Able Archer/ RFR rules (?) - Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 in 20mm (part 9) - Ukrainian new and old material and some musicians

This post is a mixture of old material - the Zil-159 command truck and the Polish/Czech T-72 M1 - and new - the Polaris buggies with the Stugna-P ATGW. Also a few Wagner PMC figures joined the previous group on the modelling table for a few days. 

The Polish/Czech T-72 M1 have been very active on the Ukrainian counter-attacks on the Kherson and Kharkiv fronts. These two have the yellow squares used in the Kherson counter-offensives at least in one of the sectors. Close to them were seen some Portuguese M-113 and also the Dutch YPR-765. 

The models are Revell and Altaya Die-cast. Both had plenty of Kontakt explosive reactive armor (ERA) cassettes placed in the most likely areas to be hit for some extra protection. Each ERA block is made of two small rectangles of 1mm thick Evergreen plastic sheet glued together. The frontal ERA are Modelcollect leftover parts. The Ukrainians pay more attention to camouflage than the Russians so gauze was mixed with PVA glue to model some of it around the gun barrel, front and turret.  The tank commander is a Xan Miniatures figure. 

The Polaris Stugna-P armed buggies are used apparently by some SOF and they have been used for quick hit-and-run attacks. 

The models are Die-cast Matchbox models in 1/64th scale. A few days ago I was looking at a parked civilian one and they are really smaller in 1/72nd scale. The military version has some extra protections at the front but they are complicated to scratch built so gauze was used to disguise that part. Only a piece of extra armor can be seen in front of the driver. The Stugna-P ATGW is scratch built and the Esci crew got new arms made of GreenStuff. 

Some kind of command vehicle is necessary for the Ukrainian brigade so I used this old ICM Zil-157 for that purpose. The original idea was for it to be built once more to my Iraqis but there is at least one photo showing this old model in the current war.  

               

Only some resin 3d printed jerrycans and some gauze was added for it to look nicer. 

                                       

Mixed in this lot are some Russian Wagner PMC soldiers which have been used by the Russians as some of its best assault units together with the VDV. I´ve used different colors for the Wagner uniform than the greener Russians as I think Wagner doesn't use the Barmitsa or the Permyachka infantry equipment. 

The figures are easily found on Aliexpress and are made in 3d printed resin (no brand name though). The detail is simply amazing and they are sturdy and clearly designed for 1/72nd scale wargaming. They also end up being better for wargaming than the Alex Miniatures I´ve showed you a few post ago as they are far more resistant with the Alex Miniatures being better for dioramas. 

 Next: more Russo-Ukrainian war or maybe a return to ancients.