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
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| Platoon Commander |
| Platoon Commander
(Version 3 Rulebook page 234)
40Regular |
| Qty | Weapons | Range | Shots | Pen | Special |
|---|
| 1 | Platoon Commander |
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| 1 | Infantry (equipped as modeled) |
| - | - |
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| with Pistol | 6" | 1 | n/a | |
| with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| with Submachine gun | 12" | 2 | n/a | Assault |
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| Infantry |
| Infantry Section
(Version 3 Rulebook page 235)
full strength115Regular |
| Qty | Weapons | Range | Shots | Pen | Special |
|---|
| 1 | NCO with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| 8 | Infantry with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| 1 | Infantry with Light Machine gun (requires loader) | 36" | 4 | n/a |
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| Infantry Section
(Version 3 Rulebook page 235)
full strength100Regular |
| Qty | Weapons | Range | Shots | Pen | Special |
|---|
| 1 | NCO with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| 9 | Infantry with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| Company Commander |
| Company Commander
(Version 3 Rulebook page 234)
91Veteran |
| Qty | Weapons | Range | Shots | Pen | Special |
|---|
| 1 | Company Commander |
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| 1 | Infantry (equipped as modeled) |
| - | - |
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| with Pistol | 6" | 1 | n/a | |
| with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| with Submachine gun | 12" | 2 | n/a | Assault |
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| Forward Observer |
| Forward Observer (Artillery)
(Version 3 Rulebook page 234)
86Regular |
| Qty | Weapons | Range | Shots | Pen | Special |
|---|
| 1 | Forward Observer (Artillery) |
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| Infiltrator |
| 1 | Infantry (equipped as modeled) |
| - | - |
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| with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| with Pistol | 6" | 1 | n/a | |
| with Submachine gun | 12" | 2 | n/a | Assault |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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") |
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| 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 |
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| 2 | Infantry (equipped as modeled) |
| - | - |
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| with Pistol | 6" | 1 | n/a | |
| with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| with Submachine gun | 12" | 2 | n/a | Assault |
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| Engineers |
| Infantry Section (Engineers)
(Version 3 Rulebook page 235)
65Regular |
| Qty | Weapons | Range | Shots | Pen | Special |
|---|
| 1 | NCO with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| 4 | Infantry with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| Engineers | Engineers |
| Entire squad equipped with anti-tank grenades | Tank hunters |
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| Infantry Section (Engineers)
(Version 3 Rulebook page 235)
65Regular |
| Qty | Weapons | Range | Shots | Pen | Special |
|---|
| 1 | NCO with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| 4 | Infantry with Rifle | 24" | 1 | n/a |
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| Engineers | Engineers |
| Entire squad equipped with anti-tank grenades | Tank hunters |
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| Transports |
| Bren Carrier
(Version 3 Rulebook page 248)
50Regular |
| Qty | Vehicle
Weapons | Type
Range | Trans
Shots | DV
Pen |
Special |
|---|
| 1 | Bren Carrier |
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| 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 |
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| Bren Carrier
(Version 3 Rulebook page 248)
60Regular |
| Qty | Vehicle
Weapons | Type
Range | Trans
Shots | DV
Pen |
Special |
|---|
| 1 | Bren Carrier (Boys AT) |
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| 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 |
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| Bren Carrier
(Version 3 Rulebook page 248)
65Regular |
| Qty | Vehicle
Weapons | Type
Range | Trans
Shots | DV
Pen |
Special |
|---|
| 1 | Bren Carrier |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Tracked | - | 9+ | Slow |
| | Turret-mounted light anti-tank gun | 48" | 1 | +4 | HE (1") |
| | Co-axial MMG | 36" | 6 | n/a |
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| Vehicle |
| Light Tank
(Version 3 Rulebook page 240)
75Regular |
| Qty | Vehicle
Weapons | Type
Range | Trans
Shots | DV
Pen |
Special |
|---|
| 1 | Vickers Light Tank |
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| Tracked | - | 7+ |
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| | Turret-mounted HMG | 48" | 6 | +1 |
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| | Co-axial MMG | 36" | 6 | n/a |
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