Dutch 340 points

[martin goddard]

I think this is an interesting EW raw army.

Dutch

Platoon x 4
Each of:-
PC Pistol
8 rifles
3 LMG
1 Medium mortar 
1 AT rifle
Cost =72

MMG platoon
PC pistol
4 MMG
2 Rifle
Cost= 51

Adds up to 339 points.
With another 50 points some  AT guns or ACs mght be had?

I may try his out as small company and raw.


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Maybe rather better in defence (with guns) than in attack?

Simon

[Sean Clark]

I'm not quite grasping the concept of 340 pt companies. 

Are they designed to go up against 400pt lists? Or do both players become limited to 340? And if adding some A/C's or AT guns will get you to 400, what is the purpose of limiting to 340?

I may have missed the whole discussion around unorthodox companies.

[martin goddard]

Did you not get the scroll Sean?

Any player/army can choose to use 340 points instead of 400.

The compensation is that the player is allowed 6D6 per reinforcement roll instead of 4D6.
Also the player gets +4 to each of his 3 chosen assets. This will of course often give the opponent victory points as the asset total is 12 more.
These are the only 2 changes to the rules for 340 point armies.


This will really suit a player who has very cheap troop such as raw early war armies. Hence my Dutch example.

Because PBI insists that 4 units is the minimum , a late war army would find it more difficult to create 4 "good/useful" units with 340 points.

Late war armies often have platoons of 105 points.  Three of these would be 315 leaving only 25 points for  a fourth unit. Not tasty.

The raw Dutch army I outlined can have 4 platoons and a support platoon all for 340 points.

martin

[Sean Clark]

Roger.