This release sees the introduction the Winter War Soviets to our range, adding infantry and crew in Winter uniforms to many Soviet options including regular squads, HQ units, support and the Artillery.
Additionally, we have also introduced two totally new vehicles to our range – the NKL-16 Aerosan and the multi-turret monster that is the T-28.
As usual with a new army, we have added a platoon bundle for you and also updated the Soviet Army Builder to include the new Winter War troops and vehicles.
As always, here’s a little background on the various new units…..
T-28 Medium tank
The T-28 was an infantry support tank developed by the Soviet’s during the 1930s. A long tank, featuring multiple turrets, it appears to be strongly influenced by the British A1E1 Independent (and indeed may have been based on stolen plans……). Primary armament was a 76mm gun in a fully traversing main turret, and four machine guns split between the main turret and a pair of secondary turrets.
Initially deployed in 1939 during the Winter War, the T-28 was shown to be slow, heavy and inadequately armoured. However, improvements were rapidly made and a new, up-armoured version led the way through the Finnish Mannerheim Line.
Over 500 were built and captured examples used by Finland were used against their former owners.
NKL-16 Aerosan
The NKL-16 was an aerosan used by the Soviet army during WWII. Built of plywood, it was very lightweight and could reach speeds of 30mph across snow. The NKL-16 was later developed into the armoured NKl-26 which was armed with a machine gun in a ring mount.
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We hope that you found this little bit of background history and that soon our models will be reinforcing your Soviet armies!
