Musik, zwo! Drei! Vier!
Es ging am Ende doch ganz schnell...
Gestern Nachmittag habe ich den letzten 5er Block durchgejodelt. Die Routine sitzt ja mittlerweile. Weil mir dann noch ein wenig langweilig war habe ich dann am Abend den Cossak Light Walker vorbereitet. Entgratet (mehr oder weniger), falsch zusammengeklebt und gebased.
Heute Morgen dann mit Resin Primer gefolgt von schwarzem Primer grundiert. Dann kam ne Schicht Hull Red, gefolgt von Olive Green drüber und ein paar Highlights mit Nurgling Flesh nur um danach unter Glanzlack versiegelt zu werden. Sponging in Nurgling und Hull Red. Dann ein kleies Massaker in Enamel (Dark Brown Wash). Mehr Lack. Dann ein kleines Speckling mit Dessert Sand und Streaking Grime. Die kleinen Tropfen dann mit einem breiten, mit Thinner befeuchteten, Pinsel in Richtung Base gezogen damit es nach runterlefaufenen Dreck aussieht. Mehr Lack. Dann nich ein paar Details, ein Transfer (mit Weathering) und nochmehr Lack. Feddisch. Ging Flott. War kurzweilig. Hat Spaß gemacht.
Morgen schreibe ich noch etwas zu den Werten und Fähigkeiten der Maschine.
Weil das auch alles schneller ging als erwartet habe ich auch gleich den nächsten Trupp auf den Tisch gestellt.
Das gibt dann den Trupp Iron Man. Naja, also Heavy Infantry... Aber soblad ich mir noch die Offiziere in Körperpanzerung hole wird einer rot angemalt.
Das wars für mich. Bis morgen,
J.
Der Iwan ist auf dem Marsch
Cossack Light Walker
The Soviets recognised the versatility of the German Spinne walker and were able to reverse engineer much of the technology from captured examples.
Using biped technology stolen from the US, they were able to produce the Cossack. Fast and agile it was an excellent recce vehicle but its rudimentary gyro system meant it struggled with the recoil of heavier weapons. As such it perhaps lacks the firepower to stand up to heavier vehicles. It is also not as well suited to urban terrain, but excels in the open and often difficult ground that covers much of Eastern Europe.
Cossak Light Walker
Officer
Each platoon is centred upon a core that includes a headquarters unit in the form of a First or Second Lieutenant.
An officer unit consists of the officer himself and can include up to two other men acting as his immediate attendants.
Commissar
At various times from its formation during the Revolution, the Red Army included a Politruk – a political commissar.
Politruks were Communist Party members charged with educating the troops and monitoring their officers for signs of counterrevolutionary ideology. They were placed within the command structure in every unit down to company level and reported to Revolutionary Military Councils (RVS) that were established at Army level, forming a dual-command system that often had disastrous consequences.
While Politruks tirelessly rooted out shirkers, defeatists and cowards, many innocent men were also executed out of hand, or sent to punishment battalions thanks to their efforts.
Die Bosse - NKVD Kommissar und Officer sowie ein Adjutant
Anti-Tank Rifle Team
Whilst anti-tank rifles fell out of favour in other armies, the Russians continued to make good use of the weapon throughout the war, even going so far as to develop a semiautomatic version. Although capable of penetrating the side armour of the lighter German tanks, crews had to get extremely close to do so, and with the more heavily armed German tanks their only chance was to hit through a vision port or other vulnerable spot, or to snipe at exposed crew members.
In the later part of the war, anti-tank rifles were more often used against lighter targets such as heavy infantry, armoured cars, and trucks.
2 Anti Tank Rifle Teams
Infantry Squad
Russian infantry squad consisted of eleven men led by a sergeant or junior sergeant – the Russian equivalent to a corporal. Each squad included a light machine gun and one of the ordinary squad members would act as its loader. The rest of the unit carried either bolt action or semi-automatic rifles or submachine guns and all would carry grenades.
Infanterie Trupp 1
Infanterie Trupp 2
Inexperienced Infantry Squad
Throughout the war Soviet troops continued to suffer a rate of casualties far exceeding anything endured by any other combatant nation. The demand for new recruits and new formations was therefore great, and no sooner were men
equipped and given the most rudimentary training than they were often thrown into the fighting. The sheer size of the Red Army meant that a significant proportion of its troops would be relatively inexperienced.
Infanterie Trupp 3
Soviet Iron Man
