Which do you prefer to equip your forces with, APCs or IFVs?
I’ve always lent towards IFVs because who doesn’t want to bring an extra bunch of guns to the fight. The problem is my IFVs have a much higher attrition rate than my APCs, which is a major headache if my enemy decides to relocate to a different map sheet (as mechs are wont to do)
Strategically this is even more of an issue with Battle Armour. Its not improbable to imagine mission killing companies at a time by killing the IFVs that will not only be moving them to the next battlefield, but recharging their batteries as well...
Thats my take, but how about yourselves, whats your opinion?
Challenger
APC or IFV?
The correct answer is "YES please!"
it's not really an either/or opposition. Everything has a lot to do with what you're using that infantry
for.
IOW one should match the chassis to the mission-and the mission is the PBI's, but more to the point, the mission that you've formulated your infantry to conduct.
For APC usage, fast is the only good option. slow undergunned deathboxes aren't worthy of consideration, esp. if they are able to carry large numbers of grunts all at once, making those grunts dead all at once when they're hit because they don't move for shit.
mission in this case would be seizing an objective while the 'mechs and heavy units with ACTUAL weapons are keeping the opfor busy and focused, or slipping some of your self-propelled landmines into a crease where they're giong to be hell to remove and the enemy HAS TO or he's surrounded/cut off by spotters.
IFV usage is for the grind, and the only 'speed limit' here is 'can it keep up with the tanks' (or get slightly ahead of them.) The key with ifv is that your vehicle fights
along side your grunts, providing covering fire, smoke, and heavy weapons to give the PBI's some openings to make life hell for the other guy.
you know, right before they make him dead.
There are, of course, variations on that theme, but the basic thing to keep in mind is simply
what are your infantry there to do?then, your selection becomes "Pick something that helps them to
do that thing."