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    Thanks, tried searching for mortar in the forum but got no results.  Now I need to decide if I want to use them in an upcoming local game store tourney or use my soviets.

    #188453
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    You could use the same scale for 20mm if you want or you could reduce the scale to 2/3 normal for 20mm, works well with the Imperial system since most of the ranges are multiples of 6.  Should translate well to centimeters as 6 inches is just over 15 cm so reducing it by 2/3 to 10 cm or @4 inches would be 2/3.  If you play on a 4×6 foot table it would allow a little more maneuver and you might want to extend the scenario length from the normal 6 to 8 turns or increase the size of the deployment zones from the normal 12 inches to 18.

    #185923
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    The flame thrower/sniper is definitely a must if you will do any tournament play, almost always see one in tourney lists.

    The tank hunters depend on whether or not you want the ATR team, you can make the suicide man from the standard infantry unit, I did one with the tank mine on the flagpole and two others with satchel charges.  You’ll want at least 3 as the rulebook allows you that many that count as 1 AT unit in a list.  They’re your best AT weapon for the cost once you learn how to use them.

    I have 3 Lt. Mortars, don’t often use all 3 but when you can spare the points they are a great weapon and as already noted they can fire at a different target than the rest of the squad so you have the possibility of putting pins on 2 units with 1 command die.

    The Chi Ha tank comes with everything you need to build both turrets, the Howitzer and the ATG.  There is one piece that you need for both turrets and they only give you one.  I was able to make a second one using blue stuff instant mold to make a mold of it before I put them together and milliput to create the piece.  Wasn’t perfect but it worked well enough that I have both turrets available for my tanks.  Generally early war I use the How as your opponent should have Stuarts, late war I may use the ATG depending on whether or not I think my opponent will have a Sherman.

    #185198
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    Finishing up the last squad on my russians, primered them yesterday and will start painting today.  They were the toughest set I’ve put together thus far, fighting to get the arms and weapons to work together resulted in glue all over some figures.  Often took several tries to get things positioned to where I was happy with them.  I ended up having to clean them with Goo Gone to get rid of the excess glue and then dishwasher soap and water to get rid of that before painting them.   Still not happy with the fit of weapons and shoulder position on many of the figures but at least I’m just about done.

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