On Thu 05 Jun, Elias Tiliakos wrote:
> At 01:00 PM 6/5/97 +1300, you wrote:
> >Also I am thinking of doing similar articles for other armies,
> >would people on the list be interested in me posting these
> >articles to the list when they are completed? Also are there any
> >suggestions on how I could improve future articles?
>
> I really liked your article, and would be interested in whatever you
> had to say about other armies.
>
Thanks I will try get the marines done by next week and then the Orks
the week after, and so on.
> >
> >Mark by the way, there is a flaw in the article I posted. Ogryns
> >can't use Chrimeras. This means they are, of course, not very mobile.
> >So IG tactical troopers in Chrimeras could prove useful. The trick is
> >support Infantry Detachments with IG tactical troopers as their main
> >force with one or two armour detachments which have hellhound as their
> >main force. This gives you mobile infantry assault force. Just
> >treat the IG tactical as the cannonfodder, that takes the casualties
> >instead of the hellhounds, while the hellhounds do the real work.
> >
>
> Why can't Ogryns use Chimeras? If you use Heavy weapon squads, they only
> take half of the space, therefore allowing the use of the other half by
> the ogryns, no?
>
> Of course, with regular IG squads, the Chimeras are full, but then just take
> some hellhounds instead.
>
It says on page 33 IG infantry detachment TOE that you can mount IG
troopers in Chrimeras, it doesn't say you can or can't mount Ogryns
in Chrimeras. I honestly don't know if you can or can't. It
be great if you could though and there would be then absolutley
no reason to take IG tactical troops.
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