Light AT - Bolt Action Unit Guide

[@crossbones8956]

I’ve been playing BA for about two years now, and these videos have been so helpful in building my armies. I mainly run US and that video was so helpful in building my squads that I attribute it to winning my last match :) I love the deep dive into the boxes and build strategies. As I now have a decent amount of pieces, I keep referring back to your videos for other ways to build and kit out my unused sprues. Keep up the great work!!

[@MaliciousMallard]

Love these in-depth videos on each unit. As a newer player they’re really helpful. Especially since there doesn’t seem to be much online on this game. Keep it up!

[@michaelholman800]

Favourite light AT is a SDKFZ 221 fitted with a Panzerbusche 41 upgrade

[@Sikk17]

When i first started playing i thought that light AT guns were useless with all these Cromwells and Pz IV's on the table. But when i startet to playing more competetive, i realised that the best Tanks in the Game are light Tanks and that your Stuart with light AT gun is enough to kill all the other light tanks full of mg's.

[@mortichro]

If you’re playing as US. The only best anti-tank is the bazooka. Not as long range as an light AT gun but its mobile, small team and cheap. You take a vet bazooka team and put them in a building you need 6+ to kill. You can put them in jeeps and from outflank and bring some pain to the side armor of any tank.

[@HollywoodWargaming]

Zooks and Schrecks will be getting their own videos in the near future! Right after the wildly OP anti-tank rifle

[@braddoc4087]

Ruins, not buildings; buildings are death traps against any and all HE, as they just fire at he building and roll their hit value, so easy to kill still. The jeep ouflank is a given, even without outflanking it is still an excellent cheap, dangerous duo. I did the same with a bren carrier/PIAT team, less range, but the carrier is 7+ Open-top with its' own LMGs.

[@mortichro]

@@braddoc4087 i agree but at time it depends on the situation you are in, you shoot first make sure the tank blows up before it gives you the HE hell.

[@blecao]

Low velocity ligh at guns is what french put in all

[@braddoc4087]

I play early war, so Light AT gun are available and deadly- really short of French tanks and the Stug, everything is 8+ at best, with lots of 7+..Of course playing British, I usually got wiht the Light Arty, since the 25pdr. is basically a Light howitzer and a light AT for only +5 pts..15 if you add that spotter....But I agree with your assesment; good but might as well kick it to medium AT; better range, better penetration and still can be dragged by its' own crew rather than absolutely needing a tractor.

[@HollywoodWargaming]

25 Pdr will be mentioned with my Light Howitzer video. Fantastic weapon.

[@Wargoat6]

It can be good for rear defence against flanking forces

[@orlandolopez7568]

I’m a little confused, just started BA this month, does HE use templates still? The latest faq from January makes it look like it uses dice rolls for total hits instead of templates now.

[@HollywoodWargaming]

That is when a unit within a building is being targeted. Basically, when you fire HE at a unit indoors you're targeting at the building itself, so you roll hit modifiers as if you were targeting the building (aka no cover) and the roll dice to see how many models inside your shot has clipped if you hit. If there's something in the Errata that I missed please point out which page/section it is on. Thanks

[@mattcappelli5822]

I’d really be hard pressed to take this and not a mortar. The lists I’ve been building tend to have as much infantry as I can, and I always find myself taking a mortar and a medium AT weapon instead. I’m not sure how or why I’d use one of these

[@stephenwood6663]

I must respectfully disagree with your assessment of "upgraded" Light ATs: I've had great results from the Soviet M-42 AT guns, which get +5 penetration (ie. the same as a medium) at ranges of 24" and less. My opponents know they're powerful at close range, which discourages their armour from getting too aggressive against my infantry, and, although they're unlikely to score a clean kill against a medium tank at long range, they will very reliably lay down pins against an enemy tank while something else (usually flamethrowers, or a tank of my own) moves in to deliver the killing blow.

[@HollywoodWargaming]

Fair, but I would rather take a Bazooka or Panzerschrek for that type of area denial. Easier to hide and not as attractive targets for mortars.

[@stephenwood6663]

@@HollywoodWargaming The infantry rocket launchers are certainly a tempting option for American and German armies - though the panzerschreck only starts hitting the battlefield in 1944, which may limit its availability. Although, German vehicles often have unusually strong AT capabilities for their weight and time period, making it less likely for them to need to rely on the sort of tag-team tactics I've described here.