– the third and last one, M-87 Orkan, fires 262mm cluster rockets! The M-77 Oganj & M-94 Plamen-S both fire 32x 128mm rocket, the former firing incendiary ordnances, the second a mix of HE & smoke. – JNA also fields several indigenous MLRS to supplement its otherwise lackluster artillery. – finally, Yugoslavia fields another, “custom made” RL-4M Praćka, mounting an air-to-air R-73 missile (with a rocket booster for ground use)on a Praga chassis. Yet, one of its most original units will be the improved Neva-M1T, a SEAD-impervious variant of the latter. – regarding heavy SAM, it has at its disposal the Soviet Kub-M, as well as the Neva -M1, roughly similar to its Polish WZT-1 Newa-SC counterparts. – the JNA also fields light SAM, all of them infrared in the form of the classic Strela 1 & Strela 10, as well as the M-90 Sava, an improved version of the latter. – Yugoslavia’s air defense shall prove to be one its best assets, starting with no less than three SPAAG: the BOV 3 (triple 20mm) & BOV 30 (twin 30mm) weapon systems on wheeled BOV chassis, both non-radar, and the SPAT Foka, a prototype radar guided twin 30mm mounted on a BVP M-80 IFV chassis. – regarding tube artillery, Yugoslavia has three different weapon systems: the SO-105 Priest (= WW2 M7 Priest!) which had soldiered on from the 50’s to the early 80’s the ubiquitous SO-122 Gvozdika and the much more efficient Nora-B, a modern 152mm howitzer mounted on a truck. – the JNA only fields one mortar carrier, the SM-82 M-60PM which is basically an APC-turned-mortar-carrier just like any M113 or MT-LB counterpart. – and finally, the Padobranci (= paratroopers) are the crème de la crème of the JNA, also coming in two variants: the early one still retaining the unit’s trademark StG-44, the later one armed with the Bumbar, an indigenously improved Eryx ATGM. Allocated the best equipment and always kept combat ready, they are the mechanized & armored infantry shock troops, also proficient in CQC. – the Proleteri, whom are coming in two variants (“vanilla” and ’90) are somehow the JNA’s Guard. Armed with a LRAC F1 and proficient in CQC, they can be compared to the French RIMa in many ways. – let’s come to matter of Yugoslav shock troopers, the first of which are the Mornarička Pešadija, or naval infantry. As befitting with Wargame‘s standards, they are represented as a 15-man squad with a RCL. – the last regular infantry unit is the Brdska Pešadija, the JNA’s light mountain troops. The latter will be prototype ingame for, although development was complete by the late 80’s, it never went into full-scale production due to the dissolution of the country. – as for anti-tank crews, the JNA will rely first on the Soviet PORS Fagot ATGM, then on its indigenous PORS Drug. – 2-men MANPAD teams will take the form first of the Strela 2M/A, an improved version of the ubiquitous Strela-2 with better anti-countermeasures & a bigger warhead, then of the Šilo (= Igla-1) 2-men MANPAD teams. Their weaponry remains the same all along our timeframe. – Mehanizovana Pešadija, or Mechanized Infantry, are the frontline grunts of the JNA. In Wargame, they’ll come armed with Thompson SMG, transported by OT M-5 (= WW2 M5 half-tracks). They were armed with a motley collection of outdated weapons, usually leftovers from WW2 or from the JNA. – all six of Yugoslavia’s inner republics maintain a core of reservists, the Teritorijalna Odbrana or T.O., to provide local defense and assist the federal army in case of war. – and finally, the JNA will have a 5-men infantry command squad, named Komandno Odeljenje. – although it was only tested yet not approved for service historically, Yugoslavia will get a HK-41 Komandni (= Mi-2) command helicopter. – the JNA fields two command MBTs: the classic T-55AK and its indigenous M-84AK. – the KOT M-60PK is the command variant of Yugoslavia’s indigenous OT M-60 APC. – as with many Eastern bloc countries, the BRDM-2U is also used as a light armored command vehicle. – the M-1107 MKŠk (a.k.a license-built Italian Fiat Nuova Campagnola) is Yugoslavia’s light command jeep. – the JNA also use the ubiquitous Mi-8 as cargo helicopter, under the designation HT-40 Teretni. – Yugoslavia had its own truck industry, and thus relies on the FAP 2026-A and heavier FAP 2832-A to haul supplies back & forth between the FOB and the frontline. – as each and every country ingame, Yugoslavia will have a FOB, the only ingame building, to re-supply & repair friendly units. Yugoslavia having gathered more votes, let’s the JNA do the honor of a full army list. Double Nation Pack: Reds will be released on Thursday, December 1st, bringing a total of 186 new units for the Yugoslav & Finnish nations to Wargame: Red Dragon.
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