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I'm looking to bring a balanced list. Little of everything to play against my brother. I know he is bringing some Stug III's and maybe a couple Tigers. I'm running an Irish Guard Rifle list out of Hell's Highway and was wondering what changes I could make to improve the list. I have about all of the options so feel free to use anything in your ideas. Here's the list copied from Easy Army:
2 CMD Rifle Teams
1 OP Carrier
Guards Rifle Platoon p.25
1 Cmd Rifle/MG team
1 PIAT team
1 Light Mortar team
4 Rifle/MG team
145
Guards Rifle Platoon p.25
1 Cmd Rifle/MG team
1 PIAT team
1 Light Mortar team
4 Rifle/MG team
145
Guards Rifle Platoon p.25
1 CMD Rifle/MG team
1 PIAT team
1 Light Mortar team
4 Rifle/MG team
145
Weapons Platoons
Guards Anti-tank Platoon p.27
1 Cmd Rifle team
4 OQF 6 pdr gun
155
Brigade Support
Guards Armoured Platoon p.17
3 Sherman V
1 Firefly VC
375
Guards Armoured Platoon p.17
3 Sherman V
1 Firefly VC
375
Divisional Support
Field Battery, Royal Artillery p.34
2 Cmd Rifle team
1 Staff team
1 Observer Rifle team
1 OP Carrier
2 QF 25 pdr gun

List total comes to 1510, we're playing 1500 so I could shave 10 points although I doubt he is gonna mind in our early games.
Thanks for any help guys

To me it looks like you're spread a bit thin. I understand you want an all-comers list but a 2 gun artillery battery isn't really going to help you much.

You really need full infantry platoons as well. I would either drop the artillery and bulk up your infantry (though I doubt you have points for that) or drop the artillery and one of your infantry platoons to bulk out the rest and get a small mortar platoon.

have to agree that i'd rather have 2 full than 3 partial infantry platoons, i'd also think of adding in another Firefly to the tank platoon

Alright so I made a few change.
Went from 3 Platoons with 4 squads to two platoons with 6 teams, maxing out the infantry per platoon.
Went from 3 Shermans and 1 Firefly to 2 Shermans, 2 Firefly's.
And now instead of two 25 pdr there are 4.

Still a little over on points but I can find somewhere to shave some off

With 2 platoons of Shermans with 2 Fireflys each how about dropping the atgs for a carrier patrol?

http://fowlists.blogspot.com/2013/01/hells-highway-british-guards-rifle_19.html
Compulsory Guards Rifle Company HQ - 1x CinC Rifle, 1x 2iC Rifle (40 pts)

Compulsory Guards Rifle Platoon - 1x Command Rifle/MG, 1x PIAT, 1x Light Mortar, 6x Rifle/MG (185 pts)

Compulsory Guards Rifle Platoon - 1x Command Rifle/MG, 1x PIAT, 1x Light Mortar, 6x Rifle/MG (185 pts)

Guards Carrier Platoon - 1x Command Universal Carrier, 2x Universal Carrier (100 pts)

Guards Armoured Platoon - 1x Command Sherman, 1x Sherman, 2x Sherman Firefly (390 pts)

Guards Armoured Platoon - 1x Command Sherman, 1x Sherman, 2x Sherman Firefly (390 pts)

Field Battery, Royal Artillery - 1x Independent Command Rifle, 1x Independent Staff, 1x Command Rifle, 1x Observer Rifle, 1x OP Carrier, 4x 25pdr (210 pts)

1500 Points, 6 Platoons

I suppose the carriers count towards the number of deployable platoons? If not you will only be able to deploy two if defending.