Fate Of A Nation Unboxing: Syrian T54 Tank Battalion

January 17, 2019 by johnlyons

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John and Gerry look at the Syrian T-54 Tank Battalion boxset for Fate Of A Nation from Battlefront Miniatures.

This box-set boasts an impressive nine T-54s and two ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" tanks.

Will you be adding this to the T-64 set?

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oriskany

Another great video. 😀 I love the Syrian paint schemes in the photos. Syrian tanks were usually much more of a greenish-brown scheme for the denser vegetation of the Golan, Galilee, and approaches to Damascus – as opposed to Egyptian armor (deployed in the Sinai) which was usually khaki / sand. I’ve said it before, I’lls ay it again, I am so happy someone at Battlefront has finally “listened” – I get very excited every time I see the “www.TeamYankee-AIW.com” address on the back of that box. Arab Israeli Wars (at least the interesting ones) are much better fit as… Read more »

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tacticalgenius

What is a Middle East army without hordes of T 54’s. As per the do you group the shilka’s vs spread them out, like shakespeare, that is the question. Hard to say but i tend to group them together. it may leave parts of your army vulnerable to air attack but if you spread them out, they normally get picked off piecemeal and that does nobody in your army any good. T54 and T62 are mediocre at best but when you have masses ( did i say hordes ), they can be quite effective as the enemy just cant kill… Read more »

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zorg

a great box of tanks I like the darker more standard camo patterning for the unit.

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warhammergrimace

This box set could also be used for the Chinese PLA army,

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oriskany

Certainly close, @warhammergrimace . The Chinese Type 59 is a very close copy of the T-54A (itself a slight improvement over the T-54/55 initial run, better filters, better stabilizer, fume extractor on the muzzle of the gun, etc).

The only big difference beeween a PLA Type 59 and a Soviet-made T-54A is the lack of that stabilizer.

So if you wanted a PLA Army, I’d certainly say these models could be used, but maybe just a small tweak on the cards if you wanted that extra sliver of detail.

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warhammergrimace

I’am building a PLA army for Team Yankee, we’ve decided at the club to play a campaign set in the East with the Chinese being the main protagonist. As the war develops in Europe, China seizes the chance to regain Hong Kong, Taiwan and the territory it lost at the end of WW2 to Russia. That’s how we plan to start the campaign, and then slowly pull in North Korea attacking the South. Japan getting involved after a minor naval clash with China, and the US sending the Pacific fleet to the region. Maybe some skirmishes along the Vietnamese –… Read more »