American M51 Multiple HMG Platform

[Ian]

Is everyone going out to buy a few M51’s??

Got to be the bargain of the year, 24 shots (YES’ 24 SHOTS!!!) with a +1 penetration all for 135 pts. And the good news is that under this crazy new force selection system you can field 4 of these ultimate killing machines. They soon make short work of any infantry or soft skins daft enough to poke a head out!!!

On average, hitting on a 4+ that is 12 hits, against a Vet unit with the +1 pen that is 6 possible casualties.  Assuming the target is in soft cover, therefore saving on a 5 or 6, that averages out at 4 casualties per shot. Against Regular troops it is even more deadly. Don’t even consider using inexperienced troops

Maybe this unit needs a review???

 

[SteveT]

3rd edition vehicle  MGs get half the number of shots.

[Stuart Harrison]

@ SteveT – M51 Multiple Machine Gun is Artillery, not a vehicle – p225

 

• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by Stuart Harrison.

[Nat]

Its upto 5 in a platoon

Its a heavy gun so can only move with a TOW

Its artillery so is 4 guys who are wounder as per their expeirance level…

[SteveT]

oh they haven’t classed it as vehicle mounted? But wasn’t it normally fired stuck on a  trailer? That is going to be popular then.

[Not seen 3rd ed rules yet.]

[Nat]

Yep its a trailer… but as its a trailer its not a vehicle (cant move on its own) so its under the artillery section.

its classified as a heavy gun for moving (so cant be man handled 6″ on a run order)

 

[Ian]

I think this might be glitch in the rules system as this is a game changer!!!

[SteveT]

It is absurd that you mount it on a trailer and it gets 24 dice. But fix it to a PARKED halftrack and it gets 12 dice.  Just another half-baked nonsense from V3.

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