The Hellcat’s prodigious speed was attained by keeping it’s armour to no more than 1″ thick. Hellcat crews quickly took advantage of the vehicle’s speed to minimise the enemy’s ability to pierce its thin armour. Hellcats used their speed to outflank and penetrate the side and back of the heavily armoured German Tiger and Panther tanks.
The M18 Hellcat saw service in the Western Front in the main. However it also saw action in the Pacific and in Italy. The US military also supplied the M18 to Chinese Nationalist forces opposing the Japanese in the Pacific theatre. As this was something of an overkill situation against weakly armoured Japanese tanks, the Hellcat was more often used in a fire support role.
Post war, the Hellcat would see service with several nations and it is still in use with the Venezualan Army!
In Bolt Action
Cost: 124pts (Inexperienced), 155pts (Regular), 186pts (Veteran)
Weapons: One turret-mounted heavy anti-tank gun
Damage value: 7+ (armoured car/carrier)
Options: May add a pintle-mounted HMG for +25pts
May be a recce vehicle for +10points
Special Rules
Open-topped
Recce: if option is chosenContains:
1 M18 Hellcat plastic kit
1 Waterslide transfer set
1 Full colour construction and paint guide
1 Colour, detailed stats, Bolt Action play card
This vehicle can also be used in games of Achtung Panzer!, the game of close-quarters tank-on-tank combat, its rules can be found in the Achtung Panzer! rulebook.
