Bolt Action V3: Assault on Bardia with armour

I've given more thought about it, and thought it might be a good idea to get some Armour after all. If I drop the artillery and heavy weapons platoons, I can get a Matilda II (which was at Bardia) and a Vickers MK II-VIB (which was not I think?) with a .50cal (not the American .50, a shorter British one) and can upgrade the platoon commander's to regular, fitting the Company HQ into a carrier with the engineer's commander.

Order dice drop to 16 order dice from 20. 

The Matilda II is inexperienced to represent how often they broke down during the assault.

I have to drop the medic as if I want a single tank to be in reserve as only up to 50% of units can only be in reserve. Either the 2nd tank can be in reserve or the company commander.(or maybe the light mortar).

This means my base of fire a lot weaker, with no true AT defence and less ability to advance 1st platoon without the covering fire of the heavy weapons platoon. It DOES give me the ability to get it supported with a good early war tank and a HMG, which is a fair trade for more mobility,  OR send the tanks off to support the Engineer platoon on a flank attack if I need to get into the enemy's half of the table, something the slower artillery and heavy weapons platoon could not do. 

It also means I can get my light anti-tank gun into the enemy back line for a rear shot, as it won't work very well against heavy or medium tanks.  Strange it has a HE round, when the 2 pounder infamously did NOT.

From my understanding of a lot of the missions, you need to advance a lot of the army to capture objectives and get into the enemies half, so having 1/4 of my army static doesn't seem the right way to go. Also, this is a better assault army on Bardia itself, though I don't think the light tanks were actually involved? I can't find info either way, though they were part of the 6th Division.

 

Total Points: 1100

Order Dice: 16

Platoon #1

*Version 3 - British - Rifle Platoon

Platoon Commander

Platoon Commander (Version 3 Rulebook page 234) 40Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Platoon Commander 1 Infantry (equipped as modeled) - -  with Pistol 6" 1 n/a    with Rifle 24" 1 n/a  with Submachine gun 12" 2 n/a Assault

Infantry

Infantry Section (Version 3 Rulebook page 235) full strength115Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 8 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 1 Infantry with Light Machine gun (requires loader) 36" 4 n/a

Infantry Section (Version 3 Rulebook page 235) full strength100Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 9 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a

Company Commander

Company Commander (Version 3 Rulebook page 234) 91Veteran Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Company Commander 1 Infantry (equipped as modeled) - -  with Pistol 6" 1 n/a    with Rifle 24" 1 n/a  with Submachine gun 12" 2 n/a Assault

Forward Observer

Forward Observer (Artillery) (Version 3 Rulebook page 234) 86Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Forward Observer (Artillery) Infiltrator 1 Infantry (equipped as modeled) - -  with Rifle 24" 1 n/a  with Pistol 6" 1 n/a    with Submachine gun 12" 2 n/a Assault

Sniper

Sniper Team (Version 3 Rulebook page 238) 52Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Sniper Team 36" 1 n/a Team (2 men), Sniper, Infiltrator, (Sniper has a rifle and a pistol, spotter has a pistol)

Anti-tank

Anti-Tank Team (Version 3 Rulebook page 237) 25Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Anti-tank rifle team 48" 1 +2 Team (2 men)

Light mortar

Light Mortar Team (Version 3 Rulebook page 238) 30Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Light Mortar team 12-36" 1 HE Team (2 men), Indirect fire, HE (1")

Platoon #2

*Version 3 - British - Engineer Platoon Bardia Assault with tanks

Platoon Commander

Platoon Commander (Version 3 Rulebook page 234) 50Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Platoon Commander 2 Infantry (equipped as modeled) - -  with Pistol 6" 1 n/a    with Rifle 24" 1 n/a  with Submachine gun 12" 2 n/a Assault

Engineers

Infantry Section (Engineers) (Version 3 Rulebook page 235) 65Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 4 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a Engineers Engineers Entire squad equipped with anti-tank grenades Tank hunters

Infantry Section (Engineers) (Version 3 Rulebook page 235) 65Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 4 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a Engineers Engineers Entire squad equipped with anti-tank grenades Tank hunters

Transports

Bren Carrier (Version 3 Rulebook page 248) 50Regular Qty Vehicle   Weapons Type Range Trans Shots DV Pen Special 1 Bren Carrier Tracked 5 7+ Open-topped, Turn on the spot Tow: Light or medium anti-tank gun     Forward-facing LMG 36" 4 n/a Front arc

Bren Carrier (Version 3 Rulebook page 248) 60Regular Qty Vehicle   Weapons Type Range Trans Shots DV Pen Special 1 Bren Carrier (Boys AT) Tracked 5 7+ Open-topped, Turn on the spot Tow: Light or medium anti-tank gun     Forward-facing Boys anti-tank rifle 48" 1 +2 Front arc

Bren Carrier (Version 3 Rulebook page 248) 65Regular Qty Vehicle   Weapons Type Range Trans Shots DV Pen Special 1 Bren Carrier Tracked 5 7+ Open-topped, Turn on the spot Tow: Light or medium anti-tank gun     Forward-facing LMG 36" 4 n/a Front arc     Pintle-mounted LMG 36" 4 n/a Flak, 360 degree arc

Platoon #3

*Version 3 - British - Armoured Platoon

Command Vehicle

Matilda & Valentine Infantry Tank (Version 3 Rulebook page 241) 131Inexperienced Qty Vehicle   Weapons Type Range Trans Shots DV Pen Special 1 Infantry Tank Mk II Matilda Mk II Tracked - 9+ Slow     Turret-mounted light anti-tank gun 48" 1 +4 HE (1")     Co-axial MMG 36" 6 n/a

Vehicle

Light Tank (Version 3 Rulebook page 240) 75Regular Qty Vehicle   Weapons Type Range Trans Shots DV Pen Special 1 Vickers Light Tank Tracked - 7+     Turret-mounted HMG 48" 6 +1     Co-axial MMG 36" 6 n/a