The Warring Factions

• West African Republic of Trans-Ztumsia (WARTZ)
• Marine Corps
• Army

• Peacekeepers International of Gurundi (PIGS)

• The Zits Old Guard (ZOGs)
  
  
• The ZSA Alliance:
  • Setumsia (ARSe)
  • Ztumsia (PANTZ).
    


• Ztumsi Independent Tribal Spiritualists (ZITS).
  
  
• Petramco International Security Service Overseas Force (PISSOF)
  
  
• Young International Defenders of Zion (YIDZ)
  
  
• Tzumsian Organization of Revolting Arabic Groups. (TORAG)
  
  
• Federated African Rhodesian Territories (FART)
  
  
• South African Defence Force UK Regiment (SADFUKR)
  

• Group Operational de Republic Francais (GORF)
  
  
• Ztumsian Workers Eastern Alliance for Territorial Equality (ZWEATE)

YIDZ: The Young International Defenders of Zion

(Colonial Power/Settlers)

Zion is an area just to the north of Ztumsia inhabited by one of the lost tribes of Israel who were re-discovered in the 1950's along with the Ethiopian Jews. Unfortunately they got completely lost and ended up thousands of miles away from the rest of the tribes which accounts for their isolation.

There was no airlift in the 80's-90's to bring them home as was the case with their Ethiopian cousins but the Israelis supplied them with arms with which to defend themselves. Unfortunately most of this equipment was dated to the 40's and 50's and was surplus to requirements and this leaves them at a serious disadvantage against their Soviet backed neighbours.

To offset this material disadvantage large numbers of highly trained "volunteers", most of them on leave from the Israeli Army, have joined the ranks of the Zion army, these are the "International Defenders" who give the army its name. The government of Zion live in the hope that the volunters' high level of expertise will be enough to make up for their total lack of modern equipment and help deter their violent neighbours from making agressive moves against the rich fruit and arable fields of Zion.

The Zion government is highly dependent on Israel, and hence the USA, for its survival and the YIDZ often fight to defend the interests of Petramco International, a US based multinational corporation with extensive interests in Ztumsia/Setumsia.

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	(1) YIDZ Commander in Chief, Mushy P. Dian and his bodyguard.
	(2) A YIDZ Centurion tank drives through a town.
	(3) Self Propelled Artillery
	(4) Super Sherman
	(5) YIDZ infantry advancing through a swamp.
	(6) YIDZ infantry in a village
	(7) The YIDZ make extensive use of halftracks to transport their infantry.
	(8) A YIDZ Jeep
	(9) A YIDZ patrol enters a village.
	(10) YIDZ Border Guards, a paramilitary police unit.
	(11) YIDZ air support.
	(12) The YIDZ have very little modern armour. Most of these tanks date from WWII. A column of Shermans advances through a town
	(13)

Credits: All figures were painted by Dave O'Brian aka Mushy P. Dian, C in C of the Young International Defenders of Zion (YIDZ). Dave is now running his own professional painting service - Military Dispatches. See his website at http://www.militarydispatches.co.uk for more examples of his work and a price list. He also scratch builds terrain and buildings as seen on this page.

(1) 17-42 Colonel Blanc (17-42) + assorted Beret infantry and Israelis.
(2) A Peter Pig Centurion (17-98) .
(3) A Peter Pig Priest (8-239)
(4) A Super Sherman and Jeep from QRF.
(5) QRF Israeli infantry.
(6) QRF Israeli infantry.
(7) A QRF M13 halftrack with crew.
(8) A QRF jeep
(9) Jeeps, crew and Recoilless Rifles by Peter Pig. The shepherd is from their PLO range.
(10) Assorted Peter Pig infantry in berets.
(11)Armoured Collection 1/100 ??????????
(12) & (13) Shermans from Peter Pig.

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