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Duxford Imperial War Museum - Land Attack
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Duxford Imperial War Museum
Part 2: Land Attack
This morning we talked about the first half of Adam and Matt’s trip to Duxford Imperial War Museum where they saw the Harrier and the Lynx from the new Iron Maiden book. After spending the morning looking at all things aerial they switched their focus to the more grounded vehicles.
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When you approach the Land Warfare exhibit you are met outside by an impressive transport – the FV-432 (see below). Positioned next to some artillery you get the impression that it is protecting the building and expect some Irish jump out at any moment! The British version of the American’s ubiquitous M113 the FV432 excelled at delivering troops during the heat of battle and protecting them from the large amounts of small arms fire raining down. In your Team Yankee games, you can kit the FV432 out either as a troop transport or a mortar platoon, whilst the kit also makes Swingfire Guided Weapon Troops. At only ½ a point per model when kitted out with mortars the FV432 is a responsive and fast artillery option that is able to fire light bombardments as well as sustained smoke bombardments to cover its own infantry assault.
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The FV432 excels in tandem with the aerial troops we covered this morning, it can protect your army with its smoke whilst the Harriers and Lynx hunt the opponent’s biggest targets before you launch an assault on their weakened forces. And that’s before the troops on board even disembark. Upon entering the Land Warfare exhibition you are transported back in time as you are greeted by a variety of tanks ranging from the First World War onwards.
Right: The FV432 guarding the museum
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Our first stopping point was the Scorpion. Small and light Scorpions are extremely quick reconnaissance vehicles that are capable of taking on lightly armoured vehicles, buildings and infantry bunkers with equal ease. At only a point each the Scorpion has a solid rate of fire and excellent firepower rating of 2+. The “Sneak and Peak” special rule means the Scorpion can easily traverse the battlefield whilst staying out of danger.
Left: The Scorpion recce vehicle |
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Located next to the Scorpion was the FV433 Abbot Self Deployed Gun. Mounted with a 105mm artillery piece the Abbot is based on a modified FV432 APC chassis. Although relatively small for modern artillery the 105mm gun fires a high capacity shell perfect for focusing infantry and light armour. At 1.5pts per Abbot the FV433 is good as focusing the enemies support and can do so near enough anywhere on the board with it 88” (220cm) range able to fire indirectly.
Right: The Abbot self-propelled artillery piece
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Finally we moved on to one of the main reasons for our visit and easily the most anticipated unit of the British launch. The Chieftain battle tank.
We managed to speak with Andrew (see below), another Duxford volunteer who really helped us learn about the Chieftain and as you can see below, he was very interested in Team Yankee. Upon its creation in 1966 the Chieftain was the pinnacle of tank technology.
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Weighing in at 55 tons and measuring 35ft (gun forward) the Chieftain had many innovative developments, and is still known for it’s reclining driver position allowing for an exceptionally low profile and allowing thicker armour providing substantially more to those inside. The main gun measures a whopping 21ft 6 inches (6.6m) and could penetrate any battle tank in existence at a range of two miles (3000m). Firing 120mm shells the tank could choose between the latest anti-tank ammunition or HESH (High Explosive Squash Head) shells more focused on targeting buildings or troops in bunkers.
Left: The Chieftain tank!
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| In Team Yankee a Chieftain will set you back 6pts a model, reasonably expensive but you are definitely going to want to include these in the British forces. With exceptional armour the Chieftain will stick around a long time on the battlefield allowing it to shine in its offensive capabilities. With an exceedingly high anti-tank value of 22 the Chieftain can form a great central line to your force, able to target and destroy any of your opponents army that they can see – this is only enhanced by the “Brutal” special rule forcing your opponent to reroll any saves for infantry or unarmoured tank teams. As well as having the punching power to take out opponents tanks the Chieftain comes equipped with a laser range finder meaning it gets no negative modifiers for long range shooting, making it deadly whether up close or at range. |
Last Updated On Friday, October 7, 2016 by Chris at Battlefront
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