What are your favorite units in the game?

[wulfir]

Mustang said:
Artillery- An on-map Bm-27 Uragan batallion is 250 points, half the price of a comparable MLRS unit. The cluster munitions are good against ANYTHING and if you buy an ammo dump you can keep pouring fire for almost the whole game.

Defending against the blanket fire of an BM22 Batallion with ammo carriers is stern buisness indeed. I've tried it against some Russian PBEM gamers, and they "only" used about a battery..., but with an ammo carrier for every launcher they were able fire every other turn. The only really effective response I've been able to work out is attack helicopters..., wouldn't really want to think about what a Bn of BM22's could to to a ground force...

The price for a full Bn of (Russian) BM22s is considerably more than 250 pts though...

[Mobhack]

The ideal counter to uragans, if on-map and tied to ammo units, is the MLRS units you held in reserve to smack him when he revealed himself.

Plot a couple of gold spots in the rear zone if you can spare them.

Personally - I declare uragans (or MLRS) an "Uncle Target", and will plot all available arty assets into the area of smoke left over and around, including pulling them off current tasks (maybe keeping a section or so of mortars on a critical CS mission if they are prosecuting a contact, but al auxiliary tasks get cancelled). And I will pound the ground around there till I see enough wrecks to convince me the task is complete. Primary target is the ammo trucks really.


Cheers
Andy