Soviets Defend The Skies With New Bolt Action Half-Track
October 12, 2014 by dracs
A problem the Soviets faced during the war is that they apparently didn't have much that could deal with the German Luftwaffe. However, now the Soviets will be able to keep those German fly boys at bay in Bolt Action with their new half-track mounted AA guns.
Armed with a turret bearing a quad of .50 Cal Browning heavy machine guns, this vehicle reportedly received the nickname "Krautmower" from its American allies.
This new vehicle looks great and fills a deficiency in the tactics of the Soviets of Bolt Action. It wouldn't be surprising if we saw more of these appearing on the battlefields of the late war, especially for larger games where you might have plenty of air support going on.
Can any of you history buffs tell us anything more about these half-tracks?
That is nice half-track. Does this mean that someday there could be aircrafts added to BA?
There are expanded rules for aircraft available on Warlord’s site.
oh great my kid can now shoot down my german aircraft ugh lol
great looking kit 🙂
I would like this as an add on kit to the plastic halftrack. I hate the metal parts in the hybrid kit, and getting this kit as a Russian variant seems odd considering the US used them more as “M16’s”
A nice lend lease vehicle . The M 16 was built by White , the M 17 by International Harvester based on their M 5 half track . There are slight differences in the body of the vehicle , rounded rear corners , flatter front fenders and IRC a change in the head light bush guards . And as johnlyons stated it would be much nicer as a conversion kit for the plastic M3 half track
Nice plane’s killer.