Egyptian Project Arab Israeli wars 67-73 update 5th April

[bluewillow]

As part of my Yom Kippur war upcoming game at the end of October I thought I had best add some more infantry to my Arab coalition. The  Egyptian infantry army collection will possibly get another Armoured infantry battalion, except for a few bits that are required, snipers and another two blowpipes and sagger teams, as always something missing  !)  order underway!

Planning on using able archer I think to keep it simple for my French mates.

The miniatures are all Elhiem miniatures form the middle eastern range. Really happy with my results, painting guide on my ww2-modern blog as normal.

Motorised regiment
1st battalion




2nd battalion





Armoured battalion



Airborne battalion
(I need to purchase some more bits here so I can do some head swaps so everyone will be in berets)


Vehicles being built, mostly Ace kits and some resin bits, plus more armour

Cheers
Matt

[Cypher226]

Very nicely done.  This is a period & place I've thought about gaming in the past and this is very good inspiration. 

[Brummie]

Nice to see some Elheim 20mm about the place! Especially some of his original sculpts!

Good painting too!

[CapnJim]

Nice job on those.  Well done!

[bluewillow]

Nice to see some Elheim 20mm about the place! Especially some of his original sculpts!

Good painting too!

Thanks, not quite correct helmet for them, but close enough for me.

I have a bunch of kit coming up for Iraq war also which these chaps will double up for also.

Cheers
Matt

[bluewillow]

Finally after returning from my three month holiday in Australia I have returned to the bench and started to complete my Egyptian transports and armour. The vehicles are 1/72 and are from ICM models.

First up some Egyptian transport







Cheers
Matt

[Harry von Fleischmann]

Very nice work! Out of curiousity, how does Elhiem match (if at all) with the rereleased Foundry range?

[AKULA]

Great work on those trucks … must have missed this thread the first time 

[bluewillow]

Very nice work! Out of curiousity, how does Elhiem match (if at all) with the rereleased Foundry range?

Elhiem are finer but they are close in height

Cheers
Matt

[bluewillow]

Next unit for my Egyptian army is a multiple rocket launcher mounted on a ZIL 131 truck. I actually need to paint my BM21 Grad launchers too.

 I have only seen these in use for the 56 parades, they are listed in the 18th battalion but not used in combat use for 6 day war or Yom Kippur that I am aware of. I will use these in support of my infantry mechanised brigade.





Cheers
Matt

[Freddy]

I really like the infantry and the ZiL trucks, but this Katyusha seems to be on a GMC chassis as the Soviets did in ww2. ICM offers it on a  ZiL-131: https://www.1-72depot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ICM-72814-box.jpeg

[bluewillow]

Yes, I think you are correct

[carlos marighela]

I think you'll find the better part of the Egyptian truck park of the era was made up of Zil-151s and Zil-157s including their MRL platforms (BM-11, BM-13 etc). To that end a Studebaker makes a decent enough proxy, although you could convert the ICM versions. So sad that the old Airfix SA-2 Guideline moulds were lost. They had a Zil-151 as the missile tractor.

Good looking project. I take it you are aware that Wargames Foundry made a dedicated range in 20mm? I had their WW2 figures and they are nice sculpts.

[Freddy]

For an easy fix you can change the superstructure with one of the ZiLs- you will get a proper Cold War era Soviet Katyusha and a yellow Studebaker transport truck- those ww2 trucks were still very common in the 60s, no one will bat an eye to see one in Egyptian colours in the era you are aiming for.

[carlos marighela]

Indeed. There was still a bit of surplus WW2 kit floating around in Egypt. I've seen photos of the Egyptian Army in the Yemen wearing M1 steel helmets.