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A third nation is about to enter the Third World War, with the arrival this weekend of West Germany.
Leopard, West Germans in World War III expands the story started in Team Yankee.

Leopard: West Germans in World War III

Leopard Launch Live Blog – July 9-10

This weekend we are celebrating the launch of the first Team Yankee supplement: Leopard – West Germans in World War III

What can you expect to see this weekend?

• Battle Report Videos
• Product Previews
• Painting Videos
• Assembly Videos
• Staff Army Lists
• A Q&A session answering your questions
• An exclusive look behind the scenes inside the Design Studio


8:22PM
Sunday 10
Thanks for sharing the Leopard launch with us!
Leopard Launch Week
Thanks for checking out our weekend of Leopard and Team Yankee content. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
8:10PM
Sunday 10
Leopard Battle Report – Part 2
Leopard Launch Week
It's the exciting conclusion of the battle between Wayne's West Germans and Chris's Soviets! Stay watching till the end for a chance to win a great Leopard prize (you'll need to head over to YouTube to leave a comment on the video if you want to enter).
6:20PM
Sunday 10
Your Questions Answered!
Leopard Launch Week
We asked for questions on our Team Yankee Facebook group and received some really good ones. Find out our answers here!
5:55PM
Sunday 10
Inside a Leopard 2 Loaders Position
Leopard Launch Week
This is really just an excuse to show a Leopard 2 speeding around and looking awesome - but you also get to see how the loader feeds the massive 120mm gun. Add in a little Rammstein background music and you have a great video that is worth watching. If your German is as bad as mine you can try turning on Google's translation function (hit the settings wheel in the bottom right of the video) but it gets a little confused by the terminology.
5:10PM
Sunday 10
British Sherman Tanks in the middle of Leopard?
Leopard Launch Week
Sean and Andrew took a break earlier this afternoon to play a quick game of TANKS. Andrew's Jagdpanther took out a Sherman with a single shot in turn 1. In response Sean managed to start a fire inside a StuG that ended up burning out the vehicle over the next 3 turns. The Jagdpanther was crowned the king of the battlefield at the end of a hard fought match once it dispatched Sean's Comet.
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4:45PM
Sunday 10
Khairul's Tornados
Leopard Launch Week
Khairul is a prolific painter (and really good too!), and as part of the management team at our Factory he has been known to grab early casts of new aircraft to paint up for fun. Here are a couple of examples of his latest work. Click on them for bigger images.
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3:59PM
Sunday 10
Battlefield in a Box European Farm House
Leopard Launch Week
Most commanders like the idea of open countryside where their tanks can advance at speed, crushing their enemies in front of them. That's where you are most likely to come across a small hamlet or a farm like this one.
3:30PM
Sunday 10
Lonnie's Panzergrenadier Kompanie
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Lonnie, from the US office, shares some thoughts about why he picked a Panzergrenadier Kompanie to build.

Marders are an impressive looking beast so I cannot fault his logic for wanting to field lots of them.

Lonnie's Panzergrenadier Kompanie...

2:55PM
Sunday 10
The Luchs Armoured Car
Leopard Launch Week
If Top Gear made a TV series about tanks and armoured cars it might look a little like this. The commentary is in German but the short version is "it goes really fast, it turns really well, with two drivers it can reverse as fast as it can go forwards, it can climb over things, swim through water, and be generally awesome!"
2:25PM
Sunday 10
German Infantry Painting Guide
Leopard Launch Week
Aaron shows you a quick and simple method of painting West German Panzergrenadiers.
2:02PM
Sunday 10
So what's everyone up to?
Leopard Launch Week
Wayne is still airbrushing on his camo, Sean and Andrew are taking a break to play a game of TANKS (more photos of this to follow), Casey's pile of finished Soviet infantry keeps growing (I'm a little envious), James is still working on the 2nd part of the Battle Report, and finally Aaron's ducked out to use our usual airbrushing booth to work on the Hind objective... and I'm hiding behind the lens of the camera!
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1:45PM
Sunday 10
German AA & Tornado Preview
Leopard Launch Week
Check out the upcoming West German Anti-aircraft vehicle models – the Gepard and the Roland – and the Tornado strike aircraft.
12:55PM
Sunday 10
Chris' Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie
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Chris has gotten swept up in the excitement about Leopard (oh so shiny!) as well and is starting on a Leopard 2 Company as well.

Chris' Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie...

12:05PM
Sunday 10
Leopard lands in the Digital app
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Leopard is now available for purchase inside the Digital app. You can get the app here in the iTunes store, or here in the Google Play Store.

We are off to take a little lunch break and after that we will be taking a look at your questions in the Team Yankee Facebook group and filming some answers!

11:30AM
Sunday 10
Big Badda Boom!
Leopard Launch Week
As Leeloo says, thats some "Big Badda Boom!" as a Gepard lights up its 35mm autocannons on a firing range.
11:15AM
Sunday 10
Battlefield in a Box Fast Food Restaurant
Leopard Launch Week

Every small town has a place to get a Burger Queen, a Pizza Hut or maybe some Louisville Fried Chicken. Now your town can have one too.

Keep an eye on the Team Yankee website for when we officially spotlight this product later in the month as we will create some downloadable signage so you can personalise it to look like your favourite McPizzaKing.

10:45AM
Sunday 10
German Aufklärungs Preview
Leopard Launch Week
We look at the upcoming West German Aufklärungs Kompanie options with the Leopard 1, Luchs and Fuchs.
10:25AM
Sunday 10
Andrew's Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie
Leopard Launch Week Andrew Andrew's Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie

Andrew, one of our more serious list noodler's in the Studio has been coming up with a pile of different lists, but this is the one he has settled on as a starting point.

Andrew's Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie...

9:25AM
Sunday 10
Bo-105 PAH Painting Guide
Leopard Launch Week
Aaron Mathie breaks out the brushes to paint a Bo-105 PAH helicopter.
9:00AM
Sunday 10
Assembling the Bo-105 PAH Helicopter
Leopard Launch Week
Small, nimble and deadly, Aaron shows use how to assemble the plastic BO-105 PAH Anti-tank helicopter. (I mean the helicopter is small, nimble and deadly - not Aaron; he's nimble, but of average size, and happily his deadliness has never been put to the test.)
8:40AM
Sunday 10
This is how I'd like to wake up...
Leopard Launch Week
Some of us are a little tired this morning after going to a friends wedding last night and we need wake up fast... so taking a leisurely flight like this would do the trick!
4:50PM
Saturday 9
Time to call it a day
Leopard Launch Week
We're heading home. Thanks for sharing day one of the Leopard launch weekend with us. We'll be back with more tomorrow.
Leopard Weekend
4:35PM
Saturday 9
Chris's Team Yankee M1 Abrams Company
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Chris gives us an update on how he is progressing with his M1 Abrams Tank Company.

Chris's Team Yankee M1 Abrams Company...

4:10PM
Saturday 9
Anders' Panzergrenadier Kompanie
Leopard Launch Week Anders' Panzergrenadier Kompanie Anders' Panzergrenadier Kompanie

Anders, from our UK office, prepares to build a Panzergrenadier Kompanie filled with all sorts of support options.

Ander"s Panzergrenadier Kompanie...

4:05PM
Saturday 9
Leopard 2 Painting Guide
Leopard Launch Week
Aaron breaks out the brushes to paint a Leopard 2 tank in the distinctive NATO three-colour camouflage. This afternoon we will have more information on this unique colour scheme.
3:47PM
Saturday 9
NATO Camouflage templates
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Aaron shares a little of the history behind the very interesting NATO 3 colour camo used on the West German tanks, as well as templates to make painting your vehicles easier.

NATO Camouflage Templates...

3:14PM
Saturday 9
Wayne's Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie
Leopard Launch Week

Wayne, the author of Leopard, shares his thoughts on what list he would like to build first and why.

Wayne's Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie...

Wayne's Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie
2:29PM
Saturday 9
Some afternoon gaming
Leopard Launch Week
Having finished assembling his new West German army earlier than he expected, Chris decided to challenge Sean to a game of Encounter. Usually playing with unpainted miniatures is a bit of a no-no for most of us, but this is a special occasion.
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2:03PM
Saturday 9
Leopard 2 Assembly
Leopard Launch Week
Studio painter Aaron Mathie demonstrates how to assemble the new plastic Leopard 2 main battle tank, the mainstay of the West German Panzer Kompanie.
1:35PM
Saturday 9
German Support Preview
Leopard Launch Week
We look at the upcoming West German support weapons from the Leopard book for Team Yankee, including the Jaguar 1 and Jaguar 2 tank hunters, the Panzermörser self-propelled mortar, the M109G self-propelled howitzer and the LARS rocket launcher.
1:00PM
Saturday 9
Marder Assembly
Leopard Launch Week
Where would your panzergrenadiers be without their Marder armoured infantry vehicles? Aaron demonstrates how to assemble this new plastic kit.
11:57AM
Saturday 9
Leopard Battle Report – Part 1
Leopard Launch Week
In our first Leopard battle report, Wayne Turner fields a West German Panzer Kompanie against Chris Townley's Soviet Red Banner Tank Battalion in the Dust-up mission from the Team Yankee rulebook. In Part 1 we take a look at the lists, deployment and the first couple of turns. Stay tuned for Part 2.
11:30AM
Saturday 9
Come on, render faster!
Leopard Launch Week
Part one of our Leopard video battle report is rendering now - it just seems to be taking forever! If the PC doesn"t explode (fingers crossed), it should be up in about 15 minutes.
Battle report video
11:15AM
Saturday 9
Leopard 2A4 shooting at minibus
Leopard Launch Week
Boom! A Leopard 2A4 demonstrating the power of its HEAT rounds, obliterating a minubus on a firing range.
10:30AM
Saturday 9
German Plastics Preview
Leopard Launch Week
We take a close look at the upcoming West German plastic models: the Leopard 2 main battle tank, the Marder armoured infantry vehicle and the BO-105P Anti-tank helicopter.
9:45AM
Saturday 9
Getting ready to start work
Leopard Launch Week
We have taken over the staff lunchroom and as you can see we are ready for a big day of Leopard assembly and painting. Meanwhile James is editing together the 1st part of the Battle Report that we hope to have up soon.
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9:15AM
Saturday 9
Welcome to Leopard
Leopard Launch Week
Welcome to the Leopard launch weekend. Chris tells you what you can expect over the next two days.

Click here to return to the regular Flames Of War website...

Leopard Release Schedule
July 9 – Launch Day

Leopard – West Germans in World War III (FW906)

Team Yankee German Paint Set (TYP192)
NATO Green Spray (TYP292)

Kampfgruppe Müller - West German Army Deal (TGRAB1)
*available 23 July in the USA. 

Late July Releases

Marder Zug (TGBX02)
Panzergrenadier Zug (TGR702)

Team Yankee German Token Set (TTK03)

Gepard FlaK Batterie (TGBX07)
Fliegerfaust Gruppe (TGR708)

Early August Releases

BO-105P Anti-tank Helicopter Flight (TGBX12)
Jaguar Jagdpanzer Zug (TGBX04)
Fuchs Transportpanzer (TGBX06)

Leopard 1 Panzer Zug (TGBX03)
Luchs Späh Trupp (TGBX05)
M113 Panzermörser Zug (TGBX09)

Late August Releases

Leopard 2 Panzer Zug (TGBX01)
M109G Panzerartillerie Batterie (TGBX10)
Tornado Strike Flight (TGBX13)

Roland FlaRakPanzer Batterie (TGBX08)
Raketenwerfer Batterie (TGBX11)
Team Yankee German Template (TAT003)

Battlefield in a Box Terrain

Fast Food Restaurant (BB207) – Late July

European Farm (BB204) – Late August