Since 1943 the ISU format, a heavy self-propelled gun mounted on a tank chassis, has become a staple of the SSU armored forces. Easy and cheap to build, efficient and deadly, these vehicles are now found everywhere on the planet where the SSU fights. The “Sergei” is the latest version and mounts a 203mm D-30S very heavy gun, capable of knocking out any...
For years the Soviet army didn't care much for losses. The enemy was at the gate and had to be pushed back at all cost. If things could be easily salvaged or repaired, fine. But any more than that was just left to rot on the battlefield. This whole philosophy changed with the first vehicles derived from VK technology: even destroyed these were still very...
Special men with special missions need special equipment. The KV-47K (TSH - Tropicheskiy Shagokhod or ‘Tropical Walker’), codenamed ‘Aleksei’ is the perfect example of this maxim, as it was developed specifically for Spetsnaz units. Thanks to the walker being open-topped, its pilot suffers much less from the heat and has a better view and understanding of...
Another tropical variation based upon the classic KV47 series, the L model, or Anatoly, mounts two very efficient Tesla guns, derived from the Red Lightning support weapon. The Anatoly’s capacitors allow it to fire both Tesla weapons in rapid succession, but this leaves it defenceless until the capacitors recharge. Being a Tesla weapon, it incapacitates...
Elite officer of the Fallschirmjäger Korps of the Luftwaffe, Lieutenant Rolf Sammt has seen action since Operation Mercury, the invasion of Crete in 1941. Since then he has fought almost everywhere, mostly in the Luftwaffe Field Divisions on the Eastern Front. With the reactivation of large paratroopers formations and airborne operations, he has been...
This variant of the original Mickey, dubbed the ‘Light Mickey’ by the Marines, was created specifically for the United States Marine Corps. Its open-topped turret makes it much more comfortable to operate in some of the environments that these guys fight in. As with Allied troops across the planet, the Marines love this machine. It’s resilient, easy to...
Filling a gap in the Allied armoured arsenal between the M3A2 Mickey (Light) and the M3C Pounder, the M3G2 Barking Dog (Light) is an excellent anti-tank walker and can serve as a close support vehicle. Its six M40 recoilless guns fire in sequence, aimed at the same point thanks to a very advanced targeting system. The sound of the guns firing a couple of...
Phaser technology was created by the Allies in response to the lasers developed by the Axis. Powerful VK generators concentrate heat waves into small tungsten cylinders around the actual barrel and then release them, projecting a phased discharge of raw energy. How Allied scientists managed to develop such a complex weapon in such a short amount of time is...