Hi I am putting a IG army together and could you help me out? Am I right in saying that 3 leman russ tanks make one Hvy unit?
I would love any advice for putting a 1600 pt army together.

Thanks all.

Well three tanks in one unit are pretty stupid and after playing IG for a 5 years i found it never works.
Yes you can take more tanks but they get wrecked easier.
See your choice is to build a winning or to go by fluff of a give reg..

Three tank russ squadrons are slightly counter productive unless you have enough cover to always have one in cover and one popping it smoke, that way you get three turns of cover save and two tanks firing while moving, but its more likely you’ll have them in pairs, or even just a single russ is pretty tough to bring down unless you get round its sides or rear.

One of the biggest strengths of the IG is how you use your orders and on which units – ‘first rank fire’ is almost wasted on a unit of veterans, but put it on a massive combined or conscript squad and you could be rolling 150 dice for your shooting, likewise ‘bring it down’ on a squad with one heavy weapon isn’t using its full potential, save it for the heavy or special weapons teams, ‘Incoming’ and ‘get back in the fight’ are perhaps a bit underused given how powerful they are but they’re both a bit too situational to give meaningful advice on, you’ll probably be able to see when you need to use them as it happens.

Sorry I shouldn’t say being competitive is comparable to not having fun….