Thursday, 27 September 2018

Artillery for Mother Russia

Years ago, about 2000-2002, I had picked up a large amount of Soviet kit for the period 1939-65. When I got married in 2003, I packed this all up and shipped it back to Nova Scotia, in anticipation of our new life in Canada. Several issues happened.
First the Japanese and Canadian Postal systems did their best to smash apart my Soviet kit, in the belief that I must have been smuggling stuff, or maybe they just had an issue with me sending about 20 boxes of 1/72 kits home. Maybe they felt they were missing out on duties.
I do remember the Japanese customs guys opening one of my boxes on the day of my departure and they were ohhhh and ahhhh on my stuff to which I was asking please could I have it back as I wanted to catch my flight!

Which brings me to my issue now in 2018. I have finally begun to repair the damage done on my kit in 2003. My artillery.

I remember that I had  one 76mm gun, a 122mm gun, a 57mm anti-tank gun.
This is what I've been able to do so far.
The 122mm gun has been rebuilt! It just needs a crew.
The 76mm gun is being rebuilt.
The 57mm gun has a carriage, and a gun shield, but I can't find the actual gun!
I also have several tank gun barrells which I may improvise some guns with.

At present, my Soviet force for Bolt Action is built for anything from 1942 on with a heavy influence for campaigns from 1944-45.

The units can also be used for the Cold War as the Soviets kept a lot of their armour to keep up with the amount of conventional equipment in their arms race with NATO.

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