Israel Watch The Skies & Scout Ahead In Team Yankee
May 20, 2019 by brennon
We're dropping all manner of Israeli forces this time around for Battlefront Miniatures' Team Yankee. Artillery and more support options are being added into the mix starting with the M109 SP Artillery Battery.
This massive howitzer is used for laying down all manner of firepower onto the enemy position, pinning them down and making sure that your own forces can move up without fear of retaliation.
When the firepower is heavy, you might also want to clamber into the M113 Platoon plastic vehicles so that you can reach the objective unimpeded.
These vehicles were entirely refitted to suit the needs of the Israeli army. For example, the add-ons used for crossing water and such were entirely removed since they didn't need to dive into many rivers!
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As well as these larger vehicle sets there's also a new set of infantry, the Red Eye SAM Platoon.
This portable missile system was used for homing in on the engines of enemy aircraft. You could have these soldiers pop up in different places, ready to ambush the enemy on approach.
Beep Beep, Jeep Jeep!
Two different Jeep options have also been thrown into the mix for the Israeli forces. The first of these is the Recce Jeep Platoon...
...and also the Jeep (TOW) Platoon which brings recoilless rifles into the mix for taking on enemy armour.
Are you tempted by this new selection of Israeli options? It looks like a lot of the goodies sent over by the Europeans and Americans are getting entirely retrofitted to work with this new theatre of war.
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Nice additions.
Those are really nice.
I have already begun to build up my Israeli forces. After the SITREP OPS Center’s four part series on Israel and it wars to remain a country, (thanks @oriskany) I’ve been building forces to be able to play-out all of the wars they have faced. From it’s old hand me down hardware to it’s very own designed in country state of the art equipment it’s quite a collection of different fighting vehicles from different sources. I still need to add some M113’s but have already just this last weekend ordered some M109’s. I don’t think that the ones I ordered… Read more »
Thanks, @templar007 – Indeed all these items here are things you’d find in the 1982 “Peace for Galilee” war in Lebanon. The exceptions would be the Jeep (you could have this as far back as 1956, although not with the TOWs) and the M113 APCs (either in 1973 or the newer “Zelda” variant in 1982). Curious about that Jeep Tow set. @brennon mentions that have recoilless rifles and TOWs? Two very different weapons systems, and yes, the Israelis used both. Just wondering if the set has both options. The historical record is STILL a little unclear whether the Israelis used… Read more »
Ya, I guess I did forget about the urban settings.
Guess I need to do some research on buildings that would fit for the Israeli and Arab cities.