Despite the small size of its population and Armed Forces, Belgium managed to make a significant contribution to NATO collective defence in Europe, supplying an entire army corps (I (Be) Corps) to NATO’s Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) in West Germany. As it entered the 1980s, the Belgian Army was also moving from the previous large-scale conscription model to a smaller service with a larger professional cadre. However, much of its equipment remained deeply obsolescent; Its main battle tank, the Leopard 1(BE) was of 1960s vintage and its M75 and AMX-13 Mod 56 APCs, as well as its Alouette II helicopters were museum-pieces from the 1950s. Their M108 SP 105mm howitzers were similarly dated and the Air Force’s combat aircraft were not much better. However, the Belgian Army went through a modest re-equipment programme through the 1980s; upgrading its APCs and artillery, increasing the numbers of MILAN anti-tank missiles, upgrading its artillery and replacing most of the Air Force’s fast jets with the ubiquitous F-16A. However, the upgrade to Leopard 1A5 tanks (agreed in 1984) didn’t take place until 1993 and despite the proven high proficiency of Belgian tank crews, the armoured ‘punch’ had to be boosted from the mid 1980s by British formations. Nevertheless, the Belgian Army of the late Cold War remains a very interesting and challenging wargaming project.
Some members managed to survive on Luxembourg and Lille
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The Return Of Transportation
The past decade or so has seen some remarkable advancements in post-Doomsday transportation. Once severely limited by radiation and later lawless conditions in many areas, various modes of national and even international travel have returned, adapted for the post-Doomsday environment:
Wind Challenger, wind-powered cargo ship produced in Mexico by a state-owned Nordic Union shipping company. Sailing power has returned to the high seas in recent years as an alternative to the limited fuel resources that have existed since Doomsday.
Virginia/Kentucky Eastern Railways steam train-With most of the surviving areas of the South having been reclaimed or in the process of reclamation by the Virginia/Kentucky Alliance, rail travel has returned! New steam trains like the one pictured above are seen as essential in linking various communities within the Alliance.
Another form of earlier transportation makes a comeback-An airship constructed in the United States makes a well-received landing in Oregon, having completed its journey from Lincoln, Nebraska. Despite their slower pace, airships and dirigibles are seen as a safer form of high-altitude flight, often guarded by squadrons of newly acquired drones or helicopters that make up most of the United States' air defense.
The past decade or so has seen some remarkable advancements in post-Doomsday transportation. Once severely limited by radiation and later lawless conditions in many areas, various modes of national and even international travel have returned, adapted for the post-Doomsday environment:
Wind Challenger, wind-powered cargo ship produced in Mexico by a state-owned Nordic Union shipping company. Sailing power has returned to the high seas in recent years as an alternative to the limited fuel resources that have existed since Doomsday.
Virginia/Kentucky Eastern Railways steam train-With most of the surviving areas of the South having been reclaimed or in the process of reclamation by the Virginia/Kentucky Alliance, rail travel has returned! New steam trains like the one pictured above are seen as essential in linking various communities within the Alliance.
Another form of earlier transportation makes a comeback-An airship constructed in the United States makes a well-received landing in Oregon, having completed its journey from Lincoln, Nebraska. Despite their slower pace, airships and dirigibles are seen as a safer form of high-altitude flight, often guarded by squadrons of newly acquired drones or helicopters that make up most of the United States' air defense.
A man with a Lithuanian flag in front of a Soviet tank, after the independence of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania prior to Doomsday
Members of the paramilitary national guard organization Eesti Kaitseliit (Defence League), or the Estonian Defence League, armed with swedish Kulsprutepistol m/45 (Kpist m/45) submachine guns
Official portrait of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein during Doomsday
Serbian soldiers giving out cigarettes to Croatian war prisoners returning home following a prisoner exchange of 660 Croats and 123 Serbs during 2011.
Siberian campaign on Onega/Northwestern Russian SFSR
Lieutenant-Colonel, Motor Rifles, Winter Field Dress
Motor Rifleman, Winter Field Dress
Lieutenant, Motor Rifles, Winter Field Dress