RE: house rules (was Re: [Epic] General Enquiry)

From: Mike Bowen <mbowen_at_...>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:04:03 -0600 (CST)

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Miller, Chris wrote:


> > > > IG armies with no normal infantry,
> > >
> > > I can _just_ imagine an all-tank force. Depends on the size of the
> > > game.
> > >
> >
> > You know you could do the early parts of the Sinai battles of the '73
> > Arab / Israeli war that way. Both sides as IG, one all tanks (the
> > Israeli side), one with TONS of support weapons (The Arab player).
> > The
> > Arab gets a ton of flak and the Israeli player gets 10 or so fighter
> > bombers.
> >
> --------> I think even the Israeli's used some kind of mechanized
> infantry in most of their battles then, didn't they? Then at least you
> have Chimeras hauling troops. Again, I would use several all-tank
> detachments, but I couldn't see myself taking no infatry at all in the
> whole army. Might be an interesting scenario to try, though.

No, IIRC, after the drubbing they gave the arabs in '56 and '67, the
IDF got into the mode of "Tank = lord of battlefield" which was fine,
except for the recent development of wire-guided AT missiles carried by
arab infantry. Infantry is very important, so their combined arms was
better by time of the '82? invasion of

So, just like in Real Life, Mech Infantry is a good idea for E40k.

An all tank IG det. would work fine, as long as there are some infantry to
back them up, otherwise, they can be easy meat for good CC troops.

an all tank slug fest would be fun, in a 1941 western desert kind of way.
leave the inf. at home, and let the tanks roll.

> Chris Miller
>

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mike
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