The following comes from an Adeptus Astartes Battle Manual of the Horus
Era (ie E30K or just before).
Standard AA Mechanised Platoon.
Consists of:
5 Agricultural Tractors (Heavy) (Militarised) Type II "Land Raider"
(Note : The original has written into the margin a change: " Type I may
not be used, except as additional Fire support. A new Type III is
expected to be produced in future")
(Note again : The original Type I is illustrated in 'Rogue Trader', and
is incapable of transporting troops. Type II is the Old Epic LR. Type
III is the E40K LR)
HQ Section (Platoon Lt, Sgt, Comms, 2 Scouts)
4 Sticks of Marines (4 Grenadiers, 1 Heavy Weapons)
Stage One : ADVANCE TO CONTACT
Platoon advances in column in MARCH mode until the Forming up point,
with a spacing of (8cm) (Note: all distances converted to E40K scale).
Formation:
1 with A Stick
2 with B Stick
3 with C Stick
4 with D Stick
5 with HQ
Stage Two : FORMING UP
Vehicles alternate moving to left and right in ASSAULT mode, in the
standard Herringbone deployment. Troops dismount and deploy (8cm) in
front vehicles. Thus the final deployment is:
A C H D B
1 3 5 4 2
with an (8cm) spacing between elements (units).
Forming up point is (110cm) in front of objective.
Stage Three : MARCH TO START LINE
This is accomplished in ASSAULT mode, with a required rate of advance of
(20cm) per (Turn).
Start Line is (50cm) in front of Objective.
Stage Four : ADVANCE TO FIRE LINE
This is accomplished in NORMAL mode, with a rate of advance of (10cm)
per (turn).
Fire Line is (30cm) in front of Objective.
Stage Five : ADVANCE TO ASSAULT LINE
This is accomplished in OVERWATCH mode with a rate of advance of (5cm)
per (turn)
Assault Line is (15cm) away from Objective.
Stage Six : ASSAULT
All Troops are to Advance in ASSAULT mode to Contact.
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Any resemblance between this and current doctrine of any nationality is
not coincidental.
The above should be quite an effective battle drill for Chaos Marines,
and with a little Fiddling ( 6-Unit instead of 5-unit Squads ) SMs.
Note that if you start closer than 110cm from the objective, just deploy
your troops as if they'd executed the above at 110cm and moved up a few
turns.
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