 John the OFM  | 18 Mar 2010 8:14 p.m. PST |
YouTube link Several things made me say "What is THAT?????"
Too bad it's not in color. |
aecurtis  | 18 Mar 2010 8:29 p.m. PST |
We used to watch it every year to see what was new in the Soviet Ground Forces. What surprised you? Didja see all of them Studebakers? Huh? Didja? Some Dodge 3/4 ton weapons carriers, too. The one thing that made me sad was seeing all those lovely Cossacks and realizing--again--how few 15mm manufacturers know what a horse actually looks like. Allen |
| John the OFM | 18 Mar 2010 8:39 p.m. PST |
I think the triple decker Katyushas made me sit up and scratch my head. The ones that came on just before the Katyushas that I was more familiar with.
I don't know what it was, but the first thing I thought was "Who makes that in 15mm?" So did the Japanese Admiralissimo. He may have been Chinese.  I liked all the limbered guns. They wear their medals well, don't they? |
| John the OFM | 18 Mar 2010 8:41 p.m. PST |
I think we would see more accurate horses if they could figure ou how to cast their legs without them collapsing in a stiff breeze.
Personally, I LIKE fat legs on a horse. They don't collapse. |
| Garand | 18 Mar 2010 8:54 p.m. PST |
I feel robbed. there weren't any T-34s in it. Quite a few JS-3s IMO… Damon. |
| aecurtis | 18 Mar 2010 9:04 p.m. PST |
Yeah, a BM-8-48: link …but with the lower rails split and half of them moved to a third half-set. It'll be hard to find images of that. Old Glory 15s manage good horses that don't collapse… Allen |
| willthepiper | 18 Mar 2010 11:48 p.m. PST |
I got to visit the Red Army Museum (er, make that the "Central" Army museum) when I was in Moscow last month. Very cool – especially the display on the Victory Parade with all the Nazi standards strewn on the ground. One thing that struck me was how much like it looked like a Roman Triumph! |
| jgawne | 19 Mar 2010 5:27 a.m. PST |
What they don't tell you is that they were all captured at once from a storage depot. But man is that film good propoganda! |
| tovarischdavid | 19 Mar 2010 6:24 p.m. PST |
Da, I saw the lend lease studebakers. Thought I saw the early JS 85 prototypes too. |
| The G Dog | 19 Mar 2010 7:38 p.m. PST |
Sound ranging units (or air attack early warning by sound detection) mounted on trucks (with what look like Maxson mounts)? |
| Stavka | 20 Mar 2010 4:04 a.m. PST |
"Too bad it's not in color." There is this, but I wouldn't take the tonal reproduction as gospel. YouTube link |
