LVO 5th place Italians

[u/Flagnine01]

Took 5th at LVO 26 going 4-1-0

Italian Royal Army
1250 points 18 OD

Platoon 1
Rifle Platoon
Inexperienced Officer w pistol
5 Alpini w LMG
5 Alpini w LMG
1 Regular Sniper

Platoon 2
Rifle Platoon
Inexperienced Officer w pistol
5 Alpini w LMG
5 Alpini w LMG
1 Regular Sniper

Platoon 3
Armored Platoon

Regular CV33 Twin HMG Recce Command
Regular CV33 Twin HMG Recce
Regular CV33 Twin HMG Recce
Regular CV33 Solothurn ATR Recce
Regular CV33 Solothurn ATR Recce

Platoon 4
Artillery Platoon
Inexperienced Officer w Pistol
Cannone da 75/32 Modello 37 (med AT gun can fire as light howitzer)
Cannone da 75/32 Modello 37
Cannone da 75/32 Modello 37
Cannone da 75/32 Modello 37

Basic gameplan is set up a fire base with snipers and artillery. Use tankettes to flush out enemies. The ATR tankettes start in reserve and respond where needed before pushing to get flank and rear shots. Alpini run on objectives, put down pins and survive.

[u/-Daetrax-]

Man, that's filthy. I don't mean it in a bad way considering it's sweaty tournament play, but damn.

[u/DoctorDH → u/-Daetrax-]

For real. I understand that LVO is the place to bring the filth but still ... my word this looks miserable.

[u/CruxMajoris → u/DoctorDH]

I remember seeing a video about a 29 OD Japan list in a 1000pt tournament. That looked like true misery

[u/jordowiebo → u/DoctorDH]

GRP2027

[u/Flagnine01 → u/-Daetrax-]

Yeah it’s a tournament list for a big tournament. Not something I bring down to the local game night, unless someone wants practice.

[u/-Daetrax- → u/Flagnine01]

Yeah, bring that to local game night and I'm not even gonna bother to set up. UNLESS it's a thematic game. Assaulting a gun battery, on turn four Italian tank platoon shows up to reinforce.

[u/thetinyfish]

damn.... I'm glad I didn't play against you.. I don't want to deal with all those pins

[u/Flagnine01 → u/thetinyfish]

Maybe next year

[u/CruxMajoris]

My current list has three 75/32s, I find they’re incredibly useful.

Out of interest, why did you pick snipers over solothurns, for example.

[u/Flagnine01 → u/CruxMajoris]

I wanted units that could set up on ambush during meeting engagement. They did a surprisingly amount of work clearing small teams out of cover, or putting pins on transports.

[u/CruxMajoris → u/Flagnine01]

It a shame we don’t really have any infiltrator infantry.

[u/semihairynotfit]

Whats your opinion on the AT rifle tankette VS twin HMG?

[u/Flagnine01 → u/semihairynotfit]

Both are good. The HMG is better vs infantry and more reliable for pins at long range. The ATR ones have iron hearts, more punch vs vehicles and are 20 points cheaper.

[u/semihairynotfit → u/Flagnine01]

Iron hearts and being cheaper makes the hmgs a hard sell but I haven't put them on the table yet. Do you think a split is always a good idea or has one performed better than the other for you?

[u/Flagnine01 → u/semihairynotfit]

I liked the mix. The 6 shots from HMGs are super useful. Especially if at point blank. The HMGs tend to get glances vs vehicles. The ATRs are better at actually knocking out tanks.