AMX Auf1

Metal bawks. With big gun.

" Ultima Ratio Regum ("The last argument of kings")"

– motto engraved on the cannons of Louis XIV

In Team Yankee

La Stats Monsieur

The AUF1 is the divisional artillery unit for the French Army and totes the 155mm gun, in line with the 'totally coincidental' NATO standardizations in caliber going on at the time. At 3 points for 1 vehicle, you can buy a battery of 3, 4 or 5 (which costs 16 points, strangely) which gives you a unit of killing artillery; terrible for smoke and overcosted for pinning infantry but excellent at mashing BMP/BTR companies. 2+ firepower ensures that most things hit, die. Infantry can take a few salvos but should expect light casualties from a single salvo.

Statlines are similar to most other French units, meaning the AUF1 is capable of assaulting enemy units with assault 4+ and counterattack 4+ if you decided your artillery should fix bayonets and charge. They also come with skill 3+, comboing nicely with 'shoot and scoot' orders if you would like to break line of sight without losing your firepower.

Unfortunately, this unit competes with the AMX-30 and AMX-10s for the light anti-armour role. Even worse, it is the only artillery unit for the French at the moment. Suitable for a defensive and infantry lists, but armoured lists should take other units: you are better off ditching this expensive deadweight for more tanks with brutal, or other utility units (anti-air or recon, for example).

IRL

A Saudi metal bawks, inspiring Games Workshop designers worldwide.

It looks like a box on top of a tank chassis and...thats literally what it is. The designers took an AMX-30 hull, glued a 155mm cannon into the deck and gave it some bullet-resistant armor to protect the crew and ammo from shrapnel and small arms fire, birthing a design that belongs in a Big Mek's werkshop and not an actual military. Looks aside, the AUF1 was a reliable artillery piece for the Cold War. It lacked the more advanced warheads of other well-funded militaries, but a 155mm shell is guaranteed to ruin almost anybody's day when used correctly.

French Forces in Team Yankee
Tanks:	AMX-30
Transports:	AMX-10P- VAB
Troops:	Section d'infanterie/Chasseurs - Milan Section Antichar
Artillery:	AMX Auf1
Anti-Aircraft:	AMX-13 DCA - AMX Roland
Tank Hunters:	VAB Mephisto
Recon:	AMX-10 RC - AMX-10P VOA
Aircraft:	Gazelle HOT - Gazelle 20mm - Mirage 5