So I had to redo my Assault on Bardia army list AGAIN because tanks always come in waves

 So I was reading r/boltaction and read somewhere you MUST take at least 2 vehicles in a tank platoon, so it actually IS a tank platoon. 

...So I can't do just one Matty. But I read in an excerpt from the book on the The Battle of Bardia that they DID have 2-pounder portee's (a light anti-tank gun on the back of a truck because it's too much trouble to take if off every-time you want to shoot something) and it DOES increase my anti-tank guns by doubling it. The Portee would come in from reserve or the flank with the rifle platoon to support them and the carriers with some better than AT Rifle penetration shots. 

The Matilda II is now inexperienced  to better reflect that most of them didn't show up for Day 2 of the assault, and losing a track 2 miles from the start line was a very common occurrence. I think they started the assault with 70+ and by day two had 12 runners left.  So this also means it needs to start on the field supporting the engineers on turn 1.

It would make more sense to have the slow Matty come on at the start of the game and have the much faster non-armored truck with AT gun come on afterwards so it's better able to get a flank shot and have less enemy troops firing back. And any AT guns will want to target the carrier platoon too instead of the Portee that does not have a machine gun or a 5 man rifle squad inside. 

I'm pretty sure there were no Vickers light tanks at Bardia, they would have been patrolling towards Tobruk. So I can't bring a .50cal machine gun :(

And I have to lose the Company Commander. He's a lot of points and there goes my dream of getting every armored vehicle moving in one command dice pick.  But I've made the other platoon commanders regular and got a medic to stay with the engineers so they have a 1-in-6 extra ability to stay on the field a bit longer.  I could get 2 more platoon runners but I like the fluffyiness of being able to call for stretcher bearers (so I had to get two of them). 

I also upgraded the 30 CWT truck to regular - there are missions where you need to bring nearly EVERYONE on from reserve and being able to bring on a full strength engineer squad or two of the 5 man rifle squads may be useful. 

The AT rifle down went down to inexperienced - the fluff reason is they don't know where to shoot enemy tanks because they haven't been playing WW2OL for two decades. Getting a full AT gun is better and they will be with the rifle platoon commander in one of the carriers that also has a Boys AT rifle too with the 2-Pounder Portee with them, and the reserve roll with be the regular carrier they are in too, with the platoon commander being next to them.

...I hope I get the rules with the army lists for Christmas.

Total Points: 1100

Order Dice: 19

Platoon #1

*Version 3 - British - Engineer Platoon Assault on Bardia lead by enginners

Platoon Commander

Platoon Commander (Version 3 Rulebook page 234) 30Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Platoon Commander  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) full strength125Regular 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 Engineers Engineers

Infantry Section (Engineers) (Version 3 Rulebook page 235) full strength110Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 9 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a Engineers 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

Transports

Trucks/Lorries (Version 3 Rulebook page 248) 25Regular Qty Vehicle   Weapons Type Range Trans Shots DV Pen Special 1 30 CWT Truck Wheeled 10 6+ Tow: Light howitzer, light or medium anti-tank gun, light or heavy anti-aircraft gun

Platoon #2

*Version 3 - British - Rifle Platoon

Platoon Commander

Platoon Commander (Version 3 Rulebook page 234) 30Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Platoon Commander  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) 50Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 4 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a

Infantry Section (Version 3 Rulebook page 235) 50Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 4 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a

Medic

Medic (Version 3 Rulebook page 234) 31Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Medic Medics 1 Infantry (equipped as modeled) - -  with Pistol 6" 1 n/a

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) 18Inexperienced 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) 21Inexperienced Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Light Mortar team 12-36" 1 HE Team (2 men), Indirect fire, HE (1")

Light Mortar Team (Version 3 Rulebook page 238) 21Inexperienced Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Light Mortar team 12-36" 1 HE Team (2 men), Indirect fire, HE (1")

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

Cmd Vehicle Options

Command Vehicle rule (v3) (Version 3 Rulebook page 188) 10 Command Vehicle special rule

Vehicle

Wheeled Tank Destroyer (Version 3 Rulebook page 244) 70Regular Qty Vehicle   Weapons Type Range Trans Shots DV Pen Special 1 2-pdr Portee Wheeled - 6+     Light anti-tank gun 48" 1 +4 HE (1" )

Stretcher Bearers on the Western Front of WW1 - Australian War Memorial