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Let me know what you all think. I know it's a bit lacking in the typical Lascannon anti-tank gunline. It's FOC legal so that I can field it in normal games as well as Apocalypse games (hense the addition of the Baneblade at the end of the list - note that it is not included in the total).

Imperial Guard Army List

Headquarters – 567pts

Command Platoon – 567pts

Command Squad – 107pts

Heroic Senior Officer – 76pts
Iron Discipline, Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon

Imperial Guardsmen (4) – 0pts
Assorted Small Arms

Commissariat Advisor – 41pts
Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon

Fire Support Squad – 95pts
Imperial Guardsmen (6)
3 Autocannons, Lasguns

Fire Support Squad – 95pts
Imperial Guardsmen (6)
3 Autocannons, Lasguns

Special Weapons Squad – 75pts
Imperial Guardsmen (6)
2 Meltaguns, Demo Charge, Assorted Small Arms

Special Weapons Squad – 75pts
Imperial Guardsmen (6)
2 Meltaguns, Demo Charge, Assorted Small Arms

Sentinel Squadron – 110pts
Sentinels (2)
Multilaser, Hunter Killer Missile

Elites – 227pts

Hardened Veteran Squad – 76pts
Hardened Veteran Sergeant
Bolter
Hardened Veterans (4)
3 Plasma Guns, Lasgun

Hardened Veteran Squad – 76pts
Hardened Veteran Sergeant
Bolter
Hardened Veterans (4)
3 Plasma Guns, Lasgun

Hardened Veteran Squad – 76pts
Hardened Veteran Sergeant
Bolter
Hardened Veterans (4)
3 Meltaguns, Lasgun

Troops – 792pts

Storm Trooper Grenadier Squad – 100pts
STG Sergeant
Hellpistol, Close Combat Weapon, Frag and Krak Grenades
Storm Trooper Grenadiers (7)
2 Plasma Guns, Hellguns, Frag and Krak Grenades

Storm Trooper Grenadier Squad – 100pts
STG Sergeant
Hellpistol, Close Combat Weapon, Frag and Krak Grenades
Storm Trooper Grenadiers (7)
2 Plasma Guns, Hellguns, Frag and Krak Grenades

Storm Trooper Grenadier Squad – 100pts
STG Sergeant
Hellpistol, Close Combat Weapon, Frag and Krak Grenades
Storm Trooper Grenadiers (7)
2 Plasma Guns, Hellguns, Frag and Krak Grenades

Infantry Platoon – 492pts

Command Squad – 112pts

Junior Officer – 71pts
Iron Discipline, Honorifica Imperialis, Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon

Imperial Guardsmen (4) – 0pts
Assorted Small Arms

Commissariat Advisor – 41pts
Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon

Infantry Squad – 95pts
Imperial Guardsmen w/ Lascannon, Plasma Gun, Lasguns

Infantry Squad – 95pts
Imperial Guardsmen w/ Lascannon, Plasma Gun, Lasguns

Infantry Squad – 95pts
Imperial Guardsmen w/ Lascannon, Plasma Gun, Lasguns

Infantry Squad – 95pts
Imperial Guardsmen w/ Lascannon, Plasma Gun, Lasguns

Fast Attack – 405pts

Hellhound – 135pts
Inferno Cannon, Hull Heavy Bolter, Pintle Heavy Stubber, Extra Armor, Smoke Launchers

Hellhound – 135pts
Inferno Cannon, Hull Heavy Bolter, Pintle Heavy Stubber, Extra Armor, Smoke Launchers

Hellhound – 135pts
Inferno Cannon, Hull Heavy Bolter, Pintle Heavy Stubber, Extra Armor, Smoke Launchers

Heavy Support – 504pts

Leman Russ Main Battle Tank – 168pts
Battlecannon, Hull Lascannon, Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Smoke Launcher

Leman Russ Main Battle Tank – 168pts
Battlecannon, Hull Lascannon, Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Smoke Launcher

Leman Russ Demolisher – 168pts
Demolisher Cannon, Hull Heavy Bolter, Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Smoke Launcher

* * * * *

HQ – 567pts
EL – 227pts
TR – 792pts
FA – 405pts
HS – 504pts
TOTAL – 2498pts

Super Heavy Detachment – 537pts
(Not included in above total)

Baneblade – 537pts
Baneblade Cannon with Coaxial Autocannon, Twin-Linked Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Lascannon Side Turrets, Hull Demolisher Cannon, Hull Twin-Linked Heavy Bolter, Pintle Heavy Stubber, Command Tank

* * * * *

Thanks in advance for the C&C.

CK

Just a quick note:

Assorted Small Arms is used to describe a combination of Lasguns, Shotguns, and Laspistols and Close Combat Weapons. The only thing you need to really remember about it is that they all are equal in their ineffectiveness at killing anything.

CK

Not true. I saw 60 guardsman put a wound on a GK hero once.

Oh, killing. Right.

Here's my standard advice:

Don't put lascannons on LR tanks.

Don't spend points on heavy stubbers unless you can't squeeze more infantry in.

Extra armor is bad. Smoke launchers too.

I don't like PG myself, but YMMV.

Rest of it...well it's a IG gunline army.

Thanks for the input, Stelek.

I once had a rapid-firing Lasgun put down a Tomb Spyder. The chances of that happening are pretty low though.

In response to your points:

1. Hull Lascannons are often frowned upon, and for good reason. I can't bring myself to remove them however - call it an unwillingness to have only infantry-based anti-tank.

2. I figured the Stubbers would complement the Inferno Cannon and Heavy Bolters of the Hellhounds quite nicely - I'll see if I can eke out another squad of some sort from the 36 points. Maybe a Deep Striking remnant squad with a Plasma Gun would be nice.

3. Extra Armor is essential for those Hellhounds to be effective, IMO. Moving out of an enemy firing lane is immensely helpful, especially if it means being able to Tank Shock an enemy squad out of assault range of soft friendly infantry. Smoke complements this by reducing the enemy's chances of inflicting a killing blow to a maximum of 17% per glancing/penetrating hit.

4. I used to be all about Meltaguns. I still have a few in the list, but after throwing down two Triple-Plas Hardened Veteran Squads, I cannot say no to that kind of devastation. Especially when combined with the destructive abilities of a Poor Man's Vortex Grenade (AKA Demo Charge).

I appreciate the input. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should do regarding points freed up by eliminating the 3 Heavy Stubbers, 6 Smoke Launchers, and 3 Extra Armors (69 points)?

CK

Nice fun apocalypse army. At 2500 points, the list has less long range infantry based firepower than I'd like, but all of those lascannons are buried nice and deep in the line squads.

grenadiers without chimeras would not be something I wanted. But if this army was made using the forgeworld deathkorps models and these were the skull faced grenadiers, then I would love them forever.

If that was the case then I'd say add a gorgon for the infantry platoon, and some centaurs with extra armor for the grenadiers! Just kidding (or am I?)

From a fluff perspective, its a very death korps list (minus the death riders) and from a competitive perspective, you've taken good units in good configurations. In a game as large as 2500 I'd be really interested to hear if guard can really pull off having all three elements in a single list. The three elements being gunline/drop troops/armored-mechanized.

I know they wouldn't be able to run a full gunline, unless the depth of the table was increased, you just aren't going to get 300 models in your deployment zone without totally splitting up your firebase and weakening your firepower at any particular point of a table.

Here's to hoping you can get some 2500 point games lined up.

I should be able to have my entire army back together during my Spring Break - I'll see about lining up a game then.

I agree with you that combination armies seem to be less common than those armies out there that rely mostly on Drop Troops or Mechanized units. I've had pretty good success with this list - taking elements of all usually means one part of my army folds against a particular opponent, while one other rampages, and the third kind of acts the middleman.

You're sharp - I was inspired by Death Korps in making this army, sans Rough Riders, of course. I'll keep the Chimeras in mind as I expand to 3500 (that total includes the Baneblade).

CK