Saturday 2 July 2022

Able Archer/ RFR rules (?) - Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 in 20mm (part 5) - Ukrainian vehicles for the mechanized infantry


 The Ukrainian infantry got reinforcements in the form of the BTR-4 Buchephalus and BMP-2. All vehicles are MiniGeneral 3d prints. In the current war most of them are equipped with the Bar Armor system. I´ll try my luck with Pedro Pato, the MiniGeneral warlord, to see if he can print something like that. 


The BTR-4 is a good way to practice the digital camouflage in usage in the Ukrainian armed forces. The most common scheme I´ve seen is this green based with sand and light green geometrical shapes. 


Another possible camouflage is this one with sand areas and black lining in the previous Russian style. 


The BTR-4 of MiniGeneral has the Shturm turret module which is the more common. Other modules are the Grom, the Shkval (seen on top of Georgian BMP-1s in the 2008 war) and the Bau 23x2. 


The only addition to the model was the the antenna. As usual I used two coats of clear varnish to limit the printing lines before priming (maybe a third would have been better...). 


Finally, two BMP-2s  with digital camouflage joined the ZSU. Antenna, rear logs and camouflage netting were added. 

Next: More Ukrainian armor and infantry as I need to balance it with the Russian forces. Also Ukrainian aircraft on the cue with a few MIG-29 and SU-27. 

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