Danish army in the Cold war

[Dr. Zombie]

To compliment my 6mm cold war gaming I wanted to do some 28mm skirmishing. And since our cold war gaming takes place in Denmark I started on a Danish army first. I boght a batch of West German army from Under Fire Miniatures. as they fit very nice for a mid eighties danish army. The miniatures themselves are great there is hardy a moldline on them. And Bill from Under fire Miniature provided excellent service. I wrote and asked if I could swap the Uzi arm from the command pact to a G3 arm and he had a rummage around and send me the extra arm.

But anyways enough chat. On to some pictures.




Unfortunately one of the minis was badly damaged in postage his gun was badly bent and broken. And although Bill is kindly sending a replacement. I felt the mini was to good to let go to waste. So I cut of the damaged gun and replaced it with an AT4 bit I had in my bits box.


When I have finished this batch next in line is a M113 for them to drive around in. And then I think it is back to Under fire miniatures for some East Germans to make the opposing force.

[Mako]

Looks good!

Buy your guys an M41 tank, to strengthen their defense posture a bit.

I'm planning on doing Danes in 1/144th and 1/100th scales, but the larger troops look very nice too.

[gimzod]

Very nice

Hope they can hold back the red hordes.

[commissarmoody]

That's pretty cool. Now you can play platoon and squad ops next to your brigade/battalion games.

[Westy38]

Fantastic work there Sir. I love the conversion work you did on the broken mini. A replacement's going in the post today btw.

Going forward, whilst I will be concentrating, next year, on 28MM Soviets & 80's U.S.A., where could I find a reference for 80's Danes so that I can do a ''Danish'' pack to give a Danish feel to the Germans ?

Regards,

Bill Weston.
www.underfireminiatures.com

P.S. Excellent painting too.

[Dr. Zombie]

Thanks a lot.

It is a bit tough to find info on the Danish army in English. But as far as armament goes they were equiped with the G3 Rifles and the MG3. Officers/NCO's were often equippen with the Mp M/49 The infantry anti tank capability was from AT4 and the Carl Gustav
And the M40 Recoilless Rifle ot TOW mounted on Jeeps or Land Rovers.

And if we start to count buttons The webbing is a bit different from the German. The danish cantine is like the American one. Where the German one is quite distinct in it shape.

And then from 1985-86 The army changes uniforms to the more modern M/84 uniform system. The M40 recoilless Rifle is taken out of service as the Carl Gustav gets fully implemented to all infantry units.

But really to answer your question if you add a MG3 to one of the infantry packs it would do the trick. And if you made some guys with a Carl Gustav and MP M/49 THat would indeed rock.

[MHoxie]

Add in a Centurion tank so they can fight Reptilicus! Centurions are cool even without marionette kaiju.

[Dr. Zombie]

Oh crap! I had forgotten about Reptilicus. Now I might need to build that monster.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Add in a Centurion tank so they can fight Reptilicus! Centurions are cool even without marionette kaiju.

I saw that as a Mystery Theatre 3K episode.

[Erik]

Wow. That really takes you back to your army days. Webbing, helmet and G3 fits perfectly.

How many are you planing to paint? Are you doing a full platoon or just a squad? What about some recon guys in stripped Down mercedes? Nothing like a bunch of those testosteronepumped loudmouths to spice up a good wargaming table.

I am looking forward to trying them out.

Erik

[Dr. Zombie]

I am not sure how manny I am going to do. But somehow small side projects always tend to grow. I was thinking of doing some Hjemmeværnet (national guard) with even older equipment and Garant rifles.

[commissarmoody]

I am not sure how manny I am going to do. But somehow small side projects always tend to grow. I was thinking of doing some Hjemmeværnet (national guard) with even older equipment and Garant rifles.

That would also look pretty cool

[Ash]

Super models, I'm a big fan of all things from Under Fire and Bill is a great bloke to deal.
I had a go at converting the machine gunner from pack 3 into a Portuguese, didn't turn out to bad.

[Dr. Zombie]

I finished a great big batch of Cold War miniatures.

First of more Danish soldiers defending a roadblock.


And the Danish Home Guard mustering in the parking lot behind the local supermarket. Note the outdated equipment and gung ho attitude.


A tectonic shift in my lead mountain revealed that I actually had some soviet troops already. From Eurika I believe. At least that is what the bag said.

Some dismounted tankers.


Soviet troops advancing down the street.


Today the replacement figure also arrived from Bill at Under Fire miniatures arrived today. Unfortunately the post had given it the same treatment as its predecessor. But I did not want to ask Bill for a replacement for the replacement.

So I made a weapon swap on this guy as well. I had bought some MG3s from TAG to make some Home Guard with MG3s. And the pose of the replacement Bill sent me fitted perfect to also get an MG.

[Hobbit]

I recently found this document and thought you may find it useful. I don't speak/read Danish but Google Translate would appear to do a fair job. If you hunt through it you'll find a TO&E for the III Mechanised Battalion of the Jutland Dragoons c.1985:

http://baltap.dk/BALTAP/III_JDR_1985.pdf