Includes three 155mm Howitzers and crew, one Observation Team, one two-hole small plastic base, three six-hole large plastic bases and two plastic base insert sprues

The Jordanians were in the process of equipping several battalions with American M114 155mm howitzers when the war broke out. 

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Despite its new name, the howitzer is the same as the old M1 155mm howitzer that American troops used in WWII. The remainder of the Jordanian artillery was equipped with old British Ordnance Quick Firing 25 pdr guns. Despite its age, the gun still performed its job well, delivering a high volume of fire to silence targets and break up enemy attacks.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

The 155mm Howitzer

The 155mm Field Battery in Fate Of A Nation 
Unit Cards for the 155mm Field Battery are contained in the Jordanian Unit Card Pack (AJO901)…

 

The Syrians and Egyptians used ex-Soviet WWII ZIS-2 anti-tank guns. While largely obsolete by the standards of armoured warfare in the 1960’s, they are useful against lighter AFVs and APCs, especially when fired from a concealed dug-in defensive position.

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Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

The 57mm Anti-tank gun

The 57mm Anti-tank Gun in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the 57mm Anti-tank Gun are contained in the Egyptian Unit Card Pack (AAR901)…
Unit Cards for the 57mm Anti-tank Gun are contained in the Syrian Unit Card Pack (AAR902)…

 

Includes two AMX light tanks.

In an effort to minimise future conflicts in the Middle East, the major powers set up an arms embargo after the 1948 war. However, when the Suez Crisis came to a head, France hastily equipped their new ally, Israel, with up-gunned Sherman tanks and brand-new AMX-13 light tanks.

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The AMX also known as the AMX-13 mounts a gun as powerful as that of the Panther tank; they achieved this feat with a radical oscillating-turret design. The gun was fixed to the top half of the turret allowing a twelve-round autoloader to feed directly into the rear of the gun. The whole top half of the turret rocked back and forward on the bottom half elevating and depressing the whole weapon system.

While this removed a crew member and made the turret extremely small, it did have drawbacks. The autoloader was slower than a human loader, and once the twelve ready rounds were used, the tank had to retire out of range while the crew spent 15 minutes or more out of the tank reloading it. Combined with its light protection, this led to the AMX being relegated to reconnaissance roles in the 1967 war.

Designed by Tim Adcock
Painted by Chris Townley

The AMX

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

Includes three 106mm Recoiless guns and crew, three six-hole large plastic bases, two plastic base insert sprues and three resin sandbag strips.

Jordanian infantry battalions and brigades had anti-tank platoons equipped with American M40 106mm recoilless guns which were more than capable of knocking out any Israeli tank in the field.

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The weapon was aimed with the aid of a .50 cal spotting rifle fixed to the top of the barrel. When fired, the trajectory of the round from the spotting rifle was nearly identical to that of the 106mm round. When the spotting round impacted a potential target it gave off a small puff of smoke; allowing the crew to make the any required adjustments before properly engaging the target. 

Designed by Evan Allan
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

The 106mm Weapons Nest

The 106mm Weapons Nest in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the 106mm Weapons Nest are contained in the Jordanian Unit Card Pack (AJO901)…

 

Includes two 100mm Anti-tank Guns, two six-hole large bases, two resin sandbag strips and one base plug sprue.

Egypt and Syria’s heavy anti-tank gun was the Soviet 100mm gun. This large caliber gun was sold to Soviet Ally states in the post-war years. Egypt used many of these in defensive fortifications during the 1967 war, whilst Syria continued to used them in 1973. In World War II it was capable of knocking out the heaviest German tanks, in the post-war years it was still able to knock out all but the latest designs.

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Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Mathie

The 100mm Anti-tank Gun

The 100mm Anti-tank Gun in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the 100mm Anti-tank Gun are contained in the Egyptian Unit Card Pack (AAR901)…
Unit Cards for the 100mm Anti-tank Gun are contained in the Syrian Unit Card Pack (AAR902)…

Contains one FL10 Sherman turret and one M4 Sherman tank

Egypt modified several of its ex-British M4A4 tanks with the diesel engine of the M4A2 tank and the turret from a modern AMX-13 to create the M4/FL-10. This greatly increased the firepower
of the M4, gun, but did little to improve mobility.

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The Palestinian 7th Infantry Division in the Gaza Strip had a battalion of Sherman tanks instead of the more common T-34/85 tanks. Some of their Sherman tanks were modified to carry the FL10 turret of the AMX-13 light tank, significantly increasing their firepower. While some tanks in the Gaza Strip launched mobile counterattacks against the attacking Israeli forces, those at Abu Ageila fought from their defensive positions without attempting to manoeuvre. This gave them considerable protection against the bigger guns of the Israelis, although it did disperse their effort to a degree.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

The FL10 Sherman

The M4 Sherman

The M4 Sherman in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the M4 Sherman and FL10 are contained in the Egyptian Unit Card Pack (AAR901)…
Unit Cards for the M4 Sherman and FL10 are contained in the Syrian Unit Card Pack (AAR902)…

includes two Sho’t tanks with L7 105mm & OQF 20 pdr gun options, one Tank Commander sprue suitable for the Israelis and two Tank Commanders suitable for the Jordanians.

Israel attempted to acquire Centurion tanks for several years from Britain, but was rebuffed until after the Suez Crisis of 1956. In 1959 a clandestine army delegation was sent to Britain to begin training and familiarization with the Centurion tank. As the agreement was secret, the code name Sho’t (Scourge or Whip) was used to refer to the Centurion in Israeli service. Israel initially received roughly 20 used Mark 5 tanks, but later began to purchase new Mark 8 tanks. By the time of the 1967 conflict, Israel had nearly 300 Centurions in service. All but 12 used around Jerusalem had been upgraded with the new British 105mm L7 gun.

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The Centurion originally had a poor reputation with the Israeli Defence Force, being thought unreliable and inaccurate. This turned out to be a result of the Israeli’s extremely ‘rough and ready’ approach to maintenance and gun calibration. After an embarrassing incident during the Water War in which they failed to hit anything in a day-long engagement with the Syrians, the Armoured Force dramatically improved their maintenance and gunnery practices. After that the Centurion became the preferred tank for its accurate gun and resilience when hit.

After the Six-Day War of 1967, the Israelis further upgraded their Sho’t Centurions by replacing the Meteor petrol engine with an American Continental diesel engine, giving it more speed and a longer range.

Designed by Tim Adcock
Painted by Chris Townley

The Shot (105mm)

The Sho’t (20pdr)

The Sho’t in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the Sho’t are contained in the Israeli Unit Card Pack (AIS901)…
Unit Cards for the Centurion are contained in the Jordanian Unit Card Pack (AJO901)…

Includes two Ouragan aircraft, four rare-earth magnets, two decal sheets and two plastic flight stands.

In order to maintain equal footing with their Arab neighbors, the Israeli Air Force begun exploring potential upgrades to their jet fighter arsenal. However, it soon became clear that the only nation willing to sell jet fighters to Israel was France and after some alterations to the initial deal, the delivery of twelve Dassault Ouragans begun on 6 October 1955. The initial dozen aircraft were quickly followed by two dozen more in late November after it was announced that Egypt had brokered a deal with Czechoslovakia that included the delivery of one hundred MiG-15 and MiG-17s along with 50 IL-28 bombers.

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As tensions in the Mid-East escalated, war seems inevitable. Fearing the worst Israel launched Operation Moked (or Focus), a pre-emptive strike aimed at destroying the Arab Air Forces on the ground in an attempt to gain air supremacy for the land campaign that would surely follow. With virtually all of Israel’s 196 combat aircraft committed to the operation including 51 Ouragans; Operation Moked archived its desired outcome.

With air superiority now established, the Dassault Ouragan were unleashed against the ground forces of the Arab nations for the remained of the Six-Day War and were used to devastating effect against the retreating columns of the Arab nations.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Mike Haught

The Ouragan Fighter Flight

Ouragan Fighter Flight in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the Ouragan are contained in the Israeli Unit Card Pack (AIS901)…

Includes two Anti-tank jeeps with both Israeli and Jordanian crew

Each infantry battalion in the Israeli Defence Force (or IDF) had an anti-tank platoon, and each brigade an anti-tank company, equipped with either half-tracked anti-tank guns or recoilless anti-tank guns mounted on jeeps. These protected the infantry from enemy tanks, freeing the Israeli tanks to continue the offensive while the infantry mopped up. Such an example of these types vehicles was the Anti-tank Jeep which utilised the American-made M40 106mm recoilless gun.

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Jordan also fielded numerous M40 106mm recoilless rifles in a mixture of ground mounted versions to for defensive operations and those mounted on jeeps to provide better mobility. The 106mm was capable of firing a variety of ammunition, including HEAT rounds that could defeat any Israeli armour encountered.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

Anti-tank Jeep Platoon

The Anti-tank Jeep Platoon in Fate Of A Nation
Unit Cards for the Anti-tank Jeep are contained in the Israeli Unit Card Pack (AIS901)…
Unit Cards for the Anti-tank Jeep are contained in the Jordanian Unit Card Pack (AJO901)…

Includes two Sayur Jeeps with crew. 

The Jeep was one on the most iconic vehicles of the Second World War and produced in such numbers that its service continued well into the post-war years.

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The M38A1 would eventually make it into the inventories of armed forces all over the globe, including those of the Israel during the 1960s. These examples were used in numerous roles from reconnaissance to simple transports in both armed and unarmed variations. Despite their lack of protection, the jeep-mounted Sayeret (Special forces) showed little reluctance in fighting their way through enemy positions as they patrolled ahead of Israeli advances.

Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Te Hira-Mathie

The Sayur Jeep

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