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Just moving this to the right place. Reworked it as well, to fit what I think is more correct information. Again, I have never been a part of the US Army, and am going off of what I'm researching. If those who have been a part of the organization could assist with the platoon setup, I'd be much obliged.
Troops -- A US Army force may choose to take either a Platoon or a single Infantry Unit as a single Troops Choice.
Army Infantry Platoon
An Army Infantry Platoon consists of 1 Platoon Command Unit, and up to four other Units.
Army Platoon Command Unit
50 points
An Army Platoon Command Unit contains the following 1 Lieutenant
2 Radio-Telephone Operators
1 Platoon Forward Observer
1 Platoon Medic
-- All members may replace their M16A4 with a Mossberg 500 (counts as Shotgun) for free
Army Infantry Unit
50 points minimum
An Army Infantry Unit contains the following: Rifle Team: Sergeant, 4 Soldiers
Weapons Team: Corporal, 4 Soldiers
-- All members of both teams may replace their M16A4 with a Mossberg 500 (counts as Shotgun) for free
The Rifle Team and Weapons team may choose to deploy separately or as one squad.
The Weapons Team may upgrade each its soldiers to the following for +5 points each
-- Automatic Rifleman
-- Grenadier
-- Squad Designated Marksman
Statlines
Army Soldier WS3, BS3, S3, T3, I3, A1(2), Ld7, Sv6+, 4 pts
-- Body Armor (6+ save)
-- M16A4 (counts as lasgun)
-- M9 Pistol (counts as laspistol
-- Bayonet/Combat Knife (counts as 1 CCW)
-- Frag Grenades
Army Corporal WS3, BS3, S3, T3, I3, A2(3), Ld8, Sv6+, 9 pts
-- Uses Army Soldier's equipment, and gains the following:
-- Radio system (counts as vox)
Army Sergeant WS3, BS3, S3, T3, I3, A2(3), Ld8, Sv6+, 9 pts
-- Uses Army Soldier's equipment, and gains the following:
-- Radio system (counts as vox)
-- May give Orders like a Platoon Commander
Army Lieutenant WS3, BS4, S3, T3, I3, A2(3), Ld9, Sv6+
-- Uses Army Soldier's equipment, and gains the following:
-- Radio system (counts as vox)
-- May give Orders like a Platoon Commander
Radio-Telephone Operators -- Uses Army Soldier's equipment and stats, and gains the following:
-- Radio-Telephone system (counts as vox, grants other benefits yet to be determined)
Platoon Forward Observer -- Uses Army Soldier's equipment and stats, and gains the following:
-- May count as Line of Sight for indirect fire weapons.
-- Artillery Strike: Range Unlimited, S9 AP2, Ordnance Barrage 1 Blast, Twin-Linked
Platoon Medic -- Uses Army Soldier's equipment and stats, and gains the following:
-- Medical Supplies: Grants Feel No Pain (for simplified rules)
Automatic Rifleman -- Uses Army Soldier's stats and equipment, and gains the following:
-- M249 SAWS (counts as heavy stubber)
Grenadier -- Uses Army Soldier's stats and equipment, and gains the following:
-- M320 Grenade Launcher (counts as grenade launcher)
---- Instead of firing, may use a Smoke Grenade to grant the squad the Stealth USR for one turn.
Squad Designated Marksman -- Uses Army Soldier's stats and equipment, and replaces the M16A4 with the following:
-- M16A4 SDM
---- Fire mode 1: R36", SX AP-, Heavy 1 Sniper
---- Fire mode 2: R24", S3 AP-, Rapid Fire
The "radio system" is basically the integrated communication systems used by modern squads-- what basically is the equivalent of 40k's commbeads.
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Uh... What's the point? I mean, the U.S. has some of the finest soldiers out there, but other than the fact that the United States no longer exists in the 41st millennium, how different would it really play than Mechanized or Airborne IG? Hell, 90% of the stuff you listed up there is just "counts as" stuff from C:IG. By all means, make a U.S. Army "counts as" force using the IG codex, but this just seems redundant.
And I was basically looking for somewhere to put it that seemed more appropriate.
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Good stuff.
you should add the option for Shotguns. Check out the AA-12 on youtube.
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Aren't shotguns nonstandard weapons in most Army deployments?
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Shotguns are special issue for urban enviroments.
as a foot soldier clearing a house a shotgun is your worst nightmare AND you best friend.
the AA-12 is going to be put into use fairly soon if not already. Fully auto, Special ammo types(including a Frag Granade round), and compact.
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I'd probably just stick with shotguns to replace the M16A4s.
Mossberg 500 is the one I recognize so I'll use it.
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What should I do about heavy weapons? For example, the LAW, which I assume would roughly equate to a krak missile.
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I mean how are they deployed? Would they be given to the weapons team, or to their own specific squad, or somethng else?
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Nope. Even IF you can convince me it's as good as flak armor, it doesn't cover nearly as much of the body as Flak armor is and it's heavier than flak armor despite covering less.
Automatically Appended Next Post: So, I'm guessing I should give the option for the Weapons Team to have one heavy weapon? I didn't really get a clear answer for that.
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A US soldier's armour is pretty similiar to a Cadian and actually alot better than all the other regiments (Catachan's wera tank tops). Kevlar is good. Seriously look who has 6+ saves: Dark Eldar wyches and orks who appear to use pots and pans to make their armour.
KamikazeCanuck wrote:A US soldier's armour is pretty similiar to a Cadian and actually alot better than all the other regiments (Catachan's wera tank tops). Kevlar is good. Seriously look who has 6+ saves: Dark Eldar wyches and orks who appear to use pots and pans to make their armour.
Dude we wear cloth CLOTH do you really think a las bolt won't go though it.
KamikazeCanuck wrote:A US soldier's armour is pretty similiar to a Cadian and actually alot better than all the other regiments (Catachan's wera tank tops). Kevlar is good. Seriously look who has 6+ saves: Dark Eldar wyches and orks who appear to use pots and pans to make their armour.
Dude we wear cloth CLOTH do you really think a las bolt won't go though it.
Try watching the news sometimes. US troops wear Kevlar. An extremly durable caramic that's used on vehicles and ships.
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KamikazeCanuck wrote:A US soldier's armour is pretty similiar to a Cadian and actually alot better than all the other regiments (Catachan's wera tank tops). Kevlar is good. Seriously look who has 6+ saves: Dark Eldar wyches and orks who appear to use pots and pans to make their armour.
Dude we wear cloth CLOTH do you really think a las bolt won't go though it.
try watching the news sometimes. US troops wear Kevlar. An extremly durable caramic that's used on vehicles and ships. You know who else uses ceramic armour? Space Marines.
No space marines use plasteel wich is strouger than that worthless cloth
KamikazeCanuck wrote:A US soldier's armour is pretty similiar to a Cadian and actually alot better than all the other regiments (Catachan's wera tank tops). Kevlar is good. Seriously look who has 6+ saves: Dark Eldar wyches and orks who appear to use pots and pans to make their armour.
Dude we wear cloth CLOTH do you really think a las bolt won't go though it.
try watching the news sometimes. US troops wear Kevlar. An extremly durable caramic that's used on vehicles and ships. You know who else uses ceramic armour? Space Marines.
No space marines use plasteel wich is strouger than that worthless cloth
Spellcheck my good sir. You are also wrong, by the way.
KamikazeCanuck wrote:A US soldier's armour is pretty similiar to a Cadian and actually alot better than all the other regiments (Catachan's wera tank tops). Kevlar is good. Seriously look who has 6+ saves: Dark Eldar wyches and orks who appear to use pots and pans to make their armour.
Dude we wear cloth CLOTH do you really think a las bolt won't go though it.
try watching the news sometimes. US troops wear Kevlar. An extremly durable caramic that's used on vehicles and ships. You know who else uses ceramic armour? Space Marines.
No space marines use plasteel wich is strouger than that worthless cloth
Spellcheck my good sir. You are also wrong, by the way.
Melissia, Kevlar is a truley wicked material that's brought the modern Fighting soldiers survivabilty to an all time high. Unfortunatley, combat concussions are also at an al time high. The armour almost always survives but the man beneath can take only so much.
In would argur that Kevlar is actually better than an IG flak jacket. Also a M1A1 Abrams is better than a Leman Russ. An Abrams armour would be 14 14 13
KamikazeCanuck wrote:Melissia, Kevlar is a truley wicked material that's brought the modern Fighting soldiers survivabilty to an all time high. Unfortunatley, combat concussions are also at an al time high. The armour almost always survives but the man beneath can take only so much.
In would argur that Kevlar is actually better than an IG flak jacket. Also a M1A1 Abrams is better than a Leman Russ. An Abrams armour would be 14 14 13
Agreed.
Thinking about it I would honestly say that an Abrams would kick the snot out of a Leman Russ any day of the week. Mainly cause the Abrams can move and fire ALL its guns at max speed and that squadrens can split fire!! Rofl
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