Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Howdy all. As someone who hates Guard infantry but loves Guard tanks I want to do a Superheavy tank company. My question is what goes into one? If the regiment is supplied with baneblade chassis vehicles could they also get Malcadors/Macharius/etc.? How many tanks are there to a platoon and to a company? Thanks for your time.

Varies entirely based on supply and availability.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
If the regiment is supplied with baneblade chassis vehicles could they also get Malcadors/Macharius/etc.?

Possible, but not likely. The Malcador and Macharius are second-tier tanks that normally go to regiments that aren't able to get the Baneblade-class tanks. It's possible that a regiment could have one or more of those second-tier tanks issued to replace losses if no replacement Baneblade-class tanks are available (after all, any superheavy is better than nothing!) but it's probably not a situation the regiment would be happy with.

How many tanks are there to a platoon and to a company?

IA1 gives an example of a Cadian tank company that consists of a Shadowsword as the HQ tank and three Baneblades. This seems like it should be fairly standard, since a LRBT company is ~10 tanks plus HQ/support vehicles.

If you go back to Epic: Armageddon, the organisation was built on threes - that is, one super-heavy tank is considered equivalent to a three-tank squadron of 'normal' tanks, which is equivalent of a platoon in regimental organisation.

i.e.

Squad = Tank
Platoon = Tank Squadron = Individual Superheavy
Company = Tank Company = Superheavy 'Squadron' (also Company)

Plus company commanders often (but not always) add one additional squad, tank or superheavy as their personal command, meaning some regiments use 9 strong and some 10 strong tank companies.

Superheavy tanks do mix types. In the novel 'Baneblade', the company is a mix of a Baneblade, Shadowsword and Hellhammer. Mixing chassis types will be rarer (since most companies will be equipped by a single forge world) but not unheard of (as replacements would be supplied by whichever forge was nearest in case of losses).

As a rule, the Emperor's Fury formation is a pretty good starting point - three superheavies, and then attached 'support' - an enginseer is almost inevitable (a force like that would have its own dedicated maintenance team) and possibly other support units - maybe some sentinals for recon, a Hydra for flak cover, or a small veteran infantry platoon for support.

Epic: armageddon, again, used to have up to three such bolt-ons for each company, depending on the battlefield conditions. They were attachments, though, and not permanent parts of the company.