![]() TOW for no particular reason but i’m very much inclined to go for the 20mm cannon version due to the fact that it can provide a better ground support against infantry. The Lynx makes another appearance in this list and it is the only unit to show up in the Helicopter categorie. The debatle unit would be the M151A2 that could be replaced by something that is more similiar to the portuguese used Panhard Véhicule Blindé Léger. The overall vehicle class is composed by the M151A2 TOW-2 jeep, by two cards of the V-150 90mm Armoured Car and the armoured vehicle ATGM’s launcher M901A1 ITV. That vehicle, together with another Lynx unit and the Alouette III make for the back bone of this portuguese reconassaince force. While the game does not feature the Chaimite per se, it features the V-150 in it’s recon troop transport variant. In fact, the Commando V-150 equipped with a 90mm is still used in the portuguese armed forces to this day. The reconossaince tab brings to the table the most exciting and portuguese unit of them all! The Chaimite! Thing is, the Chaimite is a portuguese developed and build Armoured Personel Carrier and it is extremely similar to the american built and developed V-150. Otherwise the game would only let me select 3 cards instead of 4. The idea behind this is to have enough options. So this line-up basically consists of two stacks of Leopard 2A4s, one M60A3 Patton and the Kpz M48A2G2. I kind miss that more iconic slopped turred armour look instead of it’s older brother blocky turret type, but hey, we have to make due. Since the game only features a limited selection of Leopard tanks I decided to pick the most recent ones. ![]() Portuguese have been using the M60 Patton for quite awhile but have recently adquired some Leopard 2A6. Up next are the armoured branch and in-game these are the heroes I use as the main punch. The hidden Leopard waiting for the russian bear When it comes to in-game performance they are really not that good from my personal experience. In-game the closest one can come to re-create those compositions are by using the M109A2, the M163 Vulcan and two cards of M48A1 Chaparral. The crude look of Chaparral equals that if it’s effectiveness in-game. For air defenses they make use of yankee made Stinger, Chaparral and the bullet spitting M163 Vulcan. The world war 2 era M101 howitzer gave way to the more advanced self proppeled artillery, the M109A5. ![]() the Portuguese Army is equipped mainly with the british L118 light gun that came to replace the italina OTO Melara (discontinued) but still used for exercises. The support class is extremely straight forward. Some of these units, mainly the american ones could be replaced by the Bison carrier MAW from Canada, They can also wreck some armour They also look great in-game and are a sure way to fast capture advanced positions on the battlefield See how similar they look to their real life counter parts? My favourite of these units are indeed the FKP being airborned by the Lynx transport helicopter, equipped with the M/85 assault rifle, the Carl Gustav M3 rocket launcher, their greenish camo and the extremely marine-ish look bring back the imagines of the Corpo de Fuzileiros (or Portuguese Marine Corps). I looked for the perfect combination of: G3 rifle, V-150 or M113A1G as transportation and the Lynx helicopter. The Infantry section is mainly based on two things: What weapons the game units carry and in what vehicles do they ride on. The Unimog is ubiquious, whenever you see portuguese soldiers you are sure to spot one nearby. But both the M577A1 command post vehicle and the Unimog are an integral part of the Portuguese Armed Forces. ![]() When it comes to logistics all FOBs are pretty much up for grabs. As soon as I am able to obtain the DLCs for this game I will be trying to create the Portuguese Armed Forces during the Colonial Wars of 1961-1975. It was made for the fun and giggles and to be enjoyed in skirmish. The deck is also extremely unbalanced and makes no competitive or logical sense. Of course not all units exist in the game so some concesions had to be made. What follows is a personal effort to re-create today’s Portuguese Armed Forces based on information from wikipedia. In my untimely quest to build everything Portugal in all videogames I play, Red Dragon was next on the chopping block.
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