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Which would be the best choice of anti tank weapon for an ig infantry unit ?

Lascannon.

Lascannon. There’s not much else to say.

Hypothetically, Tallarns are maybe a “suitable” fit for Meltagun, but other Factions can take multiple MG in their units and we don’t see that spamming the game.

OC Plasma is generally considered a better “meltagun”. If you can reroll 1’s like Catachans with Harker, for example, all the better.

But Lascannons is the right answer 95% of the time.

So you would want a heavy weapons squad along a normal squad for that anti tank capability then. Or is there a possibility to give the normal inf. squad a anti tank possibility on their own?

ordoteutonicus wrote:
So you would want a heavy weapons squad along a normal squad for that anti tank capability then. Or is there a possibility to give the normal inf. squad a anti tank possibility on their own?

Put the lascannon into infantry squad. Never never never into separate squad.

Autocannons btw are also good option against dark eldar/harlequin/necron vehicles

Yeah, las cannons if you want the correct answer, but autocannons are a damn good second option if you want a multi roll option that is a little more reliable and useful vs multi wound low toughness targets.

I run autocannons on almost everything i can because i like the idea of mortars firing and autocannons pounding away at a target. But i play 50% for theme.

To clarify, you can replace two “lasgunners” in an Infantry Squad with a single Heavy Weapon Team... equipped with a Lascannon.

There is also a unit called a Heavy Weapon Squad, that is composed of three Heavy Weapon Teams. In general, the best loadout there is 3x Mortars, as they can hide out of LOS and fire away. The other options require LOS and because 3x HWT are very fragile with lots of damage potential, opponents tend to eliminate them as a priority.

Which is why Infantry Squads, with 8 ish wound markers are better places for Lascannons, because someone has to kill the whole squad before they kill the LC.

thanks for the info!

Any time, welcome to the Guard!

Lascannons.

Meltaguns are good but that means you need more than one at the range... which means you need to be able to deliver them.

Lascannons can be in their separate squads because they have range.

If they are in separate squads they die. They need los means enemy has los and then they die. Enemy pretty much literally need to just say "boo"

Lazguns are probably your best antitank option in 8th. Statystically, a lazgun with frfsrf will deal around 3.5 times less damage than an equal amount of points in plazma. However, you're loosing out on frfsrf in favor of re-rolls to make your guyz overheat less often and this extea damage levels out simewhat. You're also bringing 2 less guards that add extra bodies.
I'd not bother and just get more basic dudes. They also become more effective if enemy has invul or hit modifiers.

and what about lascannons "hidden" in veterans or command squads?

It costs more per guardsman but on the other hand you are getting BS 3+ and with single shot weapon it can make a difference.

Also veterans could take up to 3 grenade launchers for kraks as little more AT oompfh.

Lascanons used to be my answer because the high AP makes them better vs a lot of vehicles

Bur missile launchers now are better as due to amount of 5++ missiles are just as good as las cannons vs things like knight and are better in that game you come up against a horde.

A missile launcher isn't just as good as a lascannon against a knight. The missile launcher is -1 to wound, that's a pretty big deal.

0.58 damage per missile launcher

Vs

0.78 per lascannon

Fairly similar

U02dah4 wrote:
0.58 damage per missile launcher

Vs

0.78 per lascannon

Fairly similar

Around a 25% difference. Fairly significant.

Gnollu wrote:
and what about lascannons "hidden" in veterans or command squads?

It costs more per guardsman but on the other hand you are getting BS 3+ and with single shot weapon it can make a difference.

Also veterans could take up to 3 grenade launchers for kraks as little more AT oompfh.

A command Squad with a lascannon and the rest sniper rifles can be a pretty good distraction unit. Great for making characters move in stupid ways, and good for shooting at tanks.

 JNAProductions wrote:

U02dah4 wrote:
0.58 damage per missile launcher

Vs

0.78 per lascannon

Fairly similar

Around a 25% difference. Fairly significant.

Not on those damage outputs you would need 5 lascannons vs 5 missile launchers to get an expectancy of 1 damage per turn difference vs knights and that difference dissapears completely vs a t7 5++ say an armiger.

25% increase on 20 Dam per turn is a big increase its not a big increase on 1 dam a turn. Essentialy ratios are not important output is - its why reroll 1's are more effective on a spacemarine than a guarrdsman with the same weapon.