Opsmed on the playtest board seems to be a very good tactician and he uses mixed formations extensively. ?Primarily, he uses Russ companies with mechanized infantry platoons.
The loaded chimeras stay near the back of the formation. ?Since they have good distance weapons, any suppression will probably be applied to them before the heavier Russ in front. ?It gives a tremendous boost in numbers for assaults, almost doubling from 10 to 19 units. ?It also gives a huge boost in FF for the same reasons.
But the thing that really surprised me when he pointed it out is that it gives a huge boost if the company is assaulted in hth. ?The chances of getting into base contact with the Chimeras in the back is slim, so the usually the troopers can pile out during countercharge and use their FF. ?Also, while your more valuable units (the Russ) are in base contact meaning they get hit first, they also have reinforced 4+ armor. ?You actually want them to take the hits first (from CC), even before the cheap infantry. ?That way, you shrug off more casualties, resulting in a much higher bonus on your assault resolution. ? Winning is the most important thing because it will actually result in a better preservation of your forces than "preserving" the expensive units during the assault only to lose them without a save if you lose the assault resolution.
Yes, you take a bit of additional risk if the chimeras are hit but they are in the back and only vulnerable to teleporters and air attacks and such. ?And since no infantry are exposed AP is still useless against the formation.
Darn slick if you ask me. 
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Almost forgot...
A similar thing works with Russ and mounted infantry companies - keep the Russ in front to protect the transports until you unload. Their firepower is varied enough that not much will be "wasted" by not splitting up fire. Don't forget that any unit in an assault fires the same, regardless of whether they are AT or AP, too. Again, Russ can very effectively lead an assaulting infantry formation due to their high armor.
Griffons with an infantry company in cover can stay behind the terrain, out of LoS so they don't get sniped by AT, but they can still fire indirect.
Hellhounds with mech infantry can make sense. They shield the transports from hits in the beginning and then pile on to any assaults.
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?Tanks were originally designed in WW1 to support Infantry to break the stalemate of the trenchs that wide use of automatic weapons (machine guns) and rapid firing breach loading artillery had created. ?At the beginning of WW2 the Germans perfected the technique in the "Blitzkrieg" by combining tanks, infantry, artillery and air support. ?And that is basically what all modern armies use today. ?The US has taken it to the next logical step in the "Air-Land Battle Doctrine" successfully used in recent conflicts ... ?If you don't play Epic with combined arms, you may as well play WHFB ! 
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. That kind of thing is harder to if they are part of the same formation. If they were in the same formation i'd only get 6 infantry stands with a 5cm counter charge instead of a 13 infantry (more with upgrades) with a 15cm enage move.
