Urban Shocker Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 I am working on a campaign which will encompass a 22 x 22 km section of land. Each sector map is 1 sq. km. What should be the unit limit for that kind of area. The only thing I found on the subject was in a book called "Against the Panzers" which states that an American battalion covered 1-5 km depending on the situation. Does this seem reasonable? I am also trying to introduce the element of supply into the campaign. Under dry (ideal)conditions How far away from a road can a unit be and still get 100% supply? Thanks in advance for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Murrin Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Urban Shocker: I am working on a campaign which will encompass a 22 x 22 km section of land. Each sector map is 1 sq. km. What should be the unit limit for that kind of area. The only thing I found on the subject was in a book called "Against the Panzers" which states that an American battalion covered 1-5 km depending on the situation. Does this seem reasonable?<hr></blockquote> Not exactly sure if this helps, but some general numbers for ya: Regt: 2-4km Batt: 1-2km Comp: 0.5(?)-2km It's not so much frontage as depth of the formation. Nathanael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMplayer Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 You could allow a whole corps into a 1 square km area as long as you have, at the campaign game level, harrassing artillery fire, and congestion penalties on movement. Harrassing fire going into such an over-stacked area would be extremely effective. Also, that particular square would be a traffic nightmare, so at the campaign level it should take a long time to get in and out of there. If you incorporate these kinds of progessive considerations into the campaign game, then the limits for how many troops/vehicles can go into a square will arise naturally, because it will become too much of a hassle to have more than x or y guys, rather than there just being an arbitrary rule. just 2 pfennigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Deadmarsh Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 Urban Shocker, Is your name from the New York Yankees pitcher who played with them in the 20's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Shocker Posted December 2, 2001 Author Share Posted December 2, 2001 Well Colonel...you know your baseball! Urban James Shocker played 6 seasons with the Yankees and 7 with St. Louis. He compiled a record of 187-117 with an ERA of 3.17. He was a member of some pretty good late 20's Yankees teams. Urban Shocker struck me as a great warring name so I adopted it. By the way, you are the first person in 7 years to ask this question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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