Invade Finland or defend the Motherland with Eureka's new World War 2 Soviet infantry.
Sculpted by Kosta Heristanidis these are his first releases for the Second World War. Heavy weapons are to follow soon (I have the relevant parts on my desk top mould).
The backbone of the Red Army was the basic rifleman and our 2 new rifle squads consist of 11 figures each, wearing a mixture of the gymnastiorka tunic and the telogroika padded jacket. Eight riflemen with Mosin Nagant rifles are supported by a 2-man Degtyaryov LMG team plus an NCO waving them forward with his PPSh 41 sub machine-gun. Rifle squads are available wearing helmet or Pilotka side cap.
Two 8-man assault squads of sub machine-gunners for close quarter fighting are also available, once again wearing helmets or Pilotka side caps. All are equipped with the rugged and fast-firing PPSh 41 SMG. As the war progressed more and more Soviet units were entirely equipped with this weapon, perfect for storming buildings and trenches and launching crushing assaults while yelling the Red Army battlecry "Oorah!".
Not only infantry but also the Stalingrad Childrens Fountain. This was featured in the movie Enemy At The Gates and Alan Marsh has sculpted the children, crocodile and frogs, while Battlefield Accessories have designed and cut the fountain base for us. In fact the whole range was inspired by Mike Parker of Battlefield Accessories and his enormous game held in Canberra in January this year. This YouTube video shows you the scope of the game.
Kosta has also added some images of these new Soviets on his own Flying Gorilla Blog.
Number of variants in brackets
100WWT001 Soviet infantry in helmet with rifle (8) 100WWT002 Soviet infantry in side cap with rifle (8) 100WWT003 Soviet infantry in helmet with SMG (8) 100WWT004 Soviet infantry in side cap with SMG (8) 100WWT005 Soviet infantry LMG team in helmet (2 figs) 100WWT006 Soviet infantry LMG team in side cap (2 figs) 100WWT007 Soviet infantry Officer in helmet (1) 100WWT008 Soviet infantry Officer in side cap (1) 100WWT009 Soviet infantry casualties in helmet - 6 pack 100WWT010 Soviet infantry helmet on rifle (1)
100WWT020 Stalingrad children's fountain (1)
100WWT030 German infantry casualties in helmet - 6 pack 100WWT040 German infantry helmet on rifle (1)