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[[File:TGR002-13.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Das Stats]] | [[File:TGR002-13.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Das Stats]] | ||
Let's face it | 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== | ==IRL== | ||
[[File:Wiesel-1-TOW-Bundeswehr.jpg|300px|right|thumb|It may be small, but it hits like hell]] | [[File:Wiesel-1-TOW-Bundeswehr.jpg|300px|right|thumb|It may be small, but it hits like hell]] | ||
The | 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}} | {{West German Forces in Team Yankee}} | ||
[[Category:Vehicles]] | [[Category:Vehicles]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:03, 23 June 2023
In Team Yankee[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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 GSD LuWa that’s in development.
| West German Forces in Team Yankee | |
|---|---|
| Tanks: | Leopard 2 - Leopard 1 |
| Transports: | Fuchs Transportpanzer - Marder II Zug - Marder Zug - M113 Armored Personnel Carrier |
| Troops: | M113 / Marder Panzergrenadier Zug - Aufklärungs Zug - Fallschirmjager Zug - Gebirgsjager Zug - Jager Zug |
| Artillery: | Raketenwerfer Batterie - M109 Howitzer - M113 Panzermörser Zug - M270 MLRS |
| Anti-Aircraft: | Roland Flak Batterie - Gepard Flakpanzer Batterie - Fliegerfaust Gruppe - Wiesel Flugabwehr Zug |
| Tank Hunters: | Jaguar Jagdpanzer - Kanonenjagdpanzer - Wiesel TOW |
| Recon: | Luchs Spah Trupp - M113 OP - Marder II Zug |
| Aircraft: | Tornado - BO-105P |