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So pretty much tankbustas aren't great, but surely they can be made to work. I trialled this against a friends DE and won so maybe it has potential... we'll see.

HQ
Big Mek: 85
KFF

Elites
10 Tankbustas: 220
Nob with bp
3 bomb squigs
Trukk with rokkit launcha

10 Tankbustas: 220
Nob with bp
3 bomb squigs
Trukk with rokkit launcha

Troops
20 Shoota boys: 170
Nob with PK, bp
2 big shootas

20 Shoota boys: 170
Nob with PK, bp
2 big shootas

Fast Attack
3 Deffkoptas: 135
TL rokkit launchas

1000

The idea is that with 25 rokkits, at least 1 should hit a turn. It was successful against DE skimmers but IG tanks... doubt it. Ideas?

Hitting on a 5+ and glancing on a 6+? Best hope he doesn't not bring anything greater than 5+ strength of your busters won't be able to cross the field much. At 1000 I bring a vendetta or two tanks. But that is because I see lots of armor in my area.

Well one option is the tankhammer/tankbusta bombs. Toyed with the idea of adding a boarding plank on the trukk if harder vehicles come about. Another option I had considered is dropping the mek and koptas and taking a warboss on a bike to deal to hard tanks. But then that sort of takes it away from the idea of tankbustas dealing to all the vehicles.
I see a bit of armour but mostly its light <AV13. So I just need a solution to the odd time something hard arises>

I think that tank bustas are usable in 6th with the FAQ. I used them in a tournament in a battlewagon 14 with two tank hammers and three bomb squigs, with a boarding plank and two big shootas and a deff rolla.. One turn I was fighting Dark Eldar and Eldar. Just from that unit alone, I took out two skimmers with the bomb squigs, another skimmer with the rokkits and raked through some troops that fell out of a destroyed skimmer. That was turn one, I went first and just moved 12 inches, into ruins.

I survived turn one, and the next turn, I rolled over more troops, shot up another skimmer with the rokkits but immobilized myself. Not to worry, grot riggas got out and fixed it, and the Big mek on board fixed a hull point.

This is the best that I have had one do, and demonstrated that mounted tank bustas can be a front line choice.
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They have also destoyed a small marine squad outright that was going to try to get an objective and forgot the cross fire from my Bustas as they came around a building in their battlewagon. so much fun.

I say, use them.

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in your list, I was confused how you managed to purchase the trucks for your tank bustas.

Yeah, I dont think I can legally take them in trukks when I look at it, just that no ones ever brought it up so I havn't considered it much. So have to chuck them in a battle wagon.
I have found that they are good for skimmers as they glance on a 2 or 3, hence they were good against DE. Its just tougher tanks that are an issue. What would be the likelihood of being able to use a boarding plank and tankhammer with a battlewagon. Would you even get that close?
I do agree about the marines though, I've run them against them as well and even if a bit overkill, it works but you just have to block line of sight to any enemy tanks.

I haved used a Tank Hammer on with a boarding plank to kill both a dreadnought and the marine flyer that went skimmer to drop its load.

I load my tank with a Big Mek armed with KFF. And also bring along one or two other Battlewagons to provide cover or blocking for my tank bustas. I move it full tilt 12 inches to where I want to off load if I have to. I do not get out unless I am forced to or need to contest an objective. If you are shooting 11-13 rokkits, even as snap shots, you are going to hit something.

I have not had this happen yet, but came really close a few times.

Think turn one, but likely turn two.

You get close enough to a group of vehicles, hopefully transports or light armour, but one big baddy would be ok.

You first roll in with your deff rolla, hit a vehicle, or if lucky two or three. Now you are likely going to be close enough for the boarding plank. you have three bomb squigs. So, if you have 13 rokkits, three bomb squigs, two tank hammers and a deff rolla, and two big shootas on the wagon.

Here is what you can do.
Deff rolla squish something in the way or many things D6 S10 x how many units you touch.
use the boarding plank with one tank hammer during movement phase I believe, counts as charging, so 3 attacks at strength 10, hitting likely 1-2 times and penetrating most anything.
you sacrifice one of your rokkits, and use your two tank hammer orks to release three bomb squigs, if you release them from different points on the vehicle, you can potentially hit three different vehicles.
OK then you have 12 orks firing at any remaining vehicles that have not yet blown up, or if all vehicles are gone, then shoot the models that have had to come out of their shells.

Then, snap shot the big shootas at what they can damage.

and all of this without getting out of your 14/12/10 vehicle that moved and has a KFF in it.

I played with this set up in a tournament for 5 games. They made their points every game, and only one two games did they have to leave the vehicle late in the game, and again, I was where I wanted to be anyway.

Also, no one was anticipating this unit as it was not seen much, if at all, in 5th Ed.

nuf said.

I had thought about a few of these things but its always seemed abit airy to me how exactly they work, namely;
- if a bomb squig is released does it count as the unit firing at it so they all have to target that vehicle.
- if someone uses a boarding plank to attack a vehicle do they count as being in close combat
- can you use a boarding plank to attack a vehicle that you didn't target in the shooting phase
- and does the boading plank count as charging so you get +1A and furious charge

Other than that the notion of blowing up a flier with a tankhammer is hilarious, even better with a marine one.

Check out the FAQs, they answer just about all of your questions and they do give you flexibility on targeting.

The bomb squigs are actually released I believe and the same time as shooting with the rest of them, but they have their own rules and the target is just the closest vehicle by dice roll, they do not "target" so they do hit vehs that also cannot be seen, if they are the closest.

Yes, boarding plant is like charging, so you get the +1 and the FC.


And yes, a flyer that came down to skimmer level was just too nice of a target.

Tell me how this list runs ive always wanted to try bustas out