Chechyna war 28mm massive battle pt 2

[nevermore]

Chechyna war 28mm massive battle pt 2

The first Chechen war between 1994 and 1996 led to a humiliating defeat for the Russian army
and then-Pres. Boris Yeltsin. Many soldiers —?underpaid and badly treated by their superiors—?
saw the restive mountain republic as not worth dying for.





The Russian experience in Afghanistan was still fresh. But military leaders forgot or deliberately
ignored the war’s counter-insurgency lessons.Chechens who fought against the Russian army
were sometimes former Soviet soldiers, including Dzhokhar Dudayev—?the young republic’s first
post-Soviet leader.Others were police officers and civilians with no prior combat training.
They carried small arms, light weapons and had few heavy artillery. They had no air force.





Both sides resorted to brutality, torture and arbitrary executions. Chechen terrorists targeted
civilians in Russia, and Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin extended a hand to pliable Chechen leaders.
The Kremlin’s focus on enlisting collaborators proved decisive, and defections from the Chechen
side rose exponentially. Two clans that had fought the Russians in 1994—?the Yamadayevs and
Kadyrovs—?struck a bargain with Moscow in 1999.





Russian troops overran Grozny. After 2000, the war evolved into an insurgency.





Lots more photos on the website in the gallery at http://www.victorian-steel.com

[dhtandco]

We are using Iron cross rules amended by us for this.There will be an article on this in WI mag soon (. Hopefully)

[Lowtardog]

Looking forward to seeing it, I have been collecting for Chechnya off the back of the Tiny Terrain Kickstarter and was thinking of using Force on Force or No end in sight, will be interesting to see cross of iron as not heard about them before

[ErikB]

Excellent work!

Please keep it coming, both the photos and the history lesson.

[nevermore]

Thanks guys sorry for late reply, bloody boiler flooded my room

[Marine0846]

Great photos.
Been waiting for new figures from a KS for this period.
Will be going back to your web pages for pics.
Thanks for all the great battles you have posted all these years.

[dhtandco]

Yes we are waiting for those figures too

[nevermore]

Just completed the new canal, six foot long with a lock, feeling really proud of this and it will be put on display at the Hammerhead show, should go great with the city above, just the train station and airport to complete now and we are ready to go.

[Lowtardog]

Just

[mikedemana]

Sounds amazing!

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/