Leman Russ weapon options

[Emicus]

Battle cannon is great aside from one thing... So many dice rolls!

 

Aside from regular hit and wound you also get random shots and damage. Doesn't sound like much but it's twice the rolling.

 

When you take 6 of them it really starts adding up!

[-Nemesis-]

I do want to try some ambushing Tallarn demolishers with lascannons and multi-meltas. That's a lot of D6-damage weapons.

[WLBjork]

Now that fire can (again) be split and tanks can fire overwatch, I see little point to not taking a pair of heavy bolters on a Russ other than to save a few points. Same for pintle-mount weapons. If the points are spare, take them.

[Tirak]

Now that fire can (again) be split and tanks can fire overwatch, I see little point to not taking a pair of heavy bolters on a Russ other than to save a few points. Same for pintle-mount weapons. If the points are spare, take them.

Because that's 20 points per tank. For the price of 2 tanks worth of HB and HS, you've bought an Infantry Squad, and if that tank ever gets into close combat, it's 20 points completely down the drain. Our Infantry are too important to not toss spare points their way as they're much better at guarding our Tanks than a pair of sponsons or pintle mounts.

[-Nemesis-]

Now that fire can (again) be split and tanks can fire overwatch, I see little point to not taking a pair of heavy bolters on a Russ other than to save a few points. Same for pintle-mount weapons. If the points are spare, take them.

I kind of feel like that about the stormbolter, because it is only 2 points, generates a nice 4 shots at overwatch range, and isn't impacted by movement penalties. For everyone non-Tallarn, I don't always see the value of 20 points for 6 heavy bolter shots that hit on 5+ due to moving.