Modern Unit Graphics

[Tanelorn]

Israeli Elbit Hermes 900 Kochav UAV, all samey.

 

[Tanelorn]

The Convair B-58 Hustler, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2. Exclusively nuclear armed, about a hundred built and were in service from 1960 to 1970. The introduction of Soviet SAMs made it obsolete, it was replaced by the F111.

 

[Tanelorn]

Soviet transport jet Ilyushin IL-76 May.

 

[Tanelorn]

Fix to the IL76 May shadow and the Beriev A50 Mainstay and Chinese KJ2000 Mainring AWACS flying radars.

The Xian Y-20 Kunpeng knock off.

 

[Tanelorn]

Closely resembling the American F35, the stealthy Shenyang J-35 will fill a similar role. The major visual difference is the twin WS-13 engine setup. It has been offered to Pakistan and Egypt as the FC-31B Gyrfalcon. Five or six prototypes have flown so far. There is a naval version in the works.

Speculative take on the newly revealed J-36 thing.

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

The J36's profile reminds me of Erika's flying wings here, and now I'm wondering if Xinnie is scraping us for inspiration...

 

[Tanelorn]

There are no top down pictures, It might look nothing like that, eventually. I really miss Erika's super creativity too...

 

[Tanelorn]

Grumman E2 Hawkeye carrier AEW.

Xian KJ600 carrier AEW.

 

[Tanelorn]

Generic modern African infantry, various armaments.

 

[Tanelorn]

The Yugoslavian M60 APC, While the overall design of the upper superstructure was influenced by the American M59 APC, the hull and the suspension unit were (literally) taken from the obsolete SU-76M of WW2 fame. About 790 of this failure of a vehicle were built, including 190 sold to Saddam prior to the Iran- Iraq war. These had Soviet 12.7 mm DShK mounted istead of the 12.7 mm PAM heavy machine gun (a Yugo made M2 Browning) and one 7.92 mm M-53 (a Yugo copy of the German MG 42). The M-60 was noted to be an almost unusable vehicle, being poorly protected and susceptible to engine overheating. They have mostly been scrapped since 2004.

Added the headlights. They were often armed with a pair of 82 mm recoilles guns.

 

[BonesRobert]

Syria from the 1940s to 2024. Since the collapse of the Ba'athist government in Syria I just felt the urge do a Syria compilation. Figures present represent units and or historical figures that represent the military/paramilitary of Syria as well as forces fighting in Syria. Took me a while to find and accurately portray figures present, especially the Muslim Brotherhood from the Islamist Uprising of 76-82. Tweaked and modified multiple uniforms and figures, mainly from Fairline, Tanelorn, and Typhoon. I've added dates to indicate units of those periods, though Syrian uniforms of the 70s were still being utilized throughout the 80s. I modified the multicam pattern to reflect the HTS fighters' brown/arid version camouflage. Modified Typhoon's Iranian forces uniform, adding more browns and tan. As well as the IDF's new green uniform that came out around 2020. Incorporating and expanding emblems and patches used by groups/forces. And so many more...

Syria:

 

[Tanelorn]

Excellent!

 

[BC1871]

Syria from the 1940s to 2024. Since the collapse of the Ba'athist government in Syria I just felt the urge do a Syria compilation. Figures present represent units and or historical figures that represent the military/paramilitary of Syria as well as forces fighting in Syria. Took me a while to find and accurately portray figures present, especially the Muslim Brotherhood from the Islamist Uprising of 76-82. Tweaked and modified multiple uniforms and figures, mainly from Fairline, Tanelorn, and Typhoon. I've added dates to indicate units of those periods, though Syrian uniforms of the 70s were still being utilized throughout the 80s. I modified the multicam pattern to reflect the HTS fighters' brown/arid version camouflage. Modified Typhoon's Iranian forces uniform, adding more browns and tan. As well as the IDF's new green uniform that came out around 2020. Incorporating and expanding emblems and patches used by groups/forces. And so many more...

Syria:
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The units are really well done, but I'm curious about something. What pattern is the Delta wearing, as it looks almost like one of those knock-off multicam designs.

 

[BonesRobert]

The units are really well done, but I'm curious about something. What pattern is the Delta wearing, as it looks almost like one of those knock-off multicam designs.

The Delta operator is wearing a pattern that is used by the US Navy, NWU type III (woodland). It is a descendent of the US MARPAT camo. There were some photos of US Spec Ops wearing all kind of camouflage patterns, from MARPAT to tiger stripe and DCU. The figure itself is based on the figure on the left (photo below), though this image has people stating that they are SEALS. There are other photos with other operators wearing the same pattern while being called Delta. So I figured I would be a good move to have Delta present wearing this pattern as there is some plausibility to support it.

 

[typhoon353]

Closely resembling the American F35, the stealthy Shenyang J-35 will fill a similar role. The major visual difference is the twin WS-13 engine setup. It has been offered to Pakistan and Egypt as the FC-31B Gyrfalcon. Five or six prototypes have flown so far. There is a naval version in the works.

Speculative take on the newly revealed J-36 thing.

Slight tweak to the J-35:

And Tu-160:

 

[Tanelorn]

Pakistani armed forces equipment currently, Some are in the process of being delivered or in the case of the T129s, possibly cancelled.

 

[Tanelorn]

Indian armed forces equipment currently, many more types either in large numbers in reserve or entering service in small numbers. For example, a pair of old Brahmaputra frigates (the last of the Leander variants) are being phased out. Both countries have a lot of WW2 and cold war equipment in reserve.
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The Indian army has introduced a pixelated lizard pattern in 2022 and intends to replace all previous iterations soon. It actually looks good. Secondly, it is in the process of replacing the god-awful INSAS rifle with the Russian AK 203 in 7.62X39 of which 175,000 have been delivered. A total 670,000 rifles are planned to be built domestically for Indias frontline troops. In 2024, delays in procuring more AK-203 led India to acquire 73,000 more Swiss SIG716s in 7.62X51 NATO. These came on top of 66,400 units already in service primarily in the Himalayas northern command starting in 2019 and another 73,000 ordered in 2023. The SIG Sauer SIG516 shares lineage with the Heckler & Koch HK416, itself an AR variant.

 

[Patine]

Indian armed forces equipment currently, many more types either in large numbers in reserve or entering service in small numbers. For example, a pair of old Brahmaputra frigates (the last of the Leander variants) are being phased out. Both countries have a lot of WW2 and cold war equipment in reserve.

As the Dalai Lama famously said in 1959, and Alanis Morissette also famously released a song with the same line as it's title in 1997, "Thank-you, India."

 

[Tanelorn]

The Erieye radar system is an Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) developed by Saab Electronic Defence Systems, formerly Ericsson Microwave Systems, of Sweden. Prop plane versions for Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. It was also used by the UAE but they switched to the GlobalEye platform recently. In May 2024, Sweden approved the export of the two ASC890 to Ukraine which arrived by April 22 2025 @Patine What are you talking about? I don't get it.

 

[Patine]

@Patine What are you talking about? I don't get it.

It was a famous line by the Dalai Lama when Nehru gave him political asylum in 1959, that was later requoted as a song title by singer-songwriter Alanis Morrissette in 1997. I just whimsically invoked it because you just dropped a big collection of Indian military units.