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Post subject: IG Organisations  Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:42 am |
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The reason for a combined arms team is flexiblility. Sure, if the IG was initially based on the Soviet model, then massed formations of Leman Reuss tanks are appropriate. But, any compentant Epic player is going to slap the snot out of them unless you have some infantry covering for them. While you can do this with separate infantry and armor detachments (and I have done this on occasion), I have been using combined arms forces, i.e. 5 leman reuss, 4 guard stands mounted in chimeras and 3 hvy weapons stands mounted in chimeras. This gives you the speed to manuever close in to the enemy, deploy your covering troops, and pound the poo out of the enemy with leman reuss and hvy squads.
just my 2cents worth.
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Legion 4
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:13 am |
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Welcome aboard Teekkari ! Many IG fans here and students of history as well as a few old soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen !  And Iblisdrax, your combined arms team concept is generally correct. However don't forget artillery and CAS too. I've commanded combined arms teams and one of the first things I did was call in FA ! 
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Teekkari
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:38 am |
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Thanks for the welcome!
Iblisdrax and Legion 4, I totally agree with you - combined arms is the way to go, especially so in competitive games. The formation you described is very similar to ones I mostly used when I had time and opponents to really play Epic 40,000, combined with hefty artillery support of course!
However, I still fancy the idea of separate Companies, if only for the fluff reasons. Maybe I just like neat formations? *grin*
Anyway, we'll see how it works - I've got a game scheduled for Friday - in the planet Fulda Gap I'll lead my World Eaters against 3rd Stygian Shock Regiment commanded by a friend interested in Epic.
It will be a 2000 or 3000 (depending if he wants to try out the Warlord also!) point slugfest with no infantry or artillery for the Guard and rather limited unit choices for the Traitor Marines, just because 80% of my Epic miniatures are still in storage.
Considering the above, and the facts that this will be his fourth game of Epic and my first game in six months, I reckon using word "tactics" in this context might be somewhat of an overstatement...but I can still post a battle report just for the fun of writing it  .
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:49 am |
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:16 am |
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| Quote (Teekkari @ 22 2003 Oct.,16:38) | | Anyway, we'll see how it works - I've got a game scheduled for Friday - in the planet Fulda Gap I'll lead my World Eaters against 3rd Stygian Shock Regiment commanded by a friend interested in Epic. |
LOL! Thats fantastic! Ensure your eaters complete REFORGER before they get stuck into it! 
Welcome again to the boards Teekkari, I'm sure you will enjoy the mix of Epic and historical discussion (in addition to just plain crapp ing on) that goes on here.
I agree with your comments re Guard- Soviet style organisation. Even the dogma of having Commissars fits.
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:17 pm |
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Welcome Teekkari... I look forward to seeing a battle report!
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Legion 4
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:23 pm |
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Commanded a Mech Co. in REFORGER '88 and been to Fulda ! Didn't see any Chaos SMs, though ?!  
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Mojarn Piett
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:02 am |
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:20 pm |
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Legion 4
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:26 pm |
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Chaos SMs = French ... works for me. Primarch should be informed ...
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:37 pm |
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| Quote (Mojarn Piett @ 22 2003 Oct.,07:49) | Planet Fulda Gap? LOL! Are you going to game in planet Summa or Suomussalmi anytime soon? Or how about planet Ihantala?
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We've always fought over a planet called Barbarossa II, with Space Marines of the (Evil) Imperium attacking the (Rebel) Alliance of Workers and Farmers, who seem to closely resemble Soviet IG down to their pseudo-Russian names...
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Legion 4
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:55 pm |
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Asaura, are you from France ?! ?
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:14 pm |
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Asaura, are you from France ?! ? |
Ei, kyll? min? olen ihan Suomesta. (translation: yet another ?ber-Finn)
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Legion 4
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Post subject: IG Organisations Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 5:20 pm |
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Wow ! A lot Finns on this site ! Good Show ! You guys must like G/W stuff ! Bravo !
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