Post your favorite army

[Hiro]

Here is my Panzer Patrol;100 pts, 10 units;

30 Panzer IV Ausf. G
15 sIg 33
20 Pak 38 Anti-tank
10 Mg 42 machine gun
9 Type 82 Mortar
9 Mauser Kar 98
7 SS-Haupsturnfuhrer

I use the the Panzer to hang back and use my infantry with the sIG 33 to move onto the objective. The bad thing about the panzer is that it can get overwhelmed quickly by fast moving shermans. When the allies run up on my Panzer I try to use my pak 38's for rear shots. The MG42 and the mortar team are my infantry killers. The Mauser's are good filler and often can go the distant with the Haupsturn special abilities. What armies have y'all built or plan to build.

[NewtonCain]

I don't have enough units yet. Ask in a couple weeks after the general release. Then I'll have armies.

[Arex]

Well, I have 2 I'm working on:

Allies:

|| Army Name: Allies Test 2 ||
|| ARMY TOTALS: Cost: 100 Total Units: 8 ||
1 32 USSR 4 KV-1
1 35 UK 8 Churchill Crocodile
1 8 UK 15 Vickers Machine-Gun Team
1 4 US 16 Bazooka
2 4 US 18 M1 Grand Rifle
1 6 US 24 Mortar M2
1 7 US 25 "Red Devil" Captain

Axis:
|| Army Name: Axis Test ||
|| ARMY TOTALS: Cost: 100 Total Units: 8 ||
1 57 GER 26 Jagdpanther
1 9 GER 31 Panzer II Ausf. C
1 5 GER 33 Panzerfaust 30
1 7 GER 37 SS-Haupsturmfuhrer
1 3 JPN 44 Arisaka Rifle
1 7 JPN 47 Type 92 Machine-Gun Team
1 9 JPN 48 Type 95 Ha-Go

They work ok, but I think there is still some work that needs to be done to make them better. Any suggestions?

[Rykion]

My favorite force that I have actually played is the following:

1x28pt T34/76
1x21pt M4 Sherman
1x15pt M5 Stuart
1x8pt Humber Scout Car
1x4pt M1 Garand
2x8pt Vickers MG team
1x7pt Red Devil Captain
8 units 99pts total

The Stuart, Humber, and MG teams are great infantry killers. Use them to knock out any infantry that threaten your vehicles. The Stuart is also good against light enemy vehicles. The T34 is solid defensively, use it to take the objective and bring an MG team along with it (transport) to defend against infantry attack. The Sherman is effective in anti-armor support for the T34, but should remain in cover when possible.

I'm considering taking a 6 pounder in place of an MG team to give the force more anti-vehicle power. I'm also hoping to get enough Russian infantry to replace the Captain and Garand team with a Commissar and 2 standard Russian infantry to represent a lend-lease force.

[Stojakovic]

Originally Posted by NewtonCain

I don't have enough units yet. Ask in a couple weeks after the general release. Then I'll have armies.

Same here but I want to make a Russian or pure Italian army but there is not enough units to make an effective army.

[Hiro]

Originally Posted by Stojakovic

Same here but I want to make a Russian or pure Italian army but there is not enough units to make an effective army.

Actually you can have a fairly strong all Soviet army;

Hiro's Heroes; 99 pts; 6 units;

6 Mosin-Nagant
5 Comissar
32 KV-1
56 T-34

Each tank carries one guy and if you can keep them close enough when you assault with your inaftry they will be in spaces adjacent to you commisar. The soviet tanks are super tough. I like to drive them backwards to mess with my opponent.

[Plagued]

Originally Posted by Rykion

I'm also hoping to get enough Russian infantry to replace the Captain and Garand team with a Commissar and 2 standard Russian infantry to represent a lend-lease force.

I'd definately go for the higher numbers of units. Three troops > two troops. Despite stats, thats one more possible target, one more attack spent and one more option to have.

Even if you just use them to eat up attacks, those are attacks that may not be hitting more important units, and if the enemy ignores them, thats three infantry to can use to spike objectives.

[Stojakovic]

Originally Posted by Hiro

Actually you can have a fairly strong all Soviet army;

Hiro's Heroes; 99 pts; 6 units;

6 Mosin-Nagant
5 Comissar
32 KV-1
56 T-34

Each tank carries one guy and if you can keep them close enough when you assault with your inaftry they will be in spaces adjacent to you commisar. The soviet tanks are super tough. I like to drive them backwards to mess with my opponent.

I already know you can make a good army but not a great army! Set 2 will allow that the Germans are the best right now (in my opinion) but they have have some point cost problems

[loyalcitizen]

I'm getting so tired of seeing "armies" with more vehicles than infantry units.
It's not your fault. The system rewards vehicles. But I'd really like to see a lot less game emphasis on tanks. I'd really love to see tournament formats where you get 100 pts and can only spend 50 on vehicles. Call it "Standard Format."

Someday I hope to see a Campaign format. Build three 100 point armies, with no more than 3 vehicles total spread between the 3 armies (A, B, & C). At the start of each round, your opponent rolls a die to see which one of your armies is encountered: A, B, or C.

[Rykion]

Originally Posted by loyalcitizen

I'm getting so tired of seeing "armies" with more vehicles than infantry units. It's not your fault.

No one has posted an army with more vehicles than infantry units. I will probably create historical scenarios with preset, mostly infantry armies, and I will probably design "army lists" that require a certain number of points of infantry. An army with a lot of infantry, will require a substantial purchase of boosters. To actually use infantry TO&E style army lists will probably require the purchase of a case of boosters or lots of trading.