23-04-2012, 12:09 PM
Chris...welcome aboard the FoW wagon..
The Russians have some decent armour. But look out for the "hen and chicks" rule.
Anti-Tank and Firepower rules are pretty simple.
Eg. T34/85 hits a Tiger 1E on front armour, from a distance of 12". BANG!
T34/84 has AT of 12, Tiger 1E front armour is 9.
German player makes an armour save roll and rolls a 2 (typical), adds this to the 9 (9+2=11)
This is less than the AT rating of the T34/85. So the Tiger is in trouble, it's either going to be destroyed or the crew will bail.
The firepower of the T34 is 3, so the Russian player needs to roll 3 or more to knock the tank out, 1 or 2 and the crew bail out.
If the german player had rolled a 3, then adding this to the armour rating would equal 12, the same as the AT rating of the T34/85. In this case the Russian player takes a firepower test and if 3 or more is scored the crew of the Tiger bail out, 1 or 2 and the Tiger escapes.
Allocating hits is pretty straight forward, the general rule of thumb seems to be that hits are allocated to the more expendable sections of a platoon first. You can select a priority target type when the platoon is mixed, and hits are directed to sections of that type first. If this involves armour, then hits are allocated by matching up the weakest armour with the lowest anti-tank rating.
On to the Russkies..it's all about massed formations. But you can work it quite well I think.
As a start, I'd upgrade all the T34's to T34/85. Unless you want to retain the fast mobility of the earlier t34.
Tank Killer company, SU85 is good, but the su100 has an AT factor of 16 ! (Slow and overloaded tho). This means that a hit on the front of a Tiger 1E is a guaranteed kill or bail..nice !
Gds hvy tank coy, KV-85 is good, and the IS2 is excellent.
Gds hvy assault gun copy, ISU-122 is a good all rounder.
Guards units are not affected by the hen and chicks rule.
Artillery wise, look at the 152mm howitzers. Over iron sights they have AT of 10 @ 24", and 5 with normal firing which is pretty good.
I can see my Germans coming in for a pasting here !
Si
The Russians have some decent armour. But look out for the "hen and chicks" rule.
Anti-Tank and Firepower rules are pretty simple.
Eg. T34/85 hits a Tiger 1E on front armour, from a distance of 12". BANG!
T34/84 has AT of 12, Tiger 1E front armour is 9.
German player makes an armour save roll and rolls a 2 (typical), adds this to the 9 (9+2=11)
This is less than the AT rating of the T34/85. So the Tiger is in trouble, it's either going to be destroyed or the crew will bail.
The firepower of the T34 is 3, so the Russian player needs to roll 3 or more to knock the tank out, 1 or 2 and the crew bail out.
If the german player had rolled a 3, then adding this to the armour rating would equal 12, the same as the AT rating of the T34/85. In this case the Russian player takes a firepower test and if 3 or more is scored the crew of the Tiger bail out, 1 or 2 and the Tiger escapes.
Allocating hits is pretty straight forward, the general rule of thumb seems to be that hits are allocated to the more expendable sections of a platoon first. You can select a priority target type when the platoon is mixed, and hits are directed to sections of that type first. If this involves armour, then hits are allocated by matching up the weakest armour with the lowest anti-tank rating.
On to the Russkies..it's all about massed formations. But you can work it quite well I think.
As a start, I'd upgrade all the T34's to T34/85. Unless you want to retain the fast mobility of the earlier t34.
Tank Killer company, SU85 is good, but the su100 has an AT factor of 16 ! (Slow and overloaded tho). This means that a hit on the front of a Tiger 1E is a guaranteed kill or bail..nice !
Gds hvy tank coy, KV-85 is good, and the IS2 is excellent.
Gds hvy assault gun copy, ISU-122 is a good all rounder.
Guards units are not affected by the hen and chicks rule.
Artillery wise, look at the 152mm howitzers. Over iron sights they have AT of 10 @ 24", and 5 with normal firing which is pretty good.
I can see my Germans coming in for a pasting here !
Si