Post by SgtFury on Feb 8, 2022 18:42:30 GMT
The Churchill Ark (Armored Ramp Carrier) Mk II - Used extensively during the 1944-45 Italian Campaign by the British Army to bridge numerous streams and obstacles encountered as they advanced. An earlier Mk I version had been produced in Italy, but these were all eventually upgraded to Mk IIs.
Historic background:
www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_churchill_ark.html
Concerns about this card:
* The Churchill IV is costed at 28 points. This version has the same defense values and the Superior Armor 2 special ability. But it doesn't have any combat values, so I costed it at 22. Is this just right? Too high? Too low?
* The Bridge Layer special ability is obviously a custom SA. One question I have, how should this unit be placed with a hex to bridge a stream since that is considered to be hex side terrain. I'm guessing a player would simply keep this unit in an adjacent hex and deploy one set of ramps over the stream they wish to bridge. I added shell hole terrain because in some situations a vehicle with thin wheels SA could then pass over that shell hole terrain at normal speed using a deployed ARK.
Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Historic background:
www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_churchill_ark.html
Concerns about this card:
* The Churchill IV is costed at 28 points. This version has the same defense values and the Superior Armor 2 special ability. But it doesn't have any combat values, so I costed it at 22. Is this just right? Too high? Too low?
* The Bridge Layer special ability is obviously a custom SA. One question I have, how should this unit be placed with a hex to bridge a stream since that is considered to be hex side terrain. I'm guessing a player would simply keep this unit in an adjacent hex and deploy one set of ramps over the stream they wish to bridge. I added shell hole terrain because in some situations a vehicle with thin wheels SA could then pass over that shell hole terrain at normal speed using a deployed ARK.
Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
