With my failing eyesight I do not see any ERA on that T-62, unless we’re looking at different photos. What I do see is the sand filled (hmmm… starting to notice a trend here) horse shoe armor around the front of the turret.
I would suggest this set from Legend, which I have. It’s a nice set:
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Pro-Russian separatists in the Luhansk region
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Possibly with what ever launcher Ukraine has been sent, otherwise, possibly the most recent.
Love the shark mouth on the BMD, last saw that on a BTR in Chechnya. How did that end for the Russians again?
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The FH70 pictured in one of my recent posts may have been sent by Estonia, judging by the camo and the MAN truck used for towing.
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Terminator is back…
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Yes there was a lot of markings like that on vehicles in Chechnya during both wars.
But in terms of how it ended for the Russians- the first Chechen War ended in a stalemate and ceasefire and then Chechnya itself basically descended into a civil war that spilled into Dagestan in 1999. Russian troops went back in, starting the second war. This ended in 2008/9 (there is a bit of debate about what decision officially ended the war) with Ramzan Kadyrov in charge since 2005. It was a victory of sorts- the large scale war stopped and Federal troops left. Low level insurgency and resistance to Kadyrov continues including in Ukraine where there are some anti-Kadyrov Chechens fighting with the Ukranians.
I’m not at all sure if the outcome of the Chechen conflict would be acceptable as a victory in Ukraine- warlords in charge of the whole Donbass would be a shame but it could be, as in Chechnya, the only path to a kind of peace.
Another use for an empty NLAW transport case ?
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More M777’s on the way (from Canada this time)
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Polish-supplied T-72’s
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Russian crew adding armor plates to their T-72
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We just need MENG to make a Nissan Patrol LX now…
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Ukrainian T-84 Oplot obr. 1999
Ukrainian T-72AMT
CAESAR in action
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The boffins at the all the arms manufacturers must be beside themselves with all this real life testing. Nothing like a real life war to test all their theories. They will have guys in the field measuring, testing and photographing all sorts of things.
There there are the tactics folks who will be analyzing all the moves.
The Ukraine has, if nothing else, proved that equipment from the west can be a mixture of manufactures. Not so from Russia. They have only their own equipment.
Will this conflict ‘push’ aside the WW2 modelling in favour of a more modern modelling experience?
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I wouldn’t mind a Caesar or an M777 in 1/35 styrene …
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OPLOTS are being used? That’s not an old photo?
