The Artillery Begins To Fire In Team Yankee Previews
August 25, 2015 by brennon
The Breakthrough Assault previews continue for Flames Of War Team Yankee where they're looking at the artillery that both the Soviets and US can bring to bear. If you thought the amount of firepower vehicles could level in World War II was impressive wait till you see these...
Soviets
Kicking things off for the Soviets we have the Soviet 2S1 Gvozdika which comes armed with a rather deadly 122mm cannon. According to the information on the vehicle it is amphibious and could work in all manner of different battlefields.
If that one cannon wasn't enough then you can look to this 'Hail'. It comes with forty rockets mounted on the trailer at the back so even the best cover isn't going to survive that.
The Soviets are really bringing the shock and awe to the battlefield I feel. If you'd like to know more about them as vehicles you can find out about them over on their blog post.
USA
The Americans show off with an even bigger cannon for their first vehicle. The M109 is armed with an impressive 155mm cannon.
The M106 is armed with guided missiles on the top of it which makes it quite an interesting and quick 'move and fire' style vehicle for harrying armoured assailants.
Last but not least we have the Mortar Carrier known as the M106. These existed during World War II of course but have been up armoured and armed for the new age of warfare during the Cold War.
Are you excited about the models coming out for Flames Of War?
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"The Americans show off with an even bigger cannon for their first vehicle. The M109 is armed with an impressive 155mm cannon..."
AWESOME! Not for FoW, not a player, but i’ll be using these bad boys for the Battlegroup rules.
…pull up G12!
“Says here it destroys everything but the fillings in their teeth, helps pay for the war effort.”
Is there modern Battlegroup ? Really enjoy the WW2 version so modern would be great.
Not yet, but Piers and his cohorts are working on it. I might be wrong, but I am (almost) sure he mentioned ‘december’. Then again, he always seems to be working on ten things at once. I’m sure he’ll tell us…
like.
…of course you do!
Wait until @Oriskany sees them. He likes them big!
Yeah, @unclejimmy, and not just tanks, either. 😀
APC as well?
That depends on what “APC” stands for. 🙂 I’ve come up with a few possibilities but for some reason I keep getting slapped by my girlfriend. 😀
Sound like the standard lose lose situation their @oriskany ?
Well Marines are sort of the ‘Navy’! You don’t want to know what MP’s are into – when the lights go out and a big nightstick in your hand. I don’t mean ‘members of parliment’ either – we all know what they are into…
Re: Marines and Navy: Now hold on, @unclejimmy . . . no call to get nasty. 🙂
Re: MPs and their nightsticks in dark rooms: There’s a mental polaroid I could have gone without. 🙂
Re: Oriskany likes ’em big? Well, yes. But this is a “family” site, so . . .
Seriously, though, I’ve used ITVs (M901s) I think in GDW’s “Assault” – the most gaming I’ve done in this 1980s “Cold War Gone Hot” setting (can we call it CWGH from now on?) These things are NASTY at 1500-4000 meters (estimating), terribly vulnerable at ranges closer than that. Not sure how they would work on a 1/100 table . . . but this is a common problem with miniature wargames. Basically, they have no armor and once they cook off that first TOW, their position is given away. If they’re within the effective range of the T64s / T80s they’re… Read more »
I wonder if the rules are going to capture the difference between “should work in all conditions” and “actually really under performs in real life” features, especially in terms of Warsaw Pact gear. I’m thinking of the T-72’s propensity to “pop it’s top”. Or the horribly cramped conditions for the infantry in the BMP’s, etc.
Yes of course…. because only Warsaw Pact gear had problems. At this rate the two sides will have the following special rules: Warsaw Pact: Reprisal Duty: After ruthlessly supressing partisan uprisings by mass shootings under the orders of your rabid commissar, roll a dice. On a 4+ half your army needs to be left off the table for this battle as they secure rear areas. Seeing the Light: As the forces of the West line up for battle, each of your platoons must take a morale check. Each company that passes the morale check immediately puts down its weapons upon… Read more »
Sounds about right. After all, Ronald Reagan WAAAAAS still president at this time, wasn’t he? Sounds like a big ole’ country helpin’ of star-spangled bad-assery to me. 😀
@oriskany, I think it’s fair to say I deserved that 😛
Nonetheless, that’s my one concern about the narrative structure of this game. I feel like it is a legitimate concern, as I don’t particularly want (as a Warsaw Pact player by preference) to feel like I’m fighting up-hill from the get go due to an ideological perception of the capabilities and readiness of both sides as opposed to (as close as we humans are able to ever do this) an objective one. If that makes sense?
Oh hell no, @mythickhan . . . I was totally agreeing with you. 🙂 I picked up on your sarcasm and hopped along for the ride. Yes, your position completely makes sense to me.
….”come on now Bonzo, Mommy’s calling!” And this guy had his finger on the button. Worse than that – his foreign policy was directed by his Nancy’s spiritualist. You couldn’t make this shit up,
People said he could never get elected. And look what happened. People are saying Donald Trump can never get elected, and look where he is now in the GOP primary race. I mean what the . . . oh. wait. Wrong website. 🙁
Sorry that the only two examples I could think of were from the Warsaw Pact. I’m sure there are plenty of examples of NATO equipment not measuring up. The deeper point I was trying to make was triggered by Oriskany’s remembering playing Assault back in the 80’s. I still have my Third World War mega quad game from GDW and reading the Designer’s notes on how they derived the combat values for both sides. Even in my naive youth some of the gyrations they went through to balance things out seemed a bit far optimistic (Hellfire missiles on Bradley AFV’s… Read more »
@bigterp – I think people are just having fun and/or worried about the name. “Team Yankee” sounds over-the-top patriotic, a problem not helped by the cover art we’ve seen so far. Of course, the actual novel Team Yankee had nothing to do with this. “Team” is simply a reinforced tank company with one tank platoon switched out with a mech platoon. Infantry-heavy teams are designated by radio call signs A, B, C, D . . . Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta. Tank-heavy teams start at the other end of the alphabet, Team Zulu, Yankee, Whiskey, Victor . . . Personally I… Read more »
Are you talking about the T72’s built in Russia for use by Soviets or the crappier versions built in Poland and Czechoslovakia and the ‘monkey’ versions built built in Russiafor overseas sale?
And if the period is being set in 87, then the Soviets will probably have a smattering of BMP 2 and 3’s as well
Well only T72s oppo CENTAG in 85 would be East German, or Czech in the south. Soviet army groups were all T64 and T80. But yes… vast difference in build quality in the T72. Also was talking to some gents the other day who were telling me how tough a BMP1 head on was against such things as a LAW. Apparently firing it into the frontal armour was a waste of ammo. Handy knowing Finnish military trainers, BAOR vets who were combat instructors and Intel officers and a couple of WARPAC vets… lot more to Cold War than people realise,… Read more »
Wasn’t the the British main tactic if the Warsaw pact invaded was to have a Jeep with a Milan in each wood and village which would fire at the oncoming recon then drive like hell. From what I have read and heard was for the Pact to recon every terrain feature fully before advancing further . The British tactic would allow their main units to get properly deployed before the enemy arrived
That’s pretty much the tactical role of “cavalry” in the operational defense, ping the enemy as often as possible, never really get engaged, and compel the enemy to advance on-line rather than in column. This halves his effective operational speed, making it much easier for his axes of advance to identified, fixed, and converged upon, preferably from the flanks.
The counter for this, of course, is the offensive “cavalry” screening weapons like Mi-24 Hind we were looking at in the previous article. 🙁
Or fire as many battlefield nukes as possible
Okay, if we’re going to THAT level. 🙂
That sounds right. MoD planning…
I was just looking at this thread – it’s great how it starts as ‘do you like this mini?’ and now we are using tactical nukes! Only when wargamers get thinking would you get this. I love it!
Go big or go home, eh, @unclejimmy ?
It’s always the one with the bigger stick who wins?
No, it is who gets the first strike in that kills that wins!
Fuckin’ A!
Those are awesome.
I would like to drag this back to the minis and the game itself. I play and enjoy the flames fo war WW2. I also play 12th Guards Tank regt in 10mm for Cold war. (using Cold War Commander)
So having played that and now having this to be thrown in to the Battlefront selection I wonder on the size of the table and how big a force will be?
And yes will the damn capitalists be the amighty harbringers of democracry against the red hordes?
personally I am a monarchist. Long live the Queen.
I enjoy CWC myself.Will be what the new edition brings
Interesting even
I hope so too.