{"id":24473,"date":"2021-11-04T00:27:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=24473"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:36:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T00:36:56","slug":"sitrep-emirate-of-bazistan-infantry-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/11\/04\/sitrep-emirate-of-bazistan-infantry-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"SITREP &#8211; Emirate of Bazistan Infantry Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1810808822  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1446\" src=\"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211103_230929757.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1446\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211103_230929757.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:113\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211103_230929757.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking advantage of Combat Octopus&#8217;s latest releases, I&#8217;ve started assembling my Bazi Emirati forces. My pitch for these guys (and Bazi Empire as a whole) is that they are a Middle Eastern force that isn&#8217;t just Russian Forces but more ragged. For this reason, the new Indian Army guys actually work out very nicely &#8211; the Insas is strangely late 20th Century looking rifle (stock, short mag etc) while the clothing is the right level of quality I was wanting (the kevlar helmet + solid body armour).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I still need to do some cleanup on these guys (a few support studs to file down) plus assembling a few more. I&#8217;m also going to do some modding; Currently these guys don&#8217;t have any heavy weapons (apart from the SIG 716i DMR) but with some model merging, I should be able to give them some of the weapons from previous months. So perhaps a PKM is on the books. Fingers crossed, they will be all ready at the end of the month when they go up against local insurgents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking advantage of Combat Octopus&#8217;s latest releases, I&#8217;ve started assembling my Bazi Emirati forces. My pitch for these guys (and Bazi Empire as a whole) is that they are a Middle Eastern force that isn&#8217;t just Russian Forces but more ragged. For this reason, the new Indian Army guys actually work out very nicely &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":24474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1093,1069,903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-sitrep","category-wargaming"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Michael Charge","author_link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/author\/chargedog\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211103_230929757.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/sitrep\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SITREP<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SITREP<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"3","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 04\/11\/2021","modified":"Updated on 25\/06\/2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 04\/11\/2021 12:27 am","modified":"Updated on 25\/06\/2023 1:36 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-6mJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24504,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/11\/09\/sitrep-yet-another-bazi-sf-team\/","url_meta":{"origin":24473,"position":0},"title":"SITREP &#8211; Yet Another Bazi SF Team","author":"Michael Charge","date":"09\/11\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Taking a break from scenario work, I decided to start painting up the Spectre's Criminal Heavies. 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