 Editor in Chief Bill   | 20 Apr 2019 12:45 p.m. PST |
Besides the Soviet Union, which member of the Warsaw Pact would you rather command on the tabletop? |
dragon6  | 20 Apr 2019 1:06 p.m. PST |
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| Thresher01 | 20 Apr 2019 1:33 p.m. PST |
East Germans, since they're located at the tip of the spear. Poles too, for their apparent assigned role in invading Denmark, and possibly even Sweden, by sea and air (helo assaults). |
| Texas Jack | 20 Apr 2019 1:41 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Czechoslovakia |
| Gunfreak | 20 Apr 2019 2:15 p.m. PST |
Poles, they are badass fighters no matter what side they're on(except during the GNW, when they sucked quite bad) |
 Legion 4  | 20 Apr 2019 2:20 p.m. PST |
Yep … Poles … But I've played pretty much any of the WP forces. In the distant past … |
| dBerczerk | 20 Apr 2019 2:33 p.m. PST |
These Albanian troops look pretty motivated.
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| Legion 4 | 20 Apr 2019 2:38 p.m. PST |
Well … at least kind of "pretty" …  |
| The Young Guard | 20 Apr 2019 2:55 p.m. PST |
How easy is it to do the Hungarian or Romanian army in 15mm? Is it the same uniform as the Soviets? |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 20 Apr 2019 3:10 p.m. PST |
I had a friend who served in the Bulgarian army during the Cold War. They went on training and their vehicles broke down, so the soldiers had to walk… |
| Generalstoner49 | 20 Apr 2019 5:31 p.m. PST |
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| Tgerritsen | 20 Apr 2019 7:17 p.m. PST |
I'd be hard pressed to pick between the Czechs and the Poles. Either had fighting spirit and would have likely broken away if they had the chance (and did, eventually). |
| nevals | 20 Apr 2019 7:18 p.m. PST |
The Bulgarians used to say something along these lines: In the case of an attack, the Bulgarian army needed to hold on for only 10 minutes. That long would need the Russians to come and save the day. |
 miniMo | 20 Apr 2019 7:59 p.m. PST |
Albania. They had reasonably decent social standards and did not participate in the invasion of fellow Pact member Czechoslovakia, and withdrew from the Pact within a month of that invasion. |
| 79thPA | 20 Apr 2019 8:52 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 21 Apr 2019 6:56 a.m. PST |
Poland, because it's 50/50 whether they would have marched west into Denmark/Scandahooliga or east into the Soviet supply lines! |
| Raynman | 21 Apr 2019 10:08 p.m. PST |
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| Jeffers | 22 Apr 2019 12:52 p.m. PST |
East Germany. Uniform straight out of the Trigan Empire. |
| seneffe | 22 Apr 2019 1:33 p.m. PST |
I remember once being told by someone who studied these things professionally that the Polish army was very unlike the Soviet army in that it had (because of different terms and conditions) quite a large cadre of Western style long service NCOs and warrant officers- who basically ran the show- especially in the technical fields. The problem was that many of these men were from 'military families' who had provided the officer corps in the pre-communist army- including the sons of men murdered by the Soviets at Katyn and elsewhere. Although generally not allowed to become officers because they were seen as potentially politically suspect, they were indispensible for their professionalism and technical expertise- so over time became very influential. There was talk apparently of an understanding among this cohort to 'act in the Polish national interest' (answers on a postcard for what that might mean) in case of war, but I don't think anything solid has come to light about that. I expect the military counter-intelligence branch would have them as a high priority- but the chances of success against a bunch of chaps like that might be quite low. |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 23 Apr 2019 1:57 p.m. PST |
Czechs, best beer and women. |
| Tgunner | 23 Apr 2019 6:47 p.m. PST |
East Germany for the win because you can play "communists" with silly German accents. Plus, in Team Yankee at least, they really rock despite having second rate gear. |
| Patrick Sexton | 24 Apr 2019 2:47 p.m. PST |
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| Uparmored | 24 Apr 2019 5:24 p.m. PST |
Cuba, as in "allies of the Warsaw Pact." |
| Virginia Tory | 27 May 2019 6:25 p.m. PST |
>East Germany. Uniform straight out of the Trigan Empire. Oh, cool. Didn't think anybody remembered The Rise and Fall…! |
| John the OFM | 11 Sep 2020 12:37 p.m. PST |
Poles, so I could turn on either the Russians or Germans. |
| Jeffers | 12 Sep 2020 7:32 a.m. PST |
@VT
I was given a pile of Look & Learns in the mid 70s and loved the artwork and odd military kit! |
| Legion 4 | 14 Sep 2020 8:14 a.m. PST |
None if I had the choice !😁 But I've played the USSR and a number of WP forces in the past. |
