Re: [Epic] Imperial Guard Motor Rifle Units

From: sauron1 <sauron1_at_...>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 10:18:57 -0700

Joseph Looney wrote:
>
> This is my take on Imperial Guard in Epic 40,000. This, of course, is
> just IMHO. It also is a bit of my ongoing rant about unit TO&E in
> general.
>
> Imperial Guard Infantry:
> Up to 3 command stands
> Up to 3 Squads per command stands.
>
> Note that in the case of IG the command unit can include a captain _and_
> a psyker. In all other armies the psyker is a separate unit. BTW the
> cost of a command stands works out to the 7 points per stand for grunts
> + 25 points for being a HQ.
> <rant>
> This army list, BTW, makes it damn near impossible to do a "real"
> infantry company as a single detachment. This, while on the surface is
> a bad thing, in fact is a blessing in disguise, as I have found that you
> do NOT want to make company sized detachments, you want to make platoon
> sized detachments.
> </rant>
>
> My TO&E for an Imperial Guard Motor Rifle Company, Epic 40K style:
> (This is based on the USSR's unit of the same name, circa 1984)
>
> Company command Section "Detachment"
> HQ Section
> Command Stand 32pts
> Captain 5pts
> Psyker 10pts
> Chimera 14pts
> Troop units
> Heavy Weapon squad 14pts
> Commissar 6pts
> Chimera 14pts
> Support unit
> Support Weapon Battery 26pts (2 units)
>
> Total Points: 121
>
> Notes: This is a total of 2 infantry stands, 2 weapon stands and 2
> APC. The 2 infantry stands ride in one APC, the weapons in the other.
>
> 3 each of
> Motor Rifle Platoon "Detachment"
> HQ Section
> Command Stand 32pts
> Psyker 10pts
> Chimera 14pts
> Troop units
> 1 X Heavy Weapon Squad 14pts
> 2 X IG Infantry Squads 28pts
> 2 x Chimera 28pts
>
> Total Points: 126
> Notes. The Heavy weapon squad rides with the platoon leader.
>
> Using this model this makes a IG Motor Rifle Company 499 points, and is
> composed of 4 detachments. I decided that I would not use the "Supreme
> Commander" list for the HQ section because I don't feel that the CO of a
> company is high enough on the feeding chain to cause the table top
> effects that the commander from that list does. I will be using the
> Supreme Commander lists for Battalion and higher level commanders.
> I am, over the next few days, going to translate the whole of the Soviet
> Motor Rifle Division into Imperial Guard. I will post the units as I
> get them done.sauron12netrover.com writes;Joseph Your development of motor rifle
divisions looks very interesting. My sons and I have been playing SM
since Tacticus.They would like to use your OBs,if its ok,for our next IG
units in Epic. sauron1
Received on Mon Apr 14 1997 - 17:18:57 UTC