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Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
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Author:  ulric [ Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
I wanted to play a tank battle with limited Inf. Airforce and Titans/Mantas.
So I go for the Tau and IG.
I restricted me to at least 6K of tanks each side and not more than 1K airforce
Inf. should be mechanized.

Tau army:
8x Hammerhead Cadre
2x Hunter Cadre
1x Swordfish Carde
1x Battlesuit Cadre

4x Skyray det.
2x Hammerhead det.
2x Stingray Gunship det.
3x Scorpionfish SH gunship
2x Pathfinder sniper det.
2x Staelthsuit det.
1x Pathfinder det.
1x Ethereal
1x Shas´o commander
1x Tigershark drone carrier
1x Tigershark AX-1-0 strike craft
1x Barracuda det.
1x Remora drone carrier



IG
2x LR COy
2x LR assault Coy
2x Mech Inf. COy
1x Artillery COy
1x Shadowsword COy
1x Macharius COy(Vanquisher cannon)

6x different Malcador det.
2x Demolisher det.
1x Thunderer det.
2x Valdor det.
1x Tank hunter det.
3x Hydra det.
1x heavy AA det.( earthshaker based)
1x Warhound
2x Heavy mech inf. det.
1x Major+Bodyguards and Chimera variant
1x IG Physic
1x Ordinatus Mars?
1x Maraudeur destroyer det.
1x Lightning Strike fighter
1x Lightning attack fighter


Setup and Turn 1
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Objektives
Fortress
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Hills
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Bunker
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Big bridge
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Administration building
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Small bridge
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Big hill
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Deployment Tau and snapshots
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Deployment IG and snapshots
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Movement

The Ig right wing rush forward and try to crush the Tau left flank with the help of the IG´s airforce
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The rest of the 1st Bat. move to the administration building
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The 2nd Bat. start to cross the bridge to secure the Governor´s palace
it´s LR Coy scurde the bunke and now attack the hills
supported by heavy Inf. and more tank dets.
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Artillery and heavy Macharius tabks move into fireing positions
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Tau:
Tau Tank Bat. secured the hills and now tries to attack the bunker
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Fortress secured, the Tau forces mostly mechanized Inf. and Hammerheads rush for the Governors palace
heavy units(Scorpionfish and Swordfish) giving fire support
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Tau center Battlesuits, mechanized Inf. and Hammerheads move into the suburbs and attack administrations building and big bridge
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Tau left flank consisting out of Battlesuit cadre and Hammerheads
they just should stop the IG´s attack
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After First fire and advanced...not much casualities all over
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Points
IG 20= 2x Objektives (bunker, Hill)+2x Hammerheadcadre
Tau 15= 3x Objektives(small bridge, fortress, hills)
Author:  ulric [ Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
Turn 2 Movement
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both sides try to secure the place between the big bridge and the governors palace
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now Tau fire warriors jumped out of their Devilfishes and move next to the administration buliding
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IG airforce attack Tau forces at the side and rear
return fire from Skyrays(very bad AA unit BTW) caused avarage casualities
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Tau and IG tanks get into short ranged fire fights
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Administration building in IG´s hands?
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2nd Bat. troops swarm out to get control over the place between Gov palace and big bridge
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IG troops use the good position and firecover to attack the hills
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Tau aircadre support the outnumberd tank bat.
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Enemy strikefighter sighted
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Warhound leading the charge
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Boardsides move into fireingposition
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Marauderdestroyer attacking at low altitude
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the administration building so close
Fire warriors getting in tuch
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another detachment holde the big bridge
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First fire
the best example for markerlights and guided missiles.
The 2 pathfindersniper stands(in bunker) lighted up the warhound
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Scorpionfish No1 uses its small missiles to strip the shields, while being safe and in cover
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Scorpionfish No2 uses it´s heavy penetrating missiles
and hit the right weapon which caused a flashback to the reactor and destroyed the mighty machine instantly
Bulls eye ......markerlights are great ;D
in return the Ordinatus uses it´s sonoic weapon to destroy one of the Scorpionfishes...ouch
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Tau forces move trough the suburbs
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the place is gettig hot clos tank battle
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Earthshakers
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Macharius and Hydras well dug in and in cover
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After first fire
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Maraudeur taking altitude after strafing run
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Lightning strike fighters at low altitude
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Crisis suits move into better positions
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Thunderes in front
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Imperial armour move around the admin building
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After advanced
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first units fell back
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Snapshots
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Points
IG 60= 3x Objektives(Hill, Gov Palace, Bunker)+45
Tau 51=3x Objektives(Hills, Fortress, Bridge)+ 36
Author:  ulric [ Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
Turn 3 after movement
the last advance, both sides throw the last tanks in battle now even the APCs had to fight...and die.
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Will the Tau conquer the admin building?
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Imperial airforce focused on the Tau flank
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The Tau airforce attack the imperial units on the hill
Hydras bring down the Tigershark AX-10
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After combat phase
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Tank forces destroyed each other in the center place
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and another tie on the flank
Maraudeurs fell prey to pathfinders and Skyrays
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thinned out lines
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target on sight
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firefights at short distance
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brave Lightning fighters
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Battlesuits on the march covered by fire warriors
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The last Scorpionfish
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Boardsides support the tanks
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Barracuda and prey
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The Tau airforce caused heavy casualities on the IG ranks
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Remora drone carrier
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Hydras out of range
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Big Bridge and Admin building are still neutral
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Author:  ulric [ Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
Turn 4
Pics from and after combat phase.
No side managed to pull off a clear victory
Tau are ahead but it´s a very close game
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Objektives :
Hill IG
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Admin building Neutral
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Bridge Neutral
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Gov palace IG
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Bunker IG
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Hills Tau
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Fortress Tau
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small bridge Tau
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Snapshots
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Overview
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Points
IG 98
Tau 117
Author:  Matt-Shadowlord [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
Phew close game.
Great photos Ulric, the board and models look terrific.
Author:  primarch [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
Hi!

Fabulous Ulric!

I really got to get my Tau army done. :)

Primarch
Author:  The Bissler [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
Nice report, thanks for sharing! Good to see you playing and posting again Ulric! Your reports have been sorely missed!
Author:  Apocolocyntosis [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
Thanks for sharing Ulric, always enjoy seeing you battle reports.
Author:  ulric [ Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tau VS IG 12.5K Tank battle
Glad that you liked it.
It was a funny battle due to many tanks and not too much cover.
I will try to use the markerlights more it could be a big deal keep your vulnerable units in safty while blowing swarms of missiles on your enemy ;D

Although tried out the miniature modus on my camera for the snapshots
and it worked everything looks like a miniature on this pics ;) :D ;D
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