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ZSU-23-4 AA Company (AARBX08)

Includes two ZSU-23-4 Self-propelled Anti-aircraft guns,

Designed as a replacement for the ZSU-57-2, the ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” replaced the twin 57mm guns with four 23mm cannon with a far greater ammunition capacity. The Shilka is also equipped with an integral radar to allow automatic tracking of targets rather than optical tracking.

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Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

The ZSU-23-4

The ZSU-23-4 AA Company in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the ZSU-23-4 AA Company are contained in the Egyptian Unit Card Pack (AAR901)…
Unit Cards for the ZSU-23-4 AA Company are contained in the Syrian Unit Card Pack (AAR902)…

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T-62 Tank Battalion (AARAB01)

Includes nine plastic T-62 tank sprues, two plastic Tank Commander sprues two Decal Sheets and two ZSU-23-4 Self-propelled Anti-aircraft guns

When the British fitted their Centurion with a 105mm gun, the Soviet leadership demanded that the T-55 be fitted with a bigger gun than its current 100mm. The result was the T-62 which mounted a smoothbore 115mm firing a fin-stabilised round. Egypt acquired several hundred in time for the 1973 Yom Kippur War

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Designed by Tim Adcock
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

The T-62 Tank

The T-62 Sprue

The ZSU-23-4

The T-62 Tank Battalion in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the T-62 Tank Battalion are contained in the Egyptian Unit Card Pack (AAR901)…
Unit Cards for the T-62 Tank Battalion are contained in the Syrian Unit Card Pack (AAR902)…

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T-62 Tank Company (AARBX07)

Includes five plastic T-62 tank sprues, one plastic Tank Commander sprue and one Decal Sheet

When the British fitted their Centurion with a 105mm gun, the Soviet leadership demanded that the T-55 be fitted with a bigger gun than its current 100mm. The result was the T-62 which mounted a smoothbore 115mm firing a fin-stabilised round. Egypt acquired several hundred in time for the 1973 Yom Kippur War

Check out the T-62 Tank Company in the online store here… 

Designed by Tim Adcock
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

The T-62 Tank

The T-62 Tank Company in Fate Of A Nation

Unit Cards for the T-62 Tank Company are contained in the Egyptian Unit Card Pack (AAR901)…
Unit Cards for the T-62 Tank Company are contained in the Syrian Unit Card Pack (AAR902)…

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ZSU-57-2 AA Company (AARBX04)

Includes two ZSU-57-2 Self-propelled Anti-aircraft guns

The ZSU-57-2 was a Soviet-built self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that first came into service with the Red Army in 1955. The acronym ZSU stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, which when translated means anti-aircraft self-propelled mount; 57 designates the caliber of the weapons and 2 states the number of gun barrels.

Built on the chassis of the T-54 tank, the twin S-68 57mm cannons were mounted in an open-topped turret which only offered the crew inside a minimum level of armour protection.

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Manned by a crew of six (driver, commander, gunner, dedicated sight adjuster and a pair of loaders), the ZSU-57-2 was limited to only engaging aircraft that the crew could actually see. Once an aircraft was spotted, the sight adjuster had to correctly calibrate the gun sight before the target could be engaged, making the vehicle virtually useless during night-time operations.

Like other Soviet vehicles of the period, the ZSU-57-2 was exported to countries outside of the Soviet Union. These included nations of the Warsaw Pact, North Korea, North Vietnam and counties in the Middle-East including the United Arab Republic, who placed an order for 100 vehicles in 1960.

Used in both the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, its high rate of fire was not only deadly to aircraft, but the high-velocity rounds could easily punch through lightly armoured vehicles.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Casey Davies

The ZSU-57-2

The ZSU-57-2 AA Company in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the ZSU-57-2 AA Company are contained in the Egyptian Unit Card Pack (AAR901)…
Unit Cards for the ZSU-57-2 AA Company are contained in the Syrian Unit Card Pack (AAR902)…

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Sherman (75mm) Tank Platoon (AISBX04)

Includes two Sherman (75mm) tanks.

Israel acquired its first Sherman tank via a clandestine arrangement with British soldiers tasked with destroying military equipment prior to the British withdrawal from Palestine in 1948. By 1956, they had several hundred Sherman tanks scrounged from various scrap yards around the world, including 60 M1 Shermans provided by France (M1 was the Israeli designation for the M4A1 tanks armed with 76mm guns). The Israelis acquired more M1 tanks in the late 1950s, having some 300 at their peak. By 1967 the remaining M1 tanks had been fitted with the improved HVSS suspension of the ‘Easy Eight’ and were used for infantry support work on the Jordanian front.

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With the surrounding Arab nations receiving increasingly powerful Soviet tanks, the Israelis began to modify their Sherman tanks to keep pace. The first model, the M50 Sherman, mounted the French 75mm CN-75-50 gun from the AMX‑13 light tank in a modified 75mm turret. The first 50 vehicles were ready just in time for the 1956 war. The mobility of these initial vehicles was poor and the engine was overworked, so the engines were replaced with powerful Cummins diesel engines and the suspension upgraded to HVSS like the M1 Super Shermans. In 1967 the Israelis had 179 M50 ‘French’ Sherman tanks.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Chris Townley

The Sherman (75mm)

The Sherman (75mm) in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the Sherman are contained in the Israeli Unit Card Pack (AIS901)…

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Mortar Platoon (AJO725)

Includes four 4.2 Inch Mortar or two 81mm mortar teams, two four-hole medium plastic bases, four six-hole medium plastic bases and one plastic insert sprue.

The Ordnance Muzzle Loading 4.2” mortar was first developed by the British during World War Two to supplement the exciting stocks of 2” and 3” mortars. The ML 4.2” mortar served the British forces well during the war and it continued to serve well into the post-war years with both British Army and numerous foreign nations around the world. One such nation was Jordan, who fielded the ML 4.2″ mortar against the Israeli Defence Force during the Six-Day War.

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The Jordanians used both the Royal Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar and the M29 American 81mm mortar. Many examples of these medium mortars were incorporated into defences where
they could provide useful support against opposing infantry.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Mathie

The 4.2 Inch Mortar

The Mortar Platoon in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the Mortar Platoon are contained in the Jordanian Unit Card Pack (AJO901)…

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Mechanised Platoon (AJO722)

Includes one Automatic rifle team (Formation HQ), seven Rifle/MG teams, one Super Bazooka team, one Light Mortar team, two two-hole small plastic bases, two three-hole small plastic bases and six four-hole medium plastic bases.

The Jordanian mechanised infantry, called Meshah Meykaneykeyh (pronounced moo-shaht mee-kan-ik-ee-a) in Arabic, were mounted in modern American M113 armoured personnel carriers. 

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Their uniforms and equipment were largely Second World War surplus from British stocks, although their rifle was the M1 Garand and their anti-tank weapon the M20 Super Bazooka from the United States.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Victor Pesch

The Mechanised Platoon

Automatic rifle team (Formation HQ)

Rifle/MG team

Light Mortar team

Super Bazooka team

The Mechanised Platoon in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the Mechanised Platoon are contained in the Jordanian Unit Card Pack (AJO901)…

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Mech Platoon (AIS722)

Includes one Uzi SMG team, seven FN FAL teams, two FN MAG teams, one 60mm mortar team, two Blindicide AT teams, eight four-hole medium bases, two three-hole small bases, two two-hole small bases and one plastic base insert sprue.

The motorised infantry, called Ch’ir Mamochan (pronounced kh‑eer mah-moh-khahn) in Hebrew, accompanied the tanks into battle, clearing built-up areas and fortified positions. Their main weapons were the Belgian FN FAL rifle (used both as a rifle and, in its heavy-barrelled form, as a squad automatic weapon) and the FN MAG machine-gun. Each platoon had a British 52mm (2”) light mortar, a number of Belgian RL-83 Blindicide (‘Armour Killer’) bazookas, and plenty of powerful Belgian Mecar anti-tank rifle grenades.

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The Israeli Army uses the FN FAL as both its standard rifle and (in its heavy-barrelled form) as its squad automatic weapon. This gives the riflemen the ability to maintain their firepower on the move and deliver intense bursts of fire at short range.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Victor Pesch

The Mech Platoon

Uzi SMG Formation HQ

FN FAL Unit Leader

FN FAL team

FN MAG team

Blindicide AT team

60mm Mortar team

The Mech Platoon in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the Mech Platoon are contained in the Israeli Unit Card Pack (AIS901)…

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Magach Tank Platoon (AISBX01)

Includes two Magach tanks with options for both the 105mm and 90mm guns

In its on-going quest for more and better tanks, Israel managed to acquire more than a hundred M48A1and M48A2C tanks from West Germany and the United States. These were codenamed Magach (Battering Ram). The Centurion’s suspension was thought more suitable for the rocky ground in central and northern Israel, so the Magach was assigned to Southern Command for operations in the Sinai Desert where its greater speed and range proved useful.

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Having upgraded their Centurions with 105mm L7 guns, the Israelis started experimenting with upgunning their Magach 2 tanks as well. By the time of the Six-Day War, they had a company of Magach 3 fitted with the 105mm gun and ready for combat. These were found to be far more effective than the older 90mm guns against the Arabs’ heavily armoured T-55 and IS-3 tanks.

Jordan’s armoured brigades used the same American M48 Patton tanks (armed with a 90mm gun) as their Israeli foes. Since the Jordanians mainly faced up-gunned Shermans and AMX light tanks, they usually outmatched the Israelis on a tank-for-tank basis.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Chris Townley

Magach 2 (90mm)

Magach 3 (105mm)

Magach 2 & 3 Turrets

The Magach Tank Platoon in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the Sho’t are contained in the Israeli Unit Card Pack (AIS901)…

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M42 Duster (AJO161)

Includes one M42 Duster.

Based on the American M41 Walker Bulldog light tank, the M42A1 Duster mounted twin 40mm anti-aircraft guns (M2A1 Bofors). With each gun capable of firing 120 rounds per minute, the 40mm rounds proved devastating against both unarmoured ground targets and massed infantry attacks.

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Designed by Tim Adcock
Painted by James Brown

The M42 Duster

The M42 Duster in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the M42 Duster are contained in the Jordanian Unit Card Pack (AJO901)…