Split squads - ammo conservation

[ekrommen]

Something just occured to me today - another reason to split squads. When you split, you get the covering half with mg's and the assault half.

Im in an operation where I have my recon squads far forward, likely not to be resupplied. I was thinking I wish I had those Russian recon squads due to their high ammo number. This is largely due to the fact they have rifles only I would think.

So the idea on the German side is to split squads - have the ammo devouring mgs go to the "less likely" ememy approach side and have the assault squad fend off attacks over the open with just rifles. I dont need to wipe out the enemy infanty, couldnt anyway, just keep them out of the open.

So Ill try this out. Anyone else do this? I assume the ammo averages out when the halves recombine, but the assault half will not be very depleted, and the mg half should be full - for a decent ammo count in the mid/late battles.

[Erwin]

I do this a lot with SMG squads. One rarely needs 450 points of firepower, and they tend to go overboard and use more than is required. So, using them as teams with the "back-up" team able to top up ammo works beautifully.