A recent post on the Cold War Commander Facebook group got me thinking. A member was asking where they could get Cold War Soviet organisations. Those of us who have been wargaming the Cold War since it was a near future threat have an instinctive feel these things backed up by a load of, probably now out of print, source material.
So I've decided to start documenting my past efforts at organising my 1/300th scale collection into CWC battlegroups. To start with here is my 1990s Spanish Marine Brigade - Tercio de Armada.
Tercio de Armada (early 1990s)
Unidad de Cuartel General CO, Mistral AAGW, FAO, FAC
1st Marine Battalion HQ, Mistral AAGW, 9x Infantry, 3x HMG, 2x 81mm mortar
2nd Marine Battalion HQ, Mistral AAGW, 9x Infantry, 3x HMG, 2x 81mm mortar
GRUMA 2x HQ, 6x LVTP-7, 3x M48A3E, 3x Scorpion
GAD 2x FAO, 2x 105mm OTO-Melara M-56, 2x Trucks
UOE HQ, 1x Special Forces, 3x Commandos
Naval support 3x AV-8A Matador, 3x UH-1, 2x Super Puma,
Naval gunfire support
This force was organised based on an early 90s article in Raids magazine. Since then more information has become available in the internet. I've been able to update the list to the early 2000s but I haven't yet bought the models needed to update my Spanish forces.
Tercio de Armada (early 2000s)
TEAR UCG CO, FAO, FAC
1st Marine Bn HQ, 9x Infantry, 2x HMG, 2x 81mm Mortar, 6x Dragon ATGW
2nd Marine Bn HQ, 9x Infantry, 2x HMG, 2x 81mm Mortar, 6x Dragon ATGW
3rd Mechanised Bn HQ, 6x Infantry, 6x Piranha III, 4x M60A3, 4x Scorpion
GAD 3x FAO, 4x OTO-Melara M56 105mm, 6x Trucks, 2x M109A2
GAE 6x Hummer w TOW-2, 4x AAVP-7A1, 3x Engineers
GA FAC, 4x Mistral AAGW, 4x Hummer
3a Escuadrilla 3x AB-212 helicopters
9a Escuadrilla 3x AV-8A+ Matador
5a Escuadrilla 3x SH-3H Sea King
Naval support Naval gunfire support
Notes:
Artillery “trucks” may be Pegaso or (for the 2000s battlegroup) Hummers
The engineers can land a variety of trucks, bulldozers and entrenching equipment
3 comments:
Excellent 👍 I plan to do the same from now on as I have had requests to add more detailed OOBs for our big games.
We could do with a central point with links when we get them posted!
Yes agreed. I am having a website built by one of the chaps who was at Grimsby last year so that might be a good place to collate everything.
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