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Another year of East Wind has passed. This year was a great year - field was over 750 Acres of playable area. Got to use the vehicles for a lot of missions. Pictures are still being collected and uploaded but a large batch is already there http://www.flickr.com/photos/28248345@N08/collections/721576...

More information can be found on our website and forum

http://www.operationeastwind.com/

Though we are reorganizing things - getting ready for the next one already:) so some links may be dead from time to time as we work on them.

This year the economy hit us pretty hard.

We fluctuated over the 9 days around 25-40 players as people came and went some.

Thought I would share the pictures from this year's Operation EastWind event. More pictures are coming in so check back a few times over the next month or so to see new ones. This year was like the first year with lots of rain and mud!! Even had snow the last couple days ;) We had more East Germans ...

This event in the US - I know it is hard to believe that americans would go so far to recreate the Cold War era Soviet Army - but we do

I hope to actually make the trip to Russia someday soon. Everytime I make plans something gets in the way.

While the western world celebrates the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normady, I want to express thanks to our allies in the East. Had the Russian people not endured the previous years of war with the Germans the D-Day invasion may have gone very different. The stubborn defense and later ...

Yes - we do it once a year.

This was the second one - we are already getting more stuff ready for next March when we will be doing the third one.

You should think about coming over for it.

It is definately partially reenactment - more so than a normal airsoft MilSim. Time frame is sort of a "what if" thing. I made a post on our forums to help explain it -pasting that post below "I have been asked this same question many times now in various forms. To keep me from having...

Most important are the pictures of the Soviet and East German side http://www.flickr.com/photos/28248345@N08/collections/72157615982751984/ Some will also be interested in the NATO side of the event http://www.flickr.com/photos/28248345@N08/collections/72157615982725032/ And on the 8th day we ended ...

Thank you for the information. We are tryng to get as close as we can to real life - however maybe lighting will have to be further away from real :grin: We have talked about putting LED lights in old kerosene lamp shells to give the look without the hassle. I will continue to search some using Alri...

We used kerosene wick lanterns for East Wind but they are a little lacking in light output.

What is the correct lighting for inside the command post tent?

As always pics of the real thing would be very helpful.

Got some more pics in - link to all of them; http://flickr.com/photos/55855884@N00/ A few examples: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2406613820_1188277bb1.jpg Soviet comms tent http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2228/2406618228_1b6d467570.jpg Misha at his post http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/2406...

Here is the EAST BLOC MAP for reference. In support of Operation RYAN (РЯН - Ракетное Ядерное Нападение) 7th Company, 5th IRB, 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 8th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces Germany was issued orders to move to the border and set up a forward command post for operations on...

Now I need to locate a pair of those - size 42 Russian.

Any good sources?

yes - some of us did use our Sapogi for some of the time. I should have used them more since they are really perfect for mud and water. We were aiming for sort of an early to mid 90's look - so some holdover from late 80's as well. Footwear was one area that we were a little lenient since as you sta...

I would love to get some feedback from some of the Russian/Soviet Army vets on here.

What did we do right?
What did we do wrong?

Any suggestions for improving the overall look and feel or operations of the camp for next year?

Thought I would move all the East Wind pics into one thread. I am working on my AAR and will post that when done. Basic outline of the event was a 6 day long 24hr Airsoft MilSim. East Bloc forces versus NATO. Sort of an alternate reality as if the Wall did not fall in '89 and this is early 90's on t...

yes - I finally made it here. Not sure why I took so long.

First - how often were the Titanium plates/scale worn in the 6B3 and 6B4 armor - specifically? I have both types - the 6B3 is the most comfortable of the two with the soft kevlar inserts. I know it should have the small plates as well - but were they actually used by the troops? Second - how is the ...

started new thread for East Wind pics and discussions

http://www.airsoftgun.ru/phpBB/viewtopi ... 097#558097

I finally got myself registered here. I am just barely started learning Russian so I will slowly be able to move into the Russian language sections. For now though I am stuck here in the non-Russian speaking forum :cry: That being said I am slowly absorbing every bit of info I can on Russian/Soviet ...