Wiesel TOW

2022-09-22T17:18:56Z

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==In Team Yankee==
[[File:TGR002-13.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Das Stats]]

Let's face it: Wiesels, of either flavour, are utterly adorable. The TOW-armed ones, coming in Zugs of 2, 3, or 4 for 2, 4, or 5 points respectively, hit like a hammer (AT21, 48" range, FP3+), but have the armour of mouldy Sauerkraut. Being an optional (though some would say essential) addition to the Fallschirmjager company, this is a cheap, airmobile source of anti tank in a formation otherwise somewhat bereft of anti-armour capability. Use wisely, best hidden, with use made of the Skill 3+ to Blitz/Shoot and Scoot to keep them out of trouble.

==IRL==
[[File:Wiesel-1-TOW-Bundeswehr.jpg|300px|right|thumb|It may be small, but it hits like hell]]

The Wiesel tankette is the last of its kind as an armored vehicle. While tankettes went virtually extinct after World War 2 due to being unable to survive anything stronger than a heavy machine gun, the Wiesel 1 and 2 were adopted by the West Germans military for an airborne armored vehicle that can travel with paratroopers and transport helicopters. A CH-53 can carry two of them... INTERALLY. Its armor is barely adequate against anything heavier than a battle rifle but can punch above its weight with TOW missiles and AA cannons. Recently the Germans are trying to replace it with the [[Taurox|GSD LuWa]] that’s in development.

{{West German Forces in Team Yankee}}

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