Team Yankee Battle Report! US Marines vs. Soviets

[@sergegachibassov9647]

1:35:25 - my favorite part begins!

[@jturunen82]

Absolutely loved seeing this! Was nice seeing Mark again, absolute gentleman with a really cool shirt. I definitely want to see more TY, the game with Brits vs WP sounds interesting, already looking forward to it 👍🏻

[@markfrancis8978]

I want to paint up some new Brits for the game so hopefully soon.

[@jturunen82]

@@markfrancis8978 Sounds really promising 👍🏻

[@dracofrisco9244]

Thank you for bring back TY to the channel. Great report.

[@matttheyak]

Thanks guys would love to see more TY on the channel soon.

[@onomatopoeia7505]

Was there an editing error? From 1:33:21 to the end of the video, it's just a black screen.

[@tomopalka5423]

There were US Marine tokens and objectives produced in V3 FOW (green background), but there's also a new set (blue background) with dice that were put out for TY.

[@nottinghamwargames5555]

Brilliant report, as always lads. Thanks for posting!

[@justbeq5177]

13:11 for remounts, you don't use your courage, you use your remount value, bc in TY, unlike FoW, the card shows values for every stat, whereas in FoW, you only use the basic 2 ones, if there is no other modifiers like protected ammo etc.

[@WayneLeMaster]

Hey I recognize that poster! I have the exact same one for A Bridge Too Far sitting just like that against my own wall. XD Great movie and great YT video you guys put out.

[@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall]

Thanks! ABTF is one of Jake's favorite movies since he was a kid.

[@philiphale2785]

Great batrep! Always good to see TY and I really like the sound of that brit vs east German game, should you go ahead (which you totally should). Game wise, I wasn't convinced about Mark's aggressive maneuvering at the start but having watched the full batrep, happy to be wrong and have learned a thing or two in the process (AA range consideration and TOW min range. ) Well played chaps.

[@GhostMaker00]

Always love the Mark and Jon battles!

[@lewismycal]

That was an ass whooping for both sides. I really thought the marines were going to win. But the Soviets pulled it out in the end. Great hame guys.

[@chrismoore7120]

No dice tray! Good choice. Thank you.

[@Andrew-se4tg]

Definitely looking forward to this!👍

[@FrEEZE-dy3qq]

Same

[@jkmohawk]

MOAR! Seriously though some blue on blue action would be cool.

[@Subcomandante73]

Great game. Back and forth, wasn't sure who would win until the end.

[@markfrancis8978]

That’s how we felt, and honestly, some of our better games.

[@Subcomandante73]

@@markfrancis8978 Do you think the LAV's perform well? Looking at the stats they seem kind of weak.

[@markfrancis8978]

@@Subcomandante73 Jon was running the marines (I know in the intro he said Jon while indicating me, lol). I’ll let Jon respond to the question. :)

[@terrain-hardy]

Intro : Another thing that has "been a while" is .............. a Black Powder Epic American Civil War battle report (just saying) Great battle report and a great game

[@guythomas7051]

whats with all the tank clumps ?

[@markfrancis8978]

The rules seem to encourage more than discourage tanks clumping together. Believe it or not, it never seems as much as an issue when playing the game, but I totally respect the issue viewing the game (I'm not a fan of tank car parks either). It's one of the reasons why I don't play spammy hordes, it hurts my eyes to see everything bumper to bumper. However, sometimes you just have to maximize your shots and that means utilizing gaps in terrain to improve chances to hit and not self limiting your shots for aesthetics.

[@Airwolf515]

Good battle report. Luckily, the Harriers were worth the points in this scenario. However, at approx. 1:03:00, the Harrier probably could not have shot at the remaining 3 bailed out Shilka tanks due to "Danger Close" rule. The LAVs appeared well within 8" of Shilkas.

[@chrismoore7120]

He use the guns (30mm cannons) not the bombs.

[@Grendel69]

no missiles on the T64's hurts my brain.

[@markfrancis8978]

I’m just not sold on them. You’re just paying for range, which is generally not too much of an issue. AT is basically the same over 16”, so I’d rather just stick with the 120mm gun and use points elsewhere

[@Grendel69]

@@markfrancis8978 That's fair, I run a lot more spammy lists and have my 64's sit back a good bit while T55's or 62's are soaking. pretty typical I know, but it's undeniably fun.

[@nehrigen]

i think the USMC formations really are just good for the LAV company, the M-60s are kinda a downgrade from the army version, but the leadership advantage doesnt make up for the downgrade

[@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall]

What about the LAV Company do you like?

[@Based_Lord_Humongous]

@@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall the LAV formation makes for a great allied unit. My West German Lüchs Aufklärung was a go to for me, but the LAV formation, for a few points more, brings bigger platoons (4 v 2), a better gun, and AT in the form of Hammerhead havin AT23, versus a bunch of AT19 havin Leo1. Plus it can bring a two gun mortar for smoke/padding.

[@dannymiller3315]

​@@Based_Lord_Humongous lavs can come in big numbers and cover all bases ( at tows 25mm troop transports lav ad for air defense and 60 mm mortars for clumps of infantry they are also amphibious)

[@Based_Lord_Humongous]

@@dannymiller3315 when did LAV become a troop transport?

[@turtlecheese8]

Good game! Where did you get the terrain from?

[@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall]

Most of it is Battlefront/Gale Force 9

[@madus73]

Cant the t64 AA mg hit cobras ?

[@reddragontabletopgames]

Great battle report. Planning on my Czechoslovaks at the moment. Its hard. Because of so much stuff.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Hey! I remember Challenger, absolutely nightmare set of rules by todays standards. As was the WW11 spin-off. Thank god almost everything today is so much simpler, and playable in an evening. Great Game Guys!

[@markfrancis8978]

For sure, but it still made for fun times as a kid. Pretty sure I must have played it wrong most of the time!

[@MrHendoP]

Was the WW II called Firefly?, played a lot of Challenger then moved onto corp commander if my memory is ok.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

@@MrHendoP It was indeed called Firefly. I've still got a copy somewhere. Exhaustive army lists, but way to complicated to actually play!

[@michaelstuart614]

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[@Superfreto01]

Can’t wait!

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

I like the look of those Shermans on the shelf there!

[@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall]

Thanks, me too!

[@johnsiringo4032]

I thought the cobra Helicopters would have caused more damage if not hiding for the whole battle.

[@nehrigen]

they could have easily out-ranged the AA, and done some work with the tow2's

[@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall]

The Cobras fired TOWs every single turn. Not that they hit anything every turn. Every turn a Cobra move is one turn they can't fire TOWs.

[@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall]

They didn't need to outrange the AA as the destroyed the only soviet AA on the table on turn 1 (with help from the Harriers)

[@DaGoodmanYT]

@@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall what were the other helicopters? model wise

[@ijdundas]

I was very frustrated that you never used bombs with your Harriers. It wasn't until near the end when you talked about their skill rating and I looked up their car that I understood why you kept firing the guns. The only time my British Harriers have fired their cannons was against some Cobra helicopters when I had no other anti-aircraft guns! ;)

[@gregwaugh616]

Love Mark`s shirt!

[@batesmt25]

Calling in arty for the "Kardashians" ...lol...good one..

[@timothyharris9109]

Nice production values as always. In an objective based game strange that John, an apparently seasoned Flames player, left a poor unit to hold the objectives? That's what gave the game away to Shaun, why you didn't reinforce the position with your M109 platoon, you also would perhaps have had some defensive fire against two assaults. Not a lover of Team Yankee. NorthAG/CentAG and Seven Days to the Rhine are significantly better games.

[@AllMiniaturesGreatandSmall]

I noticed that once turn 1 started that the Infantry Platoon really can't harm the T-80s short of driving them off in assaults. In hindsight having the M109s drive there would have been helpful. My first M60 platoon was also poorly placed to contribute after their initial attack. The should have made it over to that objective as well. Thanks for the comments!

[@cameronholcomb800]

those ivory switches with an ivory plate frustrates me

[@darkmystic7764]

I never get why the Soviet tanks only shoot 1 shot each yet cost so much. i really dislike it.