Heavy Explosives Shake The Field For FoW Fate Of A Nation
December 13, 2014 by brennon
Battlefront continues to provide additional troops for the front line with more Flames of War Fate of A Nation troops. See what you think of the Kateybat Moshaa HQ alongside the Anti-tank Team, Mortar Company and Heavy Mortar Company...
Essentially if you need anything either blown to smithereens or forced to go to ground under impressive amounts of mortar fire then this is your set of teams worth getting. These sets go well with the way the army fought, taking to the defensive and hunkering down behind walls of barbed wire to protect them while shelling the enemy.
I quite like the desert look I've got to say and it's cool to see something that isn't just mud and green for once. How Fate of a Nation is doing however, I don't particularly know, but if any of you have played it let us know.
Is this a good supplement to the main Flames of War experience?
Drop your thoughts below.
Let’s face it, Egyptian and Syrian tanks and air power were never that impressive, either in the 56, 67, or 73 wars. But their infantry and artillery (especially Egyptian infantry in 1973 Yom Kippur) were usually much more solid. They definitely had better weapons than Israeli infantry, with Uzi SMGs and the like. Sorry, AK wins. 🙂 All of these would work great in a 1973 game. Not sure about the rules, but I’m sure players could tweak these to reflect the quantum improvements in training, organization, and morale since 1967 (again, FoW . . . why are we focusing… Read more »
The Israeli Infantry where armed with FN FAL Rifle’s and FN MAG GPMGs and not UZIs during the Yom Kippur war of 73!!
The UZI was used and issued in exactly the same fashion as the British Sterling SMG – ie as a Personnel defence weapon for Radio Operators and others for whom an FN FAL would be to ‘burdensome’.
In many respects they were armed almost identically to the British Infantry of the time.
@havoc –
Found some backup information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_FAL
Specifically:
“The Israeli FAL first saw action in relatively small quantities during the Suez Crisis of 1956, and by the Six-Day War in June 1967, it was the standard Israeli rifle. During the Yom Kippur War of October 1973 it was still in front-line service as the standard Israeli rifle, though increasing criticism eventually led to the phasing-out of the weapon.”
I stand corrected, sir. Fair point and well played. 🙂
I can vouch for the FAL, having used it for years in the Canadian army as the FNC1, or the C2, the light LMG squad weapon with a 30-round mag. I missed both when the army went to the 5.56 C7/M16 clone and the Minimi C9. I don’t get the criticism… it worked just fine. It was a bit of a diva, but nothing like the M-16. I also didn’t mind the added combat load. As a comparison, I love the AK, having fired it in its numerous iterations. It was, and possibly is, better than what the west has…… Read more »