STALINGRAD Bolt Action Mega Battle!
Size MATTERS in Bolt Action!
Sometimes it’s not all about being one of the BIG-BOYS, as my old school mate “Slappy” will tell anyone willing to listen.
Having a low compact form will be an advantage in a city fight such as Stalingrad, but also in any pretty much any theatre, particularly the low walls, fences and hedgerows of much of mainland Europe and Asia.
The BT-7 and the T-70 tanks have identical basic profiles in Bolt Action, however the much smaller T-70 has a real advantage when placed in much of my scenery in comparison to it’s bigger team mate, being significantly smaller, and able to hide behind enough of it to gain cover.
Bolt Action is a game where evening out the odds as many times as possible will have a real impact on the survivability of your models in game.. Being in cover gives the enemy a -1 (Soft Cover) 0r -2 (Hard Cover) to hit. Being small and low enough to hide easily gives the T-70 a lot more survivability than most tanks. It is also low enough to hide behind buildings and shoot through the windows.
I love both these models, but the T-70 is now my go-to city fight light tank. It’s unlikely to take down a Panzer III or StuG, but that’s not a problem as I intend to use them for taking out enemy weapons teams and whittling down infantry squads.
Does anyone have any interesting thoughts, experience with gaming or historical images of tanks hiding please?
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Scenery by 4Ground.
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