Afghanistan

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Afghanistan

This collection of figures would not have been possible without the help of my very good friend, Terence "the Convertimator" Corrigan, a South African fellow currently residing in Taipei.

These figures can be used to represent Afghani Mujahadeen fighting the Soviets in the 1980s, Northen Alliance vs Taleban in the post-Soviet era, and Taleban remnants fighting the US forces today.

The US Forces are standard Revell Modern US. The Mujahadeen have been built from a mix of Esci Muslim Warriors, Spetsnaz, Warsaw Pact, and lots of putty.

The Soviet Spetsnaz (bottom) are standard Esci figures painted by Joe Barette.

Afghans

Afghans

Afghans

Afghans

Afghani Muj

Technical

US Forces

Esci Russian Spetsnaz ready to fight the Mujahadeen in 1980's Afghanistan

Soviet Truck # 1

Soviet Truck # 2

Soviet Truck # 3

Russian Hind D Heavy Gunship/Troop Carrier

Wargaming Ideas

If you visit the Tring Wargames Club website they have a brilliant series of pictures taken from two demonstration games they performed in 1999 and 2000 set in 1980s Afghanistan with Russians fighting Mujahadeen. You can find their website at:

http://www.btinternet.com/~tringwar/ ......then click on Gallery.

I've uplifted one of their pics to give you a taste:

Soviet infantry supported by armour and helicopters attack a Mujahadeen position