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Rubicon Models => Wish Lists => Topic started by: Stuart on October 27, 2022, 11:09:26 pm

Title: Cold War Armor
Post by: Stuart on October 27, 2022, 11:09:26 pm

Rubicon's Face Book page recently mentioned that they were "considering" producing cold war era vehicles. I for one hope this comes about.
While WWII holds my interest, it is during the Cold War that I aculally did my soldiering. To that end I though it might be productive to see what others think about the idea, and list those models that would be the essentials in any cold war line. By that I mean the major players initially, then if the line takes off in popularity, the nice to haves could be added.

These are the ones that I think of as essentials

M48A5
M60A1 and A3
M109 Early versions
Chieftian
FV432
T62
T64
T72
BMP 1 & 2

Of course to complement the ground game, a forward pass, in the form of an AH 1 Cobra would be most welcome

Title: Re: Cold War Armor
Post by: somtec on November 19, 2022, 03:01:14 am

second that for the m48, m60s m109, t62 bmps

Title: Re: Cold War Armor
Post by: Ursus Maior on July 08, 2024, 07:36:07 pm

Quote from: somtec on November 19, 2022, 03:01:14 am

second that for the m48, m60s m109, t62 bmps

Second for your list with additions:

• M48A5 and really interested in M48A2GA2 and M48A5MOLF. The latter adds a German laser rangefinder and is used by the Greek Army, the former is the German equivalent to the American A5. It features a new cast gun mantlet and MG3 machine gun ring mounted on new circular cast commander's cupola. Additionally, a passive IR sight, the PZB200, and German smoke dischargers were installed.
• M60A1 RISE Passive and M60A3 TTS are something I'd really like to see with BLAZER armor as an optional add-on sold separately.
• T-62, especially with an option to build the T-62M version from 1983.
• Leopard 1, with options Leopard 1A5, Leopard 1A1A4, Leopard 1A3 and Leopard 1A4 in that order being most interesting.
• a Marder 1A3 model would catapult us into the 1990s era, interesting for Yugoslavia and later conflicts.
• M47, the NATO standard tank of the 1950s and also used by Yugoslavia in no small numbers; optional parts to build the Spanish variants - M47E2 most notably - would be highly welcome!
• M2 and M3 Bradley in their A0 original production version.
• MT-LB, the Soviet counterpart to the ubiquitous M113.

Picture of the M48A2GA2:
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M48_Patton#/media/File:M_48_A2GA2,_4._PzBtl_361_K%C3%BClsheim,_in_Bad_Mergentheim,_1983.jpg)