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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Scenarios => Topic started by: Story on February 02, 2022, 07:57:01 AM

Title: [WW3] Cold War Aggressor Forces and the Circle Trigon Party
Post by: Story on February 02, 2022, 07:57:01 AM

Stumbled over this Sherman marked with the green circle/triangle of the Aggressor Forces, circa 1951. It's a Tennessee Army National Guard vehicle.
(https://i.imgur.com/xsla0Hi.png)(https://i.imgur.com/LRt9HbG.png)
(The 1959 FM p.61 - below - says those markings are supposed to be 36" diameter on the front slope, 20" on each side and 45" for the air recognition on the back deck.

(https://i.imgur.com/t3ON3ks.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/fVpslMa.jpg)

Got curious, vaguely remember reading about this Cold War fabrication and started digging - so enjoy!
Here's the 1959 Field Manual bad link https://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/Trigons/FM30_101_1959.pdf (https://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/Trigons/FM30_101_1959.pdf)
link updated 29FEB24 https://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/Fm30-101%2861%29.pdf (https://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/Fm30-101%2861%29.pdf)
and the 1962 update https://archive.org/details/FM30-101/page/n149/mode/2up (https://archive.org/details/FM30-101/page/n149/mode/2up)

The 1966 Order of Battle ( FM 30-103) has the elaborate backstory.
http://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/FM30-103%281966%29.pdf (http://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/FM30-103%281966%29.pdf)

Their language? Esperanto!

Awesominto, si!?
(https://i.imgur.com/xz4xCX8.jpg)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand here's your one stop shopping page
https://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/Trigons/Trigons.htm (https://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/Trigons/Trigons.htm)

Title: Re: [WW3] Cold War Aggressor Forces and the Circle Trigon Party
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 03, 2022, 01:03:48 AM

Quote from: Story on February 02, 2022, 07:57:01 AM

The 1966 Order of Battle ( FM 30-103) has the elaborate backstory.
[url]http://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/FM30-103%281966%29.pdf[/url] ([url]http://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/FM30-103%281966%29.pdf[/url])

Some interesting reading there especially the unit histories

Title: Re: [WW3] Cold War Aggressor Forces and the Circle Trigon Party
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on February 03, 2022, 05:08:47 AM

Wonder if Hollywood got their inspiration from that Circle Trigon uniform to use for their live action film version of General M. Bison as played by Raul Julia? 

Title: Re: [WW3] Cold War Aggressor Forces and the Circle Trigon Party
Post by: Story on February 03, 2022, 07:08:03 AM

This guy can barely keep a straight face in his outfit.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/54f7c0ac35d54a824cb1a7dc6946167b/tumblr_nw3u3xPuFt1sqx1wto1_1280.jpg)

Enjoy a transmission of truth and facts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBk14NLKUKs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBk14NLKUKs)

Be a good excuse to repurpose all those late-war Panzers.

American 105mm Recoilless Rifle crew engaging a Trigon Panther tank at close range.
(https://i.imgur.com/YHItY8l.jpeg)