Last week I was at a bit of a loose end and fancied painting something so I dug through a few bags of spare 20mm figures and pulled out a random one. It was a Warsaw Past soldier in a beret but not the kind worn by Soviet VDV (airborne troops). Somewhere in the memory banks I knew I'd seen something like it and sure enough, a check on the bookshelves turned up this from the Osprey book Soviet Bloc Elite Forces.
Digging through the other bags in the same drawer I worked out that I might have enough models to make myself a platoon of Cold War Polish marines!
Some research suggested that a Polish marine platoon for Arc of Fire would be something like this:
Platoon HQ (Tac 5)
Platoon Commander Assault Rifle, Pistol 5L
Platoon Sergeant Assault Rifle 5L
1st Squad (Tac 5)
Squad Leader Assault Rifle 5L
Gunner Belt-fed LMG 5
Loader Assault Rifle 5
6 Riflemen Assault Rifle 5
2nd Squad (Tac 5) As first squad
3rd Squad (Tac 5)
Squad Leader Assault Rifle 5L
Gunner MMG 5
Loader Assault Rifle 5
5 Riflemen Assault Rifle 5
Sniper Self-loading rifle 5
Here (with judicious use of Green Stuff to convert some Russian-style jackboots to ankle boots) are a couple of squads and the platoon HQ to be going on with:
They are Liberation Miniatures by Rolfe Hedges.
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Thanks Neil!
ReplyDeleteVery nice Mr C 👍
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