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Battlefront does NOT approve of your infantry hordes, and the Skyhawk is here to say hello. | |||
A 2nd generation aircraft that wouldn't be out of place in the Vietnam War, the Skyhawk was a multirole plane designed to carry bombs and later on, terribly inaccurate air-to-air missiles. Originally designed for the US Navy and Marines, it became one of the aircraft of choice for Western-leaning armies that couldn't afford more modern systems like the F-16. | |||
In Team Yankee, the Skyhawk is a light bomber aircraft dropping a salvo template with AT8 and FP 5+, nearly identical to the [[AV-8 Harrier]]. While it lacks a 3+ call-in, the Skyhawk makes up for it with the ability to drop flaming <s>jelly beans</s> jellified gasoline on the enemy, forcing infantry and unarmoured units to re-roll successful saves: essentially, brutal bombs. | |||
While the Skyhawk won't be burning out entire companies of riflemen thanks to a rather mediocre 5+ FP, the math still makes this a respectable utility unit. Once hit, an entrenched rifleman has a 43.7% to pass his save. For every three infantry bases who fail their saves, one will be destroyed by 5+ firepower. Ultimately, you have a 14.5% chance to kill a singular infantry base which is rather terrible, but quickly adds up when you're hitting twenty bases of infantry and more. In addition to pinning, [[What|Napalm excels at forcing your enemy to stay in their foxholes]]: the 85.5% survival rate drops to 55.6%. The anti-infantry salvo role might be served by your Cobra's rocket pods, but Napalm is a solution that is mathematically guaranteed to kill at least 40% of any infantry unit it hits. Against Basij and other spearheaded infantry spam, flaming jelly will stop them dead in their tracks. | |||
A niche unit that overlaps with Israeli's other [[Merkava|anti]]- [[IDF Infantry Platoon|infantry]] [[M106 Heavy Mortar Carrier|offerings]], but is suited to challenging 2019's infantry-spam meta. | |||
==IRL== | ==IRL== | ||
The A4 Skyhawk was developed in the 1950s as a lightweight, carrier-based attack aircraft, the first jet-powered aircraft to replace the Korean War A1 Skyraider. It was used by the US up until after the Vietnam War, where they lost over 300 aircraft during the conflict. Israel however had become the biggest export customer for the A4, using them well until 2008 through a series of upgrades, used for both bombing runs and dogfights during the Yom Kippur War. | The A4 Skyhawk was developed in the 1950s as a lightweight, carrier-based attack aircraft, the first jet-powered aircraft to replace the Korean War A1 Skyraider. It was used by the US up until after the Vietnam War, where they lost over 300 aircraft during the conflict. Israel however had become the biggest export customer for the A4, using them well until 2008 through a series of upgrades, used for both bombing runs and dogfights during the Yom Kippur War. | ||
{{Israeli Forces in Team Yankee}} | {{Israeli Forces in Team Yankee}} | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 8 April 2019
In Team Yankee
Battlefront does NOT approve of your infantry hordes, and the Skyhawk is here to say hello.
A 2nd generation aircraft that wouldn't be out of place in the Vietnam War, the Skyhawk was a multirole plane designed to carry bombs and later on, terribly inaccurate air-to-air missiles. Originally designed for the US Navy and Marines, it became one of the aircraft of choice for Western-leaning armies that couldn't afford more modern systems like the F-16.
In Team Yankee, the Skyhawk is a light bomber aircraft dropping a salvo template with AT8 and FP 5+, nearly identical to the AV-8 Harrier. While it lacks a 3+ call-in, the Skyhawk makes up for it with the ability to drop flaming jelly beans jellified gasoline on the enemy, forcing infantry and unarmoured units to re-roll successful saves: essentially, brutal bombs.
While the Skyhawk won't be burning out entire companies of riflemen thanks to a rather mediocre 5+ FP, the math still makes this a respectable utility unit. Once hit, an entrenched rifleman has a 43.7% to pass his save. For every three infantry bases who fail their saves, one will be destroyed by 5+ firepower. Ultimately, you have a 14.5% chance to kill a singular infantry base which is rather terrible, but quickly adds up when you're hitting twenty bases of infantry and more. In addition to pinning, Napalm excels at forcing your enemy to stay in their foxholes: the 85.5% survival rate drops to 55.6%. The anti-infantry salvo role might be served by your Cobra's rocket pods, but Napalm is a solution that is mathematically guaranteed to kill at least 40% of any infantry unit it hits. Against Basij and other spearheaded infantry spam, flaming jelly will stop them dead in their tracks.
A niche unit that overlaps with Israeli's other anti- infantry offerings, but is suited to challenging 2019's infantry-spam meta.
IRL
The A4 Skyhawk was developed in the 1950s as a lightweight, carrier-based attack aircraft, the first jet-powered aircraft to replace the Korean War A1 Skyraider. It was used by the US up until after the Vietnam War, where they lost over 300 aircraft during the conflict. Israel however had become the biggest export customer for the A4, using them well until 2008 through a series of upgrades, used for both bombing runs and dogfights during the Yom Kippur War.
| Israeli Forces in Team Yankee | |
|---|---|
| Tanks: | Merkava - M60 Patton |
| Transports: | M113 Armored Personnel Carrier |
| Troops: | IDF Infantry Platoon |
| Artillery: | M109 Howitzer -M106 Heavy Mortar Carrier -M125 Mortar Carrier |
| Anti-Aircraft: | M163 VADS - ZSU 23-4 Shilka - M48 Chaparral - Redeye SAM Platoon |
| Tank Hunters: | Pereh - M150 TOW - Jeep TOW |
| Recon: | M113 Recce - Jeep Recce |
| Aircraft: | AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter - A4 Skyhawk |