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World War III: Nordic Forces - Book Spotlight Löjtnant Lars Nilsson watched the road from the cupola of his Strv 103 S-Tank. His platoon had been positioned in a treeline waiting for the enemy to appear since the previous day. About mid-morning the first Soviet vehicles crested a dip in the road. Nilsson’s gunner/driver, Karlsson, spotted it first, “BRDM, 1000 metres, sir,” he stated before ducking back into his hatch to take up his position. “Enemy vehicles, 1000 metres east, on road, free fire,” Nilsson informed his platoon. Meanwhile, Karlsson had already shot at the Soviet armoured car. The sabot projectile tore through the lightly armoured vehicle, and its smoking wreck rolled off the road into a tree. Nilsson then saw the trees dividing a field shaking, before a tank emerged into the field. “Tanks, 1500 metres, treeline and field,” he informed the platoon. A ripple of 105mm fire travelled down the platoon’s position.

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World War III: Nordic Forces Articles

Building a Finnish & Danish Starter Force with WWIII: Nordic Forces With John Lee With the launch of WW3 Nordic, I thought I would look at how a new player, or someone on a budget, could get a force on the table that would be competitive, or at least hold its own for Finnish and Danish.  For the new player, it opens the door to playing WW3 without needing to buy, assemble or paint too much and get into playing the game quicker... Building a Finnish & Danish Starter Force with WWIII: Nordic Forces...

Building a Norwegian Starter Force with WWIII: Nordic Forces With John Lee With the launch of WW3 Nordic, I thought I would look at how a new player, or someone on a budget, could get a force on the table that would be competitive, or at least hold its own for Norwegian forces.  For the new player, it opens the door to playing WW3 without needing to buy, assemble or paint too much and get into playing the game quicker.  There is an army deal for the Swedish forces but not for the rest of the forces in the release... Building a Norwegian Starter Force with WWIII: Nordic Forces...

Building a Swedish Starter Force with WWIII: Nordic Forces With John Lee With the launch of WW3 Nordic, I thought I would look at how a new player, or someone on a budget, could get a force on the table that would be competitive, or at least hold its own with new equipment such as the S-Tank and Centurion.  For the new player, it opens the door to playing WW3 without needing to buy, assemble or paint too much and get into playing the game quicker... Building a Swedish Starter Force with WWIII: Nordic Forces...

Finnish Articles

Finnish Tanks in World War Three With Ryan Jeffares With the release of Team Yankee Nordic Forces, the Finns have once again found themselves embroiled in a World War. However, the Finns are prepared, boasting well-trained armoured forces which we will explore in this article. The Finns are equipped with a mixture of T-55 and T-72 tanks, purchased from the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1980s respectively, which they would further upgrade throughout their service... Finnish Tanks in World War Three...

Talvinsota will never end! With Livio Tonazzo The legend of the Finnish infantry begins in 1939 during the so-called Winter War, or Talvinsota in Finnish. The small Finnish army offered a strenuous resistance against the Red Army, superior in men and tanks with hallucinating proportions. The Finns knew how to take advantage of their knowledge of the area, using ambush and guerrilla tactics that put the invaders in serious difficulty.  Even during the Second World War (or Continuation War), the Finns gave excellent proof of themselves, fighting on the northern front until 1945. The peace treaty that followed almost completely restored the borders to those of 1 January 1941... Talvinsota will never end!...

T-55 Marksman: the synthesis of capitalism and socialism With Livio Tonazzo The new Nordic Forces is a particularly interesting book. In fact, it includes the rules for bringing the Scandinavian nations to the tables of WW3: Team Yankee. All in all, these are little-known armies, with unique and particular equipment... for this very reason, they are so fascinating! Everyone knows the Abrams and the Leopard 2, maybe someone knows the Chieftain but who has ever heard of the STRV-103 S Tank? The Finnish army, unlike the Swedish one, could not rely on its own industry to develop domestic equipment and you must therefore turn to foreign markets... T-55 Marksman: the synthesis of capitalism and socialism...

Defenders of Karelia With John Lee The Finns have a long history with Russia over territory in Karelia belonging to one or the other nation over centuries.  They also share a common 1340km border between the two countries.  To help keep their neutral stance with the Soviet Union on its doorstep, Finland ensured that they purchased much of their military equipment from the Warsaw Pact countries as well as the West and produced their own armaments.  As in World War 2, Finland planned to trade territory for time and grind down any invaders and make them pay... Defenders of Karelia...

Swedish Articles

Swedish Armoured Forces in Team Yankee With Ryan Jeffares The release of Nordic Forces has brought the war to Sweden and in this article, we’ll examine the armoured formations available to the Swedes in Team Yankee.  The Swedes made use of both imported and locally designed vehicles, notably the British Centurion and the STRV 103 S-Tank and we’ll look at their rules in game as well as tactics and some sample army lists... Swedish Armoured Forces in Team Yankee...

Gustavus Adolphus is coming back! With Livio Tonazzo Thanks to the new book Nordic Forces, Sweden makes its appearance in World War III: Team Yankee!... Gustavus Adolphus is coming back!...

The Peculiar Swedes of Nordic Forces... Bandkanon 1 & IKV-91 With Adam Brooker Boy oh Boy! I think a lot of Team Yankee players are waiting for the Nordic Forces book to come out, and one of the most anticipated Nations is Sweden and their unique vehicles, like the Stridsvagen 103 S-Tank, with its unique design and hydropneumatic suspension, or Viggen fighter-bomber. Sweden had been neutral during WW2 which allowed them to economically bounce back quickly from WW2 where other countries that had been drawn in struggled to recover, they also had started to become more self-reliant with a strong manufacturing industry and excellent engineers... The Peculiar Swedes of Nordic Forces... Bandkanon 1 & IKV-91...

Swedish Air Forces in Team Yankee With John Lee With the Nordic release, we get two new air units for Sweden (HKP 9 Helicopter and Viggen Strike Aircraft) but can be used across three nations in the release itself!... Swedish Air Forces in Team Yankee...

Defenders of Gotland With John Lee During the Cold War, Sweden maintained that the Soviet Union was the biggest military threat to its sovereignty and kept a mass conscription system in place to ensure it could respond quickly if invaded. The island of Gotland occupies a strategic location in the Baltic Sea and is thus considered to have a permanent garrison assigned.  The Gotland Military Command in Visby had the Gotland Brigade, an Artillery Regiment, a Coastal Artillery Regiment and an Anti-Aircraft Battalion (RBS, 20mm AA, Bofors 40mm)... Defenders of Gotland...

Norwegian Articles

Norway's armoured might, the Leopard 1 With For Warned Forearmed Hi all and welcome to another article from the land of ice and snow with your local S2. This time we’ll be looking at the New Norwegian Forces as part of the new Nordic release, more specifically the Norwegian Leopard 1 Formation. So at first glance of the Norwegian formations we only have 2 to choose from the Leopard 1 and the M113 Mech infantry formations, however, we’ll concentrate more on the Norwegian MBTs as these have plenty of punch when it comes to making a competitive list for WW3 Team Yankee. I will show you a more combined arms force as well for those that want to run both formations together... Norway's armoured might, the Leopard 1...

The Norwegian Wolves and the Hunter With Adam Brooker Can you think of two things that go together as well as vegemite on toast? Or peanut butter and jelly?  I would have to think it has got to be G-Wagons and TOW missiles! Surely!!  With Norway being introduced as a faction in Nordic Forces, we get this fabulous mix in the form of the Feltvogn (Field wagon) and the NM142 Rakettpanserjager. The NM142 is the integral anti-tank section in either the Norwegian Leopard 1 Squadron or the M113 Storm Squadron. The NM142 is very similar to the US M901 ITV with either the improved TOW or the TOW-2 missile, and the Feltvogn is the Wolf G-Wagon a military version of the Mercedes G-Wagon 240GD... The Norwegian Wolves and the Hunter...

NATO Quick Reaction Forces in Norway With Adam Brooker As a founding member of NATO, Norway always knew if the Cold War got Hot, that it would be one of the first targets for the Soviets, given the important Soviet naval bases and shipyards they had developed on the ice-free Kola Peninsula, the gateway to the North Sea for the Soviets... NATO Quick Reaction Forces in Norway...

Never Again! – The Norwegian Defence Plan With Adam Brooker Today I would like to talk about the overall plan that Norway had to slow the Soviets if they invaded, yes slow, they did not expect to defeat them by themselves. But they did have a plan to win eventually, so let’s have a look at it. As one of the first signatories to NATO in 1949, Norway has always recognised that it would be one of the first targets of Soviet aggression in the case of hostilities between NATO and the Soviet Union. In return NATO has seen Norway as a cornerstone in the NATO defence plan because of its strategic location in the North Atlantic, the same reason it was invaded by the Germans in WW2... Never Again! – The Norwegian Defence Plan...

Danish Articles

Danish MBTs or NATO horde With For Warned Forearmed Hi all and welcome to another article with your local S2, this time I’ll be discussing the forces from the land of Ice and snow or more specifically the Danish/ Denmark armoured formations available to you in the new Nordic book. First off let’s look at what formations we have and some of the Danish military history surrounding the Danish MBTs that we will use to make our 115pt competitive themed list... Danish MBTs or NATO horde...

Defenders of Jutland With John Lee NATO considered it vital to defend Denmark as a strategic part of their overall defence with the primary objective of blocking the Danish Straits to prevent the Soviet Baltic Fleet from breaking out to the North Sea.  LANDJUT was responsible for this defence of the peninsular and consisted of the Danish Jutland Division (Mechanised Infantry), West German 6th Panzergrenadier Division as well as various territorial commands from both nations.  The British 1st Infantry Brigade and US 9th Infantry Division would reinforce the peninsular... Defenders of Jutland...