![]() I also picked them because if I am forced to keep a portion of my army off the table, then the Rifle Platoon, Crusader AA and a platoon of Comets come to 40 points. Speaking of aggressive infantry, I have a Rifle Platoon to round out the force as these are good on attack or defence. These are really there as I was running out of good ideas, but some light guns struck me as a useful option to keep an objective safe from some roving recon or aggressive infantry. The list gets a little strange with the inclusion of the Bofors. For 1 point they bring Spearhead and another unit to keep me on the table. Rounding out the Formation are a unit of 3 Dingos. The force is based around the 10 Comets (of course) and includes a pair of CS tanks for some artillery and smoke support, whilst the Crusader AA are in there as my favourite 3 point Formation morale boosting unit. In this case it means I am thinking about a fairly well rounded force with a little bit of everything. This a very New Zealand (or Australian) saying and basically means you are hedging your bets. My finished Formation, ready for battle.Īs I write this though I thought I should have some sort of a plan… so here goes. I know that sounds weird but with Comets being a fairly expensive tank and 10 of them taking up 70 points I basically decided that I have a pile of support options already painted and a few more planned, so why sweat about how I was going to use them. Thinking about the list I quickly came to the conclusion that I didn’t really care about the list. Long time followers of the Big Four Journey will not be surprised that I jumped on the Comet bandwagon faster than… well faster than a Comet! I’ve had a stash of largely built models hiding in my pile of shame, tucked out in the garage for a long time now, but thanks the last few years of painting British tanks I saw a “small” Formation of 10 models as being something like a holiday compared with the masses of Shermans and Cromwells I’ve painted in the past! If you are looking for a tank that can rapidly move around and strike then this might be the tank you have been waiting for – just make sure you kill whatever you are shooting at as a Front Armour of 7 isn’t putting up much of a fight… The return of the Comet to Late War is really going to change things up for British players as it gives us something that hits as hard as a Panther and is as fast, or faster, than almost anything else on the battlefield. I am really excited to try out both of these Formations and (hopefully) surprise some folks with what a high speed tank killing force can look like! The second list trades out the second Challenger Platoon for another platoon of Cromwells, swapping the Land Mattress for some Cromwell CS tanks (which are in Formation) and the Belgian Resistance Command Card that allows me to remove a Minefield (great if I am trying to rush an enemy force that is keen on defence) or shift a Ranged-In Marker after deployment (to get the most out of my CS tanks). I’ve added in the Land Mattress Battery in as a counter to dug in infantry or guns, but the force is really tuned towards trying to kill the enemies tanks as fast as possible. Company of heroes 3 king tiger vs jagdpanther full#The first list puts a lot of points into two full strength units of Challengers to maximise my tank killing potential at the loss of HE rounds to dig out enemy infantry. Looking forward I have a couple of lists I am keen to try out against the team. Now I have a full Cromwell Formation from D-Day: British with enough models that I can also field the force as Hussars Armoured Squadron or (if we ignore the decals) a Cromwell Armoured Squadron, both from Bulge: British. Part of my reasoning for picking the 15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars was the future inclusion of the Challenger. So where are we now? Two and a half years ago I started work on my Cromwell Formation and I would be lying if I said I didn’t dig out some of our old V3 books and look ahead in time to see where we might be heading. Starting with a hiss and a roar the project ended up unfinished and relegated to the garage as I got distracted by “the next shiny project”.įast forwarding 13 or so years I am now a much leaner, meaner and more focused painting machine when it comes to Late War British… In my case I started building a Sherman Company, a Cromwell Company and a Household Cavalry force. It was a great time and many of us started building new armies, inspired by the books and the narrative we were trying to tell. As a Studio we really went to town with the Market Garden releases two books, our second Firestorm Campaign, and a whole lot of internal playtesting and games. Back in 2009 we released the book “Hells Highway” which focused on the mechanised forces involved in Operation Market Garden and the road march to link up with the British Paras in Arnhem. ![]()
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