Australian Build

[Modern Major-General]

All I need is for WOTC to release a Matilda tank in a future set and I will have my Australian army. I will call it Waltzing Matilda.

:D

[horacus]

Or a Sentinel. Well, but we can say that we need an Australian tank. At least one.

[Lagduf]

An Australian plane? Or did they aircraft from other nations?

[Joisey]

For right now, an Australian Build consists of 20 Veteran SMLE riflemen. :)

[Predator666]

I think the australian's need a tank or two. That way they can more easily be played with out a ton of British reinforcements.

[NEVjr]

much like the canadians, the aussies used mostly brit equipment, and a matilda is to classicly british to make aussie

[dracos42]

An Australian plane? Or did they aircraft from other nations?

The Australians built some planes of their own. The most famous ones would probably be the Wirraway attack plane, based on the North American T-6 trainer, and the later Boomerang fighter, also based on the T-6.

The Boomerang was armed with 2 20mm cannon and 4 30. cal mgs. No bombs from what I've read, so an AAM card for the Boomerang would be a twin of the Me-109E card.

The Wirraway was armed with 2 30. cal mgs in the wings, 1 in the rear, and carried a light bomb load. Let's see. (This is off the top of my sleepy head, so it will need revision).

speed A defense 4/4
AI: 5/4/0
AV: 2/1/0

SA's: all the same SA's as the Ju-87G, plus one for the bomb load.

Attack bomber: Once per game, this plane may bomb a hex. An attack with a strength of 6 dice against soliders and 3 dice against armor is made against all units in the target hex.

[dracos42]

Here's a possible Australian force for defending against a hypothetical Japanese invasion in early 1942.

1 Wirraway plane (cost 10?)
1 Inspiring LT 10 pts
1 Hunting Sniper 9 pts
1 Bren Carrier 10 pts
1 M2 Mortar 6 pts
1 Vickers MG 8 pts
9 Veteran SMLE Riflemen 45 pts

15 units for 98 points. Toss in one Chinese rifleman to make it an even 100. Or bump up the Wirraway's cost to 12. Or trade the Vickers in for a 50 cal quad. :D I like that one.

Michael