"South African Border Wars in 1/300th - new project" Topic
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| dr beard | 24 Jun 2023 11:31 a.m. PST |
Here's my first post on my latest project:
link Pop over and have a look. All the best
Andy Dr B |
| Prince Alberts Revenge | 24 Jun 2023 12:18 p.m. PST |
Great blog post. I've always been intrigued by the Border War. I opted to do it in 1/600 with TankWreck (just need to paint up the armies). |
| dr beard | 24 Jun 2023 1:43 p.m. PST |
Thanks Prince Albert! I'd be interested in seeing what you do. |
jurgenation  | 24 Jun 2023 1:55 p.m. PST |
Great conflict to game ,lots of point blank combat due to Bush. S.African artillery was the difference,. |
| cfielitz | 24 Jun 2023 5:10 p.m. PST |
I tested out Tank Wreck! and found it was a pretty good set of rules. |
| Andrew LA | 25 Jun 2023 12:00 a.m. PST |
I have an extensive 1/300 Border War collection – also from Scotia.
The War in Angola website is very useful
warinangola.com
They have scenarios too:
link And if you can get hold of it – Issue Number 2 of the old Command Post Quarterly (CPQ) magazine by GDW from the early 1990s had a great supplement on the Border War with TOEs for all sides plus a campaign game. I see Noble Knight has a couple of them available
link |
| dr beard | 27 Jun 2023 11:33 a.m. PST |
Thanks very much for the info. Andrew. I'll certainly look into that. |
| Electro | 16 Jul 2023 2:59 a.m. PST |
Good project. Plenty of scope from the start in the 60s through to late 80s. A couple of good books, Cuito Cuanavale by Fred Brigland.
SADF in the Border War by Leopoldo Scholtz. A really good one, if you can find it War in Angola by Helmoed-Romer Heitman. This covers the final phase. He was a serving officer and contributes to Jane's Defence weekly on regular occasions. I will follow your blog with interest! |
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