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* {{NuclearOption}}/{{NukeEm}}: An unnamed British city is nuked towards the end of the book. A similarly unnamed Soviet city is nuked in retaliation, and a cease-fire is declared soon afterwards. The only direct effect on Team Yankee before hostilities cease is an order for its parent battalion to disperse.[[note]]so that a single nuke is less likely to wipe out the entire unit.[[/note]]
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* {{NuclearOption}}/{{NukeEm}}: An unnamed British city Birmingham in the UK is nuked towards the end of the book. A similarly unnamed Soviet city Minsk is nuked in retaliation, and a cease-fire is declared soon afterwards. The only direct effect on Team Yankee before hostilities cease is an order for its parent battalion to disperse.[[note]]so disperse[[note]]so that a single nuke is less likely to wipe out the entire unit.[[/note]][[/note]] and Bannon and the others to briefly worry if the whole world is going to be next.
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* OhCrap: The entire Team has one when they realise they've all overslept several hours, and must now withdraw under the bright morning sun, instead of under the cover of darkness.
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* OhCrap: The entire Team has one when they realise they've all overslept several hours, and must now withdraw under the bright morning sun, instead of under the cover of darkness. Bannon even muses that "Oh shit!" replaced "Good morning" as the team's greeting that morning.
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* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Women]] Sean's wife takes charge of the families of several of her husband's servicemen when dependents are preparing to be evacuated from Germany. Notably, when a Soviet air raid attacks the Air Force Base they are being evacuated from, she's the one who tells several other civilians where to take cover instead of actual military personnel.
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* BotheringByTheBook: In the opening scenes, Bannon chews out one of the soldiers under his command for a poor challenge, as the soldier assumed Bannon was himself by his voice and stature and didn't use the coded call and response.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Invoked early on when Captain Bannon inspects the unit just before hostilities break out. The (then) hapless Lieutenant Garger tries to challenge him using his tank's M2 machine gun, causing Bannon to fear he might accidentally press the trigger while bringing the weapon to bear.[[note]]The M2 has a thumb trigger which can be easily pressed by mistake when aiming it up or down.[[/note]] Fortunately for the captain, he manages to climb aboard Garger's tank before anything bad happens.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The [[TabletopGame/FlamesOfWar Battlefront Miniatures wargame]] adds several different factions that fought in the war described in the book such as the British, French, [[AuthorAppeal ANZAC]], East and West German forces, and even a sourcebook based on the initial Iran-Iraq War, including Israel's involvement.
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* [[NuclearOption]]/[[NukeEm]]: {{NuclearOption}}/{{NukeEm}}: An unnamed British city is nuked towards the end of the book. A similarly unnamed Soviet city is nuked in retaliation, and a cease-fire is declared soon afterwards. The only direct effect on Team Yankee before hostilities cease is an order for its parent battalion to disperse.[[note]]so that a single nuke is less likely to wipe out the entire unit.[[/note]]
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''Team Yankee'' is a 1987 MilitaryScienceFiction MilitaryFiction novel by Harold Coyle.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Discussed, at least in a backhanded way, when Team Yankee is stopped on a road march and must wait for an engineer unit to build a bridge - Bannon muses that it is fairly common in the army to have to rely on complete strangers to do their job so that he and his men can do theirs.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: A small case of this: much of the technology in the book is accurate for its time period (1987), though by the mid 80s some hardware was starting to be replaced (for example, AH-1 Cobra gunships were gradually being replaced by AH-64 Apaches (first Apaches arrived in Europe September 1987), and the M1 Abrams with the 105mm rifled gun was being replaced by the M1A1 Abrams with the 120mm smoothbore gun). Still plenty of the older variants in USAREUR, though, so it's not too jarring.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: At one point Team Yankee is described as traveling at "one meter a second," with context implying this to be a fairly high speed - C Company, following behind the team, is said to be having trouble keeping up. However, 1 meter per second works out to all of 3.6 kph, slow even for a walking speed. This would make sense if the team were having to keep pace with dismounted infantry, but C Company and the other infantry units are riding in [=APCs=] at the time.
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** On the Soviet side, an engineer lieutenant is seen whose unit has placed demolition charges on a bridge Team Yankee is attacking. He's killed by artillery fire before he can detonate them.
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* TheEngineer: Captain Lawson and the 79th Bridge Company, who build a bridge needed by Team Yankee and the rest of the battalion... and repair it when some of Team Bravo's tanks damage it. Engineers also help prepare defenses before the battle of the Langen Gap, and are sometimes mentioned in passing as having dug positions Team Yankee is occuppying.
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* DeskJockey: The battalion staff. Each time Bannon has to attend a meeting at battalion headquarters, he feels out of place as every other officer present has an immaculate uniform. Exemplified by the battalion S2 (intelligence officer) who knows quite a bit about the "big picture", but has absolutely no information regarding immediate threats to the battalion. Downplayed by the S3 (operations officer) who is the only staff officer depicted visiting front line units in the field.
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What would happen if the Iran-Iraq war escalated into something much bigger? After an incident in the Strait of Hormuz between an American destroyer and a Soviet cruiser, the UsefulNotes/ColdWar turns hot: more specifically, into a conventional WorldWarIII between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The [[TheNamesake eponymous Team Yankee]], an [[YanksWithTanks American]] heavy armored company, is stationed in Germany at the time, and must fight the Soviet advance.
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* TankGoodness: Team Yankee has two platoons of [[YanksWithTanks M1 Abrams main battle tanks.]] [[RedsWithRockets The Soviets have their own.]]
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Played straight within Team Yankee, where the tank commanders with the most kills are Captain Bannon and Lieutenant Garger. Largely averted at the battalion level; none of the officers there are ever depicted in direct combat, and their tactical decisions often leave much to be desired.
* TheCavalry: When companies C and D of Team Yankee's parent battalion, with no tanks of their own, are attacked by Soviet tanks, Teams Yankee and Bravo rush to the rescue...
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: ...but the infantry companies still suffer heavy casualties before they arrive, with C Company virtually wiped out and much of the battalion leadership dead or wounded.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: ...but the infantry companies still suffer heavy casualties before they arrive, with C Company virtually wiped out and much of the battalion leadership dead or wounded.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: Being a war novel, several characters find themselves in this position:
** Sergeant Hebrock assumes command of 2nd Platoon on no less than two occasions when his platoon leader is hit.
** The XO of Team Bravo ends up in command of the unit when the CO is killed by artillery fire.
** When the battalion is ambushed, Captain Bannon temporarily assumes overall command; command ultimately passes to Major Jordan, formerly the battalion S-3 and the highest ranked survivor of the battalion staff.
** Sergeant Hebrock assumes command of 2nd Platoon on no less than two occasions when his platoon leader is hit.
** The XO of Team Bravo ends up in command of the unit when the CO is killed by artillery fire.
** When the battalion is ambushed, Captain Bannon temporarily assumes overall command; command ultimately passes to Major Jordan, formerly the battalion S-3 and the highest ranked survivor of the battalion staff.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Invoked early on when Captain Bannon inspects the unit just before hostilities break out. The (then) hapless Lieutenant Garger tries to challenge him using his tank's M2 machine gun, causing Bannon to fear he might accidentally press the trigger while bringing the weapon to bear. Fortunately for the captain, he manages to climb aboard Garger's tank before anything bad happens.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Invoked early on when Captain Bannon inspects the unit just before hostilities break out. The (then) hapless Lieutenant Garger tries to challenge him using his tank's M2 machine gun, causing Bannon to fear he might accidentally press the trigger while bringing the weapon to bear. [[note]]The M2 has a thumb trigger which can be easily pressed by mistake when aiming it up or down.[[/note]] Fortunately for the captain, he manages to climb aboard Garger's tank before anything bad happens.
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* SergeantRock: Sergeant First Class Gary Pierson, 3rd Platoon platoon sergeant and Vietnam veteran. Sergeant Polgar as well, for the mechanized infanry platoon.
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** Sergeant First Class Hebrock, Pierson's 2nd Platoon counterpart, who holds his platoon together through the loss of two different officers.
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** Sergeant First Class Hebrock, Pierson's 2nd Platoon counterpart, who holds his platoon together through the loss of two different officers.
** Sergeant Polgar serves as
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* AreTheseWiresImportant: Team Yankee's infantry use this method when confronted with a bridge wired for demolition, cutting any wires they can find. One hapless soldier is nearly electrocuted in the process when he tries to cut a power cable.
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* DeathFromAbove: The novel mentions several ways this is provided. Artillery bombardment is commonly used by both sides. In two engagements, Team Yankee is assisted by AH-1 Cobra gunships and a flight of A-10s respectively.
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* DeathFromAbove: The novel mentions several ways this is provided. Artillery bombardment is commonly used by both sides. In two engagements, Team Yankee is assisted by AH-1 Cobra gunships and a flight of A-10s respectively. Their Soviet counterparts, particularly the Mi-24 Hind, also make appearances, in one instance severely wounding a [[EnsignNewbie replacement officer.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills:
** The sequence of events leading to Team Yankee becoming TrappedBehindEnemyLines on Hill 214. Most of Team Yankee's supporting units become lost on their way to their starting points for the attack, ending up late, out of position, or both. Team Yankee is ordered to attack anyway.
** Later on, Bannon finds himself trying to relay a report to a superior through the superior's dimwitted radioman, all while Team Yankee is busy fleeing a forest fire. The radioman:
*** Is completely unaware of unit callsigns and consequently has Bannon spell out in detail who he is and that he is authorized to contact the superior.
*** Needs to have the message repeated twice in order to copy it down correctly.
*** Manages to screw up the message anyway in the course of relaying it to the superior, changing Bannon's report ''about the forest fire'' into a request to change position.
*** Is said to be typical of the soldiers assigned as radio operators.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Discussed and averted with the infantry assigned to Team Yankee, a unit based around a tank company. Bannon is surprised to hear Polgar telling new replacements that they now belonged to Team Yankee and should be honored - and that many of said replacements volunteered to join the team - when in the past it was a hated assignment.
* SergeantRock: Sergeant First Class Gary Pierson, 3rd Platoon platoon sergeant and Vietnam veteran. Sergeant Polgar as well, for the mechanized infanry platoon.
** The sequence of events leading to Team Yankee becoming TrappedBehindEnemyLines on Hill 214. Most of Team Yankee's supporting units become lost on their way to their starting points for the attack, ending up late, out of position, or both. Team Yankee is ordered to attack anyway.
** Later on, Bannon finds himself trying to relay a report to a superior through the superior's dimwitted radioman, all while Team Yankee is busy fleeing a forest fire. The radioman:
*** Is completely unaware of unit callsigns and consequently has Bannon spell out in detail who he is and that he is authorized to contact the superior.
*** Needs to have the message repeated twice in order to copy it down correctly.
*** Manages to screw up the message anyway in the course of relaying it to the superior, changing Bannon's report ''about the forest fire'' into a request to change position.
*** Is said to be typical of the soldiers assigned as radio operators.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Discussed and averted with the infantry assigned to Team Yankee, a unit based around a tank company. Bannon is surprised to hear Polgar telling new replacements that they now belonged to Team Yankee and should be honored - and that many of said replacements volunteered to join the team - when in the past it was a hated assignment.
* SergeantRock: Sergeant First Class Gary Pierson, 3rd Platoon platoon sergeant and Vietnam veteran. Sergeant Polgar as well, for the mechanized infanry platoon.
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* TrappedBehindEnemyLines: Team Yankee itself, after capturing Hill 214 while the rest of the battalion fails - or never even tries - to take its objectives.
* WireDilemma: Averted when Team Yankee's infantry encounter demo charges; they simply [[AreTheseWiresImportant cut anything that remotely looks like a demolition wire.]]
* WireDilemma: Averted when Team Yankee's infantry encounter demo charges; they simply [[AreTheseWiresImportant cut anything that remotely looks like a demolition wire.]]
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**Less so for the bits of the book involving the Soviets: Coyle tends to stereotype quite badly. Read Ralph Peters' ''Literature/RedArmy'' for a much more balanced picture of the Soviet soldier.
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''Team Yankee'' is a 1987 MilitaryScienceFiction novel by Harold Coyle.
What would happen if the Iran-Iraq war escalated into something much bigger? After an incident in the Strait of Hormuz between an American destroyer and a Soviet cruiser, the ColdWar turns hot: more specifically, into a conventional WorldWarIII between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The [[TheNamesake eponymous Team Yankee]], an [[YanksWithTanks American]] heavy armored company, is stationed in Germany at the time, and must fight the Soviet advance.
The book is itself set within the universe established by ''Literature/TheThirdWorldWar'', and expands upon one of the short mentions within that book.
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* AlternateHistory: Obviously, NATO and the Warsaw Pact did not duke it out in Germany, or else we might not be here.
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Both Team Yankee and the Soviets have these. For the Americans, it's the M113 personnel carrier and the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle; for the Soviets it's the BMP infantry fighting vehicle and the BTR personnel carrier.
* TheCaptain: Captain Sean Bannon, commander of Team Yankee. Subverted in that he behaves like a real captain, i.e. attending meetings, planning attacks, and issuing orders, as opposed to being a OneManArmy.
* DeadlyGas: After the first failed Soviet assault, Team Yankee is bombarded with chemical shells as the second attack begins.
* DeathFromAbove: The novel mentions several ways this is provided. Artillery bombardment is commonly used by both sides. In two engagements, Team Yankee is assisted by AH-1 Cobra gunships and a flight of A-10s respectively.
* EnsignNewbie: Lieutenant Garger, the new 3rd Platoon commander. [[TookALevelInBadass He grows out of it.]]
** Later, one of Garger's friends and classmate from the Armor School arrives to replace a wounded officer, and receives this treatment, because unlike Garger, he hasn't seen combat.
* ItsRainingMen: Discussed in-universe, Soviet airborne troops have landed in north Germany and are fighting it out with NATO there.
* TheNamesake: ''Team Yankee'' is about an armored company, named...Team Yankee.
* OhCrap: The entire Team has one when they realise they've all overslept several hours, and must now withdraw under the bright morning sun, instead of under the cover of darkness.
* SergeantRock: Sergeant First Class Gary Pierson, 3rd Platoon platoon sergeant and Vietnam veteran.
* ShownTheirWork: At the time he wrote this book, Harold Coyne was a Major in the US Army, and had commanded a combat team much like Team Yankee. It shows.
* TankGoodness: Team Yankee has two platoons of [[YanksWithTanks M1 Abrams main battle tanks.]] [[RedsWithRockets The Soviets have their own.]]
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Much of the technology in the book is accurate for it's time period (1979-1980), though by the mid 80s plenty of hardware had been replaced (for example, AH-1 Cobra gunships were replaced by AH-64 Apaches, and the M1 Abrams with the 105mm rifled gun was replaced by the M1A1 Abrams with the 120mm smoothbore gun).
* TookALevelInBadass: Garger, who opens the book by getting chewed out by Captain Bannon for being a dumbass, takes several levels in badass when the shooting starts - at the end of the book, his tank has the most kills in the entire Team.
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What would happen if the Iran-Iraq war escalated into something much bigger? After an incident in the Strait of Hormuz between an American destroyer and a Soviet cruiser, the ColdWar turns hot: more specifically, into a conventional WorldWarIII between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The [[TheNamesake eponymous Team Yankee]], an [[YanksWithTanks American]] heavy armored company, is stationed in Germany at the time, and must fight the Soviet advance.
The book is itself set within the universe established by ''Literature/TheThirdWorldWar'', and expands upon one of the short mentions within that book.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AlternateHistory: Obviously, NATO and the Warsaw Pact did not duke it out in Germany, or else we might not be here.
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Both Team Yankee and the Soviets have these. For the Americans, it's the M113 personnel carrier and the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle; for the Soviets it's the BMP infantry fighting vehicle and the BTR personnel carrier.
* TheCaptain: Captain Sean Bannon, commander of Team Yankee. Subverted in that he behaves like a real captain, i.e. attending meetings, planning attacks, and issuing orders, as opposed to being a OneManArmy.
* DeadlyGas: After the first failed Soviet assault, Team Yankee is bombarded with chemical shells as the second attack begins.
* DeathFromAbove: The novel mentions several ways this is provided. Artillery bombardment is commonly used by both sides. In two engagements, Team Yankee is assisted by AH-1 Cobra gunships and a flight of A-10s respectively.
* EnsignNewbie: Lieutenant Garger, the new 3rd Platoon commander. [[TookALevelInBadass He grows out of it.]]
** Later, one of Garger's friends and classmate from the Armor School arrives to replace a wounded officer, and receives this treatment, because unlike Garger, he hasn't seen combat.
* ItsRainingMen: Discussed in-universe, Soviet airborne troops have landed in north Germany and are fighting it out with NATO there.
* TheNamesake: ''Team Yankee'' is about an armored company, named...Team Yankee.
* OhCrap: The entire Team has one when they realise they've all overslept several hours, and must now withdraw under the bright morning sun, instead of under the cover of darkness.
* SergeantRock: Sergeant First Class Gary Pierson, 3rd Platoon platoon sergeant and Vietnam veteran.
* ShownTheirWork: At the time he wrote this book, Harold Coyne was a Major in the US Army, and had commanded a combat team much like Team Yankee. It shows.
* TankGoodness: Team Yankee has two platoons of [[YanksWithTanks M1 Abrams main battle tanks.]] [[RedsWithRockets The Soviets have their own.]]
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Much of the technology in the book is accurate for it's time period (1979-1980), though by the mid 80s plenty of hardware had been replaced (for example, AH-1 Cobra gunships were replaced by AH-64 Apaches, and the M1 Abrams with the 105mm rifled gun was replaced by the M1A1 Abrams with the 120mm smoothbore gun).
* TookALevelInBadass: Garger, who opens the book by getting chewed out by Captain Bannon for being a dumbass, takes several levels in badass when the shooting starts - at the end of the book, his tank has the most kills in the entire Team.
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