Chinese/Soviet Army Team Yankee
Why a Chinese Army
I recently started a British Army, and wanted to build a potential enemy military for to go up against when I demo Team Yankee at the club I go to.
I was originally going to build a Soviet army but decided that was a little dull as everyone else were building Soviet armies if they weren’t build an army from a NATO country.
So with my other half being Chinese and having several friends who served in the PLA I decided that a Chinese People’s Liberation Army would be a great idea. One of my friends flew anti-tank helicopters, and another served in a tank battalion, my wife’s uncle was in the infantry and her dad also served in an infantry unit.
So with that in mind I’ve decided to build a mechanised armoured army, built around tanks, anti tank helicopters and infantry. Now my biggest problem is that Battlefront don’t make Chinese military models, so I’m going to have to convert Soviet equipment to be Chinese. This will limit my choices to Chinese vehicles that were based on Soviet originals.
In regards to anti-tank helicopters the Chinese did purchase some Gazelles from the French, and the modern Chinese attack helicopter (Harbin Z-19) is based on the Eurocopter Dauphin. So with a bit of creativity I’m hoping to build a reasonable Chinese army.
Type 80 tank
ZTL 11 Assault Vehicle
Harbin Z-19
Very cool looking project, going to be keeping an eye on your progress!