Thanks again for your kind feedback! I most definately share your enthusiasm for Centurion tanks, jamesmanto.
Beautifully painted and a great project to start.
What forces are you putting together and in what formational groups?
If FoF doesn’t work out then a modern Chain of Command variant would be worth a look to put together or a variant of Jay’s Wargming Madness Modern Bolt Action ( if that suits). I’d be interested to hear your experience of using FoF Bush Wars for the Bush War.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ygd3kk70wp61il8/ba_modern_playsheet_v3.1.pdf?dl=0
Looking forward to seeing this project expand and will be following with interest.
Nice job 👍👍
Cheers
Happy W
I plan on doing the following forces:
SADF & UNITA:- SADF Mech Platoon (4 x Ratels 20s, 3 x infantry sections, platoon command section)
- 4 x Ratel 90s
- 3 x Olifant Mk1a
- TAC and FO 2 x Ratel OP/Command
- 1 x Impala Mk2 for CAS
- 2 x Alouette G Car
- 1 x Alouette K Car
- 3 - 4 UNITA infantry sections
- Various UNITA support weapons (Think DShKs mainly)
- 2 x UNITA Land Rovers with recoilless rifles
- A couple softskins for UNITA, mostly captured trucks
Eventually I'd like to do Koevoet and 32 Battalion, but at the pace I am working at right now that might take some time.
FAPLA & SWAPO/PLAN:- FAPLA mechanized infantry platoon: 3 infantry sections plus HQ, riding either 3 x BTR-60s or 3 x BTR-152s
- 1 x extra infantry section
- 6 x T-55s
- 5 x T-34s
- Maybe a couple Cuban T-62s
- 3 x BRDM-2s
- Maybe a couple PT-76s
- Various support weapons (DShKs, Sagger ATGMs and SA-7 Grail)
- Random support vehicles (Think truck-mounted ZU-23 aa guns)
- A couple of softskins
- 4 - 5 x SWAPO PLAN infantry sections
That is all based off the FoF Bush Wars supplement. And oh boy, that is a lot of stuff!
Now as far as rules are concerned I'll be glad to give you my thoughts on FoF Bush Wars. Unfortunately the first game is still a ways off, most likely sometime this spring. Still got some painting to do first.
Chain of Command might work as well. I haven't bought the rules yet (let alone thought about adapting them to the Border War), but I have read a lot of good stuff about them and I think they might be well suited for this kind of conflict.
Bolt Action might also work. Thank you for the link to the Modern Bolt Action playsheet, I'll give this a read sometime this week!