A Bolt Action army list for Conquest 2025

So Cancon is going on in January and I won't be able to get there, little lone have a Bolt Action army ready.

New goal is to have one ready for Conquest 2025.

In a tournament, history needs take a bit of a back seat. I've been watching a lot of battle reports on YouTube, but one of the best is here from Lessons from the front. 

Watching his video's I've concluded you need two units of anything to shoot anything. One unit can pin something, but you need two to actually stop it. Granted, outnumbering your enemy is always a good thing to do, and one to avoid happening to you.

I've got two Matilda II's to work as a pair. With only light AT guns they can't stop mid or late war tanks but they can pin them.  If I had a 1250 point army I would make them both veteran  to ignore light penetration attacks. Enemies shooting at them need to be aware there are two of them and will be much more weary of them, more than they probably should be. Their slow speed means they MUST work with the infantry, which I consider a plus. You can't tear off and advance without your infantry cover if you can't move faster than them!

The Rifle Platoon is only 2 squads of 8, and lack a 3rd reserve platoon. I would get another one if I could, but it's a base line of infantry with the light mortar and medic supporting them. I regret not being able to get stretcher bearers but the medic is always going to be a low priority target. I need to keep him more than 4 inches away from the rest of the platoon but within 6 to have a 1-in-6 chance of saving someone. The mortar should be targeting enemy prepared positions like AT guns or MMG's on the line of advance, or popping smoke where the Bren Gun Carriers will be coming in from reserve on.

The sniper team should always be deployed in front of the Rifle Platoon - he is their scout and will allow them to move up into cover or objectives.  I may swap it for a company commander, I need some practice games first to see if putting the Coy Co with the carriers and getting 4 units to move and attack is better.

Sadly it makes more sense for the Engineers to be in the Bren Gun Carriers as they are the best assault troops I can get early war anyway. With them with usually go the Anti-Tank Rifle team with their platoon commander. They will come in with their 3 carriers from reserve

If I had another 150 points for 1250, I would get a Company commander, a 3rd rifle platoon of 5 men to be in reserve and come on where needed, both Matty's becoming veteran and make the engineer commander inexperienced. The Coy Co would go with the engineer platoon.

Each platoon should have 2 units shooting at one target ideally. Hopefully having 2 units doing one thing at a time will help the command and control. Rifle Platoon advances, Tank Platoon supports then, Engineer platoon flanks the enemy and assaults enemy strong points at point blank range. 

Problems I can see - I am low on infantry with only 4 squads (2 of which are small) and not many weapons teams either. I must use my armour as direct infantry support to allow them to survive long enough to take objectives and then hold them. The carrier platoon needs to move fast and provide support for the infantry but also avoid attacking tanks head on at all costs.My army is fairly mobile (if slow with the tanks) and needs to use that to it's advantage to get flank and close range shots on enemy armour. The engineer's will often need to debus at point blank range of the enemy position to get enough fire on the enemy too. 

I need to get some practice solo games to see how it goes.

 

Total Points: 1099

Order Dice: 16

Platoon #1

*Version 3 - British - Armoured Platoon 1100 Conquest 2025 engineers assaulting Bardia

Command Vehicle

Matilda & Valentine Infantry Tank (Version 3 Rulebook page 241) 155Regular 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

Matilda & Valentine Infantry Tank (Version 3 Rulebook page 241) 155Regular 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

Platoon #2

*Version 3 - British - Rifle Platoon 1100 Cancon enginners 2 matties

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) 95Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 6 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) 95Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 NCO with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 6 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 1 Infantry with Light Machine gun (requires loader) 36" 4 n/a

Medic

Medic (Version 3 Rulebook page 234) 23Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 1 Medic Medics  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) 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 #3

*Version 3 - British - Engineer 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

Engineers

Infantry Section (Engineers) (Version 3 Rulebook page 235) 59Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 4 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 1 NCO with Submachine gun 12" 2 n/a Assault Engineers Engineers

Infantry Section (Engineers) (Version 3 Rulebook page 235) 59Regular Qty Weapons Range Shots Pen Special 4 Infantry with Rifle 24" 1 n/a 1 NCO with Submachine gun 12" 2 n/a Assault Engineers Engineers

Transports

Bren Carrier (Version 3 Rulebook page 248) 75Regular 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     Pintle-mounted LMG 36" 4 n/a Flak, 360 degree arc

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) 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