Team Yankee Command School: Flying Tips For Killer Choppers
November 3, 2016 by johnlyons
Today John's greeted by Phil Yates to talk about Hunter Killer Helicopters for the US in Team Yankee.
Hunter Killers are particularly annoying for the enemy so they'll be trying to take you down fast. Try to take out their anti-air as your first priority, then continue to your secondary objective and your main target on the table.
The main tactics for the Hunter Killer Helicopters is to choose your positioning wisely, avoiding fire as much as possible while keeping your priority targets in mind.
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Have you played with Hunter Killer Helicopters on the table?
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And let’s not forget the mighty Lynx although I may be a bit biased on that one. One of the things I Like about Team Yankee is the level of abstraction. The Hunter Killer rule reflects the tactical use of helicopters in the anti-tank role; find a battle position with good fields of fire and pop up out of cover to engage then drop back behind cover (One of my favourite lines in the Iron Maiden book describes the 20 seconds flight time of a TOW as the longest of the gunners life). TY covers this is an abstracted way… Read more »
I like helicopters, no I really really like helicopters. Oh, who am I kidding I love helicopters! Speeding across tree top level and finding targets. Oh yeah!
I agree with what @benc is saying above, especially in regards to the way the hunter killer rule is not available for the Mi-24 Hind to my knowledge, but the Hind can fire its AT-6 “Spiral” ATGWs on the move. It does not have to be standing still when firing like these hunter-killers do. I feel this encourages players to adopt more “Western” or “Soviet” style helicopter tactics without restrictive “dogma” rules or excessive detail. And yes, @stvitusdancern – helicopters are about awesome. Especially when you mass six Hinds on a table and fire all their salvo rockets at once!… Read more »