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Thoughts about armored company lists in 8th? Practically guaranteed to go 1st for the alpha strike. Tough as nails to crack maybe? Lots of long-range firepower maybe? Difficulty contesting objectives? Is it even possible to table armies with parking lots anymore? 17 heavy bolters, 3 battle cannons, 1 punisher, 3 manticores, 2 inferno cannons, and an artillery barrage. Almost everything either rerolls 1s, hits on 3+ or both. Pask alone dishes out 29 str5 hits on 2+ and 3 manticores near the master of ordinance means 6d6 str10 shots across the board rerolling 1s. I think this has a respectable amount of dakka.

spearhead (+1cp)

----------HQ----------
Pask + punisher + heavy bolter sponsons + hull heavy bolter - 221 pts

----------Heavy----------
manticore + hull heavy bolter - 133 pts
manticore + hull heavy bolter - 133 pts
manticore + hull heavy bolter - 133 pts

----------Fast----------
hellhound + hull heavy bolter - 101 pts
hellhound + hull heavy bolter - 101 pts

supreme command (+1cp)

----------HQ----------
tank commander + LRBT + heavy bolter sponsons + hull heavy bolter - 213 pts
tank commander + LRBT + heavy bolter sponsons + hull heavy bolter - 213 pts
tank commander + LRBT + heavy bolter sponsons + hull heavy bolter - 213 pts

----------Elite----------
master of ordnance - 38 pts

total points = 1499

And then I tried to whittle it down to a 1k list while still retaining the heavy artillery/tank theme. Also, when the hell did heavy flamers become so expensive? haha. It used to be you could either grab the hull bolter or the hull flamer for free. Now flamers cost about as much as a lascannon!

spearhead (+1cp)

----------HQ----------
Pask + punisher + heavy bolter sponsons + hull heavy bolter + heavy stubber + hunter killer missile - 231 pts
tank commander + LRBT + heavy bolter sponsons + hull heavy bolter + heavy stubber - 217 pts

----------Heavy----------
manticore + hull heavy bolter - 133 pts
basilisk + hull heavy bolter - 108 pts
basilisk + hull heavy bolter - 108 pts

----------Fast----------
hellhound + hull heavy bolter - 101 pts
hellhound + hull heavy bolter - 101 pts

total points = 999

I do enjoy me some tanks!

No idea if this is viable since I have yet to play a game in 8th yet, but i was actually building a 1250 very similar to this. Except mine has plasma vets and less hellhounds.

Love the idea of firing sponsons, turret and hull at different targets if need be, so always bring all 3 in my opinion.

I like your master of ordinance plan, just keep him in a spot where not very likely to be closest target, which shouldn't be hard. Sounds fun, just remember that Pask is the only one who can give orders to tank commanders, they cant give orders to each otjer. Please post a small bat rep when you take this for a spin!

I know tank commanders can't receive orders, but I even with orders I don't think non-commander russes are worth it. If I'm paying so much for the russ platform, I'd like it to be accurate.

I'd love to provide a battle report, but I don't own a lot of these models. This was just kind of a fantasy list heh. Maybe if I see armored companies doing well in other battle reports I'll invest in some hellhounds and another manticore or two

ThePorcupine wrote:
I know tank commanders can't receive orders,...

They can receive order from Pask thanks to his 'Knight Commander' rule.

My impression is to take Basilisk and Wyvern pretty much. Wyverns are pretty efficient at killing lots of light infantry. Which could be a problem because of the lack of infantry in your list and getting yourself swamped when you have damaged vehicles. I've been mulling over a similar list though and like to see people other than myself brainstorm for the new edition.