised Brigade, across the River Lomba.
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As in history, despite a distinct materiel advantage over the light UNITA and South African forces, the FAPLA offensive was first stalled then destroyed by their highly-mobile, well-trained and veteran enemy, who were supported by excellent artillery.
http://www.fireandfury.com/conventions/lomba.php
Seize the Initiative
""Seize the Initiative" is a scenario based on battles fought on June 11th, 1944 for control of a salient between Caen and Bayeux. In effect, it combines and expands the scenarios for the Battles of Cristot and Le Mesnil Patry. The Germans are desperate to hold their positions for their long dreamt-of Panzer counterattack to the coast. The British and Canadians are moving onto the offensive after stabilising the bridgehead. They are trying to destroy one Regiment of the 12SS Hitlerjugend by taking this high ground west of Caen. The terrain leading to Cristot on the high ground in the west is dense bocage. Brouay, in the centre at the apex of the salient, has some woodland but more open ground. The approaches to Le Mesnil Patry in the east are across gently rising open fields of corn. The perimeter of the salient was held by four 12SS battalions - Aufklarungs, III/26 Panzergrenadier, II/26 Panzergrenadier and Pioneer Abteilung (from west to east). The attack was by three battalion-strength forces, each with varying levels of armour and artillery support. The Canadians (Queen's own Rifles) are attacking in the east (towards Le Mesnil Patry). Two battalions of The Green Howards (6th and 7th) form the basis of the western attacks against Cristot and Brouay.
http://www.fireandfury.com/conventions/bovington2007.php
Operation Epsom Day 3 The Scottish Corridor
By the third week of June, both sides were looking for other ways to achieve a breakthrough. The Germans were finally starting to bring significant new forces into Normandy. In particular, 1SS Panzer Division (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler) and 2 SS Panzer Division (Das Reich) were on the move; but Rommel had still not been able to been able to relieve an increasingly tired Hitlerjügend with an infantry division. As new allied divisions continued to cross the channel, Montgomery was preparing to launch the first major set-piece assaults of the campaign. He had reviewed his plan for a pincer assault on Caen and had downgraded the assault in east, through the cramped Orne bridgehead. He decided that VIII Corps would make the main assault west of Caen, through Cheux, across the River Odon to Hill 112 and then across the Orne to isolate Caen from the south. This was "Operation Epsom".
http://www.fireandfury.com/conventions/bovington2006.php
Advance to Rostov Campaign Game
Tom Schumacher adapted an Advanced Squad Leader system for developing campaigns which can be found here. He used it to develop a campaign game set in the critical period after Stalingrad was surrounded in December 1942. The Russians attacked toward Rostov and threatened to cut off not only the troops in Stalingrad, but all those who had moved to the areas South and East and were not in the pocket. He and his group played this campaign game over several sessions, generating a series of linked scenarios.
http://www.fireandfury.com/conventions/advancetorostov.php
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Building Attractive Wargame Terrain
One of the reasons we game with miniatures instead of (or in addition to) computer and board games is the visual appeal of the gaming table and well painted figures. Fire and Fury Games' founder, Rich Hasenauer, is a graphic artist in "real life" and he uses his artist's eye to create attractive terrain for tabletop battles using relatively simple techniques. Here are some photos from a recent gaming session held at Dave Choat's house where we fought a two-table battle of a German assault on a Russian position. The pictures below show some of the techniques Rich uses to create an attractive tabletop and then we have some photos of the battle in progress.
A New Basing Technique
For this photo shoot, Richard developed a simple technique that adds texture to the bases with a minimum amount of work. In mass production, such as we used for the shoot, you can turn out lots of good looking bases in minimal time. As the result was quite good for the effort we expended, I decided to demonstrate this technique with a Pak 41/43 and crew that I had painted but not mounted.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Brixworth 2008
Down to two of us this year, due to Mr Mi and Gary both pulling out. As usual had three cracking games against Miles, Richard and Mark, will post more on this on the blog. But l won one and lost two. Oh well.... there is always next year! I think I said that last year!
Brixworth 2007
Only four of us this year, due to the change of date..... We also didn’t really have time to do anything special on scenery this year. But as usual all the games were good fun! Chris Kemp played my first game for me so I could take the photos. He had a convincing 45 point win over Ross Bowrage. I followed this with a 90 pt win over Matt Milton in a really fun game. Then I came up against Fred and lost by 60 points. Oh well.... there is always next year!
Brixworth 2006
An all time record this year with six of us from Great Yarmouth, and what a day it was with three fun games. My first against Roy lasted three turns and his helicopters failed to turn up. Then I was drawn against Shirley and did well on the political flow chart and forced all her units to come on in one corner with lots of rough ground. So two wins under my belt, the third game was against Chris, what hum-dinger but Chris came out with a marginal nine point win!
Brixworth 2005
Another good year - Highlights were Roy’s superb terrain and Ken’s Martian Army! But of course Chris Kemp came up with Dr Evil’s secret lair!
Brixworth 2004
Highlights this year, well Chris Kemps Akranoplan, the first use of helicopters and a super desert terrain!
Brixworth 2003
The first year! Highlights were the aircraft carrier on table 11 and the super little game park. Also the Harbour with a sunken ship called the MV Rising Panic. But the best was the large volcano! The armies were fun too!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Wargaming World War II
Most of our WWII infantry is based on 1 1/4" squares, as specified in the PBI 2 rules, though many of us put officers on round bases for ease of identification, 1 1/4" or 1 inch (a 2p piece) in diameter.
These base sizes can equally well be used with several other rulesets such as the aforementioned Battlegroup Panzer-Grenadier but also Battlefront WWII, Crossfire, Command Decision 2 and Spearhead.
And We Can't Forget Poor Bloody Ztum - Setum!
This web site is dedicated to the Ztum - Setum wargames campaign being run by members of the South East Scotland Wargames Club using the AK47 Republic rules from the Rules for the Common Man (RFCM) team at Peter Pig. The name Ztum-Setum comes from the names given to the campaign area by two groups of tribes. The highland tribes call it Ztumsia while the lowland tribes insist on Setumsia.
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