Gnuston Heights, 1973

I am currently assembling - in every sense of the word - forces for a Little Cold Wars game based on the first couple of days of the Syrian attack on the Golan Heights in 1973.  As usual, the toys will be 1/32 figures, 1/50ish vehicles and 1/72 aircraft.  Here the pilot of my dusty Skyhawk rolls his eyes at a Solido halftrack and an ancient Dinky Centurion - both freshly repainted.

Much building, bodging and painting to follow.

Drachenzähne

Drachenzähne  or Dragons' Teeth formed part of several fortified lines in WW2 and later - most notably the Maginot and Siegfried lines and the East German border.  I understand that Switzerland still maintains several stretches of such obstacles, where they are entertainingly known as 'Toblerone lines.'  Perhaps there is scope for a game where the assault engineers have to eat their way through the defence lines?

 Mine started off life as a seedling tray but I soon spotted it's military potential!  Cut into individual 'teeth', based and painted concrete-ish grey, I now have a two and a half foot (75cm) stretch to protect Forbodia's frontier.  The Dinky Chieftain is present in the photos to lend tone to the proceedings...