Heavy Fire Support

First, an update (of sorts) on the overseas mail situation – essentially, there’s no change. Royal Mail are still asking customers not to post overseas items (Post Offices aren’t even accepting them) so we can’t send anything outside the UK apart from EU orders, which are unaffected. Items already in the system are subject to delays, and tracking data isn’t working either. Basically the whole system is FUBAR. The latest Royal Mail update is here, while there’s a BBC article on the effect it’s having here. We are processing orders and getting them ready for sending, so as soon as things get back to normal we will be able to send them out. There’s not much more we can say – this is entirely out of our control 🙁

Next is our slightly delayed new release – we’ve had some settled (if rather chilly) weather today so we could get out and take the necessary photos. So, this week our Neo-Soviet army gets a number of new fire support options in 15mm.

First up are three heavy anti-tank guns. The 2A77 ‘Tesak’ combines the 22cm DS Railgun from the Mammont Super Heavy Tank with a robust carriage capable of handling the high recoil forces of such a large gun. The 2m high armoured gun shield allows the crew to load and aim the gun in relative safety, although the weapon does lose one of the traditional advantages of towed weapons, that of low profile and reduced visibility. The 2A77G mounts the GSh-3-60 heavy gatling on the same carriage, while the 2A77L variant employs a high-energy particle cannon. The former has not been successful as a mobile weapon system, simply due to the difficulty of supplying sufficient ammunition to a weapon with a high fire rate. However, in static positions where supplies can be stockpiled, it has proved to be highly effective against light and medium armoured targets.

(l-r) Gatling, DS Gun and Particle Cannon towed weapons

As a towing vehicle for the 2A77 family we have the ASO-420 ‘Gornostay’ tracked truck, a version of the Polevka light truck with an extended cargo bed and roof hatch.

We also have three support variants of the venerable Kunitsa tracked APC. Each mounts a turreted weapon system over the rear of the troop compartment on place of the top hatch. The three variants are the 9P259 ‘Teterev’ anti-tank missile system, the ZSU-30-6 air defence gun system and the 12-barrelled 9K156 multiple rocket launcher system.

SF15-1203b – Kunitsa ‘Teterev’ AT Missile Vehicle – £8.50
SF15-1203c – Kunitsa ZSU-30-6 Air Defence – £8.50
SF15-1203d – Kunitsa 9K156 MRLS – £8.50
SF15-1215 – Gornostay Tracked Truck – £4.50
SF15-1216 – 2A77 ‘Tesak’ Towed Railgun – £6.00
SF15-1216a – 2A77G Towed Gatling – £6.00
SF15-1216b – 2A77L Towed Particle Cannon – £6.00