<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Composition of a Superheavy Tank company?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/31.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Composition of a Superheavy Tank company? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/692095/8680074.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/692095/8680074.page GMT Composition of a Superheavy Tank company? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/692095/8680144.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/692095/8680144.page GMT Composition of a Superheavy Tank company?
 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.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/692095/8680441.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/692095/8680441.page GMT Composition of a Superheavy Tank company?
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. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/692095/8680650.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/692095/8680650.page GMT