The Third World War 1989

[Tanelorn]

Bulgarian infantry, 1960s and 70s.

1950s

 

[Patine]

Bulgarian infantry, 1960s and 70s.

1950s

Is it true the Bulgarian Army was deploying T-62's before any other Warsaw Pact members (other than the Soviets themselves, of course)? I recall reading that somewhere, but can't quite remember where or when.

 

[Tanelorn]

Update for USSR:

 

[Tanelorn]

Army of Kazakhstan:

 

[Tanelorn]

Cyprus National Guard 1980s to 2013

 

[Tanelorn]

Post 2013 Cypriot National Guard. AK74M are used by special forces units. HK G3s are currently being replaced by Tavor X95s. To do navy special forces (OYK)

 

[Tanelorn]

Cyprus OYK (similar to the US underwater demolition team)

 

[Tanelorn]

Currently, Turkey plans to replace the G3 with their 7.62 MPT76 (a piston AR10) for general service and the HK416 with the 5.56 MPT55 for their special forces.

 

[Tanelorn]

Patine asked for it. In the 1990s they adopted the darker version of the Yugoslav pattern and had a mix of old yugo and US surplus helmets and gear. After 2009 they adopted a number of pixelated patterns, this four tone grey-brown one predominates. Except for their special forces, they retain their old Yugo equipment.
Updating France.

 

[Patine]

Patine asked for it. In the 1990s they adopted the darker version of the Yugoslav pattern and had a mix of old yugo and US surplus helmets and gear. After 2009 they adopted a number of pixelated patterns, this four tone grey-brown one predominates. Except for their special forces, they retain their old Yugo equipment.
Updating France.

Awesome, @Tanelorn. And I noticed you typed the whole post without using their self-declared national name once...

 

[Tanelorn]

Desert camo later.
Iberia and Benelux to be updated.

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

As usual, these arrive at a fortuitous time.

 

[Tanelorn]

Austrian armed forces from the 1957 pea-duckhunter and olive drab uniform and the FN FAL Stg58 to the Steyr AUG Stg77. They moved to a yellow-green pixel camo this year. To do.

 

[Patine]

Austrian armed forces from the 1957 pea-duckhunter and olive drab uniform and the FN FAL Stg58 to the Steyr AUG Stg77. They moved to a yellow-green pixel camo this year. To do.

Wow, what a coincidence! I was just posting to a guy from Austria on another forum, and then I surf to CivFanatics, and see this awesome unit spread!

 

[Tanelorn]

The Austrian MoD announced in September 2017 that the entire Bundesheer would be outfitted in new uniforms featuring a camo pattern, by the middle of 2018.

 

[Tanelorn]

Spanish armed forces update and such. To do the legion.

 

[McMonkey]

Ah, the CETME Ameli. Such a cool looking 'mini MG42' but by all accounts utter garbage in the field. I heard most Spanish Marines ditched them in favour of the old MG3 & Minimi where available. You can't always judge a book (or machinegun) by the cover!

 

[Tanelorn]

Added the Spanish iegion. @McMonkey The CETME L also suffered from terrible quality control. They have since ditched both for licenced HK guns.

 

[McMonkey]

The British Army had to get H&K involved with the L85A2/A3 which had long suffered from reliability issues. By all accounts, it's an excellent rifle now. A distant relative of mine, Major General Colin Shortis, was involved with its introduction into service when he was the British Army's director of infantry in the 1980s.

 

[Broken_Erika]

The British Army had to get H&K involved with the L85A2/A3 which had long suffered from reliability issues. By all accounts, it's an excellent rifle now. A distant relative of mine, Major General Colin Shortis, was involved with its introduction into service when he was the British Army's director of infantry in the 1980s.

Sounds like a certain American Assault Rifle.