M-ATV

Matchbox has made this vehicle before but for some ungodly reason, they made it painted in orange.

Now it's back and painted in a nice desert yellow.

US Army used these in the War on Terror.

It's a great little vehicle model.

It is a bit smaller than it should be, but considering there is no HO version, it works well.

Shown here with a Caesar Miniatures SAS figure in 1/72nd scale.

I plan on getting a few but mostly I will be repainting the orange ones.

Submarines

Mini subs can be used for very deep diving.  The gray one I repainted a yellow one, as a USN version.

Special ops can also use these subs to infiltrate harbors and to attack ships at anchor.

Here is a Caesar Miniatures SAS figure with a sub.

I am considering making a new version with tracks or wheels on the bottom; the Soviet Union did that to sneak around the Baltic.

Mini Submarine

It's been Matchbox purchase week.

This little submarine was out previously in yellow.

Now it's out in blue and white with little bubbles on the sidens.

Here it is with the yellow version.

Soviet Artillery WWII

Tank Corps          Mechanized Corps    Artillery Division  Total

T-34           207  T-34           183                           390 

SU-76          21   SU-76          21                            42

SU-85          21   SU-85          21                            42

SU-152         21   SU-152         21                            42

82mm Mortar    52   82mm Mortar    100                           152

120mm Mortar   42   120mm Mortar   54   120mm Mortar        108  204

45mm ATG       12   45mm ATG       36                            48

57mm ATG       16   57mm ATG       8                             24

37mm AA Guns   16   37mm AA Guns   16                            32

76mm Guns      36   76mm Guns      36   76mm Gun            48   120

BM-13 Rockets  8    BM-13 Rockets  8    BM-13 Rockets       36   52

122mm Howitzer      84   84  

152mm Gun/Howitzer  32   32         203mm  Howitzer      24   24

160mm Mortar        32   32

Tank Corps

BM-13 rockets on T-60 chassis

Mechanized Corps

SU-152 substituted by SU-122

BM-13 rockets on GAZ-AAA truck

Breakthrough Artillery Division

BM-13 rockets on Roco 2 ½ ton truck

57mm ATG Zis-2 is essentially identical to the 76mm ATG Zis-3

The 57mm barrel is longer and thinner and has no muzzle break

Consider using the Italeri model with new barrel for 57mm ATG

122mm D-30 howitzer is essentially identical to the 152mm D-1

The 152 barrel has a muzzle break and may be longer, but is close in length to the 122mm howitzer.

Consider using the Zvezda D-30 with a new muzzle break.