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Fear Factory

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Some infantry formations
« on: 12 March 2020, 22:54:19 »
Playing around with Mechanized and Motorized infantry... heavily inspired by Command and Conquer. I'm totally going to build these with miniatures, too.

First set is a mix of Dune Buggy and Motorcycle infantry. They're motorized. The motorcycle infantry carry sub-machine guns. Dune Buggy has standard auto-rifles (secondary weapons, bikes outnumber them). All of them carry LAW's as disposable weapons.

Motorized (28 units)
MP: 3, Dune Buggy ability
Primary: Sub-machine gun
Secondary: Auto-rifle (2 per squad)
Disposable: LAW



The second is based off of a recon vehicle from WWII called the Dingo. It's a little armored scout car. In this case, I wanted it to be a "glass cannon" to work with the buggies and bikes. Infantry carry standard auto-rifles. The Dingos have support machine gun mounts on them, which gives them high damage at decent range, and they have a compartment that holds a LAW. They can move with the buggies and bikes and support them.

Mechanized (24 units, Wheeled)
MP: 3w, Dune Buggy ability
Primary: Auto-rifle
Secondary: Support Machine Gun (2 per squad)
Disposable: LAW

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Dingo

I think the Alpha Strike stats would look like this:
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Re: Some infantry formations
« Reply #1 on: 13 March 2020, 17:52:27 »
The first platoon realty didn't have to use SMGs... Auto Rifles for all would totally fit thematically.

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Re: Some infantry formations
« Reply #2 on: 13 March 2020, 20:40:50 »
The first platoon realty didn't have to use SMGs... Auto Rifles for all would totally fit thematically.

Yeah... but why not go for a less-generic decision?
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Re: Some infantry formations
« Reply #3 on: 13 March 2020, 20:49:49 »
Battlefield effectiveness?  ???

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Re: Some infantry formations
« Reply #4 on: 13 March 2020, 21:20:31 »
Battlefield effectiveness?  ???

And I give you most of the equipment I was ever issued in the army...


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Re: Some infantry formations
« Reply #5 on: 13 March 2020, 22:22:44 »

The dune-buggy abilities remind me of the real-life DPV/FAVs:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Patrol_Vehicle

Dunno if you’re better off modeling these as motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, or small support vehicles.  The TOWs are the hardest.  Presumably those would be SRMs, not LAWs.

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Re: Some infantry formations
« Reply #6 on: 13 March 2020, 23:14:18 »
The pics of the dune buggy/bike are very cool - where are they from?


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Re: Some infantry formations
« Reply #7 on: 13 March 2020, 23:15:54 »
The dune-buggy abilities remind me of the real-life DPV/FAVs:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Patrol_Vehicle

Dunno if you’re better off modeling these as motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, or small support vehicles.  The TOWs are the hardest.  Presumably those would be SRMs, not LAWs.

FWIW...

Desert Patrol Vehicles... I would be lying if I wasn't inspired by that.

I thought LAW's gave that "technical" vibe. I'm mixing them with Dirt Bikes so that's why I have two different weapons (SMG and Rifle). I didn't want to sacrifice speed so they would stay at 3 MP. I want them to keep up with the Dingos.

Wasn't sure how disposable weapons are handled in Alpha Strike, so I just followed the "one-shot" conversion rule.

I know I could just spam Auto-Rifles and the other high damage weapons... but meh.

The pics of the dune buggy/bike are very cool - where are they from?

Original concept art for Command and Conquer (Brotherhood of NOD).
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