Moving from Flames Of War to Team Yankee

[barca]

A summary of the the most obvious differences between FoW and TY:

New Tricks for Old Dogs
Moving from Flames Of War to Team Yankee
http://team-yankee.com/Default.aspx?tabid=878&art_id=5065

[Lord Hanaur]

Nice little synopsis.  Not sure I absorbed it all in the first reading but it gives me a general idea.

[barca]

One set of TY terms that confuses FoW players are the terms describing the force structure:

• Force, Formation, and Unit

 

Hierarchy (highest to lowest, largest to smallest): Force, Formation, Unit

 

HQ: 1-2 tanks, or 1-2 teams

 

UNIT:

• US/NATO: platoon-size element (for combat units), or a section/platoon (for supporting units): 2-5 vehicles, 4-8 infantry teams, platoon of 2-4 Aircraft, Flight of 2-4 Aircraft
• SOV/Warsaw Pact (WP): company (for combat units), or Platoon/Company (for supporting units): 2-12 vehicles, 7-21 infantry teams, 2-6 Aircraft

 

FORMATION:

• A company/squadron-size element of HQ with 2 or more Combat units, plus supporting units. 
• Equivalent to a US/NATO Company-Team (a.k.a. "Combat Team"), or WP Battalion.
• Supporting units add Battalion/Brigade/Regt/Division assets.

 

FORCE:

• One or more formations.
• Equivalent to:
  • a US/NATO Battalion
  • or US/NATO Task Force
  • or Warsaw Pact Regiment
  • or one or more formations within a division or corps
  • or a special operational/strategic military grouping
• Supporting units add Brigade/Regt/Division/Corps assets.

[Josh]

Speaking of Team Yankee, I bought a full company of Leopard 1s today, hoping to have 50 points worth of West Germans and Soviets put together and painted soon. I might even bring them up to PDX one of these days. :)