🇬🇧 On Monday evening, I managed to paint a Soviet tank desant team — the so-called tankodesantniki. Twelve soldiers, mostly armed with submachine guns — the famous PPSh — and a DP-28 light machine gun. In Bolt Action, such units are rarely seen, but I aimed for versatility so they could also be useful in the Chain of Command system. I still have plenty of Red Army soldier models to paint — and even more to strip so I can repaint them a bit better.
* translation to English done with help of ChatGPT.
🇵🇱 W poniedziałkowy wieczór udało mi się pomalować drużynę desantu czołgowego Armii Czerwonej, czyli tzw. oddział tankodesantników. Dwunastu żołnierzy uzbrojonych w większości w pistolety maszynowe, czyli słynne pepesze (PPSz) oraz lekki karabin maszynowy DP-28 . W grze Bolt Action raczej rzadko widuje się takie oddziały, ale uniwersalnie celowałem również, by byli użyteczni w system Chain of Command. Przede mną jeszcze sporo modeli żołnierzy Armii Czerwonej do pomalowania i jeszcze więcej do zmycia by pomalować ich trochę lepiej.
🇬🇧 One more heavy machine gun for the Red Army, although I’m considering repainting the white uniforms to a different color, as they won’t quite fit the setting of Festung Breslau. Anyway it’s done.
🇵🇱 Jeden ciężki karabin maszynowy do Armii Czerwonej więcej, chociaż zastanawiam się czy nie przemalować białych kombinezonów na inny kolor, bo do Festung Breslau będą średnio pasowały. Mimo wszystko jest ukończony.
W piątek ‚weteranów‚ 12.07.2024 roku zagraliśmy scenariusz z książki „Ostfront” wydanej przez Warlord Games. Przełamanie pozycji rosyjskiej Armii Czerwonej – przez nacierające Tygrysy to było coś, co zawsze chciałem zagrać. Upamiętniliśmy zmagania zwycięskiej Armii Czerwonej z niemiecką ofensywą pod Kurskiem – „Operacja Cytadela” rozpoczęła się od huku dział wielu kalibrów z obu stron.
Naszą potyczkę w doborowym gronie rozegraliśmy we Wrocławskim klubie Bolter, Armię Czerwoną reprezentowaliśmy razem z Cornholio, po drugiej stronie trafiło się paru graczy jak Maxim, Rafał i Torgil, zmaganiom na stole kibicowało zacne grono w postaci Grześka i Witka. Graliśmy z Cornholio rolę obrońców pierwszej linii obronnej pod Kurskiem, w jednym z miejsce w którym Niemcy próbowali przełamać tą linię.
Więcej zdjęć zrobionych przez Maximai Torgilla a wrzuconych na naszą wrocławską grupę Bolt Action.
On ‚Veterans‚ Friday, July 12, 2024, we played a scenario from the book „Ostfront„ published by Warlord Games. Breaking the position of the Russian Red Army by the attacking Tigers was something I always wanted to play. We commemorated the struggles of the victorious Red Army with the German offensive near Kursk – „Operation Citadel” began with the roar of guns of many calibers from both sides.
We played our match in a select group in the Bolter club in Wrocław, we represented the Red Army together with Cornholio, on the other side there were a few players such as Maxim, Rafał and Torgil, the competition on the table was supported by a distinguished group in the form of Grzesiek and Witek. Cornholio and I played the role of defenders of the first defensive line near Kursk, one of the places where the Germans tried to break through this line.
More photos taken by Maximand Torgiland uploaded to our Bolt Action group from Wrocław.
Pierwsza linia obrony Armii Czerwonej. The first line of defense of the Red Army.ZiS-3 i snajper. ZiS-3 and sniper.Another ZiS-3 and a lot of brave Russian solders. Kolejny ZiS-3 i wielu bohaterskich Rosjan.Defense line of Red Army. Linia obronna Armii Czerwonej.Right wing of Torgil. Prawe skrzydło Torgila.45 mm in the middle. 45 mm w centrum.Three Tigers. Trzy Tygrysy.Smoke in front of ZiS-3. Zasłona dymna przed ZiS-3.More smoke. Więcej dymu.Tigers plus support. Tygrysy z wsparciem.Ready, aim, fire! Gotowy, celuj, ognia!Pionieers advanced. Pionierzy uderzyli.Russian reinforcemenrs. Rosyjskie posiłki.
Posumowanie: – mieliśmy jako Armia Czerwona nieco ponad 2k wobec 4k+ Niemców, nie daliśmy rady, ale bardzo dobrze się bawiliśmy! – nie było wśród nas graczy którzy przesadzają z rozpiskami – rozpiski były dość umowne! – z Cornholio przegraliśmy walkę o pierwszą linię, witamy na kolejnych dwóch 😉 . – Armia Czerwona na szczęścię tą wielką bitwę wygrała!
Summary: – we had as Red Army just over 2k against 4k+ of Germans, we couldn’t handle it, but we had a lot of fun! – there were no players among us who exaggerated with the schedules – the schedules were quite conventional! – We lost the fight for the first line with Cornholio, welcome to the next two 😉 . – Fortunately, the Red Army won this great battle!
W czwartek 4 lipca 2024 roku stoczyliśmy z Cornholio hipotetyczne starcie w pobliżu niemieckiego ośrodka broni pancernej – Kummersdorf. Miejscowość oddalona o 25 kilometrów od Berlina była ośrodkiem broni pancernej niemieckiej III Rzeszy. Po stronie obrońców stanęli niemieccy spadochroniarze, niedobitki panzerwaffe oraz jeden z dwóch prototypów Panzerkampfwagen Maus. Siły obrońców liczyły około 1500 punktów, atakujących około 3000 punktów.
Nasze starcie rozegraliśmy we Wrocławskim klubie Bolter.
On Thursday, July 4, 2024, Cornholio and I fought a hypothetical battle near the German armored weapons center – Kummersdorf. The town, 25 kilometers away from Berlin, was the center of armored weapons of the German Third Reich. On the side of the defenders stood German paratroopers, remnants of the Panzerwaffe and one of the two Panzerpkamfwagen Maus prototypes. The defenders’ forces numbered about 1,500 points, and the attackers’ forces had about 3,000 points.
We played our match in the Bolter club in Wrocław.
Panzerkampfwagen VIII – Maus.Single brave Franz who losed all his comrades. Bohaterski Franz który stracił wszystkich towarzyszy.Armia Czerwona nadchodzi. Red Army is coming.Czołówki Armii Czerwonej. Front-runners of the Red Army.Radzieccy inżynierowie szturmowi. Soviet Assault Engineers.Wycieczka spadochroniarzy z panzerfaustami. Paratroopers trip with panzerfausts.Wsparcie na skrzydle prowadzone przez kaprala Hansa, ostatniego dowódcę papierowej dywizji. Support on the wing led by Corporal Hans, the last commander of the paper division.Cornholio widziany oczyma załogi Mausa. Cornholio seen through the eyes of the Maus crew.
Podsumowanie: – świetna rozgrywka przy dużej dysproporcji sił, dzięki Cornholio! – dlaczego by nie grać na większe punkty i z pojazdami których się nie widuje? – jedno co jest istotne to dobra zabawa, tu przy większych punktach warto pomyśleć o balansie ilości kości rozkazu obu stron i w przypadku obrońcy – odpowiedniej ilości umocnień. – w wyniku naszej gry, bohaterska obrona niemieckich spadochroniarzy i żołnierzy wojsk pancernych dała czas do odwrotu w stronę rzeki Elby.
Summary: – great gameplay with a large power imbalance, thanks Cornholio! – why not play for higher points and with vehicles you don’t see? – one thing that is important is good fun, in case of larger points it is worth thinking about the balance of the number of order dice on both sides and, in the case of the defender, the appropriate number of fortifications. – as a result of our game, the heroic defense of German paratroopers and tank soldiers gave time to retreat towards the Elbe River.
Cały czas uważam, że pomijając tych co sterują tym światem większość ludzi mogła by być braćmi. I still believe that, apart from those who control this world, most people could be brothers.
Just one more vehicle finished for Bolt Action. Lend Lease Bren Carrier which also served in Red Army – it was one of the mostly produced vehicles of Allied side – around 113,000 were made.
W piątek 22.09.2023 we wrocławskim klubie Bolter rozegraliśmy z Witosławem grę przypominajkę zasad – zagraliśmy na wczesną wojnę, zapewne jeszcze jedna, może dwie gry i Witosław przypomni sobie grę. Po dzisiejszej grze na pewno jest już w stanie grać z każdym, kto gra w Bolt Action. Tak, graliśmy na selektory na wczesny okres wojny – mniej popularny okres, a jednak zawiera np. wojnę obronną 1939′, Wojnę Zimową, incydent w Mandżuri, wojnę Chińsko-Japońską, inwazję Niemiec na Norwegię, kraje Beneluxu czy Francję, inwazję na Jugosławię czy Grecję i także Barbarossę.
Zagraliśmy bój spotkaniowy, zaczęło się o świcie z ograniczonym widzeniem.
Last Friday 22.09.2023 in Wrocław’s club Bolter we played with Witosław our first game in Bolt Action ever, as Witosław forgot rules and we had to fix that – we played on early war – probably one or two more games and Witosław will know this game well again. After this game I’m pretty sure that Witek is able to play with everyone who knows Bolt Action rules. Yep, we played on early war selectors – less popular period of time – but it has defend of Poland 1939′, Winter War, incident in Manchuria, Chinese-Japanese war, German invasion on Norway, Benelux countries or France, invasion on Jugoslavia or Greece and Barbarossa as well.
We played meeting engangement, it started at dawn with limited vision.
BT-7.NKWD wysiadło z ZiS-6. NKWD get out from ZiS-6.Grupa wsparcia. Support team.Armia Czerwona w natarciu. Red Army advances. Armatka przeciwpancerna na pozycji. Anti-tank gun covering road. Armia Cesarska w natarciu. Empire Army advancing. ZiS-6 w odwrocie. ZiS-6 retreating. NKWD vs japońscy inżynierowie w walce wręcz. NKVD vs Japanese engineers in hand to hand combat.Niedobitki NKWD rzuciły Fubar i uciekły. Remnants of NKVD rolled Fubar and fled.Walka wręcz. Hand to hand combat.Rusznica przeciwpancerna. Anti-tank rifle. BT-7.Pierwszy strzał z moździerza i nie ma działa. First shoot from mortar and anti-tank gone.
Podsumowanie/Summary: – zwycięstwo Japonii 5:3 dla Witosława/victory of Japan Imperial Army 5:3 for Witosław. – jeśli interesuje Ciebie ten system, to najprościej zapytać na grupie mu poświęconej – na Facebooku wpisz Bolt Action lub Bolt Action + miast – coś się znajdzie/if you are interested in this system, easiest way is to ask about it in the group related to it, type Bolt Action or Bolt Action plus city name. – jedna z gier demo jaką zrobiłem jest Tutaj/one of demo games I did is THERE (only in Polish 😦 ).
Życzę świata bez wojen, bez polityków i banksterów. I wish world without wars, politicians and banksters.
In the area close to Stalingrad both sides fought for some important radio installation. Germans were defenders and Soviet were attackers. We played this game as part of Warlord Games campaign – Critical Hit, our game was fought in local club Bolter in Wrocław, PL.
Red Army veterans advance on the right flank.Sniper covers area with covering fire.T-34 arrived on the field.Soviet infantry supported by two anti-tank rifles.Germans pionieers wiped out with flamethrower Soviet scouts hidding behind fence.Red Army soldiers assaulted on bayonnets, wiping out German defending unit.Pionieers charged on Red Army regulars with lmg and were wiped out.Panzer advancing toward the camp center.Soviet officer in the middle trying to take communication installation.Pinned BA-10 crew instead of advance forward did reverse move.Ivan let’s fire one more bullet!Laying down was some kind of solution for Russian infantry against Panzer IV fire.Down comrades, Panzer is coming!German medics almost killed assaulting unit of Russian veterans.T-34 just took track of Panzer IV which crew evacuated under fire. The battle was over, communication installation in Red Army hands.
Summary: – this day belonged to the Red Army which managed to secure objective. – Order Dices got by Germans: 3, got by Soviets: 9. – fast, nice game with lot of action to the end. With Maciek we played seven turns during time two hours. – if the game ended on turn six, the German side would be the winner.
On last Friday (08.09) we played one more mission related to Warlord Games campaign Critical Hit – this time I played against Karol’s Germans in scenario related to capture object in the middle of the table – this ‚object’ was this time German officer.
All photos published today were done by Karol which owns his place HERE.
Crashed German plane.Both sides attempts to take officer alive.One of first Soviet units which arrived was BA-10.Still Germans were faster and catched they own officer.Red Army soldiers arrived late and few units weren’t able to came to the game board.German sniper.Officer from crashed plane and his escort. Soviet infantry charged on German sniper team and this won combat.Branderburgers on left.Assault Engineers tried to burn Puma twice, but weren’t able to hit first time 3 and second on 2.Sniper tried to kill escort of German officer from the plane, but without success.BA-10 almost wiped out German squad.
Summary: – victory belongs to Karol which took officer from crashed plane and escorted him back to his own lines. – in case of Order Dices we had heavy fighting around crossroads, Karol got more dices than me, at least two of my units, including veterans scouts weren’t able to join fight. – thank you Karol for great game!
Today with Maxim we played scenario number 5 from rulebook – Top secret – we rolled for scenario before our game started. We played on 1,000 points per side, both troops have many veteran units and I guess on both sides were one unit of conscripts.
Somewhere in Hungary during Bagration Operation, close to the end of war, some German plane crashed with some important documents on it board – during fight both sides saw crashing plane and both decided that they should check plane – maybe pilots are alive or maybe there are some important officer? Soviet scouts were close, but German pionieers were even faster. Both sides decided that they want to check what is inside cabin of crashed plane.
Crash site, center of small town in Hungary.Everything small town needs, graveyard, church, houses.I love this terrain piece.Veterans from Stalingrad and opposite to them German Hanomag full of Pionieers. First unit pinned were Soviet veterans.More troops in the city center bravely fighting without looking for anything.Red Army recruits running forward.Russian assault engineers taking important maps and documents. Yes, they are pinned.Scouts knowing value of plane emerged as last unit.Mortar tried to hit on German penal squad.Sniper duel. Behind wall are German pionieers with Goliat.Heavy street fighting occured beetwen Germans and Russians.German Panzer appeard…destroying one of the last BA-3/6 on the European front.Finally German sniper won a duel.Less and less Red Army soldiers.Pionieers used radio to move Goliat toward Soviet truck.When Red Army officer with map get into truck (it was M3 White Scout Car – I forgot model), Goliat damaged it wheel (Immobilizing it).Bayonnet fixed, Huraaa! Scouts runned from building and took maps and other documents from wounded officer.With loses of several comrades they managed to pass morale on one pin and run away.Then End.
Summary: – as I managed to take documents out from this part of town running away from it with scouts, I managed to be a winner. STAWKA got several interesting documents and maps, great job scouts – orders are waiting for you! – I used truck as M3 White Scout Car – I forgot to take it. Need to make my box more flexible with units I mostly use. – playing scenarios make more fun from this game, I think so.
Red Blitz – when Soviet Army finally after heavy fights on Russian soil pushed Germans to they allies our occupied territories.