Fun with the Japanese Army

[Nomad]

Picked up some Japanese troops today. In total I now have

1 Type 95 tank 9 points
1 Sergeant 9 points
3 Arisaka Riflemen 9 points in total
1 Type 92 MG team 7 points
1 50mm mortar team 9 points
and
3 47mm AT guns 21 points in total

Grand total 64 points, 10 units

Which leaves at most 5 units to soak up the remaining 36 points. The most obvious approach would be 4 more Type 95s, but this leaves what I wanted to be an infantry force too tank-heavy.
Trouble is, absent any proper (ie expensive) tanks, it’s difficult to build up a large force iof infantry without bumping into the 15-unit limit. Or have I missed something?

[Guerrilla Guy]

Hey Nomad could you give pick of your army assembled? That has got to look sweet…

GG

[Nomad]

That’s the Japs

that’s the Allies, and

that’s the Axis.

[Guerrilla Guy]

those are sweet pics Nomad…

[Guerrilla Guy]

I would get:

1 Sargeant
3 Arisaki Riflemen
1 Mortar Team
1 Type 95 Ha-Go

here is what I understand… Mortars get extra hits for each successful hit… Use 2 Mortars in Collaberation on Infantry that is in a Fortified or Covered position…

GG

[Nomad]

Well. we’re now upto

2 Type 95 ‘tinks’ 18 points
2 Sargeants 18 points
4 Arisaka Riflemen 12 points in total
2 Type 92 MG teams 14 points
3 50mm mortar teams 27 points
and
3 47mm AT guns 21 points in total

110 points, enough for a standard scenario with a few variations. Hav’nt used it yet.

(The Type 95 tank got miscalled a ‘tink’ on one occaision and it stuck - seems kind of appropriate, the noise its 37mm shells make bouncing off a Sherman)

Breaking news check out the new Japanese and German snipers on the Avalon Hill site http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/article/ah20051031c

Bl**dy hell! Take cover….