Well, I've finally got some Katyusha's now, the BM-13-16 variety. A local game suppler finally got them in, after ordering them back in August. I'm still down T-34's with ten of the plastic T-34 76/85 1943/4 and five resin T-34/76 1942.
If I had the Katyusha's before, the match then I think I'd've dropped the tank escorts. However, even that wasn't guaranteed after I watched the gameplay footage that Beasts of War did with their GT lists, in which their arty & air support did little. Generating their advice of: In tournament play, minimise random ie arty & air support is so dice roll dependent, that it can become either a game winner or a major non-factor. Something I've found with rolling for reserves and anything that requires a 6 to pull off (MG firepower, invul saves on a SoB, snap shots).
If I had the Katyusha's before, the match then I think I'd've dropped the tank escorts. However, even that wasn't guaranteed after I watched the gameplay footage that Beasts of War did with their GT lists, in which their arty & air support did little. Generating their advice of: In tournament play, minimise random ie arty & air support is so dice roll dependent, that it can become either a game winner or a major non-factor. Something I've found with rolling for reserves and anything that requires a 6 to pull off (MG firepower, invul saves on a SoB, snap shots).