| Tgunner | 01 Dec 2017 8:32 p.m. PST |
This August I had the honor to be one of the liaisons for Battlefront's Firestorm Campaign: Red Thunder. The really awesome folks at Battlefront sent out a couple of nice goodies as a "thank you" to us. We got a pretty cool Red Thunder t-shirt and this!
So as you can see, the EM-50 is real enough! It's an objective and it comes with the big sarge holding on for dear life and a certain goofball of Saturday Night fame decked out a Russian uniform. Pretty cool! |
| BrianW | 01 Dec 2017 8:48 p.m. PST |
Hmmm. I thought those weren't deployed outside CONUS. Guess I'll have to go back and recheck the source docements.
(Yes, it's snark.) BWW |
 Saber6   | 01 Dec 2017 9:02 p.m. PST |
"It's like going to Wisconsin" |
| Wackmole9 | 01 Dec 2017 9:09 p.m. PST |
Winger: C'mon, it's Czechoslovakia. We zip in, we pick 'em up, we zip right out again. We're not going to Moscow. It's Czechoslovakia. It's like we're going into Wisconsin.
Russell: Well, I got the  kicked out of me in Wisconsin once. Forget it.
Russell: Do the words "Act of War" mean anything to you?
Winger: I have a plan.
Russell: Great! Custer had a plan. |
| Striker | 01 Dec 2017 9:36 p.m. PST |
Hey Saber6 someone got their ass kicked in Wisconsin. |
| Saber6 | 01 Dec 2017 10:35 p.m. PST |
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| BrianW | 02 Dec 2017 9:28 a.m. PST |
Okay, clearly I was wrong. I will say in all seriousness though, kudos to Battlefront for putting this out. |
| Eumerin | 02 Dec 2017 9:39 a.m. PST |
Battlefront's had some fun with tournament objectives over the years. They've released a few photos of this one painted as Stripes moves closer to release. And recently (possibly as part of the v4 Mid-War release), there was an Ark of the Covenant objective, iirc. Others over the years have been more "grounded", such as a German officer with his Mercedes. |
| Tgunner | 02 Dec 2017 1:36 p.m. PST |
So what would the thing's stats be in Team Yankee? It is probably a tank unit that can carry at least one stand for sure. 3-2-1 armor? Special Rule: Plot Armor (auto save from any hit on a 3+). |
| Lion in the Stars | 03 Dec 2017 12:12 a.m. PST |
Nah, no armor at all, makes all saves on a 3+ like a recce jeep! =====
Wasn't another BF objective pack the Weinermobile (no, not the Oscar Meyer one, but a Bavarian driving a catering truck)? |
| Tgunner | 03 Dec 2017 5:05 a.m. PST |
Yes, it was a hot food truck that showed up when NATO forces were in the field for FTXs. I do believe I saw the EM-50 take small arms fire and keep trucking. It also had armor covers and plates that popped out. So it should at least have 1-2 points of armored IMO. |
| Bob Runnicles | 21 Dec 2017 2:52 p.m. PST |
>I do believe I saw the EM-50 take small arms fire and keep trucking. Small arms fire? At one point it takes a direct hit from an artillery piece on the side army and drives away with barely a scratch to the paintwork ;) |
| Tgunner | 23 Dec 2017 9:04 a.m. PST |
So Abrams scaled armor eh? |
 Legion 4 | 24 Dec 2017 8:57 a.m. PST |
I love it ! They filmed that movie at Ft. Knox, KY, IIRC ! the Weinermobile (no, not the Oscar Meyer one … ) Amazingly the OM Weinermoble was in my town this summer …  !!!!!!!
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| capncarp | 31 Dec 2017 4:46 p.m. PST |
The secret of the Wiener War Wagon is the SRBM loaded into the rear wiener bulge. Suitable for bbq'ing a medium-sized enemy formation. |
