This week sees the release of two new heavy tanks to help the defence of the Motherland against the invading German Army during Operation Barbarossa – the up-armoured KV-1E and the KV-8 flamethrower tank! The KV tanks were a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov and…
The emergence of heavy German tanks on the eastern front spurred the Soviet military into action, looking for up-gunned tanks of their own. Rather than wait for the full development of new tank designs to combat these Teutonic monsters a stop-gap upgrade to the KV series produced. It comprised a KV-1S with the new turret…
When the German army crashed over the Russian border in 1941, Hitler was confident of a short, sharp campaign. He nearly got one, but heroic defence by the massive Soviet armies slowed the Nazi advance. It was done by the simple private soldier, “Ivan” as the Germans called him. Brave, solid, and loyal, these soldiers…
Due to a deluge of correspondence from the community (some may even call it demand!) we have decided to add the Soviet standard bearer from the Ostfront command pack to our range as a single figure reinforcement: View in Store If you haven’t yet picked up a copy of Ostfront – Barbarossa to Berlin then…
The Bystrokhodny (which means ‘fast tank’) series were built in massive numbers, serving the Soviet military well for several years. The concept for these vehicles originally came from the Christie Tank design, unsuccessfully shown to the US military. The Soviets used their contacts to get the plans and specifications over to them, along with two…
Comrades, Rejoice! Reinforcements are here and the fascist invaders will be pushed from our glorious Soviet soil! Now available in the Warlord webstore – the plastic T34/76 Medium Tank Platoon – containing three plastic T34/76 kits – each of which has three different turret options – AND an Soviet Infantry sprue included to create Tank…
Since releasing our ‘Ostfront’ Bolt Action Theatre Book, the Soviet reinforcements have been pouring onto tabletop battlefields across the globe! With the Winter-equipped Soviet Infantry and plastic T34/76 strengthening the Soviet resolve, it’s time to follow up with some more firepower in the form of the BT-7A Self-Propelled Gun! Finnish players will also have an…
With our plastic T34/76 due to start shipping out in the coming weeks, we thought it time to give you a little more insight into this workhorse of the Soviet forces… View in Webstore History The T-34 series, with its sloping armour, changed the principles of tank design during the Second World War. By sloping…
At 6pm on August 23rd 1942 the assault on the Soviet city of Stalingrad began by Army Group 6 under the Command of Colonel General Friedrich Paulus. However that had not been the start of the destruction; this began with air strikes from German Luftflotte 4. Between the 25th and 31st of July around 1,000…
View in Store February has seen a slew of Soviet reinforcements pour into the struggle in the Eastern Front with releases for the Soviet and Fascist side adding to the carnage. With this in mind we thought a useful round-up the recent range additions – and offer a few reminders of existing products that will…
Andy Hobday
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