barca Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 "Team Yankee is here to stay...and we really want to do it all"WWII - "...many more plastics coming out..." Iron Maiden Weekend Q & A "VolksArmee" - East German - JAN 2017 - T-55AM, BTR, BRDM, figures background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Forces_of_the_National_People%27s_Army http://coldwardecoded.blogspot.com/2013/07/east-german-landstreitkrafte-order-of.html Then there is this intriguing bit from Wikipedia, by way of Steven J. Zaloga and James Loop, Soviet Bloc Elite Forces, Osprey Publishing, 1998:"...There were also reports of a special NVA diversionary battalion in south Germany equipped with M-48s and M-113s, able to cause confusion amongst NATO forces if war came (thus emulating and improving on the example of Otto Skorzeny's Panzerbrigade 150 during the Ardennes Offensive). However more recent reports throw doubt on the existence of any such unit.[5]"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Forces_of_the_National_People%27s_Army#Other_units Don't know if this unit is on BF's drawing board... Red Thunder - 2017 - Soviet GSFG, incl T-64Stripes - Add'l US forces - sometime in 2017 - M-60, Hummers, TOWs, Chaparrals?book title? - Canadians approx AUG 2017, incl Lynx ACR (with US or GE allied support) 4th CMBG would be a reserve attached to either the VII (US) Corps or II (GE) Corps?book title? - Australians early 2018 (as UK Allies) Incl Land Rovers with Recoilless Rifles Firestorm for Team Yankee? - fan support for now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Volks Armee for the win! :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca Posted October 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 BTW, for those not familiar with the T-55AM, it is a significantly different from the standard T-55 There are two variants of the T-55AM Modernizationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/T-55_operators_and_variants#T-55_2T-55M (Ob'yekt 155M)/T-55AM (Ob'yekt 155AM)[102] - Modernization of respectively T-55 and T-55A with new "Volna" fire control system, 9K116-1 "Bastion" ATGM system with new 1K13 BOM guidance device/sight, improved "Tsiklon-M1" gun stabilization system and TShSM-32PV sights, V-55U engine,[105] improved suspension and RMSh tracks, increased armour, anti-mine, anti-napalm and improved anti-radiation protection and new R-173/173P radio set. Visual differences include a laser range-finder in an armoured box fitted over the main armament, side skirts, 81mm "Tucha" smoke grenade launchers, BDD turret brow armour and glacis appliqué, and rear RPG screens (only used rarely in Afghanistan).[37]Variants - Polandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/T-55_operators_and_variants#PolandT-55AM "Merida" - Polish version of T-55AM developed between the late 1970s and early 1980s, fitted with a new SKO "Merida" (SKO stands for System Kierowania Ogniem - fire control system) fire control system with cross-wind sensor and a new CCDN-1 (CCDN stands for celownik-dalmierz dzienno-nocny - day/night sight-rangefinder) day/night sight-rangefinder system. The tank is also equipped with additional passive armour (type BDD) on the hull and turret front, and with a protection system that consists of a laser-warning system WPL-1 "Bobrawa" (Wykrywacz Promieniowania Laserowego) and WWGD-1 "Erb" (Wyrzutnia Wybuchowych Granatów Dymnych) and WPD-1 "Tellur" (Wyrzutnia Pocisków Dymnych) 81 mm smoke grenade launchers, both in clusters of 8 on each side of the turret. Finally, the original engine has been replaced by an upgraded W-55 WAX developing 613 hp (457 kW).[133] Some were fitted with new radio sets like the R-123 or R-173. Considered to be a second generation MBT because of the high degree of modernization.[37][99][113]Former_operators, East Germanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/T-55_operators_and_variants#Former_operatorsEast Germany – 202 T-54s were ordered in 1956 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1956 and 1957. 488 T-54As and T-54AMs were ordered from Poland and delivered between 1959 and 1964 1766 T-55s and T-55As were ordered in 1964 from the Czechoslovakia and delivered between 1964 and 1980. 333 T-55s and T-55A(P)s were ordered from Poland and delivered between 1965 and 1973. 362 VT-55s were ordered in 1964 from the Czechoslovakia and delivered between 1965 and 1969.[7] Passed on to the unified German state This page has artists conception (box art), line drawings and photos. http://www.themodellingnews.com/2016/05/in-boxed-takoms-35th-scale-t-55-am.html Makes me nostalgic for large-scale modeling again... NOTE: The 9M117 Bastion ATGM (a.k.a., "AT-10") is similar to the AT-8 Songster, but more modern. The Bastion is also an ATGM that can be fired/launched through the main gun of a tank, and is a laser beam-riding anti-tank missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M117_Bastion http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product2813.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca Posted October 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 BTW, Just addressing NATO in W. Germany, there are these forces: Belgian British Canadian Danish Dutch German US Add in reserves: French https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)#/media/File:NATOmap.JPG US V & VII Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:V_%26_VII_Corps_Garrison_Footprint.001.tiff Allied Forces Baltic Approaches (BALTAP), LANDJUT: W Ger/Danish Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Forces_Baltic_Approaches#Commander.2C_Allied_Land_Forces_Schleswig-Holstein_and_Jutland Danish Jutland Division (Armored) GE 6th PzGren Div NOTE: the Land Rover with TOW missile was fielded in the Danish Jutland Division in the 1980's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Forces_Baltic_Approaches#Jutland_Division NORTHAG Dutch I Corps W German I Corps British I Corps Belgian I Corps CENTAG W German III Corps US V Corps US VII Corps W German II Corps and in 1989: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORTHAG_wartime_structure_in_1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CENTAG_wartime_structure_in_1989 There are also French reinforcements, associated with NORTHAG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Army_Corps_(France) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_d%27action_rapide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_of_the_French_Army_in_1989 Although this is a bit later than 1985, it gives a larger picture of the NATO forces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Structures_of_military_commands_and_formations_in_1989 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca Posted October 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Oh, and then there are the wild cards: neutral Austria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_of_the_Austrian_Armed_Forces_in_1989 and Sweden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces_in_1989 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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