Silent Pool | 20 Dec 2016 10:42 a.m. PST |
I'm getting very interested in Poland v Denmark, c.1985 WW3, and these great miniatures and models are a big step towards developing that theatre of interest. I've previously posted CIA Intel Reports on the Polish battle plans which gives a great blueprint of its military intentions.
Thanks to Society of Gentlemen Gamers, and Reese's 2012 weblink. Great work, well done. link |
79thPA | 20 Dec 2016 11:10 a.m. PST |
If I ever buy Cold war figs, I have have the same nations in mind. |
11th ACR | 20 Dec 2016 11:36 a.m. PST |
Some good info here: Denmark. PDF link Poland. PDF link Love the look of the figures and vehicles. |
Tgerritsen | 20 Dec 2016 11:51 a.m. PST |
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The Wargames Room | 20 Dec 2016 11:54 a.m. PST |
Very well painted miniatures. Thanks for posting |
Weasel | 20 Dec 2016 12:17 p.m. PST |
Those are excellent figures. I've usually used QRF West Germans for that "G3 plus MG3" look. |
JimDuncanUK | 20 Dec 2016 12:33 p.m. PST |
I always thought the 'Northern Flank' was Norway and thereabouts. |
Silent Pool | 20 Dec 2016 12:40 p.m. PST |
Yes, they are nice miniatures. As soon as I saw them I thought great quality and interesting look about them. Thanks for the links, 11th ACR, just what I was looking for – and written by our old friend and fellow TMPer, R Mark Davis. It will be interesting, two alternative NATO and Warsaw Pact armies battling it out in a 'confined' peninsula battleground. Undoubtedly, with a little help from their friends! Glad you enjoy and appreciate them. Thanks. |
Weasel | 20 Dec 2016 1:37 p.m. PST |
I think Soviet paratroopers may have ended up involved but Denmark vs Poland is an interesting fight that you don't often get to see on the table :-) |
Mako11 | 20 Dec 2016 3:20 p.m. PST |
Me too, on the Northern Flank meaning Norway. These seem to be North Central. Lovely looking vehicles and troops. |
JimDuncanUK | 20 Dec 2016 4:00 p.m. PST |
UK Royal Marines train there and they are Arctic war specialists. |
capt jimmi | 20 Dec 2016 8:18 p.m. PST |
great figures Reese ! .. great background reading too ! |
79thPA | 20 Dec 2016 8:59 p.m. PST |
Allied Forces Northern Europe included Denmark (as well as Norway), while the Baltic Approaches command consisted of Denmark and a few German states. |
Antioch | 20 Dec 2016 10:41 p.m. PST |
Also think it's an interning country match. Thanks also for posting |
Knockman | 21 Dec 2016 3:25 a.m. PST |
AFNORTH was the bespoke NATO Command, and it covered Denmark and Norway. And it always interested me how it would affect Sweden as well – could they maintain a neutrality stance in a Cold War gone Hot? |
nickinsomerset | 21 Dec 2016 6:34 a.m. PST |
AMF(L) were earmarked for Norway, but also exericised in Denmark, Tally Ho! |
soledad | 21 Dec 2016 7:54 a.m. PST |
Sweden might have thought itself neutral but to the Soviets we were not neutral. They saw us as part of the west. They knew very well that our intelligence cooperated with the US and shared basically everything they found out with NATO. I have a few books that outlines the Soviet plans to attack Sweden. The plans were well researched so to speak. They had maps of the entire country in Cyrillic. The maps were in different scales depending on who was going to use them. For company commanders and such the maps for example showed which houses were made of stone or concrete and which was made of wood, it showed where important buildings were such as police stations, hospitals, municipal courts and such. Maps for higher ups showed how thick trees were in forests, how deep fords and streams were, how the beaches were what roads were made of, their with and strength. Bridges, heights of over and underpasses and everything else a battalion commander or brigade commander might need to know to plan his advance. Their maps was far better for war fighting than anything the Swedish army had. All this in peace time. |
Silent Pool | 21 Dec 2016 8:03 a.m. PST |
Interesting, thanks. I'm now thinking how big does a tree need to be to stop a tank breaking through it! |
soledad | 21 Dec 2016 11:04 a.m. PST |
One tree won´t stop a tank but many together will. And the Russians still collect intel. Last summer a Russian diplomat was found in the forests near Slite on Gotland measuring distances between the trees… He was declared persona non grata. |
Bellbottom | 21 Dec 2016 2:26 p.m. PST |
One tree can stop a tank if it's pushed over and the tank 'belly' beaches on it, lifting the tracks off the ground. Plus trees do untold damage to externally mounted gear and antennae. |
Cicero | 23 Dec 2016 4:02 p.m. PST |
Nicely finished models. Top notch. |