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LV Open Flames of War 4th Edition

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Las Vegas Open Battle Reports One of the Surprises of the LV Open was on the amount of horde armies that people brought. It seems if one group of 5 light tanks would do, then 10 would do better. Italians seemed to be the go to force for this, but I saw German ( with Italians ), Soviet, and British being representative. There was a few heavy tank units such as Churchill's, and soviet KV-1 but I did not play any of them. Overall it seemed the more defense infantry lists did not do well. I think one reason why the infantry lists not do well is with missions, about 1/2 the time you have to cross the board, and with 109 points, there is just to much firepower to allow infantry to do so without large amounts of units being killed. At least this was my experience. My List: I debated this for a long time, but in the end I decided to go with a strong US Armored Infantry formation + 75mm GMC Anti Tank Formation ( I just love the way Half tracks look ) + Crusader Format
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2019 LV Open Team Yankee Tournment 2019

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On February 8th to 10th we had one of the larger US tournament for Team Yankee and Mid War Flames of War. What was interesting is that how I thought the games were going to go, was very different than the actual armies that I had to face. My army, was a combination of West German ( Marauder Mech Infantry Kompanie ) and a  Panzeraufklärungs  Kompanie    and a Allied Australian Mech Infantry Company/ Marder Panzergrenadier Kompanie Marder Panzergrenadier Kompanie HQ > Marder Panzergrenadier Zug > Marder Panzergrenadier Zug > 3x M113 Panzermörser  > 2x Luchs > 2x Luchs > 3x Jaguar 1 Panzeraufklärungs  Kompanie   1x Leopard 1 > 2x Luchs > 2x Luchs > 3x Leopard 1  > 2x Luchs > 2x Luchs  > 4x Gepard Australian Mech Infantry Company 1x SLR rifle team 1x M113 (T50 turret) (TAU105) > 4x M60 team with LAW anti-tank team 3x Carl Gustav anti-tank team 4x M113 (T50 turret) (TAU105) > 4x M60 team with LAW an
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Flames of War 4th Edition: M3 75mm GMC in Action

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Hello everyone! So I have to admit that I always had a love affair with the US M3 Half Track. I just think it looks cool and so in Flames of War ( 4th ) I tend to take many of them on the battlefield. When I saw the Player Card for the M3 75mm GMC, I thought to myself, you just have to try this out. So when Battlefront had there Big Sale in January, I bought enough to take a Full M3 75mm GMC Formation. You get 2 for 5pts or 4 for 10pts. At first I thought that was great deal for the points, but then I looked at the German version (Sd Kfz 251 ( 7.5cm )) and its points value being the same, you realized that its pretty over priced. The German version has better Last Stand, Skill, Assault, Cross Check, Side & Rear Armour, Hit on a 4+ and has a MG. But will I let this get me down, No! ( because I like Half Tracks! ). So for the LV Open FOW Tournament I decided to through caution to the breeze and take a Full Company! For 24pts you get 8 M3 75mm GMC and 2 Command M3
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